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little•girl satin the door of &balk -
-And heardthe enaant Omit eroOning thAre
.The monotonous inessagoVime sends to all;
An.d. said with a wilful, petnlantair,
44'14017, 04 clock, you are too elow,
I'm tired .et hearing you: tick and tick, •
You are alwaye startmg aedbaok you go: ,
I want ynu to changeank;vtagt
I'm tired and sick ot•being
And hiving to mind and study. toe,
• I Went to be free endwise and tall -
Tall and minded; old clock, like You.
NE.Y OPOt 18" 8333PtY• MY birds hate down-
isaw itjust now .tho". the grays wasIvet ;
Mary; old chielt, 1 Want to. be grown," '
But the clock ticked on, "Not yet, not yet."
trug Stoodinthe.senieliall door,
atching.her lovergo clo*ti the way; •
Be hid g: one so often; but nevermore
Weeldrcoree agam ; then, soloing gay, •
,• She turned to the old block nuittering, them,
• . 'And (add, wIth the slightest, subtlest trace, .
°flier Once iiiinerioneehildish air: •
Mixed with' her:maidenly .oharm atsl,gra*,
Oguoy, old, Okiek; you are too slowi
• Though both Ofus thought you fax, too fast,
As often haie, a raothent ago, • '
• "Oh; if meetings Would. only 'sat!
. Already k long ho face:O.:gee, • „_,-;* '
' Let the ewift Moons rise and the swittsonfo set,
And bring My darling (pick to nie."
' pet theolocktithecl on •"Not yet' not yet."
sad -faced Woman leaet in .har.ch.air,
in the,BelfeamedoOr at the close of day, •
And still in OA wonted corner there #
• • 'GribilYthe Old clock. tielted aWay.
The woman turned front the fading Skies
• To the only Voice in'the lonely hall, •
: And Bald,with reproach in her weary, 'eyes,
“The:same old song since, I was small!.
flarryeold eleck, you are so slow, .
And my hoar; impatient, beats so fast, .
time. Is tedioue,long
Oh, if partings were only past, • •
And we milht meet in that dreini and blest,_.•
^- Where al...my troubles I might forget,
Claspedionee more to my .darling's breast:"
. • ' :But the clock ticked en "Not yet, net yet."
811. IRLEY RO
A Story of Woman's Faithfulness.
,
These werethe veer • s of Ada's song;
and often in the days and week; which
followed---claya and weeks Of terrible gloom
• ,rura darkness and tmuttetable misery -
Shirley. recalled them %nth bitter tears -
We made a home, my love and I,
Above the vales where)iitios he, •
an the soft corner of a his
'With heav'n °Mote ast pure and still; ,
We thought no storm could 'reach u there
331* breizes from the upper air. .
We put our finvrks and creepers stit
• 'Tolia#k in aunbeams round about;
-Theworld beneath, pure heaien above,
, We dwelt secure in petite and love.
We lived in dreams. my love and I,
And took Tillie for Eternity.
hEatrgEtliPailitataitaY tralTi--- •
Our ecd,utiing roof and Trail house shook;
Our creeping dow're that hid the WILY,
Our roses and our liliestall,. •
Were broken by die ruthless blast;
• And; far .11POII the Mountain cast, .
The twee. our .fondly oherished shade, ,
Fell, and Vfli3G ruin round it made., .
“ Ah,.vain were all iny thoughts;" said
. 4' That tin* Time or Eternity I"
. .
''''IrWirhadricilii elf eine -8 riin Merit di -earn:
' ing,"••Shirley Was thinking to herself as
she listened, loaning against the bowl er of
', 'rook with a fat -away look in her haze/ eyes
—eyes which were all the more lovely from
. ,
shadows under theni•and the yearning
which had darkened and •deepenea
them-" not not even one summer, .only a few
=, abort wintry days, my. laie. and I."
--AdaGrey'avoice continued-
•
. , . • •
!Through the long night the Wild storraraged;
.And when, toward morning. it assuaged, •
The' min shone o'erthe hills;
And sweet the breezes blew my beartto greet;
But Zinn lay around me where
•Bly home bad been so dear and
fair -
My dwelling shattered On the ground,:
My joys, all broken, lay around.
•The breezes I had trustei
Lieetreacterone friends,bad broken in
And robbed' me of so much that
'
Had deemedWas mine eternally. : • .
There is another verse," Lucie 'said; as
her Sister ponied. • • .
"But Lady Glynn Will be tired," re-
turned Ida; then, obeying her sisto'n
glance, she (went on, in s louder, more
'triumphant •tone,, with thelast verse of the
Song and,, as she sung it, the tall gray -clad
Trghee began its descent. again, coming
Plearet and nearer each moment. ' . •
'"_ii.rcuae thee," said my loved one's voice
:“ The house is gone yet. I rejoice.
•' Tlegrs are kind which round U3 blow;
tit' them we•shonld'aieyet know „
'That 1 ve which fades not with the itoweis,
•
Nor shakes when loudest tempest lowers,
. • ,!Surviting home a,nd rooted tree, ' •
• '
That seemed -secure as the.hills to be.
. What matter else be gone ?
Since love survives, that is Mollie
Avleata of Immorality,
' And makes of Tune e.mity,'" • •
Tho sweet noted guttered -and died away
on the soft air; the gray figtire.yneas among
, thehoWiders now, looking up. . unie Grey•
sew him coining; a tall; grave loiskiiii-man;
with a pointed Vandyke beard : and dark
grey eyes. Ada : was '.looking at1
4edy.
• Glytin'S face, and she saw it ;change end:
• airily and brighten with a radiance which
' • did not Come from the sun Betting oVettlie
es. Guy Stuart:coming tinvaid thens, With
..his hack %tithe snliphine'and his face in the
shadow; saw that radiance also;' and while
•, it thrilled him with a keen sense of joy; it
, "'Made his heart ache with unspeakable 4ge
• and rendered itorery' difficultfor hiin to
greet Shirley With the quiet, courtesy he
strove to 'show when, stepping over, the
bOwlders, he barna tip to thegroup and etOod:
/ beside Leidy •Glynn as she gat; with the soft
,fieecy scarlet Shawl makings vivid spit of
• color amid the grays and greene, and the
deep rich hue of the cliffs, looking nP -at
him With.smiling eyes.
CHAPTER XXX
rY aYe• W en. a e aliribef
livectin cheat= '' and taken *0 Time
Eternity." - •
"r2P;;P9-"WkiIiiiilliwaliffdArgintia;
or llbugnidlY. .1')Perse, to &Mar you WW1
14e Wheles5Tue?rrealatr othhaetgteroriuriBtio much that
•
r you give me no epportnnity 9f tellitigMajor
oh' Stuart delighted we shall be to so-
cominoclater for as long as he will take
pity on ne," intspesed Mice, in her sweet.
y est manner. ." Sir Hugh -Shirley, add
r your entreatieato mine."
"No other entreaties ecall4 he, needed,
Lady Eastwell, asstiteyou, and 'yea are.
•
h tempting me beyond my powers of theist.
d shoe," Guy. anewered, "But I
e shall not trespass On your hospitality more
• than one night, and I will start -to -morrow,
e yeti will allow me. Perhaps some of
, these gentlemen will feel inclMerl tce: walk a
few miles: with me."
e • " I dare , say I shall,'" paid Sir Figgie,
gather eagerly, " am tired of this riding
d and driving. It is almost as, had as Lon,
f' don." ,
"; Then you will stay, Major Stuart ?"
8 said Mrs Beaudeeerts with her Most
bewitching smile; a.nd, after another tiro -
6 Military struggle e is better judgment;
t, Gay steyed. .4h, bow often and how bit-
ter& in -after days he repented having
yielded to their wishes. -
The "Pack of Cards" was, ,Within as
without, a queint and irregular. building,
with wide low tisseages and oddly shaped
thorns in out-of-the-way corners. Tho -
house was spacious and net uncomfortable
andtbeeeWaee a:Wide LoWreeilinged sitting -
room on the first floor, which Opened onto
an 91d-fa8hioned stone balcony command-
ing a view 'of the steep irregiffar street and
a peep of the. sea lying beyond.
When the dinner :was over, coffee Was
Served in this roomy and the gentlemen
took their cigars out; on the balcony,
whither ;Mrs: Beandesert followed," tying
her tiny lace handkerchief over her head lir
coquettish manner, as she, stood leaning
over the stone balustrade and chatting in
eat lowered:tons to Lord Rupert, . while
shepuffed away at her cigarette. •
Witt so charming. to be in apleee where
you can do ad. yen like," she was saying
softly. " Now in Brighton one would nut
dare to smoke on a balcony." .
"Lots Of Women do," eaid his 'lordship.,
looking at her admiringly. . „
" Ah, but they are women whO have no
reetiedt for the proprieties t'!„. she answered.'
"Now Alice would-be borriftetjf she were
tee .•
" No ? :You don't 'Mean it I should
have given Lady.Easivell credit for More
; • lazzakfolg amtsw,7r. •
4311411t.
"1 tliink'Easton sea -breezed have .clo
you geed," he said, looking down at he
with o smile. 'Yon are 1.00E4 nut
betteri."
"I am allt.ost quite • stron.g, again,
Shirley answered. "Easton. is a ver
bracing place t fancy. We are all the bette
for it."
" Who is here With yon?" Slur Wald.
" TheE est wells and MM. Beiaudeseet,wit
Qaptain Lepton and Lord Rupert Ellen
in attendance," she -skid, smiling. " W
have taken up the whole of the woman)
dation at the 'Pack •9f Carla,' and hair
made a great sensation at Eaetpn. alto
gether."^ ,
" swots so," he replied a, „littl
absently.' '
" Tea ; Alioehas her earriage, here, an
the fisher.folk stare at her footmen as i
they were. beings -from another Sphere,"
Shireleysaid,geily. "Oar finite consist
of inan and Maid and a groom to look
after the pOnY and carriage; so we ar
much Innibler individuals: in the eyes Q
the natives. You shonld see the excite-
ment Alice, and Mrs. Beatidesert Create
when they go into ehureh ; is is quite
ludicrous."
"How ?" asked Major ' Stnart. What
canoes the sensation ?"
"Their dresses and bonnets," Shirley
replied; with -a -little -bright laugh. "They
dress as it they were going to the most
fashionable London church. I am sure
they helm a•greet many sins to ahswer for
through distracting the attention Of Mr.
Giity's, congregation." • '
"1 wonder why this inn was called the
Pack Of. Claris'?" Guy said, musingly, as
they came in sight of the hostelry in quesy
From its very 01111048 arelliteatnrern•
Shirley answered. "Just look at it for. a
moment, andsee' if it has. not a kind :of
resensblans to those houses which children
build with ,cards.'" • ' ! ,
".thop its foundations are .reere
SeCute," he remarked, smilingly. . •
".I'hope so," Shirley eeturned,dulsiouslY,
"Rave. you had any reason to: doubt. it ?"
he asked her, as they both stood still before
the pointed steno porch which elieltered the
door of the Ann; a roomy,
tatrueture which in the postini.:asys bad-
keen-rathittiveelishratedt-Onsisnfeeinettaiii-4:
Mont.'for man and beast." . '
" Noland I hope we Shall .hot;" was the
,‘ .
120.0
e Sea.'
-
*0" , •••
." We came' for a menth or six Weeliki And
yciul" she „ asked,suddenly : liftingher eyes
"" Only n day Or two, at longest,". he
answered quietly. ." I :run .on a ...walking-
toeir, and did not intend to remain 'here at
alt tnitil 1 saw..yegir..gionm;•...w.h9:fold...ine
you were here,
.' • ' • , , • .
"Then :you did not come to see me?"
she said, With a little'disepneiniment.' "
have been laying the flattering Unction to
xny soul that .yon. had." . .
•- 'aid' not:know that yen were here," he.
replied, With a smile. "But I am very glad
to see you looking so rnnoh Btronger.. Your
husband•id Well?"
• Shirley's beautiful ,red lips were /Steered
,a little closer together: •• .
is very' well," ,she answered,
quietly;• and their eyes Met for a menrient.
Lady Glynn's ociler deepened and her long
.• lashes drooped.. "1 am trying to do as you
Wish;" she said littlennsteadily, after ,
ritonientit .pause, talking ..'away from him
chnin the straggling irregiffer Sleet, " hetit,
id' very harcV• .
"Not because I wish it," he rejoined,
very. gently, "but because itis. right, I
trust." • •
•
"Here ,they, come," she said, suddenly,
as a carriage 'appeated.cive,' the brow of the
" Loa. Rupert and SitHugh-ate
riding. • Look how .the: inhaliiteriteof the.
High street rush to see the, royal proces-
eipn."': , • • . , " •
Major Stuart Smiled as he saw the eager
faces appealing in doorways and. at 'Open
windows as As Lady Eastaell'a landan drove
'slowly downto the inn; Sir Htigh,..riairig.
behind. the : carriage with 'a. good looking.
yonng.-tinin whom Gay recognized: -as
Captain Layton, While. in the: landau Were
Alice and her husband, Mrs, :Beaudesett,
a brilliant .. little coquettish 'Widatv, and
One Of her Many admirers; Lord Rupert
• "11 Ruby and Ovvralareould: have came
with ns," . Shirley said, With a little sigh,.
"it Wend& have been se pleasant; but they.
.haVe gote. to :Fairholmei and -and Alice
*mild come." • _ • '•
Stuart," said '. Lady Eastwell,
.'inxiff`mg es he Went forward to the carriage
door, : While one Of thepowdered', giants.
descendedltroni his perch amid the intense
excitement and -admiration of three or four
stinhurrit nrchina'Who olustereilhalf ,shyly,
half iraphdently On the pavement, "what
od wind has blown you here ?"
." Major Stuart! HoWlffiarming. 1" put
in tire. Beaudesiarti'Vritli Orieof her most
gracious smiled, " You are not\e bird of
pasiegriVI hive ?" • \
"1 am indeed,'! he .answered,
"1 had no intention of eteying' here, except
for inneheore'When I Met Sir Hugh's groom, •
Who told melba* his master was here, and
that I should ,find 'Lady , Glynn • on the
;“ And where are you. /going ?" Captain
Leyton asked, While Sir Hugh and Major •
Stuart (whinged hand -shakes.
"1 sin.' doing ' Deter' on foot," answered
Gay, laughing. "Do you feel inclined to
go the rest Of the way withone,: Layton?"
,"A walking -tout laughed the yOsig
officer; " Oh, • rio••••-it doea . sound
Etitg.!' Will 't edia • "
te
"But you not start ituni_____tely ?"
qiiestioried Lady Estvrellrwlille ' Shirley
stood,oritwardly Wm and indifferent, bet
featly waiting anxiously for his Staterer.
"Mine hostess of-J--ye-oirlye-hestelryer,"'
Baia Guy; sitys,,that elle Can-
not iicodikanOdAte Me as her house is fall."
Yes, We have it all I" put • in : Mrs.
Beandesert„ glancing up at him' merrily.
"Ton pannotithink what fun it living at
Thiteare very nix* girls," dead Major
Stuart, when he and Shirley parted ,from
the vicar's deughteie at the foot of the long
• irregular climbing street which was the
• principel Aastonthoroughfare ; and,•while
the three gir' Is turnee off -to the left on. their
. . , wey" borne to, the'ey-storie ivy-covered
gabled Vicarage, Lady Glynn and her cons;
:Amnion walked slowly up the Climbing
ietreet te "Pack of Cards ".-ai capital, old..
fashioned, thoroughly Comfortable inn,
• where Lora and Leidy ,Bestwell. Sir Hugh
• and Lady. Glynn, petty and suite, bad
taken up tip their quartets. •
"They are very nice,", ShitleYyttnewered,
'ciOidially. I • hope' to see a great' deal of
them while t am here."
•. She was looking fitisited an bright and
sailing -Very different from the pale weary
• WOinith who 'Made !her way SO languidly
, • over shit:fires-tin hour or two befirre. The-
/ scarlet shawl : was still thrown over her
•
scarf -wise, melting a vivid contrast with
her soft gray dress;, the stiff chestnut halt
• curling over her forehead Wu 6th -red and
• lifted by the evening breeze, which wall
freshening a little now. . She looked almost
• like the Shirley„Roas of these feW Short
•
. " It is not .much like living 'it inn
when You have e: lot of servants With yon,"
said Lord Repert,.-larighing, " and nees..
Berke, down from. London three or font:
times a week." :
" Isn't it .?". thee little, Widow questioned
innodently. Never ,raind; it Will be
something to talk of this atittimn in orir
shoot= •Eleetitten VISA v,
tigere etraying softly or the ksys. - 040 me always,aind•-.-end,let rut begin
" The vicar's soond daughter !" 'lle re-; eggin feonito-Aight !"
Patted eagerly. "Is she pretty ?"
think Bo," Lady Glynn &flowered, e cii'llp-arOilLY.4°dLawregh,Ys'IrlehYtTutegurrneel4thilantilkyiloYe;
"So do said Major Stuart, sailing. forgive? 1 could not bear to -to lose you
"Will you take me to church under again 1"
your wing next Sunday, Lady Glynn ?" She looeened her hands gently from his,
said Captain Laytpb ; and, while Shirley and, as he folded his arms 'around.her, still
answered hini, laughindy, Gay tuned. to kneeling, She laid:his. iniact Upon her breast
and felt once more hie:kiss and his tears.
From 'Within, through the open windows,
Mae the sound of gay laughter and VOlats
:and the ,dreamy waltz -music which rime
have noticed how it changed, growing pale Alienad- efitiAst,°aBe°Hlth Wit1out alt w*ailh°1261ille•
and startled at the simple question. headnpon his wife's breast and his arms
" Latrielle ?" he repeated. "No. • Why around, her, and felt that it Would be joy to
•
did you, ask,?" • die thus, and leave her free to he happy,
"1 thought I saw him page the house a since site had forgiven him. :
few Minutes 'Since," said Gay carelessly, " Shirley "-Lhe lifted his head and looked
",and concluded that you Must have him up at the -beautiful softened faee Which had
here with you. But his is not a Very ine. surely 'drivels him Mad at one time •of hie
common physique, and in all probability it life-" is it a dream ? • leepeems to Me that
Walt some chance likeneS which struokme." joy cannot, might not tube mind" '
Sir Hugh Made no answer: She smiled slightly:: it was strange what
Presently Lord Rupert end, 'Mrs. Beau- a feeling of happiness thia reconcilie
desert came in.; Shirley, leaving the piano, gave , her; and, thankfullY,
came and • stood .by the tehlti,. slim and looked bableto it in the days that follow ,
graceful in her white gown: and Alice, and remembered that the last words she
rouging nprffashed and smiling, from her bad spoken to him had been kindly
nap, suggetted algerne of loo, suggestion ones . • '
'which was. received with acclainationby all "You feel anYthini'bitt dream-like," she
but SirHneh, Shirley tied Captain Layton, said to end a. keno which
who resolved to show his displeasure to vras trying' Elm so.terribly. "leryonsteed
'Mrs. Beaudesert . by abstaining from her better? Has the air.dOnft YOU Pear
!faVorite'antusement and sulking. „ As else spoke, she put her little cold hand
The ,game began amid a good deal of upon his forehead and sofelY Puehed away •
.chit-eliat and laughter: -Major Stilart Was the /air disordered hair, .100hing frankly
'playing rather' absently, and was looed into the bine eyes raieed to hers with such
twice in succession. Beitudesert, .pessionate adoration in their depths,. .
looking at him laughingly, opined . that he " .my darling," he mut,
must be in love. • _ mured, hilt beside himself • with joy and The pretty.singer,' perhaps," seid Sir pain and, remorse, yon-,jiist to prove
making an effort to appear at his that this is no dream -will you his ,me
ease. ' Layton, lookto yourself." . .0mm ‘, •
"-He's going away to -morrow," rejoined ' She stooped forward instantly and kissed.
Captain : Layton; sauntering over to -the .him softly;: was the first kise the :had •
piano. " have it all nay earn way 'ever givenshim: •.
thee." • ' ." Gonne inr my darlingp he Seidl
“ lEre'S not obliged to go," said Lady ently, thoughtful for her even in tine e-
Zastwell, smiling. . • ' , of hippinese Which possessed 12
Centain Layton` shrugged hie shoulders "It is cold for you here and 1; must take.
ea he eat down and began softly playing a care of yonnew, my own precious Wife."
waltz, Shirley Crossed the room, to her And, as they re-entered the sitting.romil,
husband's side, standing beside hie chair Guy' Stuart; glancing up again for a me -
!for a Moment. ment saw the- Peace on both their faces,
"Are yc'e tiOt. well" She said; and there :and it :-Wete'reffeeted on his own:- •
Waf3 a very unusual gentlenese softening the “At is a 'still eultrynight," Captainay,
Ceiclitetni of ..bek .vouie AS she elmio3 t!hiell ton said .ca.relenely, as he went over to the
pad& Sir Hugh's Weary ,blee. eyes.hriohien. open windows: "1 think there ie a: std7rifm
pereeptiblY„ . • bray/Jae', ' •
•
LustifferifV4" aide"
Pir Heigh
"By the bye, Glynn, that men, Letreille,
in We still in yonk Service ?" .
Sir Hugh's 'face was in the shadow.. Had,
it not been so, Guy Stuart could not but
'
"Prudish' 1' I like that !" laugh -.1318'
lordship. Why, she ftirts 'outrageOtely
with Glynis." . ' • ' , , •
" Shetries • to au sr Mie:.Beaudesert
'said sweetly," but Sir angh is quite. to
Awfully in„lave with his- own wife to re.
• • • . ' •
• And then they langhed-softly-and-spolle•
in lower tones, and Guy and Captain•gLay-
ton, smoking:at the Other end of the
cony, were silent, thelatter not a little
jealous at tile :progress: Lerd Rupert wee -
making With the httle. Widow, , the former.
looking thoughtfully down the street; With
its few. gas-lateps. and • lighted shop Windows
and the blue starlit sky overhead. ,
...;.-Saddenlicsiere_brint..fer_vraed-Seigerly,_and
looked keenly after a man who had. waffled:
„psi the" Pack of Cards," glancing • tip at
the balcony as he passed. Guy looked
after himfor a moment, and Captain Lay-
ton removed his cigar from his month.
• "Any oneyosknew ?" he asked, carelessly
"
One of Sig Hugh's servants, f fancy:'
Goy answered,..tvith • indifference. "'His
face seems fahriliarto me." •:. ,
" By the way, we might as WeLl 'go in,"
.drawledVaptsin Layton. 'Wearerather
trep here." .
Gay smiled , as, he threw away his 'cigar
and followed Frederic Leyteuinto the sit-
ting -room, leaving the glaSs,40orkaPeo, b,s-
hind them. The room was lighted only by
Cotiple•ot oillaraps-gee being.an innova-
tion which had penetrated only as far as -
the bar -parlor in the "Peck of Cards ".H'-•
which threw a eulSdned,liglitever the shabby
eoinfortable furiiithre. Shirley, was sated at
the piano, playing scraps of Melody softly
with one hana. - Lord Beet -Well had 1 ellen
asleep in an arm-chairthe corner, Alice
was • dozing in another, , and Sir , Hugh,
Glynn, leaning .back in s lotv. 'Chair, was
Watching, Shirley's graceful figure in her
pretty White dress as :She Set at. the •piano,
With a curiously intent Miserable look in
his handsome 'blue eyes whichrather
startled Gey: ' He moved slightly When the
two -young Men entered,. andlbokea
. .
then changed his position, altering hie chair
sii.that his face Was no longer in she lihb
"You don't seem yery lively here, said t
'CaPtain I.;ayton; ." Will you
come and have a game of billiards',
"Thanks, not to-ni„...cilit, ;Shirley; give ns
some Mrieic," Sir • Hugh said, his voice
'chaeging audclenly when he addreseeil his
thebacony nahakaz5Tirr4741.,,
?' .
SirRUghrooe at one*. •
" Will it not, be cold you, dear ?"
aid in in a low tone, • '
" Oh, no ; I. have a shawl hera.'" -
She allowed him to fold it roatid. her ie
silence, and they passed Out on 'ao.the bal.;
etea.:
.yeh'fhlnlrtihi-Ueptdbfteyton.r• '
" It is sO. Very and there is a ' kind :
.o heaviness bite atmesphere;"-khe ins?"' .
"'After a storriecOmea a"ealin, you know; •
and after a caNzi. comes a Stoyni, I sup,
Pose?" ' , . .
. .
Shirley seyeannt her, ,:husbena's for a
••oony-togethee...--lIdsjor„.Stuart„-gle;nried.-:„1404 -inementrandLshesniilet; but Sir -Hagh's
for.a.moment from : the 'eArdethet. he held glance was trouhled. Ii/fad he any forebod.
zng of theterrrbiestorm which was about,
tO-.Ourat? Were Captain LaYton's , Wor,cle '
:prophetic?' ..They seemed. solo many pre. •
sent ere twehtrfour ahort-houreetapserl. . .
, .
• . ' ercebegentkitiski• •
tO loek:after them :.as they ' Went; 'With
•waini'and cordial- light ia.his-eyeas. . . •
, It ie." pleaaant here,."- . S said • it
little teadily,'ae She stood &it She ..bai. •
. ..Thma was something new and natamilsar.
.abetit this teres-teee • with her huSband •The•iialk of;the. Dui •
Whiabainateler;_feel.A..iiiitle_:.-oelf„,...teProAcit,_• •
r Mrs4enealeihoisas •Terat-moVedieto,the
Smith) -
'had
aa'she•temembered. hew-eartiestli
house •lately Onsupiet Mrs.
..ho entreated her, ere .lieleft her on that..
Dear , dear!. r neve saw. euch .a dirty •
day inLondo'n to.for *Ye. H.ughl the Wron
• v house • in ray. life.% .1 -should think those. •
he had done her,, and to he
him. She had raa401314,,fewi,°e.tibeok ta.114 Smiths Cleaned. :hanger whiki. they
.tomptuonsly cod:Reatapa. iteiiilii`ednhtepre..a.fti.)Art.tbde.uLlth:i is 0. r
-therk,,,, but she.hed net been qiiite so con
•-. . • 7 old' rubbish; •toin It will take a Month. to
It touched her, now to. see wills .whit • t
Dire: Smith (whci hie:jails moved into the
'hesitating movement • Sir :Hugh,. genera*.
house lately lately occupied: 'by Tars. Joned)-,-
se Rroud and self -poseees,ed, • !divined kia
hand through her arm. ''Herhatia.'ellie ha. d Dlit
•• . . • . • • .
'Maul:talk in; ind .of , dirt Is I've
Counted ten different kinds of finger marks.
Iseenliarder • even than ...hie • sin deservett.
on. the :parlor. walls, And. to . think.: we
and,iiiter:eli, he had laced her ."
moved On purpose 'so..: we wouldn't have tce
They stood dOr some minutes Skews
,elean lionse.1! It's, positiVelYdisgraceftil to ••
loCking.down en,..1.the. quiet; Almiter Onspty
Streets: The shops were shut new, but two ..live, the 'WaY thoie jonses 'do.. . I'd as lief
be asavage" •
or three ,Of the ,shopkeepers" had • brOeght , , •
out ,chairs and placed .theka on the pave, • , • isie gal« the felint.. . •
hatting'"d_be.1709.nu- jn. toWo• Sot 'Brown ' had married. the
ranillt.:hn'elianfenl?. 91in'etrheegs.ithwttalllis:, breaking over ,the. 'Jones, had =Skied the prettiest: Weman,
homelie,s4. and thought ihe. was beautiftili.:••
shingles with a soft 'little etUttlitir ..v.41,_I!•1,,,‘,h•-say,s the Washington Cne'eVeiiing .
reitobed. S211414 's Y6e1.8-1.: '''wee all 60 a4144 : they were. tinting about, %belt thapeptive ".
and silent and peAcefeL. how better hakes,: and remarked:
e/nem.hered that .1iight long afterward! • "'I tay',JoneS,. r think yoli;:and I ntainded:
" 'Suddenly liftingdiei, eyes, she found her, the two lirettieat wOmi,n in town."
hzialeend"afiredlipon. her; With 81; pastaiti.t1 of Jones looked . itit bine in • etirkse
, ye/Lining tenderness inthei4.gaze was ninmen*.hnt be se.* he Neaa Serious., ,
looking deathly 'pale in the Moonlight, and .“Well," replie.cr beiutionsly,. ana..Vrith
his hand,' •ae it lay upon . her arm', shook Pride, , “. I gueeia you are about bob" right,;:.
:lightly. ' • , . • .: • ; : • old feilow,'". • ' • . • , ,
fare afraid you are 'eafferii; •,'! she said la roWn didn't see the Point unfit he , told
centiv, • " Do vca. feel raugis `r•
was the,fites time, tinting all the years
'T.; a 'ore
hev. had lived tokether.. as bueband and eUtliag •Threar,.
Wife thatihe had called him by his.''Obris, 1 Labilt,.., of Galveston., retnarkin
oitittearia:minet,oahnias gleam s , delight .,fr1etl.:4•
Shirley l" he. eiteisitned, hi, a. low voice, •, • Yon .uniht: treat it. • . • . • :
fak: • or pitesiOnate ethietkeri, and yeeriiing r did treat it at three diffete,ntealoou00
and remorse; and in alitiost uncontrollable but it' don't seem t9 do 414
good. -Tzcz
emotion he bowed his 'betid over • until his Si43:1198- . • • • • ,
lips touched her hair ; then, turning from : ,•• .
her, be, leaned. againtii. the bahtstrade' and Chauncey' .Depe* has coined it• phrase•
covered his face Withhis hands. - • which' Will probably have a rtni.. •Ho.
. Shirley tvaiClied . in silence for a, speaks of Ananaial transactions or an dn.
Minute, EiaT he -beenso unhappy ' after certain character as "Kathleen
Mavour-
all? Had he lingered? Had his punish-••neen loans," 'because." it.inalbefot years.
.inent equeled. his •crime? .Had she heed aha it May be forever." •, .
more wicked even than he had been?:. His : •The' 'Vied's% :people can't quite tinder,.
bad been the crime Or a ,fetthoure or weeke, stand how it comes that tT S. Minister
Hem; had been the sin Of font, long -years, Lawton, who Who was a Major-General in the
hardening her heart and Cherishing yen., 'Confederate army, should nowbe e repro-
•gesooe'hOd'hatred,' •' • „ ; senttitiye of theFederal .Governnient . at.. a'
•
She touched him entli,liftilig,lser: ..forogi optai, • .
white hand And trying to draw , his from . A fashion 'paper SYS that "dresses are
hie fine and at her touch he trembled wort short." The frequency, with. which
Violently, and, throwing himself, upon. 'hilt' the average Aikkerican benediettvritee out
kneeiheside • her,. hid his ' upon' her ' ' cheque. for •"that loVely. •dress," '
hands,' kissing thein paseitinately *mild nettitallY lead. to Aire belief that .
With the kisses' came eesne-•ta Storig mares dreeses are not 'worn long." " •'' • .
are Of remorse and paha and anguish.; A poptilartgiwtottndlan, clergyman in to
" Hugh "-,Shirley's ,broken *dine Wasprayer before the. ,sealers just before their •
allot a new sweetniusicalthough the low. departure for the ice said: • A' Vorbitli 0
Once were. very' tteetee.ay=-- I. have. been Lord, that any Beals shetild be brought
ery wrong. Will forgive nie, and let within their teach On the Sabbath day,lest
begin again . they should be tempted to transgress; but, :
• "Forgive you; my darling:Pi .he Mixt- if they shotild 'he broaglit into Contact with;
inutecL "Shirley,' bein*I ever forgive rey:',. them on that, day", Then. ktiO•West the *Wk.
self. ? Even she excuse I Offered, at trat ness of our poor, fallen nattne, and teldo
makes my shame and remorse the .greater ho* poor they ate and, how many • hungry •
now. ' But, my 'darling, I did lOye you:- Ones ther6 are at home, and, should they
selfishly.'unwortbily, I know -•-and. I Was take Seals, niereifully forgive."
Mad with rage and jealousy: but I did love '• Elizabeth: of Retienenia is 45 years of .
you. -Als; love, I have inflated ell' these.- age,:ancl, the most talented.woman of royal
years and the bitterest ,d_top,in Op' kaiak in the world. The Queen, or, as she
has been the sight 61 your stifferingl" • is knoWn in literattite, "Ceittnen SylVa;"
" will not talk Of it . new," . the said begins her literary work att in the morn -
very . gently: •:". we begin a.gain Mg. She rises without disturbing her litult..,•
"Hugh, I will try to be a geed' Wife '.to yon. bend or even her midi cheeses Withetit
have'been, *rob'! Seletance, and, ughthig lamp, SOW
and yon have been:very : indulgent an• ou • " "
She glanced at him over her shoulder and
spilled a little, and his face brightened with.
such a swift,, sudden brightness, 'that it
touched Shirley. ,r,
--"A-1-shall wake Lord Eastwell," she said
• “Nylmelt does: it imiatter ! • it was hardly
polite to As both for him to fall asleep."
"Play something • Soft," suggested Capt;
Layton, " or sing, will yon',. Lady Glynn.?
I have not heard yon for an age.'
" I don't think I 'shall ever sing againt"
said Shirley, shaking her. head:
"And why„ not V.', Sir 'asked
quickly, With, a sudden anxious glanoe
tOward her:: ' , ' .
." *cause I heard ,trteli charming Singing
•to -day .delicious voice, so pure and
sweet. You heard it, too; Major $,tnart.'"
Xes, was very very beautiful," Gnysaid te
dieticilly, his thoughts going back to the
pretty; group he had • surprised among" the f.
't
" Was the singer ?" asked. Captain v
ftyton, eagerly. "You will be charitablea us
adtoGlynn ; you knew that 1 a z.4 i tic,
as regeirds all:thinge ' .
" Doeti •that Mean, ,mtisiC•pacl ?"Shirley
said gayly. gayly. •
," Yes: Da take pity'riponmy' Madness,
Lady Glynn," entreated the young fello4
" Hew ? By playing to you, or by 6 -Esti'.
fying your curiosity ?" . .•
"'chi:both ways," he inewered, in, the
same pleading manner. • • , e.
" Who is this chinning ninsiciaii, Lady
Glynn ? Major Stuart, do take pity rely;
impatience !" • .
"'She le Mite Ada Grey the vicar's
second daughter," said Shirley', her little '--
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