Lucknow Sentinel, 1888-08-24, Page 2•,,
, The WititrY WOritla
,Irar dein thnirinding rann ot'Osra
The WeitrYwOrld it slowly wending
nenMWells of fate and•gp.tee. of tears,
•To wearY•1?ralir awiyier 11"dnig'
Tat thront ghl. aweeaipigts call,
Tlirengh lonely dayieforter and aching:.
Repefereiteg,bloesoin enthe wan •
-•'•To keepi the worlds rat. heart frO04114esi,
in.g: •f'• •
' Anrets the sobbing sea of doom."'
.The:weary world ie slowly d,rifting
, :Eyes wet witl% toare piorce thro' tb Ioo,
But BBB no sigetrot.re.atnOr Xifting4, '••
gitilt angels bright fitm.Some fat height,
Repeet•throhours of weary Waiting,
Hopes penlight shines thre' darkest night,.
"To keep the„-Werld's great heart from hreelt-
4' big," . •
, •ver troubled ways, by patbs,of rue,
Paint souls prep° toward the land•of .pardeti.c.
,Burdenod with creates, wet with dew •
)rroin far getheemane'elenegerden.
Yet to andlre, now high and low • ."
*Voice istweetest music inaking•k= .
alak_singing 941Irci,R04. &tab--
, 0. Nov the wer dreat heart from !ix Eft;
Ple ! °.111'!. •'.'
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•
IRLEY_ROSS.:
,Eitory Woman's rdithfulness.,
..Rea,, Shirley. And there is Jack you
know."
." Poor 4lace I He will be miry he .ever
Mime. home," she sighed.
' "Jack will look upon hie visit to Erindale
as the -most -fortunate -thing which' ever:.
happened to him," he &towered oheednily.
"One thing more, Shirley. You are net
"ail to any more of the fatigues of mu -
tong alone, and I will bring Daunt to you."
" Daunt ?" ehe said questioningly.
_ “les, my faithful soldier -servant and
friend: He is te first-reit° nurse, and you
may trust him as you trust MO, Shirley.
Lam more than thonkfnl he io with me ..at
,the Hall. And new, dear, are you -sure that
you believe I will do all I can for him?'
He had taken her hands inhis, and was
looking down at her with earnest eyee,
which .were as frank and friendly as if ho
\ had not loved her with the OIXO great love
In his life l'and Shirley anstvered with
equal earnestness- ' . . •
-1" YOS--=cihiyotel-• I trust yoni-Gur"-:,end- been thinking of, lying here?"
your:heart against me?" he said trOmw,
' •
""Oh, fltigliR bow could I have? I can
only remember now list yen loved, me far,
far more than I deserved, and that you
have'm niunkto forgive in my hardneee•
'andel:Ones' fpr 50 many Year,o. IluOT 'a°
Confer think of them now
• " ever' MY darling -7410w could t?'
He rested his head easiest her ahoulder,
siadi-oe he went on,.although he took her
hand in into; he did not look ulioik her fano
r never think of the pastn Shirley,"
he said minty. "It is always wit e
pro -
sent my thoughts are ooeupied-wi the
present, and -and thefutnre." .
"The future!" ehe repeated, in a startled
voice. "Let ne.think. only of the Present,
Hugh--cryour safety and -e:7"
"1 have been a coward long enough;
dear," he said, in a tone of • snob extreme
gentleness and pity 'that Shirley's heart
sunk with &new dread and pain. "Dar.
ling, in the light that is shining on me
now -the light of the other world •whioh I
am nearing- go -quickly-I me things eo
much more clearly. Iliee not • only that
all my life, even before I knew you was
oafish and worthless, but I see that--" •
",Hugh, yon are not feeling worse 'to-
night ; you are not suffering no more =pain
than usual ?" ' • •
" No- oh, no 1 Does it hid you to hear
Me talk thus ? Ah, .don't let my dearest 1
I am ehnost happy tonight, although' my'
lihirley714eetyolfir- tears upon-my-Tfore-
head.' •
"They are not tears of sorrow, Hugh.
I', too, am comparatively happy to -night 1"
"Then will you forgive me for making
you sad again?" he said, wistfeBY- "My
darling, this-wliat I am' going to tell you
-has been in my heart for daye "'but Guy's
face to -day told me that I was right. Love,
when fasked you a few minutes since what
Guy world do in my place, you did not
mower. Yon felt in your heart, -Shirley,
that GO, had he coMmitted a crime;
WOuld-heyebeenbrave enough and honest
enough to bear the consequences from
which I shrunk with BO, 331110h ocrwardice.
Shirley, must I tell you,. dear, what I have
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asked, quickly:
E_ MPIOYed by whom!" Sir OnWeld
-" Your eietert.lawyer," ,Gluy answered,
with some reluotanoe,
Ah; thought ecal" exclaimed .the
otereunn.et sibs ioaf`tPosAinurciesitnhgatinr;,hiorsedlyanr411
owes, his Arrest ?" .
"Indireet139 itsit of 'course, she, thouglit •' sage lowered horhoi).itheek and ,reeted ii
;she was hunting that poor wretch whOi4- againgt the "gentle, hand whit* held hers,
r Even then,", *Alia the ,other; quiekly, itled theY Were eiteet a 41p.ace; while
"mob persistent vengeance ie nnwontenly Lady Oliphant 'went On /Melly 'With her
'crewel -work by the, little table on which a
to degree!" ' • •
"No one will regret Glynn's arrest more reacling-lamp was burping, , and tried• to
than Lady Eastwell,"- said, Gluy, gently, Min quite .calm and at her • ease, and, to
.10 Ton must not feel anger against her, ignore the onick throbbing of her heart at
Fairholme; she has been terribly de. the thought of the sorrowful tiding Sir
ceived." Frederic might -have store for Shirley,
"'tiles been a horrible 'business from who had not denbted for a moment but
beginning to, end -and we are not at, the that bail would be af30013ted: '
end yet," Oswald rejoined, wearily, as he The pretty r001/1 WOO Very still, and the
threw himself into te, chair. What a •life ferelight.fell upon the two girls-alairley
he healed, Ivor relieve, all this year 'and Was "Allen:tore- as they set there, with
more! And • Shirley' , too -how ha's. 'she their hands clasped, and • Hadge's .golden
lived through it 7" • • . head resting agemst the cushion's on.whiell
"1 tbink it has almost •killed her," was Shirley . leaned. They made a pretty
the unsteady answer. piottire in their attitudes Of unconsciene
"And ne Wender I Tbe thought of it grace, and With the great eadnees , on each
is terrible! Whit must the reality have fair face -a sednesti so mnoh, the' greater
been? Guy, I cannot toll You haw deeply on Shirley's.'Madge wore a -soft clinging
!I feel -this; and the • word •is that one dress of seine dark blue material, • and
'ft:4e ea powerless to do anything to help. the firegleamed rtiddily on the silverneek.
any of you." • • let and waistband that ehe wore, while
• "Every one is powerless I" -Stuart Fetid, Shirley's dress of black Velvet was Merely
"And there are nine' long weeke relieved at the throet by it profusion of.
beforo-Macoh,-Osweld.'2-,,._ black Spanish lace faetened, by a gold
"Nino weeks -yes; brooch- for Mrs. Grant, the village school -
The baronet broke off suddenly, and mistress, with her siinply homely attire,
their eyes met -the same thought was in had disappeared. and Lady Glynn had come
the mind of eagh,, but neither gave it utter- back in her stead.
ance. It was to please her brother that Shirley
"Heaven be merciful,"" Oswald said nil; had put aside her black serge dress and
steadily then-“ merciful AO them botW resumed her former griteeful attire; and
She can -hardly bear inueh more." Madge did not wonder, as she looked at her,
"1 think Heaven will be. merciful," Guy thet the two inen-'-Guy Stuart and Sir
answered, in it low tone of pain; and there Hugh Glynn -had loved her so deeply:
was a short silence. , Greatly as her beauty had been impaired
"-You found him Worse," Stuart?" by.trouble, she was wet:Ideal:Illy levelY BO%
"Not suffering More, but weaker, and so all the lovelier perhaps, for the 'deep ea&
anxione about Shirley that hieanitety was nese in the hazel eyes and thepain lingering
doing him serious injury. 'I promised that round the sweet pale lips; slid; as ehe
he Should see her to -morrow.' crouched by her side, • Madge thought she
"Will she be equal to it?" - '44VS had neyer seen it lovelier face.
"Yes. She is anxious also to see him. They Were -both silent and:thoughtful as
Oswald, I think, had it not been for !This, they sat in the firelight: , Shirley's
they might have been happy together e,t thoughts were with Hugh at ,Adinbrooke,
last: think she might' in the time. to and her heart Wao heavy and Anxious; but
come have grown to love him." Madge'rehad wandered back to the first
"Through her great pity?" • time she had seen Shirley, and the intense
attraction and laitoination the latter had
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fore the fire, to which the Sofa was drawn
up. "But -it haft been it long day, tilhirleyY'
"Yes; dear," Shirley replied gently, with
it little tremor in the voice , she tried to
render firm: '1 And I am aura it has been a
very hong day to Jai* too." •
j, She Broiled a little as, she saw 'hoe/ the
-
ratty peter rose irt'lliagirl'ilta$ 0/0e and
---WwitkirititrAT-
The AlPenintain•• on which the elerief the • . •
,.
Lord *404.
It does not pectin hilt became it was yet
half hidden from our view by the interven-
ing hill. As soon as tbie hill was mastered
1)thi:finfely.4060.4e• into
..13.0a.tbuell,.inf.." ,Pwleiitit otfht assiezroi ,
'range at its southern extreme. The. oom. ,
bination was satiotying-,eonvincing, Here ,
'Wait the; one great feature, the want of
'which prevented *Tont Serbal from con-
testing for the 'honors, of Sinoi. There is
no plain in the vicinity of perbal extensive
enough to accommodate an assettiblage as
largo as: Moses led. But „here its a VOA
plateau of sufficient extent, and, as we shell
presently see when we view it from • Mount •
Sinai stimmit, so located that Mono ',wild
overlook it all when he read the law. This. ,
mnst be the ,“ true Sinai," .tlie'very mom -
tan upon which the glory'nf the. Lord
rested, in the sight a the people., when, • ir
teeing, its aide', stately grandeur, I bit as- -
if I had ,come to • the end of • the world, .'
How many .pilgrinie luta coral) from. all
.parte of "the. earth •to this very spot to -
reverence, to sacrifice, and to worship! I • . ,
dismounted to oontemplate: the ,soblithe - • ,
panorama, and Elihuel; My camel driver,
sat down beige Me, He hardly eeemed to. -
understand My actions and at last inter-
rupted my reverie by exclaiming as he
pointed to the lofty group, “ Jebel Monett-
Tayeeb 1" " Mouritein of Moses -good l "
He also reverenced it, for he was a Moham-
medan. What impreesee the American,
traveller most sensibly here is the fact that,.
although mountains abound • and stream ,
be& are more plenty., than in our own
White Billet a caeoticre or -Water foil ie,
never heard. When the rains fall the
water rollsdownthem here, rough diago- •
nets iminterrupted and empties into the •
wadies, which in turn impetuously 'roll the _1(
torrents into the sea with great speed befOre. :4 '
the parched earth has time to • shoed},
more -thin it Mere (unlade 'fitipply." What..
a surprise, then ,when arrived at the •
highest ridge of the vast elatean of
:Er Rehm, to ice' a bright oasis. full of
trees laden With the. blossoms of ' spring
backed by the strange, contrasting, gloomy
walls of the convent of 'St.. Catherine. No
location could 'be •more cherming-1ne7the •
narrow valley, nestled at the feet .ti,t. the •
closely prioteoting inonntehis. Upon the. .
highest ramparts are eat both the 'cannon
and the cross. ' It was both castle and eon-
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Shirley hed et first refused cilia then accepted one tinie every monk was nottemored, Since ,
her offerofthusituation ef-.:village;sohoel-•• then more care has . been exercised. : We ...: '
mistress; and she remenibered that it ''wati were obliged to prove our friendship before
only after : elie-Madge.-hed, told Mrs. we could: gain adinittance. We could ' not
Ford that Guy was going abroad that she even encamp in the neighborhood until our
had :tempted. it. •. Poor darling, Madge oredentiale• were oxen:tined' and approved.
thought pitifully, with a closer gringo of the Arriving et the convent wall we Bent, mr! a '
frail fingers, -how she must have Buffered! shout. to the top,--ln the course of time the . .
, Shirley felt the caress' and smiled'. • It, yoke Of it monk sent deem a squeaky
was very , pleasant to her, after • shutting response. To a Point near the top of the
•herselt,out so long from human sympathy; wall it tiny .strnoture shaped like a dog
to be aurrotinded with suoh 'eve and (fare kennel is attached: From this a small rope
and tenderness, and she . put , her • hand was let down, to which we attached '
caressingly on the ,golden hair and our firman, .. _or , letter ' of in-
oinoothed it with tender fingers, • " tCoduotiOn; obtained . .6t, the branch
' e What shcitild I.dci without yen, Madge 2" institution at Suez. This was hauled
she said, fondly. • . ' - ' up. slowly ,•ind, mon answered. by it greet'
0 Am ,I indeed anycomfortto you?" the noise in the aerial kennel. Then a thick '
girl• asked, eagerly. . ' • ' , cable was lowered to us and weWere asked
"1 could not ,tell 'yeti hew much; my to “ get in and como up," • But the low
child. From.tbe ficet time I' saw yon :yen gate in. the Wall was swung open at that
have helped me, and what we should have moment and 'we chose to enter the convent .. •
dime, without you now I- hardly dare to by it rather than go up by cable.' When
think, But it is i sorrowful. beginning to we arrived 'itt the quarters of • the Superior
your engagement, deer." ---; .. :we sate that the .cable was not :let 'down ,
"Not at all sorrowful, Shirley," the girl hand otTer band, but that it clumak wind -
answered, .whitfully. "It has not Made the lass, worked and -turned by Bedouin serfs, '
love Jack the le'es because he is introuble." was the power behind the throne. The
"And I thinkit has ' deepened,. if it be combination is believed to be the first
possible, his love for , you, Madgie. Your passenger elevator in the world. It deems
happiness and his, my child, • seem like it as though ' no Semblance ' of humanity '
little streak of golden .ennlight peering should remain in it place Madebacred by
through Our dark clouds." • • : • ' so many holy associations, but the convent
The sound of a horse's hoof on the frozen is inhabited by about sixty monks,' varying
ground without made kedge start up; but in grades of sanctity. Nine of there yielded '
it was only Mr: Litton, who • came in to our camera. "A.lbeardless youth afforded.'
presently in his riding -dress, bringing With no •., considerable amneenient. Repeatedly
him a loretith of fresh air from -the sound& he came to Me, with Wire in his eyes; and
world. ' Shirley's face . brightened as 'die begged foreome recipe to make his beard
sew hint, and she held out her hand to him grow. He said that be woidd not be allowed
With a mine • . • , • • ' , to read Chapel eervice, , until he had, tt beard;
. • "How are you, • dootor ?' ., she said, es, that needy . iill' the Monks but him had '
having shaken hands with Lady Oliphant, bearde.H6'entery. ' ' ' •
he passed on to her tens. ." Yon are fag.' '
'food and tired, I am afraid." ; '' • '
"Mr. Linen is just in tinitifOlioree tea,"
said Lady Oliphant oheertully;, as a foot-
man appeared with the tea -equipage; and
!Wedge, jumping'up, insistedOn passing the
cups, and on. the ., young man's resting in
the conifertable aim-ohelr which ' she
paihed•torwerd him. $ • • '
'
"loathe over thinking / might -But I
heard from Peters that they had not re:
turned' yet," he said, :rather 'disjointedly.
"Are , . you bet* this evening, Lady
Glynn?" : • , •
, "1 am very well," •she answered, ,gently.
"But, ' Mr.. Litton, ,there is • something
troubling yon -can yen. hot tell, ,rife What
itis?" • ' , ' . .. • :
,rsaitid.I cannot tell Yon what it'renef it
t�.e tOknqW—t"
" "1 con guess that," said gentlytisher
,voiod failed her; "you have borne it alone
. 'too long as it is. And now, dear, I must
leave you. I will send or bring. Daunt to
OonTastteen-••althongly taint s it
tttinalmniratttiVfmise
tr.
itar " •
again to -day."
_ "Then trust to me; dear; I will "do 'all
• that best • for you. • Heaven help you,
poor `await,' „ •
tv,t,
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'••••
Aftheileft her, !the sunk upon her knee°
by,thetsble and hid. her tam in her hands;
for few Mordents in uncontrollable Weep.
although the tears had hist Much of
,their ,bitterness and 'the throbbing heart
• was Mitch lighter. Her hueband's voice,
Paling her gently from jhe • other room,
!nada her)spring • to her led and 'hastily.
'dish away the tears, While she closed the
ehntters'and drew the curtains Over the
windows, ere she • answered his summans.
The:Aral:0gal she had lighted in his rosin'
as burning dully, and aloe cottocedit into
-
him vie she to the bedside and bent
over the wasted form prepped up upon •the
pillows:, • • ; • ' •
"fon want me, Hugh?"
"When do / not want .0.1,1; Shirley 1" he
geld; smith:qv' "Were you rest.
"NO, ' Can I do anything tor you?" '
• "Not, just now, dear. I want to. toll yin
somethine: . •, 4 . % .
: she knelt downbesidehim and :took his
held in here; end, as his Oen, resad On
her fetos;'he saw the trams' of tears; '
-"My poor 'Shirley' I". ,,,
She smiled at him bravely:
•, "1 am ,so• touch' happier now, : Htigh.".
- ehe saidaoftly--.=“ So glad that, yen had
more filth in Gli ythan I had." • '
"11 the secret had. been yenta only, you
Wpuld have trusted him, dearest child; but
. : I .know why yon feared, Shirley: There le
no nobler men on earth than Guy Stuart."'
A. light and 'wernath came over her'face
'for 'it WOMOOti, andshe boitioa it upon • the
'olasped:hands to hide it from him; but he
maw it and srailed eadly.' ' •
"Shirley," :he said, titter a moments'
, Pause, "'do you ad* what Grit. worlddo
: 1 he Were' here in my place?" •• ,
' "He would try to Bleep," eherepliedwith
alaint little emit°, .“ eel hope yeti will do,
.'"' Heigh. Your hands aro hot and . your.
temples throb. •' Leterne bathe them for yon."
But thia weak detaining' deep was on her
hands. , , . , • . . . order to effect his Amelia would,. be httle
, A' Nat jest yet, ray ,aarnog. ..140$ roe oar considered by Sir Hugh Glynnt • friends.
to you whit I have to oil to you first: In. any onset tile rained, and, after the
•magisterial inquiry, he had been conveyed
• Raise me it little, ShirleY ; I *cannot • See
. :to the Adinbrooke jailtoawait ' his trial.
•?.yOrir heti no*: Ah, that is better l't
It was Daunt who, going to the cottage
She had raised his bead npon . her arni
that night, and finding what hadhappened,
and had brought her face on a level With
bed brought the tidings to the Hell, where
' .his, and his eyes rested upon it With ' in-.
expressible tenderness and pity : and lerc they were received with a•burst Of horrified
pain Old almost incredulity. Meijer Stuart
11 Sliirley,rin have not anoweredMe," he
had .,told, Sir Frederio and hie Wife .the
saidaciftly, in a moment, . , • ' , Abiry of the worcian, who had, lived among
"Answered yen?" Oho. replied, looking
, , .. them for the last'.six :months' pi Mrs.bewildered.
„ yee, my questiGrant, and all their sympathies
en_what Gay would de aroused for poor
had been
, if he were here in my pitice.1) , • , f3hirley „ in her angtiiiik
„f aid answer it, Hugh,, she said, Bran_ Of course Jabk Itosa had been summoned
to receive the news which was .of eubh • int:
kling slightly; and the ernile-seeined-topiin
rhe closed his eyes for a • incipient, Oita/ice to him ; and Madge, whom. it had
him, fo
- • been deemed wiser to , keep in present
and his lip quivered. ,
• "Yon °mina imagine' Guy Amid in mob, Ignorance; was aornewhat' startled by her.
a.,,onaitinn 0 mine,,,, . he said presently, 'overt face when elle Bait Waller the eon,.
„ference, Ent, ,Wheii the airmt beeitine
Ana semedatetept.
with an intense sadness known, all further, 'secrecy was' out of the
"1 attunot ,either, . dearest, 'because,
_n , , ___., , • • . • queation. $.13:trleyeltad been -brought book
it
to be tenderly soothed .and
, ' "Hugh, I cannot let youtalk any more," t° talc Hall,'
win be eared for by Lady Oliphant and her &nigh-
* . .
, angry when he corms." ' • t..io:•....-4 ama ' dliktimp.11,1_
• e, /10, ha will not; he ' will understand, 't° thu "rtwrit f" 'Hugh* '11° best legal
.advice was telegraphed for from London.
!Shirley. i liaVe ,been ' thinking that, if I
and everything was done -but in vain -to
had not Comiiiitted that dreadful deed, and
he include the magistrate to .accept bail; .and
it we had lived ail We had been living,"
Guy's heart was • heavy yiithin him .for
Iliad, unsteadily? While she bowed her head
. not to see theteers. in his. dim leyea, " it •I' Hugh ohd•ior ShirleYi tn whom this trial
Must fall so heavily. • !' •
• had.been dying I should not have. been ea
igessed as now. Ah. .ro darling, yen , "But hew did they 'disOover hiin?" Sir
world here been hind &id pitiful, / know ,_,., Ostend said, 'presently -4e had'come from
Feirholme, travelling night and day to be
it is not in yen to be otherwise; but you
with his densin'in her distress? " Ithonght
• *rigid not have tended -mo as you aro doing
• every trace had been now, you w,ittla not hey° let my head rest 'followed up ,raintitely
upon yeti, breast,• Shirley, and held my and they had alweys failed r '
"Yos i we had even . desisted, from
• hand in yours. Do You knew, my darling further inqtairy; but .something !trended.
14, ' , injured wife," he added With sudden passion,
Olerke!d.stispicionii; it keine. • He was ' at,
,4,
"that yo forgiveness and . hie -GUYS--
00m, an earnest of Eieoten,s rixrdon and the public -house 'at Vostbudy when poor
Hugh pelseed,-. and he thought ho was a Ewe
mercy? I shall die happy new,' ' '
! Her team were falling fast as she 'Welled, 031°" 151'"4"". You lin" Clark° *as
and With tender fingers she softlyiptit beck the detective, employed. in. the CABO, and
his hair from hiii brow. . , ,,..,,,,,teo tined then he has been . ootivoly otoployea
. "You have no the:10;16 of bitterneee in in "Ming •n13 every °I'M'''.
, , .
She had sunk down. upon her knees by
his side, and hidden her face; ' they were
both too deeply absorbed to hearthe door
opening horn, without -,--the door which she-
lled left unfastened after quy'sdeperture,'
and, stealthy quiet steps in the adjoining
room. Shirley' was too full of anguish tt
trthwzglitt=giebilmwagOzg.
eal--snylltingzoiew..-4I-"tigh2tattasioglit'
at:the pain he nonet •givo ter. • •
He put •his trembling hand _gently upon
the bowed head, as 'it rested upon.. the
counterpane. "
“ Darling," he said very softly, "do you
know what Guy would have clone in my
place?". ' ••
"01, Hugh -hush 1" ,
It will.be easier'and beet in the end,
my child," he: &powered. "Guy Stuart
would have given himself up, and
"Oh, HughL-:•••Hugh,1" •
"And I will -give myself , up I" he said
steadily: • •
A cry.. road to Shirley's lips, but died
away unuttered When ' she saw that two
strange men were standing in the room,
looking down at thenrwitIrsomethingAike-
pity in their stolid faces ; and the firelight,
as it danced up cheerily, fell ruddy and, glow.
ting on Florae bright steel implements whioh
one of them held.
' Shirley knew -that what she had dreaded
had come. There was no need , for Hugh
to give himself riP.
''•""4.1Kqictitrinw4thattpitysis-wirintolovvelho-lv
said, 'earnestly; " and shb' pities him so
tinly,Pher child! ' Heaven help her and
give her strength for what slie has to bear
CHAPTER L.
"And they will not accept bail ?'
"No. We Offered , any sureties they
liked to ask; but they were refused."
"Monstrous," exclaimed Sir Oswald
Fairliohnedindignantly, as he • paced with
hasty steps up and down the room. "To
have taken hini.to prison at all in such a
condition as you describe was already cruel
enough, but -L-" • , •
He broke off with a gesture of • pain and
anger; and Guy Stuart's eyes followedhina,
as he went restlessly -to and Ire, with great
Sadness, in their depths. •
They were together in a Bitting -room
of the County Hotel at Adinbrooke, ,the
'neared assize -town to Erindale,-whither
Bic Hugh Glynn, in no fit state for either
fatigue or agitation, had been taken,
charged on hie-own..statement with the
murder of Edwin Latreille.
As Guy said, every effort to induce the
magistrate!' to take bail had been vain.
Perhaps the ease was too grave to admit of
their doing so; perhapoloo-ther felt that
the sacrifice of a few thoneand pounds in
' And indeed. if ever a poor Weak woman
needed strength, Shirley did then. She
had struggled bravely ' against her terror
and misery at Sir Hugh's arrest, !ole had
let bun go with dry; 'tearless oyes that had
a leek in them which hurt-hini mere than
any tears could have drone; but, as soon as
all necessity for bearing up was •over and
her eyee °Mild na longer rept on the • hag-
gard 'face, she had Woken down completely,
and for three days she had lain in it semi -
stip; of Weakness and. mann:nation: At
the Hall, Lady Oiiphant and .Madgo ltd
been her attendants, although .itt
first poor Madge had heen BO broken-hearted,
at the sad -story slie had heard ,and the
misery in Jack's bine' eyes that •'ehe had,
been fit for little; but, when she saw' how
much her Berri* added to Jack's distress,
she made brave, Mend against it; and
Medea face,. tender and anxione,but emit-.
ing, was almost the first thing Shirleee
weary eyee. rested upon when she awoke
from the exhausted sluniber into which ehe
•had fallen, and Madge's presence was a
great comfort to her in thedark deyswhich
ensued: • /•
Shirley's meeting with her brother Was
terribly trying one. By Mr. Litton'e
advice, ho had net been elbowed to see her
until the first shock of Sir tingh's arrest
had spaesed ; but, When the young surgeon -
who was indeed it friend in this- . Mallon of
distrees-had given permission ..for tbern
to meet, jack's engin& • at the change in
her was 06 intense that he broke down and
brig like a child upon her' breast, so that
it was Shirley who was the comforter then;
But 'even his love for. Madge • Oliphant
* • •S'
and engagement t er, to which
,Frederic and Lady Oliphant, had given o
cordial aesent;:, r .could afford poor
Jack .but little consolation in those
days; • In after years, looking back
iit . them, he felt that; but •for
Madge's' love and her tender sympathy,
his.reasemwonld have failed him at the
thought that this greatest misery•Was also
Win) laid at his doori_while the girl herself
felt, what every true. women feels,that,
if love brings joy in his train, he also brings
mui3li anxiety and sorrow, and that 'the
deeper the love thegreater the anxiety.
While Guy Stuart and Sir Oswald' 'were
et Adinbrooke, Lady Oliphant and Shirley
and Madge weM 'together in one ' of the
pretty luxurious hitting -room' at the 'Hall,
waiting with What patieece they, might for
the return of the two men, who had gone
over hrthe-morning to Aditibrookn for the
magisterial inquiry: ' , •
• It ltd been it lopg day to all three; longer,
far longer, to thence 'waiting in the , quiet
bowie, , with every Itpcnry around "them,
than to those who.were-going-tbrotigh the
pain and excitement of the, proceedings at.
Adinbrooke and 'listening to the inquiry
taking place there. • It was not a long one;
there svere no witnemes against ; the
deed he had coMniitted.among,the rocks at
Easton had no, human witnesses: But
there wiire.certain formalities, questions of
indentity; et cetera; to be gone through, and
e ineline& to ben dilatory,
Even when, it was over, • an
been taken back to prison, Sir Frederic
had waited, in the' hope that bail world
hove been accepted; and, Guy had received
permission to exchange it few werde With
the prisoner, : Whoui he found perfectly
calm about himself, but dreadfully anxious
about Shirley.
•Thue . it happened, that the, Shedee of
evening were drawn over the little etienty.
town as Guy and Oswald iterted homeward;
and Madge,•. who had been sitting waiting
for them on the terrace, turned away with
a little sigh, and Went book into the firelit
.reciin Where! Shirley and her mother were
seated, ,
" Tired, Madge ?",: said. Shirley's '16W,
meet voice as she looked up .from her sofa
and bola out her hand to, the young girl as
Inatigo answered, fthing
prone. and kneeling doWn on the tugbe
1
He laughed slightly, then; with a sudden
iinpuhte, drew hie chair nearer to her 'sofa,
andirid, in eager but lowered tones;
"Lady Glynn, I have to thank you for
a letter you kindly wrote on my behalf.
It was so very good of youto think of it in
all your trouble." •
" I mild pot !ergot," .she returned
gently, "that through your great goodnette
to me, Mr. Litton you brought sorrow up-
on yourself." " --
- The letter was far more generous than
I deserved," he said rather unsteadily; , as
he touched the hand she held out to him
with euch frank cordiality; "and -end-"
,"Has the letter done what I wished it to
do ?" She &eke& earnestiy. '" You Must
peceee4h
deserved zit coultfnot be. We can never
forget bow good you were, Mr. Litton, and
I am grieved that yonr goodnees ' should
have given yon any point You have heard
from Miss Venn?' she added softly.
0
• "Ani she is penitent, I hope?" ghirley
Baia arnniney. • , . ,
she is very penitent," he aneWered.
(To he continnedS /
• Henry Villerd IEt the head Of a South
Pole expedition.
Ree. Dr. Frank L. Norton, of 'Lynn,'
Man., is probably the richestclergyman in
. •
the country. . .
•
Jesse D. Carr bas , been Ordered 'by A
Government agent to remeee it stone fence
which he has built around 40,000 mite of
Government land in California,
•
•
4 '1
squats and His5,000 Guinea Fee.
Sir John Millais allows nothing to intev.,
fere with his ennimer holiday. :Last year,
when he was on the eve of leaving for
Scotland, a card was brought to him on '
which was printed "Mr. Jehostaphet Smith, :
Chicago." The gentleman was shotvn in,
and Sir John asked his ,pleastire. "Wall,
said the American,"my wife and
three daughters are Waiting in a cab,
and I want you to paint xis straight -
away." Sir • John' politely explained
that he Was just leaving Lon-
don and: could not undertake the job.
It's pretty, bard, ,if. you. 'won't," pleaded
the gentleman from. ChicegO ; " we've come
over from Ainetica on purpose' to bo put on .
cariVaa by-yett, and 1 don'tmind giving'
5,000 gannet' for the job." ' Sir John
Millais hesitated -5,000 guineas is it large
enno to threw away -but the moors and
his fishing rose before hini, and he gill
refused. "Yon =et cell again next year,"'.
hesaid, as ho. showed Mr. Jehosophat.
Smith (of .Chicago) to the door. •
,• 'mainal dfid.
\\& poorly-olad little. girl 'dame into the
store of one ef •our. stationers recently.
She wished to buY some writting paper,
and finally was shown some for 5 •oents it
quire. • "How much will half a (polio be ?"'
oho i 'ired in a halfd inti e litt
voice: " roe cents," rep ied the clerk.
4 If you plasm, I'll • take 'the other . half,"
was the (pack response. -Augusta Journal.
' Stanley and toreelhette.
The Quebec eorreopondent of the Empire
is right in saying that Hie Excellency the
Governor-General is generally esteemed in .
Quebec. But he -is wrong in accusing Mr.
Vrechetto of landing rebels, etc. • These are
tactics which aro unworthy of.a respectable
paper. At the prepent time Mr. 14(36dt°
is engaged in literary work, not politics.-
' •
Lady Cadasser (with • patent inedieine;
to etont gent) -I assure yeti, sir, it's an A
No'. I eirtiele. 1 know nattily who' Fain it
to the; Oleo. •
Stint Gent. -14O, don -t, madatn, 'for it
ha o sent niany-10 the alike to praise it. ,