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The Huron Signal, 1880-12-03, Page 2th ij bt she had hurt ur offended me. I jutleed it best to answer her thoughts out plain. r. levee wlU itstiAbgt to 13, eyrie a flower, is in evil THE HUILON SIGNAL, FRIDAY, DD i;CEMBER 3, 1880. -- - w " By George, I do I" The thought of this wide* whist had pe, Vis' gyp, �. ricked R'i'm' with elsis's head • I doctor, did you Wilk had the o114teris died, when bee brother, 104 prom this government sitaat' ,, two, AA* we hoped so much, t� which still /U! u asi Cub.re srye, " • MomMomper b Thou certaml3 ra Jos fes Name& had • fortalk k with papa, before he left, sir,dt,sls useti� li w it'g Abet he es*. iwelf, Ire n twlnpu did M►' Weir ar tan tell time, aid nes "as .:ruse M two melts,' to use ►.11� axpressisoh ar all evening. If these e kW,. TEE* ?mune I heartily wances would keep away. She was not in much better humor on Sunday, especially when, conning hastily into the parlor with a message frum,IJ 'sa- bel, I gave her a start- fur she wail sit- ting, nut writing, but leaning over her \desk, with her fingers pressed upon bur eyes. It startled lee, too, t see her: we have grown so used to this affair, and Penelope is so sharp -tempered, that we never seem to suspect her of feeling anything. 1 was foolish enough to a;,oi vgize for interrupting, and to attempt to kiss her, which irritated her so that we moue almost a quarrel. I left the ofn, put on my bonnet, and went off, to even- ing -church ---God forgive me ! fur no bet- ter purpose than to get rid of home. 1 wonder, do sister. ever love one another 1 Not after our fashion, out of mere habit and long familiarity, also s certain pride, which, however we differ among ourselves, would make us, I be- lieve, defend one another warmly against strangers, but out of voluntary sympathy and affection. Do families ever live in open-hearted union, feeling that blood is blood, loser than acquaintance, friendship, or any tie in the world, ex- cept marriage ? That is, it ought to he. Perhaps it may so baleen'baleen'once in s cen- tury, as true love does, or there would not be so much romancing about both. [TO BE CONTICUBD, j b lay me down Ps - 'Thou not es nsees, wilt makit pesos, even for me 1 do 41111.' nommth PloagM SW. OM boughs of the t ea kg in broad bright rift. OR ties here and these, wherever there w the= >M *se deans seen tops e( those fine Scotch Pies, the like of which 1 have never beheld out eat Ry own ons ferry, nor drafts since! was a boy. Alm, also abeam* of other fur+sst trees, the high elevation, the wide spaces of moorland, end the sandy soil, give to the atmosphsr'e here a rarity and fresh - nem which exhilarates, mentally and bodily, in nu small degree. , I4iaak (hal I have never lust my lbw of athlete; never owned to feel au almost boIlub thrill of delight in the mete sun- shine and fresh air. Fureniles I oould•liave walked us►, thus luxuriating, without wishing to disturb my enjoyment by a word, but it was neoessary to oonverse a little, so 1 made the valuable and original remark, " that this neighborhood would be very pretty in the spring.' My companion replied with a vivacity of indignation moat unlike a grown young lady, and exceedingly like a child. " Pretty ? It is beautiful !- You never can have seen it, I am sure." I said, " My regiment did not. conte home till May; I have spent this spring in the Crimea." " Ah ! the spring flowers there, I have heard, are remarkably beautiful, much more so than ours." " Yes;" and as she seemed fond of flowers, I told her of the great abundance which in the peaceful spring that followed the war, we had noticed, carpeting with a masa of color those dreary plains; the Loge Crimes snow -drops, the jonquils, and blue hyacinths, growing in myriads about Balaclava and on the banks of the Tchornaya; while on every rocky dingle, and dipping into every tiny brook, hung bushes of the delicate yellow jasmine. " How lovely 1 But I would net ex- change England for it. You should see how the primroses grew all among that oank, and a little beyond, outside the wood, is a hedge side, which will be one Maas of blue -bells " " I shall kook fur them. I have often found blue --leeks till the end of October. "Nonsmtse !" What a laugh it was, with such $ merry ring. " I beg your pardon, Dr. Urquhart, but, really, blue- bells in October ! tVho ever heard of such a thing ?" "I assure yon I have found them my- self, in sheltered places, both the larger and smaller species; the one that grows from a single stein, and that which pre- dates two or three bells from the same stalk—the campanula—shall I give you its botanical name ?" '' Oh, I know what you in ean —hare- - "`14lue-bell; the real blue -bell of Scot- land. What you call blue -bells are wild hyscirttbs. " She thee k her head with a pretty per- sistence. tl "No,r blue -bells, '1Mis i Mold brie mese than mere We, send greater taking it awq 1 So I ha,e been ing myself, lately. You sit dile thinking', for the which I am glad to own myself your debtor." I had not • word of answer to this ac- knowledgment, at once frank and digtu- fied. Mks went on : " If I said foolish or rude things that night, you must remember how apt one is to judge from personal experience, and I have never sewn any fair specimen of the army. Except," and her manner prevented all questioning of what duty elevated into truth, " except, of course, Captain Treherue." He caught his name. Eh, good people. Saying nothing bad of me, I hope ? Anyhow, I leave my character in the hands of my friend Urquhart. He rates me soundly to my face, which is the best proof of his not speaking ill of nee behind my back." " So that is Dr. L'rquhart's idea of friendship! bitter outside and sweet at the core. What dote he make of love, pray i All sweet and no bitter-" " Or all bitter and no sweet 7" These speeches came from the other two sisters, the latter from the eldest; their flippancy needed no reply, end I gave none. The second sister was silent, which I thought showed better taste, under the circumstances. For a few minutes longer we sauntered on, leaving the wood and paasing into the sunshine, which felt soft and warm as spring. Then there happened —I have been slow in coming to it—one of those accidents, trivial to all but me, which, whenever occurring, seem to dash the peaceful present out of my grasp, and throw me back years- years, to the time when I had neither present nor future, but dragged on life, I scarcely know how, with every faculty tightly bound up in an inexorable, intolerable past. She was carrying her prayer -book, or Bible I think it was, though English people oftener carry to church prayer - books than Bibles, and seem to reverence them quite as much, or more. I had noticed it as being not one of those vel- vet things, with gilt crosses, that ladies delight in, but plain -bound, the edges slightly soiled as if with continual use. Passing through a gate, she dropped it; I stooped to pick it up, and there. on the I ic, I thought it was fly -leaf, I saw written : I whole, that his divinity did not see her too human young adorer. I have often Theodora Johnston "---"Johnston." pitied women, mothers, wives, sisters. Let me consider what followed. for my If they could see some of us men as we isath It • I have always called them rid I always shall Many a scolding havl�I got about then, when I used, on co March days, to steal e basket and a litchen-knife, to dig them up before the hada were formed, so as to transplant *eel safely in time to flower in my g Groan. Many's the knife I broke over that gain quest. Do you know how difficult it is to get at the bulb of a blue -bell !' " Wild hyacinth. ifvou please." " A blue -bell,- she laughingly persist- ed. " 1 have sometim picked out e fine one, growing in sone easy, soft mold, and undermined hist, and worked round him, ton inches deeps fancying I had got to the root of him at\last, when slip went the knife, and all .,was over. Many a time I have sat with tae cut-off stalk in my hand, the long, white, slen- der stalk, ending in two delicate green leaves, with a tiny bud betweee—you know it ; and actually cried, not only for vexation over lust labor, bet becaue it seemed such a pity to have destroyed what one could sever make alive again." She said that, looking right into my face with her innocent eyes. This girl, from her habit of speaking exactly s. she thinks, and whether from her solitary country rearing, or her in- nate simplicity of character, thinking at ones more naturally and originally than most women, will, doubtless, often say ..things like these. An idea once "r twice this morning head flitted across, my mind, whether it wrwtld sot be better for me to break through my hermit ways, and allow my- self' to pay 000mioual visits among happy househ.'11ds, or th. oecastonal society of good and remitivated women: now it alto- gether eanishod. It would be a thing impossible. This young lady `Rust have very quick pereeptions, and ar'euraas memory of " Yon might have amen You know trivial things. for seai`OSly had els est- what happ.w.d lass week to ahem poor tared the 1•.t words when an hit bee yosne fellows corny, "I" frm" • din - was •tred erimu.n and rat, es !% rillif fegg.Itar'ty in a dog out - ole Isse-t Ing ea un- truth; an >� siwiii y , startled lurks were nut ego *AIM 'fit, I had 14011114 `gi*Row Sours, and anztThe • d my lying 'nerves' af- forded him ooneidsmble amusetueat " But that is just what Dors persisted— good sort of creature, isn't she 1 the ops you walked with from church I told her you were as strung as iron and hard as a rock, and she said she didn't believe it—that yours was one of the most sensi- tive facers she had ever seem. " " I am very much obliged to Miss Theodora; I really was not aware of it myself." " Nor I either, faith ! but women are so sharp -sighted. Ah ! doctor, you don't know half their ways." " I concluded he had stayed at Rock - mount ; had he spent a pleasant day 1 " Pleasant f ecstatic. Now acknowl- edge, isn't she a glorious girl I Such a mouth -much an eye—such an arm ! Al- together a magnificent creature. Don't you think so? Speak out -I shan't be jealous." I said, with truth, she was an extreme- ly handsome young women. " Handsorne i Divine. But she's as lofty as a queen --won't allow any non- sense --I didn't get a kiss the whole day. She will have it we are not engaged till I hear from the governor; and I can't get a letter till Tuesday, at the soonest - Doctor, it's maddening. If all is not settled in a week, and that angel mine within nix more—aa she says she will be, parents consenting--- I do believe it will drive me mad.- " Having.her, or losing " Either. She puts me nearly out of my senses." " Sit down, then, and put yourself in them again" -for a few minutes at leant" For I perceived the young fellow wan warm with something besides love. He had been solacing himself with wine and cigars in the mess -room. Intemperance was not one of his failings, nor was he more than a little excited now—not by any means what men consider "over- taken," or, to use the honester and ug- lier word, "drunk." Yet, ae he stood there, lolling against the door, with hot cheeks and watery eyes, talking and laughing louder than usual, and diffuaing an atmosphere both nicotian and alcohol - CHAPTER Vl. wen ITORY. " Gone to be married ; goas to swear a peace t !Shall Lewis have BisMhe, and Blanche those proviness r' Whisk mesas, " shall Treherne have Liss, and Lisa 'alers Court 1" Yes, it is to be; I suppose it must be. Though not literally " gone to be mar- ried," they are certainly " going." For seven days the bwlanon hung doubtful 1 do out know exactly what turned the scale ; sometimes a strong suspicion strikes me that it was Dr. Urquhart; but I have given up cogitating on the, subject. When one is utterly powerless --a mere iota in a house - when, whatever one might desire, one's opinion has not a straw's weight with anybody, what is the good of vexing one's self in vain ! 1 shall content myself with giving a straightforward, succinct account of the week; this week which I cannot deny, has made a vital difference in our family. Though outwardly all went on as usual— our quiet monotonous life, unbroken by a single " event "—breakfast, dinner, tee, and sleep coming round in ordinary rotation; still the change is nude. What a long time it seems since Sunday week ! That day, after the tumult of Saturday, when I fairly shut myself up to escape out of the way of both suitors, the aim- ing and the going one—aura that neither of my sisters would particularly want me—that Sunday was not a happy one. The only pleasant bit in it was the walk home from church; when, Penelope mounting guard over the lovers, I thought it no more than right to, be civil to Dr. Urquhart. In so dung, I resolutely smothered down my annoy- ance at their joining us, and at the young gentleman's taking so much upon himself already, forsooth; lest Captain Treher ne'a friend should discover that I was not in the most amiable mood possi- ble with regard to this marriage. And in so valorously " putting myself into my pocket" -the bad self which had been uppermost all day—somehow it slipped away, as my pin -cushions and pencil -cases are wont to do—slid down to the earth and vanished. I enjoyed the walk. I like talking to Dr. Urquhart, for he seems honest. He makes one feel as if there were some solid good somewhere in the world, if only one could find it; instead of wan- dering among mere shams of it, pretenses of heroism, simulations of virtue, selfish abortions of benevolence. It teens un- like that place in Hades—is it Dante's or Virgil's making 1—where trees, beasts, ghosts, and all, are equally shadowy and unsubstantial. That Sunday morning, which happened to be a specially lovely one, has seemed tangible and real. In- cludung myself, who not seldom appears to myself as the biggest sham of all. Dr. Urquhart left us at the gate ; would not come in, though Penelope in- vited him. Indeed, he went away rath- er abruptly, I should say rudely—but that he is not the sort of man to be easily suspected of discourtesy—Captain Tre- herne declared his secession was not sur- prising, as he had a perfect horror of la- dies' society. In which case, why did he not avoid mine ? i am sure he need not have had it unless he chose; nor did he behave as if in a state of great martyr- dom. Also, a lover of flowers is not likely to be • woman -hater, or a had man, either; and those must be bad men who have an " unqualified " horror of women. ' I take the liberty, until farther evidence, of doubting Captain Treherne —no novelty ! The difficulty is to find any man in whom you can believe. We spent Sunday afternoon chiefly in the garden, Lisabel and her lover 'stroll- ing about together, as Penelope and Francis used to do. Penelope sat with me some time, on the terrace before the drswiug-room windows; then bidding me stay where 1 was and keep a look -out after those two, lest they should get too sentimental, she went indoors, and I saw her afterward, through the parlor -windows, writing - probably one of these long letters 'which Francis gets every Monday morning. What on earth can she find to say 7 The lecture against sentimentalism was needless. Nothing of that in Limbed. Her courtship will be of the most matter of -fact kind. Every time they passed me, she was talking or laughing. Not a soft or serious look has then been on her hoe since Friday night. or, rather, Sun- day morning, when my sobbing made her shed • few tears She did not after- ward ---Mit even when she told what has occurred to papa and Penelope. Penelope bore it well if there was anything to bear. and perhaps there was - to her It might be trying to leve her youngest sister marred first, and to a young men but for whom Primes would himself long off, have been es a poeitkm to marry He told us, on fit. ucrd y, the whole story, how, as • by, he was meant foe los ewele's heir, hat late in life Sir William scurried Thee, wee a eoMn.m afterward, till Mrs Char. as well, ,n the memory is nut clear. I often see one another ! I believe I walked with her to her own Treherne talked rapturously of the door, that there was a gathering and I family at Rockmount—the father and talking, which ended in Treheme's en - 1 the three young ladies. tering with the ladies, promising to over - 1 I ask if there was no mother. take me before I reached the camp. That " No. Died, I believe when my Liss - the gate closed upon them, and I heard their lively voices inside the garden wall while I walked rapidly down the road and back into the fir -wood. That, gain- ing its shadow and shelter, I eat down on a felled tree to collect myself. Johnson her name is not, but Johnston. Spelt precisely the same as I remember noticing on his handkerchief, Johnston without the final r. Yet, granting that identity, it is still a not uncommon name ; there are whole families, whole clans of Johnstone along the Scottish border, and plenty of Eng- lish Johnstone, and Johnetones likewise. Am I fighting with shadows, and tor- turing myself in vain ? God grant it ! Still, after this discovery, it is vitally necessary to learn more. I have sat up till midnight waiting Treherne's return. He did not overtake me—I never ex- pected he would, or desired it. I came back, when I did come back, another way. His hut, next to mine, is still silent and unoccupied. So is the whole camp at this hour. Refreshing myself a few minutes since by standing bareheaded at my hut door, I saw nothing but tho stare overhead, and the long line of lamps below ; heard nothing but the sigh of the moorland wind, and the tramp of the sentries re - leaving guard. I must wait a little longer ; to sleep would be impossible, till I have tried to find out es much as Icon. What if it should be that—the wont 7 which might inevitably produce—or leave me no reason longer to defer—the sod. Here it seemed, as if with long ponder- ing, my faculties became torpid. I fell into a sort of dr'earn, which being broken by ► face looking in at me through the window, a sieke.es of perfectly childish terror tarwe over me. For an instant only, amid then I had put away my writ- Pwg mMMrllls and unbolted the door. ireharnepams in, laughing violemtly. " Why, dogleg, did you take se for • ghost r bel was a baby. Lisabel—isn't it a pret- ty name ? Lisabel Treherne, better still —beats Eisabel Johnston hollow." This seemed an opportunity for ques- tions which must be put ; safer pet them now than when Treherne was in a sober and more observant mood. " Johnston is a border name. Are they Scotch 7. " Not to my knowledge --I never in- quired. Will, if you with, doctor. You canny Scots always hang together-- ha! ha ! But I say, did you ever sea three nicer girls ? Shouldn't you like one of them for yourself r I1 " Thank you --1 am not a marrying man; but you will find them a pleasant family, apparently. Aro there any more sisters ?" " No—quite enough too." " Nor brothers r " Not the ghost of one !" " Perhaps "—was it I, or some mock- ing imp speaking through my lip. --"per- haps only the ghost of one. None now living, probably 7" " None at all that I ever heard of. So much the better; I shall have her more to myself. Heigho ! it's an age till Tuesday." " You'd better go to your bed, and shorten the time by ten hours." " So, I will. 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