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The Huron Signal, 1886-5-28, Page 3JUST . t., b. o•rta114that 1 had muu N...d him I .es w ill and dizzy time that I can't help Ianeyiag that i have •saggersted the matter—I d BY ADELINE SERGEANT,know. iso fur me, there's • good fel and try to get at the bott�oo of his ACTaus OI "JivOar'e Wires," "t'atDan lecrlona." Fouts Purrauuas,",otc, :3 Anth ,ny *wit. It was twilight .Then h..alked up u drive, and the yellow glow of snset CHAPTER XViI. ifading to the weer. Dr. sieve** g o ase s tau, Ii ht-hair.d I ' 1 shall see nobol 7.�� thought ♦mlh. man with a fair, pigment !amend a keen- to himself ; "they will be at dinner. loB ly obeerrwt hark in his bright blue (rya yea 1'11 for Lord Morten. 1 must to THE HURON SIGNAL, FRIDAY. MAY 28, 1886. oder- hart." die said. "I have sated as Lund !odfl !found some doulty in turning the eesa at the Morveu's secretary fur warns years. Bier-' knob, Beaute* ruse to Ler feet. There i' rrlorohabaly sus tatter reLxiug w u "There u Maven,"" she said hurried remedy for stiff joints, eer.lracted weds. - and punkt oonKestioo, than Hrl agya'e t Yellow til, 1t cured Mrs. John Sidten dell, of Urtou, flat, who was afflicted foo you a yeah with of the bronchial pipes and tightness of the chest. It . th great remedy for iuteruai or external 7 peas. e e ar to k urn me ly. . Yoe wanted to see hila Say w hs - you ah, = for BertI meet go. ''She did nut give him her hand ; ah .camel) looked at him as she gathered ad up her papers d took her departure b ro a aide dour which led to another moan r Anthony stood stupefied, bewildered woaderiIg whether he had offended her and not at all well prepared ter win- terview with the redoubtable Lord Ma- ven. But before the Earl had made more than Iwo slope auto the room. Anthony was struck by the chwg. which had passed over his face during the last few days. Hi. features seemed to have became pinched and old ; there was a curious greyness of completion which ,wade him look almost ghastly : and his sunken eyes had • dark troubledw as of a own who wse suffering from pain either of body or of mind. At tint he appeared not eves es to nhis visitor ; and when Anthony spoke W him, he looked up with a start which told .f shaken nerves. Anthony stood amazed ; it seemed astonishing to him that a man of Lori Mower's character and physique should have Seen so com- pletely broken down by a few days' watching ar-d anxiety at a brother's sick bed. But after the first moment Lord Mur- ven seemed to collect himself, and to make an effort to recover his usual calm. He received Lockhart courteously, and mitered at upon the subject which An- thony had at beam. "1 am sorry to hear that Mr. Dooglaa i*. been unwell," he said. "1 trust that the excitement of our late Lie iu- tsrview ha nothing to do with his at- tack." "I suppose that the fever had been coming on forams time," said Anthony bluntly ; "but I have no doubt that his sywm pto. have been aggravated by . citement and distress of mind-" Lord Murata did not immediately ro- ds "Miss Bssilwtont was anxious," he said at last, with deliberation,"that he should return to the Towers. I hope I need not ay that had I kuown of his illness I should never have permitted him to go. 1 an afraid that at present he is to ill to be removed fmm his lodgings." "Even if he were well enough to be removed what good would it du him to come here, unless your Lordship were prepared to give what he wanta ?" "I am certainly nut prepared to Jo that." "Is that your last word on the sub- ject 1r'said Anthuay quickly. "is there nothing that would induce you to change your mind P' "'Nothing, Mr. L,ckhart." "I am aa loss," said Anthony, after • pawl, "to know why my cousin should prove so ineligible a suitor--" "Mr. Lnckbsrt,"' Lord Murree, inter- rupted, "will you have the goodness to understand, once for all all, that I am not wishful to discuss the matter with any one. My decision is made.. My sister and Mr. Douglass must abide by i t.. , 'Bet-- "Excuse me, Mr, L ipl;hart. I do not feel eyedto much conversation This evening on this or any other subject y sows very wel/ that if I ante i tei't Morv.n's nor it is exactly the ea 1ow, thine u it /dorvw himself bad writ ob- It mi/ht not be the same flung to tot Bente understands." Anthony bowed, "I do sot wish to in tho terfere,- he said. "We are todebted W . as you for the way in which you exert you powerful inflames'• my The color in Beatrice's face rushed ut oboe more to her temples "You mia- ow take ; my ibgu•nee is 0.4 at all great," she said hurriedly. ''You do not speak generously, Mr. L,ckhart, you ---Olt, why an we not talk without quails' ling !" she broke off to exclaim. "1 do nut know why you should delight in taunting me. I bane not known you very long, but you seem to ha.e plea- sure in saying the that hurt and vex me most. Anthony assumed hie moot rigid at- i titude of attention. • "I amus you that I was guiltless of t any attempt to hurt or vox you," be said. ''What you call teuuta are not >t taunts at all to my thinking. 1 spoke et • your influence. Everyone knows that it x is great." "Great !" she repeated contempteous- ly. "Great, indeed, when even Ic'n- not prevail upon Mona to allow Lilies to icy in the hoose if Berth comes Anthony sono tilt that he had dune the the truth.' right thug in sending fur him. He was tie foaled that the man who admitt a clever young 'aloe who had studied in bin looked at him oddly when he ask Edinburgh and Paris, sed was rather to see the Earl, and hesitated before a pleased than otherwise W bare a zoom,- 111 swerieg that his L"rtisbip was at horn what ouwpliated ase banded over fol Aethumy, however, not being apt him. He 'atoned attentively to the facts I trouble himself about details, took litl that Amtbosy bid before biro and exam- I, notice of the man's face or manner, at erred the patient with groat are, but said I to/lowed him tranquilly into the library Here, to his great surprise, nothing rery definite. Indeed it would L• conte fa have been next to impossible to may any• to face with Beatice Eesilmont, thing definite at that point in Berth's illness. The nail evident thing to do wee to keep halm perfectly quiet and poi. vide Man with good nursing. She was sitting at • table in the middl of the room and was writing in gra• haste. The windows were as yet uushut tered and uncontained, and the aoleui "I'll get you • nurse from Glasgow if 1 everting sky could be seem tbrrugh th you like," be said. mullioned panes. The game of a wen "I mused him through his lilmeas in male gave Beatrice the light that she India—I and hie servant Donald ; I will sty and nurse him now," said Aathouy. "He as be moved, I suppose 1 "Moved'" sail the young doctor, look- ing at him in surprise. "Why do you waist W move hum 1" required for bet Ione. She looked up when Aathoby entered and then nits to her feet, uttering aa ads - nation of surprise. "Mr. Lockhart, is it you 1 I was won- dering when to fiud you. I wanted to Anthony looked back in equal amaze- °l»" t" P -u. meat- "Can I do anything for you, Mise "We are not staying here," he said.tlmunt i "Where are you st•yiug then, Mr. Loathed% 1 At the Towers 1" "pre have left the Towers," said Au- diosy. "We wanted—ludgings.'. He was relating on the fact that their .udder departure from the Towers was certain to ptevuke Commit, and be palled his lomg moustache doubtfully, ail ii tc cover some 1, But it the doctor divined this . ,hale summation he elbowed no of+ of ip, foreign enough to the it. He looked from Lockhart to the woe I habits generally held by them. Certain- ly the under which they had lateiy met were likely to prt - duce either a great hostility or a greet friendship. '.How is Bettie ?' she asked eagerly. She had held out her hand to him, im- pulsively, as it seemed, with • freak fn•odlinees which could not fail to please hint. He held her hand as long as he could safely do w—a little longer, perhaps than • lady's hand is generally held by a new acquaintance— and Bea- trice did not draw it away with soy el- pearance of anger. Indeed those two had leaped almost at one* into a kind can of the house with a smile of inquiry and then of "Mrs. Pirie wanted to let these rut.ma last week," he said. "I don't know if they are still disengaged.' "Yes, sir," said Mr, Pirie. ''Do you know why he left the Tow - She had withdrawn herself to the door ;ars 1 of the room in which turd. was lying "I believe I do." he answered. "Since Dr. Simpeon tollowed her thither and that time, however, Berrie has been spoke in a low voice-- seriously Ill, and is now in lodgings near "Perhaps you would object to a sick the tows, and not able to be removed." person in the house," he said. "Oh, poor Bernie !" egad Beatrice 'Asa general rule I wadma are tdr't, "Poor boy, I am sorry ! But why—did or. But I've no objectioo to Mr. be choose to speak that afternoon of all uglaa. I ken the Douglass** weel, an' others !—just when Afurr•a eau so ans. Lockhart. tux" ious and troubled abort Gerald ! What Do you T' said the doctor. ' doh • 1Ju the 'Wby, could he expect 1" I thought you were a new resident, Mrs. forte." "I was, Aurae to you young gentle- man's greed fat her in his last illness many a year syn,," said Mrs. I'irte, indicating Sortie with a nod ..f her head. "An' it's tell ute.' Beatrice gave him a short account of 1 tha events of the afternoon on which "For all that," persisted Anthony, „your influence is gloater with Lord Monea than that of anybody etre. The whole place knows 11, 1 have already been told of it half • dean of times. 'Aak Miss Iiasilmont' ls what is said to me 'on all .ides with respect to .eery little matter connected even with Bet - tie's estate." "Maven consults me sometimes," said Beatrice in • low tone : "but he does not take ay ad vice. " "He is influenced by it. no doubt. And that is joat what I said ; your infiu once with him is great, and I tbaak you in Berta.'s name f..it exerting it in his fa rex. " She looked down at the latter that she had been writing, and seemed disinclin- ed to answer. But after a few minutes' consideration she lifted her handsi:me head with a somewhat scornful gesture and met his eyes . ly. "Do you net wonders little,' she said, "that 1 should have any influence at all I have not much, as I told you, but the email amount that I have—don't you marvel how I came toputtees it 1 I have no wealth, nor great standing in the world, no authority. But ; if you see-- "I see," said Anthony, gravely, "that prvcticahly you rule the whole house. ', "Yes. It is a good training fur me- -ou do not know ---in fact, veryfew po- le know. and the matter is not to be Iked about as yet—that I have pro- ieed—at least it has boon arranged,that should marry Lord Moreton." The stoppage, between her sentences seemed the result of deliberation rather than t.f t, And yet she was 1. Her fingers twitched SS Ike t el and the color wonted to her brow. "I thought as much," said Anthony sim7ly. "I trust that you may be happy with him." Then he paused and looked down ; in the dim light his face seemed to hare suddenly turned pal.. ' I am glad you told roe," he went on, in a scarcely audible voice. "For if nut --if not—I might--", What was he going to say 1 111e eyes blazed u he raised them to her face. She half nose, stretching out her hand to him entreatingly. "Don't go on,- she cried ; "don't say any more, I moat not lis ten." Then she remembered what she wee ayem iag, what she seed to imply, and the color rushed in scarlet torrents to the very roots of her hair. She rink ch back in her air and shielded her half averted face with her right hand. "I beg your pardon," she seed, almost mechani- cally, bat with all her old dignity of bar- ing, "1 thought that 1 heard somebody attl.. door- Yuonderitand that my -- my t has nut been male gen- erally known." Anthony did not speak. A sort of dumb anger possessed his soul and seal- . ' his hps. He knew noir what he would hays felt, would have said, if Beatrice Essilmont had been free. Would have felt !" He felt it bow with very fibre .,f his being. He had lost a Mantel', mastery oMantel', suddenly, —and u h• bitterly told lanai imtrievably. H. had fallen in ve with a woman whom he had known or just four days Wee there ever such foul 1 he *aid angrily to himself. And she was worthy of his love ; she had proved herself brave, faithful, generous ; and she was very beautiful. if he had know,, her for years instead of days, he could not have had better rea.i.n for has lose^ prepared with "rest skill soul loving her. are. and the rs confident it will ,maintain in Canada the r•p.tation He did not .peak. Perhaps he had it has sn justly wnn in 1/11,l-nd fo. oteot,. "Justice," raid Anthony briefly. "But I hardly know what happened. I should like to know. He was scarcely able to pa- le glad an' proud that I shall be to wait oBerth's disastrous proposal had occur - him." red. 'I took Lilies upstairs and waited Accordingly Dr. Simpson lost no time with her for some time," she continued, in proposing to Anthony that he 'build "expecting that• Alurcem would send for take up his abude with his cousin in Mrs her, d cnly say good bye to B. rtie —I l'irie's Poems. The bombe stood alone, and, although it fronted the rod, war not in a position where a patient was likely to be disturbed by the sound of wheels or voices. They could have the whole of the upper storey, to which there was a separate entrance from the back of the house. Mrs. Pirie undertook to help in nursing and cooking ; a woman was to be found to do some of the other work of the house, and Anthony engaged that he and Donald would wait upon Berth, "The illness may riot prove senow after all, surely," he said to Dr. Simpson *ilk M attempt at But the doctor shook his head. "I'm afraid itir. Duals,* is in for a 'pretty at, ; 'I ;,' he said. hardly thought he would refuse his con• sent altogether—but we waited more than an hour and no message came. Then I left Lilies and made inquiries To my great surprise and distress I found that Berrie had left the house." "You are on bis side then 1" said An- thony warmly- '•I am glad of that." A faint blush appeared on Heatric.'s pale cheek. "He spoke to me about it before he went to India,' she said. "He war only a bay then ; but I trusted him, and Lilies trusted him 1)0. My poor Lilies ' She is very much distressed." • Did you speak to Gerd Marven about it f "Yes, I arced him what had happen- ed, and he toll rile. Bat I think he Before sunset Berth was installer, in ,gas sorry that Berrie had left the Mr, Pirie's largest and quietest room at the top of the house. Donalil had been sent fur, and arrived with the first in- stallment of his master's luggage. Berth's delirium was rapidly increasing in vio- lence—it was not sate to leave him for a moment alone, and Anthony would not Tod him. His own had been sent up to theTcwet with Berta.'s boxes, but he knew that there was no need to trouble himself about them. They would he sent down with Bertie's things. was almost sorry that he had no ex house.' "That is not much :o say," remarked Anthony with irrepressible sarcasm. •ss.+ •• ar u ,teniae aeai—irom alco- ves," Mid Beetri e, looking at him earn- estly. He does not often say that ho is sorry for what he himself has done. 1 grow h..peful when i heard that." "Hopeful 1 that he would allow the marriage i" "t'Itintat•ly.'. "1'Itintately is a dreary eon of word ; net one that is likely to bring much con - 4. efur going hack. He hail • lingering fan to poor Bettie in his present stats. b dishy to see Miss F.ssilrnont stain. Per- However, I am mock obliged to you, haps, he thought, he might induce her Miss Kusihnont, for your sympathy with k to d with ., my cousin.- M - "1 hare not finished," said Beatrice f with • senile. "1 was writing when you a mane in did you not see ? W.11, i was yet wnting to Rath. Marven wished to t plea Lord Koren on Berta. s behalf. And indeed he could hardly be 11 bine that he had rightly B•rti•'s story. Was it possible that after all these years of friendship Lord Mor- eton ornen )tad forbidden his ward the hour* thong amid not I it. ` three or four days he knew noth tug more clearly: then Rertie woke up in Ids ngh mind, and, though still weak in body, was *ode to explain to his friend s11 that had taken place. It was at his request that Anthony eonsentd, titer Cisme demur, to walk ep to the Towers bald se* Lard Maya for himself. "1 don't want you to plead for me, you know," said Berth, with • laugh, whisk had in it • psiaf.1 ring that went lo his ,sash's beset, "let 1 should like 1 apologise for any harsh or unkind ex- pression that he might have need, and to beg that Hord• would return to the house. And you too of course." "Lord Marva w very kind," mid An- thony with onmpneure. "1 do not lino. how he treated Berth, but i shook' im- a;in• that as apology fee disonorteay ehocld come from the otltinder's own hand and not from another pereew,'s even though that tenon were Mime Emil - meet herself." Satirise adored bhrhiy. "You hard - 14 lb* petition, Mt. Lock - My brother--" He paused for a few seeoadnrtttd turned perceptibly paler during 0*. pause. Then lie resumed in a low but perfectly even voice -- "My brother Gerald," he said, "died at seven o'clock tbia evening. I bare come straight to you from him." 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