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1 The Lady of' Lancaster -71
1
Or, Leonora West's Love.
CHAPTER XXXII'.
It was quite likely that De Vere
would see the difference between his
lowly born love and the real ladies in:
the room, as Lady Adele had said,
but that he would be disenchanted:•
was quite another matter. There cer-
tainly appeared to be no chance of
it now. He was charmed with the
splendid musical talent she had
evinced. He felt a glow of pride in
her as if she belonged to him al
ready.
You have done splendidly,” he.
whispered, as he hung delightedly
over her, "There is not a lady in the
rorm who can do half so well."
"Thank you," she replied, demure-
ly. "But you had better give me an-
other piece. I am here to play, not
to talk."
He longed to say, "Give me the
right to place you on an equality with
there women as my wife," but he was
afraid to venture yet. Something in
her cold, careless manner forbade the
thought. He said to himself that he:
must i{ ait until he knew her longer
and had wooed her more. She was
not to be lightly won, this beautiful
gifted girl. She was proud and sen
sitive. He would have to bide his
time.
So with a smothered sigh he placed'':
before her several pieces, and while
she played he stood' silently by her;
side, turning the leaves of her music,'
and gazing into the beautiful, soul-
ful fare, proud and glad in the privi
lege he enjoyed of being so near her.
When she had played several in-'
stremental pieces brilliantly, he
placed another song before her.
"Let me hear if you can sing as;
well as you can play," he pleaded.
She glanced at the song. It was.
Longfellow's "Bridge."
"Yes I will sing it," she said; and..
again th^i•a fell a hush of silence as'
the sweet and well-trained voice fill-;
ed the room with its melody. De Vere;
was fain to acknowledge that she
sung a:: welI as she played.
When :•he had sung the last line,
she looked up into his face.
"Nieli you play or sing something;
now while I rest?" she asked.
"I never knew how unfortunate I
was before in having no talent for;
music,' he said, ruefully. "I should'
like to oblige you so much, but
have no more voice than a raven, Miss
West. I will call Lancaster. He can
sing like a seraph." 1
"Oh, pray don't!" she cried; but;
he had already turned around.
"Lancaster," he called, "won't you
cone and sing something while Miss
West has a breathing -spell?" I
He came forward at once. Heb
thought it would be very pleasant to!
displace De Vere for a moment, to
stand by her side and watch her ex-
1uislto face and theglancing
white
hands as they moved over the sh
in- `
ingearl keys.
. p Y
"Pray do not rise," ,,
he said,bend-'
ing over her, hurriedly; "I will sing,'
but I shall want you to play my ac -1
companiment."
She bowed silently, and he select-
ed a piece of music and placed it be-
fore her. It was that beautiful song,
"My Queen."
"He is going to sing to Lady
Adeia," the girl said to herself, a lit-
tle disdainfully, but her touch was
firm and unfaltering as she struck
the. chords while Lord Lancaster
sung.
De Vere did not like his friend's
selection much. He regretted that he
had asked him to ,sing.
"It sounds like he wassinging to
her," he said, discontentedly to him-
self as he watched the couple at the
piano. "What does the fellow mean,
and what will Lady Adele think?" he
Wondered; and glancing toward her
be saw that she was looking very
cross overthe top
of her f
an
Truth
to tell, she was verymuch in
doubt
whether to appropriate the song to
herself.
When the song was ended De Vere,
who had lingered jealously near the
piano, went up to Leonora's side.
"1 thought you were going to rest
while some one else sung," he said,
reproachfully.
She glanced up with a smile at:
Lord Lancaster.
"So I was," she replied, lightly,
"but Captain Lancaster wished ine to
play while he sung for Lady Adele.
So of course I could not refuse.
Lancaster gazed into her face with'
amazement. Was she indeed so blind,!
or did she purposely slight the tri -1
bute he had paid to her, and which he
had believed she could not fail to
understand? Angered. and chagrin -1
ed, he bowed his thanks coldly, and!
retired from the piano, leaving a;
fair field for his rival.
He went out through the open
window and wandered into the
grounds, driven from her presence by'
the pain of her coldness, her studied
indifference. There was a gulf be-,
tween them that grew wider and!
wider at every effort he made to ,
bridge it.
"Heaven help me! I am a fool to
waste my heart on one who laughs at'
my love," he said to himself. "I will.
tear her from my heart. I will
never show her again the tenderness:
of a heart she choose to trample. She
will choose De Vere. That is wise.:
He is rich, I have nothing but Lan-.
easter. Yet, if she would love me, I
could bear poverty without a sigh,}
deeming myself rich in her affection."
His aimless walk led him to the
Magic Mirror, where he had come
upon her so suddenly and with such
irrepressible joy that night. If only
she had listened to him then, she
would have known the whole story
of that passionate love wherewith he
loved her—she did not even care to
hew., he said to himself with bitter
pain and humiliation as he gazed into
the clear pool from which her • face
had shone on him that night, and
fooled him with the love he thought
he saw on the lips and in the eyes.
Ile had always been gay and light-
hearted until now, but an hour of pro-
found bitterness came to him to-
night alone in the odorous moonlit'
stillness. The words of Leonora's
song semed to echo in his brain:
"For my heart was hot and restless,
And niy life was full of care,
And the burden laid upon me
Seemed greater than I could bear."
"I wish that I could go back to
my regiment to -morrow," he thought.
"Why should I linger on here, and
how will it all end, I wonder? Will
De Vere marry Leonora? shall I
marry Lady Adele? What will fate
do with the tangled thread of our
lives, I wonder?"
He went back to the house, and he
found that Leonora was gone, and
that De Vere had gone over to the
fauteuil, and was talking to the earl's
r of the men had
Several daughter.
formed a coterie around
Lady
Lan-
caster, and were good-naturedly up-
braiding
-braiding her because she had declin-
ed to present them to the beautiful
musician.
"I could not do it, really," said the.
dowager. "She is not in our set at'
all. She is a mere nobody,' the de-;
pendent niece of my housekeeper."
"Well, but Lancaster and De Vere,
were quite hand -in -glove with her,"
objected one.
"A mere accidental acquaintance.
She came over from America with'
them," said the dowager, carelessly.!
In fact, she was inwardly raging
with vexation. Her clever plan for
annihilating Leonora had failed. The
girl had appeared to much mere ad-
vantage than she had expected—had
created -a sensation, in fact. The men
were all in raptures, the women were
all angry and jealous, and Leonora's
modest withdrawal fr'prn the scene
as soon as she arose front the piano
relief.
Mas a
felt b
was
by a
Lieutenant De Vera had gone with
her as far as the door. He had held
her hand a minute, .in. ;saying good-
night.
"May I come into Mrs. West's room
and see you to -morrow?" he asked,
with an entreating glance into the
bright eyes, and he saw a gleam of
mischief shining in theme.
"Will Lady Lancaster permit you
to do so?" she inquired, demurely.
"Yes," he replied. "I have told her
quite frankly the reason why I came
to Lancaster Park, and she had no-
thing to say against it. If you will
let me see you to -morrow, I will tell
you what I told her," he continued,
with his heart beating fast as he gaz-
ed at her fresh young beauty.
She was very thoughtful for an
instant. She seemed to be making
up her mind.
"You must not say no," he said,
hastily. "I assure you that Lady
Lancaster will have no objection to,
my doing so, if your aunt will per-
mit me. May I come?"
Leonora raised her eyes gravely to
his face.
"Yes, you may come,' she answer-
ed, and then turned quickly away.
CHAPTER XXXV.
The impulses of men in love are as
various as their natures. Where one
will linger around the fatal charmer!
and hug his pain, another will fly I
from
"The cruel madness of love,
The honey of poison -flowers, and all;
the measureless ill."
ever.
that," I shall mke him understand
"Do not be too hard upon him.
Give hint time, Lady Lncaster, He
will not brook harshness, he will
break a tight rein anis escape from
it. You should know that much of all
men'singfor natures,
hisfriend,
' raid De Vere, plead -
"I have not been hares upon him. I
havior feet o oriel she. have offered a wife and a fortune to
him ---a beautiful, high -bred, high-
born wife, and a splendid fortune —
yet he is indifferent to both, All
Lady Adele's beauty makes no im-
pression on him. He is barely civil
to her. What is the matter with him,
Lieutenant De Vero? Is he going to
be fool enough to fly in the face of
his own good fortune?"
"I hope not" said Lieutentnt De
Vere, but he looked very anxious. He
remembered that "whom the gods,
wish to destroy they first make mad."
Lancaster was mad—mad with love
for the beautiful, penniless Americans
girl, Leonora West. De Vere had'
suspected it all along, he was sure of
it now. That song last night had
opened his eyes. A pang of bitter,
futile jealousy shot through his
heart. He believed that his friend
was an unacknowledged rival. A
vague terror of the end rushed over
him. Who would win, Lancaster or
himself ?
Lady Lancaster cane nearer to
him—she looked anxiously at him
with her small, bead-like black yes.
"You and Clive are intimate,"she
said; "you ought to know a great
deal about him, Tell me what it is
that makes him so blind to his own
interests? Is there any one in the
way ? Is there any woman in the
case?"
"I am not in Lancaster's confidence,
believe me, Lady Lancaster," he re-
plied. "If there be any woman in the
case, he has never told me so. Per-
haps you are making a mountain out
of a little mole -hill,"
She studied him attentively. I shall
find out nothing from you, I can see
that," she said.
"You will never learn anything
from me derogatory to his interests
—be sure of that," he replied, loyal
to his friend in spite of reawakened
jealousy.
"And your own wooing how does
that prosper?" she inquired, with
something like a sneer, abruptly
changing the subject.
He flushed indignantly.
"You are pleased to jest on deli-
cate subjects, Lady Lancaster," he
said, stiffly.
"I beg your pardon" she answered,
quickly. "I did not know you were
so sensitive, but ,I assure you that I
take a great interest in your love
affair."
"Thank you. I understand the ori-
gin of your interest," he answered,
with a slight smile; and she winced
perceptibly. She did not want him
to know whither her suspicions tend-
ed.
"I dare say you think me a very
meddlesome old woman," she said,
abruptly; "but you have my best
wishes for a successful suit. Miss
West is beautiful and accomplished,
and with your wealth you can have
no difficulty in lifting her to your
level."
"She is the most beautiful of wo-
men," he answered, forgetting his
momentary ill -humor in the pleasure
she awoke in him by her artful
praise of Leonora.
"And you will lose no time in mak-
ing her your own? Delays are dan-
gerous," she said, with a subtle
meaning in her tone that made his
heart beat.
"I know that. But I am a coward;
I am almost afraid to ask her for the
boon I crave most upon earth," he
said, giving her in those few words a
glimpse into his full heart. '
"Pshaw! you are a coward," said
my lady, laughing. "Where is the wo-
man who is going to refuse you with
your face and fortune? You are a
prize in the matrimonial market."
"But I want to be accepted for my-
self, and not for my fortune, Lady
Lancaster," he answered, proudly,
'and yet not without a sense of satis-
faction over these worldly advent-
! ages of his. It was very pleasant to
' be his own master, to be able to do
as he pleased, to ask no one's leave
to marry whom he wished.
Lady Lancaster laughed a very dis-
c
Lancaster, being wise, chose the
latter part. He had an innate con-
viction that Leonora would accept
Lieutenant De Vere. He did not feel
strong enough to witness his friend's
happiness just yet. He felt that if
he remained he might betray his pas-'
sion and be laughed at for his pains.
He sought safety from himself in ig-1
nominious flight.
What was Lady Lancaster's dismay
next morning, when she arose to her
late breakfast, to find a note awaiting
her from that troublesome nephew.;
She was in a great rage when she'
read it. She pushed back her dainty,'
untested repast, which had been sery-a
ed in the privacy of her own room,
and rang her bell violently. -
"Present niy compliments to Lieu
tenant De Vere, and ask him to come:
to me for ten minutes," she said,
sharply, to the servant who answered
the summons.
He came immediately, full of won-
der at this abrupt `'summons, and
found her pacing up and down the
floor in a great rage which she did
not take any pains to conceal.
"Did you know of any reason Lord
Lancaster could have for going up
to London this morning?" she asked
him, after they had gone through the
preliminaries of a hasty good-morn-
ingNo," he replied, gazing at her
in surprise.
"Well, he has gone—did you know
that?" she demanded.
"Yes, I heard from his groom that
he went at daylight this morning,"
he replied.
"Here is a note he left for me," she
said angrily. "He says he has been
suddenly called away by urgent busi-
ness—may be detained a week or
more, and wishes me to present ex-
cuses and regrets to you and the rest
of the company."
"I am very sorry he had to go,"
said the lieutenant.
"But do you believe that he really
has business?" she inquired, peev-
ishly.
Y
"Of Of ccurse he had—or whyshould
7
'r hand-
some
ed the
have gone?" inquired q
some young fellow, staring at her in
amazement.
"I don't know—but I have my
suspicions. I half believe that he
has run away from me and Lady
Adela. If I were quite sure of it,
I'd have my revenge," she muttered,
irascibly.
"What an old shrews I don't blame
Lancaster for running away, I'm
quite sure I should do so, too, if she
bullied me as she does Lancaster,"
said the young fellow to himself, but
aloud, he said, with an air of sur-
prise:
"My dear Pady Lancaster, I am
sure You wrong" i'xly friend. Why
should he run away from you, his
kind friend, and from the beautiful
Lady Adele?"
"Ah, why? I have my suspicions,
Jieutenalit D.9 Vere, but I shall not
them one—at least
t e
mucnot
impartany
y
et. But he has behaved very badly,
h'
going off like this. I do not know
how to make excuses for him least
of all to Lady Adele. She was jealous
last night, I could see that. What
will she say now? Clive has been
sicnaalnIcatttgonels fahloose
on fox
Ile went, and as he was leaving, she
fired a last shot at him:
",Take my advice, and don't delay
the proposal, young man. Don't let
excessive modesty deter you. Re-
member that faint heart never won
fair lady."
('1'o be continued.)
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"As I am such an old woman, you with point and screen. They are
will forgive me for telling you not to
be a fool, Lieutenant De Vere," she
said. "There are very few men who
are married for themselves alone in
these days, and, let me add, there are
very few who deserve it. The aver-
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your lucky stars that when you go to
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"What a very disagreeable old wo-
man!" he said to himself reddening
with vexation. "She is full of spleen
and venom. I must go out or I shall
be tempted to say something sharp
to her."
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And the womannext door has a
fine black and white cat!
Shepherdess Bridesmaids.
Lilies of the Valley and white lilacs
combined are taking the place of the
usual orange blossoms for bridal bo-
quets. Wedding gowns are short and
are trimmed with malines net and
Spanish lace combined. The brides-
maids 'Wear shepherdess' frocks .and
carry crooks topped with bouquets of
flowers tied with huge bows of wide
satin ribbon.
These bridesmaids' gowns vary in
material, but the effect of all of them
is much the same—plain narrow skirt,
paniers, pointed bodice, square neck
and short ruffled sleeves and a flat,.
flowered shepherdess hat. Ali:,;one
wedding of national importance' the
attendants carried large Leghorn hats
filled with marguerites and other -•
old-fashioned flowers. The effect was
very charming, as the hats were sus-
pended from the arms by- wide rib-
bons of yellow satin.
Blouses of Canopy Patterns.
The blouses which the summer girl
will select for golf, tennis, boating
and the like may be of plain linen or
madras or may run to striped de-
signs, of which the most popular are •
the broad canopy patterns or the
candy striped effects. In fact, many
of the blazer stripes are reproduced
for shirtwaist models.
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SONG OF THE COLONIES.
James L. Hughes, Toronto.
"We are sons in our mother's house,
We are masters in our own,"
And when mother shall need her sons
She shall never stand alone.
We are partners with her for aye,
We are hound by love sincere,
And her faith in the riielit and true
We shall evermore red -ere.
We shall prove that we're brave and
strong,
As her sons should ever be,
When she calls us in honor's cause
To fight for liberty.
THE FRENCH TRICOLOR.
Has Been the National Banner of Our
Ally Since 1830.
The French have always favored
the colors of red, white and blue, and -
throughout their history red banners, •
white plumes, and blue scarves have
been largely used in connection with
royalty and the army. The French
national flag, the tricolor, however,
which combines the three popular
colors of France, is comparatively
modern. The flag was first adopted
about 1794. A decree was issued
which gave to all flags a knot of tri-
color ribbons at the top of the staff,
and later the red, white, and blue
design was chosen for the national
flag. Some years after it was abol-
ished for the white flag of France
made famous by Henry IV., and it
was not until 1830 that the tricolor
came into its own again. Since then
the flag has been the national ban-
ner of France. The divisions on the
tricolor are not all the same size.
The red occupies the largest space,
the blue is slightly smaller than the
red, and the white is the narrowest
stripe of the three. The space occu-
pied by the colors has been scientific-
ally worked out in order to make the
flag visible at long distances, a ne-
cessary asset for naval purposes.
France had numerous nationcl flags'
before it adopted the tricolor. ''Al-
though its present banner is not
par-
ticularly artistic,its predecessors
ranked amongst
the most beautiful
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The in the world. n
first French
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flags
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flag was extremely quaint. It con-
sisted of a blue hood hung on a cross
bar and represented the cloak of St.
Martin, a saint greatly revered by
the French, and years ago his helmet
was carried by our allies in their .
wars to inspire the soldiers.
The second French flag was a
heeutiful banner of red, wit1,40 loose
end cut into three tongues, r esemb-
ling flames, between each of which
was a green tassel.
Some picturesque banners were at
one time carried by the French war-
riors before the' tricolor waved over
the French battlefields. There was
the sky-blue cavalry standard with
the golden' sup of Lour SIV., the
white and gold banner of Joan of
Axe, magnificently embroidered with •
the Madonna, angels, ana lilies, and
the famous'old banner of the city of
Paris with its white ship on a blood-
}ed field. The tricolor forms the base
of nearly every fiag connected with
the army, navy, and merchant ser-
vice of France.
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