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The Herald, 1907-02-01, Page 9b�0����+CO�!'ddC08C��pC+CCdCG�. TRIAL FO' IFE s I thank your ladyship," Laura said, "".a ene is n• otlrJstg 1 require for my earn- fost • and, for my happiness, I' fear it would flee unjust to compel. poor Jones to provide for that," she added, men- tally: theny bidding her ladyship good morn- ing, she retired from her presence, In the outer hall, sbe found Herself • swaylaid, by another footman, with Sir Vincent's respects to her, and a request that eke would favor him with e, few mo- mtnt8 conversation in the library. Again Dura, smiled to herself, think, the baronet is no more alive to his padiernal` duties than her ladyship, this interview will be a mere form." She was shown into the richlyfurnish- ed library, filled with the treasurea of literature, science and art of two centre ries of accumulation, and lighted by one tall, Gothic window of stet -fled glass, that diffused "a dim, religious light" tltrou;hout the east room. In a rieh, antique chair, beside a writing -table, in the centre of the room, sa a stall, stout, terry leintlsome span, aged about forty- five. Regular and well -chiselled features, dark grey eyes, heavy black eyebrows, a large, well -formed nose, and a full, handsome mouth, were all framed in by a luxuriant growth of shining black hair and wbaskers. On seeing Miss Elmer, he arose with astately curtsey, and placed a chair for her, saying, as he Handed Neer to her at requested the favor of your com- pany here, alias Elmer. that I might con- sult with you upon the subject of your new pupils" Laura bowed and waited his further speech. "You ,have, I presume, just left Lady Lester?" "Yes, Sir Vincent." "The delicate constitution, and the numerous social responsibilities of her ladyebip, prevent her from giving that attention to her children, that she would otherwise." The baronet paused.. He seemed anx- ious to defend his wife's 'indifference to cher children, yet unable to do so with truth. At length he said: "You have seen your future pupils?" "1 have seen them." "i hope that, notwithstanding their very neglected condition, you find them not unpromising subjects." "Veeidedly not. They seem to ane to be unusually, gifted, though somewhat undisciplined," said Laura, with a senile, adding: "However, £ should have inform- ed th you, sir, at I have had little experi- ence in ehildren, never having filled. the situation of governoss before." The baronet looked up in surprise, • then, drawing toward him an open let- ter that lay upon the table, and refer- ring to it, he weld: "Ah, yes, Dr. Seymour has written `that unforeseen reverses have placed Miss Elmer under the necessity of seek- ing a situation in life for which she was not brought up, yet for which her moral and intellectual qualifications eminently fit her? I roust condole with your mis- fortunes, and at the same time I con- gratulate myself and my children, Miss Elmer." Laura bowed and remained silent. The baronet then went over the List of studies that he wished his ohildren to pursue, and in conclusion, said: "I hope you will allow me to loots into your school -room, some- times, Miss Elmer, to aid you by such. counsels as my somewhat longer and more intimate acquaint- ance with your pupils might suggest," said the baronet, smiling. "My inexperience will thank you, sin" And seeing that the interview was closed, ehe was about to rise, when the door 'swung slowly open, and a figure glided in that immediately arrested her attention. It was that of a young woman of about twenty years of age, who would have been beautiful but for the deathly pallor of her thin face, that looked still more ghastly white in contrast with the raven blackness of her hair, eye- 41, brows and large wild eyes and her dress of deep mourning. The baronet started, changed counten- ance, and arose in haste and agitation, and and to meet her. But she glided toward him, extending her thin, white arms, clasping her trans- parent hands, and fixing her wild, black eyes in an agony of supplication upon his face, "Helen, why are you here. What is this?" he inquired in a deep and smoth- ered voice as he took her hand, and led her, .unresisting from the room. Feeling it to be impossible to follow them, Daura Elmer retained her seat for a few moments at the end of whibc time the baronet re-entered the library in a state of agitation almost frightful to behold. The veins of his forehead were swollen out like blue cords, his nostrils were dilated and quivering, his lips grimly elenched, his cheeks bigbly flush- ed, his dark eyes contracted and glit- tering, his large frame shaking. lie evidently straggled to suppress the ex- hibition of his emotions as he resumed his seat, and trembling, dropped his face upon his hands. Laura Elmer felt painfully the awk- wardness of her position. It vas im- possible to speak to him, and nearly equally impossible to withdraw without doing so, while it seethed indelicate to remain and witness the strong emotions that he so evidently tried to conceal, At length, seeing him deeply abso in his own feelings, she salty aro with the intention of gliding from room, when the baronet, somehow p calving her purpose, abruptly star forward, saying, "I beg your pard Miss Elmer,' opened the door, and co teously held it open until she pas out. Laura Elmer retraced her steps to t schoolroom. As ehe entered she was warmly gre ed by the smiles of her young char who assured her that they had consci tiously occupied the time of her abseil in devotion to their studies. "Not disinterested attention, I assts you, Miss Elmer, as we remember t old condition of no lessons in the seh room, no drive out in the park," sa Miss Lester. Laura lookely up inquiringly a learned from the explanation that e sued that the governess was always e peeted to take her pupils for a daily ternoon drive in the park and that th were now quite ready to recite • the lessins and prepare for theirairieg. Laura Elmer felt no sort of objeetio to this arrangement, and as soon there fore, as the lessons were faithfully des patcbed, the young ladies' carriage w ordered, and they drove out. The park was, as usual at this hon of the day, filled with a brilliant crow in open carriages of every descriptio intermingled with gay and noble espies trian figures. Laura Elmer enjoyed he drive through the park even more than her pupils did, since to her the scene was as new as it was interesting. Presently: "There is Ruthven," exclaimed Miss Lester, as a young gentleman, mounted on a spirited horse, rode up to the side of "the carriage, and, lifting his hat said: Well, young ladies, I hope you are enjoying your drive?" ".Excellently well. Miss Elmer, this is our elder brother, Ruthven," said Miss Lester. The young gentleman, smiling' at this very informal presentation, bowed, and hoped Miss Elmer was well, and not too much incommoded by his unmanageable sisters. Miss Elmer reassured Mr. Later upon that point, and in doing so ,for the first time Iooked at him. He was a fine looking young man, very much like his father, having the same tall and well-proportioned 'frame, though much Jess stout than that of the baronet; and the same dark eyes, and heavy eyebrows, and regular fea- tures, surrounded by jet black hair and also whiskers, though his face was less full, and his eounten- ance less mature, than that of the elder man. He rode beside the carriage, con - bed se, the er- ted on, ur- sed he et- ges, en- ce re he Gel- id nd n- a y it n as r d n, espies Nursing baby? It's a heavy strain on xazother, Her system is called upon to supply 3zo1n°ishmeant f+i;r two. Some form of nourishment that will be easily taken nnp by mother's system is needed. .S'c4Dtt'J- Erna talon contains the greatest possible amount of nourish. ment in, easily digested form. Mother and baby are wonderfully helped by its use. ALL IMUGGISTI 60e. AND $140 00040 0 000000 00 • 'versing'Is gavl> time, and th iter loci; "I am sure sell. mamma Lester. "And, peer man, e arman, lowering,. "Hush l 'far;,;. en me," repliei. lowvoice, and trembling voic'' The young nx muting, inaudi "Her name wets Like words of turned and rode 1 A strange, ter the little party, 't returned borne. supper, Laura El thus ended tile: phase of life. Ferdinand, gas Grosvenor Squaw; about midday card, he was'inviiq` library, and tivas ij the presence of Si arose courteously, ing a chair for le "1 answered you• Times, Mn Cassf call upon me here, a quicker and moie ment might be cont.' tervicw than throe respondence!' Ferdinand bowed the offered seat. "Should we come' ove, your principal education of my son�i some twelve years it be required to give, Latin to my two Can you undertake the baronet. "Certainly, Sir task is by no means Ferdinand. `I trust you will fie anticipate," anstt eyed a smile.. Cassinove bowed num. I hope it meets t .views." num, I hope it metsy r el4ws." "Abundantly, Sir Viii-ef i. r replied Fer- dinand, to whom the szt eat offered seem- ed to be a very.libera one. . • "I have now, tlierelfore, only to intro- duce you to your pu..piis, ti you will be kind enough to aceempat, , me to the schoolroom. James, " go 1›. fore and an- nounce us," said the;baronet, rising, and leading the way. Upon enterin , ` e seimelorotrr, Miss Lester and Mal3tex Terey were found to be its only occupants. `Where is your governess, iiry'dears?" inquired their•. father. "In the music rocs-, giving 'Lucy her lessons," replied Miss` Lester, and at the same time a sweet. voice was heard. re- hearsing some simple nt: c,:,dy The baroness presentgri their tutor to •s for some faired I have not replied Miss d lire young Yon fright the same cheek, and ly, and nate- ,rti eacb ear, land fear,' ime fell upon led until they early tea and oil to bed. And of her new L las way to as, arrived at siding, in his k lip into the 7'„Shown into ;;:ester, who rust. Plac- said: emelt in the ing you to judge that cry arrange- : personal Ri- pstoeary cor- seb3i t, and took tr•,,Mr. Gassie- r*Twill be the sy', ip; yputh of Yeweitill also hi Greek, and ger daughters. Itch?" inquired t. "The whole ravy one," said e' light as you baronet, with the young people Cassinove hese srrcer,certed. his esti pals Svhen, rxseril3 lrrc�,�h ,ttar7tl to face' withel circ.: ,r lags *0i:4{up. —Laura Elmer. • ' The blool rushed to iris brew, his strong frame trembleal he bowed low, to conceal the agitation,' he could not. control. "Miss Elmer, Mr,Cassinove, tilde son's new tutor," said the: baronet. `I have met Mr Cassinove before," re- plied Laura, with a' smile, as.;e1-ell! offered her hand. Ferdinand barely ...Couched"' that white hand, bowed lowly ,elver it its' though it had been the band ci 4a, queen. Tp him, indeed, she was,, evert a queen. Ta him, all her worldly glory; she+biad lost no single my of that halo vt: which her noble womanhood was„en ended. Thus he bowed lowly over her haul.• as though it had been the hand of a queen. "Ah, you have met let ort±!"' observed the baronet, glancing C >rri the smiling face of Laura to the , %; i,ie counten- anee of Cassinove, u ole and with a look of slight vexa:tie'.:as strange as it was certain. Then, recovering his i and stately courtesy, 1, "But we will not fur Miss Elmer," and boi from the schoolroom ha It was arranged the copse the next day* and duties, . and Ferdina4rd turned to his humble+,ln for his change of re'ditl!rt' As he entered ,the Orn” Mrs, Russel wringing .,lj tress, and the "CVO 1rti.Ia around her. The shol5 tied and the drawee ri "Why, what is tht inquired Cassinove,,iak "Ob, lir. Cassinove that the sobbing weere "What has occuir.ed., the young man "Oh, Mr. Cassinove', rent due today!" 'cries' "Oh, it's an execution; nand in a tone of,,eonii ""A.n execution? "Lor if it were only that. 1 the costs!" "Then you have h claimed Cassinove, irt' "Yes, sir. While. l , children left alone, wine he was sent by the' m. buy all the stock, 011ie suspect him, and'•l�e' everything, and drove e '"Do you know title Ctt,s,sinove, "Yes." "WI10 is h 4" "I dare not tell 't,ir.. sittove, •there are trcul': of which one must ,ging. which no eye bub sulk(# took. Mine is sabh a, e e came, kr and foetid :nib late and ,myself 'and.cl: the tulles of gate rain', time that suet a disii4'+ and. it may not be t' t .11 sir of calm ;aids t trespass upon vh led the way het ,.o the library. n4 . tutor should } ger upon his ' sinove re - tar ergs to prepare p, he found ar;ds in dis- Idr'en crying et'e disman- ani rifled. ea"' hastily was all lilcl•,zuply. r�• inquired ain(,anti the fidow. the yeung 1476 . indeed, sir; +Y have met lind t es: - ,and the and said asylum to rilretu did not Ydmseif to '. in �-ri.eart.r' tit stttiuired, A�}t� had not cornui iu fin 1 d s overod ear ealamity, you never, slu;tee have known it." "But .your business k for the present broken up. Whet can you do? And, row, ean 1 bele you?" r`[ think you, Mr, Cassinove, But one thin; I beg of you --to see the ag my landlord and get a little time, the widow, gratefully. 'And who is he, 'Mrs: Russel?" "Mr. Noakes, the city agent n Vincent Lester, who owns this blo buildings." "Sir Vincent Lester! Ob, I eh able to manage the affair easily claimed Cassinove, brightening u be immediately resolved to pled salary and services in securing fa widow's rent. "So you may bee pack up as soon as you please, w go and seek an interview with Sir eent Lester," he conclude&, seizin hat, and hurrying away to eseap widow's fervent gratitude. He hailed a fly, and drove immedi to Grosvenor Square, where he askbe admitted to Sir Vincent upon pa lar business. The baronet smiled dubiously Cassinove told his story, "Now, what does a generous and ro- mantic young man like yourself expect me to do in this case of the distressed widow? Doubtless you a epoet me to play the cold. and cruel proprietor, who refuses to interfere, and refers you to his hard-hearted agent, who has private instructions to show no mercy- to delin- quent debtors. I shall do nothingof the sort. Occasionally I give myself the pleasure' of disappointing .people," he said; and ,drawing towards hint writing materials, he wrote a few lines on a piece of paper and handed it to Cas- sinove, It was a receipt in full for the widow's rent. "God bless and prosper you, sir!" burst impulsively from the lips of the youn man, as he read this release. hand."God bless and prosper us all!" said the baronet, srniliug and holding out his Cassinove clued and pressed it fervent- ly and then left the house and hasten- ed to carry the good news to Mrs. Rus- sel. Be found the poor woman in the midst of her packing. He handed her the re- ceipt, and explained to her that it was a free gift from Sir Vincent Lester. Poor Mrs. Russel wept with gratitude. Cassinove then divided his little stock of money, and forced one-half of it upon her as a loan. The same afternoon Mrs. Russel found another little house in au obscure part of the city, to which, upon the next dee-,she removed. ant of " said f Sir cls;, of all be: 1" ex- p, for ge his r the din to bile I Vin - g his e the ately ed to rtieu- when Cassinove, who had remained helping her to the last, finally bade her adieu, as he handed her into the cab that was to convey her and her children to their new home. Then he entered the fly that he had, kept in waiting and was driven to I.Grosveuor Square, to commence his new "career es'a private tutor. He was received by the baronet, tit ho courteously installed him in a spacious closet adjoining the library, that had been fitted up as a study for himself and his pupil. He was informed that he should dine at two o'clock with piaster Percy, the little ladies and their governess, and that the party were expected always to take .their meals together in the sitting -room adjoining the little ladies' schoolroom. Oh, joyl he would then be sure of meeting Laura Elmer at least three times a day. How much toil would he not be willing to undergo for the delight of seeing Laura thrice a day! Accordingly, at two o'clock they niet at dinner. It was but a little party of five. Laura, the little girls, Cassinove and Percy. No young gentleman first ordained and anxious for the credit of his cloth could have been more circum- spect in manner, looks and conversation than Ferdinand Cassinove. And, as Laura Elmer observed him, bis face appeared to her to be strangely in- timate. She wondered where and under what circumstances of extreme interest they could have been, that she had seen that noble face before. She recollected perfectly of having seen hies at Swin- bourne Castle, in attendance upon Colon- el Hastings; but that was not the :scone that continued so vaguely, yet so per- sistently, haunting her imagination like scene half -remembered dream. Sudden - he circumstances she was in search lashed upon her mind, It was the m she had had the first night she slept in Lester House—the dream hick a man, bearing Casslnove's forte features, had been ever at her side, ugh scenes of transcendent beauty. itness and joy, and whose hand had st replaced upon her brow the lost net of Swinburne. Laura Elmer, as °collected this fantastic dream, enill- t the vagaries of imagination that mixed up the personality or her dian's amanuensis with the wild vis - 1 a restless night, and she drew no ries front it. She looked ep again e face and read there what it was had caused it so to haunt her s; and, as she raised her eyes, site ed to meet those of Cassinove fixed mon her face. Both dropped their blushing steeply as with a sudden iousness, and soon after Miss El - ave the signal for rising from the ly t of f drea had in w and tiro brigl at la corn she •r ed a had guar ion o augu at th that dream chant full i eye°, cense finer g table. Cas then adjoin Lau ,.' song li "ed wit Miss E tos' Lau ±her. fait! do dstur 1~I'.' ca totfIe b and, s ited me, emelt if veil ', I4iy srnove and his pupil retired, and the young ladies passed into the ing schoolroom. ra hacl scarcely seated herself tun- er pupils before it servant appear- lr a request from St,aVincent that liner would grant him a few min - conversation in the drawing -room. ra immediately arose sand went thi• She found St. Vincent pacing up wu the floor, with signs of serious bane upon his face and manuot, me immediately to meet her, and er hand. and led ber to a chair, eating himself near her, said, with'b ornbarrassmcut deer Miss Elmer, I have taken the Lh:lr Cze, itis world Or must ever hilt, You ieZsdo deso+ weeping' he t jthe:first i' rlsHTs: ria �9e..•hny ss,;tiuni7Y in liberty of requesting your presence hero to -day, for the purpose, with your kind permission, of snaking you a confidantes and asking you a favor." Laura bowed and awaited his further words. 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