The Herald, 1904-04-29, Page 3Perhaps in all her life Lady,' Metre
anis had never felt so humiliated.
There was no polite disguise about
the remark, no conventional veil.
"She had jilted their best friend. and
they, did not care to know her."
Even Evelyn cried out in wonder
when she heard what her aunt had
said.
"No half-truths for me," said that
r.neomprising lady. "If every une
told tl;o trt;tir this would be a dif-
ferent world."
Never had Lady Chevenix felt so
humbled; even her magnificent car-
riage seemed to have grown small
and insignificant when she retcrn-
ed to it; while the very servants
seemed to know teat she bad been
treated with scorn and contemeiy.
She had hoped to have heard some-
thing of Felix and Evelyn, bet if
l.ve wodicl not see her, why there
was an end of it.
She hied not encountered her old
lover once. She wished very mcch to
see l.im. Why shor,ld they not be
friends ? She Iiad no desire for'
anything more than the most com-
mon form of friendship. She remem-
bered Lis bright, sonny temper, lits
sweet smile, his wonderful good
Lrmor, his cheerful presence. She
felt that it would be a comfort and
a pleasere to see Lim at time) af-
ter the sellen silence that often
lasted for days to hear a few
bright words. She found herself
often wondering when and where she
sironld meet him again. At last the
time Came.
Lady. Maude Bramb^r had been ab-
sent from home for some few days,
and during that time the earl had
emit out invitations for a, dinner -
party. If ho and his countess had
heard anything or the love )tory of
Iclix and 'Violet, they bad completely
forgotten it. The earl msent out the
invitations, and one went to Gars -
wood for Sir Owen and Lady Cha'v-
e:nix, and one, to Felix Louedale. Lord
1rltngton very seldom had a large
1Inatr-party now wit'omit inviting
Felix ; his brilliant conversational
t ow.e'rs made Trim a most welcome
guest. • . t
"FcIIx is a boat in himself," the earl
tvnuld say, laughingly.
Ho had not the faintest idea, when
he gent out his invitations of having
dont. wrong. Lady Maude, to whom
Felix had revealed hie• love :story, it:d
not return until the day of the din-
ne'r-party, and then it was toe late
to ,s:::1d a note or message anywbere.
"'racy utast meet some time," she
sarii to herself, in dismay; "perhaps
it a 111 b better here than el: ewltere.
I :sltell b: at hand to pulp hint if he
requiree help."
She said nothing to any one, but
:'waited the course of events.
The dinner was given in honor of
I'.ord Bayden, `L groat statesman,
who was visiting the earl, and
Lord -lrlington was both pleased and
;mated to introduce his young and
gifted protege to his friend. Col.
Itiddelt was invited—he would not
have gone had he kno;rn that he
was to meet Sir Oa -en, whom ho
detested—also Lade 'Wife, her
daughter, Lavinia, acid several other
friends.
It Was a warm day, and the green
sltadc of the foliage all about Bram-
ber Towers was doer and inviting.
The dinner hour was fixed for 7.
"There is no keeping people in-
doors on these find summer nights,"
tiaIdl the earl, "so we may as well
he prepared to spend the evening
out-elaell caws.,•'
Lady Maude only !toped the even-
ing would pass as pleasantly as
her father seemed to anticipate.
She alone knew what rival inter-
ests would be at play. She would
have been better pleased had there
been time to send a message to
Vella: to tell him who were, to be
present, but there was not time.
She resolved to dress ,early and wait
for him. He •should not be
seen to disadvantage. She
knew that he was coming early ; lee
had ,some papers that her father
wished io see ; .arid they had arrang-
eKl' it so.
Lady Maude was the first in the
dralwing-room and to her great de-
light Felix carne in 'soon afterward.
She wail wonderfully proud of him. As
Ladly, Mande looked, at hint, .ahe.
thought to herself , that there could
not be' a Einer. halidisorner or nobler
looking maxi in England than ho was.
There was a 3N -emir friendship be-
twteea the two. Felix would have
done anything in the world for, the
noble, beautiful woman who had
;seemed to hits like an angel of com-
fort in the darkest hour of his life;
he had the .greatest reverence, the
greatest esteem for her ; he knew
that he owed all his good fortune to
their kindly influence with the earl.
And Lally Maude Was very fond of
him. She watched 'leis career with
pride and hope; she bad a feeling al-
most of proprietorship in him ; but
for herr. he Wright have gong to the
bad. So now eina waited for hint, and,
when Ito had spoken a few words of
greeting to her, she psald;
"I was waiting for you, 11ir. Lona -
dale ; I ho.vo somothing to toll you.
I know you are a bravo man ; this
not teem in the lea.at degree agitated
or '. embitir'raesed --- ire lfaa forgotten
nee"-; -and as • the tieoualit datum tie
her, her eyes filled •with -tear's. "'Ile
;,ever could have. cared so -very In'een
for me," .shesaxd 10 herself ; " !sc
- Could not reaile hitve grieved lt.bmlie
teeing -hue,"
She looked.. at -hint. --he ruas talking
In a lively and animated attain
Lady Maude. Site wondered .to here
self if this calm, Proud, handsome
roan, so perfectly •]veli -bred, •eo self,
possessed, talking so brilliantly to
the earl's daughter—elf could reaa
ly be the setae ardent, de -waiving
young lover who had biddeni her a
paeslona•te farewell, *le was in no
harry to talk to her. Site had rath-
er I:ielured herself ;ts •having to hint
something like prudence to elm; she
could have laughed at herself for the
notion,
He did not look at her; she doubt-
ed even whether be lead noticed ger
rich dress, her shining jewels. When
she spoke he 'replied with polite in-
difference, with .well-bred calmness,
but 11e never once noluntarfly ad-
dressed filer. It was all se different
from what she had pictured that se
experienced a strange sense of, de-,
pression.
Lady Maude was compelled to leave
theta for a few minutes, and then
Lady •Chevenix turaed to Felin.
"How strange 'it seems that we
should Meet here," she said,
"Yes; it is strange.," he replied. "I
are very often here on i:nsin'ss--you,
T presume, come equally often on
pleasure ?"
It is my first viaii," site said ;
but he did not ask the reason of
that.
"How cold, bow indifferent he Is
to me," she remarked to herself. "No
ono would ever think even that we
had been friends. If he world say
something reproachful it would be
better than this."
Bat there was no thought of re-
proach in him. Ile spoke to ter with
a smile. He neither sought her nor
avoided her. His conduct was such
that she might have been a stranger
whom he had -met for the first time.
Then came the signal for (inner, and
Lady Chevenix was surprised to fled
that Felix took down Lady Maude,
She went down with the Earl. and
Sir Owen escorted Lavinia Rolfe.
Violet was so placed at the table
that she could see and hear all that
passed.
Never in her life haci the bcantifnl
Lady Chevenix felt so surprisedi. Site
had always heard Felix spoken of
as being clever and gifted ; but she
had never dreamed that he was
really the genius he was. 'When with
her he had Beldam spoken of anything
hut herself and his great love. 1or her.
Now, for the firm time, alto heard
hint converse with intrllectual men,
who nil seemed to look up to him
as their Guper-1ar. She was astounded.
The great eta'tesnLn, Lord Boyden,
talked much to him, and the earl
asl.ea his ()pinion.
It does m•.> good," said Lord Ray -
c c:n, "to hear • such ideas :t:; yours,
thee are eel thorouglily fresh, clever
;Intl original. We must have you on
rue side.; You must not go over to
the eneemy."
Felix had a natural wit that made
his conversation payment :and am:relate
Lord Arlington de igllted lid it. When
any playful attack was made on J,iim-
solf he would look at him and sad':
" I shall leave ,)-cu to answer that,
JIr. Lons:tal.e."
The dinner was a complete eurreess.
It was a new thins to Lady 'neve-
nix, intellectual t'.onvereatian such
as elle was listening tc. She looked
once at her 1m;bnud, and :die wruV
him gazing with undisguised admira-
tion at Felix.
Sir Owen said little.. Ile hard ideas
01 his own; one was that talking
at dinner time was a born rather
than not; people sat clown to eat,
not to talk. He certainly did not con-
tribute much to the general enter-
tainment. He dined well, and more
than once Violet felt something like
dismay, as she saw how the wine
glasses before him were replenished.
She could not help contrasting the
two 'men; nor was she the only one
present who (1ic1 so. Felix was so
bright, so handsome, so animated,
so gifted and intellectual; he was a
leader of conversation even among
older and wiser men than himself,
for he had the gift of picturesque
language. ' Sir Owen, coarse and
heavy, his brain dulled with con-
stant drinking, speaking little, but
when he did speak, saying something
almost disagreeable, was doltish
and Inert, except when he was offen-
sive. There could' have been no
greater contrast—and Lady Cheve-
nix saw It. To herself she thought
how Felix would be appreciated and
understood in London, how eagerly
he would be sought -who would care
to remember that he 'was the son
of a. country lawyer? Such men make
their own mark. Where her husband
would not be tolerated, Felix would
be received with open arras.
All these observations. she made to
herself as She sat by Lead Arlington,
her beautiful Taco wreathed with
smiles. The last words she heard as
the ladies quitted the dining -room
were from Lord Rayden.
The next tante you run up to Lon-
don, Mr. Lonsdale," he was saying,
"pray come and see me. 1 shall be
delighted if you do, and I wyil show
you the very articles in tho news-
paper of which we are epeaking."
And in her own mind Lady Cheve-
nix thought that such ri thing as an
invitation from the- eminent states-
man would be an honor Sir Owen
would nevCr attain.
The gentlemen did not linger long
over their wine. Lord Arlington saw
that Sir Owen was inclined to drink
freely ; he =undo a note in his own
mind that it mould- 'be some time at
evening I shall s'ee your bravery
put to severe proof."
Be could not imagine what she
meant, but he said that the hoped
whatever might be the proof she
would not find flim wanting.
"I have no fear as to that," she
said, earnestly. "Mr, Lonsdale, I
want to !tell you that Lady Cli'eve-
nix wall be !fere this evening. Papa
made up his list of invitations dur-
ing rey absence, and I could do
no thing)"
She was glad that they were
alone. His face grew white as
death—so white that she was
alarmed; he stood quite still, and
she saw his !rand tremble. Site talk-
ed on that be might have time to
recover himself.
"I would have prevented it, had
it been possible, but it was .not.
You have never seen her since her
marriage; and I ala told that she
has •grown doubly beautiful. Still,
if you do not feel equal to meet-
ing her, you shall not:"
She saw the great effort that lie
made to recover himself. He suc-
ceeded; the colo!' returned to his
face; he stilled the trembling of
his !rands; he smiled as he answered
her
"Sou are so good to me, Lady
:!laude, that I am at a loss how
to thank you for glean°. me this
warning. I needed it. If I had met
Lady Chevenix suddenly 3 should
have been terribly embarrassed ;
uo'sv, 3 am raster of myself."
"And will keep so 2" said Lady
efaude, earnestly,.
"And will keep so," 11e repeated.
Then the countess joined them, and
presently one or two more entered
the room.
"Look," said Lady Maude, as she
touched Felix's arm gently.
lie looked in the direction indicat-
ed and beheld Violet, so clanged from;
the lovely laughing gin! who bad
kissed him and quarrelled with him
twenty times in an hour that he
hardly recognized her. This was an
imperiallyileautiful woman, on whose
white breast and white arms shone
jewels worth a king's ransom—a
woman whose face was so peerlessly
lovely that it dazzled one as did the
light of tate sun.
Violet wore one of the triumphs
of art that she had brought with
her from Paris, and nothing could
have been devised to enchauce her
loveliness more. !ler dross was com•
pose.1 of some nate-green fabric, soft
and shining, covered with clouds of
white lace looped up with Nvater•-
lilies, and 111 her golden stair nestled
a lovely drooping water -lily. She
wore a peruse' 01 diamonds and em-
eralds. Hes' white shoulders and well,
molded army, helped! to compose a
picture that no man could have
seen without feeling lils heart beat
the quicker for it.
Loyd Arrington went forward to;
meet her. Like a foil to her bright
and radin ma loveliness her dark -brow -
et In i band stood. by her side.
'Yon aro right," said Felix to
Lady Mande. "She is a thousand
times more beantiful."
Lady Chevenix clad not notice Lady
Mande Bramber leave his side and
go up to tier. When she had ex-
changed a few words with her she/
said
"An old friend of yours, Lady
Chevenix. is here this evening." And
once more the two woo had parted
so tragically stood face to face.
C'HP_1.P,1',IeI2 ZN.XI.
Once more 'Violet and Felix Lons-
dale' stood face to face. They looked
at each other for a moment in sil-
ence. To Felix there came back,
With a keen, bitter pain, the mem-
ory of his passionate farewell ; to
Violet there came the sudden, keen
conviction that she was looking at
the face of the only plan she had
ever cared for.
• Lady, Maude Arlington, muoh as
she dislike;! the arilliant young
beauty, felt pleased, after briagi:ng
the two together, that she had
screened Lady; Chevenix from ob-
servation, for she trembled ; her
fade flushed crimson and then grew
White, I
Felix was the first to speak. He
did not hold out his hand in greet-
ing; he simply' bowed and murmured
some few commonplace. worde.
"I am very • pleased 'to 'see yen,"
said Lady Clievenix, and the words
had a ring of truth that touched
both listeners.
With her usual smiling grace Lady
Maude said:
"We have a little time to spare—
would you like to look at these pho-
tographs? They' are quite new. and
finer than anything f have yet seen"
They' sat all three round one of
the pretty little tables ;bat , were
covered with pictures and books.
Lady Chevenix turned to Felix again.
"I should like to see your father
;"land Mrs. Lonsdale," she said. "Are
''they, well?"
"They are quite well," be told her,
but he made no response to her de-
sire of seeing them.
"Hee sloes not care at all about
seeing me," she thought; "he. does
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with; him n,;uln, ' •
As leis lornselp hat •forsoen, t he out-
door aattra.rttions proved to nitwit for •
the younger,.guests. The earl Llizn-
t eIf and Lord Hayden •sa.t. down to
chess ; Lady Arlington, Lady .heli",
t'rrLralaei lildldell 4rudl Si Qive,r Made •
Ite' a );hist 'ttt.bLc ; Lavine r eet
to the refailo; Lady eleucle dis;
tril;utocl her nctenitions c nt:1 1y, and
most • of the young people went
out through the long, open windowe
on to the wale terrace, The evening
was fragrant, Oahu and slvc'et ; far
away ;ruder tire; trees the glow-
worm's were beginning to ,shine ; a
nightingale was singing- in the gar -
(kale; the faint ripple of 1. mltains
filled the. air ; the riclr odor of roses
and lilies ascended 1110 a cloud of
porfu:me. I
Ono by one tbe guests ''vent out.
Some descended time terrace steps
irta the rose gardens below' ; some
admired the tints in the -went left by
the sunset ; leaning: over the stone
balu,s^tradhts ; others wandered into
the beantifui grounds. Lady Maude
walked -fora snort time with Felix,
and then rase looked up at liilu with
a ,smile.
"You can a.muscl yourself," she said;
'yon are a man o1 resource. I must
go to that unhappy young lordling
whir le feebly trying to talk to Miss
Lloyd," •
She left him, and Felix turned down
a
broad path where the acacia trees
were in full bloom. Lady Chevenix
save hien and followed him. ;elle had
bon longing for the chance of d;ceak-
ing a few words to him; and it had
coma at la.^,t. Ho was startled when
a shadow fell over ills Fath and a
met ti ole° s.aiti :
"Felix—31r. Lonsdale—will you be
friendrl with ave ?"
He turned round in amazement.
Violet stood before flim, looking
as lovely as a vision, Tier silk dress
and rich lace trailing round her,
her beauty deepened because over
her white neck and shoulders she
had theown a silvery veil; it fell
from her golden Bead, shadowing
the fair face.
"I have alarmed -you," silo said;
"you were not thinking of me"
"I'm afraid, to use a lawyer's
pttr:se, that is a true indictment,"
he replied. "Lady Chevenix, I must
plead guilty. I was thinking of
Lord Ira; den !'
'Awl i was 'thinking of you," she
said, gently:,
"You aro very kind," he returned,
indiffeeently. "Lord Iteyden is
quite 0 new type of mau to tae;
I have seen no one like him,'
They 'Ivere wvaiking dowry the. path
together now—he had been compell-
ed to follow as sine ler!. The white
acacia blossoms fell on them; the
evening breeze was full of sweet-
ness. Lady Choveilix tnl'Iled to him
with her old graceful- impetuosity.
"I do not want to talk about
Lord Rayden—f do not care to
hear about him ; I tvaut to bear
of o.a."
"You. are very kind: he said again,
with a polite b'•pw.
She :stamp -eel lies little foot on the
ground imllati^ntly.
"D0 lot b ata l:olite to me," rate
cried • ind teen .he seemed suddenly
to ramember herself. "1 beg your
pardon, at. lie," she said ; "bat I want
to !:now if you will b" friends with
mo?"
"I do riot undlerstnnd you, Lady
C'hz ve'ni\,' he ref lie:! ; and rhe knew
there was clothing bit indifferent
wearier in lmh ;circ.
"Foa t'0 not txe:d'retentl? Yon must
understand ! A chilrl would know
whet 3 nirn,u. \Vili yen bp Mends
with me?"
She stood still ns Fl;e a.ketl him the
qI c, tion, and leaked 11 at him with
wistful eye's. In the half -golden light
her fate shone out clear and Lure no
a ,sta.r, ah^, ie' 1 ` rut her !rand to him.
"'Will you bt fri mem ?'' she repeat-
ed; 1121(1 this time her lips quivered.
(To 11a Continued.)
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•
Avera:e Yield is Prone 6,000' to 10,
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The average life of a field carne.,
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weeks and daily picking.—Los An.
geles Times.
The Course Dinner Going Out.
(Boston Herald.)
It is not absolutely impossible that
"course dinners" go out of fashion, not
from too obvious reasons, but because
ovcrnonrished society is tired of spend-
ing so much time .in teethe the same old
dishes. When such a trencherman as
Icing Edward limits his dinner to ono
hour either he must cat too fast or there
are not more than four or five courses.
Who knows if the lavish flummery of
the up-to-date dinner party is not pass-
(ing, like some other worn-out caprices,
I and soon the world of wealth will t1611.
tent itself with dining 011 •one speelel
(helm?