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The Wingham Times, 1903-10-15, Page 7'HER SECOND LOVE A STORY OF LOVE AND ADYENTVRE, BERTHA Author or '+-Between Two Loves,""' iris CLAY •� Which Loved Him Best," 4' A Fatal Wedding," ".A Woman's Vengeance, "Between Two Sins," TIE WINGJI .t , r I ,S, OC FOB a 151 1903 )00000 0000000000000000010{ _._ 0000 li►1a/r( i CIIAPTER XIX, Georgy left the Grange that day '•+to stay longer .second impossible ; James Erskine had gond also, that :he might not meet her again, or make her leave the place too quick- ly. But there was still Airs. Ever- ' ett, and Goorgy had said to herself, . as she° had seen her asleep, it was the last time she would ever look at her. Before she was gone, how - t ever, Constance came running to her room, "(.00rgy, you are not going, sure- ly ! What is the matter ? Why did ,,,you teeter come and see me this morn ug ?" "Yes, I am going directly." "Why, are you afraid of Mr, San- . don's appearing to fetch you ? in- . deed, my dear Georgy, you must manage to stay." i"No, I can't." "What is the matter ?" P "Nothing ; I cannot stay here ...always, and so I am going ;" she looked musingly at Constance. But, dear, why won't you tell use what has happened ? Come and stay with. me if you want a place of re- :fugo; I should be so glad to have . you : now you should settle that at once ;" and In her genial good nature she would have taken any trouble, and set of: immediately to Grainthorpe,. if she could have been ;,of any use to Georgy, "No, that cannot bo ; thank you . all the same, clear Mrs. Everett, Good -by !—I ani going down stairs now." • Constance carne to the head of the stairs, and lent over the banisters in her white dressing -gown. Georgy ,still looked at her, and thought vacantly how marvellously graceful :she was ; and Constance, who did not know her thoughts, fancied that tiontething had happened, as she riot .the other's intent look. • VSo they separated, and Constance ent back, puzzled at her behavior; wondering what her sudden depart- ure meant, and why sho did not ex- plain it. Miss Sparrow received her niece most kindly. Georgy said that her uncle was still angry, that she could not stay too long at Millthorpe Grange, and so had come again to ask hospitality from her aunt. The kind old woman assented to ...all, and only said that "it was for- tunate she was at home ; Georgy never writing when she visited her friends, but always appearing sod- ' denly." She said no more, and , never questioned her as to what hadeduced her sudden return. George fancied that this was only because she took no especial notice of the circumstance ; but the aunt • was not so devoid of perception. Her niece never inentionod the Ers- kines now, and she had seemed so ' happy in their society but a little time ago : they were surely connect- , ed in sonic way with this sudden . change. She was right, but, kindly and prudently, did not say so. She did :all that was in her power to make •Georgy happy; and perhaps the only •good h h she could do was to leave her unquestioned. A still gray life they both led. 'The aunt in her quiet uniform course ,of tending all those around her ; being friends with, notatronizin P g. poor people ; befriending her rela- tives, and working hard for all ' whom she could help. Georgy re- quired nothing; she passed her days in aforcdround eof mechanical oc- .•cupation ; she dreaded being unoc- • cupied for a moment, for then tears would start into her eyes : never a burst of tears, only a few that seemed wrung forth by a burn- ing pain, and brought her no relief. Her love was a bitter reality,which she was fain to put from her ; but she could not. There wore days when one idea pressed so heavily i1 upon on he r • that not for one moment was she without the consciousness of it ; she would have thrust it from her, but she could not. Those long days that could not be told of, only felt, with their silent relentless suffering that never Chang- , ed 1 Sometimes e she took eager, hasty walks ; but to approach any place that sho had been with hint, made her turn back Throu gh the day she In a Run Down Nervous Condition •Bab1ect to backache, headache and d zi. Hess for hears -erred by Dr. Chloe, Mas. ANDREW HEWEY, St. John Street, Fredericton, N.B., states :—"Last spring I had ::a sickness which left me in a very run down, ,nervous state. In fact, for a number of years I have suffered to a great extent with nervous - s Hess, and frequently had attacks of headache and dizziness. I also seemed to be very weak and was dis- tressed with pains in the small of the back. "I have spent e great deal of money for medicine but ob• twined little or no relief until I began taking Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, and i Kidney -Liver Pills, Mrs. Howe and can say that the 7 results of this com- bined treatment have been most remarkable. It never had any medicine build me up like the Nerve Foed, and 1 give the credit for curing ,the pains in my back to Dr. Chase's Kidney - .Liver Pills. I cannot speak too well of these •remedies since they have done me so math good." To protect you against imitations the portrait and signature of Dr, A. W. Chase, the , famous receipt book author, are an every boa. would talk in a quick, excited ivay ; and then in the evening she sat op- posite to her aunt, and assisted in finishing a large crochet quilt which she was, making. There site sat, with a worn, fixedly sad look upon a face that should have looked young; and it seemed older than the peace- ful, wrinkled one beside her. At night she would watch for hours at the window, looking not into the streets, but towards the back of the house which formed the next street : she watched the lights as they changed from room to room, and glimmered distinctly up the staircase, as the inmates went ono by one to rest. It was far the strongest interest which she had ; every night she resumed her occu- pation, feeling a certain degree of acquaintanceship with the people, the houses, and the lights ; they mitigated her sense of loneliness, Hero, where she was so near his home, and so far separated from bine, site knew not but that even some of these people might be near- er to hint than herself, Sometimes she recalled with a sort of stupid tenacity a thousand little events of her childhood ; trifles which she had forgotten came back very clearly to her, and she invested them all with th thatsort o t of unreal brightness which those who are unhappy give to their past, whether it has de- served it or not. Those long summer nights, which she never afterwards could forget, but knew one th:ng that they and their misery were lived out and would return no more : she never forgot her one idea, even in her sleep. Through the sultry August days she had no wish for the green fields and waving trees that she had always seen in the summer time : she was glad to be away front all that ; it would have made the longing more painful, and tho fever stronger. Tho time was past when her love had been her own support, and she had lived through the strength of that treat. Now, when she looked forward, it seemed as if she understood nothing but what a breaking heart must be. There was no and to this, how- ever ; for, though she did not know it, such a state could not last. Sho fell sick, and lay for a while, hating oven the daylight.—ill of misery, after that, she because quiet in comparison. The old woman's life slid 'calmly on by the side of Goorgy's ; and there was a power in that simple, holy life, and unconscious goodness, which could soothe and quiet others. Irosy quietly there time passed on in that great, struggling city ; so near the tumult, yet so far separ- ated from it I One had never heed- ed it, and the other was too dead and dull at heart. There was little change till Miss Sparrow fell ill ; then the two were drawn nearer to- gether, for Georgy nursed her. It were difficult to say if Georgy grieved for her aunt: she was en- grossed by the selfishness of her one idea, and on that all the virtue that was in her was spent. She did not feel anything, for a teything, or any one there, but through the thought of another life and another death, in which site should never hear a part. All her feelings were vicarious, and nothing touched her but through the medium of that one idea. Then again she became remorseful for her insensibility. When her aunt recovered, they re- sumed their former existence. Some- times now Georgy talked out her thoughts, and once her aunt led her on to talk of Janes Erskine. "Ise is very clever, is he not ? I have often heard of hint from his mother," was all the art of her beginning. Yes," said Georgy, abruptly; and then talked on by degrees, in the in- coherent eat v et warded waywhich in g people sometimes talk of those they love. Thoy will criticise, and then presently contradict themselves. They would not endure a hard word con- cerning their idol front another, al- though they will blame it some- times themselves, and prolong the pleasure by the most wiul of stratagems. "It is very long since I was young, but, Georgy, I was in love Once, though it semis ridiculous now to tell you of it." "Why, aunt ?" "You are like the rest of the world, dear, and you will look back upon yourself With wonder, some day. I do not mean to say that rri d In 'r a people are not happier: r• n ot that I wish my fate to have been different : I have been very happy, but still, any one I love I should wish to see married ; and you will be some day, I 'hope. One has no children, else. It is very . foolish ; children bring trouble, too, -=but no- body who is in love can help wish- ing for children, 1 suppose,"—she added, simply; and her thoughts went back from Georgy to her niece's children, and thence back to her own youth. "Dot I have had a great deal in this world, and there will bo heaven same , soon, perhaps," she said, softly. 11 lit 1 that was heaven to her, whilst to the other it meant nothing more than the grave. Was it not a land where there was neither mar- rying nor giving in marriage ? and therefore it had no meaning to Georgy. They were often thiegrither now, and Georgy knew that her aunt knew whom she had loved ; yet, she never abandoned the form of talking of James Erskine as of an utterly in- dittereit person.. perhaps it Was Sunlight Soap will not injure your blankets or harden them. It will make them soft, white and fleecy. TB not always interesting x the aunt to hear that one often -recurring sub - ;feet of conversation ; and tate last evening that they ever sat down. stairs together, the aunt still re- mained listening to Georgy, while oho longed to be away, to say her prayers, and sleep, or try to sleep. The next day she fell ill, and M- eister.' upon sending for her nephew, Mr. Sandon, Georgy wished at first to dissuade her, "No," oho answered, "my time Ss short; and Georgy, you must be re- conciled to hint before I die." Very soon Georgy and the servants. know that she was dying. 4"feli ale all your real history, and what was James Erskine to you ? she said, and her niece told her. It had been a melancholy day for Stephen Anstruthcr, that on which he had arrived at Grainthorpe. Georgy's letter of refusal had not reached hint, and when he wrote to announce his arrival in England, it was clear to Mr, Sandon that he know nothing of the change which had taken place. Two days afterwards, Poppy ran up -stairs to say that Captain Ans- truthor had arrived, and Aunt Jane hurried down from the nursery ; on her way, however, first making an excursion to see if Stephen's room was prepared, and then a sharp di- version on the kitchen to see about dinner. "Georgy was in London with Miss Sparrow," said Mr. Sandon. Stephen was surprised, but Mr. San - don went on to talk of the sudden- ness of his arrival and Miss Spar- row's last attack, while he was pre- paring to break the real cause of oeorgy's non-appearance. Aunt Jane was secretly wishing that Stephen might be made duly alive to Goorgy's wickedness, The children were all gone except Poppy, who, sitting on a low stool, with a. picture book upon her knee, was eagerly listening to every word which fell from the lips of her elders. "Where is your sister now ?" ask- ed Mr. Sandon of Stephen. "She has a pretty house in the New Forest. Georgy would like that country very much. I will take her there soon, If I can." "Georgy is not going with you," said a grave, distinct voice ; "be- cause she says site won't marry you, because she won't ; and be- cause paps says he's sure she likes somebody else, and he is very angry about it.", Except the mother, who gasped out "Poppy !" nobody spoke. Then Mrs. Sandon took away the ,unfortunate Poppy, and the other two remained together. "Oounfound that child, she is al- ways in the way ! her mother never remembers that she is in the room, and talks of everything before her. I must have told you, Stephen, so I inay as well begin now : you have not received either Georgy's last letter of mine, I fear. Nearly five months ago, she told ire, with- out assigning any reason for her 6 g change, , th at she would not marry you." "She has forgotten me ; is that what you mean ?" • "I do not exactly know that ; girls aro changeable." "I should not have thought that Georgy was," Stephen answered, stoutly. "And so you think that she has forgotten me ? It was not your fault, Robert ; I am sure you would have done all you could to prevent It. It was a foolish thing in me to go away for three years. I have thought so sometimes since." Stephen blamed no one, but his look and tone bespoke his disappointment, poor fellow 1 "Three years, three years," he muttered to himself. Mr. do S an n w • n ct ontoc rc nu nt Georgy's departure, or rather flight, her eccentric return to Millthorpe Grange, and that she had left Mrs. Erskine's protection, and was living with her aunt. "No oneunkind vas ' to her, ask- ed Stephen ?" more sharply than he usually S spoke. Y "I have had enough to bear from her without being asked that," was the answer. "I am not blaming you, for I know nothing about it ; but you cannot look apon it all in the satire light that I do, Robert. I should like to see Georgy myself, indeed I should." Stephen did not wish to leave Grainthorpe immediately. For three years he had looked forward to his return, and to his marriage ; and now that the whole prospect had vanished, and nothing had as yet taken its place, poor Stephen felt a perfect castaway. He played with the childten, Who three years ago had ruled him, and who now quickly resulted the prac- tice. Ile obtaittecl Poppy's forgive- ness next morning; ho found her crying up stairs in the school roost, because she was too wicked to come down. He evaded orders by taking her into the garden, and would not return to the drawing -room till she was allowed to do so. ttophen's opinion of Aunt Jane's unkindness to Georgy Was rather increased by Pop- py's revelations and remarks. Pop- py attd her play fellow were con- stantly going into the garden; which place of resort always drew on a conversation about Georgy. Ile soon reeeived another letter from her, which ho answered, acqui-' escing in her decision, but saying that he wished to meet her again, and have one farewell conversation with her at least. CHAPTERMiss X . ra m ixt star ansW,cr ,d, rot \ only ns was f by Afr, Sandon, but by Stephen. Georgy had not expected the latter, and it seemed to her its if three years, had been put hack when elle heard his voles.. When she entered the room, a stout,' florid, but originally fair - complexioned titan was standing by 'her uncle "C,eorgy,'•' he said warmly and chet•rily, • as if it were al, matter of course to meet her again, "It is a long while since I have seen you; how pale you are looking;! -nursing your poor aunt docs not agree with This cordiality was very acceptable just then, and she felt grateful to Min for it. It seemed so natural to see hitn again, Perhaps those other people whom she had known since his departure, were all an uneasy dream ; and altogether she disliked the meeting less than she thought she would have done. One day more, and the time had come for which even the indifferent shrink froth watching: their aunt was dying, and Air. Sandon had not ar- rived too early. The old woman fell into a heavy slumber, and the three watched through the night by her bedside: before morning that sleep was death. Last words and deathbed scenes occur oftener in books than in reality. Last words are oftener the mutter- ings of some perhaps trivial dream, —the request for some comfort, or some change of pillows ; the grateful ?ecognition of some loved one,—than phrases which contain the full ex- pression of the life -thought, or max- ims which shall be the guidance of those who remain behind'. Our lives, not our deathbeds most furnish these. Georgy was terribly alone; there Was no one now to call her "child" any more. The last link between herself and her youth seemed gone in that kind old woman whose good- ness she had at first so little val- ued, Nr. Bartter, when away from the influence of his wife, soon be- came more placable, and readily for- gave Georgy, who could not refuse, in the first warmth of the reconcilia- tion, to return to Grainthorpe with her uncle, "Then you will not starry Stt<phen?" said Uncle Robert sad- ly. "No, I cannot," "Well, I will tell you what you have brought upon hila," and he put on the hopeless air which a roam as- sumes when a man is called upon to explain what he is perfectly aware will never be understood, "You know how much your great aunt has left?" "Yes: ten thousand pounds." Well, you are safe from all the chances of fortune; but Stephen, who entered into par tlnership with me, has of course suffered along with me; I was against it at the time, but he would not be gainsaid, He consider- ed himself one with you, and em- barked his money with the little which your father left you that is all gone; and his, and urine, have both suffered." "A groat deal ?" "Yes, a great deal. I am poorer now than I was twenty years ago, and Stephen has not, besides his Pay, fifty pounds a year;" and he looked at the empty fireplace, while his thoughts wandered from Georgy and her misdeeds to the harsh realities of the coal -trade. Such things, too, can bring sorrow and sleepless nights, as well as love, which people in love do not always remember. "But I don't want my money ; indeed 1 don't. It is hard to think that Stephenhen should have lost al- most everything for me ; cannot my money go, and his be saved ?" "Don't talk nonsense and be rom- antic. What are you to Stephen now? Do you think he could take money frotu you? Had you been his wife, then all would have been differ- ent: but now "I newer thought of this too, she said sadly. "Is there no other way?" But to starry," burst out Mr. Sandon, who was divided het wean a desire that the Marriage should take place and some (1islike to match- making, in spite of his previous an- ger against (;oorgy. Stephen lingered on in town with the uncle and his niece until the funeral which LESS \ $lE'h it involved was over, and then Mr. Sandon L Ii ilCCalle•'(1 that hat ho should re- turn with tlfcm to Gruinthorpo. Once again Georgy was obliged to go to Mrs. Erskine s house to bid her good -by. James twits not there, she knew, and firs. Erskine had just ro- turned from Edinburgh, She was in her room with a pile of beautiful lace before her. "Georgy dear, 1 , I am glad to see you again, and very glad that you have made it up with your uncle; I have not quite forgiven you for leaving Millthorpe Grange in such an unman- nerly way. Are you quite crura there was notions j to Watutecl to see in Ltoncioni' Georgy die not, lntrtrh much at this simple lejest. "Have you heard P t my news; the oily new; I have, or ever shall have again?" "Tell rte," said Georgy. She ought to know if any one did. "James is going to marry pretty Constance Everett; she is a winning creature, my suture daughter-in-law. I have sometimes fancied that this might be, and you see I was right." "Slid is the most charming woman I have ever seen." "Yes, very charming; you are right. Site quite fascinated me, sometimes, old woman as I ant., Yet I suppose that I wish Samos some Impossibility of a paragon; I wish" —and site crumpled up the lace in the intensity of her feelings, whilst the wish \vas still unexpressed. "Look, this is for Constance. I have hoarded it for a long time. I would not give it all to the girls. .lames has a weakneiis for lace, and Will like to see it on his wife. I got it in Belgium, when 1 Wag travelling wuth uty husband; wearing it a1= ways bothered tae; but Constance is trade for pretty things." "It is lovely, 1C know tb..ia (To be contnnied) CURIOUS FACTS. 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