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"The Broken Seal," "The Last Signal "Footprints ,
• in the Snow," "On Golden Hinges Etc.
. 9 I
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weariness that had fallen on 'ller
spirit during the 'fang months that
she had been parted from him stained
suddenly to have passed away. Life
was once more worth living for, and
not merely the dull monotony of
duty that she bad lately passed
through. Her oval cheeks flushed
and her dark eyes shone, and Sir
Ralph, watching her, thought her
• handsomer than ever.
"And your book," he said, "what
did it do?" •
"At first , nothing," answered
Laura, evith a sort of vague smile
• flitUng» over her finely formed lips;
• "It was publiShed on the half -profit
system, and there were no profite, tne
publisher said, and X had given la -
meet my last penny t,o aesist at tee
expenses of the publication. It quite
broke me down; 1-1 lost all hopo-"
• "And then?" askedSir Ralph, still
with his eYes fixed CM her expressive
face.•
"Then -things changed," she said,
with a sudden blush, She was re-*
membering how on the morning of
• her • marriage things had changed.
Thinking • if that change bad come
before ehe might not now hive been
• George Gifford,'s wile,
"And Valentine Ross, did you ever
see anything more of •him?" inquired
Sir Ralph. •
"That reminds' me, Sir Ralph, of
• something 1 have always wished to
tell you. I went to see Mr. Ross,
Otal when I thanked hiin for paying
me so promptly he laughed; and: ad-
vised me always to be paid through
you. • In fact he gave me to under-
etand that you had paid me for the
story, not himself. Is this so?"'
"IThe idiot!" 'said Sir Ralph, grim-
ly. "What made:him talk such fol.:.
ly?" •
• ' . •
"Then this was not so? I should.
like to know." ,
• "1 thought Ross was not quite
• such .a. fool," replied Sir Ralph, lin-,
patiently, "as to talk such bosh.
Are you writing •any More stories
tow?" ••
Laura shook her head. •
•"Nor 'painting?" • ••
"No, I do nothing now • it is ell
.so different -I seem to. have lost in-
terest -in these things.". . • : -
But Sir Ralph • undeleteed, :she had
lost interest in most •thingS; that
„ somehow the spring of: .hee life was"
broken, and that all her bright hopes
• had pessed awey. • • •
•
"I have an 'e,,cplariation to make to
•
you, he said, with suppressed agi-
tation; "a long explanationshall 1
Make it now?"
• Mat before Laura could 'answer they
both perceived Lady Danvers ep-
proiiching •them down the :•corritior. .
- "Another time, then?"' said Sir
Ralph.' • • •
• letere bowed her head,.and a mom-
ent later Lady Dairverb ..had joined •
ave , kissed away my little
darling's tears,". • she said,.
"I hope I did not scent to keep. you
lore", ': • • •••
• • 10h, no answered Latira, hastily,
and with a blush. . .
. "Ws have been talking Of Taietures-•
and slid Sir leelph. And Lady
.liarivers; as she glanced up at hie
' clerk face,. •Wondared. What niade him
look so strange. •
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CHAPI'HR XVII„ •
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' The next day, •after : the men,: as
inmate had gene out to shoot, Lady
Danvers. proposed •to, .drive• Laurae
through 'some of the by-roadsof the
perk in her • pony • ceeriege,
•. "I. want • you really,"'. to kiee: the
plitco,"' she Said.;. ?Ithe hoteie is: very
but the ti eet are "far better,....
, It wasone' or those bright :autumn
days. When the feint, "fresh '.chill in
the air invigerates. •oine"feareesi and
arises our spirits." And as Lady •
Daneer•S drevethrough thi . long ar-
cades.:. 43f feliagee Laura s leOlang"ilp-;
Ward at- the :spreading 'branches,
-ihreugh which the Seri was glinting,
and: dapelirig the'feeinerakes, thought
she had -never seen anything, so wild
and beautiful as • ,these woodland
glades. • '
• It -was all so still and lovely. • No.
sound but a bird on •the .or a
'hare scudding, "seared, • across the
• path., And the tints Of.the trees, the
tawny o.range, the mellow brown,
and ,the blue mists lying over the
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-duels.; ;ere led-Iem raesenreistic -gime with
wistful delight, • •
,will carry It • away rity.
bra•in, ' • she. Said... "Oh, if • my'erand
could only • portray it!" " . . • .
, Lady Danvers .. was charmed with
her .enthusiasm, • . • •
• "X felt you woide. 'love it," she
said. When We ;were. first "married I
• Was 'never weary • of wandering • in
these woods." . • • • . •
el. can not tell, what they make me
feel, • • answered • Laura, ' because
woeds• never, to my' inind, . express
the deepest and • tenderest of our
thoughee. • We do not talk of our
ewe.' • •• '
• Lady Danvers looked at her, great-
ly interested..
"You eciuld love very deeply, Mrs,
Clifford?" she said. • • • .
Laura's grey answer • •was a soft"
low sigh. • .
"It is a dolibtfte gift, you know,1
think,"' continued Lady Danvers,
''tyhc-r? one absorbing passion takes
possession of our hearte. It mite
bring, misery; it's very intensity is
pain. '
• 'Yet it might bring happiness -
great happiness." And again Laura
sighed. •
"Yes; but I shciuld be afraid. to
risk it. It its beet to be conteet with
small thiege, and to give moderafe-
ly, / go on this principle, .Mrs. Gif-
ford," added Lady Bak:were, with a
little laugh.
' but, " you have eVerything,"
said Laura, •
"I have much, and I am thankful
Lor it, and try to make . the best
'of my life,. and do my best 'fee those
atoned n10, but -there is always a
'butse you know," • • •
•-r think there tan be, none in.
your lot, Lady Beevere."
"Well, I do not mind confiding' tie
you that I did net marry my first
love, Dear aa my husband is to me,
most Justly dear, there was some
one Who was once dearer still."
"And now?" asked Laura, eagerly,
"He sleeps in, an Indian grave. We
bik$1 410 money, between 110, 4Wc
'
tere11,1eredith went' out to India, to
• di.,
"And ' it was a great blew ta
you?"
"A great and bitter blow, yet; yon
see, I have got over • It. 1 thought
when I married that I had no heart
to give to thy husband, but. I found
.1 had, or something that does • very
well in its place."
"Still-" began Laura, wistfully,
ant happy and content," said
Lady Ranvers; "if I had married
poor Walter I could have been no
#14Iwish°`re."I could' feel thns."
I am older than you, and per-
haps colder; but, believe me, it is un-
wise to love too MUC.4."
• Lady. Danvers spoke almost In a
• tone so/ warning, • This •clover woman
had almost unconsciously sounded
the depths of her companion's heart.
"She may wreck her life," she was
• thinking, "he does not love her
•
husband, and she may learn to love
seine ono else too well." •. •
With a sort of effert Lauratried,
eo• change the convereeticin.
We are talking quite sentimental-
. 1.Y:"' site sentlin
S°ent; both very
• good things in their way, "laughed
• Lady Danvers, "but both to• be take• n
in moderation." ••
•n7icdLaura.hisisnt a spot -to ealk sense,"
s •
. "It, is certainly very lovely," said
LadY Delivers,' booking around at
• her fair surroundings „ "Dia, lot us
talk sense for it little aline. Tell
me. of " your new heine. Of whom
does it consist?"
"Of my husband's • father, a' dear
old man, and his niece, wheel1 can
not say I think dear." •7
• "A middle-aged Weariest, 1. sup-
pose?" • . . . .
"Yos,. 1 should cell Mee. Lindsey
middle-aged," • •
"And therefore jealona, of a young7
er and handsoinee Woinan. Age eith-
er improves the cleiracter or &Aerie -
rates it; as a eel° it 'iMproves-. the
• large mind, and a snuill one .grews.
'worse. Is this lady large -minded?"' .'
Ne; very entail -minded,: X) should
think." '
• "Then forgiv.e Me if I wain you to
liewitre of her.' Renterneer., gnutp cap.•
• , .
. sting." • • • • . -
-Laura laughed pleasantly: • • •
"X thn not afraid of her," She
said, "d George, ley Inieband, does
not 'care • foe" her much, either: but
shoiS
with
etnist • try not to quarrel : , . w
useful... to7
: old' .r. •Glirin't.1,so
• *e .
• "Yes, :of course. But I am . afraid .
we iiMst tere .homewerd, .The vicar
lerieh to-
day, fee they wishe , to : see:sine abatit
-seine eilteratititie in the -church; and
litotber ',comes .in the l 'afternoon.
:1 wish You .to know her; . I.' thiek,
though she 'is so old; 'yeu ,will ' fled
:,))0 meee conipanionable than moil
.of the Seffold 'pe:ople." • •. • -
. ain sure 1 shall like her!' . .
Then •Ledsi :Danvers tinned the
•
-,,Pony'e- head, ., and they went- ' beelt
throtigh . tee winding tracks in the
:wood,. just Wide enough for 11. pony
phaeton to advance along; Carpeted
:with Mossy turf, and overshadowed
by the long. larenehes of the •eirett,
or. the ewee:pieg ,inasses• of the oaken .
boughs.; Laiira felt in a' state of sup-
pressed "ekeitement,. and • was **on -
tiering if Sir Ralph Woodland' would
return, to the Park for lunch. '.•
•
But no; none of the- sportsmen did.
LunCh.•Was •Sent to thetn,,and the::
usnr(y nt, the,•Park Consisted iOreiy
. Of the Yitar: of the perish, his, Willie
;tied Lady• Daneers end, Leurie iiie
viter Was intent .on his repairs, and
hie 'Neilsen her children. reide' • Date-
Vais .sympaehized with both; ,and
:Laura naterally felt •veey little in-
tal'esti in 'the.. conversation.. 1.Vheri
lunch•evas oyer, there*fore, she asked
Ludy Danvers" • leave to go out °rice
renra in the Woods. '
eBut..1 ain afraid • I can not • go
with yeti," said Lady Danvers, "as •
, Irly MOthei.Wolild be. WO cliseppoirited
not to find inc at home, "tvaiting ler
liereetehen shearrives; but One of
tt.he grotirris will drive emi." •
Prefer Walking,'' answered .
reterne siniling. "1 vish'. to see if the
wonderful. light, and shade of the •
woodlands , will inspire. me. .
_ : go 8,nd weave it.
- mance, X *ant the. Danvers woods te.
1)0 inamoleallied," '.said Lady Dan-
vers, gaily, . . .:" •
Thus Laura was five to go, aed.
:she teene-went along the mosse
. piths .andthe wooded glades." : "She ,•
tvelked one and' on, scarcely' noting '
. the, time, her heart 'fell : of .vague
e :-
and restless ongingse , At last she
'Stoppee beneath a inighty oak,
lipreading its gnarledbranches to ..
the sky, .Ite vast trunk was, gray •
with clinging lichen; its foliage '
'changing with the changing year,
and yellowing in the sun. • .
• Si was looking . upward. .
:Mentally. Measuring • the great
houghs ehat .deooped to tho very
ginned, and fornied •ari ample tent,
whose' waving • curtains stirred with
the passing breeze, when elle heard
fotastep approachieg her; and.
looking hastily round saw Sir Ralph
Woodland's tall forni, carrying his
gun, Coming toward the very tree
beneath which she stood.
Ile he& not seen her, did. not see
her., until he Caught a glimpse of
her gray gown belotv tho shadowing
boughth. Then he stopped, " took off
IiiS Cap, laid down his gun, and also •
went beheath?4he ,r4Preacling oak. ,
lipS.
"It is of use; to meat least. You.
remember my telling you that X
bRadrnt',;inive: agaeninsate)•11Z1313izt4 lett"
errni
"And yon remember that-thia let-
ter did not prevent my doing what I
had intended to do -that I •asked
you to be my wife?"
"'Yes," again half -Whispered Laura.
"Yoe answered that it could not
be; that there was a reason •why it
could not'be.""
"I remember," sale Laura, with A
little gasping sigh; and her face
grew very pale.
. "1 felt greatly disappointed. 1 lett
you with a moody and uneasy hart,
•1, asked myself Why yeti should re-
ject me love when there was, X know,
• such a strong pond of syMpathy end
union between our minds, • I enew
• that then; X know " it now. What -
could be your reason? Then I. •re-
membered' the anonymous •letter Ip.
which your character was
and 1 vs actually thinking of this
when I accidentally met Miss • Patty
May.'" •
lettere lifted her dare eyes and
l•ooked. him quickly in the fade.
"Well?" she said, inquitiegies,
•"She told •.ene an •extraoreieary
thing .had. happened to her; that she
also had received an anonymous let-
"' ter against your character, warning
herthat you were not a proper per-
• eon for hee to know -forgive inc
, speaking: plainly, but X must know
the truth." •
• Laura's- Bpi slightly curled,
: "Sheprobablywrote both the bit-
ters herself," she said, scornfellye
"1 clid not, 1 could not believe this
of. any •worean at the time,. now: I
have .strong doubts on the subject:
nay, I believe she did commit this
shameful [talon. However, 1 wept to
see her letter, and as I turned into
• Mad.dox 'Street .I saw you enter :the
houSe with a gentleman,'.
"It inest'l beve been: Mr. Gifford,
then, for. X. 'meet'. spoke to any one
elate!' . • , : • ".
•.''Parderi me for asking you such 0.
question; but *ere you engfieed. to
Mee Gifford then?" •• ••' •
• "Meet certainly riot. II° had been
my poor father's lawyer, and he Was
none; he had arranged all about my
affairs, and had acted in the kindest
inanner to me, 1, never spoke to ano-
ther gentleman , in London except'
yourself • and two publishers:. I, keine
• no ono; •• Miss Patty May realigned
character totally without •retie
son:." •-,,,
• . "I perr now only too -sere of this.
But consider., and forgive my eater-
• al' jealouey • and anger: Another •day
saw a gentleman hand you in ie.
cab; Then ]told myselfyou were il
;wife for me; that :your theater ..' for
refusing Me had probably been your
love ior •another, man." • • . .
' "Its was not!" said •Laurae alid a
sudden llush dyed her • feee froal
chin to brow. • •• • • • : • "
. thank God: for tffisei Said Sir
,Ralrie, in a lo*, • einehetic voice,
But he added,. f'1. believed -this to
hiwe eeen : your reason at the.:titee, .
and 1 Made ,up nry iniedete tre and
forget you. I went alnema, to, Paris
first,- and lett an idle, •careless • life'
Ahem, but. I die not de What 1 meant,
• to, do. I could' net : forget :yoie and-
. at last, after e wine months,, 1 clecice;
ed to: return 'to... town and try to
learn tho tretb. more ful.ly.
."nbctut me?"
• • eYee,...,aboet you. • Well, I did re-
turn, X Went •,th,very .next day to
your re:erns' in Maddox •Street .: That
little wretch Patty :May must.: .na•vit:
ser-
vrnc at the hottse, ant ecidlot.P.onarrheieesheere-
ago, and • Patty May :cantle e'usheige
down to meet me. 1 wanted to hear
about you,. and I went •-into her
rooms for the :purpose1 asked about
• yoile.aeneshe •put On a shocked air.
P3he Said .there . had • ' been 'a great
scandal 'about you; that you had
left ,Maddox Street some. 'Menthe
• ago, and. that you had goee away
With e young : Mae." •
ahairiefell ,.• How: • utterly
ehemefUll" pried -Laura, indignantly.:
• "You • teary well say hosf shareethe •
But this news, title he, was .a bitter
blow to me ' • Unc el 10 I hd
cherished e hope that I. Might :have
••heen mistaken- befere. • Now, 'what'
.pouldele believe?, A. few days later
:niet you in the park, and. when ybu
bowed- And smu1d I 'felt obly anger"
end scene". • , .
' ..,"Aee you passednie,. without •• A-
woke" :said Laura e with :a. • strange'
pathosin her, ireice, 'Paseed eie at a
tirne When, a kind word from. a, friend
• would •haye been ••mtich. to inc. Now,•
let rile tell you my • Story; • tell ,:you
the "reabien I left Maddox Street, but
not With .a. young Marie:. I left it•
beceuse 1 was toe ,poor to stay; bee .
cringe. one disappointment after ano-
ther had happened 'to me. I went t�
• shabby lodgings in Edgware Roadi
and there, also . had nothing but
trOuble, T spent iny last fifty
eeeeds in trying to get, my e novel
•letiblishect I Was left without Money.
I could not pey my landlady, • who
,Was insolent to rtie-"
"Geod. heavensl'' intthirupted Sir
Ilalpe, With -passionate impatience
"and •ell this time X was thinkingof.
you -wearing Myeheart. out for your
sake:" • • - ••
• "And at • laSt,!'. continued Lieura,
as though, unmindful Of' his Worde-
"at 'lase, When the. landlady .would,
I. amsure have turned me lionieless
into. the streets unless X had 'paid
her be 'A certain day -X Wrote to Mr.
Gifford. He had told me before Xleft
Suffold that if °yet' I needed a friend
I had to think of Win. I wrote Ito ask
• him to tend me tenpounds."
"2"And eared?- 1 uedersta.nd now," :
Relph, with Suppressed bit-
.
"He carne; • h .
ebrought lee money;
he was raost, generous: And after
attihile-heasked end to be hip
Was very friendless, and se I-"
Tears rushed into LaUra's eyes cie,
In broken accents, she faltered out
• theee last words, and she. turned her
head aWaY to try to conceal them,
but 'Sir Ralph caught her hand and
bent down his head and kissed it •
- "Will you --can you forgive me?" he
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. • I Laura did notespeek, .
• Laura,did - you lo•ve • me? MY
• eThere eothing to forgive," an-
swered Laura, a little sob halechek-
ing her voice. You were deceived by '
Miss May, and he -my husband -Is i
• very good to me." • *1
Sir Ralph did. not speak. He stood
full of emotions he dare not tell. •
• '
there holding her heed, his heart '
CHAPTER • • •
, .
"I think 1 must go now .saide
'Lainet; a Moment later; and the gent- •
IY drew .her hand away feom .
.11alph's trembling. grasp. •
He did net ask. her to Stay. Ile '
put .asido' the ciroopitig • of
the oak .for her to pass from be-.
neath it, and followed her,. picking
iip his gee as he went", • - •
'May e •welk with you to . the
•Park?''' he aiked, as he rejoined her.
"Yes,"' ..ariswerecl• Laura; and for •
some minutes not another word w4s •
exchanged.between therii.- They walk- •
ed side"by side-athese.twe who fovea
each other in Silence -for what was
•• - - - • •
there to :sari •Ralph was In-
wardly , cursing Patty May whoa° •
, treachery, he believed had lost him
the temearene loved; ' But Luara Was.
not 'thinking of PaitY May. She Was
thinking of ' her dead tether's letter,
.ancl. the cruel legacY be had left .to
her -young life. - , •
'Under any circiensianees it 'could.
sertft.' hniavoeurbriefuenw, "...she was telling her-
. Twice Sir 'Ralph "tarried his head
and looked. at her before he spoke
again. HS Saw her -delicate profile, .
her deoopecl head, her quiverieg epee
Then, eucidenly,, there flashed across
his mind the remerebranc.e some-
thing she had said. . •,
"May I ask you one ,more clues- .;
•tiOn?" he said. • -
'Yes,' answered .• Laura; ,Without .
nosing .her 'head. • ' •
' You told me a. little while ago
that it 'was net any attachnient to
anY one e se , a made you refuse
me. Will you tell, me. what was your
reason?". • • ' • • .
. Laura was silent.
'Was it: that you did. not care for
me that you were indifferent to me?" ,
•urged Sir Ralph. . I.
•'Oh,: hush, hush, Sir •Ralph!" oied
Laura, in great agitatioe, • e•
. •
"I pray you to tell the .the truth."
"1 can not," "ansWered Laura.; end
•she put her hand over her face. But
thee much I will teleyou, I cared 'for
no ono else. ' • '
refused him. Ile was ehe only lover
jgr,, Gifford had asked inc to • marry
"X Was eot; Meet certainly not.
I ever • had." •
him' before I left Suffold, and had
•
"You were beund to no one else?"•.
"There was one exception, • .at
ble.ilittestr,n"estisa.id Sit Ralph with soMe
•V011e do' not speak of it, Sir
Ralph! There. Was a reason -a pain-
fulereason-but it had nothing to do
with you nol. inc. I was forced to
act afi I did.",
"And but for this reason you• Might
ilfrottively.10:VIed me?" said. Sir nalph,•
•
"You start ed me, he fetid, try-
ing to speak lightly, though les dark \
face flushed, "I took you for one of
the nymphs of the wood."
eThie is a Attlee bower for one,"
•
enteVered 1,atira, with a smile and a
'Vivid blush.
•
"Yes. Are you alone?5'
"Quito alohe. The vicar Of the
Parish came to lunein and I found
myself rather in the way, and so
set out for it walk in the woods by
•myself."
"X am glad that 1 have met you,"
said Sir Mink, looking at her
gravely.
Laura. stirred uneasily, and • her
eyes felt.
"I Went to talk to you; to ex-
• plain. Iny conduct, Writ& must have
seemed inexplicable to you."
"Ts it of any use to speak of It
noW?" Said Laura, with faltering
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•• heart told me that you did." .„..
• Then Laura. looked at; hfin, and
• there was reproach 111 111
' els this generous?" she iaid. •
"Noe it is ungenerous," he an- '•
swered• "I -admit' that -but even. . '•
_1•1(-)1X.57$i'aid nothing inora. ' few
nuin-
utes later he :pointed to a winding
tvoodland path which 'breeched off.
from the one they were then ivalkieg •
.vzh..is. 'is. wonderful place, ; • -
it? he he paid, elmoet. he his Ordinary " • ' •
It is very beautiful," • answered. .
'Laura, in 'faltering tones. . . • .
"D I. st h ' • t
. .
Do you. think you could sketcleheeee".
''''WI-4342!anittigfrilatidtt!1,ycit.'sfroine day : Lady ••
Darrvera sketches fairly Well. I must •
reek her to get up a sketching party:" , •
"Nd, no; I could. not . answered • ,
• Laura..
She could net recover . her com-
posure as quickly • as he • had donb;
she was trembling.: The eery knote- • .
• ledge that he had • always loved her,•
. that his estrangement even had been
part of his • lovo,--his jealous loye,-- • •
filled her ' heart . with the deepest ,
emotion Sir Sir Ralph. e•vidently• wish-
ed .to talk of . Other allege, but she ..
could not 0 . • ' • •
"And these girls," he said 'Miss
May -have you seen her lately?" • '
have •hael a letter from bei,
• answered Sir Ilalph, with a. little,
- shrug of his .shoulders, "I know
where to find her, and I shall call, ,.
her strictly to a caiunt: f() t. the rills,
thief she has done," . . •
."That is only right -and yet-"' , • '•
PDO you not wish me to do this?"
asked Sir Ralph quickly. ,
' "I do wish it; but .1 •was thinking.
-etve met, you see, there as strangers • ' •
-perhaps more mischief Might. colrie • *
of It ' • •
. .
• "1' understand what you mean; but • ...
It was such shameful conduct, and to `
allow her to go, unpuntahc
"Still-" hesitated Lam'a,
"1 shall cat her, at all .eventsee,
said 'Sir Ralph, grinilye "and she
WOret 1PC0 that : •
"I 'suppose -she must Ilte you?" • • •
"She wishes to mare:, me, I be •
-
lieve," answered Sir Ralph, scornful- .
•iy, and with a contemptuous shrug. •
-But by this .• time they had . neared ' . •
the hoUse, and Leh' Ralph 'did not of -
fee to accompany Laura any farther• ,.
"I will go round by the gun -room,"
he said. But we will meet at• din-
ner; and -and -I shall never forget .
a hat I have heard to -day." •
Lanni made no reply to this.' She • '
knew also that she would never for.
•
get what• she had heard that ilay, •
but she knew also • teat she must
make no , sign. . She made haste,
therefore, to go into the smell draw-
hig-roone • where she founa quite a
large party .drinIcing tea, ancl other -
(TO isE CONTINUElD.) .
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