The Sentinel, 1881-02-11, Page 7/gOse....e..NOWNerMecValeslicwar.
Poetry. -
-A poetic bachelor gives his experiences
of witneesing the sports on the ice in the
.following verses:
•
Over ice as smooth as glass,
Flying here and there,
1.1y your side a pretty lass
Mull -led up Vth care;
Rigbt and Ieft•your feet strike out,
As you IlyaWay,
Bless nue, ain't -it pleasant
Skating on the bay.
Then 's Nliss Spriggins on the ice,
With scarlet basque and bonnet,
La ! how awkwardly she acts,
As tin aigh he ne'er was on it •
Down she goes, 1 knew she'd fall,
But in the usual way ;
Bless me, ain't it pleasant
Skating on the bay '?
See thelat Miss Dinglebee,
KnoWla US- the queen of flirts,
The naughty breeze is toying witk
Iler short and gOrgeous skirts;
As she bends to press them down,
The stern view is au fait ;
Bless ine, ain't it pleasant
• Skating ou the bay?
Now you're flying with tho wind,
As you glide 'along,
You ask the sweet one by your side
To sing a little song ; • '
You join her in the ekorus
Of Clhirming Ida May ;."
Blessitie, ain't it pleasant
Slotting on the bay.
• Now your eltarmer'sfeot is hurt • •
,ny a crooked skate ;
• Down upon your knee sho sits
To have you fix it straight.- •
You squeeze her foot, adjust the skate, -
.She gives a kis S foripay
Bless nie, it pleasant
Skating int -the bay.
Thus yon go ana thus'ythtglitle, _
- Lauglintg.: shouting, singing,
- -joyous mirth on every side
Musicall-y ringing. •
Now von see your loved one home,
•Sparking art thaway ;
Eitgaged-tO.go-to-morrew
Skating on the ba,
AGAINSIr THE LAW.
.(:A_-Neveiff/3y:-pere.Rugsell)!,.
if 1 fell the:truth?" faltered
Laura..
- • "It::*.on't • :much :better your position,
even if yen get a jury to believe- you;"
Answered Bineley, and in • -the inearitiane
yeuwill have to•ge to jail.
Can „nothing be dorie?",Laura asked.
••-• hoarsely. . '
"Nothinii - unless I amsuch a Soft .fool,"
said Bingley with a Sort - of .laugh, - mad
agam --attempting . to- take Laura's bind,
"that- for the sake- Of your -pretty. looks --
cone, you neediA be so Shy, if. I'm such a
• fool---.but_the only thing r cau see My way:
„. to do with the hope to keep you out -of the
clutches of - the. Pollee ik to'try to bribc
-Many 'area Woulddo that for
you, young .lady -ay, to brit* them,ffideed,
and to - pay.. this ten. pounds, which, of
'coarse, Jo/les-oh, the grocer, thought: was
good. money, ,inte the-bank:myself!"
• "914 would you do this, Mr. 13aigley
said Laura. iiiiploriiigly. ' Oh, if you
would, I will do anything--toir. my fingers.
off to repay you! Arid perhaps "She added,
with a gleatnof hope, " same one -I know--
..: Mr. Williain:Glyeford, in fact. ----if lie were
told thewhole-story„ would help to „pay
money,tee. Ile is very kind and,-".
"No; no, zuy young lady,'."-- interrupted
Bingley; -" that Vcin'C'clo. If I consent to-
- -•-ao-this-censent te.delwhat.is--wrong, mind
- haVenoonein the secret:but . oar-.
-- 'selves.: -o Mr. Williain Glynford,:if you.
please; for nie-This is not. Mr-.• Glynferds
affair;-:- but ruirie_:;-- and ' if -I were to ;speak
- = the Wordrbe could no more- help you being
...arrested :before :the day is over than hp
could Ily. Johnson -.-the grocer's- evidence
•• -Ana inine would !JestifficiPrit for iLAY 0--1,g415-1
trate 4-0 The laud to grant awarritat pm and
Mr. - William. Glynford-... would be - quite
•:unable to save -yell -2". -
• Latta'shead fell low: -
" Now let aS had ersta,nd eachrther,.Miss
Keane;' continued Dingley. " I don't
- mean- to be dore.t want to see- -11,
, pretty girl WO yourself dragged off to jail
. between a couple of -policemen, though she
. may liave acted _a,gainstthe „law, and Made
•:herself -Rade. to penal servitude -no, IdenT
War& to sec it i and 1 shall have to pay_
heavily enough to hush • this affair up; be-
"' siaeS-tbe teil_piyaiias` that .Johnson _placed
_
in the bank but liram__ready and. trilling_
' • to da this under _certain &mil:tie/14;4-n1eue
-• oftliese conditioas is that neither :Wilhar.n-
-„OlynfOrd 'nor:any of .- the. GlynfOrds •ever
know anything about -
Laura did not Speak..
'What is this;_young ;Teen doing here?"
_ went on Bingley-: " Ile is nothing to you,
is he -----not an .-
* No,-Mr:Bingley„ be 'is nothing to me,"
• aliswered.Laura, -her heart: full of great
•.;SorroWitral bitterness: _ '• -
-• • 'What indeed, she was: thinking, could he
1)0 rigyjiCtw, when „she' was in Bingley's
power -when at any:'inonient• he could
dis-
grace Fez ? She -eoulit.havene hoPe, ever,
to become:William.Glynford's
CHAPTER...Yin..
1:VItAT BItiGLEY GA.1"E UP,
Befere this interview with Bingley end-
he.ha.dligreed to 40 What lie -had pre -
posed ---namely, to endeavor -to bfish up -the
• affair, 13Y- bribing his:informant to keep -a
- - -
"1 iiii.acting- in a: very-f.riendl_v way': to
. yorti„.*Miss -Ii.earte,_": he said, ." and in return
- -I shall expect you to treat ric!:e iii ii;:friondlSr-
' mahner when...yen-go back to Ear,nham_e
Mearfwhile 1 will Stay here a, couple of day
-.. or se and ..endeaVer to arrange this - matte
before I leave."'
4' Thank ;you Very much,. Mr: Bingky,"
• said Laura, wearily. - -
_She -felt indeed exhausteda Iittle inbody
ancl •- • -
: "•
You look tired;".Bin,gleY'said._ " Well,
- 'this -hag been..a trying day for you, but I
hope it will end well, after all:: You can
• depend. upon me ;I'm a. Man of rnyWOrd,
• and 1.I1 eet you out of this serape if I can
and 'I/aping-YOU, a: give Up chance of -
fin:dine out -who fobbed:Me !" - -
seareely,understand,!•" saidLitura.
" I'll tell you how it filapPened as -we
walk rawar.ds_ your liorne," continued Bing-
. ley, _ a_ sort- of patronising,- protesting
•-tone,whielt made poor Laura wiace. You
.remeiriber. that-littIa_Private Office -in ---the-
• centre of my .establislinient- at Fariiharde?
kistl.wa years agq;1. was
-, suddenly calledoat by- a message:hero the
-----house,„-that my late -Wife Wag ia.a- fit: -Itt
-
• iny_ifasta - I.-left:my Iwys on -my •\ desk,ff..in
•.which was my cash -box.: -I was with - her,
• pooi thing; an hour, :when 1
terapplbered:.this, - I went beck at ence--..ta
the office, and found my cash -box stolen!
There was over fifty pounds in gold in it
at the time, and twenty-five in notes, and
had the numbers of these notes in my
pocketbook. Do you see now? These
very notes were the notes you found in the
second-hand portmanteau. They were
stopped at the bank, of course, at once, and
a detective employed; but they were never
hoard of, nor traced in any way, until you
put them yourself into my hand. .po you
follow me?"
" Yes ; I think so," answered Laura,
timidly.
"Because I want you to understand,"
proceeded Bingley," what a -chance I aria
getring up, in my desire to serve you, of
finding out the man who robbed me 1 You
say you bought this portmanteau of a
broker. Which broker was it ?"
"They call the man 'Fearney," said
Laura.; "but I have the bill, and danshew
it -to you."
"Well, to trace the °dile, ofcourse, the
first thing to do would be to go to Fearne'y's,"
said Bingley,-" and learn of whom he pur-
-chased the portmanteau. But to do this
would be to bring your name before the
public at once, and I do not care to do this."'
Mr. Bingley said these last words slowly
anci with some emphasis., but Laura scarcely"
heeded 11110.. _ .
By this time they were in the village,
were passing the village inn, . and Laura
was thinking of -William Olynford; wonder-
ing if he were gone, if he would see her
thus walking with Mr. Bingley. • - .
Aiad he did see her. After -returning
from the sands, where he had left Laura
;with Bingley, William Glynford.had gone:
back to the inn in an .exceedingly disturbed
" state of mind. He, in feet, could not corn-
' prebend' what had taken place, -" What
could Bingley, the draper,' have to Say to
-this Young gir/ 77 he kept asking himself.
Then he suddenly rerriernhered the relation-
ship .,of this Man to. WS aunt by murriage,
qlynford;. Of • Bridgenorth
This niade. 'the-. „acquaintance .seceri less
extraordmary,te:Williara Glynforil.:•,:Mr.-
Bingley.. might:be .tha bearer 'Of some mes-
sage ::.trom his aunt to her governess.,:;and
with this idea:Mr..-GlynfOrd tried' to:console.
hinictif,- and: stationed hihaself.at the Jim
swinclOw; elpeetipg,every _Moment 'to- see
Bingley Or Laura 'returning from, the Sands.
alone:
'But When.. he did see thein, they_ were.:
still. together: Ile eaw_Laiira, looking pale;
Weary; distressed -; and: Bingley- flushed:
and, aeeedingly triumphant: 7 The,' niaii.'S-
expreeSion..strupk's., cold' eihillain,to
elynforcl's -heart; and wlieu; a;feW.mieutes
litter; Mr. BingleyhimSelf entered the
and, ordered latioh; Williairi Glyhford, - felt.
some :difficulty. in ..itilawering ihini. coolly.
It's". funny that:We should. hit on ea -ph: -
other' in this out -of -the -Way plaee,:isift.-it;
.Mr., Olynfor.d.?:":s.aid Bingley,'-iippreaphiag
_ . • - 1-.
" People. are -:alwayecasting, up in, Odd -
places noW-a-days,".. ans.wered -:Glyntord,'
eoellYtakingnp a two days' aid newspaper.
That'S-itrile,':-; said Bingley.:'' "-JDO you
:make any stay r" _ - 1:".
- " . think not," -:,said William Glynford;
'and; lie tarneclaivity; and; takiag-his... hat,:
went out into thovillage.:".
He walked -.twice past -the. old gray steno
house whore the Keanes lived ::before .-he
had made up his niind as: to what he Would
de, ..., Then' Le reniernbered Ide.proxiiise to
try to-help,Maud-Keane; and: made- thie-
his excuSe fahireself for calling aelerting
-the-Keane's dear -belt. -`-- - • _ •-
Ile rang twice in. vain; and as he steed;
louclalystericitYCries "„from within. reached
hig ears: -• •-
The *retched mother thought Wil-
liani GlYnford. " Poor giris, I _truly pity.
them ,L.
, this rnorneat the little maid of - the
house :opened the:door; With a very. Wild
and :Seared leek -oil herby nen:maim : Open
Co.untenatice.
' Cao- I.- See .:Misg---.Keane-MiSs, -Laura
Keane?"- Criyaferd,.- •.• = •=
011,„no,sir ! answered the small hand
:maiden ; :Conied in awfat bad,: and
that's. her -screanamg,and erYing:
tap of her voice, Pni Sure ;a
•fiaster-1-"..
"1 am very -sorry to hear BliSS :Keane. is.
,
.$11V.9 awful bad, i=sir! : " aitid_the •little
thinks something
.dreadful. Must have .happened to _her . When -
She
was out, for she- W -as. quite right. afore
she went,:and.hoWahe's just like' a. craty
With - these words - rffigiagin Ide ears";
GlynfOrd.-: turned- away; ff Anil-- ait.
hour:: later :hail' left ::S.eitton--by-theSed.,
"--What,' 'indeed, could lio dor.he ;asked
himself. But he scarcely Cared acknow-
Ieilge himself in. :.how Miserable and
disturbed state of -mind lie returned-: to
Farnhahie. ••
CIIXPTER I
' IISIT
. „.
all RNGLES VIT
Tie am
ihandmaiden's'aCcount ofpoor
Laura -Keene's state wherf G
ford calledatthe house -was strictly true:
She had, indeed returnedheihe in a state
pitiable to behold. :And _what made it
more gad was that bath her Mother and
Maud had been indulging in:very bright
dreams for her future during her absence
Maud had gone up to Mrs. Keane's room
.and, unable to control' her excitement, had
(girt -like), began talking to her mother of
Mr. .Glynford's. visit the might before, tel-
ling -her how handsome- he .was, he* kind
he looked, and that Laura said that he was
Well off, and finally, more than hinting
__
that She was Sure that he Was in love With
Laura! -
This last piece of informationtlirew Mrs.
'Keane into as great a- state of excitement
as Mend. She insisted upon getting up
„and,•for once, was _neatly dressed and all
riglitYlien- they saw Laura returning.
But who was with -her? ".
"That is not Mr. Glynford;I um certain,"
saki Maud. -
"If it is Mralynford, he is certainly
not handsome," - answered Mrs: Keane„
critically regarding the .gentleman with
Laura over the window blinds.
She saw it -middle-aged, sornewhatCoarse-
looking man, with reddish gray hair, and a
-reddish skin, - She saw this - middle-aged,
•-coarsolooking.. man-- glancing- with -an
amount of familiarity and 'admiration at
Laura, ivhich certainly seemed to -indicate
that they Were not strangers to each other,
and she saw -them part.; -
'Bingley shook -hands With Laura, and
said; appatently, a few 'emphatic words,
an. sen aura, entered -the -house. --
"Who is that gentleman„Laura?" Asked
,
Mrs. Keane, going to the dining -room door
as her young daughter passed it. -
But Laura made no answer. She was
pale, and showed such signs of agitation,
that her mother grew suddenly alarmed.
"What is the matter, my dear? " she
said taking Laura by the arm, and draw-
ing her into the room; and as her mother
spoke, with a loud cry the poor girl fell
down upon the floor.
A fearful scene followed.. Laura's whole
frame trembled so violently that neither
her mother nor Maud could hold her.
. " Oh, if I could die !-if I could only die ! "
she kept repeating; and. Mrs. Keane and
Maud looked at each other in absolute dis-
may.
With the -greatest difficulty at lust they
succeeded in -getting her up -stairs. Scarce-
ly . had they done this when William
Glynford's ring at the outer -door sounded
through the house, and a- minute or two
later the little handmaiden brought his
card into the room, and gave it to Maud.
- " It is Mr. Glynford., Laura dear ! " whis-
pered Maud; bending down over her pros-
trate sister. .
' Then Laura opened her swollen ane.
:tear -stabled eyelida.
• "It is all over, Maud!" she said. - "ille
-he • never now ean be anything to me ! " . .
Maud did not speak. Poor Laura, in
her hysterical agony, had betrayed more
than her young sister -even had: Suspected.
man then, thought Maud, sadly, and some-
thing had corne between them. , . •
But .Maud, who was romantic, with her.
braimmuch filled with: the iniaginary sor-
rows 'of lovers, which 'alnaist invariably
cleared up -before the end of their , life
histories, was by no 'Melina Iope1ess .about
Laura?s case.: .
- " Soniething,. or sorne one had Parted
hein," decided -the. young .sister, •ae she -pat
Watehing poor suffering Laur. ' - "All may
:come right in the, end." - -. - .::. -•
7 Another' visitor arrived, and inquired for
-Laiira,'before the day: -Was hirer,- and this
.Was.Mr„Bingley. - -He expressed, and felt,
sonie sorrow : whin:he" heard fromthe'Salpf4
handinaiden -that Misg.Keane was seriously.
ill,-,ancl- he - -then asked if he= "cOnld -seci, her.
_niptlier.-: = , . " - . .. :- , : ::: : . . = .,
The --little Maiden:demi-dr ; , Alas I by:
this time Mrs. Keane witenot lit to be seen..
-Lailra'Ssuddenillnesi, and the 'shack that
it had.giveu her,-..*E(s.- the .e4ci Se upon this
bcoa•sion,. .: :,-..-.' : r• -.. - •:_:,1 . . - . '
But it was always the Samething, . _ .. . .
You, can see;Miss• Man& :p erhape, it Ws'
anything -very-partluI4T;" said the young -
servant, -dubiously looking at'Bingley.::
• "Yes; it was sornethingver ' particular,"
he .. answered- ; _ .and. se- he was ushered-. into
-
the 'Shabby drawiegroom,.: ud:presently
Matta Made her appearance.
- It - -did i.iot.startle. him. He had' heard:,
es: well as. William Glynto d, --frein • the
landlord:. Of the village :Um, of the ' "".poor -
bit deferreed lassie," .cif-- Mrs: *rtne's weak-
ness,: of their...debts: and thein: difficulties,
:and, Of -, hew -Mies Laura had only got" :the
.bailiffseut: ofthe ho.use,on-ChriStrnits eve by
paying. away all her :galary;'.and.giviii,g ... a
bond for the reit. •:_ I._ '-• ,..L.,: . -.- -:-. ' - -• ..
Vhaputiti the bailiffs?" " a'sked-BiegleY....:
' "Johnson; ":.the. groder," ' answered - the.
landlord with - alacrity; ""aud. I think, .at.
that ' time of the- yeak, wlien-:We're all sup::.
posed te ha,ve-a little bit charity -one. to the .
other,-. it SaidVery little- for him.; ,. -Per hey.
part, -I-like-my -just debts' 1)a(1 as well - -as
any man," continued :tlie: landlord; "but
beforc.rd = takellie -.Thard earnings - --cif - a
YOUng: -litasie 'like that, shd. got h.er - pledge
tapaythe rest on blaeli'-aed.white,-I'd eat.
rii - -- : • . ' - . . ::=-:-..„...-_
. . h , . I" . .. . .
.Bingley applauded this :chi :a.trons senti-
ment, :arid :cominanded- the landlord ...to.
bring forth a bottle ofhis'--be twine which.
the two men discussed tegeth r,discoursing.
frincipallY.: at - the. same tii btabeat- the
'Kea:neg.. - .. . • : ' • '' '' ' . -
' Bingley_.:knew all about thelamily.- after
that. bottle -Of Wine,.knew.rthent the kindly.
doctor -..dYing lir:Ace-hearted, • seeing • •his
wife!ii in: ittidliri looks:during: lie:vihele.-_,:of.-
hiS last bitter illness:-
What linigley': heard,: from lie _landlord'
f;Iti
also m orat Of Laura's
a conviiiced him thet
StOrSt- .regarcliug,-.the- marked 'notes:- He
:Inest-,nOw.. why -the :giii_had1. paid ,them_
awayevenafter:.his --erephatio -Warning to
her at Farnhaine.nOt---te. de: o. ••-• She had:
ventured under --.Oruelly-..1.-prel sine eirourn:
-Staiaces ;,; and notr,.. when, • Bingrey- 'IMetr,
he felta. yet stronger -interest nthe Pretty.
girl -who had fallen ..se strangely- - into -his
.pewer. .: : -• - - -• : ' 1
„ . . • -. .. : .._ . - _•
So:lie:vient.' to Call _iupon her _.diiiieg.the:
afteraoen, and :'-heard . with . some SOrkaW,
perhaps even -a little eentriti n ' that Mimi-
.Laur,a. Keane: was seriously i1. 11.1 _...Th
... . ea-h:e-
asked ta.see Maud, and prese tly the poor
girl appeared before before ,liirn.- -. ‘.'1 -regret to
- hear- that your sister ' -is ill,•, Miss Maud:"
began Mr. Bingley, .... " Iwishcd particularly
to Isee her;', but I -sup -poser oan1.-.. . --
No, sir yoa • canhet," 'ails erer Maud,
,
: :-7 ' - ,:. ' ',-'.. .3 .
looking distastefully . at .Bingli,„ 'S ordinary
visage. +
. - . . _.
-' -,..4'Vety!porry.,Ale is ill,":. again raid Bing,.
IO.. - ,, ',tope it's.nOthing seri° s. ,. Had the
pleasure _ of . , Seen* - - her. -this morning.
Seena.ed all right 'then."
.-- Ile was -lisOcmhat Maild'S
:
-.- . Bingiey jerked these sentencestout rather-
nervously. ea
large; thonghtful.eyea were fixed upon him
, ..
disappro.vingly. .. . ::: ,- . I. . .
i
z
-- Maud badnof taiirs,'s: gentle ways nor
-gentler:ail:Mier; . Sho. was:.mor passionate,
more • and her. Ikea -and dis-
likes " were very .apparent: - . Site had. :titkeri
a . dislike to -Bingrey, And :did not troable
._ . . . - . ,. -
:-ieraelf to disgaisatlaig.... , - - , ., • - : : -.• __:-
:
''Perhaps ., you don't know -, he - I - .'ani,
No; I do nOtt.i':-Siti-4-1,1a,w3..- : • •... :. . .
young lady? " continued 13ipley,
I am Mr. Bingley; of Fainhanie,":said
he with some etthe peniposayet "wealth.
"Your Sister is my sister'agov- kness-‘--Mrs:
-Glyritard, of BridgeneethHeag i:.-Fitrnhatne
-4•---and that's hoW-I know Mise ' eane." - -. -
. -"Oh!". said - --gaud; ,:conteMplativeiy.
Theri,7'. ',she added, A.‘ -you kn sir: Me,„ wit,.
liarn Glynferd; of bourse?" ' '
' cYes of...course" said. 'Bin ey- - 3 'AVliat.
about him?"'
4"i/ire-seen 'himAllat'ii all,- :replied Maga,
eitatialisly.
-- -"Yes, -I, know," siticl -,Bingley, .With a.-
,langh.: .":11e'e lieenhere;._ hasift he? . And
--whatdo'iyoutuinkl:Cif-hini-TP--
110- .S- it gentleman," said Maud ;•:-,•aadP
her-i,tone..ConNieyedta Bingley'e eats the:
thought that lwasiii - her .min ' ,-."-Slie could-
-have :Said no warde More bitter.
--Bingleywasrieh--,.butf he was1not-a geatte:.-
Man; and'Bingley hated -the very -hair -0- of.
-Glybferd;:-.-His , .- sister :all-liu . igriorecrlifi:
--eisteriee, and William Glyn ordlgavelini
a careless indifferent nod When they met in
the street; and yet Bingleyconsidered
himself as good as any GI: nford who ever
was born.
"Humph 1-" said Bingley ; "50 you think
a great deal of what you alt a gentleman,
do you? And perhaps you sister does
also? "
"01 course she does," salid Maud. "Papa
was a gentleman."
"11 you call a Poor, half starved country
doctor one !" answered Eingley, with -a
coarse laugh.
Maud turned scarlet at these words.
Then she looked defiantly at the man before
her. ,
"You, are not a gentleman, at any rate,"
she fsaid; "and I will tell ;Laura never to
speak t� you any more." -
_Again Bingley laughed. !" That would be
of no use," he said significantly. "Miss
Laura and 'have some secrete between us."
"1 do not believe it," Baia Maud, proudly.
"Give her my messa--03, at any rate,
little miss," continued Binhley.. "Tell her
I am very serry tb learn diet she is ill, and
that she needn't fret about what she heard
this morning, for I shall nlake it all right.
And tell her I will call upon her to -morrow
morning at twelve o'clock. And now, my
young lady, good morning.r Arid Bingley
took up his hat and quitted the room,
leaving the sensitive Maud; trembling with
passion.
CHAPTER.• *
AT SEATON-BY-THIrl-SEA.
She was so angry that he dare not go
near Laura nail she hadi grown cooler,
lest she should again excite i her sist er.
But .when she did go, andi did ive Limp.
Mr. Bingley's message will:Wu any coin:
ment,Laura teak it vety qtnetly. ;
"It Was kind of him ' she said:
-
." I will see hint toenorrow!" !
. Maud bit her lips; to kOp back toe in-
dignant -words:. that. Were rising on her
_tongue. • - ' -
'4‘ Do. yen know him wc1, Laura?"was
all she' said. • : • •4 - '
.. e No;" aniewered.Laura, lying ac yweari-.
IY; and 'Maud/compelled he-selfto be silent: •
-. • . But the next inornit,-. ..11,7hen Laura --was
better, Maud did .spea,kito bier:. .' .: • • • l. -.
il,./aiita,".she said, "Mrst :Qiy?Lifordemild.
.thet have been a lady;1-.I.skipose,- as -''. Mr,-
Binglek is ber brother?" . 1.- -- k
"„She is hot Very refined, %all ;" answer-
ed - tears, with:a'sed- iima; -1' neither • aro.
many' others who call tlieffiselVes ladies."
"Ile
.
"-He -is horrid!" said ,Alliud decidedly.
" I-WoUldbate nothingl to it() with him i if '%i
were you; Laura i "
.:' At twelve o'clock 'Mr. Bihgley called, Ao.
Lanra imniediately Went irlto-the drawing.
rOam to receive him,
..- He- was :-standing.hat i..a hand as she
(1
.entered, .-lookieg- arennd lathe . shabby
furniture, and: tthinking'haw 'p or :_the'
Keenes malithe,. and ho*Idifferen ly : his-.
'own house , Was. supplied.! ..Thei4 when
.Lania. -went in, lie.thOUght,how -fair she-,
was; 7 -low• -ladylike and .gelitleil and hoW.
yell:she Would leek in La hindscinie house,:
and."withhandsoine d.r4asei/ to yet farther ,
.adorn her. '' : •. : ' :„. - 1.,_-_ 4 • "- ' : Z.: t• .
- ' And ee he made 4:his:Mind; Ile would
iik' .this'yoang.girl to tshittre-hig widowed •
1- •1 - - :
hearth- but there was ma occasion that he -
should put -her inthe house over the -" este,'
blisliment,"- is he-Saws:Ye ea lied it;:iin•Frceit.
street, Farnhanie. - . ' I:-
: -
I No! he- would have it villa outside the .
tewil,he decided, arid._ would hold his hetkl i
as - highas the Glynfards Aay !air, . For :
Bingley_. was rich -richer_ :than...-„:-WiMia-n_.
Glyuford,-.. he' told himself -and Was - net
"going to pat`hp with hiS :sister's absurd airs -
1•
-of superiority .any. longer.--. - - - i . i I- --.
- ".1:--. am glad you are iwell enough- to - se.e
inii,". he said, warmly sliald,igT-Jaiiia's'obill
'little . hand; `-c-i gots, greai fright !yester-
day, r cantell-yon, when -I .'leatil- yea were
ill, -.-itdd.I was Vexed ...- Withhyself for . net
breaking :. that _ disagreeable affair to ' you
More .,:graclaally.:'. -Howeyer. don't you fret
:about . it anymore. Money :doe§ iiit let of
thiags;And-it won't faillto'Lake a detective:
shat lip: .-;:"Ycii/iget well„land ccnneihitck to
Fareliame," and Pil_ eiigit e you'll. never
hear: anything -mere: ofthee confounded
note." notee,"
' "Yen are, Very gond,' 'afalteie Laura. -'
't --
$
I don::say I'M : gobd,"",terie ' li„ingley4;
"but WhenIlike.-it girli :rn da niyi best to
help her. -That little misit of. ..s.sister of
yours, by he -bye, was not -over polite to
me ' yesterday. ....-What it iit,le : pit -fire she.
is, te-- be Sure.;: but - I'vle-.11/itiee :_ that . all
defetinedpeople are Spitele I, 1.gatagreat
:deal by it 'girl's loek0';:andIfike-'em Straight-
. - -1 - :
and -tall:" '• :.-7- - - --....1- --4:
- .Bingley.---koked: admiringly itt Laura as
lie. Said this; and intended liej!' to anderstand.
that he admired lier. The .pcier.giri. grew
it ci
.- shade paler natieed thia. But she
was afraid of Bingley,1 an -.dire ikiVe. no
'farther 'Sign of .h-er av.erSioal '
And_ there's anatherthingi-Xiss Laura,"
•he:contamed;." that I ineant.to sayto-you:
'Collie, sit dovM; and. lettslia'le 'a little eoin-
fOrtabletalk together. : !Iiir4plaee 'Pie. this
*--ii, gossiping -little place, yell - new,--on.e.
.piekS:Up bits of news, and l''rii- heard one or
, .
two -things :shoat, you and yc ur family.- :
:Latira looked up quiekly-imil blushed- .
I.---I--:.hope. you wi.11- iepeat nothing:
that you. shaVe' -heard here..at .Fdrohame;
'Mr: Bingley," she said.' -....- 1.
''.' -Yea mean to *s. diy• nfaid ? ' ansviitted
Bingley. - "'Not 1L4I-"arn na.-SO fond of her
for -that:matter.; and -.:anothdr thing4 want
you to to'..seenl_"411,-_-rigbt and.I.,_.-thi, Square
there at any rate! No; What I maii• is (yon
neustn3 letoffended): but 'I' "ve -heard shoat
an agreernent y011,'Ile Wade-. with.:Johnson,
the grocer. here; to pay the- resticif your
mother :
. - - . . - : , ,-
_'s account out of, yo1n
ur et half --
year's salary.„ Now, I-' dant: watt you to
have tine hanging over yetil. and pmehing
you pci that yba-bitift. be pr-Verly dressed, .
'and's:litho-I _Iiiid ,of thing. So_ what I..ani
. going to propose iS ;phalli settle. with 4 -Olin:, :
senlet you; . and get this a -../reernent bitek-
4
from the fellow atinitel,". I '• • : - . . . 1
"‘ 01-1,..Mr. Bingley," siticlLaur ;her cheeks '
II„Ow. ,crimson.,• " 36,11niu_:.st-iiipt S: 9 'that!
---LI
cannot alio* :you to do pat..
- -- - 1 .. L
- .." why not ? .7. said Bingley. . "Whe Money
is of no eensequ:oriee to i e_;',•_ and..1,A Much :
rathe•r: pay ,it::;:_than thi: - .c.f.' y a, 'fretting-.
and :bothering ever a:Ipaltitly; aroji.-tAliiltadn,_
,besidel,-:Miss'fLaara,"=,-the- -.Ad dw:
, 1. , . ,
attempt:at laCetiolisness;. "lye Must:not.
,
forgetthat you are my debtcir ',a. rea4yi and
Ishall:haVe tO-Pity-a"g'pod- ileal more than
grocer's hill for Veto': :Salm,: Sit is!
1 --•-".1.----41how;". Said Laiira,ibit erly :bawl -
listia.;,.,:, but please:do-not iatet(ere in this'
.. ... 1 , . -,. , • . , . .! • -
matter-, MiJ-Bingley. HI --doh't care about
dress now --I have plentY of things to wear
-and I can easily pay this man out of my
salary."
"Well, we'll see about it," said Bingley.
"80 Mr. William Glynford is gone, is he 2 "
"1 do not know," answered Laura, and
again she flushed crimson, "1 have not
seen him."
"1 have come to the aconclusion," he
continued, presently, "that .1 had best go
to London myself about this affair of the
notes, and arrange things on the quiet
without any go-between. I mean to start
this afternoon, and I'll write and tell you
how I succeed. In the meantime, as I
said before, don't you be afraid. EVery
man has his price,lhey say, and I'm going
to buy my detective.
And Mr. Bingley laughed aloud, vcell
pleased with his own wit.
He remained a few minutes longer after
this; and finally took his departure, after
pressing Laura's hand.
"You trust me 1 " he said, again looking
admiringly on the girl.
Yes, he had made a good bargain, he was
thinking; this pretty young lady was worth
paying heavily for! .
CHAPTER XI.
RECALLED TO FARNEIABIR.
Bingley left Seaton -by -the -Sea well satis-
fied with his visit.
Half an hour after he had gone a note
Was handed to Laura from Johnson, the
grocer.: It was couched in the hum-
' blest and most apologetic of terms.
"Tho unprecedented depression of -trade
alone had induced him," and so on, to
trouble Mrs .11eaue's respectedfamilyby
applying for their little account. He begged
Miss Keane- would, therefore, excuse -him,
and had great, pleasure in returning the
little friendly - agreement which had been
exchatigedbetween them.-He
He also
a receipt for Mrs. lieangwhole ,aCcount,
which had been settled that .afternoon by
Mies Illeatie's respected. -friend, Ilfr.Bing-
ley, Of Farnhanie; 'and Johnsen concluded - .
his. .epistle by begging for ,Mis. Kearie7A -
future patronage., and e4losed allot of new
groceries, etc; : : ' .• - " - - --
- Laura ffun.g this letter down.
" Hew dare he 'do this?", She thought.
And then.she moaned, " Alas; he dare Au
anything!". ..' - . : , • ' ', -
-She. was in his power s4a was beiplesi -
in his Imids,
' •But It was Very 'bitter to , her 'recalling '
, „
as she did -William ...01yriforth'S looks. and - "
words; the thought of the- bright and hap-. .
py future whiCh might, perhaps, have been •
hers if she had notyielded to the Miserable
temptation which -had - brought such cruel '
punishment upon her. • : .. '
• And what would Mr. Glynforil think? • -I:- :
He -had not thought unkindly; that was
clear, - for the night'SpOst ha:night her 'a
letter teem him. 'i.
: She read and kissed -the-. _following lines;
."M:t - wAR Miss KEA.rit, heard With
deep : regret that you were - ill'. yesterday- -
Iwhen: r called, and 1 am going to take the
privilege of an old friend, friend, and' write to -day .
to inquire how you are. . Besides, I . have . .
not forgotten Our :conversation about your
"CleVer young:sister Maud. l'ealled, indeed
for the purpose of asking you to:give me _ .-.
seine of her -writings to perry away with-: ,
me, midi am now going to ask you to, for . ?i
ward them tame.'Iwilicensult a publisher
that I know in town ithoat them.; and you
can. assure 'her from mo that I shall . .do___.
-everything in, my -power to .advance: ber
interest. When,yeureturn to Farnhame,
1 hope to be,ve some news . '.for you ta_com,
'1i:tunic:ate to -her, and Meanwhile she must, '
as we. say in the north, 'keep ..Up lier heart..'-
- "And now, dear Miss Keane, I ADI going ,
to -,.approach le yet more delicate-, subject; . .-
and . you mast pardon: me - if I. -do- it ,.
awkwardly. - I iapticed that You :seemed' '-• --
annoyed :yesterday When we_sci unexpected- -
_•
ly met Mr. Bingley. Il..is„ --a,s no ddoubt--
you ate aware, a- connection of my uncle's
y 'Marriage,:and therefore Ilinow some? i.
;3'
Lag of tiro, and that sonlettdog IS not ._:,
altogether favorable. It -struck me -after;
wards, ., therefore, that dii some way, or
other he may have.attempted to ahaoy you;
and I shall bo SO glad if I -can be Of service .
to you in any Way..„ Please treat me as .--a -
friend,: and believethatnothing would :
give Me greaterpleaSure-than to assist you. - .-
"Fon - have lost your father, and have a - - •
young imialidsister,:andmust neoeffiarily.,
havemanycares;-andificamihepethatyon will allow nie to -lighten thein.-Yoars very',
sincerely; . -•-.: i 7 -vvia; -GLYNFORli. . ,.
Allthe night after She had received it,.
_ his letter . lay :On Laura's pillow; • and in .
_be . morning; when Maud -went to her,
he letter ' was lying Under her soft fair
eh.eeld, -h: Owever,- -'-'made no reniark,:pre-t
llff.
ending nat to see Laura hastily grasp her,
'letter, and _hide it ;.-but presently, wbile.
She was . dressiag, Laura told the news
that William :Glyilford's letter • .containedir - -
regarding Maud's Writing's.. : i ,
- Duly -.those Who have -Wiled and - Waited.
almost without- -hope, as this poor. child - '
ad done; can understandler feelings.. --
Alas !. she knew' not - that this draught is .
mostly drank by -these whose hearts are too - ''-=,..
sorrowfuland world -wore really to :enjoy
It: Fame rarely decks the threshold of a
life, but .chielly conies .Wlien the' .inellow,
autumnal hue -falls softly -upon the fintrove--
ed brow and,en the wise, sad heart, " . ' -
' But to Maud; the Iminatare and passion-.
cite child of genius :this .Seemed - impossi-
ble. 'Her works Were about to be road, to .
become -known, lobe famous.
.-- The _midge soaring in the summer ; BUti,...,:. '
perhaps, believes in itself as it -spreads its
.tiny -wings; . 04,Nsua., tbo-,.was ready to .
take -flight .and lace the- vast world Of :
which she knew.notliing.
She WaS ail excitement and joy. She ran
down -stairs for her detracted and ..re-eor-,
reoed pages, _anti laughed and sang: Thep. :
elle . wouldreadLaura l'saine . .passionate -
iove-seene, -.written by a -hand and planned
by it heart which had known not love. . .
: _Laura :shelled, : and praised.; but her
ylirrtioluieendtg, lirtaiii:Fshario:rvsefiasise:-...7 jib- t - -.!ati-s-f Y ?le' ardent .. .,
- "I-am_not well,dear," said Ietnra, gently,.
: •.'; YOU haVe no enthasiasm Laura 1 " se •
- lid; then: Maudteproached herself for '
axing 'forgotten -Laura's, illness..
L But before the day Wass
.'over a letter wa
- rittem-and-Ther bestmanuscriptsilespatc11,:.-
: . -
ea:to William' Glynford".1.„ . -- .*.'
' shoneisted-upon Writing herself to him,
it:ii:h-e.:s.P7ssii,e..r,-gra!t.itl'il!, -and_ :,exP,:_lai-7 -,1,/_.".::,
- 'IlYOur -would-net understand all , want . T.
to say, dear," She said to Laura; „and was -
-Bowed to have her own way. ..
.. _ -.(To eta continued.)
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