Lucknow Sentinel, 1887-07-01, Page 24k .
Pane Gamete? 7
.To; _t went Up to cottage deer'
eva ter a (maple (21. dimes of mote.
cottage do� Vett
_1/0-batoelz,,auggetia-lecik•.-..
•Thiffifoirer tiiire spreads. grin
•As likaaw a lonely rosAdwithin;
lonaiy-maid within the gloom •
of the thadiest pare of a shadY: roOmt•
• Into the roma the tramPer
•
Qvgra. clog -that maiden neut.
• His eyes were set and full of ere,
•And be viewed the tramp with evident ire,
• " Bun for yozir We the maiden cried;
" I clean forgot to have hiin tied( .
Bunter yanrItie through yoader deartr
cannot hold him a minnte mere 1 "
Witliout a word ha turned hki face
• And leaped the fence with careless grOp.
Then lightlraiong the roasinersn'ir •
A very-maeh-Pet-out "'Ming man.
The maiden loosed lierbulldog's neck
And gazed at the tramp -a vanishing speok.
And plutl after peal of laughter rent •
The air with the maiden-ameniment,
The dog was ef terra-cotta waro-
She Won him that week at e;pttery fair,
Eva Beit in .petreit Free Press.
SIR HUGES0LOVES
CHAPTER
wags WE TWO rump.
Nay -,sometimes seem ii it 1 (*aid (Ten bear •
To -lay downhurabllY,this love.creivii-I wear,
Ad �eo Steal from.my polace„lielpless,:hopelessrpo(?r,—
If only that the had done ne wrong.
anotherga it at the; doorr
• Lt this my iialace w ere lived ool,ong
Weranotdetlled bY.falsehood enterin'gin
• There is,nolees•but change;:no death but"sin;
" No parting, 'save the slow corrupting pain
• Of murdered faith that neverlhaamitain. •
' •Muloole.
The,following evening Margaret walked'
down the natio* pith, leading to the shore.
• balers it wenlabn idO to marry inc. MY
. Whit nOneen40 ; I know all about
your poor ' mother -421110y familiect have
thin or Of thing; (*you think that ever
Enown ore, en I tetot my °father ;
it 117.11004441Itelre, nrnOthilt:gentre4 44**4440111.
tOfilVe,YOu 1114Margerflt ; in ' eyes you
nre itIrkendY le-bOund 10 inc 0....°,thOlgh Yon!
Were mYV:ife. father lthe Atlihing tQ
de With it,--tbis re between you and me."
Hugh, lidera to me; have promised,
-Sir Wilfred that f will never ,marry.
°
"Then Yeltr Promise. Muet be null and
void; you are mine and I claim' you,
riargiiret"'"
hint :;, " will ogre; be any Man's Wife '
have told
ritslai,oeyreturned, shrinking. 'from,
BO,' and. he says,' am
eight." • - ,
"Margaret, are you mad to say emit
things to me am, not a' patient man,
eaul you are trying, me too much,"
and Hugh's °Yea dashed angrilY, "Do Yon
want me to doubt your love?" ,
04 DP not make it too hard for me," she
pleaded. "Da yeti • think thio costs me
nothing--tliat 1 do net suffer too ? you
will not be creel to, me, thigh, because I.
CM obliged to make you unhappy. It is
net I, but the Divine Will that \ has inter-
posed this harrier to our Union. Ah, if
Baby or I had but known( all dila would
have been opared you." ' •
"It is toOlate," returned Hugh gloomily;
"you have no longer Vie- right to dispose Of
yourself, you; ire mine -how often am.I to
telt yon.that? Do _youthink,„that.,,r_will
ever -consent to resign you, that: I could live
my life without -you? What. do I careabout
your mothert iniehthings happen again -and ,
again and no one thinks of
;them. • If. I am willing o, abide by
othbieecootsn.,, aquerioes, 0.ne able has a right to
Poor Hugh! h&wail growing more sore
and angry every moment, lire had antici-
,It was a,gleriens, evening, warm with, the Fated menetrouble from Margaret's inter -
dying aunset, gorgeous with red earl -golden view with hiiatither be knew her 'serail%
'3 light lens minabiettog, and;fearedthat a Icing and
• Bread 'MailliteE!Of Yellatr•vnds,' W1IIVO weitrYliirguinent tut ht be Wore Iiim• but
headlands • mossy oh& with thar.saarlet-,heliadnever.really doubted the result Life.
without ,fiimply..insup.
portable; be song not grasp the idea, for
woman 04.11 be capable? for Your dear Oahe,
Hugh, I ani content to stiffer all my iife,
to stand aside and .banotbing to you --yea,
even to .Nielhi1-JIM.M*4 your. wifef.
1:411-407.---true---ltrintireelfr if you
will livo your life worthily. • Will you
promise me tlits; Hugh.
"1 *11 promise nothing," was the reck-
less anew ;". I Will:take no lie upon my lips
even-taankouplargaret,"
Thkeit' inttet be se GO 'wills," she
returnedwith white line; "this Pain will
net last forever. One day we shall Pleat
where it will balm sin to love each' other.
clooci-bye until then: Thigh -my Hugh."
" Yon are, not leaving me, Margaret," and
:lingll'aarius heidber atrenglY; lutt the ne#
moment they had dropped to, his side --se
had stopped and kissed him on the forehead,
and the toil& of those,00ld lips seemed his
death -warrant; the next moment he was
alone, and Margaret was Walking swiftly
along the little path bellowed oat pf the
•-cliff. The sunset donde had long agofaded
and only a grey pky and sea remained.
Half an hour later, as Margaret turned
•in at the gitterof the Grange, a dark figure
standing bareheaded under the trees cal*
in groping fashion to meet her.
"Is that you, Margaret ? " •
"es it is 1," and Margaret stood
Motionless tintll Rabythuched her.
•"Haye you seen him,'dear ?!'
"Yee, it is all over." And then she ,Baid
a little wildly, "1 have done my, duty,
Bab; I have broken his heart and my
own; " but as she spoke, Baby took herm
t
his arms, endlow* of blessings seemed
to_falter-onhis-liPs: 1-My-brave-sister;but-
I never doubted fo I•a mement that you
would dothe right thing,: And nOw be
comforted.; 1- the -same Divine Providence
that- has exacted this • sacrifice wil1. watch
over Hugh." ,••
"1 know it," she said, weeping bitterly;
"but he will have to suffer -d I could only
suffer for both I " . . ,--, •
• • " Be will not suffer one ping too much,"
was.the quiet answer; "but you are worn
out, and I Will not talk more to you tamight.
Go to your ownroom, Margaret; to -morrow
'e veill sneak:of thts *gain.' But before
She left ham he blessed her Once more.
' : •-- -'-'' ---.THAPTER- V,' - '' - -
poppies and Pmk-eYed oonToivak OF9will•
(Mt of tlie weedy ,,Orettides atitive, a him
•
ineffable Olty aeoreO deeply with tinted
,
clouds. and a sea dipping cni the Were with.
lOug siOw riPPre 8ound4 tinder &boulder
. a child bathing her feet in a littlerunlet of a
pool(whileall round,- heaped up with loaree
wavy grasses, lay seaweed -brown, coral,
line, and purple -their saltY fragrance
• 'steeping the air; " everywhere the sound
of cobteplashes,and.aniunitur
The child Sat -under the boidder 'alone;
a &mall creature in picturesque -4
looking ragsi ainere waif and !tray of it
. • Child,,with her,fe_et trail* ,g in the pool,i
,Atint.adigtillittk5.044(htlirtnitMelii1.-4.r&
ratiibled ifroeikeilly along, .or dug -graves
-1..fortheinselventi the dry/Waved nand. The
girl watchedthein idly, as.alie flapped long
• - ribbons Of brown setaWeed, or d.ribblecl the
'water though her hollowed hinds, while a
• tired sea -gall that had lowered, wing was
. • eltimmingeplowii eking the Margin of the
Another time •Margaret •would have
paused:to speak to the little waif of human-
ity before:her, for the Was a lover of chil-
dren, and was never happier than when
-
• ' surrounded by these 'little oreaturen,,the
-very babies crowed a Welaimne to her from
• - their another's' 'aline; but this &Yelling
• Margaret'S eyes had a 'Strange unseeing look
'asthenia they were 'searching the Winding
'13hOre- for some expected object, and she
scarcely Deemed' -to: notice the little one at
Only foni,and-tiventy hourshad: passed
since Sir Wilfred had.paidthat ill-omened
visit to the Grange, and • yet, Some subtle
• mysterioue change had paged' over. Mar-
' garet. It was as though. sOme blighting
influence had (wept over her -;' ber face was
• pale, and her eyes were swollen and dim
• ea though with•at night's weeping, and the
• firm beautiful Mouth -was tremulous With
_Margarethiii:margat7refuse-- to. -4S -
his -wife 1 ' Hie whole impetuous nature
rose against 'mu% a cruel sentence -neither
God o'er man had ,deoreed it; it was
tuireakinable; -Mtn* to stappose such a
thing.-• How could- he think 'of' the collie -
finances, to his unborn children, of the good
of; future generationir:ot When -
he could hear nothing -but the voice :Of bis
•paseien that_ told ,him no other wOnlan
wOuldte,to.him like Margaret : The news,
had dadeelheematesheelutadattrodlintrenote(
iiis
Mather, annnitelfakailall'atedbA
tnarryin7 g Margaret.
Brit he little :knew the with.
whose Will he had to cope. Margaret's
Very love for him gave her strength to
resist-basidee she could not leak at things
froth Engles point of view. 'If she had
married hind She would never have known
a moment's peace. If she had had children
and they had died, the would -have regarded
their death as a. punishment. •She would
-hate: Seen retributive justice • in • every
trouble that came upon them, till she must
have pined andwithered in her remorse.
But she Would deier•niarrytim. In that
lOving heart -there Was a fund of
•strength ambandurttee truly: Marvellous:
In her'spirit of ,selteactifice she belonged
to thenoble array of women of .vehOse ranks
the proto-martyr, Mary of Nazareth, was
first and thief -; who can endure to puffer
and to see- their beloved ruiner; ' Who can
thrust, unociinplainingly, the -right hand;
itneedbe, into, the -purifying flame, and so go
throtighlilehalt. orAnaiined, So that their'
garments . May be always • white and
stainless.' . .
And so • looking upon him whom she
loved,, she gave him up for ever.; and
Hugh's anguish and;lespitir failed to' shake.
her resolution. The Divine 'Will had for-
bidden their unions; she had promised. his
fathei thatslie would never merry. him ;
she had vowed in last• night's bitter conflict
lieVer to be. the wife of. any inan. ' This.
was what she told him, over and • over
again and eacliAinie there Was a set look
about Mouth that told Hugh
that there Wits no hope for hint. • -
Heo: te-belicive-it---at list and' tli
7
THE larriTal PaINCE8a:
-If& feet iiieneatit her petticoat .
Like little mice, stole in and out,
As if they feared the light:
-But oht she dances such a way,
No sun upon an Raster day • •
is half so fine a sight.
, .
• . •• Stieksiig.
One lovely_ sPring afterpoon_Hugh-..Re‘
Mad Walked through the ,nerrow Winding
lame that: lead to the little, .village' of
Daintrea- . . '
, The few Paasseri-byWhoniliaanrionnteretlq
tiaimiletiOsuattrabliTIVOthevi$11 ninnisoMe
man -in. deep mourning, hatt 'Hugh 'and mot,
0/spend Shair loakathe a.grave pre,
occupied -air, and easonicid to 'notice little •
he looked atinut him listlesely; and the
beautiful country that .• lay bathed in the
(airing sunlight did not seem to excite even
a passing admiration in his mind; the bnct:
ding hedgerows, the gay •chirpings _of, the
unseenhirde, busy With faniily cares, were
all • unheeded- . that hard self ;absorbed
hioacl of his. Things had 'gone- badly with
Hugh Redmand Of late; his broken engage -
Meat with Margaret -Ferrers hadheew---fol-
loWed by Sir Wilfred's- . death. , Hugh's
'heart had -been very bitter Against his
.father., but before Sir Wilfred died • -there
had been '4„ few 'Weida of . reconciliation.
"You must not be angry velth me, Hugh,"
the old Man had said;. "I did 'it . for -the-
best,
•Weviere both right,' both she and
1 -ah, She wasn fine. creatiire;• but When
one remeinbered her poor. mother's end-
ivell, we will not apeak of -that," and then
looking wistfully at his . son's m_ody_face,
he • continued plaintively, i1. My. boy r you
Will be .braverand not' let this spoil your 1 know it is hard in : you, but yeti
:muet; hot forget yon are a yRedniond'. It
.willboyour:duty. to • Marry... When I, am
gone; go down entitled ,Colonel Mordaunt's
daughter t. people 'telt ;hie she is 'a pretty -
little creattire ;' yon Might take a fancy to'
her, Hugh-;" and' half • to : pacify :the old
Man', and. half because lie' wait. so • sick.:::of
hiniself•that .he .did not 'care what • becanie
Of him, Hugh 'muttered a sort -of promiee,
thatt,heivOiald have a look at the' girl, and,
then for a tame he forgefall abOat
Semen:tenths after, aChince rd spoken by a' friend b_ronglit_back_this- Prom* -to.
hidmemory. ' • . ,
:He - had Nem spending•a feW •days at
Henier With sonic -old c011ege friende, whea
iimi'of them' mentioned ' Diuntree, and•the
Minn) hrought hack. big latheei
". May- as well do it," lie said to -himself
,that. Might " the : other fellOwd 'are going°
backlo 1..ohdon ;- it . will •not,, hurt Mc to
.stori, another day" -and so he settled it, •
• ; Hugh. scarcely knew • why he went, or
Whit he . intended ' hi do ; his, heart he
Was wi' lling to forget' his trouble in any
new excitement ; his one idea- during all
these menthe had been to escape the misery
Of his own ' thoughts... Yeo, he would 'See
the: young_heiress- Whom '•• his 'father had
always wished. to marry; ,he rerneirt,
bered. her ewe, pretty chilO some seven or
eight, years ago, and wondered with a,
listless Sort. or Curiosity:, What the yeers
had done,fOr, her, and whether they had
ripened or destroyed "what was certain& a
fair of beauty. , • ..
Poor Hugh , It Would' have been better
for toluive traVelied. and forgottewhis
dieappointnient before such in idea had.
ceme into hi a one in his case
Would' have shaken off the dust of their
nadir° land, and, after hating seen strange,.
countries arid undergone novel:experiences,
have returned home partially' or wholly
cured -perhaps. .to love agzin,..:. this' time
morelitippily. But with Ilegla tha tithe
had • not , yet &Hite. Fie : was bsin'bly
tatiacioug in .his attachments, 'bat just then
anger.: against Margaret had ;Eta, a little
tithe sWallowecl up love. ,Lie Said ic
self that would. forget. her yet.----tliat
wank]: not let edit Woman spoil his life. If
he. sinned,'7 circureetances were' more •th
btanie than: he: Fate so d*ad against
bus Was so cruelly. Alas,
:Hugh Redmond was nom only mitt whO,
(stung by passion, jealottsy, prreVenge, has
taken the first downWs.rd"etep On the green
Slippery slope that leads to' Avert*. •
Hugh (tiniest repented' hiierrand • whett
lie carne in sight Of the little Gothic Cottage'
With. it's circular porch, where Miss
Mordaunt and her hiece liVed; •
The MittagAstood on high ground, and
•
below the sleping gardezilay a broad expanse
ing corn, closed in by dark WoOdia, beyond
which lay the winding invisible river. As
IIugh ealneN) the straight uarriage drive,
`frock playing with a large black retriever
on the lawn. • '
• The dog Wes ra„thPX brought
ugh in his Play,
and .his frOlioa Prong= a remonatrance
frtim" bis little nstress• " DoWn, . Nero
•dOvith•geodtlog I" exclaimed a froth young
v9i0,0J" now we MIS race fairly" and the
next moment -there were 1mi:tiding feet
coming over the crisp short turf, 'followed
by Nero's boanding footsteps and bark.
• But the game ended abruptly as a sudden
turn in the shrlibberies broughtthe tall,
fair -bearded etranger in view- , 7
" Oh f I beg your pardon," exclaimed
We' same voice, rather shyly; and Hugh
took off his hat suddenly in some surprise,
for it was no child,' but an eXceedingly
pretty girl, who was booking up in his face
with large wondering blue. eyes.
I hope I have not startled you," returned
• Hugh, courteously, with one °this pleasant
smiles. What a• diminutive -creature she
was; no Wonder he had taken her at 'first
sight for a child : her stature was hardly
more than a well -grown child of eleven or
twelve, and the little white frock and
broad -brimmed hat might have belonged to
a child too. . •
But she was a dainty little lady for all
that,.with &beautifully proportioned figure,
graeeful as a fairy,and a ;most lovely,
winsome little face.
"Oh !" she said, with a 'wonderful,
attempt at divity that maduhinLpmile,
as though he saw a kitten on .its best
behavior,'" I am not at all startled; but
of course-NeK0' and.1_.would_ hardly have
had that race if wi had known' any one
was in the shrubbery. Tfave you lost your
way ?" lifting those wonderful Undine -like
eye er to his. fade,- which almost Startled
,Rugh with their exceeding beauty and
depth. .
"Is Neroyour dog?" returned Sir Hugh,
patting the retriever absently ; " he is a
fine fellow only I am afraid he is rather
rough sometimes'he nearly knonked you
clown just now in his play. I see "you; do
Orlseldn- Were intelleetnel women..
Played sang ohartainglYa-Alled her
sketch -book with unfinished_ vigorous,____;:..-,.
then 'Phut up her boolm trininpliantly, undo*
the 'notion that at eixteen a garl's education
mut be noished. •
'w'a• ls*hmaurittYbteaWnfoemsuidan ttohbaetrrirruMetiedrd'
Iliii'obd4eationp 8110 Wail a gontle•ahallow
oreatuM, with narrow vie,wo of life, very
Priln and. Puritaniohlz:-orthodox, she would .
have called it -and she brought, up Fay in '
the, old-fashioned' way in which she herself
had been brought up. F, ay never mixed .
with young people,; she had no.00mpanionti •
of her own age; butpeople were beginning •
to talk of her in the neighborhood. Fay'e,
youth, her prospective riehes, her Seoluded
nun -like life„ surrounded her with a certain
mystery a attraction. Miss lfordannt
had been much exoromed•of late•by the tact -
that one or two families in the environs a
Daintree had tried to force themselves into
intimacy with the ladies of the cottage;
sundryyoung _rnen;, loo,„ had 'made their
appearancsin the :little- church- at Daintree, • ,
as it seemed With the express intention of
staring at Fay. • One of these, Frank
Immsden, had gone -farther -he had taken -
advantage of a Hervice he had rendered the .
ladies, when Sulky had been more intrent- •
able than usual, to join Fay in her walks
and rides. He was a' halide:anis, boy of.
about twenty, and he was honotly smitten:
with the young heiress's sweet food; but
Aunt Griselde, Who knew her brother's
mish,_had-been-greatly-alarmedrand-had-
thought of shutting up her 'cottage and
:taking Fay to Bath for the winter, before
Frank-Lugulden-Lumsden -back- to - Daintree-•
Hall for the Christmas ;vacation.
Aunt Griselda received Sir Hugh
gracieusly, and prosed gently to him of his
father's death .; but flugh turned the con-
versation skilfully to :herself and Pay. He
managed to extract a good deal of informs-ticn• from the simple woman shout her
lovely little niece. Miss. Mordaunt could .
be garrulous on the subject of Fay'e
perfeetions-she looked ' . upon Hugh
Redmond as the suifor whoni her brother
Ai; 4!
not rememlifir me ;Mies Mordamt. Wtauld have . &open. _•Before_ilong Hugh, •
Bit'Yfligh _Redmond. I liat(e .09#1616' call
on you and your aunt."' •f' •
Ohrahe said,becoMing- very --shyall
al once, ".I remember yotisio* ; but you
looked different' somehow, Ind the sun was
in my eyes; poor.:Sir Wilfred -...yes, we
heard he was dead -he came to see Aunt
Griseldi once- before he Went away... It
must be very lonely for you at the Hall,"
andshe-glantedist-hiar-deepxamfriting, and
-
then at the handsome face that was looking
so kindly at her: • What a grandlOoking
man he was, she thought! must liave Ang11,•hitatily.,Thimir.lesoLEthillidtannedeis...,
heard all about Frank Lumeden'emiermities Before'he bads -jetted many thins at the
'cottage -Aunt Griseldirlad--confidedlier -
perplexities to his ear, •and •had asked hir
advice -of Coin/0.0 hair commended her '
•
Wisdom in driving the unlucky Frank from
.
• "It would • never do, you k/lOW ; he is
only a hey," Atint _
ltiVIy 4117iiiid Fair will be so rich one of
these days.' •
" Oh ! it would neverdo at all responded' .•
ibeezahle4nord4bottattltemodaimAirpitand Itunarsedlinum.-4WhetinisimmooliadasnAlisse '
amp/it/ma:4010m* -dm ‹staring
• Ife•iiheal te sendtheini an
about their. business, he thought; for •
though hardly a week . had passed, Hugh •
was beginning to feel a strong interest in,
aprravEretedlisaroni Xesttgnising ,'11•3EM*4
then, .blacourse,..shs,liad never soon him
since olio was a little girlovhen her father
was, alive, and they were liting at Wyngate
Hugh Redmond! ah, yes, she remembered
him now. She had made. a cOwsliP , ball
for him" once, and he had teased it right
into the middle of the great °lass, where'
thsrOokshad their nest, and once she had
harnessed him with 'daisy chains and
driven him up and down the bovelink-greM?,
while.her father ,litughed at them from the
terrecewhat m'erry little child she.used
to be. -and Hugh Redmond had been a
splendid playfellow ; but air she moved
beside him down the gravelled walk -leading
to the cottage her shyness: increased, and
she could net :bring herself to recall .these
'He had net spoken te heragain On, that
itrit visit, but after a time she °had ' joined .
_them in..,the. porch,- ' and. 'had -sat down . .
demtirely by Auntarieelda, and had 'busied ;
.herself withseme work. . Hugh ...could ,not.. '
make her speak to him,: but, he had a• good
look at . . . • : • . , , • '
She had laid,.aside her, bread-hrimnied
hat,. and ' he saw' the beautiful little, 'head .
Was covered With soft curly ' brown' hair,•
that waved de:tidally over the temples. It • •
wite coiled.. graceftilly.behiad, but ilb. knout*
of. dare or.pains could have sinoOtheil those
•old piemorms ; indeed,' Hugh . cent:Isnot Of •ri lin w -.• • . . .
„ .. . . , . . .
her to look at him again : . . . ' ' . 7'. He wished more. than once that he 'Could
Ther& is Aunt 'Griselda," she paid, have seen her eyee again,' but she •kept.them
suddenly, Mil% tall lady like woman •••With :fixed on her :embroideq. ; Only . When : an
y-
& gentte,pubdued-looking face appearedin thing amused• her a • charming • :diniple
the perch, and seemed much surprised at showed on One cheek. -', It Was the 'prettiest'
Htigh's apparition. - "Auntie, . Sir- Hugh dimple he had 'ever seen, and he eatight . - •
Redinonal has dome to ,,,see as," and then himself trying to say SoMethingthat Wold'
withont waiting to see the „effect of :this-. bring it again. ' HOW paid . a 'long vieit;
introduction . on her: Mint, Nerea .• little and in a -few days he 'canifkagain. He Wes
• playfellow 'slipped itWay. .• . . ... , ' , staying at CoOkeley, he told tiled( earelestily ; ,
•Hugh ,louh4 bible& web:thing- for ;her and if -.they • would ' allow • it, he. added :', -
: ." I thought. I should '‘haveh• im 'by re.,appearance With' sonie anxiety, se he Courteously, he shonld like telvalk Over. to '
, iiew,"she mutinured•; , " I ani nearly at the sat in the porch:talking to., Annt . Griselda, Daintree and tee them sometimeri. '.
. boathouse ; surely.filir Wilfred ranst have The elder Mitia..Merditunt *its somewhat :-:' ,Miiie ' Mordmint ',g'ave ' hiiii griteiMitt .
f• given hiixi My . anearaage." %But the 'doubt bf ' is recluse - in- 'her habite : ' oho: wit's fa: 'permission, and Fay looked' shYly pleased ; "
.',. hadjaardlyeroseed ber mind before a • tall nerious, diffident wornan , who • Made' Weak And -So it Caine that Eltigh 'called . daily' at :
'' .ligule' turned- the Corner by the timely boat,. 'health:an °tense for iffidtting," herself: out the cottage.,, • ' ' . •., , ,.. . .‘ • • •
next, moOment 'Hugh W49 from scieiety, • FiYhad lived with her ever . • (Te he continued2) , •
Comingtowardither.. ' . .. . ". : • : .. . . since her -father's death,' but. during the
-.." Margaretl" he exolaiinedi. as he caught , 'set year Mies : Mordaunt- hid been natal • -'. iitelietrat-RailavaY'Fravelie
why have yea- kept me; away :said to himself, and then a oud-7for an WS
'oold.of heroutetretehed hands, • " vihat does . his, heart'waaVery: bitter tifainet
. . . .
whether she- yeas ng ' her duty to her
troubled' by qualme of.-- conscience, - -as to
- 'froin yeti Ol.therie bents, andthenapPointed. 'angry passion he..diO not' spare her,.and his orplie.ned. Mee). Fay was alniost a.WOman,.
thiasolitary place for our, meeting ?" :Then hard Words bruised 'her gentle • sold moat she Oki herselta. tiny, Woman :certainly,
as oho did% not: aostroe;:,:end..•holooked at PitileselY ; he said. that she..did. not love hut nne must note-treettler to gre*,bigger;
- her; moremlesely, hia voice a/hanged:, ." Good, him, that she neVer had, thatthat cold,.pure girls seldoni grew after . Sixteen,' and Fay
. Heavens l' what haat happened ;. Whet MO 801 ef terit..Was, incapable of peiiiimv;• .and . .
waS Mire than sixteen. -Colonel Mordaunt
..my ' father- (line to you 2.:, How in 't •• how he wondered with an•intelemblean'gmehnf to.dleft very_few..instructione in his will
awfnlly ill yuu• lookemy dailiste'. • ' '•'' ' ' anger Whether she; weitild. suffer if he, .thok about his little. datighter.• '..His ;slater vias
-I.have not slept," she her tither word and married another • *. and appointed her personal' guardian until she
came of age • or• • Married. i there was -a
. , returned,.trying to speak -calmly, . "'I am when he had.flting these ,orriel words el her
unhappy, Hugh, andtrouble hag made , me, -for he was half Maddened, with misery- liberal allowance . for ' maintenance and
' weak. . . ' • " ' • ' ' .. ' he had turned away from het with a groan education ; but Colonel Mordaunt :. was a
' "Yon Weak," incredulously ; then; as and hidden his bead in his hands, His . man of simple habits, and Fay had never
.-he tieW her eyes filling with tears, "sitdown Wishes hid ceased to influence her; • she been accustomed to either ostentation' or
onthie smooth white- boulder; and I will had given him up ';. Bile yeopld never e his luxury.; one day she woad -bee rich woman,
i•place Myself at your feet.. , NOW gave me wife, and. all the sunshine. and &Melee_ and find herself the: ', posOssor of a. large,
yOur'hand; and tell me what makes you so of his youth seemed dimmed. • , . • • - • rambling, , Oldi-house ; until then her father
unlike yourself this evening." - . • ' . But Margaret would -... not leave Min, had been perfectly willing that she ' Should
. .; ktarga.ret 'obeYeci him for her limbs were like this, the next moment she was 'kneel-, live quietly with his sister in her modest,
' treinbhng, and a sudden, mat seemed to. ing beside , hint on the 'sand,' . They. say' cettage at-Daintree. Masters and mistresses
'hidahim from her eyes; when :it cleared, Were IS always something of the, Maternal came ot!er to ray, -. Etna; tatighf her in the
' alie saw that .he was watching her.. tvith element in theloye of a •good..weman ; *lid' low.bow.windOwed room that wag set apart
uneoncealed anxiety. . ' , : • there is something this protecting tender- for her . tele. A chestnut pony was sent
"What is it, Margaret ?" he asked, Still mess in:Margaret's heart ars she drew Hugh's from Wyngate Priory ; end Miss MOrdatint's-
Mere tenderly; " what ia•troubling yell; .my `head to her shofilcier., :' He ;did not "reale& greima accompe,pined Fay in these long
'. (lading? "' But:he' grew Still more uneasy her ; the first fierceness of his anger- had scrambling rides. ' • * ' .' • .
when she snddenly clung to him in a fit . of now died out, and only the bitterness dins, The young heirees' .was perfectly happy
'bitter weeping and askedlim-over and over despair remained. : . . :: . •• • .' , :• enact/rite/it With her Simple seclndecl life ;
again between her hobs to forgive hr ,fOr "Hugh, . before We ' part, to -night - Will Aunt Gritelda would heat 'the girl warbling
making, him so Unhappy. , : , , you not tell die that you forgive ine?" like. a lark in her little room, Long before
• "Margaret," he said at last,very gently but 4' How ani I. t� tell you that,"..liehnewerecl the inhabitants of the cottage would :be.
. firmly, "1 'cannot have yen say seek things in" a dull weary voice, "when. you 4r.p‘, rob: stirring Fay's little 'feet, were accustomed
• . to. ine ; forgive' you who have been the bungmy life of ite happiness?' - : • • to briish the clew froni. the. grass, Nero and
bleating of my,, life, whose only fault is. "Oh, Hugh, when I loved yOu'.'' she Would retntn from their rambles :in
that you Me too welt? • "You ivre proving your lo.ve"-With the the highest spirits r; the 'basket .of ; Wild
"1 cannot beyeur blessing now, Hugh," utmost bitterness, butielie answered him flowers that graced the breakfast table had
. and then shedrew herself. from his embrace; with the seine gentleness. . . ' .7 ' '. been. all gathered ' and arranged by Fay's
"!, Da you: remember Ulla plebe, dear? it wea ," "Yon are still angry with me. Well; r Pretty: fingerS, , After lireakfast there were
, • on thuiboifiderthat I was sitting that:evening must bear Your anger, if ,will only , make all her pets to Yisit,-to feed the dtWeii and.
. when you found me and. itisked rne to he it all a littleharder for me. If - you could chickens and Canaries -to give Fairy her
, year wife. We have had some hady days have said a weld' that would have' helped Corn; and to look after the. brindled .Opty'
„.. since' then Hugh, have we not? and now Inc to • bear it --,but - no -you are . too and the dear little gray.and-blaok, kitten in
, to -night I have asked you to Meet. me: here, ihnhappy t by and by , you Will, do inc . the .. hayfloft-all the live, things on the
hat yon'hilay hear freni my 'liPs that.I shall justice.."' • , , • . , ' . ,,. . Premises loved their gracious little inistrees :,
neVer hi any. man's wife, most certainly "" I am nat a saint like You,'' he answered even Sulky, Aunt Griselda's old- POny,--the
. not Ourg;,1:rugh-:-nny, Hugh-whoin I love. harshly i ." I •have a man's feelings. You
yeti before:"„ ' : ,• ' '
ten thottSand times' more than 1 ever - loved have often told nie-I am passionate atla *lio never altered his pace for any degree
. .
Most ill-cneditioned and sttibbornof, ponies,.
wilftilwell, you' were of coaxing -would whinny with 'pleasure if
rised leek . p Fay entered;
bus Stall
A pa• ined, seed Over "Yes, you were always, veilful, ugh,but
Fay was very (belle With her masters and
Hugh's hands= &be. • It ELS eVidenf you have never:been cruel to rue before; it
imietresees, but itis ciafair to ' say that
that he had not exp fed Olio. The nett is cruel to doubt my love because My duty
her abilities were not above the 'average:
moment he ,g(tVe a shortderisive ug . compels me to givuyuu uP. Ab with.
She Supped knowledge earelessly when it
"50 My '', father has 'Made mischief kr sod en passionate inflection in her- Vaita,, to tehaaant intrytt-utmnitteand.a:osuidahdbe
Pril6eugwith wavlib f of mheerlonwhnera. Voecaoyi.,a,but she never . sought it
between us ; he: has aotualfy,,,made you, "do you ,know-ot What Celt-dacrifice a
, Neittier;she nor Aunt
Arnong the -Many provisioni" which the,
Grand -Trunk Railway Company. are • min-
tinually natikinglorthecointort and 'con-
-venieno of their patrons is the adoption by
them in their cars of the Travellers Head
Rest. This contrivance is the', prodact of
the ingenuity of a well-known Montrealer-' -
who is frequently on the road and has ek-:
perienced the Clisccinsforte Attended upon -a
desire, to take crest -and the: leek of pro', •
vition in the ordinary first-class ears to
enable him to do so in the easiest possible
manner: .• He recently,..communicated hits
idea's to Mr.• Wallis, • Mechanical Superin-
tendent �f the railway, who at Mice saw
the advantages that were to be derived; an
Orders were 'forthwith....giveii to carry o.
the suggestions as an .expedineut in eon,
nection with one of twenty cars belonging
to the" Standard " series the latest pro -
auction -of Ihe, Grand Trunk 'shops.' Car
No: 196, which was fitted ,up at Montreal
with the new head rest, armed' in Tforonta'
on Saturday morning and hay all yesterday
at.the Union station.
' An hetegenarian Widower is . sued ; for
breach of premise by a 'veldotv 59 years olO
in Grand ,Rapitli, Mich. • • , '
That this world is not balanced right
Is plainly to•be soon, ••
When pne man *elks to malco biro fat,1
And another to make hint lean.
It is said that ,the znilk of cows that are
salted regularly churns mueh more easily
than the milk :of cows not, salted. ,
A:revolution' hi the Province Tacti-
man, Argentine :Republic, ha e been. sup-
pressed with a loss. of 40_9_211-y.w.L..,_
ON TARE ONTAII,T
Green aro thy waters; green ap bottled glass,
• I3ohold 'ern stretched tharl
Fine ranskalonges and Oswego bass
Is chiefly Cathed thar
Onet the red Injunk tiler took their delights,
Fight, fit and bled, „
Now Most of .tho inhabitants is whites;
•:With "nary a rod." .
e • -do Oswego pod. '
Large and influential petitions wore p'
sented to the Toronto City Cotuniil last
night, asking for. some tangible recognition:
o ex -Chief of Policeraper's long service. •
Tt was 'stiggeeted that he 40 given one yeaeit
salary, if2,500. The petitioniswerareferred
to 'the Rxenutitie COmmittee,
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