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Boat7 .
The roentwaeliusherl '• and the 'moonlight
- ,* • "--Xishiiiiite4beiefe.....eitbe.„,eitiesit.fieliti,....., • '
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' ttadlalkeirtliveelitaiteliefora...
•Qhtohe wes the •ohild'of lliViPlftege, 7
• ' gknol she lay in hietirnaelrdytng;
The night-w-tl crept Up.the narrow stair „
, But fled threileh. 04e wOl,I497.in.. g•• •
Her yellow hair fellin shives ef go' •
Her breatlibig was hektiee :and low,. • .-
' • Her *Ober had de
euet !even long yeere age. • a
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• •. "Ttity byAtiy, with terrible love;
• •'Llove that was
unavailing
• He had watched the light in bey plug, eyea
• . • Elteaeil,y, hopelessly Kline.,•
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."Onareher, good Lord., for 'she- must. not. eie t•P
• His worthrwere.distraotee and wild; • '
�odbelp OW-for:the Old roan's,life ••
• .4PQa0.4 Opinthe lit, 0/ WotOld. . • "' •
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"Bather," she cried with& andden strength,
• .,‘"1-ioOki 041 look at therell • •
'The good,lord hag sent boat,
• Ibilieeheatd and answered my prayer.
• "It canoe last night, butyou were asleep,
•• The windows. wetetsfenedtigha,t;,
•
- -• are' egt Of . „
„T4 ld'Man's eyes. Wereblintlee
e r: vied hers to•the sky,
they '° crime
• :,andbesaw, only t. _ent moon • ,
storm of !leap irift ;
•-• 13nta. light -not 'born• of earth, or fiirl
OW in the eyes the maiden;
..rif4LPZdear.father,. comites1;131!.aerked„
6.•• th44 *.Parr44d •
"1 shallsaii on through the brillialit stare,
To God's beautiful home- op' high; -
= 's
• " ii-oreseentineedsriliSd out -of sight.; "
• oft "•T:. • ••• • 'It. •
fienligpv4rOged.froM mis gsTreb,., ee.F.
• • But the old man linew that hie.ivife and obild
--,-Hadmetin.oad'alionleth.a_teight. . •
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SIR HUGH'S LOVES.
Well„ it was not such a chilLevening• after
• ill; neither of them koala. tell ' how the
time had passed when Ellerton cattle in to
• say the 'alit train had beep, due for sonic
time 'and as Sir. Hegh had not returned
• wenicl ray lady' have the house thut up;
• be_paet eleven,: and Erie
, ' • •• and. she still talking about this . wonderful.
FAY s olieeks•ivete quite pink when the
• bade Erie good -night; her eyes shining
like stars: :Oh, 44eile dear. people, she
' thought, how strange and eaft it all was,
and yet bow ' interesting ;• slie had made.
'Erie clesoribe this Crystal over and over
„ • • again. She must he an odd girl, she•
' thonght=se passionate so undisciplined,
, . ,
M think she was liy„ing' with the , other
_''1.11V,IgratY1
.-..--.4alileVintaithenqthinraaslatettzlinre4
• • . " Yes " he held teturned', .eetioaely, 4' • 1.
. have. often wondered: to see 'them erieli
•• , friends ;.they are. ;so utterly dissimilar.
• •• Fetegitie Tkafferd I mean-4�gentle and
. yielding±refire .like you, hay, .;. arid -Mite.
Terrers-as keuppose I ceight • toll her
••••-•:is so high-spirited . and proud. often
. vender bOw 'Percy dares make love to
, her, but he seenie to dare anything," , • '' :•
' Well; VI,OliOught about -it all When:she
•• , •-•, went to bed;.elie. had got uged. to her big
• ..shadowymenn by. this time; Bile lay • wide
awrike watching the tire -light r and
• dance �n the Wade ;• how -odd that :Teeple
• , loved" 'each. other so mush .shOuld
' : inisuriderstancI eaCh other So strangely; of
Marie drystal loved. this ,grandFlooking
• ROY, end yet of her Own accord; elie., was
,-. with.
PitY. .and affectionate?,- syrepathy,: . is ' 'the
. ,-:•preidered over -the . Sad story: She tried to•
•' When he rettitned the• neit, day,
but he Weston buey,- Or-elee-tinWilling to
listeafe ber.: •, ' • , ; ' •• ,
.. • "Yes, I know all about it, -4 never cared
very ranch for ' the •girl," . Said; heady, s
•• . - • tad theni:ae Fay looked intensely aurprisedi
....he.itaded rather ifkitably,;
••'• • .".itpld YOtt. ,Wete • old friends oace;,
, and, Peceattie "I SAW; kiss' Crystal. When .1
•vieited:'.'itt the Grangersbe was never My.
tatittil-handeome, of criiiree, :but one could
see..shehad a; bit Of .the
haditeterapet. of her own ig you like ; and
" Mr.'Ferrere epOiled he . wee tertibly,
infatuated -I daresay he ie•Still--4nen will
be' fools sometinies.,..There,.doret „keen • me
' talking; Pay•;.. tit .,course ,everY One . in
••,•SendYeliffeand SingletOnknows the story.
• : • I am not so sure thatit was not ;wise of the.
•.•giri to rua away. after all." .• ' ". , , . •
.1. „ tfilugh Must hit* beenvery irithiateivith
• ; *eel thought Fay '•when • she ' left'
alone. :4. HOW Livishhe Were not always tee
' butify. to . telk te ,'Erle. Bays 'he is...sure
• he nekillinglihritielf rushing about as he
• .` .
does, and he doer; leak terribly ill. I vyish
.•• he *would. seeDr. Martin;, but of course
•• affixing him tn. do 'se. Weald enly :mike him
, angty. is Very wrong, of me,.IaM afraid,'
but cannot, help" :longing t� ' knfOw why
••:liagli. bite quarrelledWiththemtio. • 1 don't
, • ,like to vex hini,"„„hat it: seems to • • me as
••• thou& I laaVe a tight • to ' know W. • that
• . cencerris niy,Iiiithand"-tintl'"Fairti threat
: Swelled and her eyes greve-ti little '
..."Perliapri • Wiaen, something happrenie,•he
' will thinlvine:Aildo and 'talk to nui, more," .
• . shesaid. ;. and though ehe was alone a
rosy -
blush eartie eVet her face. ' . . • . • •
. •. •Vey Was very sorry When thetinie crime
• ••
for Erle to go . back to Relgrave-gOnee;
:.° .• , she-Waild Miss him. sadly 'oho knew. ' They
. hadteimined their eld walks drives,
• and Pay paid visits; to ,Bounie ;Bess in lier
• • • •
• • • stable, arid tatight.,the. pretty • oteatiire. to
•,, ;"' • • f011eW her over the place like a deg. ' . •
" • , • tide gory to go too ; he had grown
Very ninth attached to his neW.eouren." Mr.
•. Fetters was to join him:a little.' later .at.
Relgrave niia be premised, ta write
•' and giVe her fifil particulate oftheir •visit
, to Beulah Plate. 'In his ••beart '.had a,
. secret longing .to feel . Fern'i; fiend in his
• again, and to see her bright :weiCoreing
" have been herd whole,reonth,"
•hegrumbled "no wonder High Is tired . of
e • nie' by this time." •
•Pay. rather .siirprised•then to receive
a letter froIn him *two or three day's after,
•
• wards telling her that'Mr. Tutees• ' visit
Wee indefinitely postponed. • •
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, 44 tverything has gone wrong," he wrote';
• • 44 and the fates, those miechievous gross-
, grained old women with the 'one eyelaetween
, them, are dead against • ,
44 I went over to Beulah Place the first
• ' ' • evening jitit to reconnoitre,: and was much
' • "•"" ' diegnsted to hear that Miss ,Deriport:-:-.
' • Miss FerrersI mein, °ply.' etick to the
• ."
old name frceli habit...was titireing :one cif
, • • pupilti it h ineaelee. ',The little
.4,
• A
e
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.4 4, • - t 4•"' • ; , 4
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reePal-it is 0, 440i-nliad. reftleed to be
ettrecd by PO IMO 9401 and there ehe is
intheograte!it" hens& lierriii,..7duranos, site i,
- • wr4..,. -isiT4ivgt.jk.--i..,52....,09raw• ,,-....,.....0,111.,_ ..-cito.,,,,
some talk of ittrgOthrOtit.:--0t- town ' with
them.../[,' ' c •,..•1'
1 wrote, •cf(to the: Orange at.ence, an,
V W '
ren answered met., „ .ger brother.
Wr
414 defer his Visit for 140.'.11reseut, she
said, MAR Wee. DAYOPPOrt was bank ,in
her 014 quartere. He WO mr1011 disappointed,
of oMiree, at this 4011 bntheWalatlefiefled,
to knOWthat she Witem ova hands ; and he
was used to, disappointments. I did feel
so 'tufty for the poor old JelleW when I
read that." And the rest of the letter was
Ailed with lively " desoriptions,or A"- halt
*hem he had, ,*,0* *Joe :§9,4* .. and danced
'lig:114.6:7Zrpove.r, 1:hi0; 'Vora of
__;i..
Erlti'S letter.. He was an inoOPteriPle tlirte.,
she,Was afraid ; but she mieged hins, very
'.intich:, The old gall seined very quiet
without tile's springy footsteps and merry
whistle, and somehow Pay was a little
quieter too.
Por .0. change WO. „palleing...P.Ver7 Hugh's
Wee Wifie in thope, early:spring days, -
, With the new hope there game a new and
tender expression on her siveet, face.,
She grew less, . child -like and ' 'Livia
'womanly, and day, by day , there grew a
certain m.odest -dignity that lieearne her
well., laugh -:.wati :Very gentle, with her,
and careful to guard her from all irnnr,11••:'
dencti.Oititlifemas.....very......diffigult,10.-,-b
3.t then anhe,netAlwaye 'restrain
.• ne- .- d, _ could
his growing 1gpianir-irrjtabilfiy. „. • . , ., ' 7 .
.
1e was ill, and . yet. ;unwilling to own
akibhing ' was armee. • He scoffed at . the.
idea' that his nerves Were;fisorgenippd.; and
;with the utmost reekleseness seemed bent
.on.rliiiiingliie kW 0911fititt.itioTL .' . . • - .
; • His restleasnee,s aud.., inward struggles
. were making him thin and haggard; still
any fatigue was better. than inaction, he
thought. Often, Often, after a long day. 'spent .in
dale& over the ?Redmond. and Wyngate
estates, he wcinid. :Bet Out again, often
fasting, to weak mamas ploughed lands and
through miry Miry laries,.. to wisite some sick
laboter,,and then . sit tip helf,the night ' in
his Solitary study. . .. : . ' • • .. .' :
: Yeare, afterwittelii.he Owned that he never
looked: back on this of.his life without
an: inWatd. Shudder: What weld have.
become of him, he said, if the hand, of
Providence had not laid him levibefere.he.
had stiaceeded in' 'ruining himself, 'Way,
did. sour/
No one but Hugh knew, how tiftenhe had,
yielded to the • teinptatiori to drown ' his
inward miseries in pernicious ,druglie; . how
in those solitary Vigils,, while his . inament
chAd.wife.Witi3 sleeping Peacefillly. like an
infant, his half -maddened brein. , conjured
a deliiiionsfenciestthat nmed.to. eoplt
64d1MbreitFWItlia;Wafilitr-tafee., ,
. ' Vher.koverfilteithAnt-iln,
really ; he , Would say in his Ober 7daY1igh .
reflections he was only eo very Wretched,
gargeret'ainfliierice:hinkalways kept him
Pure, and he • Was. not: • theman to. ' find
pleasure in itny 411361044M: 1 .... :' '.• . . ,
No, he Would . not:harm' himself, ; but he
wanted Mote to de,' If he could :: represent
his connty, for example; but he; ha.d lest
his seat' hist : eleetion to his neighbor
COlonel:Dacte 1 If he could travel ; if Fay
imuldonly spare him! ' Andthen he shook
his head as, he. thought of : his: unborn
child: ,, • ,.. . 7. : . , ,.:, . , ... „
• "You look -so ill, Hugh," Fay Weald. day
Withieate in lier•eyee 'When ha ;mime up to
-wish her good -by, ," I;.wiela you would stay
With me a little.". , ,. ,. , • • " ' ;':,,,,, ':t.'. •
:.
But Hugh would only give a for • -'•„Saigh
•andsay that. his. "Wee' Wine was .com-
ing more faneifar. that . aver, and at ' he
should- not lintr-wwhattodo with her if
She Went on like thie:” and then, •kissing
her; ' hastily; and ariloosening:, the . little,
hands .from • his,..neck, he would go out of•
thement.preteacling to Whistle.: , . : . •
.'.. But one evening when they Were together
in'the library ho fell asleep While she was.
talking to him; and looked de 'strange -.and.
flushed that Pay. got frightened and tried
to wake hien:: . • :. ' • 7- . . • .: :: ..
. " dome,',Hugh,?' ,Shettiaid; ' eeftly,." ',it. is
1101.01°0k; „and I cannot •leave you like
and I ani gotired and sleepy, dear;" ,. and
she knelt ;Minn and, put her hand under
his head, and stroked ;back • the hairfrom,
his het forehead. - But Thigh Only Muttered
something inaudible, and turned his face
' And Fey, watching •hini anxiously, ..• felt,
lier.heart sink ' With sonieundefined fear;
and ptesentlY,4exig for his Valet. . , ' '. • :
.'" Saville," she said,: as the man ':entered
,the teem; "1 do not know • what is the
matter withSikHugh. to -night, he :131gene
so heavily and .hifikii.sO .strange.. If it were
not so late, and t Were sure, that he would::
not mind it, 1•Would sendforlDr:.Martin."
, ," Nonsense,.•exclaiined. her .: husband
drowsily, for thisthreat, of sending for ,, the.
. &dee had totteedhire 'effectually, 'and he
managed to Flit up andlook.at them.....!.. , •
. '" Why, What*,white shaking child you
look/ you are not At to be "up : so • late : Fay;
why don't you take more oitte Of youreAlf.?"
"1 Was so frightened,. dear," she Whis-
pered; "I •dotildiriotbeat in love yea.- . t
am sure you are ill; Hugh; de let Saville
helpyou to '601,V., , : . '
' ,..0,h; : is. that. Saville?•I, thoughtr,
thoUghtwell,fieyer. mind. Thareis nab.
ing the matter with inedaSaYille; • is -there?"
•,, •-' NO, ' Sir, litigh:;' only it islate;,and 1
eipect you are tired, as My lady said."
, "Oh,• :but hlie wes,
querulonsly; " 1 have liever had a day's•
illness in. -my life, have I; Bairn° 't" MM.
:Croton will know ; ask MES, 1.
think .I may ad well go to -bed and havemy
sleep nut." ,.„ • • .
And the keit. day he reiterated tte saint+
thing,iliattliere was. nothing the matter
With hire; nothing.; only they. had' not
Sailed him at the' upuel time, and he had
slept late ; bubhb :had no. appetite, and did
net care to rise: `, . • , •
. It Was foOlislito have Aired hirnseif oat
se, he owned. But if Pay Were: geed. and
Would not scold him, she Might ;sit With
him and read soieething' ainueirtgaBut
he aid net .tell her, 'dr SaVille, either, that
he bed tried tatiesnimeelf and had fallen
back half fainting'en :the bed, or of the,
ettangehorrible feeling's that were creeping
over hini, and that .made hint dread.to be
alone: Only ray Wee; :very ',disappointed
that he did not seem to hear anything elte
read •'';'•Or reMember;a word of it, It ' was
the shooting pain in his, head, he kohl her.
aridthen he laughed in a way mit *6,0
haid1Y3iirthful,•and said he would try to
sleep. „ • , • , •
',Exit that night hetneier doried his eyes '
and yet the nektday: he would net alio
Fay to send fOr- the !fleeter, though she,
begged niteonelY for permiesiOn.' Doctors • breath. It had been found •inipeseible to
Were
014 WQMOnt he 011:14, and Dr, Martin 1, move him, but Fay di4 not xemember tbis
eeneoiaiiv It was.-•.4anly4lia_.'t twit ileart Apt daring
0,..:211) V.40.-,...41.9...VA132.--4414kL""MrtV=Z4f* =c,
feVerish hat - 'tower del'he-evening'ine- was very -Newt:- E•14Q
7.41.14740WW4/041 *-0--"ea - '
eahegan to shine beautifully, andhe grew
nits: lively end talltetive. _
. • geeag he was inueh hetteri if only his
burning like live
holt iatabathita laweermeeo4o:t.
*Ivo: out in the pony-gitrriege to.
,morrow,, and.the.),. W01114. .0Co; and:call 0.
Margaret: . ,
Pay st134•04, at! wellobe Did
mean MieeFerteto ? she efiked,•
And. Hugh, op,eelthig. thickly, like .
drunken Pan,. ," Yds, 'Perte0Y" 1" .44Pd'
*Ay xj.g.t?" an,4 40 would ask. Margaret to
go with him' to Shepherd's Verner, to-
morrow, and Bee Tim. gartiebaty, Whe. Was.
lying dying. or dead, he • did net. know
*bleb ;lint '04ii•oPos to the Sudbury pelitigte
;end the old Tory member, Lord LYndlintat
of Lyndhuret, Whore the •Radical party,
with the publioan of the ". green; Drake"
at their head, had weld rotten eggs, Would
• Say dmond assure- WM that the -Grange -
was net infested with tierpente. The oia,
hydra-headed reptile had Wed there in, hie-
lether'sf time, and there was a young brood
left,.- he. heard,. that were nonriehed. "on
Margaret's, roses. he -repeated, if there
'were serpents at the Orange. they woilld
'not drive tbete",:for he.' was afraidet Reby,
!and he hated parson, for even blind' ,enes
lieuldseereometinieere,M177they
titles,-.1iegt4h(grair1a-eatingwildly-on
dielothee4litie,nvery.mni of them ',tea
, woniclthey please take away,•lais Wee Ole,:
,.tor he was tired of her. AudYity,trenabling
-Very mach, called eut-to.-Stiville-to-goin.e
q•nioldy, for Sir Hrighwas talking BO funnily,
41120- could net -make out -what he meant.
And ,Saville, as be '. steed and ligicl,;_his
,niaster'Shands, thought his . talk. s� !wry
finany•that he summoned •111re.lieron and-
Ellertoni Onee„ while the •:gteenn: eaddled
one Of the horses and gallapedoff for Dr.
Martin-; and; when, Pr, Martin • arrived,
. and had seenhis patient, the Mystery was
aoonS cleared,
Sir Hugh • had 'brain •fever and that
!night•tlletten and, haat° held hire
down in his bedto .prevent • him throwing
himself from .the window: ' He .Very neatly
'Aiditouce-hrthe-Cutining of hip',:to-adness.
when "tht,3y, left :shim •••anguirded. for'a
Moment • .and after that they. had. to Aran
.him down. • . • . •
• They taken his 'Wee. Wifie from him
almost, by force ;:: she had • clung him so
-4her Poor roadlIngli, as She called ham,
'Rut.:Mrs•Hetori took the distracted:young
creature in het. Motherly arree,. ;when' pr.
Martin brought , her . devinetairki, • and:
ebothed her .8.4 though *the, were, itetchild.
16.61;or,seetieWahled.,:t
ZTQX4SW.At-V.n.raktgtelSV'ABTAV,;UttilcgV'rt$$
:was all..fthe..cotild itiy at first: ,ttiad then She:
• Would. ask piteously M70: ha* t� him. .
,
But noone yeatured, to let her cross the
:thteishold.-• After: this thete. •Wtire tw
hospital mitses . sent ..down frora.,.. London,
and Dr..CoaWan: a ,Weli-known •physigian.
intown, met Dirf
Saville and. Ellerton :Were ; eleieye • .in:, the:
•Sick;rooni When Wanted, :,Everything :that
:Money ,cfauldproeuteior Atithfulattendance'
coilia give; was': lavished. on the patient,
hut feraking tiree,there 1ytts ne•• improve. -
merit.; , • I '..• , . •
If hifivioleruiehaapcit banished Fey from
the 446ona. his ifivings. woul•d. '
, • The nurees•.were :too mugh accustoined
.snch -scenes to take: reueh:. notice •ef.
their patient'ii talk; ;but the. trusty
•old servaiite, whe,,-,knete their :Master s
secret, 'shuddered • aetheY •IiPtitcl • him, ' for.
hietalk Was always of Margaleille.never
even Mentioned his:•Wee ,
„., • "Oh Air: Margaret I" .. Pried, ' give.
hint Water .quenoli his thirst .;..for,',.he was
• in toiriatitint,::.toitini • one: Would • give. 'him
drink; %lot. Margereee. 0061 latinifor.
Maggie -,for hienwa. leve„Margatet ; and
so
sO on,;andse through the long .hcitirs of:
that fevered, dream: • • . • :
, • Hote.that ,Oneiclea liesethini..!.., • ' '
• Shewae.a Oar, • and he, Went .se-elring her
th. rough spice got lost and entangled
in, the Milky Way, - and revolved Madly.
through themfinite. • - • '. • • .
'She Wag; Paradise, standing...on" the
toPnieet . star of, the ,gOlden ladder, ,:stretoh-
ing
,out• heiliande .arel • ,calling to him. • to
come to her before 'the door Wes ehnt ; and
ever 'she .trief12,,th the fiendecaine
.swarining - their /pits. Of detkness;
and dragged ' down tvithAndless-faili.,
inge end..precipitone eteshinge; his
Wee. Wifie . laughed • mockingly front, the
• `.'Oh fOrMargaret; Matgaret,•Margaret 1"
and SQ On thtnugh, the day and through the
night, nniitthoy thought it ithisthave killed
9••• • : • • • ' '•
• Those; were tetrible days at ftedniond
'Halt The Very,' servants ;• Went, carefully
about the boup"With hushed Mims, look,:
'ing aftertheir Yeang:mietterie.With ,pitying
eyes, ac..7316•Wanderediilie a, refit ,epititfrone:
oea.toora.' arintheti 'generally ..followed
by the ..faithfal Jfinet. Erle.'came down
once; but pay. grew: 80 -hysterical'at the.
eight Of her • OldlevoriM.-that MM.., Heron
•teat; Waite frightened; and begged. , him. . to
go:6May ;and,. as he go no geed, :he.
'acqiiieeced..Yeky• seMiibly :in this piece. ofadvrce';
'ero, ti; growing quite tout.
phout ink 'lady; 'Ncithing she ooula sey
•Would Make Fay pease from thc;se, aiailees
Wanderingee" the could not:eat, the 'Could
not ,test;Y:and her fits Of Weeping adepied
• only t� exhatiet her: • , • ' •
,•.:•Ntithieg dj.a good until Dr;
Martin tame to her �ie4ay,: arid, taking
the thin little ' hand : in • 11.4, gave her his
faithful promise that, jf the fever. abated,
'arid:she Were stMng enough„ AS -Should
help to nurse him by and by, but it Weald'
depend upon herself, he said, neettithagly ;
and Pay preinieedtoeat and sleep' thet she
iniglathe fit tenure°, Hugh. • „
'• She .theant, .,t6. be geed Ala ;11,0ep.' her,
'promise.; but one . ',evening the hinging, to,
millet husband was 'too Stiongfor her.
• Saville bad' : just', geneclOwestaire for
kiniething arid. had left he dreiseing-rOokil
doorajar. • ',Fey, gliding down the,tairridoe
, her white, drees,!oaught sight of •the half
opened doer, eacithe temptation • Was. too
strong far ,bet ;:tlie next .monient she was
ia,lhe clingy lighted • Mona; with her Anger
OA the handle of the olosegi. door, •
. yielded to her tewili at °nee, and Pay's
hungry eyestried tO pierce through • the
,; • • "
• It. was the oriel Chatilberf Hugh
.on theo very bed.. where Mrs. Ileron
ad selemnly admired Pay, Many a :•Red,l,
PiOnd had *breathed' his ilret an last
Orange nurses .vas Bitting by the . bed with
hereface toward theAoatient ; she had- not
heard Fay's stealtly entrange ;,. the. next
moment' ;Fay choked' 'back ar sob that
threatened to rise in her throat, for she
bad caught sight at Diet of the white
-Changed face that ley en, the• pillow ; and
then,regardless of everything but her love
and longing, she glided qUiekity to the bad,
an kissing. the wide staring eyes, laid. the
thaven bead tenderly npon her hes0.447. •
oboxiylady• !" exclaimed the nurse, 'in
a terrified voice, '7 this very wrong -very
wropgipaced.,:e: e
dtoa'rb1:16/1:iesiirhe:.;yar, '110. "r,iginhyt.
, Poor Fay! she bad ber punishment then;
fcorlIfugh did not' know .?her in the least,
and seemed to hrink from her With herror;
hebegged her to, pond ; Margaret to • him
Margaret,-hilike in grave
-clothes,
1:kr!' Battled statue dtar,lesrietah.elipe
• Ton bad.bettdr go, ray lady, yea are
only • exciting him," observed the nurse,
quietly ; and . Fay wrung tier hando and
hurriedfrom the room:. Saviia foandlier
crouching against the dressing -room doot
with: ber fade hidden in her hoods, and.
fetclied-MrO.Heron
away.; buty hardly egemed to niader-
stand-their meajAntice.had awhite,
Heron put
her• arm round her and led her tenderly to
her room , •'
, • CHAPTER- lc:X.'
.SavillftsaYs. he bee a. deal of strength, in
him and will cheat thefleotors yet ;" and
smehow this liomely consolation soothed
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Dr. Martin liAtel2ea. to 411.11;- 4010"--
acconnt with a Very grave faco. the• next •• .
imbruing; but he chose, to make light of the
whole affait te,pay. -
'You hardly deserve tobetold that this, . •
escapade of your, Lady Redmond, has
dens our patient no harm ".• he observed
in a half -joking yeive. Hugh ie.
quieter toidaymugh. quieter: I should:
not be surprised if there be decided
im-
provemcnt in a few, hours, but," as Pay'ri
eyes filled with tears. of thankfulness, 1. it:, ••
was a very risky thing to do, and ge. yen • ., •
deserve to be punished' for it, 1 mast insist •
that these ponies of yours, who are :eating . •
their header off with idleness, „shell be -Ant
in harness at once, and you will pleasek
' long drive that will not bring:yen within •
4BiQguhrts:icif Ae4roend, Ha,.11 for the next two
„. Fay laughed at the Doetor'e vim face, . ••••
•
if Ht she h vv:esi ore, taisatytitt e.plitheeniviaaes:114iunlit.nobewdiiiienintl:
to take the drive; the rang and ordered
,themonies at once, and took the table in
;her own hende., Thafteph spring sunshine
was ; the soft breezes seethed • ,
laden with ineriBagea of hope. -Dr. Martin, ,
'wee right when he ordered that. drive. . ' . •
Fay's little pale face looked lese miserable • .'• .
s ehe,r • etritineLlige,soi,..
found .herself listening to tliF-biidir and . • • -
C 17'
fl.litiei4g, the', young spring foliage with her.. •
.eld-interest-as-ther-drove---through the.:•
leafy. lane's. 'Vey had jnet tUrnedher ponies'
'heeds towards a. winding road, that led
7s-filight to the sh-dier'whenT-thir ' • • ,
little animals. shied playfully at alatly in. a.
grey cloak who was standing by thehedge
•lookiag at a nest of young linnets. •As ,
the:turned Pay saw ;that it was Mise . ••
Ferrers, and involuntarily checked , her
ponies, and at the same 'moment Miss
• Ferrets stepped into the road: : •
.:" Oh, 'LadY. .Rednaind," she riaid, and '
• .FaY wondered why the was On; pale. Had
she been ill too? " This is a most unex- • •
peoted pleasure,- May I-.inaY I"-hesitat. • ••
s.inpge'aliocroafeenarent,.."..e• ,Qk )• "0:11'..to !top and
•
• " Certainly," returned Fay; and 'with ..
:quick imphiee she handedthe ramato the „.• ,-•• ,
gi•oten, and .sprang into the road. " Take •' ••'
the'. ponies up and down, Ford; I Shill: • • ,
not be lorig., I Was just going down on the-, •• •
'beech fer a •breath of BerRait," .
.tinued, taming 'to -Margret, " and I am BQ
• 0144:11?A,Ve. met you, because . can ge• '
together,." for she thought Hugh woUld
.certainlynot naiad . her •exchanging •a fevi,•
coutteons,wotde with -Miss : Petters ' ' • .
tdatieeodaceeeesides".MiesForriate,.. •
tfaytaPetccateckw*dajzzix.die.
bey yent, $see --that !Sir Hugh is better;"
began Margaret, but •he r dry line Would, •' •.". . • ;
:hardly feshionthe Words • :,•
• :
yes," returned Fay; eagerly. Dr; ' .
Martin says he is quieter, inuoh..plieter, •
'this morning, and he • hopes . to ..finci de- .•
, ()idea ..improvenitint Heins
Miss Ferrere,it. has beeu •such a terrible
time, 1 donot leo* bow I.: have lived.
thkengli . • • • •, • • .,
' It aitist 'have been dreadful for .•
and your are, Iooking 'yeerself, Lady i
'Badoiond," With a...pitying glance fit. the- •
sinall.white face that looked ;smaller and • • '
.:•thinnet„since she sew it last. ' • •' '•
Z• do' not line* hew .1 • have been',"
reined Fay; iiimnly geemed.Athave
no feeling, the time passed somehow, it was
always meal tune, and .one could Inot '
•
poesiblete-,sleep,•:_'_1:•WapalwayOviinder=::::
eitadr,t..heix, night.‘ •
,wreng to grieve 'se? , but how coalcl help :
abent, and if did not ieenci easy; topray,
and:.thea they .cerrie and told: •Me it • was • ,
.with .yeu, Mean.? ,but ,Ftty shook' - •
. .
• Wati there no one to conie•te•yoU,•31) be •
•:' (To•bioontinned,i
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: • : In the o'r'u-e:afi7r:1011' je:rYrietl.
• ..'' oast thy..heart, do not faint or wait. .
Let thy heart be ilfM, and'steady,
Do not let thy, Spirit quail;
But wait till the trial be over .
' Ancl• take thy heart s gain.; . • - ,
. For as goId.is trled .by fire; . '
•, A hear . must . is tried by -pan. . , 0 •
• • '. • • . .. ..1 danidy Arine•ProStor; '
• "Oh, my . lad what what ,. will :Pr:, Martin
say ?P exolaibled.lidtrs.' Heron, ariehe almeet
.lainftci
esihero,iher;
z
y0Ovuenghenast4ettertiegn '16 the ' eonell,
dtw
her 'hands.. It
was a-warm--April-;;eve,nnig,- bat .Fay....tves
-shivering and herieeth oliatteringarithongh
with cold..... •• . •
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• "'What does it Matter'
. what he ' says?".
'returned .Fity. ; the girre lip,s, were white.,
• and there was etill'a, scared\ look, in her,
•eyes..%, ". Is 'that .17thy they, won d not lei Mo.
and ikade hint look ee unlike • bi 07::
1\11
:see hiailiegituse they bayie, out ' ft his heir
because he:talks es strangelf?". .. '
• • " Yee, nty lady, and fOr. yOut ..own'iotil,..-
' r.dirr-axi71*Citeittaa,Y1.4kifeitilltifl'a line
. . ,.
exeltedly. .' • • - "-,• •,.... .- ..i. - 7:-'--1,_:..s.:.,..:,,,:.L-: .
„V-1.,kTIMYttegli,rai-41ifibWrOgire.Piti
do ma. • good • While MY ' darling' husband'
'eaffete so ernelly. dh, gra, geten,.ivonld-
you believe.it 1 he did. not :, know ine he
'looked as tholigh he WereefraiU.ef. the,1
his own wife.; he told the to go av7itty and
;not Much him; : and,. tb,. fiend Margaret..
ph;!_vith n.s.e,.r.t Of restless.•Ae.spair:inher
vo.e„ " rbei:#iiMaigaretof :107.i!
altyspesk.?.,:..
...,Mrs. Uereii'S eeinelY''faCe:pered 7* little
'with surprise -as thelold. Ellettrin'afterwards, she felt at that Man:tent as though A
feetlierwoeld haVe knocked:her dawn..." my
heart was in my meuth;'?;:-:Shii. .observed,
feelingly, .- It . When.'• I. heatd• the .:.• pretty
creature Say those., .words; ':'4'.Who : .is' this
Margaret of vihoit lte alvVayrippeaks;":: Oh,
I-viras all in a tremble ,ivheon'Thearti her,
,and. thenall at orate 'I"thereembertid 'Miss
JOyge.;. and it coro to me as a sett' of
inepiratien." .. ... • . , • • : .' • '''' :':::..t'
• ," Le. you knew Who he Meaner ceatinued
Fay, larigaidly. . • - ' , :.:. -....'-,•.- ' • '•
"Indeed, my,ladi, there/is..'n6 .telling,"
returned the good housekeeper, ettutioiniiy.;:.•
." it is Often the ease i.with *:'pefiple in fever
that they forget all .abbet the present and
just goheck t�,• past .days • and tie -• it ' may
be Sir Hugh thinks about the 'little. deter
Who died when he was a lad at S'ehooli and
of •Whoin.he Was en'foad." • • ' .„. ..: , • .
-• • ". Sirtugli never told ine hehad had e.
sister,'" repliedritY, roused to adme.anima-
-tiorat this • ...4 WO her name Margaret V"'
,.".Yes,...tabe:finte," But llfre,Heron fore,.
bate. t� Mention that the child had :always,
been balled liyher Sependnaine.Jeyce. "A,
she was a: pretty iittle' dear,: :and Alister.
Hugh -4 meanSir linght-deated ori •her.;
she .had the whooping -cough Very. badly,•
and:Mies joy. -I meare Miss .Margaret ; was
allays ' delicate, . and:it jest carried ' her
eff,, - ' .. - ,.: . ... ,.. .. . . '•.. .. • . • • .
"And. inYlitieliend. ,Wao fonfl. of , her ?."
Was the musing reply, ," andyetit ieerns
strange that lie.'.shotild go..:. hack all .7thorie
years and think alit; baby sister." . . ' .
,, r don't. think Pt.' Mettin Would .. gay it•
was *strange • if you were to, aek. him, , my
TeTly,'". was the, dinlornatie anewer. ".WCe,
Might mention. it to-indrrOW„ • and .see'What,
he. says ; ':,YoU •Mity, ,,dePerid ;upen , it that
fOlkttavel baekvyatde in their. • Mind when '
the fever gete heia.ef, their brain Most.
likely..h'e. is thinking a. deal of • his mother '
and glee Margaret, :for he was" always an
effeetionatelad was Master gugh.".
. "I Peat Margaret I , that. *SS.. what ' he.
ealled.her:'' •-, ..; c: . : • : .
",I.a.iil, b...,:I
„079,11:Aseite,-her
dnoonwhitwi ,pitri.le‘iorus-c"!iliitityle; h0,4 . an
white fteek, as, elle' pelted Master ono,.
With rose leaves on. the laWn. NOw.; . thy:
lady, you, are. oplY At tor. lied,..aisa there, is,.
not a morsel Of 'cOlor in ., your ..fice„ ' an
tlletton Bays you hardly ztOnehed dinner..
NOW.,1 amtoing to bring .yon: up•I ' glass .dt
wine and . a sandwich., aild yea wiltletdanet•
you help undreetr." . • .• . .... ' ."„ -•• . ....
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Fay was toe Weary to reeiet.., What • 'did
it. •natittet,'.: 'she, .thonght again ,.....brit' with
her 'usual eiweet '.'courtesy the ;thanked Mrs
:Ireton, and tried to swallow ; a few mouth-
fuls, thengli they seemed to choke her, but
she . Was .gloci-ini ;they, left,,Init. alone;
S1eep.1" lieW •Wite she to. Eileen,. With this
nightinare-Of,horier Oppreasing her? 'Again;
thepoor shaven head: ,wad.' lying . in her
boson2. ,fillio was kissing the wide • stating '
eyes.: Why had,he pushed . her froinhipl ?'
"O linglii you ought to have latOWri ine," .i
she sobbed, ,as she tossed wearily., in the
detkiieerh 'Janet Who i'veft. eleepiag5rx the
adjoinitigroete, heerdhetoliee arid earne. to
lie,r, hwedex,eied;0..0. :• oalii n, '.iiiiciy, ?:!1,:, 4i4;..,
1' .N:o, Janet,'?ansWered the ;peor ..i3hila,,
j
asked,' . , ':: • , .-• , , • , ! ,,, Ait,
"1 ate • only crying beeilase I ,ain se •
‘,unhappy."t'go ' to filee'it;.,: to* 'Y'•
ledi;!?.: iv... ao .
Janet's sympathising reply; "things .sefun-
alWayS Wettei,.. in the dark; :illOst , likely We
, , .0a .:. e. in." ae .. r is' bettet .4timorr,ow,,
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•• • Timber PrOdtti,
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Albany corespondent of the ar(len. 7. • , .
ere Month?y gives. the , actual: amofilnt • of '•
:timber gtown„oh the farm ofI.G. SMeek,.
Of Hohndel, N.X., :One portion_ of which,,,.: •,
Ihirtyseeee •hunciretlis • Of aix . •
acreor fifty -pine square rods; produged •
1,406. five heled, fence pests, which wild
40 cents each, 150 smaller • Posts at 1:5;.-: •
cents :each, and 250' stakes at ' 5 , cents, ; ' /1:,3 . •
amounting to $597.40; or at the tate 'Of...
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$1;614an acre. Other Portionof the' • •
' • •
farm gave 4,000 petits at 40 dente' each or
$1;00,.beiddes smaller amounts the eeet , •
df cutting, dressing and boringis not Stated: .
'The trees •were. raised on broken portiond of '
the. farm, toe tough for and were
cut nine yeare ego. They were planted at '
intervals since 1830, the average age,otthe
trees' being about fifty. years.. The nianitge;,...._
• meat which theY. received is not stated: On ,
the' measured -portion it will be perocrved
thatthe• amnial profit per acre onhe,
growth of the trees, not •including in r st,
was 32 .As this result, appears to have
been elitaitiedfreniTotigh land Which: was , .
•noksubjeeted to, cultivation, it •would be: •
interesting to know what &And be had from. •
good, Well enttiMiltekgreund, The area cut . • ' ,
over nine 'years ago is now covered with a• ' • • '
luxuriant grOwth of lhatidedme .youne. trees
.vthichhave epreng ep freinthe cuttings. • ••
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• : •- . : Terrible Tlireat. • • ,••
,
An Irish laborerin Design was • starting
'out•orie morning for his work And , a Annall
bey:of 8- years ifitirited 'trotting.•• ,
along after hmt The father kept telling
the dirty little morsel of • humanity ' to. go •
back, but: the .urchin kept steadily . on, '. • •:
until they came to a' place vv ere it was
necessary to cross the street: •• IleriLithe
'fathee turned this offspring, With a^it• .1.
of one speaking, a great. finality. "Now,••
Pittsy,",' he eitid,,sternly,, +4 if yez .den't be
either gene' straight away heme thiii blessed
'minute 1 won't niVer git, yez on the police
fetes." The little Irish tithe stopped as, if
epell had arrestridhis footsteps He •
hinted niat his•stalWart father, ' to :Pee if .
it were possible. that he cella 'Mean any. ,
thing so terrible;'and then; perceiving no
relenting inthe face above him; he turned •
onhis tracks like A RS* And .rari home • s
With all the ewiftnese. his little legs could'
compttesl-TO Aegodak.
• , • •
Royal Weddings oughttoe natkerotie ..•
Within the, next; incinthe. Reetht
statistiee p,oint oat that theta &renew
turope 108' princes and sixty-six prinees111
ses
Of Marriageable age Only eiteif-thei3eare4A.---.7---*--:
betrothed, •
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