Lucknow Sentinel, 1887-12-09, Page 2."•••••••'•.;;;•••
,Or Peterh.tade surely refuse to live for illatal go 76n, • inA
, ,
1
f Dthrivx Pox& On ewes me nothing for ese year)*
en 014weietto efloterhead, ' • . ' son
esaartodlil ell she sad; '
ti-441,traeriand-t at ISIght .;
sag geed loag words with great d • „
11,-6 *wan could fist her szllideee ..
of eterh6
nOtat orkthe eters were beth read
igettier#44pAIA7412a4..1g441(1•4Wial412444-
,A24 pay, 4 No gas-tro-nomy for me,
xnever *out(' ear thine oommas to see,
don't believe there oughtto be
hoolttermento Overhead."
Inert told. a Ring or Queen was dead,
(Inaba obi woman of Peterhead
Wouldeigb,. and say with. plainttrie air,
• • A -sovereign gone Ida declare, .
itoer fiat -gold -is vowing rem
Privdthentin PeUrtiestte:
• Iv--
1MM her heas and duoldings he fed,
431!kha quaint old woman of rotfkr
Zirould ory.as ebe, thinlY.mPro44
0.
2row„ don t v004.0101181? gra "ar 911`!` ".`
And mind you -castigate what yen eitt;.;,,
Or else you'll meen 00 41470.. ,
*. 'When her boys declined
filte 'would say, "Now, don b
Bat sneal; nut clearly What
Bede should be lie0d and
And should keen their ph
• • lEkxuorprocaptursaio."
odes
oiled, ere minglin erh
.11hat quaint old, wenn at
'11"m s in off •gips
rar wri
'AM 'Don't let myd
Nor yo
Ante
That
,,Bot
rilith0.44
eau;
n.
010441 •
!Lift, "
,
feeiLier tread,
woman:A Peterhead:.
iffe them comes to hand .
may ermirsitsind-1,
word, toorbig and grand;.
esiite-au that's said. •
HtJf+H'S: LOVES
• -
"flush .1 ore, gomg-an:;„,Wo_ mus
it a moment. Crystal: is' ing, -and
t. hinaereattlrilla-O4P4Oting ..--e-g••-+ -W9
did not 'Mean to : listen, Baby' ; but it
was not safe to move away from the trees."
"Yon heard what she Said,' Margaret --
her ideal, Heaven bless. her sweet 9..
owe I she is as MuSh a ohildne ever.. , o
Ilook like mai woMan's ' ideal now Mar.ga,ret. I always think of thetie lines. In •
Ira* •Leigh,•when I iinagine, myself
Amens bore ,blind stone in the lisle of day,
I min. upon the outside of the earth; ,
As.dark as ten pet nation in the grave- . ( •
yzthat gowned, )?Mr.44+ 1 , • .- 1 1 • c- ,, .2 ---:
- midlit, she itiilly.said it ; ,her ideal. Ah,
wellilv!'„A. woman's pity sonietimes Makes
;ier mad4 What:do you say, giggle?" •
44 ThatIon. are, that you everlieve been;
Crystal's ideal." And atterthat theyWalked
Inik in slience. .• _•• - ' , -. .. •
"You and!' -1.. Will go again , to -morrow
•
morning," ..,4xti.k.by : said .. to her as.
' thL _ _ey partka•pr the . night; 'Ana gogur-ot
augmented. • 'r-• ' • .' , « .: „
aby hada wakeful night, and adept a
little heavily towards indining. • •,. • . ,
,N.argarethad streak! finished her break-.
.,, zr-fun474119**- 31Ekontur°1411.°0100,•OkniR04Pgn2;
ctie haltlatalcniiiters,041edkim,
4-.:,-.sr.t.r._-„.7•:, a : '1 ) 5 nviiiiWatehot an 'did ant
-in .••,uoi. penal to read his iettereto
him, ' eke' plane JO their visit;
bnt a' 0' • minutes later JAM ' joined.
Vim: g dress, and sit down beside
.. ,
t,r •
-• - . , .
,
pOwel'S'. otinIldennewedhi nairotheen ti•est,-..,,
«
If she had become Hugh fledmond's wife.
Oh, yes, he would haveheen good to her-
Pbuivtbaoea
bnl Yle werhiedr Pliare
atvciew;r1113111dhve beniPPedii;
a mystery to him., ;You must pot grievehg
her, my child, ler ohe has imaged tO'grleve
for herself; the Divine. Providence his
Witvithhitoolidl40192,1aciOr '6171.tlwtoolein4icitnz':„spritett•OlntbutoYe
work -is iiiha-giiren :tti her ;•,, our Margiiref,
And,
eirt(1:14, iwfilelbe
fee
Rabay` illisortihgehrt,ineranIa.tabeal-t!
Margaret le one of God'e deer etints."
It was On a golden September daythat
Crystal became Roby Ferrero' wife; the
company that had groupedthemselves in
the long drawing -mom of the boarding-
house: owed tat tlaeyThaa never seen *r.
grander bride. . s.
- Thecreamy Indian silk fell •iri' ' greoeful
folk on the tall supple figure rthebeautiful
head, within' coils of dark gimpy hair wart
bent in girlish timidity. gergaree had
ohistied round her' white throat the pearl,
neoklace anddiamond .oross that had
belonged to her mother, and which she was
to have wornat het. own bridal. '41'shall
hot•need it; it is' for liaby'swife," she said,
as Crystal protested Witlrtears int -her -eyes;
"W must be yotte 'Only onartment., 'Oh,
if Roby could only Bee how lovely you
look." ••• •
But the ' °elm: tranquil content on the
sightless face silenced even' this wish.
Crystal ceased to tremble when the deep
vibratilig:Toice, yawing to loire and' abolish
tier to her life'0 end, eounaed in her ears;
brit Raby felt the coldneeica the hand he
held. . •
• When they had received thwoongratula-
tions of their friend's, and Margaret had ten-
derly einbraceri „her- new. 'sister,- and:1110y
___, vere left alone • for a little, Raby•drew his
II YOthig bilde'-010Befielibt-•“You aie not 'afraianoWany darling?”
. "Ner'SheitilhWereklihdesdily I "but it..
le all BO like „I.% , dream.4: -1, fortnightago-
r-Only . a, forthight--I Wai. the most
deeolete creature in • Gad's', earth; and
" Aus. now," eolioin her words With a
fkl
Ides, -ou. „are my, W te, • All• do you
remember yeur Obildi eneeqh-it used to
ring in ;Ay ears ; 4 I am going tedielOngto Roby
inallin• the iii9vilif.en ilon. g•tr,I, 7:ill'orr* bore him,
never:?: Well if has cemetrne love4 yeller°
• a Yes," she whispered, leaning her foto'
head againet hinay, , "you will neverhe able
to get rid Alf:. me; and:Af,"-Iter yok�.
trembling-" the rest of kficrivhagiliatit will
never be my duty to MaYeticki." ;AV ; • , .
He laughed at thitatilt soniet,,, (pia -
°pectin his °yet t'orp 0 „,"Nmi Wild'hird;
no .More flights 'haryaw,-.4,11aveionsnfidy
now; . yOrt are batinclqi.'illnl$ "raih'• '
touching the littleVrAlittrtgOl ..tirson the
would be waiting for luncheon. • Shilwas mord he knew would fellow. - . Blender finger. '44 Xow,-my-derling4.--niy-
not a: little surprieeci then when, on reach, 44 Margaret has beentalking to me; and I wife' of an bout, I want yonAo Mahe , me a•
ing the cotter, she het the sound of sen she approyee-rtt shah be next week t promise; I ask it of yone love, Crystal., If'
Sogefe mod 40'44" 'whell•
invited her • to take a torn An, the
Shrubberies.
eSertions 017804; wa° •-imici40 ()riots" attracted a greet deal of notice
that, heoause thrt,w41,174 ,assiv- in the boardint-hollse, but ob° SRN° no one
..monthiltarY Arm any opportuaity of addressitig her. Roby
you stionld break MY "7". 4' •• was always beside her, and' the :gleamed
desertion?" wered; coMpletely ongraseed with hie attentions.
"1. could not stay,/ ot stay Ars Miee ("ampion pboarvori to gergeret,
WePP.14447,.._.111:N.0.7f1 ."-- - a. 14., .411-6,..illight,...-66...-; aldl,...;16ek.".•.•;:fLPA;;:allags2r:
to , see the ruin - tint or ve 4 me ; companion for air the goo aryat,s1 wAs
Baby, let Me go, AO "n° a„, 'Margaret's to her. „
I have been Yen; 'our 13nt one evening Margaret found C dal'
too 1" • ,._ beour blessing; sitting alone in a coring of the rge
• "Then come ham ty and 'youth to drawing -room. Most at the pompon), had
come bac* in .yo,ur and to bah* darling :gone into the tea-room, but :one or two,
eyes to the Wino. al, I am wilier now -I ,44 .among •them were lingering in the
at
and delight, ore mistakes.; indeed,.I g , ..,,Raby was talking rather earnestly
Shalt Illaker' , 'aeliat% 13001'111one was no to, - ' Canipion..i.
al s 10v an &ilk:Other WelnaP.!' .;-- - `,' AtOne; crfstai r pitting down beside her
Moe 0 ea ine,-ItahY ?" ,, ' • ..'. with e arelle, "])o you meati that Roby
U. YO oot truly and 4.001AY ; blit y011 has 40tually left you." But Orystal's feco•
' " young, my .eyfeet ,and 1- did not: wbreno answering amile-alie looked a little
we it right. to fetter your inexperienced disturbed, . .. ' . ,
..,--you were so .tinootteoiona: cif your • "Tasked min to go and let, me think it
n rare heanty ; you beds:eat so fewmen. over. I °linnet make up my mind,' Mar -
'Let her;go out into the world,' Iortici, i' and garet. Baby wants me to Marry him at
test her power and influence. 1 will • not once, before We 'go book to England; he
aek her to be my wife yet,' How could will, liave it that it will be better forme to
I know- that _you. ,;.• would ' never go haoktatholliankenehismite;11------x- -.
-change, Grystal-that yortrh-eart wairealli "Yes, darling; I know 'Roby wishes.
mine." • . . this, and 1 hope you mean to eonsent."- •
"It 1108 'always been Yotirs," • she mur.. ... t4.1 -,-Ido notknovs what"to eity-the idea
mitred viint, alas i those sweetblushes were. ebnaeliow. frightens. inc..It is Oleo thick
'oat, on her blind, "Mier, . . " and .01144011-'110# Week; ' *du, not .)?ehlge
" Yee, I know it now; Mergareik, has think it -strange. A quiet little wedding in
bcdpod inti. to unaerotana things. I .1mow Sandyoliffe °burgh creinne til .ine Egi ranch
now, you poor ohild;that Yeti looked Upon nicer.. But Baby ':Bge1110 to arded: the wait...
Mona as your rival; that -you thought I Ing So, Margaret,'' and here her eyes . ffiled
was Mkt to yon;. that ,in. my ignorance -I with teems. i.f: I, think he does not ,trust pin
made you endure tortures, It MI Wlio might •••tharlie, IA afraid I may letiveihim agent 1,,,
to ask your pardon, love, ,for allitatideyou and the idea paints 'me." "- • . • '
'
suffer. '' . " , .44 No, deareet," netnriiea Margaret, meth,
;male,: no," • . ' • , 'ingly __,‘ " I am sure suck a thought never
Togiro mucitinitlii_Wiser. Mr the intuit) entered-liabWhead Omit lie: his Tniffere
op, and I think all the trolible„ and his
.141Rdilthi.**YelmmO0 him-POvehe ;.be Wei
'laying SO' last night, and accusinghiiimelf
of selfishnees, but he owhett Wait- lief:mold
not oentrol a siert-Pus:dread thot :something
.iiiiiht •.'happen to Separate you "pi,
Crystal," looking :t -.her Wistftay: i Is
the idea of an irnedistp. marriage so. „retnig-
mint .c. if not, I Wish yon would give way in
"eV 4.0• •••••6 4.4 k.
her.; ehe wet Imola a child, and*
leaving her for a long time.. ..seAde
Sir Hugh was becoming a wiser man
and was begin Ing to acknowledge his fardish'
and, what wari better still, to try aucl, mace
amends for them,
It was too late to. undo the effeots Of.
itzelarentretiklese mode of travellin
ncorto
11,74-1.:Cn 40-oli-,lis;".. 00-4-14,,,440;i11.--.._
insure MOreeetB• Wben the Cotner tatal w,ers.
smoking and chatting in their tent,' he oat "
downin a quiet corner and wrote several
letters, full 'of desorrptiona of their journey,
to amine Fay in be r solitude; and one
Sunday, when the others had etarted on an
expedition to see -some rein, he wrote the
explanation that he. had;(deferred so long.
Hugh was an liooestr•Vell-meaning .men,.
In spite of hie •moral, wealmees.; if that
letter hed only roadbed the young wife's;
eyes(' it would have liesledher sore heart end '
kept her besidohini. • . '
For he told her everything ; and he told
it lit such a frank; manly way, that no *
worrier, cot& have lost coefidence in him
.though she read what Fay was tohave read
in the first few lines -that he lied not
married her ,for love. • Hugh owned hie •
'la's fierePlIPattsotbill°10 VITitrhgeareteX0Lt1159, l"far..4a13107
restlessness. He had gone away, lie said,.
that he might .fight a battle with himself„
'rind return home a better. man ; it would
all 'be different when be dame bank, for he •
happy,inansonbae. by and bilY116. he i't:r4 hi; her,beahilmall.1:;...
live for her end the . boy, and lo make her
too. And Ms ended - lairs letter ae'lle never
marled one yet, by assuring her that he :wile
her loving husband. But, alai, When•that ,
tarty explanation reached • the cottage at
Deirdre°, _Aunt Griselda only wrung her
thin White liande mid cried, for Po one
lmew whatliad bisetircre-of-Fayt.'-and --Erie;
Now Put YOur 12MM" In WAN, clrYetal, itn4,
teltmetlicit_yo4ore content...to .taketlie
than ,.for 'Ienk husband;' that the.
thought °fa long life beside him doecenot
frighten yen; that you really loYei Me Well
enough to lie my. wife ;" and; naiad turned
his eightlese fate toward') her, ,Orystel
refried` hereelf 'mad kissed. mina, eyee
. . , .
' lcoved pooh,' ", she ,whiopered,
" hOesiloce raueh had.' been• forgiven her,'
di, how true that is ; I deserire only to be
hated •• and you Mlle* me iterasslhe World
46 tisk me to be your wife: Your ltive has
Oonquered; Baby; from this day ycittr will
shall banana."' • •
• ; * '
Mese Campion had: Pickled a long *Oil-
ing at the springe, :wandering about the.
ilretinde with an AmeriOart friend. •Cryetia
would, nave. linishea her letter. to'Vern'
Trafford :Milk ago, she 'thought, as ehe
walked , quickly' flown the hot road,' And.
: .., • •
heiehed -breakfast,
he anoweredeth the
her, sweet voicitt-". Miss
n has gone downto the springe-.4,
.pitsi . alone. , Oryst017. is . writing
, letters' in- the parlor-I:km. her,.. Shall we
' Mime; MY dear brother." . '`•••
••-•Need she have put the•queldlim. Even
Charier); the head waiter, tookealit,
• • Ferrero as he walked down the long room
•
with his.' 'head erect,' .A-.• -grana-Making
lingliehman, he thought, and Who *mild
liave imagined he was .blind. ,Morgaret
fibula hardly' keep 'on with the long Otrides.
that brOught them: so.quiekly to the corner'
. house ;' . at the gate • .oho;.: •ohepked' hire
, We ninst gently . be quiet, ItoohY,r-VerY
, Or. she will hear one footsteps, She fedt•
ting with her back - tothe ptirlordoor-L-I
• nett tree her . Tread Onthia grasciy
• herder." • And as Ray 'followed her: airect-
tions inaplioidir; restraining his impatience
with difliceity, they Were soori..Manding in
the. porali: Thed0-or stood Open ffor ccol-
.
nese, • and the little' isquire' hall," with its
Indian metting and rocking-ohaircijoiked
, very ..inviting. Margaret :whispered' that
• tlie,piirlor doer Waeoptin,too,and.thatlhey
.xnuat not startle her too .nanoli and then;
' hint; she ledliiiiiintathe parlor
and quietly Called ..• - •
'"We.rire here; -denr . And .06.
Crystal turnedher se* Margaret's
• isw,eet, face, and .Baby.'t titandmg '
•••: • littlebehind„her, she sprung frOnther oha'ir
Witlialiiiltetifloassereana. ant beforcielie
l.'couldopeek, or Margaret•either, Roby was
ihselde 'her, ; and " in. another moment has
,• 'arms were roundlier, ma hie tiightlessittee
.'• bent :civet her'. "ohlitt,'•darling; I haver
• you safely' now; I will neiret let you.' go
• again," Margaret heard laini say as she left
. the Mom, wetly Olosingthe door. behind e
. .*Her turn wouldcome preeen. die said to
''''•hers' elf ; brit she most .letyve there
*614liiler•
• OHAPT.ER
W014•;,
:Tot, in one reis et,
•
Just one,j3cloved, I am in no wisiehiPeged •
, yoridevedyorr, hivedyou first and last; ;
unialrjetou Mr ever, now know , •
IP •
. Orietal looked. op, etartled byher earnest,
news, and then she Raid with. sweet ,y
- is only that I feel Flo unWortliyof 11
this hapPiness; but if plenty] 4a•hyt,think
it best, I will he guided by you. • Will you
tel him so? but no, 'there he- its alone;
will go to him. myself," , ;
Raliyheard her coining, and lielkout his
hand with a emile. • , •
'on see I ,rietrer Your 'font-
citeps;" said, in the tone he kept for her
ear; ,should distingutak. them- a
crowd. :Well, darling?" waiting for •the
Yokes, ,and omit hers confronting •11. you wieh Rehy4,*hat lejf littgescninpion, tt ishadow-even the verylaintest shado*
szervrtelludifiiiicelericit-,dieficloilogedieed- ;can Pare.avel"' trosetyourlatalsaf<OWaidalii§g",d1forghis
li114;40•314111r0frit 311301:11%-10z.:13COIEZ
tairgigat kigie ?fe Stiorkeendiercetipap lithiPttredetachilitvor festtilitit;ilikeileklefat
for .a fortnight; after that, •wes will all;go no 'bigger than. a_man's . hand, might
back op the segue Meamer, 4, Thanks, •my rim' and •spreid 141 the • blaelmese
darling, Mr consenting; you have made inc of tempest,* 'will you come and tell it
very 'happy:. • I knew' . you wcnild to me ?", ' , '
not refuse " liftingthe little hand to his lips. • • 14 Baby, do not. inik me." . • ,
44 I feel -lis though I.have no power •to "Buir.I do ask it, Mite, and I ask it in My
two -fold character of priest and,husband,
and --first request .-your-husband
makes yen.' Come, do not hesitate. 'Yon
hay') given me yourself,; maw,' with eivent
generosity, promise me this, that yeti will
!share with me, eirery doubt' and, fear that
disturbs you." . • • '
441'611 you net let me tryto conquenthe
feelinq alone first,. and then corae to
No, I wotilanot pndettaketheresponsiT.,
bility ; I know yr* to well, darling. ',Come
I thought you proinicied somethig that
sounded like obediencelust now:"
.- .44 Ah, you, are latighing at me. But this
is no light matter; Roby; It:Means ',that I
aria to burthen yeti; withAallt•my4ciolish
doubts andfancies-that araneverfo keep
my wrong Menage to 'myself."- .. • •
44 Pros:meal" wars his only answer, in: a
very pereilasiVe voice, ,• , .
Yee, I will premise,"hiain'g bailee)) on
hia shoulder; but it will ' be your own
fault.if, I ana . ever a. trinable to (Oh,
Roby,. May always, tell yeti everithing.;
will you help the be good, • ati4,..."to fight
egeinetreyself ' •
. " We. help each Other,"his callifered,
eetas:sar.nlmelit.r.toftrtcffil:r;the;low.'-'JX;ll'hlfli'
, eta 6sweetamiking,cwein-ebodIrt'414
grciy clot*, .; and quaked& . bonnet, Was
standing haidingOrystaPehanci. • " •
",Dearldiss Campion," 'exelainied Cris%
tal;•'.erith a -vivid blush that seemed to give
her new. beauty, some,Englush friends of
ininehaye just arrived... 3.1 Ferrero and
his Meter." ButBaby's &IP voice inter.. refuse you anything," was- her toeing
-rtipteaher; • • ' - -answer; -44-hiit-1-khoiritis-all-yeur-thatight.
4..Cry,etal is not introduoing•us Properly for me, Rabi,":pressing closer ' to hina In
slie does not mention the faist that , she is the empty- dusk, for there were no curious
engagea, ..to me, and that my sister is her eyes upon thera.-7-oniy: night4notha.
Cousin, ;'110 it•Is necessary for me to explain ing roupatheni. Are you never afraid of
mattere," • , • • •• • . yonore •doing,''..do you not fear that
"Is • this tries, ; child?" 'hiked • May disappoint .ycin?'"7"
Campion ina'startled voice; and, aathough No," • he • answered, • oaltply,. "1 :fear
.Crystal's face were a 'innheient.e.newer; elle nothing." , ' • • '
cntuiued ardhly, "de ynii.mean that this • "'Not natiniliappy tenaper?"' she' whit),
10- he Crystal -the ideal we were talking pared and he !cord& feel the .slight figure,
abouelitet night in the moonlight"-, • -.--• tretabling.asthepot the queetion. .
"'Oh, linsh • returned Cryistal,,inneh "No," * the same quiet tones • that
poideseant thie,•for she khOW.•hy.thie time- •alwaye,soOthedher_agitation, "for Where
that thfiTe..haaheen 'silent auditors 40 that the evil 'eloroised• by intich prayer
girlish Outburst. But Baby's hitna pressed aiaa fasting, and, darling, even if it.ehoola
heremeaningli. .1 • • • not be 80, I ehotilanot boafraid then, for
. • "•1 am,afraid that I ineetilenagnitty.tO know better bow to deal 'With it and
heirig that he,' lilies Criiiinion. • I believe; no angry spirit could hit in My- erme, and
tethe truth he told; that °riots' hats would excireise it thuri".-tiniobing her
been engaged to ine•friern a child. know Nis. "ITO,Inive faithin nia,tari thrive faith
she was: Only nine years old .when she tn you; and alf•will he MOO, And 'so he
made me an • offer -at least !she 'inforinect comforted • • • •
Me in the .• •presence • Of • my • father 'There was a great'aencratiOnin
and.; dater, that ,she 'meant ' :bolting ing•Iiinise ait • when nearril Of the
to Me," ••,• • .• • , • • .• .. • epproaeliiiik !wedding • was Made, ''knoven
'144 Oh, Margaret, do ask him to be quiet," Captain' 'Mandsley triumphed over Miss
Whispered 'Crystal; but her glowing, happy ItellagrOye., told you the Italian beauty .stroking ler. soft hair, 4' there shall..never
face ehOwed, •nra ' displeasure.. ' ' Some, was engaged, tothillhind :Englishman," he ho'a 'the .one the 'other; Wilt
thing like'. , tears glistened' 'Mies said toher; bet after all shei&only half not eliaro,dialf the • shadow and :.halt the.
Canipion's • shrewd .• eyes air she an .Italiaza-ther another was , Rlerentine, goodnesis
kiseed her and shoOk..hiiiide •:with :Mr: and her father was *English.! Fergfierson over That shall- :Married life;
Ferrera. . ' • • • Cryotal, • . „
r4 It is not often the ideal thine' ujo at:the ' "••• • OHAPTEE.,XXX.V.1.- • ••'•
:right naernent,nshe said„ bluntlyr s.4 *ILL
.:Eriantenectvenerriaccri.
'amvery glad you have conic tontake Crie.
tal:look like other girls. , blow, M. Ferrer°, A‘iih breeniparisrmi tee
• • Tife.maiesty of ingtrou_gregi .
told ane allabout it -he is' to • marry their, ;",
and old Di. • Egan. id to give her awey.
There isi,E1011143 rornahtic story belonging to
then. ,t 'thiukbelaaa' been. in love with
her frOnt, a ehild... Well, Heaven gives nuts
to thme Who hive no, teeth," grunabled-the
yriung officer, thinking Of the bridegroonfe
blindnees. ". • ", • •• • •
r Crystal reiiiitined "very • quietly in the
corner house the rest of the week.
Roby spent most Of hie tinie With her: On
the eve of her .wedaing 'sliii'Mrote a little
note to .Fern, . telling Of: Mar intended
marriage.: p, •• •
.44 I am very hapti•y," Elbe %Wrote ; "but
there are Beene kinds of happitierie. too deep:
for: utterance. • When think of ,the heat
life. that „welts. me tomorreW, an over
sense Of unwc•rthineris seenis
was rushing about atia Bending telegrams,'
in all direotione, and Fey, with the shadow
alinife bef'swbet:face;Wiiiiiittfiviii-thw '-
oiohardef the Manse, under the shade Of
tile mossy old apple:trees, and baby Hugh
lay on her lap, gurgling to the birds and
the white clouds that sailed. over their
kWh: When Sir Hugh had written that
lette,r„ he felt is thciugh a very heavy weight
were off his mind; and he began to enjoy •
himself. Not for long, however, .ler •pro•
windy they. reached. Cairo; etnd . there he • •
found a. budget aWaiting him. livery one
seemed to have written to, Idea but Fay;
and when he saw that, he began to tear
open the letters rather'vvild)ykier he feared,
she must bo . But by and.hybe. mune to •. •
her letter. • ' . • • .
•
He read • Erie Huntingdon's 'firstan
indignant 'Mort, evidentlY 'Written ender' •
strong excitement-" Why had he not
come home when they bad sent° for :him?
He must know that their search had been
_useless4Aheyhad no Oetva-of-either-LraZ
or the Miss 'llIordaunt .Was very • ill
-With Worry, and her old per:vita was mucili
alermedebout her. They :had 'written to '
-11,4nroverreattn.spragiingaidollrecteditheir
letteiss't&-eyetyzo,ELeftaillibkhemarrld.inet-,::.,-,",'
!or
his wife and olaild,'and eared to know what
had become Of thein, had hatter leave
Fitzolareruie arta the Other fellows !and
return at enoe," and So on. • -:•-. '
. Hugh dripped the letter -ho was pale"
to the lips with appreliensionand ten:fed' —
to theothers.,' ••• :
. They-,-were--frent-froth Mise. Meraannt,.and
We 'Heron and Ellerton, and the lawyer, '.
hut they why•teiterated the sande' thing-,..
that all. effOrte had been' in vain, and that
they could. hear. nothing Of 'either Lady
.Redmond Or theboy ; and then they urged •
hizn tp, dome home if. 0110. Lastly,
direeted HeiOni: .thongh by • tni
afterthought,was the letter, Fay • had left
him upon the studitable ;but, m reality, ,
if had been fa -Warded before the alarm had
been given; for the seal Wad Mill enbroken.
Mr. Heron; on learning from the messenger
that Sir •-Hugh had started tor EgyPt; had;
redirected it, and it hid oniy pet been -
posited-whe.n the diehrattea nersemade'her:
appearance at the and told hoi. otokit.
When Hugh read that 'poorlittle letter, his
ilicit feeling was intense anger -L-9,11 hie it6a, .
mona IbloOti was et., levor heat; She had '•
sinned ' beyontiall Mercy;
mised hisneme and his rerintation, and he
Would limier forgive her. • • -
' He had oonfided hie honor hi a child, and •
he had Played with it and, (mat it aside;
she had ,dared.to leave himand lier honie, •
and With his child; too, and to bring• the.
voice of scandal about them; elie--;tady
ItedmOnd; his wife-rwanderinglike a vag- .•
abond at the Warid'e, mereyl His .feelinge ,
were intolerable._ He must getN'haok ' to %.
England; .4e must find her and heati'it up,
or his life Would be Worth nothing to him:
• rah, it wag well for ,Fay that the wee safely
•''''hiddenin the Old Manae; for, if he • haa •
found ;her • while r•thie --mood was on '
' '3Z- D. iltosoi.ring: :
' bilatiii never. minted as she fussed the
*Ina of the closing doer, ' Ooly Once She
' 'tried to cower Away from:hit:40nd lie would
not releasehle hola; and as liie :ettength
.pd pernose made theniseiveefertioliestoed
,:. there•dumb ana cold,. lint% -stiddenlY over-
.10..op hie tenderness% ishe laid her head' on
..., ',Unite .bjj'-'1.4.4to.Wirfathr.a: t,ssers, that stained to shake
`Bal'Yo. 'Raw' l -oh x eannot •bear'tliis.".
or ni si Um, „., t.„„....,.A.,
•mi,, j.i.p • . , 4,, 4-4-4.544,en. o r a... r .4
' 4 4, OS, 4. he sattaimV, and tried hi soothe
lketh gra ct twee; "you have been a
faiirleee elii , and deeervelifihrlinnished.
:. Thrr do iOli: propose to make, amends
; ,f " 11 the Borrow yen have cause& me'?" •
i
. h, if 1 °mild only die," ' ishe alasarered•
' Isi rly; 44 if rny death could only chi you
' Baby, thetrOuble of it has nearly
.nies;; rciti racist 'not, yen mist not
iso kindly to nie.".., . • :: ,
',11Iust•I not, nay darling; hett, does a
Men 'generally speak halals future Wife ?",
seed as sh° trembled and shrtink bone him,
Went on in tho. eame quie • vo co, y
ou
strhitC) reedit to do for me, . you will not
•
rie only lovers can feed ozi air, I Propose tnd learn howfporo, horfair.hetabo
gong liestoniaded long ago';" and , as even,
Baby . allowed . that this . was : seneible With•tenderLimiles t at dime tind.ge, •,,
iure,with. all faitlif 11:session, fair .
advice, they all adjourned te, the boarding- And coinforting its 4 rii 'tilt '
, . . . After ttoi:enow. •
that . we go in sear& of luncheon, for the ' y own, witet sod r t •
house. • .
. • • . .rearaineeioni.
'The occupants of:the piazza were .sorely
puzzled that evening and, MiS0 Bellagrove . Sir Hugh began .to wish that lie had
was a trifle cross. Captain Mandriley neter gone Egipt, or that he haa gone
had been raving about the beauty, of
the wonderful brunette who was Jitting
with any •one but pitzolarence-he ' lee
growingatary of hie:vagaries and-unprilio
opposite to him at ainner. • ";She must be tuality. They had deviated already, font
.anitalian,.," - he eaid to Miss Bellagrove, times fromf the proposed; route, and. the
Who receivea• his oenfidende Seweiviiitt consequence was, he had mimed all , his
; 14,one never sties those wonderful Ortiah into the 'ground ;to think that T.
eyes and that tint of hair • out of Italy or I shall' be RelyIts, wife-that,I shallbe per.
Spain • Tanquetille, who is an , artist, mitted to dedicate my whole life to his
wild about : her,. because he 'Say's' he hem dear service.. I have told you a little about
never seen a face with a purer oval., Be .him,
watite to paint her Mr his Rebecca at. the
Well: It is rather hard lines she should be
engaged to a blind.,elergynian," fleished
Captain Mandalay, rather incautiouely:
Niles 13.ellagrove B fair face • wore an uneasy
.expression., ". How do yott know they. tire
is 'really; I sometimes pray that rny love
May not be idolatry, 'Whon he.bringe me
t4 the Grange -that dear home of my
childhood, you must ,cenie to me; anclyour-
mother also. Roby , amps he loves
you both for your goodness to
engaged ?" she said, iinpatiently 04 I ,10. he ilea 4caralnislyr,ecie • aear margaret
I' Should not mind betting licit be long with ns? She intends to jpin
n°t140,14oitkdierm-,
a few • dozens of glaVes that they are,' a cOmmenity in the East End of London,
replied Captain Mandeley, witha keen, miss, k and to devote herself for the reinainaer of
h ions lance that rather diectinoerteci her life to the service of the poor. I could
letters; and the absence 'of Itome neat wao
makthg him, seriously ;Messy, go waS the
onlymarriedimeifi•the reet 'of the party.
Oonsusted of 'goy, ,:young bechelort-good
enou h fellows in their way,Arcit 'utterly
care ess. , Sir Hugh's
anxioneterupleet secretly votedthat
married man was ther a here in tine kind
of thing, What w the use of bothering
abonb' letters, they 'eski,,_g$2,,IntsguelgnAlif
fartr,"tina either he Mass not go
indifferent t� her as he' siipposea himself
to he, or absence 'Was ,nanking his helirt •
tenaer ; but he had never been so full of
oare and thought for Wee Wife as he
Was then. Ile wiehed he had hiddee, her,
him, his angerivocild have killed her, ,,
t-When--hitc-paersion had cooled a little; he
went .to Fitzobirence, and • to :.' hini
+Is)
rather abruptly -that he Must re me,
.e,firniaci-.-affairs 01theUtmost -im *mac°
rebelled hint, •: , .
Fitzolarence thought. tio . leoltea -very:
strange, het something in ,..hio • man,
per forebears all ' questioning: ,' Two
hoop) afterwards: he was on hie way to .
England.' , ' 4- •
. There is an old proverb, often :lightly ,-
quoted, and yet full of a wise and solenin '
meaning, 44 L'horrtni.e proposeZaieu dispoge."
Poor, . angry 'Hugh, triiveliffig' night and
day,- and cursing the tardy railways and' '
'Steamers, was soonto test the truth �f the ,
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that were so unfit to hold there; and thrile4 -
him back, helpless' and Imam.) ‘,.. no, eed'or '
'pain; there to learn, week try viook, through
'Miss Bellagroire, 344 was quite aware that not help. 'crying a little when she to me He -remembered the last time Vulescence, the lesson- that only :riiiffering
weary ,sieltnees and Ail/ more wearycini-
1,ghtoht bliiee.011 her, when he had gone into. his Could teachhim-Lthat it were well to forgiv,e
he Was tear:dug the poor lattle girl; hut then' thid; but she only smiled and'esid that elle
she deserved punishment for flirting with wars not unhappy. And yet she loved Hugh
that ass Rodgers all last evening'JackRedmond1 talked to Raby, aftetward
I studY,with the telegrgin ' in' his hand, and others their' sintosven as he hoped his might .
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hlaudeley was honestly in lov'e with the- and he comforted me n little. He staid thia
then recalled the strange wiettril look
had given him. He °mad not toir.whyLshe be forgiven,
the " • :tto be continual . .
fair-haired beauty, but he had plenty of thoegh , Hugh loved -her...With:the, whole , elienla haunt laiin; bitt he , wirshea so . . , • • • - --- -
pluck and spirit, and would not be feeler' if strength .of his natnie,that he could never-i:Ora
,rench f
that he had seen her a ain and taken . • • 4
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he cotdcl help it. Perhapa ?dies Bellagrove, , really have eatiellea ti Woinart like Margaret
kinder leivieso her.; It•had. not been his a foreigner. will 'borne by-ana-by and
in eonimon with the rest of her eex,. liked -that in time phoniest have fotind out that a
hundred t Ines '
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over ; put ratul one never .knear what Might
shoeld:riever be atiperior to her husband,'
lied he Said; Margaret's' grand intellect and happen i Eta wiall(?cl now that ho 12,a St.Pn' eat what he meant... • ..
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