it affords to bound freely the elastic air the pure clear on a day when the birds sing and the blue sky stretches over a smiling joyous landscape but there is also to the heart depressed by worldly anxiety and care an excitement in the quick which � something which the blood and the languid energies something in the murmurs of the fresh breeze that whispers of hope and of a time when he who created so fair and mysterious a world for the enjoyment of his fallen creatures shall at length render all within man as harmonious shall bind up the wounds of the broken in spirit and make the waste places of the heart glad with abundant consolation and so it was with though we fear most of her friends would exclaim that at any rate she did not feel troubled at but rather in her but if such was their thought they decidedly wronged her for no high girl could act directly counter to the advice and known wishes of her dearest friends however right she might conceive herself to be without being conscious of a very profound and uncomfortable feeling of sadness lurking in the hidden recesses of her spirit and did feel very miserable as she mounted her horse and tears glittered in her beautiful eyes which she had great difficulty in but as tlie air her and fluttered amid the folds of her veil the sensation on they sped now on the soft yielding turf then on the crisp gravel but neither miss nor her father seem inclined to enter into the animated dialogue going forwards between sir and felt a spell hang heavily her usual lively spirits � perhaps it might bo the remembrance of the kind mother at home over her wilful the hedges spread and displayed all the wild of a brilliant june morning here and there huge bushes of white and pink dog roses shot forth vigorous branches the stems of the thorn and drooping showers of pink blossoms and foliage on the bank beneath the sun ere they arrived in sight of the ruins had well nigh dried up every of water and everything looked fresh and glowing that even lord was brought to that weather more for the thorough enjoyment of a ride could not be desired though he refused to extend his concession to the unlucky or to in which he were foolish things in this at all times and in all seasons and perhaps he was right well we are but i do not at present any of her s preparations said lord aa they wound along the narrow bridle path down to the ruins her knows better than to choose so exposed a site as any you can now see the luncheon i suppose will be spread in the hollow behind the abbey sheltered by the of elm trees or in what will please you better papa as you are so very inclined this morning in queen mary s chamber replied queen mary s i growled lord in tones half half amused and there stands the fair waving her handkerchief to us exclaimed sir hi horse to s side and directing her attention to miss who stood with several ladies high above gazing down from a ruined window surrounded by a large party of gentlemen see miss yonder also sits lady on a camp stool with a under her feet looking as chill and miserable as if she were doing penance i i see she is talking to colonel mad mad i she positively must be crazy an old woman to be betrayed into such absurdity i said lord bursting into a fit of laughter as lady with colonel s assistance and hoisted a pale rose colored at this moment a couple of came forward to lead away the horses and after a slight lord reluctantly dismounted and giving his arm to his daughter proceeded to the spot where lady sat she arose as they approached but carefully avoided beyond the borders of the mat how do you do i am sure i need not put that question to you miss for i never remember seeing you look better sir i am delighted to see you � you will find my son yonder exclaimed lady pointing with the delicate ivory handle of her he and frank are engaged deciding a bet whether the at the last were as wide as the abbey moat gk mr it is really very kind of you all to come this damp morning damp enough and i fear you find the wind rather keen lady for you look very pinched and chill said lord bowing coldly to colonel � do i now really if could just trouble you mr bald to step to the carriage and fetch my large daughters in these days lord are not sufficiently thoughtful for their parents comfort and there is yonder who never dreams it possible i can be worse for all this miss � but a few steps from her irritable was talking to the colonel and did not at first hear colonel continued lady in days you positively would have been for as you always contrive to attract and a young lady s attention i was going to inquire miss after the health of the earl of lord is perfectly well i believe lady replied with heightened color his s time must be very precious now i know before my darling s marriage mr was wholly occupied with his correspondence and in to his man of business all may be de rose during the courtship to the young bride elect you know my dear lord as she is supposed to be ignorant of these various little but to us parents all the of pin money c mar in no small degree the pleasing excitement of a wedding said lady complacently colored and colonel and the gentlemen around could not repress a smile for 