The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-12-09

cons stenf rejection OF ell bverturGs which !
might tend 70 social intercourse oveIruled |
the difficulties Of their position, and the
Misses Dynevor. the nuns Of Fawns Home,
at length found themselves and their strange
ways uninterfered with.
A few months previous 10 the period at
which | have introduced them to tho reader,
new inmate had been admitted as resi-
dentmember OF the well-arranged household:
this was girl Of about fifteen years Of age,
who appeared to be under the peculiar care
and patronage of Miss Genevieve. The
young stranger, indeed, read to the elder
ladies', whose sight was not so good as it had
been; she also assisted them in tending the
favourite fower.baskets; she helped them to
feed the binds, and many other dumb pets;
and her ringing laugh and bounding steps
attended on them all by turns; they ell
loved and caresSed her, and the fair girl was
in some danger Of being spoiled. When
she first came, good deal of sadness was
percepible; her mourning habit, indeed
might account for this yet by degrees the
soothing assiduities and tender caresses Of
Miss Genevieve completed the restoration
TO her natural happy cheeriulness, for youth
iul spirits are wonderfully elastic; and though
by the hour together Mary Trevor would
pour into her friends ear oit-repeate1 tales
Of home and homes doings, that patient
friend was never weary Of listening TO the
details; while she sympathised with her
charge, coUnselled and smiled, and finally
won as much sweet and pure affection as
one guileless human being can bestow on
another.
One day during the summer following
Mary Trevor's domesticaton, an unusual
hustle and excitement peryading the orderly
household signi6ed that some event not in
the usual routine had occurred; this was
no less than the arrival of the Misses Dy-
nevor's rich uncle, who may be introduced
sitting in an easy chair, placed by the open
window Of the pleasant library looking
forth on garden sweets, and the sparkling
liver beyond, and saying, well, niece Flo
~, if my looks had worn as we'll as yours,
| should have much reason for content,'-.
he was a withered yellow looking gentle
man. with inquisitive eyes, and nose pc.
king everywhere dixie thin Paul Pry with.
! out an umbrella) but Indian suns, and In
/ dian life don't tend to improve the complex.
ION. And so you have mewed yourself up
here all these years, and never thought OF
+ marrying, Vou are only few years my iu-
NOR, you know and all for the sake OF
keeping poor Rosy company
My dear uncle interrupted Miss by.
nevor, in deprecatory tone, sit is not eve-
I ny one who has vocation for welded life
always had desire to live rs we are now
doingP
'Humphl you are good girl, Flory, and a
/ kind one, answered her uncle; but there
are three Of you. Has (ienevieve had ..no
; vocation" for matrimony sither?'
A silence which ensued was broken by
j the entrance Of Mary Trevor, and on her
E being named to Mr.. Dynevor, be seemed
5 rather puzzled, and musingiy repeated
Trevor, Trevor the name is familiar 10
{ me. When was lasg in England, and
You were quite girl ;hen, Jenny had not
; your father an assistant chaplain OF that
name! Cecil Trevor-to be sure-now
am clear! He was handsome lad, but a
LEETLE too volatile for his vocation: | re.
member he had run through a mint Of
money at college, and his father threatened
to disnherit him if he didn't retrieve and
amend by marrying lady of fortune
Why, ! thought he had kindness for you
Jenny; | am sure YOU had for him.
Mary, my dear, will you 80 into the
greenhouse and gather ME a bouquet said
Miss Dynevor, at the same time casting an
appealing glance towards her uncle, who,
however, was usually unobservant of such
hints, and on whom the agitation visible in
Genevleves demeanor was lost, as well as
the silent tear trickling down her cheek.
His attention, however, was diverted by
this movement towards Mary, who left the
room followed by Genevieve. That is
very lovely GIRL quoth Uncle nynevor.-
Her name is Trevor, you say? ANY relation
TO the Cecil Trevor we have been speaking
of By the by, how did that affair end be.
tween him and Jenny: | thought she was
destined for his wife?'
And so she Was, uncle, answered Miss
! Dynevor: 'some other time you shall hear the
history, and then you will reverence our
sweet Genevieve's noble nature; all have
time to tell you at present is, that MIR. Ire
vor has been dead mary years, and the
young girl you have Just seen is now an
orphan, Cecils only daughter; and our sis.
terS adopted child
Uncle Dynevor looked very uncomlorta.
BILE and fdgetty: he did not perfectly com.
prehend what be had been told, and curios.
lty was kind Of disease with him: the de.
sire to gain information, as the feeling il
mildly denominated, rendering him when
Inverted, tacitum and subdued: however.
there was a dignity and decision in Miss
Dynevor's manner which acted as check |
upon further questioning at present. Mr..
Dynevor was of suspicious as well as in.
qulsitlve nature; his suspicious were contin.
nally aroused as to the motives of any Der.
son who might show him kindness or at.
tention; he never forgot his wealth, and be
imagined that no one else did. But with
his three nieoes he felt at ease on this point:
Tor he knew they enjoyed an ample sufii.
cheney, and beheld their contentment and
Of the world. He knew they
desired no more riches, and began to feel at q
loss as to how be should dispose of his own.
These thoughts continually haunted him:
and after he had soiourned for a space at
Fawns Home, they took the form OF words.