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them as,"'aiely sngry st lesrping that Mr.
Crsrger ~s. deed, and tha, N,r,h, hal
written 10 ssk Der father 20 fetch her hon.
Such uss fssi the es.e No emotion
Of syGaPstsy for NStss. evij.a. sfi,rtios
stirred sitLer Of their souls. no rssr,t 70,
The loss OF sn ele,ileni vcmsa Who stood in
so near relstioa TO themselves No,hins
OF the tind. They uer, sinply thibk kins II
Them selves and tie ssnoysscs they shonld
eRrerispee of having the plain eoantrv girl
ss they supposed Martha TO be, updsrnea,h
Their rooi, aud kDOvs 10 th.ir acau.iptau
css IS the daughter AMI .i.,.r Of whom
h'th.r'o the very existence bad no, been
koovn
b"t there un aothing to he done. Tb,
m ssepser Who brought ID. letter had been
charged to P'osur. . vali.s aud change of
garments, Tor Mr. Wning Who ~. IA Is.x.
town imEaedialsiy 10 tend hi. si.:.rs fua,-
raj aud oriSg hon. bi. daughter. 4 t,
hnes written on the margin Of Msy,b., ct
ter. Informed them Of th,, md ,l.o ,b,,t.
tsud day
A 'ors consultation followed Su,in,
~ wn'ca 'aie" 'binss we're resolved upon
Ahe mother ard daughter vouli not wear
mourning, Ssiis As Martha would us,us.lly
DO go, she should bs excluded from the o..
ele'J Of their friends on that prete1t and
that, 40 far ~ vas possible. the fast of her
relationship sbOuid be coue .ied until SIR
james Oordon, tbs mo.t eligible Of all w.
lybs suffers, on tie score OF wealth aud fam.
iiy, should BE- firmly secured
mouth ~ passed sisce Martha t,i le-
come m inmate Of her fathers household
A, vas predict. d. she had chosen 10 ,.sn,,o
tbe gAro of mourning, a. sincere rri.fu.d.
appropriate, on the occasion Of such n lo..
IS hers had been. And that circums,,ns.
together With the state Of her health. which
had become much impaired during the lon,,
watch tha, she had kept over her d,,,s
fieDd, bad formed an excel eut ,xcu.. ,o,
excluding her from the observation of th.
visitors 1T the house
Nev.'theiess, two or three Of these and
among them Mr.. james Gordon. x,o.. in,
crsasi' q attraction for EVELYN led him 70
frequent 'he house at all hour. a,Io.,hi. T.,
et'lae'ie, haa caught sight of tie pIsiu rirl
Ia tiaes whom th,y bad been led 10 ,up.
suppose uss some poor rels.ion on wit
aud as such. eEtitl-d TO 10 boiie, Bu,
ehsnc- brought -lGu. en- acquaintance b.
i""sn Mr.. Goidon and the young ladS much
sooner than Va. intended
Nr. ooriou wAsoos morning shown iu,o
hrs Nsrings drssIbg room and Will,
waiting Tor the ladies' 20 come TO him thc
SOUND ot music from the last room Of m,
suite attracted ban ih,tbet. Suppsiugtbst
Evelyn w-s tbc peSfofasr wbo-e vuic- aud
touch he heard, b, va pts-sin forward to
speak to her But pau 10. near the door
Which led 10 the music room ae -as IN bts
suTr'i.e. ,hst it ~as tie 'csabtry relation
whcse skilluil execution sul am.fot,.u.
.oii-rsibed voice b,d 81 susS4ft-d him
Drawing back out OF t,r .igLt should .bs
eb.nee 10 turn, be i.irDrd ~ .i.-ne- a..h.
ui.H ifih soug alter song spI .rsBiiy tor
gerul Of al! around her, ass ,Iu,iudoIy.d
IN be fsvorii. accomplishment
Presep u the rusihug .. ok and the sub
dued sound ~ voices announced the ID.
proseh Of tie dies, and Gordon 20. about
10 return TO the 'front.' dra~i, g.room ~ meet
them, when be foaLd tba, they had stopped
IL the passage jus. beyond the door. b.,iJ.
~hIch be stood sui 30 near rhsi even Their
HhIsper, cam- distinctly to his car
Il really wonder, mother. be hesrd I've
iJn a.. that you Will allow Martha "a com.
.uio tAs drawing room, within visiting tours
l have sgcce, ard hitherto IN keetit. b., i,
the bses g'ound, and not 1T 10Y apy On.
tno- that she has sceom piishmsbt. aud
bore sac IL playing aud singing While Mr.
Gordon has hoihiDg TO do bgt listen % hes
.m as sorfJ a. you eau be, a y ohi!i rs-
piled Ms Naihg TO IN aud eszaseM
Gordon Ia COVE ssti0u, and | viii tsud
Martha asay
DO, moth.r, fof he must not see or kpos
her. lilo is passionstely foGd Of music, aud
1 have thus Tar 'aee,edei on one pfsisut or
Ano her, ~ Keeping him 10 iguorsoce Of ih,
Tact 'hst bsve O more Voire ibAna 20 80
and rever could nAstsr tkt ffsl rudtms,A,
OF music. lie must hOt ses ;hi. prscioa. .is.
ter ot nine uniil be - my eBgsgsi lover.
aud then sac may sins 80 him al dsy kbg.
Tor sught | care. | uish Anst Gr.ussr
could have coB,riyrd 10 i've lit,is logger
so that we migbt Dot have Marsha here uu,a
| vas settled
With this smiAbls -sh Evel, a sseptirto
the drawing room to fad Gordon gaI,us
teouy 81 . pietsfe that be had seen = bun-
Died times before. aud alsay, sith The msp.
tai sIclams,isn Of de,tstabl.'
His TBshser vas cold ard eou.,,.,,J,,d
he very soon took hi. iesy-. Eselys "a,
NN" ''~tN' ~at" " Y iast that D. made 7
no sl'psiob pihs music b. had heard 20 he'd
his mAnbsf, sod sbs sbsttsred a-.y uitb
Der ssuai ooHPlacvuey not withstAudirs tLs /
ohly replies elected -sts ruonosy lsbls.. IN :
~ protesting y remember 40 tpzsgsrss'.
be abfuttly departed
His rssoiss 90 lsasisg the hosss bal /
been psvsr TO ent.f u sga,l. lis gt9sins |
attachments for Evelyn ~ss sa5dsnly ebalg I
sd 10 rsIuision snd contempt. sksn be $40 /,
~ BIO rOu did eiesrly. the arts by utirs 81. I
hs1 Jared bin on std the fslssLooi. b, !
uhieb she had coEafmsI be L.lisftLal .
pssssssed the s7sonyli.h sssht be 80 h.Rblr /
PtiSsj She bsd ffsqa-Hly as.srsd tim tAai I
. constitutional usssusss. ffam shteb abe
~s' 'sFialy rtecfsn q - eb5f.guy at- !
= aio'ng iFem al sGsftiaH. alone pfsyontsd
hsr from siaRitE ~ uos sauust nor |
snls a@ bad hseu 70 bsing hiu 70 esaait
himself beyos1 teosii shoe shs wssfi d.
logger hsvs Lesiis'sd - sis,v tsf.elf % tsu, /
. iofs
Ne 90 har'Jisf sllnf Ne street. fl a
tbr sngrs 7 sii"Es sitb stics BE- Lad lsf. he
hosse shoe 10 so@deti, srrass sffd Mar.
ths vbo 80 iss''og tss tsso h.ts h.d
gene cut 10 sAk fbs u.ss hf..ss o. 10.
Aaiamn dsg be gssa hss o. un1.as' esIor |
sd Jusi b-fafsus sinf NJ Csfd y ths.s-
tis ~ s.f SISTERS irils dax 81 81 80 fss.
arg ~ bor stss, b'ass BE- So "a d. ss.as
. ksr plan is-s bat sis.ys as4st ~ a.o- I
nrn'sf'iy ssanis s. hsr 49, mttGas. /