The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1863-09-05
ELLIN0R WILKINS
OR THE
HIDDEN SECRET.

wants w, re arranging the dlunet for the day or Se
brsat'ss, ff sic m rrJ.. Miss Monro had ST.
,cd 10, discussing 't'fy detail and every prooaeil.
" as thou b she we're . chef actor, Instead Of
only distant, ureAr,d Tor spectator Of the com ns
event
y linor was . li',a tired. and nov thore WAS
roth Ne very .nerestns gong on ste hid fsllsn
b 10 her ewing, when she was started ~ Mss
Mohr,'s etclanaton:
"Lo,s, lck Lere are two Gentlemen coming
ing the .imc.tree wax 1t must be Vie bride
groom ami his friend"
| OYt OF much sympathy and some curiosity Eli
nor bent forward, an 4 saw iu.t emerging frum the
shadow 81 the tre'a n T. the fil afternoon SUMMIT
Isvemefth Mr. Corbet and anothsr gcnilcman-thc
former chsused ~orn, age }, though With s,ilte
| SAM the iutslectus fs.e, leaning on the arm q
TIE younger taller man, and taking eagerly
Tue otner gentleman vas douttes, The BRIDE
sroum. klInor "a ID to h, rself: and vet her pro-
Ih'h heart 4 a not believe her words. Even hs-
fore Re trsht beauty at the desnefy look
81 ont Il TIE grs,t orie window o. the
drawing room, and bushed, and smiled, aud
Kissed b.r sud gesture replied ~ 10y
Mr.. Corld with much efntrcsafneut while tie
OF insn only ook of his hai, almost 80 II he saw
Ter The = or tie hrst Hul..
L..in.r's greedy eyes watched Inn tl lie was
hidden from sigit IA tie iesncry. Uahcrin.. N rs
Monro's eager INC 'herent ntenc 20 in turn .ntrr
ny, - os5iIs = nj ting and uphraid.nr Then
sh' owly ,uruei her painiui eyes w. n N 40 Mon.
to's isc' and moved he lips without sound II ng
heard. and fsi tel dead away In AL her he She
had never lone It before aud Wien she camo round
| Gle was not IKE herself n III probability th.
Ier,is'snee and vi Il ness she Who wss ns ally So
meek AMI docile, showed during the next twenty.
| four hours Was the consequence u fever
She resolved 10 re presen, a. the wedding mum.
bers we're going she would le unseen,unnot ced "a
The crowd. but whstev.t te.c.l, 40 she won A. and
neiiher the Lars nor the prayers of Mrs Monro
could keep her hack. she gave no reason for this
determination indeed, IN all probAbihw she had
none n give 30 there was no arguing; the to,ns
with her ste was II q rible 10 entresty. and no
one hAd Any alti4Or.ty her axraIt ra,hara
| distant NJ. Ness
Mas Monro hal al sorts Of forepodire- a. 10 tho
poss.o" tcsh's th might C me TO pass. Bnt oil
went on - quietly ~ though tie fullest syn ps the
peryade every individual & the great numbers
assembled. No one guessed that The muffied yelled
fgure, sitting in the shadow behind one 81 the
sre.' =, ..r., was that of one who hsd once hoped
g. stand At the altar with the sam. hriisgroom :;
who now cast tender J. oks At the besuti.ui BRIDE
her vel Whit and isii.-iks, Elllnors black snd
| shroud ng like that OF any nun.
| Already Mr. Corb.rs name was know n N rousb The
country as Il At vi grsAtIswyer ueopls
his speeches aud character iar and wide and tie
wsllnform.d in les gossip spoke Of hun a. sur, 10
ue ohefed judgerhip a. tho next vacancy. So he.
enough grave and middle-aged, and somevbs,
gray, divided attsnton and remsrk With h, lovely
| bride and her pretty train Of cousi n bridesmaids
Msss Monro need NOT have feared for Ellinor; che
saw and heard oil thDgs in . miss . dream %
| something she lad to 60 through before Oh. could
~aken w. . reality Of brightness In which her
youth. and the hoIes o! her youth, shonld hs re-
stored, and all these wear, years 4 drsainess and
woe should BE- revealed As n,ihlng but the night
marc OF = ni.ht.
She sat motionle"s enough, still enough, N 40
Monro by he. watching her 40 in,sntiy ~ keeper
wa'hcss n,adnsn aud WITH the same p rpo.e-
| 70 prevent any ou,hurs even by bodily strength,
" such re-trsint be needed.
Whsn all WAS o,er-~ten the principal psrson-
ages Of the ceremony had led into tire v-etrv to
sgn h,ir nance: when the swarm OF Tow ma. people
were going DOT a. swif Y - their individusI no
tons " the restraints Of the crrd elm . permit
ted when the great chords of the weld ~
March" changed on, from the organ. aud the loud
bells eAled overhead, Ellinor lad Lcr nsnd IN
Mis- Aonro's
Take me home" she sad. very softly And
Mics honro ed her home - one leads the bind.
CHAPTER XII.
ThereAr some people who imperesptihly d7st
away from their youth into middle age, and from
thence pass into declining life with the soft AMI
gentle motion Of happy years. There are Others
who are ~h,ris'i. In 'pt OF Themselves, down dir.
~ rapids q, agony, away from their youth ~ one
great bound INTO old age with anothsr sudden
shock. and thence inio the vast aim ocean where
there are 10 stote-narks 10 tel OF slime.
This last, u seemed, wss to be Fl.lnor's lot
Her youth had gone n a single night, Of cen years
$40, and now she appeared 10 have be, ome an cid.
Gerry woman; very still and hopeless N look and
movement bu, ss sw.e, and .sn,e in speech aud
| smile AZ ever she bad been IN her hsppirst days
Al young people when thsv cam. 10 know her,
loved Ter dearly, though At f-st they might call
D. T du !, aud heavy 10 get on with and a. for
| children aud cd people, her ready. watchful
sympathy in their Joys well as their sorrows Was
| al unisuns passage to their hearts.
| Amer the rrst great shock Of M. Cordet's mar.
| rses " ~ over sne seemed 10 pass into . greater
peac" q an She had known tor ysarv the last IA Mt
| hoie OF happiuesw,s gone 10 would, perhnpa he
| more accurate to say. oi the bright happiness she
| rad planted for hef.'f in her early youth I'm.
cons 'ousy she WAS beng ~-an. from srli seeking
ia any shape, and her daily life became II POSSIBLE
| more innocent. aud pure, aud holy.
| one of the canons used t. isugh Of her for her
constant suendsnce ~ a.. the services, and fot her
| devotion n good worss. and cal her always The
| reverend SISTER Mss Mono WAS little aunoysd
| ~ Aonto disspproyei of T. Hnor's grave WAYS
and sober, sever sly 4 dross
| "iou may be Az good Is you IKE, my deer and
! yet 80 dressed IN some pretty color instead a
ih,se perpetual blacks and grays aud ,h,n Tier,
! would he no need Tor me 30 be yetpepis!ly telling
people You are on.y four -and-th,rty baud tb,
DOM believe me. though | tel them so ell on
black Ia Tie :sce! or II yol lld bAt wesr dec,u,
shspei bonnet, instead ,falSays wearing them II
the p9Ay shAps IN fashion wLea ". werr seven
| teen
The Cd csuou died. AMI some one was TO b,
appointed in l,ss.,al. These clerira preietmen,,
and app innsnts were tie al IMPORTANT interes,
10 the inhshlisns OF the Close, and the discussion Of
pr"tab'it came up invAr.ai y II ANY two 1t IL
street or louise, or even H. the ca hcdr itself Al
| lsn.th II WIS settled aud Announced hy the hiuh,
p,wers. An tneree ic, hsti-wor.ing clergyinsn
irUin siant at OF the diocese, Livingstone ty
name. was % have tie va Ant tan.nry
MISS honra sid Tat thu name Was SOMEHOW
familiar 10 her; and by degrees she recol ectei III.
nor IN that dreadful Illness she had at Henley in
the year 1922
E.linor Kne. nothing Of that visit no more than
Miss Monro did Of what had passed between Ne
npossble Il might be the same Mr.. Livingstone
AMI would rather II were not, te,ause she did moi