Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1866-12-21
MistellaMenM5.
Sir Guys Goblet.
From London Society.
BY ANNIE THOMAS,

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dissatisfied, too, and stopped before she
had flushed it quite. by saving
You never can do that, mignonne /; try
something else
She lrowncd for an instant and then got
then / will try and do justice to another of
Your iavoritcs, Guy; it's not for want of
desire to please You that failed this time
sir she added, iu Il low voice, and with Il
little laugh that was slightly tinged with
vcxation.
did not hear what his answer was. for
at that moment Miss Rachael spoke to me-
DO you sing, my dear will you oblise
me p
i shall be very happy answered. aid
then felt horribly hot and uncomfortable.
Nv Voice was low, rolling, tremulous
contralto, what would it sound like after
thai silver bell
.Will YOU like to try some OF mine, or
will YOU sing something OF your own J! Ida
asked. good natnrcdly; and then Mr..
pomfret came forward to see il he could
help me to Il SELECTION he said, and knew
that was fairly committed to it, 50 said
Il would tlv what l know bcst;' and half
staggered by my own tcmerity. sang some
verses poor Guy had written and compos-
ed once. after visit to the Dunbar side Of
our family -
There's breath oflrcc''om on the ground
Where Wild the heather grows,
| That makes il dearer TO my heart
Than f.ngland's emblem rose:
II springs around the thistle,
The stern flower of the north,
| 1t decks the plains Of England,
And the bonucts of the Forth.
Those purple sprigs, no flowers, sure,
Iloomlng in other dells,
Are half 80 sweet to Schottish hearts
As ScOtland's heather bells.
! For OH mountain brow. by loWland loch,
Through every kind vi weather,
| We roancd about. unchcckcd unchid,
ore plains Of gUrse and heather.
! We still can claim Scottish name,
| And the scotch blood III II. tells.
As hcte on English ground we roam,
Through Seotlands heather bells
| For the breath of freedom 5 on the soil
Where Wild the heather grows;
They hold their own most sulantiy
Against III. English rose.
They all thanked me graciously, and
said kind things. all save Ida. She leant
hack still turther on the couch she occupied
like a throne. aud said such things were
bcyoud her; it was impossible for her to
! M IL.i1
stand those illusions to the times OF Wal
lace. she supposed She said this to her
cousin Guy, and | did feel very grateful to
| him for not seeming to think 1t witty, and
for maning her 10 answer.
went to bed that night very tired and
very much bewildcred, aud very much iu-
| tercsted in them all 1t was so funny that
they should be my own people. and still so
far from me in ali real interest and sympa-
thy. Even while was accusing them Tor
this in my heart, was made to feel my
self AN migrate by Miss Pomiret coming IN
90 bid me good night again.
The kind, sprightly old lady stirred the
fire. +, n brighter blaze, and sat herself
down in the arm chair opposite to 1t.
i have come 10 tell you little about the
s,,te of affairs here, my dear she began.
bri.kly; Il must have you know all about
~. nni care all about US. In the first place
Won must know that it's cherished plan
of my fathers to see Guy aud lda married
to each other
is IT, | replied. =, H.,
Yes: both my brothers are dead. iua
is the only cild of my second brother Ar
+ ,l,ur. and Arthur was his fathers tavorte
t IN the same way Ida Is his iaVorite S'ahu-
child. she has always lived here he wants
Lnr tn he mistress of the Towers, ana as
she can't be unless she marries Guy. why
he wants her to marry Guy, You see.
And how do they both like the plan = !
asked, beginning to be intensely interested
in the romance which had commenced ('of
mcl lust outside the railway station.
Miss Pomfret laughed and shook her
head. Ida likes it we'll enough but Guy
is iuscrutable; the fact is, my DEAR III
,ot So fond of my niece rs am ol m!
What beauty she is" l exclaimed.
YES, She is; and she has never thought
If or cared for any one besides her beauty
tron the moment she knew its power
Guy's a great deal too good Tor her; bul
that is not what came III to say. Have
yun brought your habit with ytu!,
Il have II / one. confessed Win Diashes
i uscd to ride good deal with Guy in
rourh sort of way when We were out io'
our autumn trips. ,:. g.,
,Ah. we'll wen sec about habit tcl
van .meantine YOU must wear an OLD skif'
Ida has planned a ride for morrow
meaning to take Guy out by herself. no"
I mean YOU to go too. my dear linen inc
old Lady patted me on the cheek ana lei
Wishing to think well of what was Sc
lovelr. tried hard not to see on the iol
io.';,., law that Ida either grudged me thu