Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-08-22

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! to have fallen, not only with great ruin, but
also with foul dishonour. Before this fiat
I was promulgated, the unfortunate family
had begun to break up. Francis had Joined
his regiment, which was under sailing or
, ders for India, when he heard it; and the
ardent young soldiers passionate outporing
of indignation and sorrow, in his last letter
to his mother before embarking, was most
! pathetic. She read it to Geoffrey and Mau-
rice, who were still with her, and their way
| of receiving it shadowed out good deal in
the latent character of each.
Maurice exclaimed fervently, 'Let him be
a second Warren Hastings, and rebuild
second Daylesford!' taf iaanae Aa7.
Geoffrey said he did not see the sense of
that. 1t did not touch the worst wound.
1t seemed to him that they had inherited q
vast debt, the payment Of which ought to
/ be their chief consideration. 'sAnd,' ad-
ded he quietly, ''were there no debt due to
others, am sure 1t would be small joy to
any of us to see Eastwood flourishing again,
If a second Burke should be able to de-
nounce the one that re-cdhed the old place
as a common enemy and oppressor, man
that had betrayed the trust, and sullied the
ancient honour, of England.
| "No,' agreed Maurice. II had forgot
Hastings crooked ways to his ends. Fran
els would rather die a Chelsea pensioner
than pay the price he paid for fortune.) y
A few days after this brief, significant
| conversation, Geoffrey Wynyard was seated
at desk in the office of Forsyth and Co.,
in the unfragrant atmosphere of Wolsten-
| holme Square, Liverpool; and Maurice had
taken his place in the upper form at Chas-
sells school in Norminster.
4a43 CHAPTER TX. irHri a v2
LOVED FOR HER own SAKE ONLY.
Penelope Croft took her descent from the
dignity of heiress- ship with admirable cour-
age. Mr.. Tindal said to her, "My dear
child, do not care if you have not so much
| as the price of a pair of shoes; am glad
| your money is gone. Now it will be seen
that your are loved foryour own sake only"
Pennie had learned to like, and even to
require the refinements of life, and 1t would
have been undeniably hard lines for her had
she possessed no prospect but a home in
Mayfield. Her mother told her she would
keep her horse to ride, which she would
miss more than any other appendage of her
| lost fortune; and the warm hearted woman
INDUCED herself for day or.two in dream
that perhaps breach might happen at last
between her daughter and the master of
Rood, and that she might ultimately see her
married to her cousin Dick, or some other
| fine young yeoman of their own kind. This
hope, however, was soon disipated. Pennic
gave her to understand that Mr.. Tindal
waited only her consent welcome her to
his home, and that she waited only until the
early months of mourning for her guardian
were past before she accepted his welcome.
| Fortune was gone, but love was left, and
that, said Pennie, was better than gold.
Mrs. Croft, secretly humiliated and perplex-
cd by the disastrous fulflment of her daugh-
ters previous predictions, thereupon gave
| in, and declared that she would have no.
thing more to say either for or against her
marriage. She would not hinder it, but nei
| tner wouid sne help 1t on. or formally con-
sent to it. Pennie was her own mistress;
| and as she made her bed, so she must lie on
| it.
| Mr.. Wynyard remained at Eastwood with
her girls for several weeks after the boys had
left and Pennic remained with them. Her
affairs were at this time the talk of the whole
valley. Some people marvclled how she
could keep on amicable terms with her guar
dams family; others marvelled that her
guardians family could endure before their
| eyes girl who had been SO shamefully de-
| spoiled. But what had happened made, in
| fact, little or no difference amongst them.
Pennie was too just to blame the innocent
too generous not too screen them. Mrs.
Featherstone vcntured OH some indignant
moral commonplaces before her and Pennie
cut then short.
Pray do not talk as If Mr.. Wynyards
children were to be condemned!" exclaimed
she. g have heard that lady in our
ncighborhood declares that no notice ought
to be taken of his wife and family on his ac-
count Iwish she had said it so me, that
might have preached her a seyn,oaettc on
worldly piety as contrasted with Christian
ity." .s.i,5 .ts5,i
Mrs Featherstonr was the delinquent, and
with IL nervous, frightened laugh, she
changed the subject.
Mrs Wynyard was not so consideratc for
Pennie as Pennie was for her. Sorrow is
always more or less self-absorbcd. Pennic
thought that perhaps now, since she had
lost the Importance of IL great heiress, she
might be less jeaously guarded; and that
Mr.. Tindal, who was only impatient to
prove his disinterested fidelity, might have
been permitted to come occasionally 10
Eastwood But Mrs. Wynyarl did not pro-
pose it, and Penne would not ask the grace;
and i'll consequence she saw very little of
her lover for some TINT after her change of
fortune. She was rcgrctful though patient,
but Mr.. Tindal was rather angry and had
to be kept in good humor by more frequent
letters. a-55=-55
Without effort, without any guide but the
generous impulses of her own heart, PEN
ME had acted ON him as sound, reviyiiy-
, ing tonic since his return from tie East.
While in Mrs. Wynyard's house she never
sought ameeting with him, 5ut neither did
/ she ever avoid one and when they did
| meet, she ayailed herself with quiet deter
: mnalion of the opportunity of continuing
, her good work. Under this chance sun
shine he insensibly recovered his spirits.
Perfect health and comfort of body it was
impossible that he could recover with the
: bullet still in his shoulder and after much
urging, Pennie persuaded him to go to Lon
!, don to consult some skilful surgeon After
t a brief absence he returned to Eskdalc,
leaving his tormenter behind him, and look.
$ ing dozen years younger and stronger. He
was soon almost his best self again, and his
5 journal-letters from Rood, to Pennie al
4 Eastwood, became the most entertaining
q pieces of periodical literature that reached
her hands, quite apart from their intrinsic