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

haye, been the;topic of many q jealous femi
nine eopclave, and the paramount interes
Of her mother. iyjIad isgla .stsllf9e @,4d
Anna and Lois used sometimes to com
into the room where Morrison. was sewinI
| all day long but seeing the matter of Pen
nie's wedding avoided by their mother, the.
were shy of it too, though they liked to lool
at her pretty things. One afternoon Loi
yentured to ask if the d,ess would be sill
OF, satin, and if it would come from town.,
'It is to be only q morning dress of whit
pique, Miss Kois, which shall make, " re
Piled Morrison. n.in9s13aA5msit 9li Ms sinoI
"And no wreath and no veil 4" exclaimet
the little girl, under her breath. nj ~ nj.
''No, Miss Lois, a Leghorn hat-thati
all" a55d hti0,5 n X ,.,d n ayi55..= ~.
4 Il should like to see the wedding, and 81
would Anna but we shall not y and Lois
after few, minutes serious contemplation
of the fine linen, cambria, and lace which
Morrison was busy upon, retrcated, feeling
as if Pennies love story, were being brought
| to climax in o rather dull, tame, unsatis,
factory style y Lois liked good Sendings,
with a. flourish Of .trumpets to all her stories;
and she thought Pennie faithful enough to
deserve a really perfect and triumphant con-
clusion TO hers. Like many another roman
ticiyoung heart whose experience lies in all
tales of fancy looked at happy marriages
as the wind-up of life, just as it is the wind
up Of the pleasantest story books s.s q. +,
teqsf q sse CHAPTER XII ia7ua q
9'' A LONG FAREWELL TO EASTWOOD. a''i
The last day in the old home was melan-
choly day to Mrs. Wynyard and her girls.
They were to carry nothing away but their
personal belongings. No servant was to go
with them. Everything that was part o.
their past state was to be left behind. Jenny
the nurse, was to stay at the lodge with
Crabtree; and Farmer Dykes and his wife
were put in sole charge Of the deserted
house. Mrs. Wynyard had very little voice
in these arrangements Her brother, John
Hutton, directed al. He had, by consent,
undertaken the management Of the property
for the benefit Of the creditors, until the
coming Of age Of his nephew Francis. The
mines in Colsterdale and Arkindale had been.
| let at rental on short leases, and the Chase
had been let out to farn,-with no very bril-
liant prospects Of redemption. from debt
certainly, but with the acquiescence Of all
concerned that nothing better could be done
at present. ''.''' 60
The widow was patient and quiet now ;
but as the inexorable necessity for their de-
parture pressed closer and closer, Anna
grew coldly resentfil. and Lois wept often
and passionately. And yet, beyond the joy
that is natural TO youth and health, they
had never been joyous at Eastwood. Anna
especially had chafed against the dullness
of her Impoverished home, but her hear
ached miserably at leaving it, She shranh
from taking that long step down in the
world, that the involuntary exile from the
ancient place implied She did not murmui
aloud, but she speculated much within her
self what manner Of dwelling they should
find at Norminster, and what manner Of
friends; whether they should be looked OF
coldly or kindly;, whether their narrow
means would shut them out from the com
! panionship of cultivated minds, and com
pei them to fall back on lower class of So
ciety, if they wished for society at all. Her
private resolution thereanent was to live a
recluse, rather than consort with inferior
people.
The anticipated visit to Eskford was very
welcome to Anna and Lois but their moth
cr would far rather have carried her grief
at once to Norminster and the furnished
lodgings which DR.. Philip Raymond had
secured for them to enter on at the begin
ming Of May. Not to spare herself, howev-
er, would she deprive her children of the
least relief to their sorrow; and on sunny
April morning they mounted all three into
the carriage that had been sent over by
Squire Raymond to fetch them, and bade 8
long farewell to Eastwood. Penelope Croft,
who had stayed to the end, rode with them
toAllan Bridge, where their ways divided, she
going home to her mother at Mayfield, and
they striking across the river to the other
side of the valley, where, some seven miles
higher up the Esk than Rood Abbey, lay the
ford which gave Squire Raymonds house
its name. WI .lAe
As the carriage drove up the avenue, the
old Squire and the young Squire, his eldes'
son, came out on the stepst to welcome theil
guests, who, clad in sombre Grape and cloth
and closely yelled, looked like funereal fig
ures in the glorious sunshine. Mrs Ray
mond waited within the door to receive the
widow, her three young daughters by her,
longing to be kind to their cousins who had
lost their papa. The first few moments were
speechlessly painful, but they got over; and
Mrs. Wynyard revived to find herself with
Mrs. Raymond and Anna alone in the room
that was to be. hers. Missing Lois, she in
quired for her, and was told that Louy ant
Harry and Bah had carried her off aires
dy to see their gardens. The govemess hal
given them holiday from their lessons, tina
they might make her at home amongst then
forthwith, by introducing her to their play
work and their pets.
| w ueu tuitc VI ioui uu5 . h~u pneocN AAoA
their arrival, Anna and Lois began to thinl
Eskford very pleasant house to stay at
The neighborhood was rich, in young pee
pie who were always coming and going
getting up some diversion for before lunc
or after lunch, bringing club-books to cs
change, or initiating each other into tn
mysteries Of the then novel garden-game {
croqust. Philip Raymond was exceedingl
good. .humored, and gave himself up to ms
king his cousin Anna's visit agreeable to hel
He was a, gay, auburn-haired, blue7eye
young man. of four or five and twenty, ger
erously disposed, and well liked by all hi
many friends. He charmed Anna withou
. an effort and once he had seen her hand
some eyes droop softly beneath bis, he wa
charmed too. '.My father said she was
|, wearisome GIRL don't find her wearisom
at ALL" thought he. ,lf,is MIA,
: And Anna really was not wearisome whe
she frightened. Sometimes of an evenin
her mother watched her with wisttul, please
surprise, marvelling whence came th
change. Her countensnce would kindle 3