The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-01-17

was established as their intimate friend.
We had asked all the principal peopl
around to meet the new inhabitants of Ea
glesbourne, and never did new corners Wi
more golden opinion. Every one was de
| lighted with and by the notice of the title
widow and her beautiful daughters From
that evening they might have lived on
round of such dissipation as the neighbor
hood afforded. Invitations poured in upor
them from all quarters, and they graciously
accepted as many as they could, Away
kindly offering to take me with them, il
other words, being good enough to allow
me seat 10 my fathers carriage, which
they always borrowed on these occasions.
with total absence of pomposity that was
most engaging, they never affected to make
the smallest return for all these attentions
which were so lavishly paid them.
My father, who was, as rule, rather
slow to form new friendships, soon went
heartily hand in hand with me as regarded
the Clevelands. .aa3a
81 am afraid, Katie" he said to me one
day, 'that the Clevelands are not too we'll
off for people of their rank and station. =
Lady Catherine has been here this morning.
(By the by, she asked If | thought you
could spare her your ph@ton this afternoon
at three. said was sure you would so
I've given James orders. You need not
trouble yourself) AS was saying. Lady
Catherine has been here, and, from a hint
she let fall, | gathered she has had some
about renittances. Manage
1t as delicately as you can, Katie but just
find out and ask her to allow me to be her
banker, if such is the case.
Such was the case, so at least said sol
emn, noble looking Lady Catherine speak
ing with as much dignity Of her temporary
as an unjustly dethroned
queen might of the lands that had been hers
The ice once broken, she did my father the
honor of allowing him to be her banker very
and paid touching tribute to
his generosity by never offering to repay
him.
Papa had said that 81 need not trouble
myself about giving orders as to my ph@-
ton." He was right. In very little time
my cherished ponychaise was a small trou
ble, or pleasure, either to me. | was so ell
egantly ousted that could find no fault
Ethel was very fond of drivin. "Would /
L
agreed, for l did not like giving up the
'eins. Then succeeded proposition on the
part Of Lady Catherine that | would be
Kind enough to let one of their own footmen
nave the back seat, as, ''if Ethel drove, she
would wish them, for safetys sake, to have
A man with them" As neither of the CIeve-
ands intended giving up their seats, it was
clearly evident that | must give up mine
did SO, and was rewarded for the sacrifice
by three sweet smiles, all exactly alike,
rom the mother and her daughters
Months rolled away. Two years had
elapsed since the Cleveland family had ia
Ken Eaglesbourne, and during all this time
'ur intercourse had been more than cordial
md friendly. We were inseperable almost.
for long time Lady Catherine had exer-
Used the most unbounded authority over
of ours that she could use In
he winter she would invite her friends to
come and spend the day with her, and inva-
'iably bring them over to Wylaugh to din
Ter. And in the summer she was the pro-
noter of series of picnics to which no one
,ame whom she did not ask, and to which
10 one was expected to contribute but my
ather
"Your papa ought to take house in
own, my dear, and give you the benefit of
season. should be very happy to stay
With You and take you out. Mr.. Dalrympe
must really do it,
"lll think about it, my father said when
asked him. And in thinking about it
hese two years slipped over our heads, and
lere we were on the brink of the third sea
'on,-and this in spite of the usually all
powerful Lady GATHERINGS repeated assur-
lnce that che ought to do it."
But this year it was deter mined upon and
settled that we should take house n one
If the most fashionable squares in London,
ind Lady Catherine graciously consented to
AXE up with her daughters of course,) her
abode with us as head of the establishment,
or the purpose of chaperoning me. l was
1earer than ever to the whole Cleveland
amily.
was very full of joyful anticipation
about the new prospect of happiness, or
pleasure. at least, which was opening for
me. Lady GATHERINGS station would as
they carefully impressed upon me, be such
a great advantage. They never said any
thing about the advantage my fathers
wealth would be to them. And yet it was
evident that they were, despite the two
footmen, in very Strengthened circumstances.
A house was taken in most unexcep-
tionable quarter. felt my ignorance of
what were orthodox and fashionable locali-
ties in London most painfully, as Lady
Catherine and her daughters talked gibly
about where we could live and where we
could not We were all sailing with the
stream, though, and most completely salts
he'd with each other. My father, liberal as
he was rich, had entreated Lady Catherine
to allow all the expenses the Misses Cleve-
land would be put to in the way of dresses,
jewelry, &C., to fall upon him, and pressed
INTO the small and by no means unwilling
hands of the lady, bank notes to large
amount as he said it. In all respects dur
ing the ensuing season they were to be
treated as | was. The arrangements gave
the most perfect satisfaction to us all.
1t wanted only week of our starting for
the scenes of promised land and, to me, un
known delights, when | drove over to Ea-
glesbourne one morning to talk over our
plans and to see if could be useful to them
in the way of supplying them with the
means of locomotion. 1t was early in May,
and everything around us was as bright
and cheerful as my own heart. l was used
to enter unannounced now, and make my
way straight to my friends. There seemed
10 be kind of murmuring stir in the house
this morning. sort of subdued hustle that
struck me as being peculiar. The footmen
who were usually in the last stage of lassi.
tude, were speaking together in eager whis-
pers. There was animated, lively tones pro-
ceeding from the morning room, to which
was advancing. Pushing open the door !
entered, and at once felt that there was a
Change change that would not be pleas
ant to me even. How rapidly felt the
change and its nature my heart sank fol
some reason, before my foot was we'll over
the threshold. Flashed across my minc
the many hours had spent in that room
the hour when | first saw them there the
love had given them SO freely the trus
and confidence had bestowed SO unreserv
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