The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-01-24
VOLUME 27.l

glossy head OF Ethel Cleveland. her al
most regal beauty was done full justice to
and enhanced by the rich robes and Jewels
she wore and never had seen her looh
more striking than she did now, her trans
parent cloak shading but not concealing he
polished shoulders and exquisite dress, ovel
which it fell away in long graceful, sweep
ing folds, Her hand was resting on the
arm of tall, distinguished looking, bronzeC
and bearded man, who Immediately gave
me the impression of having appeared to me
in some exceedingly indistinct dream. But
my interest was all centered upon the beau
tiful girl who was bestowing all her atten
tions OH this handsome stranger, giving him
so many and such kind smiles, that | imne-
diately concluded he must be the possessor
of countless horses and numberless ph9tons.
Nv interest centered wholly on her until,
with start of surprise and exclamation Of
lev, my father cried, arthur Manwaring;
Katie, don't you know him p
The next moment the longabsent lord OF
Eagesbourne was grasping my fathers
hand and bowling to the ''little Katie" be
seemed very much astonished at finding a
woman.
Don't you know the Clevelands p he
said after minute or two, as Lady Gather
inc and her daughter kept their heads sedu-
Iously turned away from us, land they We
had my place SO long"
1--WE did when they were at Eagles
bourne" said my father, laughing. ''Come
to us tomorrow, Mainwaring. and then,
per haps, Katie will make you understand
how those peoples memories have been af-
fected since they came up here, and why
she doesn't care to have them as peighbors
again"
You won't have them at ! Eaglesbourne,
as tenants of mine, that is, any more"
Something Jared upon me as he spoke
did not know what it was att the time, but
a painful chordNwas struck evenwhlle was
receiving the assurance that Lady Catheerhe
Cleveland would not again be tepah5 at
Eaglesbelrne
The following day Mr.. Mainwaring came
TO dine with US. My father had been With
hinl-in the morning, and learnt the capse~s
his Ito us) unexpected return to England =
He had been copauct i6g=solnt explorations
iusthe %East on behalf of the Government,
and the remuneration for his services had
been such as to enable him to'return a com
paratipely wealthy man. SThe heavy mort
gage Ills father had incurred on the Eagles
bourne estates, and which had crippled his
Young son when he first came into the prop
erty, and caused him to contract fresh debts,
this heavy mortgage Arthur Mainwaring
was now able to pay off And he was now
coming amongst us again, the last OF the
old stock, in position to maintain the dig
nifty oil the Mainwarings
From the conversation of my father and
his guest,-a conversation in which, for
some uuaccountable reason, was totally
unable to join, circumstance | regretted
bitterly, as | feared Arthur Mainwaring
would in consequence think ME stupid
from their conversation | gathered that,
short as had been his time i'll London, he
was already exceedingly intimate with the
CleveIands. AS soon as we became aware
of this fact we both, my father and myself
refrained from saying anything that could
be taken as implying the miidest censure of
their Ito say the least of it) anything but
disinterested conduct. He spoke of them
with strong admiration-with more than
strong admiration, l thought as | listened
to his praises of their grace and versatile
talents, and polished high bred mann ers
There was Que spark which | tried, how
fondly to fan into flame of comfort for me,
and that was, that his praises were bestowed
with equal warmth on Ethel and Maud -
Has this last sentence betrayed the secret
of why it had Jared upon my heart when
he uttered that sentence which assured me
that Eaglesbourne would never again re-
ceive the Clevelands las tenants? 2" My
heart paIpitated almost audibly as the
thought ran like fire through my brain that
Eaglesbourne might receive either Ethel Or
Maud as its Mistress,
How listened and watched for papa and
Mr. Mainwaring to join me as sat alone in
my drawing. room that night! was agi-
tated, restless, almost unhappy, and could
not tell the reason why. Arthur had been
the hero of my childhood, and now he had
come before me again SO very unexpectedly,
and was so unlike my recollections of him.
This, | told myself, was the cause of my
quickened pulse and flushing cheek. But
this was not all. | could not cheat myself
into the belief that it was. Could it be
jealousy of the former acquaintance who
had taken me and used me as long as ii
suited them and then dropped me? Gould
it be the little, petty, mean, vulgar feini-
nine jealousy of not liking TO see girls who
he was in every way9 Gor | at once and
without the smallast hesitation, decided thai
Mr.. Mainwaring was superior i'll every
way.') Scarcely. could have seen them
wed dukes or earls without sigh | could
not even delude myself into the belief of the
pang being caused by an extra feeling o.
magnanimity for wise good man being
taken in by a superficial, heartless woman
of fashion, for | could have seen any Other
wise and good man victimized without q
thought of pity for him. But it stung MT
to think that Arthur Mainwarine
should be- such a victim. II stung me tt
the quick that he should be so familiar witt
them. He would learn from them to despist
me, l thought, and writhed under the
thought. But gloomy fears for the futur,
} fled as heard his step approaching thu
drawing-room door. This evening, thu
present, would be mine at least, whatuve
; time to come might bring forth for tn
Clevelands made instantaneous but firm
resolves to erase the impression of stupidit,
had given to him by talking to him now
/ MIR spirits rose. felt happy with a new
: born happiness had Dever before dream
Of Remembering how much had beef
thinking for the last hour of the almos
stranger the color came flashing into m,
face as he and my father entered the room
and | turned towards our guest with som
trifing remark about the heat of the even
t ing. But it faded away, leaving me, | fel
: conscious, almost pallid as he said, 81 hav
Just come in for a moment, Miss Dalrympl
to say goodnight. / am sorry to be oblige
, to leave so early, but am engaged to To
: Clevelands. a."
AS shook hands with him, am ashame
! to say that envy, hatred, malice, and all uu
i charitableness ragged in my heart agains
these Clevelands, these summer friends {
mine. They were going to have it all the
: own way, it seemed. This evening va
r theirs, evening, that for the last hor
n had thought would be all my own.