The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-12

tlspton friend, Harvey, every day for month or
more, because be knew that his wife was not par.
| ticularly fond of he family
Mrs. Lilnant expressed herself as quite agree
able 10 fact, she was 30 pleased to see her hus-
band like his old self again that she would have
| agreed to Switzerland, though she did not enjoy
| long journeys; and she volunteered the remark
that be would enjoy the society of his friend
| Harvey.
II was therefore agreed that they should 90 to
| Liapdudno, with its Great and Little 0rmshead,
| It's grand sea view and parade and drive all round
the peninsula and its old church Of st. Tudno; aud
70 well pleased was Mr.. Lifant that he desired his
wife to write that evening TO Mrs Bell and propose
that she and the children should join them for a
month, Mr. Bell coming down for part OF the time,
if not the whole. He liked Bell, he said; he was
downright good fellow, and she was one of the
| incest women be knew.
| Now Mr.. LillifaDt was like himself.
Everything that he proposed was carried out to
| perfection; and in this happy state of affairs he
! made bis wife aware Of the change in his senti-
| ments towards Benson, and Maude likewise conf.
| ded TO her mother how by the merest chance in
the world. Uncle Bells lawyer having recon-
mended the young barrister to him in some law
case, he came down on business whilst she was
there. and so they met-and how noble he was
| and what a sorrowfnl leave-takng they had, be-
cause she would rather die than do anything con-
traTy to her fathers will. and she never, never
would marry anybody but him Mrs. Lilifsut was
| discreet woman, and kept the confidence both of
her husband and daughter, smiling to herself in
the belief that it would be all right in the end. In
the mean time they enjoyed themselves at Liam
dudno, where they all arrived, a prodigious
| party-the young ladies in the most approved and
! elegant seaside costume of silyer-gra trimmed
with blue silk the daintiest of little hats and the
most coquetish Of feathers their father conspicu
Gus in a suit of sort of golden-brown, which was
| jest then in vogue, and a white felt hat. Mr.. Bell
| was TO Join him later.
Mrs. Lilliiant, however, though she was so dis
| Greet with regard to her husband and daughter
their and
| that lady being of a romantic turn, and dearly
| loving little lOveplot communicated ii by letter
to her husband, well knowing that he would see
| the young lawyer before leaving Kent. and sug-
gestiDg at the same time that he might invite en-.
| son to take run down into Wales.
Bell. was capital fellow, and as he had taken
| great hiking to the young barrister, and was at
the same time fond of Maude, his reply was salts.
| factory; saying also, that although he liked his
| brotherln-law, Liifant be should prefer hav.
ing lodgings of his own when he came down, ard
so be his own master.
They were located in the best apartments of
the best hotel, themselves and their servants
and their names cut great figure 10 the list of
Llandudno visitors. The Harveys called on
them as soon as the knew of their arrival, and
Lillifant went of with his old Clapton crony 10
great glee.
So it went on for a week. The girls and the
children made many acquaintance, the former
more than their father approved of. for he had
now become very loyal to Benson, aud privately
low did not speedily leave for Liverpool or
Leeds, whence he had come, he should not him
self remain long at Llandudno. The children
were in their element, joining other children
with wooden spades, and baskets, and little
wooden pals, in which to carry off the sea water
TO lakes, which soon ran dry; and little wheel
ba1rows, in which to transport sand and stones
for the erection Of forts aud mounds which the
next tide would demolish.
By the time the first ten days were over, the
young men from Liverpool and Leeds not
making signs OF returning home, and the
girls being entrapped into endless schemes
Of pleasure, excursions here and there.
10 Vale Crucs Abbey, the old House of
Gwydir, and the Vale of Llanrwst and now
nothing less than party to Belts y-coed and
SnowdOn being in agitation, Mr. Lillifant who had
somewhere found his old Clapton friend less &C.
coTdant than in the omnibus days, suddenly dis
covered that he was no better than a pendulum at
Llsndudno. vibrating between the Great and the
Lesser 0rmshead, and that he was getting quite
tired of it. Mrs. Bell had also grown ont of love
with the place. and having received from her hus.
band letter Of Introduction from a young bar.
nster friend of bis to certain Miss Leweyn of
Penmaenmawr, she took her nieces with her to
call on this lady, who, according to report, Mas
the most charming and popular person in that
neighborhOod.
They returned in the evening, delighted beyond
measure, not only with Miss Leweyn, but with
penmaeDmawr. 1t far preferable to Liam.
dudnO. possessing not only the sea- but real coun-
Try and mountains, and the company was much
more select. The chancellor of the excheouer
was there every year, and no end Of bishops to
say nothing OF earls and cOuntesses; and Miss |
Llewellyn knew them all, while she was at the
same time most charming person I; pretty and
intelligent, OF an cid Welsh family spoke and |
sang Welsh, and told no end of Welsh stories was |
an enthusiast in the love Of her country aad the
best guide anywhere. |
The reality of their admiration proved itself by |
Mrs. Bell, who expected her husband to Join her |
shortly, taking pretty cottage. called Ocean |
View. almost buried in hydrangeas and fuchsias, |
with the big hill MOel-something, rising behind it,
and splendid sea view in front. She had taken |
this place, and would remove there on Saturday
This pleased Mr.. Lillifsnt, and early the next |
morning they all set OIL TO lind locality for them
selves, and afterwards make an excursion to |
Abor, and the famous waterfall there | am sorry |
| cannot tell you all about this day, bat it was |
so charming that might oil pages with describ. |
ing 1t. They called on Miss Llewellyn, and took |
her with them, and she led TO the various scenes /
connected with Prince Llewellyn and the Black |
William near AbOr; and told them the name and |
tradition of every bill and old cairn and valley, |
OF the wonderful fishing waters there, and the |
Black Lake mp in the hills and friend of hers
young barrister," famous fisherman, who |
lodged at the old chateaulooking house where
the Black William met his doom, and what fish
he caught in that mountain lake. She talked a |
great deal about this gentleman, who, in fact |
had given Mr.. Bel the letter of introduction for
his wife, but never mentioning his name, simply
speaking Of him " young London barristern
IL was DXed that whilst the Bells were to be |
at Ocean View, the Lillifants should take hand.
some villa called Belinda" standing in its own
grounds, and just now vacated by bishop, who
had been there for the last two months with his
lady and seven daughters.
When they had been settled for a week at
Penmaenmswr, and were every day more and
more pleased with the change, and when Mr.
LHlifant had made agreeable acquaintance with
The gentlemen at the hotel, where he went most |
days TO play at billiards and read the papers, a
letter from Mr.. Bell announced that he was com.
ing down on Thursday, aud that he should bring
two gentlemen with him. Thursday had been
liked as the day of a great excursion up the
the mountains to the old church of Llauge.
LYNN. It had been 50 long talked of that
nobody liked to defer it, and Mr.. Bell, who was
such good. natured and accommodating fellow,
wrote back to his wife, who had mentioned this to
him, that it was all right. De and his friends
would leave London by an early train, ia time to
JOIN them. IT,, however, anything occurred TO
prevent their doing So aud of the gentlemen, to
whom North Wales was as familiar as his fathers