, 1869-01-17

vince his Utdez- Secretary, and thnnrh In
had asEa5s thought well Of his Uuder, SEC,
rcsssy, he thought better Of hlu now than
time had been medita,tng what he could do
to Lord Chiltern when they two should meet.
Could he take him By the threat and saItc
hm happen to know that Broderlct y
no, King ss hnrd at the msttes as va arc,"
said sAh L9Id Cantl1p. stopping opposite TO the
,hc end Of list esssion." Eon,. NJ NJ. A D1oier-
lex wss gentleman In the House 10 king
for promotion IN Consecutive GoFerumcuts
acd OF course would oppose AFT me lsurs
ina1 son1d ne brought forward b. the Lan-
tfp.f lnn Colonial Administration: Inea
Lord Cant1tp clipped iuso the club, aud
Phtpeas went On alone,
spark Of bis old ambition With reference
TO Brookcs' Was thu first thing to make hun
asked Lord Hrcn.fard to put bis name down,
and was not sure whether Il htd bso- done. |
The threat. of Nr. Brodcfick'A opposition
hrd been Of no use toward the streEgth Ming
Of h!s broken back, but the sight OF Lord
Csntr'p hur7JinE IN al the coveted door d.a
or blow bis b, aims ous," be ss!d to htua
after all he mu=t 20 on and DO bis work. For
heasts will break, yes hrokenly live o."
Iheseupou he vent home, and s1d alte5 5antaE sttuaE
wistful1y at little treasure which he hBd q
treasure obtained by some slight |
1raud at saulsey, and which
be cow chucked into the Gre snd
then instantly again pulled cut ot y, solIed
ner, and went ont to Madame Max G,esicr's.
Upon the whole, he was glad that he had |
not sent the note Of ezcuse. A man must
live, even though his heart be broken, and,
living, he must dine.
Madaue Ma1 Goesler was fond of giving
little dinners at this period Of the gear,
before London was crowded, and when her
guests might probably not be c4led away
by subsequent social Arrangements: Hnr
number seldom exceeded six u eight, q ID
being Of ihe huo,blest lima. She stnt out
no biz cards. She preferred TO catch her
Pffaps Pfatp was pssSs saHa be.s Y e. Jees,
~ H sm,sh 1a,a lso.r + coming III .a, to tell @ re
know as much about It." And then III re
/ was 8 studious absence of parade The dl.hes
wcre. not very numerous. The bill OF fare
YVES simply written out ouce Tor the mistress,
and 20 cIculatee round the table. Not i
things 10 be drunk Wss evtr spoken at the
table OF at least no such word was ever
spoken by Madame Goesler. But, neycrthe.
lees they who knew anything about dinners
were aware that Madame Goesles gave very
ginning to fatter bimstlt that be knew
something about dinners, and had beeo boa d
to nsteFt that the eoupd at the cottage Id
Park Lare were not to be bfaten in Londo2.
tut he cared for no soup today. as be sInwly
made his way up Madame Goesler's staircase
There had Leen one difficulty 10 the way OF
Madame Gocslcr's dinner patt1ea which had
required some patience acd great Ingenuity
In its management. She must either have
lndleE, or she must not hare them. There
| WIS great allurement IN the latlar altesna.
live but she kueR we'll that II she gave way
10 IT. a1l prospect Of general society would for
her be closed-and forever. This lad neeu
in tht early days Of her widowhood In Park
| Lane, She cared but little for wcmcu's soci.
gentlemen without women would not be that
wtlch she desired. She kne = also that she
mtg ht as effectually crush herself and all heI
! aspirations by bringing to her house lnd.f
1ereat women-w.omen lacking something
talent-as by hating pone at all. Thus
there has been great difficulty, aud some
. not be done at aM.' @These English are *
: sia. SO hard, so l!eaEy!' And yet slls
sosF NO. stEs tSs sn.s fsfssSa 81
5 ever, the Thing waa dcne. Her prudeuc
i eauall:d her vi, and even Suspicious peopl
} had come 10 Acknowledge that they coula
: not put their hn3ers on anything wrong
:. When Lady Glcncosa Pailiser had ono
: Max Gecslcr had told hcEseH tnat hence
i. forth she did not care what the suspicion
]. people said. Since that the Duke Of N,
: ntum had almost promised that he wout
I come. II she could only entertaln tue Oak
II Of 0mniu1n sbe would have done eve ytttn1
r. But there was M Duke Of DmLium theF
= tonight. 1t thi. uu,e the Duke OF Omusns
was, Of course, not in Loncon. Bat Lor
q Fawn was there; and our old friend Lat
II Ecs cn Fitzg'bhon, who had resigned bis pIa:
T. ff.,i.. %.$A -
It and Mrs. Bonteeo. They, With our herr
e made up the party. No ono .douhetd fur
d ! moment to what source Mr. Bontcen owe
,e his dinner. Mrs. b 1,teen WIS good 10 ,klo,
,e c.ula talk, was sufficiently proper. md a
ac other woman al this time OF year 10 ke,
N Madarne Max ccesler in counter. x.ce. The
yc was never an sitting after dinper At the Ct
I'd tnge; or, 'lauld rather say, there VI
. nevcr an! sitting after Mad.t
see eoa' not Weary ss sAet each 'oa oher
he being alone tegather- Mrs.. Bonteea uud'
ur stood quite eli that she was nnt rcqu,r
&c. thcrr - Ia b to her b. sscs. and was a. vi
ad inc as nny ksHau to make herself ngrcea,
in 10 The gsn' '1rasn she might meet at Maaa,
nr- Goeslcf'a Lsntc. and thrs Mr and u
w Bcntten nc. unfzc4Ntnily alHel ID Park t,s,
d. NOV &c have only 10 wait ,or that hor
d. h1r mau. Ir. Fitzeibbon.' saId MR1ame u
h. GSesIer: ts cue welcomed Pulncas. III:
r. | HA"u3b A4SEA
m "Wuat blow for NE T. eaid Phinaas.
u So-you arc ai~aYs il gu0n lime. I
4 there is limit beyond " 1ich 70 ID line cu
ad md Ee'n- shamffn'ly lasc at ouce beci
Al But here he is.,' AMI then, as L1urcuce II
It rang the bell for dinner.
- Phlnoas ioun1 himself placed between
m. hostess and Mr., Gont.eo, aud Lord F. xn y
Wu | Oh the other side cI bf bfs1anc GpceLrr. tt
be were hnsdty STATED ut the tablo before so
$ntn $& H. t.%
lch | aud bis son wera reconc,led. Nov rhia.
m kucw, or ihonght thst be knew, tha: +
10 ! could not al Jet be tha case aud iad
such was not the case, thon.h thr father
rcd airesdy received the SON S letter. But pnin
:nc a ata Lo5 chg che2ss s,ty To- say anything at pres
~ ~ = 'llow odd lti., > said Mad me Cues,
in. "how oits1 ron English fathers quarrel v
;i.. How often VIC English sons quarrel a
be our fathers rather. said Lord Fawn =
aat was known for the respect be hau nlw
n II paid 10 the Gfth commandment.
lelr sit all comes from entail and pEinn1E
er- turc, old fashioned EuE1ish prcJadice
zen Tint klnd," said Madame Goes1:r.
lar chiltemls frieha Of yours, a;r. fint
sas They nre both friends Of mlne,"
,pw Phincas.
.rk "Ah ! yes but you-gQu-you and l.
Chilletn once did something odd to9es
an There was little mYsterv, Was there no
vas 1T is vcrv little Of mystery now"
as Fitzgibbon.
H. at Was about a lady-was IL not I"
Ia1 Mrs.: Bontecn, affecting to whisper to
,uit ncichoor,
I'd. ~ - % r. no, AZ a; 'lHsrsy to SAY apyth'ns
cs no donht Phineas will tell you.''
AID III don't hel1ere this about Lord Br
tniS I ford suid Mr. Rontecn. "Ihaopeu to Ii
eli, that ch,ltcrn VA. down at Lougalloter ii
ror' days ago. aud that he passed through i
l-c. don yesterday on Bit way 10 the place vi
r. be hunts. The Earl is al saulsby. lie VI
mr. hurc gone to Saulshy It it were lrue.''
rr,, II. all depends npou WHITTIER Miss EU
aIch ham will accept him. said Mrs. Bout
ook looking over al Ph,neas as she spoke.
thc so11ofs al taole. 1he snG)ect was bccou
be dl-asrrcably personal; and the more SO
,cud every one Of the party lnew or surm
ned Something Of the laels Of the case.
md cause OF the duel ut B{alkenpcrg had
"a . come Almost as public as the duel. and
) nc Fasn's coursship had not been alto &c
hidden from the public eye. He
FIRST the present occasion might probably ba
a IN 10 carry himself better than Phfueas.
and presu9,nT hs@ TO oe ,equaily eaSer T.
I'd Of ioSe-1or ne hneE noth11g OF tue takal tr
yatc But be was unable to hear s{rs Boats
,rles statement With indifference, md sho red
f: concern In the matter by his reply. :"
.rs- lad! Will be much to be pitsed," be
,afly ~ uuGs s1as. Epntetn Is ine iAse ms
lore | ,nc "oilu ~ "aoM "oMa "ian 70 tEus
who "ChIltern !. very good fellow"
~ Laurence Fitzgibl,ou-
fo~ '.Ju.t lt,iie' Wild said Mrs Boutcc,
:ross "And never had shlllaag IN his pock
Eutte nls ,4e, st.a hc9 n''soano.
nscf Lord Ftwn.
Tas II do 70 wish knew him" eaid Mad
1 It MAX 5oes!eF. an iono -Ql maonen,
be- men men "to haFcnt el3l'lnes, VINO arc
It Of Hlu. Ion41 you not oFln9 nln mere,