The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-18
HE KNEWHE WAS RIGHT,
BY ANTHONY TROILOPE.
Continued. ]
CHAPTER LVH.
poROTHY's FATE.


Towards the end of February Sir
Peter Mancrudy declared Miss Stanbury
70 be out of danger, and Mr.. Martin be-
gan to be sprightly on the subject, tax
ing to himself no inconsiderable share
of the praise accruing to the medical
faculty in Exeter generally for the saw
ing of life so valuable to the city.
"Yss, Mr.. Burgess" Sir Peter said TO
old Barty of the bank, "Our friend will
oct over it this time, and without any
serious damage to her constitution, II
she will only take care of herself
Rarity made some inaudible grunt, in
tended to indicate his opinion TO the
chief clerk that old Jemima Wideawake,
as he was pleased to call her,-was
one of those tough customers who would
never die. at would be nothing to us,
Mr.. Barty, one way or, the other" said
the clerk: to which Barty Burgess as
scented with another grunt.
Camilla French declared that she was
delighted to hear the news. Al this
time there had been some sort OF re-
Cancellation between her and her lover.
Mrs French had extracted from him u
promise that he would not 90 to Natal;
and Camilla had commenced the pre-
partitions for her wedding. His visits
To lleavitree were as few and far be-
tween as he could make them with any
regard to decency; but the 3lst OF March
was coming on quickly, aud as he was
to be made a possession OF then forever,
il was considered 10 be safe and well 10
allow him some liberty in his present
condition. my dear, il they are driven,
there is no knowing what they wont
do" Mrs. French said To her daughter.
Camilla had submitted with compressed
Inns and a slight uod of her head. She
had worked very hard, but her day OF
reward was coming. IL was impossible
not to perceive,-both for her and her
mother,-that the scantiness of Mr..
Gibsons attention to his future bride
was cause of some weak triumph to
Arabella. She said that 1t was very odd
that he did not cOme,-aud once added
with little sigh that he used TO come
in former days,-alludiug to those hap
py days in which another love was para
mount Camilla could not endure this
with an equal mind. BELLA, dear" she
said, 1--WE know what all that means.
He has made his choice, and if am
satisfied with what he does now, surely
you need not grumble." Miss Stanbury's
Illness had undoubtedly been great
source of contentment to the family at
Heavltree, as they had all been able to
argue that her impending demise was
the natural consequence of her great sin
in the matter of Dorothy's proposed
marriage. When, however, they heard
from Mr. Martin that she would certain
ly recover, that Sir Peters edict to that
effect had gone forth, they were willing
TO acknowledge that Providence, having
so far punished the sinner, was right in
stsying its hand aud abstaining from
the final blow. "Pm sure We are de.
lighted" said Mrs. French, "for though
she has said cruel thiHgs of you,-and
so untrue too,-yet of course it is ouI
duty to forgive her. And we do forgive
herr
Dorothy had written three or four
notes to Brooke since his departure,
which contained simple bulletins of her
aunt's health. She always began her
letters with "My dear Mr.. Burgess,
and ended them with Yours truly"
She never made any allusion to Brooke's
declaration of love, or gave the slight
est sign in her letters TO show that she
even remembered it. At last she wrote
to say that her aunt was convalescent;
ana, In making this announcement, she
allowed herself some enthusiasm of eX.
preston, She was so happy, and was
so sure that Mr.. Burgess would be eoual .
ly so! Aud her aunt had aslsd 1T
her "dear Brooke" expressing her Sreat
satisfaction with him, in that he haS
come down to see her when She had hesN
almost too ill to see any one. In answsr
to this there came to her real love-
letter from Brooke Burgess. 1t was tbe
first occasion on which he had written
to her. The little bulletins had demand.
ed no replies, and had received none
Perhaps there had been shade of dis
appointment on Derothy's side, in thai
she had wri tten thrice, and had beer
made rich with no word in return. But
although her heart bad palpitated OF
nearing the pOstman's knock, and haC
Palpitated In vain, she had told hersel
that IL was all as 1t should be. Sht
wrote 10 hun, because she possessed in.
formation which it was necessary that
she should communicates. He did MOI
write to her, because there was notbinc
for him to tell. Then had come the love