The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-03-13


two hours time, Imight be here again by
evening the day after tomorrow; but /
will not 60 IL YOU dislike TO be left alone
here, Lilianp ~ v " M
"AloneH you forget l shall have Giulia,
Oh, no would not have you disGppoint
poor Mr.. Mackenzie for the world-such
friends as you have been. 1 will go and
tell Bensonab0uty your thingsp
Mrs. Stretton ran away up stairs, and
then the Marchesa, with bright glow
ON her usually pale cheeks, turned to Gil
bert and told him, with a warmth he felt
he little deserved, howreioieedshe should
be to watch over his Lillian during his alb
sence.
She is al I have TO love me now"
said the musical, thrilling voice, and those
dark velvet eyes were raised TO his with a
timid and beseeching earnestness that
touched him strangely. II was as if che
had know his doubts and dislike and strove
to deprecate bOth.aE NN s88.R
He thanked her heartily with warmth
Of manner that plsiply touched her, for
he saw tears in the bright, beautiful eyes
as he ended. 81
His preparations were soon made. He
said goodbye 70 the Marchesa, and meet
ing gagainathat same wistful, hslGassured
look by q sudden impulse he raised her
hand to his lips.
He would have been sorry for yielding
TO It if he had seen how passionately the
italian lady pressed her hand to her own
lips as he hurried. out of the room where
Lillian stood waiting for him. 7 z.
" You need not mind leaving me Bit
my ownl You know have never had a
sister or brother, and now that have lost
papa, and have none Of my own uCple
left, Giulia seems quite a mother aDa SIS
ter too. Do you know darling that ifslv-
thing ever happened to me, should like
her TO manage everything just like a sitter
would2"
He stopped her mouth with kisses. It
was very hard 10 leave herr now it came
to the point, he hardly found courage
II will not ask you to write, my Lily,
my precious wifei You shall hear of my
safe arrival, and you will see me again
soon after.p 4 a. svs
"Giulia, IdoR't know what has come to
you; one would think Gilbert was your
husband and you moped for him. / believe
you are tired OF being alone with me, and
Il Is scarcely day and half since he
The last words we're spoken wearIly,
and the fair young face was sad and
thoughtful.
Lillian did not look toward the Marchesa
--she did not see the crimson flush over
spread her face flr a moment and then
leave it more oalorless than it had been,
Before her silence could beremarked, Giu-
LA was answering her friend:
You must forgive me, my dear child, if
] have seemed duh my spirits, since my
pother's death, are very unequal. 1t com
Jtszme that my sadness has not infected
you, Lillian. l could not have honed to
see you so gay in your husbands absence.
Ali that Is the best Of you English I;
either y0udo not feel as we southern wo-
men do, or you have strange power Of
controlling affection" ttf
She fixed her dark, b ght eyes on Mrs.
Stretton she was trying TO read her true
feelings, but Lilian's frank nature was too
open for her friends comprehension.
Mrs Stretton looked upat her, sorroW-
ful and puzzled, - e&
"Hsve been gayY did not know it.
My heart has not been gay, Giulia. But.
where Is the use oftrying to be duller,
and get along, pale face by the time he
comes homeSl Come along, Carlo" and
she ran down the steps Of the Yerandah,
followed BY her little greyhound.
: r. lam too much yexed with Giulia to
stay withher. How little che understands
mel OH my darling, my darling how
can she say am happy, when my heart
is almest breaking for want of youf If
had known il would have been SO hard to
bear believe Ieould not haYelet you go. y
She had tried to bear up against what
she had told herself was childish fore
boding; but now, when she reached the
stone. gsrdep-sest, where Gilbert had
s0.oftens sat beside her, she burst into pas
sionate weeping.
g1 a huge evergreen oak oyershadowed
her, and the italian lady could not witness
an agitation which might have checked
her scOfn. 3N
She stood still, just as Lillian had left her,
except that she seemed to dilate with
the yehemence she had noWino cause 70
restrain
aAnd be thinks himself beloved, and he
is content with q heart like thisi Il is i'm.
possible; or, if he seems to be content, L
Is because he knows no better His soul
has never been awakened to ardor by q
passion which would, lose. its life in his
Love If she loved him she would droop
and fade as a flower fades when the sur
cannot reachiit Love II sickens me te
hear her name hirni r.
She clasped both hands over her fore
head, and walked up and down tho room
--up and down, pacing the whole length
with the firm elastic tread Of the women o.
her country. ssr
thad grown dusk before Mrs. Strettor
came In. The Marchesa was not in The
sqla She inquired for her, and was tolt
that she felt tired, and begged Mrs. STREET
ton TO excuse her absence.
Lillian reproached herself, and q swee
penitent expression came into her eyes al
she stood hesitating whethershe should 4
and Geek her friend.
Never mind; win make Il up to hel
tomorrow. II was much better to run
away aB did. When / am vexed will
any one, il ID always soon over If / an
leftalone. III had staid ind d0ors Just then
Giulia and / should have quarreledn
She went UP stairs TO bed, followed b
her maid, an Italian recommended her b]
the Mafeheaa. The tender little hear
was very heavy At the thought of th
miles that lay between her and Gilbert
but tomorrow, a letter must come in th
morning, and, perhaps, he might com
be Y in the evening.
II isstFange that this sounds 30 impos
sible while say it--strange aud silly, to
THAT ! cannot believe he Is coming back
/ knew ] was not clever, but ! did not fan
Icy / could be such 3 little goose as thiI
Why other woInen'a husbands 40 ava
nltsn and they tlinh nothing Of It. / he
lieve Gilbert would be almost angry. IL b
could bee nae now"
The anxious llttle heart fought bfayel
against the strange, s0nnbre presentiment
4 81 evil that had been slowly gatherln
ulfen III ail DAY. She tried to sleap, bu
sho awakened again, terrified BY som
shsdewy dream, The full meaningof whie
ahe had not been able TO grasp, That
had been glafning, her beailng heart a1
agne.lilfe lerrof revealed Morning foun
BET pais and aftefrsshed but she rol
carly he wanted u he down stairs whe
TIE letters alrl4ao The Mafcheaa va
no1 II tha 6dlc, and the fragrant mornir