Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-12-30
GALIIPoIIs, OHIO, DECEMBER

| tomorrow morning. 10 see after hi
poor dogs and horses. about whom b
. frets so much"
4 The party given BY Mrs St. Aubyn
to which her ladyship had alluded
was merely reception. Visitor,
dropped in as they liked, went from
group to groups. chatting first will
J one. then with another. and took theil
departure, when it pleased them. with
out any ceremony.
Lady Carisbrook made her appear
ance about ten O'Clock. superbly dress
ed. and almost the first person she me
on entering, after having spoken to hel
amiable hostess, was Sir Charles Evan
der, whom she thought had never
looked handsomer.
"This is kind Of you," he exclaim-
ed. "There is no one worth speaking
to here, and I was getting swfully
bored. May l inqnire where CARTS
brook is?'
"Did you not know that he had left
town." she replied. showing her pearly
teeth and Huttering her fan. 81 am
quite alone l do not know what
shall do with myself"
81 am acquainted with married wo-
men," answered Sir Charles, twisting
his mustache, "who would not con-
slider such an occurrence calamity
They would be clad of a little relief
from the presence of their lord and
MASTER
"That is charming" said Lady Caris-
brook, eagerly. "You will tell me what
those ladies did, will you not? Please
do take compassion upon and tell me-"
"With the greatest pleasure," re-
joined Sir Charles Evander. 81 must
pre- emise, however. that my ladies were
not of the sentimental order. They
did not look upon husbands generally
as an unqualified good, and they en-
joyed their freedom by such innocent
little amusements as giving dinner par
ties to an intimate friend or friends
l have had such an invitation myself;
box at the theatre has diversified the
proceedings"
Excellent" exclaimed lady Carts
brook, II am sure that ! cannot do bet
ter than follow such . capital sxamyls.
VIII yos fsvsr ne with your company
at my house to diaasr to-morrsw u
seven. Sir oharlssi'
T shah bs mast happy" hs said.
Lily O. Aubya esms sp sad they
were ssparstsd; bot Lady oarissrsok
hsd msas The sngagsusat, calculating
lpsa her hushalds abssnee, withsat
mssaing any harm. though she ocgbt
to have knows that Il was wresg to do
anything which she could not tell his
lordship.
The greater part of the day was
passed by her in buying flowers in
Convent garden. and making prepara-
tons for charming little dinner, such
as would at once display her taste and
the resources of her establishment
In the afternoon she went TO her
bedroom to lay down and rest for an
hour. She was tired. 1t had been
quite late when she left Mrs. st. Au-
byn's, and not used to such hours, she
found it difficult to recover from the
fatigue which they occasioned.
To her surprise she was disturbed,
as she was about to close her eyes for
a refreshing sleep, by knocking at
the door.
at is only l, Emily" said voice
which she recognized instantly.
Good gracious, my husband
What brings him back? can he sus-
pect?" she began, when her specula-
tions were cut short by the entrance of
Lord Carisbrook, who caught her in
his arms and kissed her tenderly and
cried:
"Here l am again, dearest, sooner
than you expected. All, what is this?
You do not seem so pleased to see me
as thought you would be-"
"You frightened me. l was half
sleep, and my nerves are little weak.
l was at Mrs. St. Aubyn's last night
till late," she answered, rubbing her
eyes and sitting on the edge of the bed
wrapped as she was in the capacious
folds of pink dressing gown. 'But
what brought you away from Calde-
colt in such a hurry?'
"a relative of mine-who made a
fortune in India, became eccentric and
lived in London under another name
is dead, died yesterday in fact, and his
solicitor has written to me to say that
he has left me the greater portion OF
his wealth"
"There is nothing very interesting
about that" her ladyship said, eve
have as much money as we want al
ready. Is that all that has brought
you up in such hurry?--as for me
would not have gone across the street
for such news
"You have very strange IDEAS" re-
piled Lord Carisbrook; with tone of
"You were sorry at
seeing me, and now you don't care for
the legacy
81 do like people to be exact and con.
sistent. Your return has destroyed
my projects of independence for a
week. | was going out to dinner to-
night, and
"What is to prevent you?" inter-
rupted Carisbrook. 81 have engaged
myself to the solicitor and shall very
likely stay late. talking over matters
with him. l shall not be home till
twelve certainly, so you can go where
you like without paying the slightest
attention to me-"
Imprinting another kiss upon her
lips Lord Carisbrook took his depar-
ture, called cab. drove to his club,
and told his friends of his good for
June, and ordered dinner.
Her ladyship determined to be
brave, and receive Sir Charles Evan
der, though prudence dictated the