, 1869-02-07

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Of Mr. Monks coming few about the town,
about the county, about the diocese, aud Ill |
people began to say n! good thlngs about the
old doctor'e only sou. M1, Finn had long |
s1noc been quite sure that \ real b}Ack s1An
had been sent forth out OF her Lest. And
the ststcrS Finp, for some time paEt, had &els
that n I'll sociA gatherings they stood quite
ofthel bfolbes. They were asked about IN tie
county, and two Of them had bcop staying |
only last Easter with tho Moronys-the
Molonys Of Poidooaie How should thther
and \ mother and sisters not be grateful TO
veritsb,e black swan out Of the nest and I
Is for dear little Mary Flood Jones, her eyes
bccI1ne srffuscd With tcars as In her solitude !
she thought now much out OF her rcseh this |
twhn waa flying. And Jet abe took Joy In |
him still THAT shs would lore him always.
Might he bring home with him to Kitlaloe,
Mr. Mtnk, the Cabinet Minister Ofcourse
be might. When HRS. Finn first heard OF
this august hsrisal, she ielt a. though she
though but for aa hour, The whole Cabinet.
4 Phtness, during the spring, had, Of course,
met Mr. Kennedy frequently In and about The
houRe, and had become aware that Lady
Laura's husband. 1rom time to time, made
ofeItu1ee Oh clFHlLS 10 Hi1us-SnklnR nll no"
and again BY the tutton.ho'e, walking home
With him aa far Is their Joint paths allowed,
M d askirg h,n once or twice to CONS aud
dine In Grosvenor Place. These little ad-
vsnces towards a repetition ot the old friend,
ship Phiness would have avoided altogesnes,
kclncd5's house he did REUSE, feeling him.
| eelf POSITIVELY bound to do 50 by Lazy
Laura's command, let the consequences be
| what they might. When he did refuse, MF;
/ Kennedy would assume look Of
or and ,onl leaGs ,S,t h w. xo9s spa
was done. Then there would come another
encounter, and the inyitsuon would be re-
peated. At last, about the middle Of MAY
there came another note. "Dcar Finn, Will
l give you long notice, becsuse yoa seem
ways, Robert Kennedy &c had no alter
native He must refuse, even though double
the notice had been gi1en. He could only
think tnat Nj; Kennedy wss , s ysrs o6ta;s n,at
and hope that he might succeed At hst. So
he wrote an answer, lot intended to BIS Goa.
clliatory. "My dear Kennedy. an sorry
70 say that / an ergsRed on the a3th.
Yours always, Phineas Finn At thls
Of Mr. Kennedy's wsy, and would
be very cunning In his msnmuvres that they
should not be alone together II was DIN.
: cult, as they sat on the eame bench in tue
House, and consequently saw EACH Other ~ a..
be thought that With a little cunning be
| might prevail, especially IS he was no. uu'
$ | Wiling to give so much Of offence as mtzhl
]. | assist hls own object. But when Mr. Kenne'
q dy called upon h,t1 at his Office the day ettel
q be had written the above note, be had uc
!. means Of escape.
E " nm sorry ron cannot come 10 us on tht
=. ostb," III. Kennedy SAID, as soon IS b. va
Z scatid.
i. PhIueas WINS taken so much bJ sugpris
:: yes" said he; ~ wss very aorry ;-Ter:
!. dit seems to nc, that You have h,d SON
II reason for avoiding me Of late. do no
Il know thst have dine anything to ottcn
II !" Nothing on earth,'' said Phineas.
re- III am wrong, then, In supposlng that aaS
ii thing beyond mere chauce bus prevented 80
ID from coming to my house y' Phsaeas f.l
u that h. vas in terrible ditieult;, aad B
- lelt that he WAS beng rather ilEuied
5 being thus cross-eramined as 70 b
& reasons for not going to a ceotlemau'a dit
er Fer. He thought that man ought to
ie | allowed to choose when he would 50 an
as when lie would not 60, and that question
Kernedy Was sitting opposite to him. loo!
d. Ing grave and more bour> than usual AZ
to now bis Owl countenance also becsme l.
tic solemn, It EAs impossible that lie aho
use Indy Lanra's name. and ret he mnst,
some wty, let bis persecutiug friend kuo
lie that no further invination would be Of al
cd use that there was somcthn. beyond me
%. chance III his not going to Gsoyvcnor Plas
But how was hc TO do this ? The dtfdcul
~ out o, It. So he sat allent With a soae1
to | lace Mr. Kennedy then asked him Rnoth
III question, which made the dlHctlty ten tin
IN trea CT. "Has my w1e asked you not
nd come to cur house ;"
ID: 1t was necessary now that be should ma
he rush and ret ont OF his trouble In so
Iva way. ITO tell you the truth, Kennedy
TO- don't think she wants to sec me-"
ars "TLat does not answer my question.
ras she asked Jon not to comeH'
I'll "Shc said that which len on m! mind
at impression that she would soou.r that
hat "What did she s,ys'
,oa "How can | answer such question
IS. that. Eennedy + II f4lr to ask III"
NJ. ~ must decliae I, suswer il. can
aD. imagine what sou expect to gain BY crt
Was questioning me ID this way: Or course
.ter man likes 70 70 to house Il lie does not
'ory lieys TINT everybody there will make
her STou md Lady Laura used to be Ct
; b. friends"
VI II hope We arc not enemies now:
Be things win occur That Gauss fflsaash'pf
BE be Suave you qparrsllcd with her father
. at "WIth Lord Breutford no"
zood "Or With her hsothcrf-since the au
tul, mean :"
Ills II Upon my word aud honor, cal
king stand this, and viii not. hayc not al
p,st, quarrelled with anybody but l must 9
nude rcl with You, II you 80 Oh u ms WAY.
led I | through hls faclugs alter such fashion,
Ielon must beg that there may be an end PIT
that IT,"
thase Then must ask Lady Laura"
r. ala "You can aay what you like 10 your
new wife Of course. cannot hladee You.
nents Upon that Mr.. Kennedy formally 4
I II hands with him, iu token that there va
me ol lions may still malnisia Their allisnes. II
to re- they bare made up taclr minds to 1sts
lssse. Il, v,n5aa4 5rs.eai ,ookas oat ae ,p
a. park, and thinking OF what had
m Tant could not but reject that. disagree
home, | Mr., Kennedy had been 10 him, be
vaiers: probably make himself much more d'
ed nom nole 10 his wife. And, for him cit, be
5ara tn that he had got onL Of the scrape We
: which by the exhibition Of Ittle mock ms
!. epepd ns;ah, CHAPTER LEx.
r,thnut TEE IARL's WRATH.
N t. The reAde. may remember that rur
Nhfrf ! pfGQ C3LTETEu " u4uc03 -St AuHAO41
~ the which reached him from source vi
:. Monr regarded a. very yunttustwo1thy-tna
+ = msn Etlngham had quar1cfled with ht1
perhan. He would probably hare paid no al
r. had | to the rumor, beyond that which uec
The snh attached Itself to any tldiags on 4 un
Fho,, he full Of interest ohm. had it not
,onest In peated 10 him In another quarter.
)ufn and has told me that your Violet EMnEt
il to hc broken with her lover" Madame
n unon | said TO him one dag. s'What bird ?"
tudr TN ed. Yah, that cannot tell you.
onr Tav, will coufess TO you, thss these bis
onr.t ~ tell rs news are seldom very ctedib
h. 1,af are otlcn not very credItable. To
n ~ thr take birds word Tor what I: may b
said Nr. II is slia that they have quarrrlled.
AZ rct !, Eay, If the 1ru1h we're known, they
% viii Be Ing and cooiug In each others arm,
a. tha moment"
- f,mr Ph,ne.s did not Ike to be told Of Il
hls Iaea' NJ md eoosng.-did not ,uke TO be I
,onrd m OF their qu,rrelltng. Though thcy
1ittIc en- quarrel, II would do him no good. q
The CAB, rather that nobody snould mentit
account ! names to him $50 that his back, vi
y naj3tIcs been SO utterly broken, might In pr
r. Treas time get lteeif cured. From what /
r mxny a Of Violet, he thought it very IN
inr.-ana that, even we're she to quarrel .
lover, she would At once throw hel
. C;,n ~ | intn the aYuns of another, And be