The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-03-12

I, uylnS ne Is. L Wish, lady, yC
L. would go and speak to him.
7. Goodbye, Mrs. Bond,' said Lad
Margaret, with one of her quiet
IT penetrating smiles which went to th,
y heart directly, and then, with he
ID hand within my arm, she walked vi
& 20 the languid figure in the chair un
Il der the trees.
e He took off his hat as she cam,
d near. Miss Nancy Bennett had Ger
'r tainly not overstated the amount o.
a his beauty. He looked at Lady Mar
e garet boldly, with smile which was
q wonderful, but strangely free. Msny
8 people stood by. There was some
i thing in his face as he looked at nv
, kind friend, which I felt vexed that
c they should see.
S i hope you are not too i'll for the
o enjoyment OF this day. she said.
i am too i'll for enjoyment of any
: Kind he answered, with a swee,
Il voice, and the accent of an educated
t man. Il am here on business
( What
3 Il had two things to do. One was
to secure for Mrs. Bond happy day;
and then-my voice is weak will
? you come closer to ne?'
: We walked to his side. and Lady
Margaret stopped her head.
Then, to try to see you; and ask
your charity for the few days have
to live 40
Lady Margaret kept her hand on
my arm and looked at the sick man
kindly 90
His features were as perfect rs
statues; his face might have served
as model for young Apollo. The
whole cOuntenance was of that god
like character which belongs to such
ideas-sO bold, sweet and free,
without a touch of the coarse or
rude; 1t was like the assertion of a
superior nature that could neither he
understood nor restrained ! felt
surprised at the contemplation of
such living beanty; and yet there
was a ehastliness when the smile died
away, which separated this sick man
! from the strong and healthy living
souls that were now standing about
u.s. ls
How can help you?' said Lady
Margaret.
BY saying that, when am dying,
if you are sent for, You will come
Not till then 2 she said, softly.
AS You please he answered and
then there WAS that free smile on his |
face which had SO greatly struck me
at first. 1t was grandly beautiful, no
doubt, hut, nevertheless, it was a /
smile that had in it more power than
pleasantness.
When the day was spent, and the
last of the crowd were gone, l found .
Lady Margaret sitting alone in the
library. The door was open and the
windows also. She was sitting still |
and thoughtful, in the cool freshness
OF the evening air.
Where is your mother, dear Mary?'
she asked.
| said. .tShe walked home hours
for me.
'Oh, said Lady Margaret, that will
suit me exactly. Send your servant
back on foot, and then you, Mary,
can take me a drive
Il should like it very much,' an.
swered. But | shall not know how
to get home. am not allowed to
drive by myself by the road, and l
am afraid to take Robin by the deer
park they jump out and startle him
sO.'
Never mind; Twill send YOU home,
or take you. Only stay with me now,
and take me a drive
1t was odd to hear Lady Margaret
so positive | thought. But / was
glad to do as she said, and | did it
The pony carriage came, and Lady
Margaret and l drove away. When
we got to the lodge gates she said =
Drive to Mrs. Bonds, my dear
Lady Margaret
Yes; | must see that man again.
/ can't get over Observation-Disclosures |
felt, Mary and this delicious air
cools me Drive on, Mary
| felt vexed, surprised, sorry. TO
blame Lady Margaret, even to doubt
Lady Margaret, was a new sensation
but / drove on silently in the direc-
ton of the Grown and Salmon
"Tnere we are p she cried, with con-
siderable excitement in her voice.
Don't be unnatural, Mary. You
can't speak
Il don't like being here | said
She touched my arm and made me
look at her. Her beauty was heigh
tened so by what she had in her mind
that she quite dazzled me.
'You must neither think nor speak,
she said. Il feel sure that a very
wonderful thing is going to happen
to--to me- And then she got out Of
the carriage and went straight into
the house.
| stayed in the carriage waiting.
The river murmured away. Young
men who had come for a few days
fishing sirolled. about talking of the
river, the weather and the weight "a
tile salmon. Half an hour passed,
and then Lady Margaret came back
with face, the odd excitement OF
which she could not conceal.
Go to your home, now, Mary. 1t
is too late for anything else So l
drove to our entrance gate, when
Lady Margaret got out, and walked
straight across the park toward the
Court, only saying, Thank you, dear;
good night looked after her. /
felt as if there was something wrong
[ did not like the unnaturally strong
interest my perfect Lady Margaret
had shown in this beautiful stranger.
disliked her whole manner so much
Il felt it to be so unaceoun.able that
kept ali about it a secret from my
mother.
DAYS and weeks passed Lady |
Margaret had sent two medical men
at different times, to see the sick
mar, but no entreaties OF Mrs. Bond,
nor of her husband, could make him
see either of them. Mrs. Bond said .
that he must die. Lady Margaret
sent all manner oil dainties to the inn
from the court, which the sick man
appeared to relish exceedingly.
This man then became the chief
interest of our lives. He would sit
in his arm chair by the riverside,
refusing to SPEAK to any one except
Jodv Msrparet. Ali ewes and /