The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-09-03
HE KNEW HE WASRIGHT.
BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE.
Continued.
CHAPTERXC.
LADY RowLEY CONQUERED.


When the Rowleys were back in Lon
don, and began to employ themselves on
the terrible work of making ready Tor
their journey to the Islands, Lady Row
ley gradually gave way about hugh
Stanbury. She had become aware that
Nora would not 20 back with them :
less under an amount of pressure which
she would find it impossible to use.
And if Nora did not go out to the ISL
ands, what was to become of her unless
she married this man Sir Marmaduke,
when all was explained TO him, declared
that girl must do what her parents
ordered her to do. "Other girls live
with their fathers and mothers, aud SO
must She" Lady Rowley endeavorcd
to explain that other girls lived with
their fathers and mothers, because they
found themselves in established homes
from which they are not disposed TO run
away; but Nora's position was, as she
alleged, very different. Nora'S home
had latCerly been with her sister, and il
was hardly to be expected that the
parental authority should not find itself
impaired by the interregnum which
had taken place. Sir Marmaduko would
not see the thing in the same light, and
was disposed to treat his daughter with
q high hand. Ii she would not do rs
she was baden, she should no longer be
a daughter of his. In answer to this
Lady Rewley could only repeat her con-
victIon that Nora would not 90 out TO
the Mandarins; and that as for disin-
heriting her, casting her oil, curslAg
her, and the resJ-she had no belief in
such doings at all. son the stage they
do such things as that, she said; land,
perhaps, they used to do 1t once in real
ity. But you know that it's out of the
question now. Fancy your standing up
and cursing at the dear girl just as we
are all starting from southampton" Sir
MaTmaauke knew as we'll as his wife
that it would be impossible, and only
muttered something about the dear
girl behaving herself with great impro-
prIety.
They were all aware that Nora was
not going to leave England, bee ause no
berth had been taken for her on board
the ship, aud because, while the other
girls were preparing for their long voy-
age, no preparations were made for her.
Of course she was not going. Sir Mar
madske would probably have given
way altogether Immediately on his re-
turn to London, had he not discussed
the matter with his friend Colonel Os-
borne. 1t became, of course, his duty
TO make some inquiry Us to the Stan
bury family, and he knew that Osborne
mad visited Mrs. Stanbury when he
made his unfortunate pilgrimage 10 the
Porch OF Cochchatfngton Church. He
told Osborne the whole story of Nora's
engagement, telling also that other most
heart-breaking tale of her conduct in
regard TO MIR. Glascock, and asked the
Colonel what he thought about the
Stanburys. Now the Colonel did not
hold the Stanburys in high esteem. He
had met Hugh, IS the reader may per
haps remember, and had had some in
tercouse with the young man, which
had not been quite agreeable to him, on
the platform Of the railway station at
Exeter. Aud he had also heard some
thing of the ladies at Nuncombe Putney
during his short soiourn at the house of
Mr.. Crockett. "My belief is, they are
beggars," said Colonel Osborne.
IL suppose So" said Sir Marmaduke
shaking his head.
when l went over to call on Emily,
that time was at Cockchatfington,
you know, when Trevelyan made. him
SELF such a d fool,-I found the
mother and sister living in decentish
mousse enough; but it wasn't their
house"
Not their own, you meant"
II was place that Trevelyan had
kot tnis young man To take for Emily,
anu they had merely gone there to be
win her. They had been living in a
niue DIT OF cottage; a sort of a place
that any-any ploughman would live in.
Just that kind of cottage"
Goodness gracious ~
"And they've gone to another inst Xix
it;-so I'm told"
"And can't he do anything better
for them than that 7" asked Sir Marina
duke.
~ know He used To be with Trevel-
yan;-that was when Nora took fancy
for him, of course. And saw him once
down in Devonsire, when L must say he
behaved uncOmmonly badly,-doing all
he could to foster Trevelyan's stupid
jealousy"
HE has change his mind about that,
think"