, 1869-02-21

Downing s'Icct. froM august to February.
blr. Mnnk, irdecd. WIS rul1g With bin tot q
few wetas hut even Ills association did 4ot
make up ioF that LIT ol tocletf which Pie
would have preferred.
The tession went on very quietly. The
question Of the Irish Reform bill was pos:-
puncd I'LL the le1t year, WHICH was a great |
tbtsg Raartd. Lie carried bis bill about the |
C.nada hallway, with aundry other ama!,
bulls sppertainlng to It,, through the House
hls credit. There was Just enough of oppos;- |
tim ~ give zest to ihe work, and to make !
the affair conspicuous at11oug the atlAirs OF I
the year. As ILLS chci WAS In the olhc.
Homo, The work FELL altogether lntu hl. !
bands, % that Ae came 10 he conap!cuous
aucng Under. secretaries. 1. was oaly when
hc said word ~ any l.aders Of his party
about uther n,attcrs-about Irish Ten
ant faGll for lnstarcc, which was
esriunl: &c - loom very lasse. tha:
WIS ~ room for action this year IL reference
10 Irish Tenant right, and tncrcfore any deep
consfdcrat1o:. or that discomfort might Gc
lec:,inatc'y ! postponed It he did p5 cha c.
of,eu his mouth on the subject to a1r. Monk,
crAn Mr. Monk dlscour .:.ed him.
In the last days Of June, When tn, weather
was yesy hnt, md leop's We're bcx1nnlns 40
complain Of tue Thames. and mrm' '.ers we're
bccvn1ltg th!:sty afcr grouse. aud the r..
,naiusrg dsyn Vi Parliamentary work We're
y
-newS Llas Was soon knuwn throughout
The Fashionable wurld-that the Duse oi
Oulnium WAS .cntuE to Give q garden
party al certain Will residence OIL the
banks If tac Thames ali VI Richmond. IL
was ,u be suca garden party as had never
remarkable because the duke had ncver been
auuwu 70 do such Il Thing. The villa was
calltd Tie Harrs. tnd had. Indeed, bcco
gi.en by the dnkc to Lady GlcDcara on her
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purty, and ] hs f1orus, with al Its v4rleus.
conservn, ories, lawns, shruhacries, = ldi ,cks,
boat hunses, md bats, was tn he made bright
anl beau'lful Tor The oce.slon, Sc res 0.
wnrkmcn were abou. the place through ihr
III ee first weeks U, july. Tue world IL large
dia not at oil kn,s Why the duke was doing
% uawonted thlrg-Nhl he should under,
take so new troub.a f'u. Lady Glcucora
! 1:nrw, aud M.damc Gocs!cr shrswdly guess.
cd the riille. When Madame Goai!e.'s tn,
cxprct&d refusal had reached His Gf:cc. he
t.ls that he mu7t either ace ut hsr refusal, or
psrse:erc. After days consideration, he
resolved tha- lie would accept II. The top
bt,ck of The ca:tiirry was very desirable, but
perhaps It might b. we'll that be- should Gu
d'.aver to live without It. Theu accepting
| Iii, refusal, he must either stand his ground
| aud bear thc bluw-or hu must run away 10
that Villa nj Como, or elsewhere. The run
! Mug nwar sleuled to him ut first 10 b., the
but at list he determined that nc would
stan.l lls ground and bear the blow.
Therefore he gave bis garden party II. The
Horns.
Who was 10 bs i7vl,cds Before The ars,
werk In July waso over. many bosom IL Lon
don vas 1lultcnry with anxiety on that sub =.
ieet. TIE duke. in giving his sl ,rt word ot
instruction 10 Lady Gleacora, made her un-
dcrs:a,id that he would wish her 10 b" p&r.
nc, sar In her Invitations: Ilnr Eoys, High.
I lb,tt+
The Prince, had bo' h brcu 80 graclnue as 10
say that they would honur tho .fTe. The
duke h,msrif had made ont out short list,
with not more thRn doz' names Lady
GlcucorA WAS employed 10 select t0e real
cruwa-the flve hundred cut Of the ten
thousand who wcro tu be blessed. o.. ths
dukes own private list was the name OF
MADAME Gocslcr. Lady dtencnra understood
II oil. When MsdaMe Goe.ler got her card
she though: sue understood 1t too. Aud .hc
thought, also, that the duke Waa behaving
In xAl1aut way.
The invitations. md o considerable amuutt
OF tN.wIIl WI, created. And they who con.
tilvEcd themselves quilted to b. a>kct, ual
were mot asktd. werc futl Of wrath against
their more fortunate ltiendl, instead Of hcn4
uugry with the duke or with Lady t}lcucora
Known that Lady Giencora was the real dis
prt SCI af the tayoFs, and fancy th4t hel
iat,yship was tired o'' hr1 ta.k before Il wa
completed. Tho party vas to take place OF
y cdncsday, the 2sth Of July, aud ue!orr th,
day had co,ue, u n and women mad bcco1,
20 hardy !u the combat that personal npnl,
rAtsuns were madc with uaalnchsag isnpvs
tuniiy; aud IL. tors were written to Lad
ti,cncosa putting forward this claim aud tha
claim With a Ulteous clanor. mo, thst l,to
bau,".Lady GlencorA SAID to her parllcula
, freud. Mrs. Cry. wtcn q let.st came ,tos
l frpt Al AZ nj ha hnt hryah an
| Ind r,cr d0uc townrd suppnr:tnr Mr.. Pa
, llsct In ratllA,ncnt--aud Ali thal hn u~r
9 wpu}l 70. e Sar sha'n 'n't aaveit. rvea III ,ug
a9th. could pnt rlantaaonct into mlnoflt
ai1s. Donse.n did not get cbrd; and whe
d she heard that Phina4A FINN hsd receive
I ono, hcr wrath against rh!neas wAs yer
e1cht. Ht WIS ~" Trial, ndyentnrr1,' m
sho regretted deeply thul Mr.. Routetu Ia
Il ever inIercstcd hlm.elf III t.inSiog such a
u lii. Bprtsen never had donr. an,
}. th!pg &ow,rd bringing fhlus ~ forward, shc1
VII. not much CAUSE lor r+zret uu this hca
/. rlincas, however. GOT his card. aud,
cturc, accepted the Invitation.
The grounds wcrc opcned At fonr. The
was 10 be sn tasly dinner out In tua,s a. av,
1r and alter Gfnptr men and wontn were
walk about, or dance, or make lovc-os hs
I US zu!tcd tucln. The hx5cnckt, hoxeys
V. were ready prcpard, Wbllc It WAS cxneci,
hat they should bring the luva With the'
ut Phipcas, knowing that he should uaser ylo:
~ Eft1cCba1n, took d Erea' tral with him.
&c For an hour aud halt Lady GlencorA ke
ler position IN \ SALOON through Which II
r. guests passed 10 tue grounds, mud to cvc
It. conner she impair. ed the Information that /
b!t oue--but to Madame Gocslrr she said ~ sn
word So glad to Sc. ycu, my dear," 6
said, as size pressed her iriend'4 hand, 81
Dr. am Eos ki'lsd By this work. lit make s.
Il out =Katn by-anc-hy." TLen Madame II,
y. lcr paksed on. and soon found herself amid
Al throrg OF acquaintances. After few mtnus
IA +he saw the duke sest.d on ~ arm cha
Of close TO the river oank, sud she bsavely We
by up 10 bin. and lhauaed kim for the iuvt'
Il ton. "Tte lhasks are due 10 you f.s cra
IN ing "ur enfcrtainn1eut, tatd the euke, tisI
- 70 greet her. There we're = dozen pcol
" standing routd. and 80 The thipg Was d..
ia without difficulty. Al that mo.neuL the
i{o | came q Eolice that their royal highuesi
were On the ground, and the dafe, OF cour
1r- went OF to meet them. Thcru was MOI
be word mora a:.okc between thA duke q
,iEn Madame Goeslcr On taxt afternoon.
1ur fh5ness did not come tll1 late--till ecv,
Ial | when the bauquot waa over. think he v
ne risht in tuis. % the oanquastng In tents 10
i ! in cCrntnrt almost rnnrc than it gains 10
nance a small picnic may le very ~
give TO dinner on the ground the secu
~. | muxt IL. s1tr7nertt.d-abd buu,Nn natntr II
NV , ~ rnnr A. far In nurxnit NJ the b.autifnl
ne tnE huaa q, h.s ~. " Ine ~
.~ fhrned cfrru,n !, ,nnrre wifi pi,nv. Ther-f
81; | onf ui.h ,hr rt,.d ruex nnt win the ssl,
- y - srs ,hr chlrkcns- md thr N ,mn,cre. !;
W W NJ hetteT mar bi lei us rtcrnit hnnan
INK no Nns ,,,,us nss W, .et ~, ua 'sss' uam1o
had tuie p s!.aax apou .'ts Mu*s, ,, -. .et
nus n. en.i w. ~ ~ t,..t ss W., " ..sIG, shs
... thr cushion FINN fhe wn onnrt r. IL sn1il
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psn ret .hs .horid tate +, III In, 10 ~,
n. ~Mi sin,tt y rt,ntact .omevh.t clnxcr :
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