The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-06-25
THE WARNING.

i nsfosr Of meditation. They we're old rlends,
y alebool. fellows and college ohums; and William
Harareayes had Just come up to town, in or
der. to accompany bis friend the next day into
the country, to assist, according to promise
aof many years standing, at the ceremony OF
his marriage. ~. -
.iYon ssy, James, that your lady-love is to
,ha inaITied from the house of her cousin.
Lady Berry" s,
"Don't you like the arrangement" Z" the
.a af.san hardly say that don't like IL, Will
liam. and vet. If had had my choice,
Eould rather that it had been otherwise.
.IzHe was silent again; and his friend seeing
that there was something which he dd not care
to explain, asked NO further questions: but
!, continued smC king; leaving 1t to his n1eno
isaifher to continue or change the conversation.
Presently Baintree threw the end OF MS
IT will tell Won tho story. William, and you
shall Judge fer yourself. need not say that
it is not to 20 further. No one knows 1t. :. !.
bsheve.: except those concerned; ana We e,,a ah Al
story to get about. Lneed not tell You that
IneYer was believer in ghosts, apparitons
or the supernatural in any way. You remem.
-.ber shat at college was always ready to enter
:. into any amount Of argument With men VINO
believed moro or less in the supernatural;
you,. yourself, having Scotch blood IN your
veins, had rather leaning toward wraiths.
was utterly more 1ulous. Having recalled
this TO your memory, will go on with my
IT was in the autumn Of &c, rather better
than two years ago now. that i was staglng
down wit Sir Peter and Lady Berry at Wen
ming Park. 1t was very pleasant place to
etay at: one of those houses where man can
do lust what he pleases. Sir Peter was, or
rsthara ais, man of some six or seyen-and.
: foi ~. He came into the barohetcy rather
IoeIpectedly, through series OF deaths.
and the news reached him in India, where lie
had been for many gears, and where ne occn-
made an ample fortune, and at once came
home and took possession OF Wenning Park,
which was entailed with the baronetcy. DE
was quiet man. given to study; but his dis
pos,tlon was sipgularly genial, and he has one
Of the most pleasing smiles ever saw. "A
year ater his return he married. He met his
wife down at the eea-side, believe; sbe was
the aasen..er Of d clergyman. SIS SS nef father
was dead. and she lived al me with her
mother know nothing about the wooing.
but should imagine that LUCY don't know
her fnslden pame-married the baronet prln-
cipally for h,s money. She was about one
snd.twenty. and very. pretty orlght g15i.
However they seemed eappdS ppd %ss never so
bsnoS "A Vheii he saw her surrounded by
voppr people, and enjoying nee:cssslt to the ut
-mo6tgAt the time Lam speaking OF they hao
heer, married three years. 1t had peep q
,,eoat niea snnt visit; fhe people in the house
had been o remarkably good SET; partldges
shad been abundant, and. above an nso peen Na
ENGAGED in strong frtatlon W1'n aIoe te.h Ss
rers-and I think that even then We naa LII LII
,nnr VISIT 10 the Berrys. Time had gone on.
,Yhe rest OF the guests dropped on. ana tneIe mere
oniv remained clara and Alice Ferrers, Iom
Tar,l,ncEbe married Clara this sprng-my-
sejf and man named Pellatt. Peiiatt vas
one OF those men one meets every%nete~aI
dances or flower shows, or ID tne path, oi. iI
SoL. everywhere. He was one OF those men !
csy,,s hear. q sneering, cynical fellow, ana
Hardlne thoroughly agreed with me. ecouia
10 nleasanr when be chose, and Kept an en-
tire}y iilfferens tcne for women from ina.
Vhlch he usei with men. he was great
fayorite,Iw with them, as. straneey enough,
most men are who are generaHy, oetesteo W
naonle said. though never could see it my
self: his features, however, were certainly
oood. and when his face softened, as 1T did
Vhen he Was talking With any woman 10 WHO'LL
he was trying to be agreeable, i caG unoei-
stand their being taken with It. ANYHOW, ms
name has been coupled WIN s tnns,edoe enas VI M he e
s.e. AZ Wenn,pe Park before went there, and
he ala, ed On now, talking frequently, as dld
10th Harding and /, OF leaving, bet suffering
himself very easily to be persuaded Dy pr
Peter into staying q little longer. From tae
1irst had seen that he was very attenttVe 10
his hosiess: not obtrusively 30, quite the con-
t-arr In fact he spoke to her more seldom
than did most other men staying IN the house.
II w.s in The change of tie tone OF his voice,
and the sudden sotteDing OF tne halG Iace'
that I could detect the game ne vas Playine.
As time went on. saw that she potleeo u, 700,
and. whnt vas more, that she nSeo IL. ~ Mse
ant tbat sbe fIlrted With him. she was rather
oiven TO ilrtation, and 1 had seen her engaged
Zone or two little affairs on q previous Ylslt'
INF these had been open, ,undigul5ed tlrtaaons;
me, civ The result Of high spirits and love OF
finn. There was nothing OF this with feiiatt'
: She seemed infected with his own quiet way.
When she spoke to hun ber voice !" "as i1"ef es
and softer. and her fingers had frlck OF
.nervously play.ne with the flowers or anything
else she had in her hand. 1t struck me. too'
fhst she avoided him as II she Was atrald'er n'm.
and that even ahen she was not appsrentiy
Watching him, she yet knew or feit ThaS no
was doug l have seen her Wnen ne ap-
nroacnSd her even from behind move suddenly
forward and beg1n to talk eagerly and rapldlV
with any one else who Was near. VI course,
said nothing OF my ideas on the subject as
ionr as he house was full; but when there
renamed only the party have named, un-
burueued my MUD 10 HardlnS, VINO was On
Old freud OF mine, one day when we were oue
shooting together. Tom was altogether OF
nv oplpion apd seeed that PeLlatt meant nls- rs
chief lhe question was. What was 70 Pc
donep Neither OF us, though We talkso tne
mater over and over again, could hlt upon
anythlue practical. You see Har4raVes. IL Is
a very tlckl,sh question to interfere IN an al,
far or this sort Difficult and delicate at all
tlmes-for no one thanks ynu. and yon are
SURF to be looked upon as meddllne tool
tretly 80 when you have not shadow OF PROOF,
and notriug but your own vague susplcons "
rely upon. L.o, 30
Olc.urse, our best plan would have been 10
have eoue away at once as Pellatt could nsroiy
have outs ayed US; but, you see We were Dotn
du SerieI1 with the Ferrers, aud lntendtd sei-
thing the business before we left; so we persua-
ded ourselves that. II it was broken on now. IL
would renewed IN London when there was
no one to watch over her, aud that it was best
to let the game be played out under our eyes
Uuop Que point We were agreed, namely. that
we would inturtere when it. became absolutely
necessary; but whether our interference should
take the form OF an opening OF Sir PEERS eyes.
or or an 1ntJma atlon to Peilatt TO give 1t ~,
under threat Of assault, and battery, we could
no. hnaliy deiermIue. Al auY rate, We were
determined to save Lady iierry.
Well, tine went on and it only wanted TWO
DAYS 10 tho time finally fixed for our leaving.
Ha, ding and I haG been out for our last aaSs 9