The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-10-13

Philip Helmsleigh's sisters, meanwhile,
were thinking that his trip to the tropics
must have ginen him brain fever. When
he first told them the romantic story of
Efie Darlington, they were interested to
the point of saying they should certain
ly1ike togo and look at her-not that
thoy believed Raymond had been such
fool But when their brother told
them that their curiosity could be graft
ted very easily, as he had promised Miss
Bablngton that they should call on her,
their scornTul surprise knew no bounds,
and well grounded fear sprung up IN
their minds that Philip was greater
fool than Raymond.
4 Helmsleigh Hall was their brothers
property, and it was their only home by
his good will and pleasure. Accordingly
they had no desire to offend him.Iy But
on the other hand, it would be equally
bad policy to suffer him to drift into
tmatrimony with any one just yet -+more
especially with such a one as this girl,
who had "no antecedents.p 1T may here
be remarked that the poor penniless girl
had never been directly called to render
up 'antecedents," and as she, never.
thought of Wanting them it was not
known In these regions how unexception-
al they were. Her father had been q
naval officer. Her mother the only
child of a benefited clergyman. There
was nothing. for poor Effie to shrink
from, when "her antecedents" were on.
the taps, save the death of her parents,
and the distress which had ensued.
Nevertheless, her cheeks did tingle,,
when the rumor reached her that the
Misses Helmsleigh, aided and allotted by
their married sister, Mrs Warning, were
going ITO take strong measures to. stop.
their brother Philip disgracing himself
by ha wing any thing moreto do with "a
girl otfuwhose antecedents they knew
nothing" qazGi99A
Nothing more to do with her ~ and he
had had so littlt to do with her already,
she thought, morunfully, Just fewscalls
from him, always made with a perfect
and with kindly motive. Sometimes
he had come in company with the
rector of the parish, who had found out
that the care-taker at Helmsleigh Cot
tage would be the very person, of all
Others in, the world that he mad known,
to whom he would most willingly intrust
the education of his two little priced
motherless children. Sometimes Philip
Helmsleigh had come in this good mans
company, and at others he had come
alone. But vulgar gossips was busy with
Effie's name now and 30 he grew more
chary of that presence which was like
the sun to her-more cllary of that pre-
sence until he could make up his mind
as to whether he could bestow it to her
altogether or not. d3oio A9lHE6h
ri At length there arose a report in the
land that Raymond Helmsleigh was COM
ing home, and Fife began seriously to
think about bestirring herself to find an
other resting place for the fair young
head that had to bear such heavy bur-
den of toll and uncertainty. The gov
erness market was overcrowded, as she
had tested, to her sorrow, before this.
The price she received for her sketches
barely repaid her for the sums she ex-
pended on paper and paint. She was
not fool, and therefore did not believe
that she had the powerto write, if only
she had the will to exercise that power
"a form of folly very frequent among
young ladies who find themselves inca
pable of originating an idea themselves,
or understanding an original idea in 9TH
ers. She was sorely put to, to devise
some plan whereby she might live re
putably, in fact; and in the midst, of her
perplexity about life, she was in little
distress about love- In fact, poor creature (!
she had lost the only thing of value she
had in the world-her heart; and though
she knew where it was, she had not lost
it the less surely for that know ledge.
1t may occur to some people that Fife,
in her poverty and perplexity, must
often have regretted her harsh refusal of
Raymond Helmsleigh's hand. But. truth
to tell she never did do this. On the
contrary, she rejoiced heartily that she
had had the courage not to solve her
difficulties in that way, telling herself,
|shudderinglNFthatD if she had married
Raymond she would have been wretch
ed woman, for she felt that she was pre-
ordained to love his cousin; and even
though (sad fact y it did not appear as if
his cousin felt preordained to love her,
still anything was better, than to be the
wife Of one man and in love with ano III
er. oil G3 h9trs.iilftfff,ssr., 4s..,,,l., ~
But while she was considering and be-
moaning herself, Mr.. Philip Helmsleigh
was makingup his mind; and he was
considerably aided in this process by his
sister Alicia-the one who looked with
kind eyes on Raymond "Ycu ought to
try and remove that person before Ray
mond comes home, Philip" she said to
her brother one day. CATER the reports,
and her absurd conduct in settling down
in his house, just as if she couldn't have
got employment anywhere else, it will
be horrible if she isn't gone before Ray
mond comes home" ~.s.s..ss
* 'Are you afraid he'll fall in love with
her again when he sees her ~ Philin