The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-05-20
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{ that nothing could ever change tina
2 Cousins contemptuous, cruel treatmen
, nothing, except either her own alb
/ sence, or that Of Cornelia, from Mrs
Stanhope's house. 1t was very hard
. poor Laura tearfully meditated, being
J called upon almost daily and hourly tC
bear the covert sneers and SCOTS Of ont
she felt to be her moral inferior. How
a pair Of manly blue eyes, that she had
once known and loved to gaze upon
would have flushed with indignation
! in the old days of eOurtship, had she
4 told that brave lover Of hers any story
J of injustice and insolence ike thai
which she could now tell.
"Oh, let me bid goodbye to all hope
less loIgings," the girl at length MUIR
INJURED. I" He can not know-he is far,
far away-he has, perhaps, forgot
She somehow could not tell herself
that he had forgotten her. And so she
sat in her little chamber, and dreamed
that he loved her still very, very dearly
and that they would one day meet.
Again there came knock at the
door, this time servant SAIL Mis-
Cornelia wishes, Miss LySs slIltlt you
will please come down stairs and ar
range her hair for the opera this even
ing"
Five minutes later, Laura stood
meekly behind her Cousins chair ar
ranging COrnelia's glossy tresses as
somehow only her nimble fingers could
arrange them. This work performed,
! in countless minor details of her toilet
| Cornelia did not hesitate unblushingly
! to 9siE Laura's taste and assistance.
'rou really would make capital
maid," Miss StanhOpe remarked, as
! she surveyed her costume in an OppO-
site mirror, being now thoroughly
/ dressed for the opera. ''Marie,O glanc-
/ ing toward her French femme dc cham
/ 6rc, " will have to look out for her lau-
Fels. Here, Laura, just carry my white
merinO cloak down stairs, won't you,
while / follow l want you to pull out
the folds of my dress when / reach the
dining-roOm, so that these hounces
may not look tumbled as l receive Wis
count Ellery."
Certainly" Laura said, receiving
the cloak which her cousin offered.
Miss Stanhope and her cousin had
been in the dining-rOom about five min
utes, when the former glanced impa.
tiently toward 4 clock OH the mantel,
eXclaiming, =" 1t is certainly very odd
that Lord Ellery doesn't make his APP
pearance. He ought undoubtedly to be
here by five minutes to eight o'clock
besides, Faust is my favorite opera,
and don't want to miss u note of il.
Mamma''-to her mother who had just
entered" isn't it strange that Lord
Ellery is so late ?'
Just as COrnelia finished speaking,
a double knock sounded at the front
door.
"That is he :" exclaimed the young
lady. " 1 am so glad" Then, after
about three minutes had elapsed, and
the knock had again sounded, -" What
is the reason, mamma that our door is
Lori Ellery being obliged to knock
twice! 1t s.perfectly scandalOus."
/ sent Robert on an errand just af-
ter dinner" Mrs. StanhOpe began,
" and-&-u-
"Oh, of course snapped Miss Cor
nelia; then, turning sharply toward
her cousin, Laura, go the door"
But Laura Lyon stood as still as a
statue.
"Do youNhear me ?n Laura ." ex-
claimed Miss Stanhope.
Perfectly" was the calm response. .
II told you to go to the door"
Al know it."
S''xou mean to disobey Isuppq
inn inent creature.p
"Corneliav' interpOsed her mo-
pleading voice,
"Once again, Laura Lyon, 1
you to answer the knock"
"Is my position in this house noS
ter, COrnelia, than that Of q servant =
Laura spoke the words in tones which
a faint, almost imperceptiblel sluiver
shook; otherwise her demeanor was
perfectly calm.
''NO, was the unhesitatIng answer.
'YOu are merely menial-nothing
more"
"Very well; in that case, will obey
She left the room with a steady step
though her wounded heart was beating
passionately, rebelliOuslyi>in her bosom.
With a steady hand, too, she unfasten-
ell the hall-dOor. a gentleman was
standing outside.
care Mrs. and Miss Stanhope at
home?' he asked, politely. And his
voice made poor LaJJra's heart beat
quicker than ever.
'Earnest," ;" she could not help muir
muring, "cdl1 it be you?'
'Jaurav' The gentleman had
caught her hands in both of his. and
Laura" he went on, in tremulOus
tones, "what miracle is this? l have
sought for you ever since my return
from India, but to no purpose. At the
house where you formerly lived they
knew nothing of you. And now to
find you here, in Cornelia Stanhopc's
house! l can scarcely believe my SEN
ses p'
"You could not have cared much for
me, Ernest Bedale,o DOOR Laura said
through her tears, Hbecause-because
you have never written me a line since
-since-i
written you, Laura? L wrote no
less than fQQr times"
"Then the letters mis-carTied, Earn
est, Tor i neyer0o
"FOr heavens sake. Lord Ellery,
what is the meaning of all this? I was
not aware that you knew my cousin,
Laura Lyon" Cornelia Stanhope
spoke, standing on the threshold of the
dining-roOm door, her face a picture of
CONSERVATION.
Laura was not a bit aWed by her
cousin just then, however.
CELERY, Z" she exclaimed, turning
toward her old lover. FWhat does this
mean, Ernest? Your name is"
''Bedale just the same, darling, as the
family name; but Ellery is my title.
The recent death of my unmarried
uncle suddenly made my father a mar
quis, and me, consequently, viscOunt.
Riches came to us, also, unexpectedly
at the same time, and by the same in
cident."
tAnd SO Cornelia's grand Viscount
Ellery was all the while my own dear
Ernest ?' Laura said, quite OblivbDus
of her Cousins presence.
Eyes, darling" Lord Ellery said;
land am sure that your cousin COrne-
liza will congratulate me on having
found my lOng-lost sweetheart"
Did COrnelia StanhOpe congratulate
her cousin? She was Obliged to do 50
at Laura and the ViScount's wedding,
q month later. But there are some
smiles that mean frowns-some bless
ings that mask curses.