The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-07-20

what application to address the matror
he had left as bride elect.
Perdennis, Welcomes thousand times
welcome! Yes, should have recognized
you; and; on N.Y. honor, do believe you
are less changed than am III spite of the
boiling sun of India" said Mr. Tremaine.
I" Is it not so Constance ?"
81 am very-yery glad to see you
again. was the reply of the lady.
i And this is your daughter, Tremaine. .
resumed Mr.. Pendennis, clearing his
throat. cat least time has done its work
here Dc you know" he added, Il expec-
ted to find Miss Trem3ine great deal
more womanly and matured We are &C
customed to see even young girls in In
dia with the manner and appearance of
prononcee women, that it is quite stat thing
to see anything SO fresh and SO youthful
after fifteen"
"Please don't begin your acquaintance
with quarrel, Mr. Pendennis," said AID
cline, shaking her pretty head rcproving-
ly. It is very in ,ulting to dpprccate
the dignity of my department al cruelty !;
and, besides, how do you know am more
than fifteen?"
How do [ know" he said, with
sigh. 1T is scarcely likely can forget"
Then turning from the girl t" her parents
he said, ought not to have taken You
by surprise N this cavalier fashion, out |
was so impatient to find myself once more
in real old English home, and | rather
wanted you to be unprepared for my COM
| ing"
His eyes turned slightly toward AIDE
line as he spoke; but the next moment
be had accepted q seat, and by degrees
the conversation became more general
"You will stay with u of course, Pen
dennis Your room will be ready in half
an hour.-eh, Constance and the car
rage"
"Can go the inn," interrupted the gen
tleman. "By the way, there are riding
horses there ALSO IF your daughter rides
Tremaine, one of them is a perfectly bro
ken lady's horse, and will DC entirely at
her command
"What fairy godfather has dropped
from the clouds, mamma" exclaimed Al
cline, when her father and his friend left
the room to carry out their arrangements
&c do believe he must have been in love
with you, mamma, or he would not be so
thoughtful and kind"
Nonsense, Adeine; he is younger
than your papa, and tney were very init
mate before he went abroad ; 50, of course
he is very much pleased to see US again.
Well, he does look younger than pa
pa, said the girl, thoughtfully. There
seems more life and ire in his face, and"
"He has not had so much trouble had
so mapy anxeties, Lima Remember your
papa has had very limited income, and
a saucy girl like you to plague him. Mr..
Pend mis- is rich. and has no one to care
about but himself"
"How sad He must be very lonely
and desolate. You had better make him
stay with us long time mamma said
Lina meditatively.
"Perhaps he would prefer home Of
his own Lima. He will probably marry"
Marry! Oh, mamma, what an idea |!
He is too old to think Of such thing !"
Nonsense, Adeline It is only your
foolish childishness that makes you think
SO. He is scarcely in the prime of life,
and with fortune that would command
any girl he liked to ask"
"He said was childish" said tie girl
petulently. "But, mamma, you surely do
not think a woman had ought to marry a
man because he is rich? ...
q did not do so, certainly, Lima but
wealth brings great attractions; and do
not suppose Mr. Pendennis would be re
fused by any one he liked to ask"
"And he could never know whether
they liked him." observed the girl " No,
! could not endure that, mamma"
Your antecedents are not very clear,
Lima. Do you mean you should not like
to be married for your fortune for if SO
you are perfectly safe I am afraid yours
will be a very slender dowry, if you have
any at all, my love-"
And having thus, as she considered per
formed her duty as wife and mother in
a truly admirable manner, Mrs. Tremaine
left the room.
! Cuthbert Penden1is found himself
alone in the pretty spare room of the Rec
tory, and for moment he forgot that
he was not once again the young and ar
dent man who had, nearly twenty years
before loved and wooed Constance Pen
fold. Leonard Tremaine and he had
both been smitten by her beauty and
gentleness they had agreed that their
sympathy in this love should not break
their friendship. Only when he left tine
presence of his beloved, a rejected and
, broken-heartcd man, he had vowed not
to marry unles it were the daughter OF her
whom he deemed the very pearl of her
! sex.
Now he had returned to redeem his
! pledge. He saw once again his early
love. Did he feel pang of jealous en-.
w when he looked upon the wife of his
TREND! Must it be confessed? He fvl,
instinckiYelY that Constance had chosen