, 1871-05-11
NO. 80.

inert She answered, III think of it,
She was going upstairs to dress for din
ner. This is his own story, told with
every particular TO me. He opened the
door for her 20 leave the room. He said,
fou viii tell me what Herbert SAYS with
the gloves ? She replied, .Perhaps.'
When you have thought" When have
thought, she repeated, and walked out
into the hall.
He did not see her again till they met
in the drawing room. He took her in to
dinner. As they were passing through
the library--you know it was all done in
this house-he said, Have you thouQhtl'
And she said, Yes Yes aud yes: he
asked. Yes, she replied; but had bet>
ter send back the gloves, / think So she
did send back the gloves"
The bet had been, that she would have
an offer of marriage in fOrty~eight houis %
'She wrote, 4 have lost my bet, in
spite of your hattering note. have bad
two offers of marriage within the pre-
scribed limit, and am engaged to Mr..
Huntly. What merry Christmas It has
been-for me = There was a cool hand,
now!' aud Lord ClaveriDg looked angry.
"Still, you were not injured; she could
not have loved FOG; and you are married
to me.'' ifs
my dear one, that is the best bit of
good that came with the old acres and the
old name. But she married Huntly be-
cause he was rich; and Huntly took an
unfair advantage of e,-and never spoke
to him again. In fact, never met him;
he went out of life, and 1 went iutO it. Ny
luck parted US. He and Kate were re-
ported as being desperately happy. They
had daughlrr-why, that child must be.
nearly eighteen. Lady Mary is for ever
with them. But lived horrid life for
five years, think, and hated everybody
till loveGyou. You need not look un-
believing. lived miserable life; taxi
ing me out of it was the best thing for me
in the world. If had not been placed
suddenly where I am, don't know what
might have become ofme. Ny anger en-
shaved me. Well, after l loved you. and
we, in our turn, had TO keep Christmas
Sere, used to write to Huntly, and say I
bore him no i'll will, and wished him hap
py every Christmas. But our lives had
drifted apart, apd could not wish to see
him. Now, this year, if his son comes, it
will all get<ight. believe you have lnade
me do the right thing, Julia"
"Only we ought to have asked Mrs.
Huntly."
"What, Kater' .
"Yes; what do we care for Kate -
eo,1 ID, Hlo..1.s,,z. ttT
ought TO come. Now if Richard Huntly
says he will come, we win ask his steps
mother and Mary-fancy her being grown
up-nearly eighteen, did you say s-and
Lady Mary too. Yes, indeed We will, I
shall have our dances done on the most
forgiveness,of-irjuries principles we will
sing in our hearts, 'Begone, dull carsP to
one tune after another; we will embrace
in private theatricals and welcome in the
new year to a chorus of Hearts and
Homes Now let US walk back to the
fairy bower. 1 don't want to have any
holly cut there if l can help it," + EooH
That night Lady Clavering sent Ons
more letter to the post, Here it is:
by dear, dear, dear 6oy:-Be ready.
but don't come. When you get telegram
from me with these words, The cOnapli.
ments of the SeGson-then come, and don't
mind money. A special train, if needf1l.
There will be a carriage at the Claverine
, station. I think of nothing else. All 1
know is, we must be happy. j. C.ers
And that night Lord OIavcring, with 4
white face, said, Don't press me too far, :
Julia. You said some joking things about
that woman-About Mrs. Huntly and her
daughter. 1 can't do that Do you UNDER
stand that will nerer be, that need nev-..
er be. We can't hely feeling wounds,
though we may forgive the hands that
gave them"
She looked up into his face, very fear>
fully. "Never mind, dear. Good night
CHATTER II. s'ltIe ifla
Something of the supernatural there cef>
tainly was in Lady Clavering. Then, too
a good genius had arrived in the person Of
her mother, Mrs Beaumont did thespace
allowed permit of a long parenthesis,, it
would be placed kere in praise of that
best and, for her age, most beautiful of
women.) And certainly two fairies were
added to the council of peace in the little
ladies, Muriel and Anna, who arrived, the
perfect impersonations of love and glad
ness, with heads and hands full Of sweat.
meats, illuminated letters, plum cakes Of
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