, 1873-08-31
l-1ONORA.



esa,1o thug. Thoy used to mako tlloir angels, |
and ghosts, and sculptures Of hor lii nil thor
cl,nrateB and tabloaux, and we'll uto played tho
part. Int ono night snw hor In Btatuo Hoo,lo
Tint waa enough 10 cliill your blood, almost ns
horB waB CHILLED.
slo waa naturally rnle-nono Of tho siclly cant
Of sltin, but waxon whttoncns TINT was lovely
In tsolf to tho artistic eye, that finds pleasure In
NIL varying boauty, and whore 1t clooaos bluahcs
on one face, chooses pallor on nnothor. Dut
Honora horHolf dotested tl,is palor, aud ofton
PIT n dolicalc tlnah Of rougo upon ler check md
chin and tlon sl,o WIS beautiful with l,or straght
fnir hair banded awaY from tho classic faoe whose
profile was lilsc paycho's, aud tho long-lnBllcd
cyos That wore almost nlwaya cast down u1ldor
their snow-wlito lids. "Wlat loathly hue!"
alo would cry, IN sho looked IN tho glass. att
is a sort Of Hospital nag. It warnH everybody
OF from mo. Nobody liltoa to keep company
ns aSou fdn Nor W was sn she oer
wrong III her comparison, for sho llad nome IN.
scrutabo disoaso Of tho hcnrt that now tloy would
cal by long aud LEARNED name, hut that then
hnd no nlluo at all, Enporors not having died of
tl1nn its nnlno sinco it frequently cnnacd her to
faint quito away, and might eventually provo
moro .serions thing, IN case any. sudden shock or
on itB paaBngo through tic hoart-a thing not
ikely to hapnon to fionora, WHO was cool and
calm md uilinovcd to logrco not common uith
women, for most women linyo not sucl. earthly
lstyy mud in their chanEinE md fitting and and
cthoroal fire. But Honora lad Ind tho trouble
for half dozen yeara, and anid little or nothing
about it, and was vol aud strong IN spite Of the
occasional fninting~ft; and sho waa 80 flno md
quoonly and brilliant that gho Ind more lovers
than uGo could count on lor fingers.
For ali TINT, IIonora wan not happy. Moric-
| cal sat in tie Kings cato. bho wna such u soif~
contained, solf-balancod thing TINT nobody
cloaoly aa did, ainco to me ahe was something
OF study, for am n gossiping thing, Us you
| SOC, telling all know. But Honora took coMn-
! ecl with nobody but horso1f mud. If you eau un-
| derBtand mo, did not always tell au sho know
| evon to herself.
| 10 aa looked at her could vol discover how
li6tlegs she was when one peraon only waa absont
from tue group about hor could soe that tho
room wng e,upiy TO her If ho was not thoro. TINT
| she hoard poopie talking 10 II IN a dream, and
wished tlat gho could waken and when ho came
she woke Sic lifted tue beautiful white lids, ana
thc prcnt soft diva avos rIiatonod, ani whiie ho
eeomed to inn IN into her clook. 40 TINT then
! elo ncotlod no rolgo at ali, But ettor ali, that
| wnn polIom. for Ai,t]row Eenton Ind other calls
upon @ L,y time than thoao nonora nado. I think
he wos n lirht-miudod man. not worth the deyo-
| tion If 40 donn and strong a nature as Honora's
-of eunj1 nnture an IIonora'e miclt hnye boon
| hni rond anrola u1tiInd her. Bat that Ia tho way
of thn World II In thono men tint too frcouout-
| II rot tho devntion. And Andrew Ronton had q
eracofnl n,annor with hirn tlat was captivating
Ho j,ail y tronbnlour1sl, sort Of beauty: mon
ioyed him. and il did not ncod lis brilliant talk,
lila darfnr rdnr. his daah and glitter. to oonaner
! woman so lnnp na la had that rraoionBly soy.
orcirn wnv and that air of undivided interest
whjcil always goryod him whore bottor mon lad
foiicij
Nevertheless, Anlrow Renton might have boen
ho vas eai NJ upcortain t in % aa tho % Wind: because ho
was in this quarter to-day, it was no sign ho was
to bo tLero tomorrow. Hc lad no fl1cd pur- rr
poses, not even any preferences 10 could not
toll, IN point Of fact, whether lo liked virtue or
Summer" tho swoetost tune il the world whom
| Amabcl Durpey sang it. aud continued thinking
10 till ho hoard 1lonora sing "l1omo, Sweet
Home" He waa suso tho blucbell In HonorAa far
braids was tllo loyeliost flower that blows till l,o
anw the camollia in Amabola dark curla; tho
blondes groat roposo soomol to him absolute
perfection till he again fell in with tho Witch
cries md vivacitioa Of tho darll-eyed and rosy
checked 1ittlo beauty. IIo turned on lis finger
blood-rel rays at tho angles Of its cutting, aud
wondered Which Of those two lovely hands would
wear it, 10 il fato artl not ho wero to determine.
But boforo Amabel Bllrney crossed Lis yiuionl
ncts Of vegrancy Of no duration; antl le had
llesitatel iii his contemplated proposal Of mar
riago only bccnuEo he could not judge from llor
manner what tho anawer would DO, and Il not TILL
day H1o nad expected 10 hear tho words from his
lips; sl.o knew that sho was lis already; Bhc
felt that lie waB hers. She WIS so certain Of lia
ovo, indoed, that aho did not rool it necessary to
restrain her own fceliugg. md though s!,o cols-
Aled nothing to anybody, che loved him tendorly
and idoIntrously. And one night she had be-
trnyod it.
Ile carno, on tho morning aftor TINT fatal aycn.
ing, his Acart full-though, iii you eco, it did
not tnlso much to fill it. Ho was sure now OF
good fortune, though no words lad passed
between thom, and ho intended to complete the
mute avowal Of tho night bolore, md have Q
definite understanding III relation to their mar
riage. lIouora, OH tho night before, standing
undor the chandelier, with it's light pouring .lowi
OIL tho blondg eendree hnir and gliding it, pour:
ing over ler lraporics OF palo Silk, aud flashing
buck from hor great penrfs, seumed 10 him 81
glorious creature that llo darcd not witt longel
orc ho ela,med llor II Mo could not wait o an1
would be that 40 ho mounted the stops the noxi