, 1874-10-24

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aaasils n1o'y 6" enanEo us fdohtai n.rncs,are'
Walking to tho window, stood thoro lnoEinE out.
i}lit mllat llo saw thnfo wall = mr. dsnetoht p1-
',fe irotn rem tug ineannEoHs alnccn-Wofk ad ~
, aara !ttlo hatco"s OF ner9as llo t"sy,--a PIC
s'o,,, darketlea VIII ScaIa anu ,n1asea IoohB
no",i rom lta heiGnt' taf eyer foitlnE neansW r.
s. "ua" nu orc.aEast a1lt to tiSoy ~; f'asIl M III
au at,,t w ' ,St"nn 1 ~ o'u Eoano Mia "" n.s
~ m'' H. oIne snrI, ao ntgns ".a Jno r1aus anu
rn.s ~ .lo snorr. ,,ati ~ asa ~, .it
os3",od ~" XXX Wv na' "is y,,n
stna ,cn,,,p.r i1,w ~ S,nr ,a+ t;, or,o
ni",,Ior foot noiso,l IN tho crnumct,h ,ha,I h Ic1
VIII" s,,nuv faro l,u1, no ,vi1, ,mnnrnra us
rl,nrm of fonncirv NJ din "r tftu " h.r 1rn.t
blacls-lasoi1. gray oyca to tho oyoy joojug down
into tlcn,. Aud these tsgo woro 1Iigy Uouttonay
| nul ln,Belr.
TtoY lad beou something ,nore thnn "o1d ac.
| 1uaiuianccs;" hertly loyorp, and yot gomoth,uu
vory like It. III that tins past scarcely yot 3
over Tho atory no Ind neyer pull lnto vortla.
And tint he hid noyor p,,t 1t into words was duo
| to that samo dangerous charm OF couuetry It
! yas very bowltciliug certainly, but triflo
| nlarmi,,g, too, Tic gamp waB very protty to
watch, lit ho ind no idea of putting hia heart At
her moroy. to ps played haek an, forth lho tho
to lot hor hold ut him got too atrong; and,
w.en l,o found 1t becoming 20. lo took rofugo ii
flight, ns1l believed that ele would soon eole to
po to lin llIo other fareios mart ant1 gono Duk
,over forgotton hor, and this SECOND ,noatng
uutIor circ,1n,ata1,cea 90 diiToront Ind moved
hin, moro than .,o Womb have earod to own. lie
| felt such pity NJ hc thought Of her ,nsfor-
nhno OH her life to tl,aw tint little oy cr,,at
Which Ind gathered about hor alouo in tho
shadp, Yho wna cold aud conatraincd with hin
nom, naturally enough: but ho vou,ti proHout1y
l II, ~. 1.AS.. ~.
yoy, coquettisl, oyon, anything would bo bottor
t,nn that ''corroctnosa which, his eistor
praisod and Which wau lnto1orablo to him In
sspsss s s Sss to s 10 aafe1sss a o ss eI o. ep s
fuling iii 1oye with.
All OF which, If lo could 1ayo accomplished It.
| woald hayo lioon a yory uuoBtonnblo aeyyjso to
| Miss Co11rtenay in her proaont position. But be
could not, As tho days went on. not oue stop
ncnrcr could ho ;ct to her than on tho DIST. liz
nnw 1or, indeed, constantly. making. IS llo did.
hts homo with bis nisor but, for nil tho help
TINT was to him, ho might M well hare bcon tho
most formal OF yisitora. Without tho sllgltoat
afrccta.on or impoliteucaB, slc quietly Kept lin
NJ such distance tint llo had not cyon el4anee
10 ren,onatrato- once, p 4: losat aud It was
gono bororo ho fairly rcnlzod th4t hs had It.
lle WAS smoking alone In tho hybrid littlc
| apartment dignI11ed IN tho llanllyn household by
tic namn of library, when niss Courtenay Ell
| tered, From Ills position, sIlo did not Boe him
until tho door vas cloacd; then, as ho sprang
up. hile half asartou nack. .-...-.
| " You aro not 6otnE to run awn3 because
happon to 10 here: hopo, Miss Courtepay. ho
Raid, smiling. "lf 1t is absolutely necessary
that ono OF 1tB should 60. Let 1t be ma !" Spite
OF WHICH epeeeu, however, ho ulade no corre-
RpondlnT movement
hut Miss Courtet'ar, it,appea7cd, had already
ropented OF thae itrst inlniHo. "pra! don't
disturb youraclf." slio aatd my orrand hero is
merely to cot French bouk for Nirla."
Pray aliow mo- no aald. opening tne
bookcase. "What was It you wanted ?
aud 10 took down tho volume nho named
but instead Of giving 1t to her. held IT in his
ha;ld. turning over lent hore md tlcro.
''A1igs Courtonay," he said suddenly, lido yor
never think Of Old timex"
why should ilot?" sho answered, quietly.
"Dut-you arc 80 changed
7 anppogo We all change with tino." said shc
but all don't change into leo, do tuey!" Hait
Lookaley.
That il question I really cannot aNBwor
universal knowledge 10 not required from gov
or1eas." md tho gray Dyes wore lifted for q mo
ent sa With sG;m9hs =; Of thn ol gaes II thDm
tho book, pfease, Ar. LocksIey. Niua'e lesson !!
waiting"
Laura -" lo said, softly (aha had beon Lau-
m to him in those fnys.)
| Dut with 4 littlo iuratiout frown IT be.
! yo,,r pnrflO,} l)lk nv time Ia not nv own" slIt
said: AMI had taken the bool; from his hand, aut
retreatcl before lie conll gatl.or lis wits And
| nfter Tint Miss Courte,ays visits to tho librnr,
wcro mndo ut hours whon lIr, Locksloy wa;
known to 10 ont Of tho house, 30 tho woek
went, and lo coud find no Second cpport1lnlt,
without ,uoro direct uilyauco than her resory,
al|owol, aud no. aftor time. he declared to him
golf that ho no loncor desired one TINT n
was quito changed from hsr old self !; tim
she no longcr interested him. and tint il
would leave her to play proprinty unsllaturbed
which threat lle would, perhaps, undoubtedly
hayo carried out but for Ills slater:
Midsummer was coming oil, and town, as 3Irs
Gracio declared. getting uncomfortable. Useless
to appeal to Mr. uamlyn-by Il pleasant lcga
fiction, llo and llrs. l1slnlyn wcra supposed t
be one, but llo WAS really and truly weddca II
tho lcdgers ana invoices, mud all tho otler dust
counting room paraphertalia. wherein lis hear
aud aoul woyc bound up--it would llnvo don
about as much good to aux him to 20 Off for
couple Of monthH pleaguring as 1t would to re
quest t',n aa,aa fayor OF Gllosokee chief on til
Wur-tral aIra. iIa1nlyn knew thiH only to-
we'll ; but. ~ she Raid, VT was 90 stupid goin
| Mad Z" sile concluded: "do now, thcro's Il dca
boy!"
"Wol Gracio," aaiG I.ockaloy, aftor some lie
liboratio,, II will, to pIaaao YOU, on ono couui
, tou that you don't 70 to Saratoga or Newport