The enquirer southerner., 1874-08-21

I .1he lawyer paused. ami GaRnOr
asked timidly :
cold And' ew, would he do p
g Capitalfy, as working master,
said the lawyer; but the books,
they must be seen to-. and then
thereis the house to be kept, and
the young children looked AFTER
VIII you come again tomorrow,
MIR. Scribe, and talk to me of this?"
asked poor Gaenor, feeling quite
bewildered.
| Her world had been shaken to
its foundation these last few days,
and she wanted time to collect her.
self.
And then she stole out Of the
house, avoiding even little Eta and
Geoffrey who vainly sought her,
their one comfort new,
l.lOut into the fields, under great
hedges, in quite copses she wander
ed, always thinking, and sometimes
prA ying and AT last, evening four j
ther standing still tliL king, bat her
] thnughts much more collected, so
hat it was almost a relief for her to
see Charles Cardonell approaching,
for she had much to tell him.
1 And the telling was very hard.
/ He had come with sorrow on his
tongue for the dead man, but glad
ness in his heart that he could claim
Ganor for his even sooner now than
he had hoped. And, perhaps, he
was even little relieved that now
Gaenor would be totally severed
from these good but humble people,
among whom misfortune had thrown
| her.
For young Cardonell was proud !;
and though he had always loved
Gaenor, he would never have asked
her to be his wife had not the GER
tainty of her noble birth and con-
nection been made plain to him !;
and as Mrs. Cardonell, he meant to
separate her from these mill folk,
and restore her to her proper sta
! ton.
His heart was light as he lifted
his hat to her at the style: but it
was very heavy and angry when
they parted. Try as he would to
shake her resolutions-Gaenor had
told him that now she could not
leave the mill-could not as vet
marry him; she must be manager,
book-keeper, care-taker for these
/ orphan children.
/ and Charles Cardonell had first
Iimplored, and become indignant.
I 1T is not fit for you, he said,
'to occupy such a post, to mix with
rough carriers, and undertake the
guidance Of a mill. I wonder you
wish it Gaenor; girl like you, of
education and family
Gaenor smiled feebly.
'Oh, Charles. can't you under>
stand 2 she said, and then she
sighed but more that Charles had
disappointed her than that her lot
was hard. She had thought he
would have seen with her that her
duty lay with these poor children,
and yet have given her some tender
words of comfort over the deferred
marriage, to carry her through the
task.
But this mans heart was shallow
er than her own, and because
Gaenor held to her determination to
remain at Marion be left her in an
ger, and went home to tell his fam>
lily that long years of association
with middle class people had so
lowered the tone of Gaenor's mind
that, despite her noble birth, she
perferred remaining at the Mill, as
mistress and manager, to becoming
at once Mrs. Charles Cardonell.
Poor Gaenor. she wept little
over her vanished dream of life, and
then went to talk to old Andrew.
There was comfort in that, at all
events, for it was evident there was
work for her to do. Half in jest
and half in earnest, Gaenor had
learned the greater part of the
management of the concern from
poor Geoffrey, and often looked
through his books, glorying in the
discovery of some sight error in his
calculations, or in his praise of her
correct adding up of long trains o.
figures. Now she had really to use
this knowledge. There was actua
pleasure in the occupation; anc
, even Andrew declared that Mis-
7 Gaenor managed nearly as well a
the poor master himself.
After the first few days of he
e changed life Gaenor had no time
for regrets or painful thoughts
e The house to manage, the children
!, to teach, the mill business to lool
: after, and all expenses to De rlglol.
= kept down for the children's sake
G was her great business. She wrot
; once to Charles Cardonell, askin
!; his pardon for any disappointment
: she might have caused him, an
K freeing him from his engagement.
:. 1t is not fair to ask you to wal
" till l shall be free, she said, 8 for
1t cannot tell when that may bt
!, These children must be my frs
le care, in common gratitude to Geo
d frey Stone. Some day, perhaps
you will see that I have not acte
ignobly In choosing the Mill instea
le Of the Grange.
The CARDINALS lived at tt