The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-09-24

j L lelG dnNlnlD2 IKE the utter 4flet alit
i desolation of that time, when though
of Nora, with her extraordinary beau
ty, thrown upon the wide world witt
no other protection than that druukei
! old mother
"Well, time passed on, and when
Il was eighteen / lett Eton and wen
into the Guards. My mother took
house in Hertford street, and liveC
with her. / went everywhere an6
was made much Of was heir tC
WyYille Castle aud fifteen thousand I
year-to say nothing of the baronetcy
and could haYe married-as my un,
Gle and mother were telling meal
most any body I chose. But did
not choose. Strange as it may appear
never met girl could care for
never Inet any one who could make
me forget for one moment, my child
| ish love. ] grew tired OF everything
sooner than most men, and at twenty,
! having obtained several months leave
OF absence, started for tour in the
East, with my old friend Baynsford,
who was then Captain Fellowcs.-
| When we were at Smyrna, / received
a letter from my mother, telling me
that nv uncle was going to be mar
ried. As l had been taught from
my childhood to consider my
self his heir, You may fancy with
what feelings of disgust received
the Intelligence. My mother wrote a
very iliegible hand, and moreover,
always crossed her pages, eonsequent-
iy deciphering her letters was no easy
task. / could not make out the name
of my uncle's tiaRcee, although Fell
loves and | sat up half the night
trying to discover it. Ny mother
said Sir Rupert had met her in Paris,
and thought the word we could not
decipher looked like a French name.
London was no place for me now,
I determined toleave the Guards and
exchange into some regiment going.
to Canada-a country was particu-
Iarly anxious TO see. We fingered q
great deal of the time in out-of-the
way places. where we saw no papers.
Thus missed reading the announces
ment of my uncle's marriage. When
[ arrived in town heard of nothing
bnt the extraordinary beauty of Lady
Wyville and many were the warn
ings l received--half in jest-half in
earnest--not TO tall in love with my
aunt, 1t was very odd, but I felt no
curiosity to see her. On the contrary
the idea of making her acquaintance
was rather repugnapt to me. s
81 left card for my. uncle in Gros-
yenor square, day or two after re-
turned home, at an hour when knew
she would be out and declined, on
"a plea of prior engagement, an invi-
tation that | received to dine with
them the following evening. m
rio flao,.o m G,
a large ball given at the Russian EN-
bassy. / heard, directly entered the
house, that my uncle and his bride
were there; but there was great
crowd, and / never caught sight of
them. Towards the end of the eve
ming, Just as / was going away, the
Duchesses de- came up to me in
the conservatory, and told me that
my uncle and aunt were just then on
The staircase.
You must come and see her George,
she said to me; she is perfectly beau
tiful.'
81 made some commonplace reply,
such as that it was only very pretty
women who admitted tho beauty of
others, and then, with the little Duch-
esse on my arm, | went TO greet my
ulSlCf dtaA Ills u A0Es ..i5 s ll =
.sShe was dressed all in White-not
the faintest trace of color about her
and ier. lovely face turned as white
as her bridal wreath, as she came face
to face with me. It was Nora-Nor
whom had last seen in rags, barefoot
ed, asking aims IRON passers-by, and
now. met again thus-at an ambassa-
doris ball. and talking to foreign
prince! ssfe l8 adi
'My uncle introduced me to his
bride, and made aprofound bow, and
with face as white as her own, con-.
graduated her on her marriage, and
expressed the qualification / felt at
making her acquaintance. a1atHI IS
'iShe gave me such look, poor.girl,
/ knew then that she had nottorgotteD
mas a I passed on with the Duchesse
into the ballroom, and felt, rather
saw that Nora turned to look after US.
'Is-she not beautiful ?" nay COM
panion asked me with leyity. sAh, I
was right. I could see you were des-
perately dpris with her, What is it
you English call it.? Love at first
sight. Take my advice, mon ana, and
do not see too much of your lovely
aunt g.8 k.f}f.sf s.4s7s sfs 5lils.
oA9AAf 4OAAOft OAA az NAcS9 = CeAAO >
4 mean to see as little of her as pos
sible.' sse.S. a. aas5l .,oi 58ss s
Something in my voice made my
companion glance up and then, with
true tact and good breeding, she has
tened 10 change the subject. She was
a kind-hearted little woman, in spite
of her trifling language. Iknow that
never again TO me or any living being
did she recur to what she had noticed
that evening and that she had no.
ticed more than she chose to say felt
certain. IS i.-6a 49, es
81 never saw Nora again so as to
speak to her during uncle's Lifetime
/ exchanged at once into a regiment
under orders for Canada. There re-
manned three years, until the death of
Sir Rupert recalled me-to England
Nora had no children, so / was now
Sir George WYville. fShe might as
bitterly. | met her once at our solic-
itor's upon business, just alter my re-
turn home and that was the last time
lived entirely in London, doing an
immense deal of good, ! believe,
among the Irish poor. But her ca
She only survived Sir Rupert four
years. To me she died the hour she
became his wife. She wrote to me
once alter she became a widow, telling
me all the circumstances of her mar
riage-how that Sir Rupert had res
eued her from life OF beggary in the
street, and sent her to school for four
years, and that then she had felt her
self bound in honor and gratitude to
marry him.
She concluded her letter by ex-
preassing hope that we might still
be friends. Friends / had 70 more
friendship to offer her than mad love
10 offer any other woman; and my
uncle's widow was sacred in my eyes,
IL never saw Nora, again.
81 believe the world talked good
deal about my strange conduct toward
my aunt, and pronounced it to be
very bad taste now that had come
into the title and estate. Only the
Duchesse de - / fancy, gave me