The Morning herald., 1876-09-06
THELOST LETTER.
II.
FROM YEsrERDAY's EDITION,

,.rr,srrp FROM YEsrERDAY's EDITION
Twenty-Five years have passed away
al,heir changes--their many changes;
snl now
neone are the heads Of silvery hair,
Aol the young that were have . brow Of
care:"
And the babe of twenty-five years ago is
nov man, ready to rush into the lhickes
m and The hottest Of the great battle If life.
|, was Christmas time; the trees were
hare on Wo ,dthorpe Chase; the lawns were
yhneped by rec lent shower Of snow, and
ri ned by a sharp frost; the stars were
coming out in the cold, cioudless sky; and
two emo nous fires, high piled with Christ
ma. logs, bazed, crackled, and roared in
,be huge oaken chimneys Of the great oak
hail. Mrs. Beauchamp and her son sat to.
gener in the drawing groom, in momentary
e1upc,ation of the arrival OF the Christ mas
gus,,s--a party Of cousins, who lived Al
sbout ten miles distance from Woodthorpe
Hal. Edmund Beauchamp was now a
yerv promising young man, having hlther-
loiuliIled the hopes aud answered The
carer of his fond and anxious mother. lie
bad already reaped laurels at school and
wegs, and his enlightened and liberal
Visws, and generous, enthusiastic mind
gsve earnest Of career alike honorable
and usefal In person and features, though
both very agreeable, he did not much re-
enbe his mother; bat he had the same
hse, soft, thoughtful eyes, the same out
ward tranquility Of demeanor hiding the
nne earnest spirit. 4tpresent he was
iIent, and seemed medi,ative. Mrs. Beau.
hamp gazed at him long and fondly, and
a se gazed, her mother's heart swelIed
NTH love and pride, and ner eyes glistened
with heartfelt joy. At last she remarked
y hope the Sharpe's new governess is as
nice a person as the old one."
"0h, much nicer" cried Edmund sud-
denly, and as il awakening from a re eserie
"lndevd! | used to think Miss Slnitl
avery nice person"
"Oh, so she was-verv good-natured anc
@iging; bat Miss Dalton is altogether {
different sort Of person."
u wonder you never told me you foune
her 50 agreeable"
"l-0h, | did not That is, yor
never ask me-"
"ls SHE young?"
"Yes--uot much above twenty. 7 shoulC
hiuk."
" Us she prettyT
VI don't exactly know he said, hes
Na'Dg and coIoring; "l surpo.e-mos
40, n%t perSons-- | should think she is.
v1, now foolish l am!'' thought Edmund
mai will my mother think OF all this?
4 then continued in more composed
lsnner-"sne is very excellent girl a
sa't sne is the daughter of a Londor
usrcaant-a remarkably hououraole mar
~Tho has Aeen ruined by these bad times
ma ma though brought up in luxury, ant
IAl 'he expec. alton Of large fortune,sht
ss' co'lorned To her circumstances in tn.
' 1ss cheerful manner, and supports, i
ST'n'' With the trui's OF her talents anc
II'uNrV, two little sisters at school. The
S"''pts are all SO fond of her, and she i:
y; w, greatest tavorte imaginable with the
A'n'Ind spoke with nnwonted warmth
H., SI n'o Ner looked at him half-aympalhiz
rs 'lali'anxiousIy. She seemed about
S'TaS, when the sound of carriage
n'I r'ITls ana the loud knock Of a foo'mar
IL. %"Ie Ss 'all'G'or, announced the arrival o
,no q" safpeS, and Mrs Beauchamp and hel
n,' Do ""ened 'u,o the hall to welcome theil
s@ Mr. b' auchamp's eye sought fol
rns s'anseF, pertly because she was /
\, SSI' an" partly from the interest il
,m 'Ef SoA r conversation had created
!, ri Ii" Dalton was the last to enter.
,a' u1oo4 hId not erred in saying she wal
b'J ""y n! girl. Even beneath the cumbrou'
N, y" " c'1Af' aad furs in which she wal
i, ,eoVtIpei yon could detect the ex
N W ~ P''po Ions Of her petite" figure
/. "aS a Sprls'4liy grace ef her carriage
''a pretty winter bonnet set off to Id
r" ~,'. = lce rrtnarkable for The intelli-
p,,,'" a"a vlvt2ity Of its expression. lIel
kE,.u uM y 'housh not regular, were small
n o,.1 u'e 'rl.Iancy of her color, though
", ,ih'l."lexion ~. was that of a brunette, leu
ID ''so'er glow TO her sparkling eyes
|ng D''ra'ed .,a Ia we'll with the glossy blacl
p"o' nv" which sha led her animated cdhn
n,s Ie' Is AT lh's moment, however, he
d iIsss' lsss. wa" carried somewhat haugh,iIy
k. h,'t, I'V was sort Of something not I'm
Aasn~, n'n''''e's or awkw ardness in he
ID ., '.u' " nc" seemed hardly natural to it
Av,IG'' uI,' was, Miss Dalton had come yer,
w. d,l's'y to share in the festivities 0
kib WI,"rte Ws Hall. She was not acqnainte,
AEo00 y dlsn'6ed lady, which Fam,
NE; AZ and d1n,'erpre1ed to mean. u very prou,
Mi, d rad from her change of circumstance
II t"SSa Iea,,u u"dnIy sensitive. she dreaded i
aps sh;s. sess tie naughty neglect or still
NJ Tav,Tf sNaI1 conde~censior, by which vuIga
lulb4yal bss,low minds mark out their se,,se |.
ts t,. i ,, social inisriority. And -tI,a there
d s,h;a:t Hss thst size held hsr HEAD = Ahiai
1fqsSited sed constraiak b J f' sssI NJ ~ y