The Morning herald., 1876-08-23

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r., aissf this eysnipg AZ alyays ccn.tivedI
that Ws should take Onr twilight stfolls IN |
company, and that should nsySr lose
sight Of her for more than lew minutes
together. Yet even with this precan&ion
I proved to,bes a,vsry simple and shostH.|
sighted gOxerneas after al, q 60 EsisE55S 70
4 We had been st Hollywood . whole
month"; and I began to wonder when We
should return home, q. Zillah was quite
we'll, indeed more blooming than I had
ever seen her. Mr.. Le Poer made himself
Visible once or tWice, ct rare intervals; be |
had always "abusinew in Dublin or|
country visits tn pay."g His son acted u
regent ia his absence- always supposed
BY his desire; peyersheless + ofien noticed
that these two lights Of the family never
shone together, and the fathers expected
arrival was the signal Of Mr.. Augustuss
appearance for some days. Nor did
the girls ever allude to their brother. l
thought family quarrels might perhaps
have lessoned them in this, and 30 was not
surprised. < II WAS certainly q relief to oil
wien the head Of the family again De-
parted. W. usually kept his lstfers for /
him, he not being very apxioqsabcpt them,
for which indi6erencs q I Afterwards cons
pretended, be might have good reasors
Once there came q letter. knew from
whom -marked in tho corner, IF absent,
70 hsopanedeby Miss Pryor .DlaeG Gresly4
surprised was I to flnd it contained . bank.
note, apparently hurrisdly enclosed, with
this brief line: aIf Zillah requires more,
let me know at once. Z She must have
es.-y luxury needful for her health. "A.
S. ihe initials meant certainly his name
ANDREW Sutherland could Lobe
mistaken in the hand, Yet it seemed vsiy
odd, as ] had no idea that he held over her
more tfiana nominal guardianship, just
undertaken olit Of charity To the orphan
and from his having slightly known her
father. Atlsast 40 Mr.. Le Poer told me.
The only solution l could find was the
simple one of this being gift springing
from tho generosity Of q heart whose good.
ness knew but too well. However, to be
quite sure, I called Caraline into rcoupselI
linking, silly a. she was, she might know
something Of the matter. But she only
Uttered, locked mysteriossly important,
and would speak clearly on nothing, sx-l
cept that We had perfect right to use-the
| money-Pa always did; and that she
| wanted new bonnet very badly indeed.
"A dsy or two after, Mr.. Le Poer, return-
| ing unexpectedly, tookthe note into his
iown possession, saying smilingly, "That
! it was all right and I heard no more.
But if / had not been the very simplest
woman in the world, should have cor.
tsinly suspected that things were not 'all
right" Nevertheless, I do not now won-
| ier At nv blindness. How could I think
otherwise than we'll Of a man whom in
nocently supposed to be a friend of MIR.
Sutherland? A
tZillah, my dear, do not look 80 disap-
pointed. There ia no help for it. Your
uncle told me before he left us that We
must 90 home next week. So said ], try
ling to say it gently, and not marvellins
that the girl was unhappy at the near
prospect Of returning to her old miserable
ass: ttsss fuks as e bite, ass.1 that almost
longer stay. Still, human nasurs shat my
pleasure should be the poor ehild's PAIN
"Don't cry, my love-" went on, seeing
her eyes brimmfng, and the coler coming
and going in her face-strange changes
which latterly, on the most triaing occa.
sions, had disturbed the apparent stolidity
of her manner. "DOn't be unhappy
,hings may be smoother now; and am
sure your cousins behave better and kinder
Ito you than they did; even the lieutenant
j Is very civil to you" A sparkle, which
| was either pleasure or prids, flashed from
| the girls eyes. and then they dropped, un'
able to meet mime "Be contsnt, deal
child; oil may be happier than you ex
Ipest. You must write to me regularly =
| YOU can write pretty well now, you know
you must tell me all that happens to you
and remember that in every thing you car
| trust me entirely" Here / was astonishet
|. .tby Zillah's casting herself at my knees, as
sat, and bursting into storm Of. tears
Anxiously asked her what was tn
matter. -,., 4. -. -, ,..,.., az, N ~,
Fl TO BE CONTINUED.
!, Psnnsylvania Items.
The Durham Iron Works, Doylestown
.ra roinU ont az blast for repairs.