The Morning herald., 1877-10-22
PQcAtAG EAA Atsa3GAMA
svN AND SORROW.
ny WATTS Phillips,

SIN kA4~A> ~
by WATTS PHHLL1PPs,
,o or "FoR A WoMANS SAKE" "DRIvEY
uIn u'M HOME" JENNY GRAY; or, A WOAAh'S
i'oA vLs0EANCE," ETC, ETC.
.uou=- proceeded to inonrovA nor Oh
OlI nT viii show you, uncle, how this mar
oge might be-and it must be!'' very
'Ynlv n and decidedly said Augusta.
T,hen she drew her chair very close to
,to If the Baronet, and for full hour
' ,nuod or with him on the matter in question
-hat ID. she made her uncle believe that
" Iva was arguing with him, but he was per-
;t+o1 scarce a word, and she, strictly
'eaking, was debating and commanding
,edience to his good will and pleasure.
At last, both rose from their chairs; the
nfarence was about to terminate.
"You have pledged your word, uncle, to
i in this only as l shall directT
"Oh. should he ever come to know y
,uddered the Baronet
81 will make that next to an impossible
- Augusta said, resolutely. "But if,
,eed, one day he should by some strange
,,ncp which had been overlooked and un-
rnvided for, learn the little trick that had
IN played upon him, his great love for
nsaHe would compel him to pardon and
rget it.
line Baronet shook his head doubtingly.
And Augusta had spoken that which was
,e very opposite Of her most earnest belief
a nrtctice with her by no means uncom-
lon; she had spoken also against her most
amcst hope
.SIhe opposition which, from Rosalie, I
m certain at the outset to encounter, shall
\" said Mistress Camelford, with a dig
fled benevolence, ''for one moment, dis
purten me in the resolution | have formed
make her wealthy and permanently
appy." -,
Good creature-good creature p Sir
cnas mechanically mumbled.
"All ask of you is, first to speak to Ro-
Lie, and to tell her that for her own spec
GOOD it is necessary she should obey me
all may command Of her, and that ap-
e. from me, to you, her father, would
vail her nothing-you will promise me
hatr' concluded Augusta.
The Baronet did not Immediately reply,
nd looked ill at ease, and nervously tig56-
about the room.
Mistress Ca1neford waited for taSJ pro-
Use from her uncle which she tls.d Ju,t
pIcited that he would give her; lookl1l:;
be while disdainfully and scolnft.1ly
pwarls him, as he pottered, munbling and
ervously shaking, about the room, and
hen she had, as she considered, offered
i'm ample time for decision concerning
er request, repeated it, not in the same
pnied voice as before, but in loud and
brupt tones, which caused the poor old
aronet to tremble and to stammer forth,
bat whatever she chose to command, that
ould he do.
Both you and Rosalie will, before long,
forced to own the very heavy debs Of
latitude which shall make you owe co
e" Augusta, returning to her smooth md
Ply way Of speaking, said. Sand from you,
ear uncle, for your share Of this business,
shall ask no more than you have ALREADY
Fonised, except that you be silent alwaJ )
bncerning it, and will not, under any clr-
umstances, attempt to recall Tat per-
lssion which already you have g ven loe to
ct in all things relating to the matter nov
hand precisely and only as it sn.il
lelse me p
Somehow the Baronet was glad Oh this
Faslon to escape as quickly as possible
ON Augusta's presence, and to hasten ro
own room, and if sufficient cohercncy
thought were left to him for that, to re-
Pctlons which would prove to him the
Verse Of consultations.
Mistress Camelford, on the morning foi-
wing the conversation with her uncle,
hlch we have just related, called together
the servants Of the house, several Of
nom had lived with the Baronet for very
amy years, arranged with them for their
emedlate departure, and sulnmarily dis
pSsed without assigning any reason for
lat' to them, was most puzzling pro-
telling.
Inc old servants had not been gone an
P'r when their places were supplied by a
W set, who could not possibly know any
lng OF the affairs of those for whose SER
Cos they had been engaged-and the
f'ants who had now come amounted to
half the number Of those whom Angus
mad just before dismissed, and amongst
l'n was not Laura Hutchinson; the sery vices
'iiat worthy confident were now more than
cr Il necessary to her mistress.
'Grence Hartley arrived, as he had
DIllsed that he would, and was welcomed
ttn ; much warmth by Mistress Camelford;
~ the hearty welcome which she gave
II was in perfect sincerity, for was he
'Ae instrument which she required for
completion OF that vengeance which
~ u since she had commenced.
me baronet's reception Of him whom he
= long before accepted as his daughters
lure husband, was rather perplexlng to
,v ,,t gentleman; for Sir Jonas idgeted and
uttered words which Wera very indistinct-