The daily gazette., 1877-02-20

honor TO be his very good friend, Maldref
Craiton. We came on an exploring ant
hunting expedition to these wilds. LITTLE
expecting to find here fellow-collntry
woman" pi
! The young lady acknowledged the in.
Productions with bow, and respon ded:
| ~ fear that cannot Law claim to tht
same nationality with yourself. am
Cecii hosse, the niece Of Herr Brocken,
the Lutheran pastor of Zorlitz..
TO the girl, reared in that secluded re.
gon, seeing, besides her aged relative
only the rude peasants of Zorlitz, yound
LORD Glenhafn appeared very demi-god
ne was strikingly handsome, with a
distinguished presence He was about
twenty-eight years Of age, yet he retained
"a. youthful freshness Of feeling, was chiy.
alrous and noble In the highest degree.
and was not only unmarried, but be had
never loved y ,"l'"-fh 7 wv
His COMPANION, Maldred Grafton, was
ms intimate friend and distant relative.
| VINO possessed small fortune, was about
tnirty years of age, and also unmarried.
Inc intimacy between the two men was
inexplicable, for never were two persons
more unlike than Lord Glenham and
Maldred Grafton. His lordship was too
noble and unsuspicious to discern the real
nature OF his kinsman, which was sly and
scheming, intensely ayaricious, and utter.
~ INSCRIPTIONS. Yet Orafton's exterior
was plausible and insinuating; he was
singularly gentle in his manners; and his
plack eyes and swarthy features had been
TOO well trained TO reveal the secrets of
bis soul. !. .sfi-a1.I :. 7"'S'0 -
Cecil Rosse was not sufficiently skilled
n physi iognomy to read the characters of
these two men. She only knew that She
liked Lord Glenham, and with her liking
came an instructive faith in him. AS for
Grafton. she felt for him singular dis
trust and an aversion that was destined to
grow and strengthen into a stronger emo
tion. % i9s-If f.Ia 70 GF7e' - =
An increased pallor and sudden COM
preston OF her perfect lips brought. Lord
Glenham hastily to her assistance. Her
wound was but slight, and when Lord
Glenham had completed his small at
tempt at surgery, and the wounded arm
mad been well bandaged, Cecil Rose
thanked him courteously and ayowed her
Intention of fastening home.
| "We will accompany you, Miss Rosse. 81,
said the earl. "No, do not refuse. You
are not able to go alone. Lean upon me-
else shall think that you have not for
given mew ~
Cecil took his arm and led the way BY
the forest-path in the direction of her
home. Afew minutes walk brought them
out upon the steep village street and very
near the parsonage. As they entered the
little garden gate, the old house keeper,
Gretchen, came out to meet them with
loud expressions Of alarm at the evident
weakness of her young mistress. She
fairly worshipped the pastors niece, and
Cecil forced smile and disengaged her
arm from its support as she said:
"Hush, Gretchen, you will alarm my
uncle. l am not seriously hurt"
She hastened to explain the recent ac-
cident. and then invited her companions
to enter the house.
"Not now," answered Lord Glenham.
"But we will avail ourselves of your
kind invitation tomorrow"
He raised his hat courteously, and
waited until Cecil had entered the dwell
ing with her old servant, and then he led F,
the way down to the village. At little
distance from the parsonage Lord Glen
ham halted and looked back, new light
in his eyes, new glow on his face.
$50 he loves her too?" thought Graf
ton, his soul convulsed with baffied fury.
"But he has not won her and never shall. |
For l love her, too-this patrician beauty
of the Black Forest-I love her, and / |
swear by all that is holy that she shall be |
my wife. My wife, and not his. He |
will woo her openly; that ! cannot do,
lest he knew me for his rival. Yet it !
shall go hard if do not undermine him, |
cause her to refuse him, and then win |
her for myself. The first thing to be |
done is to discover how this English
looking and English-speaking young lady |
happens to be the niece of a German |
pastor. Ah, my lord, cherish your little
fancies, dream your little dreams, while |
l step in and win the prize before your
very eyesm ,..'....'
The next day the young Englishman
called. Their interview with the old |
pastor was a pleasant one. Cecil was
lovely. Both of the
young men were desperately in love with
her, and each resolved, if possible, to
win her for his wife.
hSy oCtbkCo tACuloClNCo
at Zorlitz, hunted in the forest, and
visited the parsonage daily. Absorbed in
his books, the Herr Pastor paid little
heed to the visitors, whom Cecil enter
tanned. June faded into July, and
August came and went, and still the Eng
lishmen fingered at Zorlitz. No one but
old Gretchen suspected that
they were the lovers of ''little Cecil" or
saw the change in her young mistress.
"She loves the English lord" the old
woman said to herself well contented.
Sand he loves her. The Herr Pastor is
one can see it but but when
he dies the little fraulein will have q
grand home and protector, and will not
be driven to earn her own living, asI
have often fearedr'
1t was plain to Grafton that the young
earl was the favored lover of Cecil, but
This conviction by no means dampened
The ardor of his own love, or caused him
10 desist from his suit.
81 shall win her !" he said to himself,
yrimly. I can work and wait. In spite
1f Glenham's beauty, rank and wealth
IN spite of the fact even that the girl