Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-03-29
Written for the YOrKV1IIe Enquirer.
JULIAN MORVILLE'S BRIDE
OR, -
THE POWER OF LOVE. ""
CHAPTER V.
ROSE AND EVELYN.

CHAPTER v. .
.. ROSE AND EVELYN. , ....
. In the pleasant society of his little daugh'
ters, of whom he was devotedly fond, Sir John
for a while, almost forgot the trouble which SC
oppressed his heart. Still he was at intervals
grave and pre-occupied, and at length Eve
lyn, who was hanging over his knee, imPa'
tiently exclaimed
Papa, you wont talk and laugh properly
tonight. What are you thinking about! l
shall give Roger scolding for putting you in
such bad humor."
81 am not in bad humor, my little girl.
replied the baronet, forcing smile as he
stroked her brown curls back from her fore
head. Evelyn was his pet. She was tease
and romp, but had more clinging, caressing
WAYS than her sister, who was quieter and
more thoughtful, and already seemed wo'
man in miniature. ..-... .~
'Theu you are i'll; you have headache or
something naughty, I am sure"
mo, am not i'll. 1 have been suffering
from worse ailment than headache, Eve
lyn-one which trust you will never expe-
rieuce," rejoined her father, looking seriously
into the beautiful dark eyes upraised to his.
Rose glanced quickly up from her work-a
dolls garment she was busily engaged in
manufacturing, as she sat on low chair in
the opposite corner of the fireplace. Her face
was full of solicitude, but she said nothing.
"What ailment, papa" asked Evelyn.
"The heartachs, my dear child"
"The heartache! Now, papa! What do
YOU mean! Please don't talk in that gloomy
way" cried Evelyn, half pettishly, for her gay
nature revolted at anything like sadness.
Rose laid down her sewing, and quietly moved
her chair to her fathers side. She asked no
question, but fixed her earnest, inquiring gaze
into bis face.
"My PETS" said the baronet, after little
pause, II have been unwilling to sadden your
merry hearts with the knowledge ofa misfor'
tune which is hanging over US, and have borne
it in secret as long as could; bat it will be
impossible to conceal it from you much longer,
and may as we'll tell you oft now as at any
other time. Rose, you are wise and thought.
full beyond your years. I can speak to you
almost as I could have done to your dear
mother, if she had been spared to be with me
now and am sure you will help me bear
this great trial patiently, and soften it to your
sister also. Children, we shall be obliged soon
to leave Lyndhurst. I have met with heavy
losses, and can no longer afford to keep on,
dear old home. Whittier we shall 60, I have
not vet been able to decide, but shall have
to make up my mind tsfore many days"
"Leave Lyndhurst!" murmured Rose
clasping her hands. Evelyn threw back hel
~curls with mocking laugh. 81 "
""You are jesting, papa-you must be-" sht
impetuously exclaimed. "You would no
take US away from here"
81 would not, indeed, if could help it,
answered her father, sadly. "But, unhappily
Evelyn, it is no jest" Ell" -..
nWphy, papa, you are rich man--you have
been rich all your life" said the child. eager
ly. ri heard Mrs. Glenn say to Maria one
day that you we're the richest gentleman in th'
country, and that Rosie and 1 would be grea
beiresses, and could marry whoever We
pleased when We were grown up" .'
"Mrs. Glenn WAS very foolish to make sucf
speech; and you acted very wrongly, Eve
lyn, in listening to servants talk" said the
baronet. "At all events, though soas ricf
once, I am so no longer. am all but ruined
and we shall have to make complete change
and live quite differently from the way il
which we have lived hitherto"
"Do you mean that we are poor-poor lik'
Mr.. Smythe, the curate, who keeps only {
msid-servant, and works in his own vegeta
bic garden'"
The tone of dismay in which the question
was asked brought a smile to Sir Johns face
unhappy as he felt.
IF sell this place, Evelyn, and clear of
all my debts, I shall still have small fortune
left to start on afresh. Very small, compared
with what have lost, though perhaps littl'
larger than Mr.. Smythe's. We shall not b.
reduced to actual poverty, but we must liv
carefully, and cut down all unnecessary ex
penses, to enable US to get on in comfort ant
Law aside something for the future"
"SeH Lyndhurst! Do you really mean
papa, that you will have to do thats
thought you meant, perhaps, that you woul'
rent It to some one for few years, as Col
Gresham did his place when be went to'liv