The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-07-05

on the other extreme.
had no chair 20 offer my guest, but
I had several seats, consisting Of blocks
sawed from trees, which answered the
purpose, and O table, from a cut of a
+ larger tree, stood in the center Of the
earthen floor which 7 bad thicsiy car
peted with witAered pine leaves.
Everything else 10 the windowiess
cabin was equally primitive.
All, me.
7 remember 30 all so clearly now, as
my thoughts run back to the long ago.
( I DO not wonder, patient reader, that
Won are vexed with me for not having
had more sense OF self-proieetlou
than TO take up my coujugal life again,
aud for the Third time. in spite Of my
past experiences.
But TO return 90 my guest. iIe seated
himself upon. one OF my primitive
chairs. leaned back against my primi-
tive table, glanced at my primitive bed
steads, carpet and other household app
purtenauces, and then turned bis in-
quiriug eyes upon my weeping aud lu-
inflated self.
''Vour husband is out Of sorts, madam,
but it IS little wonder lie is not ace
customed 90 this mode Of life,H said he.
"N1r am 7 accustomed TO DC, but
must submit, seeing he fails TO provide
me with any better" 7 said, bitterly.
"B1t 30 is the duty Of a wife 10 be cone
tent with her lot, and make her hus-
baud happy by q cheerful acquiesceuce
in whatever may beiall hes,' was the
measured answer.
Why husbands should not be equally
contentei under like circumstances
did not clearly see, but did not stop 20
aualyze the query then.
81 have had news from England, "
said 1Ir. Graeme, suddenly changing
tbe subject.
Iu au iustantI forgot myself my hus-
band and my surroundings, aud there
Goa,ei before my mental sense "a vision
OF B3tlwics castle. With its moat and
draw-bridge, It's - ~ wus aud tur-
rets, aud the dear - straw-thatched
cottage where wondered if my father
set lived. Aud again I saw the old
church aud the wedding party aud
Ethel Graeme and Elder Chalmers, the
former pale aud fearful, the latter grim
aud triumphant, and above an the an-
guish-furrowed face OF Lord Bothwick,
as be saw bis promised bride become
the legal prey Of the selfish, cautiug
hypocdte, whom she had welded under
thersl'e.ous belief that implicit obeii-
euca 90 her father was tse fu'dIment
Of tbe Divine decree.
"You DO not appear nearly SO anxious
TO unnvel the mystery Of the Gmemes
and Bothwicks as you evidently were
when saw you before" said my guest
"Alas. sir, ] have had so many more
pressing matters TO claim my personal
attention since then, that had almost
f forgotten. But did you hear from my
father? is be yet alive, and are ms
brothers and sisters aud dear old Nout
alive and well 90
"Vou forget, my little woman, that
did not know your family" De am
swered, and a shade of something liis
pity crossed his face.
"But does your letter bring no iudi
rect tidings Of them know, although
you will not admit it, and have NOR
than half a mind 10 repudiate it myself
that you are my fathers kinsman."
lie smiled meauingly.
"I admire your spirit, little cousin,
. he answered, after moments delibera
ton. "Your father is indeed my kins
man, but DO you know nothing Of you
= mothers ancestry 30
"I do not, sir; except that I am sur
3 she was q lady, born and bred.n
"Did you not know her Made
d name ?'
p "She would not talk about it," sal,
, evasively. "IIer family always fe
e that she had compromised them by
mcsaiLncc, and she was too proud
e speak their names"
"Do you know, madam, that you an
I 7 are remote heirs Of Bothwick castle ?
Chow can that be ?" I asked, incre,
r ulously.
% OF should have told you an when
saw you in the Sierras, only you wei
so proud-spirited that you offended me.
y "Beg pardon, sir, but 7 fancy the o
:, tense was not begun on my part j.
e you remember what you said aboi
s. your acknowledging no plebeian rel
B. tives e'
e lie laughed.
o sI had no idea there was so mu,
" spirit in you," he said; "but when
2 left you ] meant TO return when y,
10 should have gotten over your pet, b
the circumstances connected with yol
]. husbands arrest and subsequent ri
necessarily changed my course"
p "Well," ] said, alphabetically,
% don't see what benefit would accrue
% me from knowing I was related
.t English nobility. have become tho
5. oughly Americanized, and I feel q
"a need Of bread and butter far mo
keenly than the need Of noble ancestry
o "But / thought you would be pleas
] TO know an about your mother and D
relatives, especially Ethel Graeu
whom Elder Chalmers married.
e. "And killed 20 I said, fereely.
ITO Doe coutlnued.l