, 1878-03-01
LOauing a Lover.

NV sister Patricia was an heircss.
Strange enough, for we had always been
terribly poor down at Lowbridge, my
widowed mother bringing up her four
daughters with the greatest difficulty;
but when brought up We were worth
looking AT, believe.
Bess and Amy were twins, with eyes
blue as the sea near which they were
born, rosy cheeks, and long, light brown
curls. Patricia was sparkin brunette,
while WAS perfect blonde, with GRIN
killed. hair like molten gold. Great had
been our excitement when Aunt Betty
wrote from Fairhaven:
DEAR SISTER IN. LAW: am going to
do myself the pleasure Of visiting you
this summer hear that brother Abel
left four girls, and want to see them. /
am gettiog on in years, and | will make
one of them my beiress, ETC." r~
Aunt Betty, of Fairhaven, was worth a
hundred thousand dollars if she was
worth cent
Well, in due time she came. She put
up at the hotel, for our outage At Low
bridge wasn't big enough to hold her,
with her maid, coachman and carriage
but fortunately that was close by, and
she spent the larger half Of three days
with us.
We all thought Bess would be her
choice, for father had named her Eliza
beth for Aunt Betty, though she had al
ways been "Bess" with US; but it was not
either of the twins and it was not lit
was Patricia. Hs.
"Where did that girl get her black
haira' Aunt Betty, asked, as soon as she
saw her.
II think she looks like my brother
Luke, don't you9" asked the mother, with
wistful look.
"The very image of him." answered
Aunt Betty, turning pale.
OWNED then, as learned afterward,
Uncle Luke had been lover of Aunt
Betty's when both were young, before
her marriage, and the fact seemed to have
power over her.
She looked at Patricia until the girl
blushed rosy-red, and would have
slipped out of the room, when she called
her to her, and drawing her down upon
her knees on a footstOol before her, she put
q wi.hered, hand each side of tie young
cheek, and said, warmly:
"My dear, you shall De my hcress."
SO it was Patricia she chose to leave
her money to; but we were not left out
in the cold for she sent the twins, who
were only sixteen, to convent school for
two years, and invited me, with Patricia,
to the Hermitage.
1t was her home-a stately old man
sion of gray stone, gloomy looking on the
outside, but luxuriousy comfortable and
healthful within, without being in the
least modern. We had each maid aud
the free use Of the horse and carriage Af-
ter making this provision for our comfort,
Aunt Betty excused herself from making
company Of US, and we were free as air
TO enjoy ourselves ~ we chose, provided
we did not interfere with her maps. We
chose to make a great many pleasant &C.
quaintnnces, guided conscientiousIy by
Aunt Bctty's wishes, and the result was
that returned to L0wbridge in the sum.
mer, engaged to Mr.. Clyde Sherrington.
he was wealthy, handsome, agreeable,'
well-connected. Everybody said, Scr.
trude has dOae we'll for herself"
That autumn Aunt Betsy died. Patri.
cia waste come in possession of her for
tune in year, when she was twenty-one
full anu undisputed possession of one
hundred thousand dollars.
1t was arranged that we were all to
come to the Hermitage to live. We did
so, and lived there quietly, as was be-
comiGg for nearly year, when Patricia
made tue acquaintance OF Mr.. Gage Red
mond.
She met him at first at funeral-of all
places 1.-THE occasion caused by the
death OF our next door neighbor, General
De Lacy, Gage Redmond being negh
Dor of his. He was well connected but
poor as church mouse, people said; $50
of course he was after P4tricia's fortune, "
mamma declared.
"What can't be accomplished openly
must be done by stratagem, mamma. Ii
IS probable this Gage Redmond is after
Patricias money. She is great prize
matrimonially. Well, you say | nm
Govt"
"WhRti" cried mamma.
MI Redmoad Is dark and reserved |
am fair aud volatile. Don't you think
ne would appreciate my style of beauty
II l took little pains to make him do
sO9"
"But Mr.. sherriugtonl"