New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-12
cHAPTER Ill.

CHAPTER II.
I gave MP all idea OF running away; but
did not confde my little adventure 10 either
Severn or his wife, feeling that 1t was much
better not 10 say anything about it, Bur | did
bca. Il it before many hours bad gone over my
head ; nay, before We met At dinner.
After tea. Nj. Severn called me 10 look at n
new specie, al llium VnIch had just put forth
its 'O.-0m IN the greenhouse. trtM1-cd Ike
the gull V mortal foll myself TO be, Tor NEW
what was coming. Shr said iaa-hlngy: . Sc
you have discovered tic trick which We have
been PLAYING on YOU.
felt extremely sheerish, and looked it. ! am
sure; for sli. laughed good -hum0rcdy. ana
went on; Iou are not the only one SOPHIE has
taken in. HeI lmpcIsODatlOns are wonderful.
She acted NV grandmother TO the life not long
400 We had q friend Of AlfrCd's staying here,
who IS fully persuaded that my glandmOtncr
il thp most wonderful CID woman I'D the world.
/ must say. however, her llttlc joke with you
was purely unprecedented. The accident of
your 4ndin- her asleep gave rise to II all
MANAGED TO get out some lncoheTent words
of Icgrer for what had happenedj but Ms.
severn smiled. SOPHIE - quite aware tnat
LAYING put herself in false position, she must
take the Consequences she said; and we Ie-
tuned TO the house.
Al dinner we met. She swept Into the ROOM
sIown-uD young lady, trailing two yards OF
cIcam-colOrcd SATIN after her, clad IN the
height OF the fashion, apparently taller, and
Severn took her hand. walter he said.
here Is young lady You used TO know as r
chIld-Miss de Burgh allow ne to present my
friend nj. Walter Dennis.
She made m sweeping courtesy; and |
bowed low. feeling very foolish, and very much
ashamed of myself. | scarcely dared t. look
INTO her face; bul az last | vcntured There
was inst Tie ltdsC little twinkle in her wOndcr-
ful eyes, rs she glanced at me through her long
lashes ana knew WAS forgiven.
That night IN the smoking room, Severn
said: 50 Sophie played her Joke ont silly
child She ha- learned lesson.
And so have L. answered. But she com
pletely deceived me. / had no idea sic VS.
anything more than child Of twelve or thu
teen
Luxmore thought her eighty or ninety. She
is wonderful little actress But surely you
saw fLe likeness - SeyeIu's voice broke
knew at once TO whom he alluded. lie went
on She is wonderfully Ike poor Valerie. ST.
was witt us all thrOuEh-nuIsed her. 1ou
never saw any thing like II, sir; never seemed
10 require sleep or rest or any tniug. don
know what / should have done DuI Tor her.
We hope -
Tie door opened before l heard what it was
that severn hOptd-tAOuCh 1 h2lt suspected
ana Alfred. Who had beru dining out, entered
the room and Harry, Will bursts OF laughter,
told lov al last | WIS uudeceiYed, and how en-
tirey taken la ! tad been. must say Alfred
was never veiy cordial with m. ! was tn
years his senior, and perhaps | lOided 1t over
The young fellow. Once 1 tanc,ed he was jealous
OF Sophie manner u me.
For "a day on two 1 treated her with the most
celem0niOUs p0liieless; but atterWaTI We
glided INTO Oh easy familiarity very sweet 10
remember. she laid aside hel childish tr0cEs
bur did not lay aside her charming childish
manner. OF course | ca led heI Miss de Burgh
but sometimes SOPHIE came 80 naturally 10
INV lips, could not refrain from calling len so.
Ptrhaps-bUt hope nOt-sle really did carc Tor
M. BE mat as 1t may we were great friends
She discovered that | loved shakespeare ami
Spensel and all the quaint oldN oIld poets. 30
many happy hour passed by on golden wings
while we sal and read together.
About this tne-l had uccn nearly two
months at tie Ems-Alfrcd lett us for II willc.
icai we did not miss him OvermucL, although
! observed cloud upOA SOpulcs USUALLY sunny
face more .han once but wien | rallied her
about g1Icf for ATS departure, she bidshcd
fur0usiy, and ran or Harry severn grew
kinder, if possible, to me; and Mrs. severn
treated lie as ii | were one OF the family. Poor
Alfred! Long before be left, / saw how much
he loved Sophie. NJ wonder She was one any
man must Ice. But / am net sule she ever
anything more than -lsteiiy kindl-
ne-s To hHn. One hing | do remcmoer-she
never PLAYED amy Of her pIank5 OF LIN, but
rather. think. avoided ilm.
Bar must hasten TO the winding NJ OF MY
sweet iutrIudc summer was gliding nrO aIl-
tumn. / had entered lpon the third month of
ny stay at the Ems, pro. onen- ny ylsit 10
most unreasonable length. / therefore deter
mined to leave in a few DAYS, 20 abroad ior
TWO months, return 10 London at Christmas,
spend the remainder or my leave between
Lucy's house ard Nevcrns, and rcJun To India
in the spring. ! must acknowledge that felt
not little melancholy at the prospect 81 bid
ding my loved friend and his household lale-
well, but it must be done. | bad long,
dreary, dcsolate future 10 face, ana me
500 ar ! Quilted the oasis | had found the
y. 4 me for IN
And yct-and yet
N,.h5 not lure th, beautiful bud, this lid |
woman, 20 fly with me, ana make bll-ht and
beautiful that future. 50 dlcarY N prospect
uowi May plead guilty TO having asked n;
self that question once l-once only. IL fell
upor thi, wise. On" delicious, bdlmy Scptcm- |
Der afternoon. we we've walking through a." |
together sophie and l. SIZE I
was gTaVer diam her wont wien We set out on .
oar stroll Alfred was 10 return that evening. /
| had dropped "a word abOGt apecdy departure /
n lu.chcon; q word which Mrs. severn loudly :
Reclaimed. ! was thinking uf u thousand /
things aud silent. She walked By ny side /
silent and thoughtful too. AT last bird ear I,
lied merrily overhead and broke tie pell. /
She laughed her old merry, chlld-like laugh, |
md We began to chat away much as usual.
Quite suddenly she turned, land botn her little /
lands upon my arm, lifted up those eloquent, /
wonderful eyes of hers 10 my face, az II To reld |
nv inmost soul, and saidi Air. Dennis, what |
: the trouble You have deep down I You laugh |
md are merry upon the suriacej but within
,ou have always n settled grief. What is it 7
How could answer herr trIed TO pass IL
Iue zion by but she would not suffer it. No,
lor she persisted You won't battle me.
Vlll YOU tell me 2 She coloIed slightly, and
Jung her head. Tell me, Is it any
hing abOut-mOneyT
Remotely, money is the cause answered.
'Oh. can money mend-can money put 1t
way q She betrayed great agitation, and was
ushed and pale ny turns.
| could not imagine what had agitaed her so
traneey. took the little hands II miue-she
7as still a child to me-and said Why do you
SIX me that, my dearY
Because because have too much, far too
luch money for little girl. Oh you don't