Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-09-29
Lord WllburJ $ Money Less ON

NOhOi"i OO N"NiNJ Hdu Juos uJlSuyu.
speaking and tying up Du nber of busi-
ness parefs With red tape Mrs. De
CoUrcy was crylng; and young Lord
Wlioury, the Generals DepLew, was
sit,ing mooGily pufing cigar and look.
ing foolish. HIS uUcle az that moment
had informed him ,bat he was ruiued.
Then Wllbury, With some emotion,
threw bis clyar away, and slroIeI out
into bis plrI, and spent an hou- rowing
in dismal meditation through the
avenues aud glades which would soon
be his 40 longer. 1t is not pleasant 10
be ruined, when one is peer accustom-
ed 10 enjoy 100000 a year.
WilbIr7 was not one of those peryerse
clubs whose minds are wa ped with
concejt, and as he mused he felt less
sad about his own ruin for binsel than
for the grief which he knew it caused his
fAther's brother, bis best protector and
friend. While 10 this humor ofselE.
reprosch Wilbu~y saw his cousin, Lucy
De Cougcy. bright girl Of eighteen,
canteiing down The road that bordeIed
the park With a groom behind her. On
cotch;og sight of him she ali9hled, took
her habit with one hand, and ioined
hin.
Well, Willie, what makes you look
so glutn?'
Because [ am ruined;' be answered
1nie'ly, as he made room for her 10 sit
beside him on the stlle.
YOU'RE Joking, supposef'
No; I'm quite serious. Hasn't your
father told you?
No; he never talks to me on bssines,.
Thorgh Of courss. sir, haye heard Of
your wild sOings ou at horse races
and ,ards. Oh. Willie! why do you
gamble ike that p
Lucy glanced on the ground; she had
'urned quite pale; and sue SAID not a
word more while her cousin and she
walked sadly towards the hall. But,
all OF a sudden, size put her handker-
chief up to her eyes, and dried some
,ears that were trucking fast ard sad.
Nov for the old glllery al the Hall,
where the armor Of many brave De
CourcTs is kept-his favorite p'acs Of
retirement for working OF reading.'
The dinner on ,his evening was
very sorrowiu affair, and nobody joined
WilbuIy hen herent in,o the gallery
s:,er dessert. A servent brought him
co6Ce, end tie e lie sat along by The
five Of IogS q the huge chimney, whose
audnons were a pal, Of metjl dogs OF
tee Sc Of mas if's. Presently, woeD
he bad smoked out his cigars. The de-
j'ctcd peer dug lis hands into hrs pock.
els and 3aze' al the faces 10 he fire.
faces Of u editors mostly; and yei I.ucy's
predv features would ten sbne out TOO
amopg the blazing Goals, and her cousin
kept rccolieciiug how she had cred On
tearl0g that those Old coats Of arnor
which oruamen.ed Tie Wall afOJpd linn
were 10 te sod.
Suddenly he heard a clark, anl tie
next moment a swoId, sh Id and lance
came clalteIDg down altogether from
the pedestal above Tho wa,nsco. ou
whlcl stood ihe lay fsure OF Guv de
Courcy, lad 10 arnor at had borne
The Llont If AsIUcou,t.
lnere Tas no light in the gallery, ex-
cent tbat OF a large moderator lamp
burning on The table, bat moonlight
streamed through the windows. making
the armor gleam, and The helmeted
6gures wear grim, hard look. Stag
eerrd at irst by what lie had seen,
Wdbury, Nho belonged o generation
s. epIical ot Wracles suspected that a
n'ck WAS beng played.ou him, aud re
eppro., b, d the wall, prepP ed to 6ud
somebody had heen donniog Sir
Ga ;; sr,dor 10 fish en- him. But
Ills WAS not the case. He ascertained
the facl by drawing table 10 tie vans
cot, placing char on It. and climbing
until he could see the presentment o.
Sir Guy quite closely, touch it, and teel
its limbs. 1t vas truely wooden
figure, aud Lord Wi'bury could only ac'
count Ioc The threatening gesture OF ITS
arms by co9jeciurlng that the hands
abich had been weighed down by hold
mg he Lance, shield aud sword, mus'
have got je,ked back wheu those
weights had been Withdrawn.
But he was little uuneryed at .h'
same and was glad when he climbed
down to iod hat bis cousin Lucy had
entered The gallery, her bed room can
idle 10 band, and was staliug at hin will
cU iosity.
| oh Willie, whatever have you beet
doing p she exclaimed. 1 came ia T.
sag good Di.hi. But are you ,ak'n1 a
those shields aud lanees dowd p
No; those two came down OF tie
own Accord answered Wilbu:y, trdsh
. Jug The dust OF his hands.
And what is tbI " asked Lucy, ,stoor
ing 10 pick up q paper from the hoo
Why. lisa sealed packet y
'S.r Guy must have thrown 1t dow
with his shield, laughed the young lorC
rather uneasily as he look up The parce
why, declare it's addressed 10 m'
Guy. twelfth Earl ofWilburV
oh, Willie. how strange I! murmul
IL Tuov oe eha aud her cOunsiu dre'