New-York tribune., 1881-07-17
CHAPTER III.

After that eventful 27th of January, at Sivordale
uall al. least az went merry as marriage bell
0ha1lty ana Iollo had read together the letters Mr.
Weston had brought, letters explanatory and i'm.
troductory All that Edward Warburton could saw
he had put on paper for the benefit of this young
man.
have known him all his lie he wrote. there
fore. Leonard, AS my son has been obliged thus nm
fortunately to postpone his visit at the last no,ncnt
ana as Edward Weston, who was to have gone
with him for the sake of visiting the old country
Will not defer his Journey, send him to you hoping
you viii let your usual kind-hcartedncss PROMPT
You to ask him to stay short time with vou so
that in hospitablc old Silverdac Hall he may have
the chancc of making acquaintance with England
possible
So the invitation was given and accepted, ana no
hearts broken at the idea of this stranger cni0yinT
the hospitality of Silycrdalc
The days slipped by; Pollc grew bright and cheer
full the pathetic look disappeared from Chart VS.
brown eyes, only returning now and again when
visions OF that slowly approaching future darkcncd
iHr mon ep' the sunshnc of the present. And as
u'e Gays passed; MI Weston grew less silent and
reserved; and, shall it be said more and more ap
picci"tGu hy those amongst whom he had been SO
Pollic was his first friend, but to uc approvcd bv
ohe siS'rr was the first ana surcst step being ap
proved by the other. W.
lie could do everything. All the time the frost
lasted was there evrr such skater or ono 50 GOOD
pupil IN the mysteries OF that artY ~
Even Charity, who was graceful and LIGHT on her
skates, was not above taking u lesson from this
master; and as TO lollie, she grew quite bold whilst
clinging to that tall, strong form and slcninD TO
the voice which was always so filled with encour-
agencit Tor her puny cndcavors And after thc
frost had disappeared, and wet cold days took its
place, Mr.. Weston was not above n game of batti..
d4ic and shuttlecock i'll the long, empty gallery,
where were the pictured representations of tIie
Warburton family, Cnclo Edward amongst Others
to remind Charity; if such reminder were needed
as she laughed and played with her sister and Mir
Weston, OF the future that was awaiting her
lcIhaps 1t qua for at the end of the game as she
$1,000 $1,000 flushed with the exercise. her brown head
signify Tnlhed, her pretty grew suddenly sad
ana wlstful, ana turning to Pollic, with low You
play now, she turned away.
are y9n going to give in alreadyY p Mr.. Weston
asked. Why, as beat you yesterday | Thought
you would have been SO sure to want your revenge
Today And 1t is raining fast, the gl shook her
hcad, coming close to her he spoke 80 there is
nothing else you do except sit over irc with
po0k, ana am sure this is much wscrp
NO l do not think it is,' she said very low IF
seemed % TO me, with little smile that Unco Ed
ward pointing to the picture, frowned and shook
ms ms head at me- as ii to remind that was grown
up 80 am gong away to do some sewing aud
write some letters that ought to have done this
morning instead of dawdng away SO many
hours over billiards, as we did,
And Charity. with determined look on her
pretty, soft face, departed with new but scarcely
as yet defined trouble at her heart
longer. Ava "''