New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-26
CUPTER XXIX.-cnARLFY INrrnrrnEs.

Heathcote Mountford however. Notwithstanding
the dulncsS and the dismal weather AMI all the
GupeTfcctiOns of the incomplete household. con-
iinued at Mount. The long blanks OF country life.
nothing happening from the arrival of one post to
snother no stir of hie about, only the unbroken
stiffness of the the sunshine the good or bad
weather the tempting HIM out. the other keeping
him within. were all novelties, though not of the
heavy kind, and gave him kind of amused spec Ia
tor consciousness of the tedum, rather than any
suffering from it, lie was not 81 easily affected rs
many people would be by the circumstances OF eN-
tcrnal life and knowing that he could nj any mo-
ment 20 back to his den at the Albany, he took the
much deeper scciuSiOn of Mount a. a sort Of re-
treat. in which he could look out upon tile before
and after. and If he sometimes pincd iOi what was
not vet could do II uneuViOusly and unbitcTly,
wondering at rather than Directing 10 the strange
misses and plumbers OF life. Mr.. LoScby. who had
tutorcd Anne in her duties did the same for Heath
cote. showing him by what means he could taSe
an interest IN the jewellers upon his land, 50 rs TO
be of to them. And lac rode about the
country with the land agent and became aware,
and became proud as hc became aware OF the char
Rcter of his own POSSESSIONS, of the old fatnhOuses
older than Mount itself and the old cottages. top
ping to their ruin, among which were many that
Anne had dtOied. Wherever hc went he heard of
what Nj tnue had done and settled to do The
women Il. ii' condemned cottages told HIM tie i'm
proyements size had promised. and hc IN most cases
readily undertook to carry out these promises. not
wthstanding his want of means. They're doing il
at Lilford. where Miss Anne has been and gwen
her orders said the women. ] don't know why
there should be differences made We're a. good
every bit rs the LIliOrd folks But YOU have not
got Miss Anne said HeathcOte. And then there
would be outburst OF lamentations. interrupted
by anxious questioning. Why haven't We got Miss
Anne lis IL true all the money has been left
away from herr Beathcote had great many
questions Of this kind TO answer and began 10
feel that he himself way the supposed oulprit to
whom the estate had been left away = am sup
posed TO he your snpplanter.' ne wrote to Anne
herself and feel your deputy doing yonr work for
you. Dear Lady OF Mount, send me your orders.
viii carry them out to the best of my ability |
am poor, and not at all clever about the needs of
the estate. but thinK don't You think that the
great Nr. Dulstrode, who is SO good as 20 be nv
agent is something Of q bully, and does not by any
means do his spirting gently. What do you think 7
You are not an lgloranius like me-. This letter
Anne answered very fully, and il produced q cor
fcspondence between them which was a great pleas
ure to Heathcote. and not only pleasure, in some
respects help. toov She approved greatly Of his
assumption Of his natural duties npon his own
he bullying OF the agent. the boorishneSs of
farmer Rawlns and the complaints OF the Spriggs.
70 this matter Of the estate. Anne fclt the adyan-