The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1882-09-30
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The Scheming Woman,
". DeHART BROWEa,
Author C-
a,u.f rs1AkrT "mTssasD AND Or wIrH nTsy 4
al NOT" KING cOPHhTUa' on' nosi
EoRTHS LOVERS" ETC.
CHAPTER Z.

3 had made up her mind to tell
5srr.finc" in her letter from Gable
y rs inew very well tnat her brother
~ be bored by them, no matter how
~ miebt be, and, least of all, by
81 them which should relate to
M friend Mr.. LamVnt.
,.SM her very first budget of news
...n,auy @ contained spirited little account
: ssr midnight interview with Mrs. Der
=. and history of the sorrowful tidinga
-Sct awaited Humphreys return to bis
aSome people might say, Bob" wrote
NJ gh courageonsiy, that we hsd DETER
nj Ieddle in Mr. Lamont's love-afair at
II and that it is no business Of ours. Dut
AMI think SO. and l am sure you don't
.ahc To be sure, have never seen any
=. before who was in love; but, in the
.0,els | have read and the plays We have
rmetimes gone to see together, have
d.,n noticed how trouble has been caused
II false delicacy and the want of afew SEN
Sbh words spoken in time to avert suffer.
;nyiustead Of after it was all over. And SO,
RI want you, ii you should chance to see
NJ lamont, not to give him hint, be-
cuse that is thing NY big goose of a
ircther is incapable of doing, but to tell him
ycOnsiderately as you can of the change
hat has taken place here and of the happi-
mass that awaits him if he will only come
back"
And happened that, day later, as
Bob Sebright was sitting in the den, with
bis slippers ou the hob, blowing great
duds Of tobacco from his pipe and comfort
shy ENJOYING his little sisters letter. the
aOMopened, and Humphrey Lamont walked
|h
he had not been to his deserted chambers;
lstd driven straight to Charlotte Street
ium the station, longing for the sight of a
t:aadly face; he had no idea of what was
awaiting him.
4 ma few minutes Bob Sebr;ght had told
4 tnaa, and Humphrey Lamont was on his
NY TO Friar's Cross, Many days elapsed,
however, before he was seen at Gable
Ind
His presence was solely needed in the
dakened house where Lis uncle lay in
auel state OF prostration, refusing all con-
shtion aud forbidding all action until his
nephew should arrive.
'You loved him, Humphrey. You loved
my poor boy" cried the old man, clinging
b him pteously. "And you viii not leave
! hu there among strangers-you viii bring
hin home to me that We may lie side by
! rds Of last in the home from which | drove
hm-may Heaven forgive me!'
Andwhai could Humphrey DO but prom
h' Bowed down as he felt by renorse,
when be remembered his own selfish wall
tenpgs at the hour when SO terrible q
has had fallen on his house, and having
he daily grief to endure of witnessing the
Hneken fathers agony, what had the young
nan TO do with love, hope, or selfish joys
just then?
he himsels would willingly have started
ntaout an hours delay for New York; but
n this desire he was restrained by TIE rap
My'hlfng health and varying moods of the
@o man, who would orc day urge him to
Msen The preparations for his departure.
M would implere him on the next, with
childish terror, not to leave him to die alone
Re bis poor forsaken Cyril.
! butat length time was fixed and his
Asags secured, and then, a sad-browed,
Mllaiess lover, poor Humphrey walked
saOS The frozen fields in the january after
@ol % Gable End, aud saw again the lovely
saldlsh face which he believed was los, to
kn for ever
mss Sebrlsht was sitting at one of the
\ windows In the little widows draw
s'oOm, and stitching busily Mt a
S4n wooien garment which Floss
~ "a began aud grown tired of; for Mrs.
Suius' resisting the Captains sug-
Sslcn that they should all run across to
W. me- lor the New lear, had resolved to do
Sas Sasl aales Of means and position did
naa > oFoss' and had enacted, with as
n. 'asc as though SIZE had been born to
~ part OF Lady Bountiful to the 6eserv.
8 q the neighbcrhoo5 ~ '-'' u'''
Aa,a.! gfaFely did she distribute the Or
ssssa1 sau1 GOALS blankets aud beef onlv
dnSs1 s XVII win her brother. in strictly conf
nn;s.a moments, at herself cad at the ab-
caes mn OF her pensioners
4 In Mn eooa-natured geI.Esman admired
! hst tlanl saan sister as much as ever, and
tsSe maI pans to conceal his contempt
/ Nnsn II ~ siio 40 allowed sUrh jolly httle
had +" 80 begging for q wealthy hus-
hnrhsop o'se; sts olar'" he crisl that Gay at
mt q. they don't know what they
h ooto aa 4 ! they see that you look as well
/ at .so.a .rose.oonnet and gray cloak niy;nr
fisnas' a's J. as as everyou cid IN sn operaEbox q,
kO 500 roas " IN a carriage in the Ro;s? You're
n Is II = 'or Of, these country pumpkins. We
tcshs cut above them. and that's the
hi oesesays sayng g which, Captain Bragleigh
e,aso NJ The dog-cart and had driven
& day y;r'.isoy, ~ there to spend the rest of
swajss " y Playing billiards q: The Prince
shsssher - ",aow,s latest device was not
- ner brothers fancy, and he