The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-11-23


cleaning in her beautiful, dark
blue eyes. i am little wet, tt
! be sure, but otherwise | am en-
tireIy unharmed. Why didn''
they put me in the gondola again
and send me back TO my uncle's
palazzo p
! Mr.. Brabazon, however, was
far TOO bospitable for that. His
: capped and spectacled old bouse
Keeper was ready with spiced
drinks and great baskets of grapes
and cake, and he himself was
all politeness and chiyalrons court,
esy.
Miss Barony gazed curiously
around. How angelicalIy beauti'
ful she looked, wrapped in the
violet velvet cloak edged With
ermine, ber cheeks flushed with
softest rose, her eyes sparkling.
her hair hanging a fringe of dark
gold over her forehead. ;. a.
Where is Lady Helen Braba-
zon 9. she asked, abruptly.
Mr.. Brabazon WINGED. '-.
She has been dead for year,
be said. 4 am a widower. You
were acquainted with my late
wife p
Oh, no, not at all p said Miss
Barony. Only, of course, all the
world had heard Of hor. She wae
a famous beauty, wasn't she ?
She was very lovely ssid the
. widower. ..ss.., E..
When Miss Barony was carried
away in a newly-summoned gon'
dola, whose picturesque oarsmen
were more to be relied upon than
than their predecessors, Mr. Bra
bacon asked permission to call at
the consulate, to inquire how she
was, in the course of a day or
two; and Miss Barony accorded
the permission as a young q1ee D
might have done.
Miss Barony was young, beau
tiful and piquant; Ar. Brabazon,
whose lite bad been nearly bad
gered out Of him by the carrices,
exactions and varying temper OF
the late Lady Helen, was cba' med
by ber sunny brIlliance and at a
months end he CONE to MT. Bar
ony, the United States consul, to
ask permission 10 press his suit
with his niece.
MIR. Barony looked conscious. =
Didn't you know ? said be.
ssbe in engaged
'Engaged!' repeated Mr.. Bra
bacon. his heart seeming t" tut n
to a lump Office within him.
Quite an old affair, l believe
said the consul. But perhaps
you had better see my niece her
self about it: III give her yoar
message. She can decide to suit
herself
Miss Barony was prettior than
ever, in her cool muslin dress and
pale-bloe ribbons, as she sat
among the jsssamines and Pome-
granates of the consulate reception
room the next day to receive Mr..
Brabazon. He had a speech care
fully prepared, wherein all the
nominatives and subjects were
carefully balanced and the exact
words stationed in their exact
places; but be forgot it all at the
fair vision Of her perfect lowell
ness, and could only stand help
lessly before her and say:
Miss Barony, | love your
so you have been driven to
! confess it at last, said Miss Baro-
ny, after all these years'
1 don't understand you,' said
Mr.. Brabazon.
You have forgotten me- said
Rosa.
That would be impossible as
severated Mr.. Brabazon, earnest.
".
But it's the fact said she. 1
ain little Rosa Dale who was en-
gagged to you under the chestnut
trees ut Amber Hill nearly nine
years ago, aud here is the en-
gagemeut ring holding u!' a
sIeuder golden hoop witE All opal
! giimmering in its v"h,rr No,
l'w no, at all surprised you didn't
recognize me. ! was child then
Il am a woman now. And after
my parents death, when Uncle
Barony adopted me, | took his
name instead Of my own. But !
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