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which it was being compromised, but now
her fears for her daughters safety took the
place Of this feeling. Agnes and Laura,
eloquent enough before, were awed into
silence, and the affair was assuming very
serious light in the eyes of all, when cry
outside proclaimed some news, and Just as
the party were starting into the mist and
rain, the lost ones stood before them.
"Thank heaven p cried Air. Salway,
taking charge of Mary, who, with her
wornout condition and her very natural
confusion, was near fainting. Mrs. Salwav,
in the revulsion of feeling from fear to re.
lief and then TO anger, had nothing to say
on the spur of the moment. The girls sur
rounded Mary, and as they did SO they
locked defiance, and yet g SORT Of admira-
ton, at her daring companion.
Please look to your daughter, Mrs.
Sslway she is very vet and fatigued. 1t
is my fault and that of the mist that we
are SO late. But will explain, am sure
to your satisfaction, in the morning."
"To my satisf3ctioD, sir cried Mrs.
Salway. taking up an indignant attitude
between him and Mary but before she
could say any moro the greater culprit had
gone, and the lesser one was not in state
at present to hear the lecture which Mrs.
Salway was prepared to administer. Aud
| think it was still being held IN te7rOreD,
over the young lady when they took their
seats outside the coach for Bowness next
day she was evidently in disgrace, and
her mother would net let her quit her side
for a moment. For a wonder, Mary had
escaped all injurious effects of the expos.
IRE, and though very quiet this morning
and very shy. she did not look altogether
unhappy, AID once or twice on the road
smile would cross the 6emure little face,
and twinkle of fun appear in the big
brown eyes. Mrs. SalEay saw something
of this, and feeling sure that Mary was in.
fatnated with that " dreadful Young fel.
low, added few severe phrases to the
lecture she was coming, and har-
dened her heart to administer it
without mercy. Mary shall go home to
Hampstead tomorrow with Anne she
will he cut Of danger" she mentally deter
mined Anne being the sourest of Mary's
maiden aunts, at this present moment TAX
ing care OF their house during the holidays.
l." No more holidays for you, young lady,"
thought her mother to herself
They had passed Esthwaite Water, and
were nearing Winderrnere, when the atten-
ton of all upon the coach was attracted by
the sight of four In hand behind them.
1t was splendidly horsed, and, as two
servants in handsome livery were sitting
behind, it was clearly private coach. 1t
came along with wonderful smoothness,
which put the spring of the rickety vehicle
on whose top they were perched to shame.
Nevertheless it seemed in no hurry to pass
them and presently Mr. Salway, vino had
been running his eyes over the horses with
an expression of critical approval, asked
his own driver whose was the four in hand
following them.
81 guess it will be Sir Henry Norbo.
roughs," eaid he, wbistling up his horses.
and getting to the side Of the road. 81
see his team standing in the hotel-yard
when l was a starting. They're four as
pretty bays with white stockings as ever
see together"
cts Sir Henry Norborough's four-in-
hand" explained Mr.. Sal@ay to his woman
kind, as the other drew gradually along.
side.
All, Miss Mary, how your cheek has
been flushing and blushing, and your eye
Frightening, and your mouth smiling
proud happy smile, though you have never
looked up to see who is the spruce driver
of this gallant equipage turned out in all
respect fit for Hyde Park Now he is
handling the ribbons, though
the road is narrow and steep, with the ease
of custom, looking, with his tall hat and
black coat and the flower in his button
hole, every inch baronet and member
of the Coaching Club. He is alongside,
and not until then, when he lifts his hat
and shoots one glance at Mary. sitting well
protected by her mother and sisters from
the wolf-wolf indeed wolf no longer
not until then do the others recognize their
old acquaintance of the knickerbockers
and shabby hat. He is gone before they
can express their astonishment, or any
but she, who is so we'll prepared for it, re-
turns his salute.
Good gracious ~ uttered Mrs Salway
slowly, her eyes glued to his back, can it
be? Isuppose it really is. Why, who can
it be ? Can it be his coach 2"
Sir Harry Marlborough, / suppose, an.
swered her husband drily, who has secretly
sympathized with Mary, and has been puz-
zling his brains how to rescue her from
that lecture and other disagreeables that
he suspects are being prepared for her.
MARY, is that Sir Harry Norborough ?"
she told me so" answered the girl de-
murely, as if the most impossible asser.
ton from his lips would not have COM
manded her credence.
And it was really true. If the early
part of Marys courtship had had some-
thing of the bitter mingled with the sweet,
that was all over now. No lectures, no
Punishment to Aunt Anne for her. at
was SO unlike Mary" said her sisters
among themselves, meaning unlike her to
gain the heart of baronet. But they were
good girls in their way, and tolerably un.
selfsh-just as ready to fall down and wor.
ship and pet the successful sister as to re-
press and snub the schoolgirl. As for Mrs.
Salway, when she found Sir Harry's four
inland standing at the door of the Crown.
and half the visitors in Bowness standing
round admiring it when that rather cyni.
cal young gentleman received her at the
door with all honor, and few
minutes later proposed for her
daughter when he put
that very coach at their disposal, and
the whole party had weeks tour in it
when all these things and many more
almost as pleasant Including going in to
the table dhote dinner on a baronets ARM
had happened, why, Mrs. salway taught
herself to believe that this match was
entirely of her contrivance, and was owing
simply and purely to her good management
and diplomacy.
And demure, quiet Mary, with the shy
little face and the big brown eyes, the bar
onet's wife to be, what OF her? Well,
nothing more, l think for this happened
in August of this year, 1881, and among
the Forthcoming Christmas festivities an
event of the utmost Importance in Mary's
life is arranged, which is looked upon by
Mrs. Salway with much pride and satisfac-
ton London Society.
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