The daily gazette., 1883-07-13
Love A La Mode.
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c,rzon, deprived "of the enjoy
Captaitu, Tuner y each dish of which was
pent Ol @ I''o ,',, the consciousness that Miss
male hl.,t, vas v watching him, felt In hor-
Veal" inner: his host was disposed 10
hbIy oau ,bn fellow for not being as usual
eOu'o .' -,n,nv." Soon alter the ladies lett
"gool '.lr ,he Two gentlemen joined them.
the /, t,ole, ~ ,r righ,, Hatty," said Mr.. Rodney,
"l0i, ro toward the piano, "sing us
foiie' NV vWI.'.n.worth had charming voice
MIS- w yas diving 10 make heard, ard
Fh'" ',o tripncl reluctance, she was any
ibOusI' ~ ~. larry that Stanhope had asked her.
i0iG.,p, NM ,r brg of you be careful what
> aid Mrs. Rodney, 10 whisper.
you ~ iiii.tly,s songs had been descriptive
VI nio "a" most narrowing agony. " would
o. 'e' e,r ,hr world have you sing one oil those
lo lIooo56lly pathetic things"
drraliu' drrmnr !, said Miss Wentworth, aud ioly.
p,,d,ey frowned ominOusly, and then
Mts nar owes intimated the heart-broken
4 Curzon. -...,, ,, and whfIe aaeminO
or' .,,b her memory, Hatty played rather
- .,s,i"t os.%t nrelnde, and then burst into a
r,n,ilar comic song.
4 pi,TT,a, a,, IIatty," Mr.. Rodney was laughing
ID, "what on earth madeyou sing thau
Ita'Ini I3a,n think YOU could do anything but
nile up the agony"
n PmtS PmSarr.lv w. his style must be much better
..,,oI m Miss Wentworth" said Captain
FIN ION, mali)usly.
~ ~ 1V t"l duIy grateful for such fattering
,a,ion y sa,d the young lady; quite un-
uPr,rI ly me for | chose the song out of
n,., ln..rJ to somebody to whom pathos is OBJ
,elionablc, apparently"
Ft.I1 aitT .,ay here any longer shall say some
,b;n, rulr TO that girl" thought Captain
T"pl,n. 1,p1 rising hastily Fanny" he said
.I"r5. "lhc moon is shining glorlously; are
van afraid to venture on turn In the
garigu with me :,
s,It wa. lust what was Wishing to do"
and with A look intended to annihilate
H,ry. Mr., Rodney and her cousin stepped
mi through the window.
D,rs not every one know how events
always happcl-that the thing you wish
most to avoid is almost certain to take
pace, -.
distracted with neuralgia, utterly unable
Tit her head from the pillow-the result
Of That moonlight ramble last night; her
husband of to the meeting, not expected
hack until tomorrow and Carrie-Who
really might have had some grain OF sym
plthy in The matter-refusing 10 put of
brrv,lt 10 sick relation because she had
written to -ay she would come by an early
IRAN Oh, we'll, what might not have hap
prnlI WIS impossible to say The bare
tra ol MONTY Curzon and that Hatty Went
worth having to sit down to breakfast to-
re,hrr-aunc, with nobody else with them
reduced poor Mrs, Rodney to utter despair.
u can't help It, !" she moaned: "Davis, you
mus 20 down and tell Captain Curzon that
m,, at present am not able to raise my
head from .hr pillow, and ask Miss Went
worth if She viii obigc me by having her
breakfast in her own ROOM"
But, ma am, began Davis.
"D,ni talk to me, | can't listen; go and
gycihc message as tell you"
Davis, who had but intended to explain
that she ianrird Miss Wentworth was al
ready down stairs, went off rather hufiily.
III course if ser lady wouldn't listen, there
was nothing lett but for her to obey, and
she therefore walked straight into the
moniup-ruom at the far end of which-di-
yirl ty the greatest space possible-two
ptF,ous were standing.
breakfast in my own room! WhyP"
a caul tell, Miss, Pm sure, that was the
message given to me; and If you please, sir,
Mrs. Rodney is very i'll, not able to raise her
head from the pillow, she told me t say"
"NhHr's Miss Carriei" was asked In dis
may
"rhr went by the early train, Miss, to see
Lady MaudscY Master drove her SO far as
llaturrlcy or size wouldn't have started 80
s00n
Then isn't Mr. Rodney hereP'
$40, sir he has gone hunting to-day;
Groves took the horses over on Monday"
Dlyi, dlsjppeared-two faces were left
staring haukiy at one another.
Breakfast is ON the table, If you please" "
said vulec at the open door; ~ won't ring
the tr hfcau,r Of disturbing mistress"
Really, don't know what | am sx-
frc'cd 10 do, said Miss Wentworth, who
dM not chOusc to remember that this was
The first morning she had ever been down SO
early.
mistress did not know that you'd be up
Yet, Mas tho butler at once grasped the
situation" Davis is gone to tell her now, y
ahi he stood waiting while Captain Curzon
4ssgmrd al eXpectant air, that Miss Went
worth would lead SO tina be might follow.
"LoIlee or tea do YOU take" Miss Went.
Eortl vas seated behind the urn; the ser.
want had lett them together.
thanks Tea, if may trouble you"
'Mik.9
"A ltlp."
"SulWrtn
"Nor any"
What may give you?" 1t was Captain
earIm : turn to make the offer.
~ Piece of dry toast"
Nothing more!p
cs Il small piece of butter"
Aul then silence, except fer the ticking
ol me clock and the purring of the big ca
euIled up IN front OF the fire.
rive minutes passed; long enough, they
olh ih tusht, 10 seem an hour.
Nexrd as She was, Hatty felt an IRE
ss'ihlc desire 10 laugh-the effort to con
u" herself was almost painful. Captain
edrzou, who was so seated that he coul,
stt perfect view of her face In an oppositl
sIaSS was saying to himself, "There is n,
gtl' NC that this girl is remarkably good
M"Aihg.2 Suddenly she turned round
struck with the certainty that he was watch
iu2 ter. Yes, she had caught his eyes tixet
III llai direction; but, equal to the emer
srh'l captain Curzop, although inward
,t mAyi, showed no sign of chagrin. al wa
.n,lNll's,,4 he said, contemplatively, "ho,
'fy nm rent face looks in glass to tn
.a'Hr lace ref cted in an urn" And Hatty
.u.ll'l'g her eyes straight before her, saw
,ouhlchance depressed and its cheeks sprea
m "ul uhlll they seemed to cover the whol
SncI' oi silver. Try as she might, he
,L Iou'h would quiver, and in another instar
laughter.
il ihc lee once broken, a thaw seemed to 81
~, ana neither of the two showed any di
roS'l'ol p, TO move, until Foster desired tt
5ou"g ioolman to go In and attend to Il
%ly' ana bring out word what on earth the
co1ll be after.
,,,Sg having first expressed much satisfactio
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