The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-08-11
THIBODAUX, La, SATURDAY, AUGUST II, 1888.

But her father won't allow him inside his
| doors, and the Lad seems desperate The
girl hirts with him very cruelty if she does
not intend to take him.
'Why don't you give them fortune and
let them marry at once? That would be the
easiest way out of your difficulty"
Il wish it could be done. Win you speak
to the girl:'
Hereward hesitates. It is very delicate
ground.
IF you mean, will ] appeal to her own
common sense in the natter do not mind.
l think the girl is not a fool. though she NAV
happen to overreach herself in this Yes,
! will speak to her, if you think it will be OF
| any use. But confess to you honestly sha.
l would much rather keep out of the affair =
'But for his sake-fOr all their sakes-]
am sure you will do your best, the Docto,
says, relieved. And then they re-enter the
house together
Hereward walks down to the Mill Nook
that afternoon. He does not like the office
he has undertaken, but he will not shrink
! from it since he has undertaken it. He finds
the girl less hard to deal with than he ila-
| agined she would be- She listens to his sage
reasoning, and seems suitably impressed 6y
| it. She does not resent his interference.
If it can be called inference. Here
wards advice tends more to the accept
ing of one lover than the discarding OF the
other for that Lord Heriot has made down
| right love to her the girl does not deny.
Hereward is somewhat startled to ind
that this is the fact. He does not care
whether she repeats his words to Lord Heriot
or no: he says nothing he would not quite
as willingly have said to him had Le felt
called to do 50.
The girl seems honest in what she SAYS.
aud promises to give Lord Heriot no more
encouragement promises not to see him
when he comes to the mill Hereward hints
tina; her fathers objections to young North
| on the score Of poverty can be very easily
overcome, and this seems to please her 1t
is quite plain which lover has really made
the most impression upon her heart But
the girl Is y born c0quette, and, even while
listening demurely, is wondering whether
Hereward is admirins her pretty face.
Perhaps he is-at all events LIS heart is
not i'll the business he has set himself to per
form 1t jars cpon him, yet some unseen
influence makes hun pesewre in it. He
does not wonder ut Lord Heriot's admiration
Of this exquisite face, but he does wonder
how any gentleman, accustomed all his life to
the society of women Of his own rank, can
-EjOy the society or conversation of q rustic
maiden who dusts char for him with her
apron and speaks such exceedingly faulty
English.
Anne Grace Trathaway accompanies him
mp the risax-pa4h On his way home. She is
going to the village for butter, she tells linn,
and takes plate with her Vhereon to carry
it. She assumes no airs because of her noble
lover, she has perhaps too much good sense.
Hereward perceives that, though firt, she
has q steadines of character which seems in
itself safeguard, so far as Lord Heriot is con-
ce1ned. and which will certainly prove q
safeguard to herself
The river path runs parallel to the river, as
will naturally be inferred, and the road above
hes parallel to The path. Occasionally the one
is visible from the other. where the trees
grow less thickly on the steep slope Thus
1t happens that three equestrians on the
road above are distinctly aware of Hereward
and the miller's pretty daughter on the path
below. They can even see the earnestness
with which he is speaking, and a certain
saucy air Of attention with which she listens.
There is no installing Miss 1rathaway's red
| and green plaid. OF Hereward's trick of walk
ing with his hands in his pockets
That's how your brother tutor manages
to amuse himself :" Mr. Cartwright observes,
pointing 10 them with the handle of his whip.
Lady Gladys Palliser gives one glance. and
stoops to pat her horses neck. Miss Middle
ton thinks she can account for the circum-
stance, but she does not feel called upon to
do 80.
Il knew he was good for nothing beg
gar, Ar. Cartwright ayB venomously Il
never thought he Was 6t companion for
Lord Heriot, and now you see was right. y
Lady Gladys Iaises her head, looks straight
before her, and answers never a word