The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-12-22
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CHAPTER XIL-CoNTrNuEp.
BY JESSE YOTHERGILL-
A,ehor of Probation" the Weltelds," ETC.

CHAPTER XIL-CoNTINUEp.
They took him away, and for the
future they took care that when he
walked ont it should be behind the
house, on the western side of the gar
den.s The beginning of October was
gusty and wet. They had to stay in-
doors. Rupert's health dropped again,
and he was i'll Margaret was in close
attendance upon him, for he would
hardly endure her out of his sight His
pain and wretchedness not taught, but
called forth. the Heavenly patience and
pity which lay in her deep woman
heart. She grudged him no time, no
care, no WEAKNESS. She was repaid
when at last his head found rest on her
breast, waen he pressed his quivering
lips upon her hand and brokenly muir
without youp Surely must have felt,
without knowing it, that you We're COM
ing to me-" III So 4
John Mallabarr had been called to
town again on business, only for a few
days, certainly, but his absence gave
Margaret a respite, released her from
the pressure of her heaviest apprehen-
sion. She had grown absolutely to
dread the sight, two or three times a
week, of his brown hunter "Cossack, y
and his scarlet coat, as he trotted. up
the drive and across the bridge, while
they sat in the drawing-room, when it
was twilight; to dread his entrance five
minutes afterward, his bending over
Mrs Lascelles, to kiss her hand and
ask if she could spare him cup of tea
after the. days run. Then there were
the incidents of the hupting-tield to be
discussed. If the squire came in at the
same time ii was still worse, for he was
a mighty hunter and loved to expatiate
upon the days doings, and in such a
case Margaret inevitably found MALTA
barr beside her, asking some question,
trifling, perhaps, in itself, but with the
low voice and the eloquent eye which
mean anything but trifling. At last he
had gone away and she was thankful.
1t has been said that she had foolish,
unreasonable idea that Louis had pene-
trated all her DISCUSSES; that, reserved
himself, and hating to besiege the re-
serve of others, he had said nothing ON
the subject. She had an idea that he
knew, and that she was in his power.
She was one day rudely disillusioned.
Louis had called one morning and re-
manned for lunch, during which meal
Mrs. Lascelles said
"Mrs. Perrepont is going to bring
her niece TO see me this afternoon, Miss
Beckenham; you must see her, Mar
garet They say she has splendid
voice. Perhaps we shall prevail upon
her to sing And have heard much
of her beauty; she was quite one of the
I, I'll. Ill
barr said. i asked him why he had
not allowed her to reign in his heart,
and the silly fellow seemed quite an
noyed.'
Margaret, feeling Louis eyes intently
fixed upon her face, and miserable in
the knowledge of who did reign in John
Mallaparr's heart, stammered out;
'1s-is she rich, this Miss Becken-
hamP'
"Quite the heiress of her part of the
world" said Mr. Lasceiles. "Louis,
you'd better stay and have a look al
her." he added, bluntly and uncon-
sciously. 'She might be Il good spec.
''For me, do you mean? As howg"
''As a wife, of course"
Louis laughed little,
Il have seen Miss Beckenham," said
he, land done homage to her, from
affair." l can imagine her look of supert
establishment if any one suggested such
an idea to her; and how she would put
up her eye-glass to annihilate me and
my old brown house. She is wonder
fully handsome, and lofty withal. But
if admired her ten times more than
do, there's her immense fortune, an in
superable obstacle"
''Poohv' said the squire. "
ITO me-" pursued Louis, drinking
some claret, 'there is something unut
terably vulgar in the very phrase, oh
he did we'll! he married an heiress.'
think such marriages degrading