Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-22
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you may be sure, by light and loosely clad
figures of the other sex.
Lady Temple, in company with matron-
ly companion or two, looked on in smiling
satisfaction. Her young people were hav-
ing ''good time" of it, and her little lady.
ship was happy. There was the crumpled
rose leaf, it is true, and it was very crum-
pied one indeed, not a bit smoothed out as
yet; but her ladyship was of a sunny heart
ed nature, and tried to be hopeful and con-
tent-tried, but it must be confessed, at
times found it beyond her "Morton'sstupid-
ity," she would confide to Sir John, "belng
something too incredible"
No, affairs were not altogether promising.
The counter charms were all there-dark,
fair, quiet, dashing-but they might almost
as we'll have been elsewhere. Almost, and
there lay Lady Temples one ray of hope,
and she made the most of it. There was
there, whom, as her ladyship first discover
ed, Morton Temple, spite his "stupldlty''
could not quite ignore or forsake, even at
the bidding Of his julia.
Mary Holme was only the Rector's daugh-.
ter, and no filter mate, in worldly point OF
view, for the heir of Temple Court than Ju-
liza Slingsby. Indeed, there Julia had rath-
er the advantage, for whereas Mary was
penniless, she was possessed of certain, II
modest, income of her own. But had the
hundreds been thousands, they would have
influenced her ladyship not one whit. :,
Mary HOlme had always been faVOrlte
at the Court. She and Morton Temple had
played together as children, and together
rOamed the woods and fished the river later
on.
Fair and quiet, with all her heart long
since given to her old companion, the Rec
tors pretty daughter was, in fact, FAR
more dangerous rival than the dark, dash
ing Julia would have condescended to be-
lieve, or her anxious ladyship have dared
to permit herself to hope.
But the days were slipping by. Tennis,
boating, picnics, all had their turn, and still
the success Of my lady's scheme remained
as doubtful as ever.
Among the guests was one James Iren-
ton, a heavy foolish looking young man,
with certainly-as the phrase goes-more
money than brains. But the lad-for he
was but little more-having but the other
day come of age and into his some thous-
ands per annum-WaS good hearted ana
generous minded enough to have made
himself many friends. ~
Poor James had lost his too susceptible
heart the very first night of his arrival,
and from that moment there was nothing
to be done with him.
Nccll 4uloo oA1ilSooS "'.o
SLAYER? She, on her part, did not certainly
refuse his worship. Julia was young
woman too wise in her generation for any
thing so foolish, but she led him sad life
of it for all that. She smiled on and made
much of him when it suited her to do so.
She ignored his very existence when that
CHANGED to be more convenient. And all
the time the poor foolish fellow was her
slave-hers to make use of to fetch, to carry,
to be smiled or frowned on as she saw fit.
Of course Lady Temple saw all that was
going on, as who could help doing? Indeed,
the faithful James-as the girls had come
to call him-would 60 to her ladyship with
his troubles. She was all kindness to him,
and YOU may be sure, would have helped
him if she could.
"He is a world too good for her" Lady
Temple confded to her husband; "but then
he will never find it out and that is every
thing"
No doubt there were other little flirta-
tions and even, it may be, courtships, going
on, but there were other and lawful author
tiles at hand, if need be, so with these her
ladyship did not trouble herself. 1t SEEM
ed to her, as the days went on, and Morton
Temple fiuttered from Julia Slingsby to
his old friend and companion, and James
Trenton clung pertinaciously to his Chloe,s
skirts, that she had something too much
of that sort to think of as it was. Never
again." Lady Temple told herself. mo,
if this fails they may go their own way.
Morton may make himself miserable for
life If he will, and poor Mary must break
her heart; l cannot help it,"