The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-08-11
SUSPECTED! !!
The Fate Of the Gamekeeper.
RaUyY.y~r SYLVESTER,
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CHAPTER X.

After this the days 60 on very quietly at
Kingscourt The Cavendishes come and 50,
md Hereward is glad when they are
eoue. He meets his old love very quietly IN
! &C. drawias-room before dinner. among u
q .,urd Of people. And the old pain does not
/ ~ on. aloud. nor does any shadow of the
! Il anguish pass over his face. Whether she
asa thrown him over wickedly or foolishly,
u does not care to remember now. Perhaps
= has not SO utterly forgotten the past rs 10
fxrive her very freely but lie does forgive
IN more for the wrong she has done his
fmmer self than any present grievance. In
ft be has no present cause of quarrel with
IL. He looks upon what she has done to
{ Inn in the past as if it had been done to
snafher person: he dislikes her for her
q haachery and that Is all
Her husband is n selfish, conceited fellow,
- whom Hereward feels at once an invinci-
lie repurnance He is tall and fair, slender
!. nd pale faced not handsome. but very dis
1nQuished looking, with a supercilious mar
m and most tynnnical disposition. Amy
spe can see that they do not get on well to-
I asther he has grown tired of the quiet,
] 1vmd faced girl, whose fresh, t,nsophisiic;s-
D ia WAYS had charmed him by their very con-
t,st to his own and he visits his weariness
mon her without reserve.
T. not unlikely that poor E..sle Mrs Cav
sepdish wouh have liked Hercwa.d to sympa-
ihne With her Sha makes no secret Of her
uiue affairs 1t is improbable that she
vpsh have liked him to glare ike tiend at
NJ husband, or to strike any mclodramntic
1ltitndes Of despair when they meet again
4 Kingscourt but she might have preferred
& sEsn this to the perfec, indifference of his
sinner Eseems 50 strange to her that they
shculh meet again like this, after all that had
uned between them. She looked up q: him
1ometimes With pi.ecus violet eyes, when he
i Standing close to her in some group at
Iingcourt- to her, but, ali, how far
apa1t! There is no sympathy in that sternly
eanEle face, no remembrance of the past, no
vih for friendship in the future. The iron
] ~ passed through the fire, bu. it has come
s eat-steel
The Cavsnlishes do not stay long a. Kings
court They are not particularly pleasant
guests. No one takes much interest in an
Wsofted couple no one sympathises with
then 1t tEa relief when they take their de-
psture, to others beside Herewnrd
BE goes hack to College for his term of six
susaks shortly afterwards. College has never
4 aemed 50 dull to him-the days SO long. the
hrfures 50 wearisome.
He does no. see Blount. His regiment has
I'm ordered down to some country town
<Rng hs absence. Blount writes to him
u - i Is very dull down there. but that
~ ere some pretty girls who are partial to
~ coatA
HI WhA Hdexard returns to kinyscourt.
me b tAe true breath of spring IN the air.
~ hons ehessnuts are covered with BROW,
.endk theH1 faint tinGe Of green over the
1usehed hnds, the blackbirtls and thrushe:
- lnys ang as if they lived cnly to sing,
- the yuans rocks cav noisily in the tree
u day long. Miss Middleton is still a,
pcourt Hereward arrives late one
md sss nobody till the next incoming
taRnkfak
H , dom early, and finds the breakfas,
- smpy. But the window is open, and
room = fnu Of soft fresh air and sun.
he stands looking out, jus. as he
- the manning after his frs. arrival
= ages sem to have elasped since then
mere M feeling Of life, of progress, d
m II very atmosphere. The wood.
h,ntly tnged with delicate pale greer
~. and thRe, the garden beds are bordered
-. . crocns and snowdrups, one great bed
me hlE-os-the-valley has already A0we,
sma Is sheathing leaves Hercward
=. mg theze with folded arms yuzes at i
r. NTH pleasure that is akin 70 pain il
intent dark ewes.
'ack again, last of the Saxons ~ cries {
vOln; and Hereward turns to shak.
- with Bah Middleton.
I've nesed you awfully." she exclaim;
Aud am propor.ionately glaf
va What jolly rides we shall hav,
- 0oasingg-I delight in boating
daa s'o get On at your examination :"
Gy sA -Hereward answers smiling.
an p glad. Did you see many of you
moxs perfectly we'll what sh.
~. :. - on. but he will not CRAFTY her
~ ny Calege friends, Of course
=. haoants regiment still there ?"
I" ne m country quarters jus
0ss l. like thsty
9n y finds it rather duu.
- should imagine. Do vou kno~ N.
~ shining event has oocurred x;n,,s ~.
1llgnnoart!'
- s'eat! Hzsuard asks quickly.
yoa are 70 ommunitive yourself =
4 ~ !, ,.aaAeeoo laughs mischieyously. ss
- yco nnd out-d you can
- vel Idsse say can guess"
u d gus<r
ae Engaged 10 Lard Hexiot."
80, s.:s'seoo shah@ her head with