The daily gazette., 1883-07-14
Love A La Mode.
tCencluded.l J
,.,., parr In Longman's Magazine. J

that was eANtoy Say. she does not know what
don't Dla'i'e ',gar T Fanny has been always
Il a 10 suffer-
happy and because of that, she thinks
'JuS' S.l,,st S"' at pleahure-that ones feel
one Ga" 'nd aiiertions are in ones wn power
ing, i,, l''' 'Wrntwortls pretty little head
N'd it.Ir in sympathy.
Rasssst rantain Gu. ZOn," she murihured,
A' ..;C ,u.ll we're tie case, what dilier-
%,,Inrbl this might be-" -
Gu, wa, "nd rrt he said, sternly, you women
mar naiT..', !" Jpny emphatically: II is the men
i, an. cruel heartless, without the sus
N'"of what the meaning OF the WORD love
hr,o,oin Curzon held in his hand cigar;
!. enny il from him with tragic gesture,
s,.nnrd into the bower, ana Win Gne air o.
msn who has mission 10 perform sat
Ss.,rt down on the little bench fronting
nD' W'. Wpntworth's wicker chair.
Ni'I ,taII not leave here" he said, "until
,.,e convinced you; and PERHAPS the
l,,o,t "s wsy OF pointing out your error lie to
su.J .sJo m YOU some of the misery that |
t,',, s.r, hppn lately made to endure"
H1, .I am ouite willing to listen; but before
n'aJe convert of, in my turn there is
'a,octbinr you will h I'VE TO hear from me-"
sV a., Vrs Rodnry's the rule OF the house
- +, have luncheon at / o'clock; but 2
III struck before there was any sign of
%'a,,iI, Cnrzon and Miss Wentworth. Then
,Iay came ,irolng IN together, and sat at
,b. ., t,hlr 20 long that the butler remarked
I, yorld very soon be time for dinner.
Mrs Rodnry, unable to bear the distress
...,,in had been obliged to resort to a
"nm,o.inr draught. 1t was, therefore, plain
E", .be would not be down that evening.
TIa rector WHO chanced to make call,
i.o word that he should be pleased If Cap
,.in rurzDr, would dine with him. The in
ri,ltiou was promptly declined. The con-
tnn,nre Of The conversation commenced
tbot morning presented far greater attrac-
to,, than ANYTHING the rectory could offer.
The result had cen AN opening up of conf
J,pcr which threatened to establish the
wa,mcst friendship between the two, who
had up to this period professed to hate each
other cordially
.,Ilrre cr''-Captain Curzon was ad
dressing the butler-'is 1t a necessity to
have dinner in the dining -room2 1t seems
,uch A wilderness of place when there are
oly Miss Wentworth and l."
.Ibad thought of laying IN the morning
ro9n. sir. hut didn't quite like to name it.
Master dIlll UllSllNeo "a" NAhN 1hSiS VhNh
tlry'tt two,
"l~gucs better. The morning room then
lcit hr,' =.
And accordingly in that snuggery Captain
Cuflor thoroughly enjoyed meal, which
hrcould not help contrasting with the one
thcy bad both partaken Of the evening be
fore
Ne,e- had the fair llaity locked more be
yiI,Inlg. Captain Curzon decided that his
friend Cotton must have been fool not to
have secured her. lldtty, on her part, was
saving 81 had been Flora Lyster, Pd
have thrown over 80 Moss GOldings for you"
Already these two young people, equally
expert al lh' game, had begun playing with
the lire. The question was, which would
grl Nuul-he, She, both or neitherl
Dinner ru!'d, whole evening was be-
FIRE them iucumparc notes and to examine
jcrling., 20 HAT they might make sure how
Nactly constituted alike they each were.
I,nr agothcy had discovered that of all the
neon "llylur they alone possesst d hearts
which Verr capable OF being broken. These
Lu,r,. ny, 10 shattered, never to be made
wnoIra,,u but the delightful luxury of
d,,,tjlgt thc agony they had endured was
Llr's ,ul. 'Counterleitng sweet woes,
thy ,ulrr,i them again"
TLrn,y morning both were down early,
mpulci by a certain sympathy. to taste the
Gp.hne,, Of the morning air. From stroll
Og round the garden they came In to break
fast together, and learnt, viii well assumed
PIrasurr, That Mrs. Rodney was' leeIlng Del
icr, and had cent down word to say that she
hoped 10 join them later in the day.
Tel be said Captain Curzon, to whom
the message seemed principally addressed,
u slall be delighted to see her; but ] 90
hope sAc won't make any effort that might
ny htriu my way"
Miss Wentworth wondered If Fanny
would libe her to 90 up and sit with her.
"Wi you aek her, Davis ~ she said
Yrs Miss; but Pm sure she'll say no.
j mistress is down by the afternoon, it's
quit. as much as she'll be able to do"
ptlat casr Captain Curzon was tempted
to bro aoSe that he and Miss Wentworth
should 20 's lar as Abbot's Rest together.
twa, a lovely walk, and with the autumnal
tint, upon lhr orc,.' trees around, the luin
would be something W Hrth seeing now. His
otrr Was accepted. and u Wis had the salts
faction of restraining her distress we'll
H.aht efforts hy informing her tn. b1ho zap
lall aud Mis-, lIatty had gone for q long
walk, $50 that mics ynn f.oi in,Ii, ed,
MfS Rodney permitted herself to sink
D4,N nnon the pillow, and then reflection
'"'i'e' ana she told herself that Monty was
f' Nitd' no doubt lie considered it due to
~ I'' . sacrifice himself and be amiable to
iy' iia'iy' and She would accept the offer,
IT,I,Is 70 lffllale him by SO doing. "Dayis,
WIN sr' up" She said; SO that when the
n"aHl couple returned they found Mrs.
""n'S "ailihg To receive them. Needless
~ ',iStr tlt justification, the establishment
"'a'li lhe Indignation which took posses
s"" u l'rr The two she had lett crossing
A"ltte lat now taken up arms together,
,,I aIH t"'ir weapons were smiles and sighs,
"H,sH InrA practiced regardless of her.
i"e afternoon seemed very long. 1t was
FuL't relief when the tea was brought In ,
"Nn mrs Rodney noticed that neither Monty
aor haily nade any opposition when she
P"P9seu fesllhg little before dinner in her
own room.
50 You've had one of your bad head
%mS, Fahny" Mrs. Rodney saw it was
Il husband speaking; he had returned,
,l'''a lhe door softly. and was bend
lns down 10 her Poor darling" he said,
""1glN, II If I'd known it | would not
Il 'e gone"
'gh, you could not have done anything
.n 'nc The pain was greater than usual ;
@ "an JG'' to take a draught and lie quietly
W Ita up until it WIS over"
M the Kilkenny cats, what did they
Wv. okrdabout, but there wasn't SO much
as t'le up oi one Of their tails below. What's
'Vc1lhc OF them 2"
H. oh' don't know-gone out to look al
''g moon, shouldn't wonder"
Bui not toL ether9"
MtS' hodney's eyes were fixed on the fire,
"I husband stared at her incredulously.
,t. tnaahing her head she said, 81 don't know