The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-07

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CHAPTER XX.-CoNr1xuEn
Slowly Mabelle took her way through
the garden. gathering here and there
some sweatly-scented flower. and linger-
ing amongst the MANY fragrances As if
she could not bear TO part from them.
Then. by degrees. out of the garden and
into the first fields surrounding the
house. No sooner had She arrived there
than something Jumped up against her
dress, and looking down she perceived
the fusSy-looking person of DIR. johnson,
who had e her proceedings in the
hall from one corner of one eve. but
who had only Just persuaded himself to
cave his delicious corner on the sofa,
and whose wriggling body and plead NO
tail now said distinctly: You can new
er think of leaving ~ behind"
''Oh, DIR. johnson. you want to come.
too. Well. You shall, if you don't u
alter the sheep she observed. which
observation the Doctor. perfectly COM
pretending, hailed with three active
bounds and as many sharp. excited
barks, while Mabelle's step fastened
itself somewhat in sympathy with the
creature eagernesS.
A walk of ten minutes along the WELL
known field paths brought her to the
cliffs. and 10 the agreeable little hollow
W ere she and Grace were wont to sit
with their books and work, idling away
the sweet, long. summer days.
From this Little cove one could look
down upon the shore, and when the
tide was high there was nothing to be
seen below ut 4 h%eaving green depth,
clear as crystal, and indescribably beau
tiful. One might dwcll for pages upon
the strange tints and shadows, the
changing. mysterious lights and CLEANS
ard flashes o foam, and sudden dark
ness of that noble sea which washed the
cliffs about Foulnaven, hut that the de-
scr ption might wax tedious. an could
no give the faintest idea of the whole.
Once, when some person was feebly
and ~hopeleSsiy quoting the words about
1.-the light that never was, on sea or
land," Mabelle suddenly burst forth:
but YOU are quite mistaken: il is
therci / have seen il. 1t is the green
light on the waves n F~oulhaven." And
the company laughed, and did not re-
licve her, ut MaOelle spoke the words
ia L ri ~ ~ MO- - ~
From where she sat this afternoon
she could not see, without standing up
and craning her neck for the purpose.
the two old ton piers To the south.
with each an odd, stumpy looking light
house al the end of il, between which
the river ran into the sea. SO that they
helped 10 form a kind o! harhor. in and
out of which the fishing era t went sail
ing. sailing. every day, with Their red
brown or afron-colored sails gently
spreading to the reeze. But she could
see. a she lay hack with her hands
claSped hehind her head, a little speck
of the top of the grea: last Cliff, which
was so high and mighty, and in stormy
weather so grim and terrible. And
upon that Spech stood the defiant-look-
in ri n of 4 very ancient abbey. ycleped
ST. Eiheliie "a.
Go where one would in the neighbor-
hooi Of Foulhavcn this frowning ruin
confronted one. and seemed Z o DOM
mate every part of the landscape. 1t
looked grimlv down upon the vo ayers
in ships at sea; while the blue sky
CLEANED through the broken tracery of
its fine old windows. BY land. no mat
Ter NntEt- Ht>l. upIAH vi Stulu- tloupN
il might be hidden for n moment by
some lofty bank, some bend in the road.
or some hedge of trees, Yet, emerge
once more and again You saw it, tower
ing above everything else an ancient
guardian, endowed with the impressive
ness which only such strange, hoary
buildings can have-the survivor of a
hundred kings. and the 5eacon for
miles around TO those who go down
into the deep in ships"
Now, Mabelle Fairfax lay back and
gazed at the gaunt old ruin and specu-
lated about it, and wove the webs of
her hopes and fears, and her wonders
as to what life held for her as she
watched whit. clouds sailing seward
behind its windows.
How good they are to me-" she
thought. They actually want me to
stay another month. and L have beer
here for three weeks air, ady! And how
| should like it, August now. and they
don't expect Philip home till October,
so | have plenty of time 10 stay 4
month, and be gone away for ever so
ionr before he zones OF course. L
ear er come here when he is at
home: the very sight of me would make
him furious. | should think
Here sic sighed and haf closed her
ewes. while herthoughts wandered away
upon other tracks. and DR.. Johnso sat
beside he, blinking at the ruins OF the
abbey with his tongue out, and Occa-
sio9 Nv turning his head and glancing
Al her over his shoulder with D half