Bridgeton pioneer., 1884-10-16

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within month"
I'VE are delighted, nv dear sir, am
sure; and there Will be festivities at the
rendezvous when that day comes. But,
still. there is that cheque.'
What would you suggest? l should
be sorry to refuse the outcome of so
much kindly feeling, if We can find
way of utilizing it,
I'VE can put a slCYa over his grave"
the Journalist sail-'d handsome one.
Something to remind Miss Lennard that
her fathers careless friends did not for
get him.
So 1t was arranged. The journalist
and his companions took their leave,
and it is to be feared that the festivities.
began and lasted throughout the month;
for there were long days and late nights
at the rendezvous, and not much work
was done; but they were very sober
and gentlemanly set of fellows when
they went to the church on the mar
riage day, having by some occult means
heard exactly when it was to be. Mary
answered their cheers with a grateful
smile and brimming eyes; for every face
there was associated with q kindness
done to him who was gone.
Mrs. Allenby was notthere. nor either
of her daughters. Arthur had to the
last cherished a vague hope that his
youngest sister would put in an appear
ance as an act of grace; but they had
steadily refused to receive the dead
scholars orphan child, or countenance
his marriage. He had to find home
for her with a stranger, in the interval
between the day of the funeral and the
wedding. He said nothing, but he was
deeply hurt. They would have made
him welcome, and that touched him the
more keenly. He had no hope of break
ing his mothers iron pride; and so, after
a struggle with himself, he decided to
live for his wife alone.
He did not send for them even when
he was i'll and knew he was dying, but
he did not deny himself to the m; they
came and would have taken possession
of him and put his wife aside, but that,
he gave them to understand, was not to
be permitted. He had faithful friend
on whom he ouldrely, an old compan-
ion of his boyhood, and fellow student
in the hospital. He left her in perfect
confidence to this gentleman,-Doctor
George Hyde,-and he accepted the
trust. Mary was not quite friendless.
She had, besides George Hyde, an old
lady whose fancy it was that she requir-
ed constant medical attendance, and
number twenty-seven had been her
home for the past two years.
DR.. Hyde accepted his trust with the
full intention of being true to it, and he
was. 1t was rather against him that he
had been for many years on intimate
terms with the Allenby's, and had been
thought to entertain designs of tender
nature in regard to Arthur's sister,
Margaret. She was beautiful enough
and had sufficient money to render her
desirable, but DR.. Hyde, if he contem-
plated marriage at all, was not in hur-
ry. Perhaps he thought of the unwo-
manly want of feeling displayed by
Miss Margaret in common with the 9TH
ers, and she in her turn resented it as a
personal injury that he should have I'M
dertaken to be the guardian of Mary
and her boy.
They sadly wanted the boy; he was q
noble little fellow, and they could not
bear the idea of leaving him to be
brought up by "that old literary hacks
daughter" which was their amiable
way OF designating Mary. They offered
her, through DR.. Hyde, pound week
If she would give him up entirely, and
when, also through DR.. Hyde, Mary de-
clined, they said in as many words that
they had more right to the child than
she had, for he was Arthur's boy, and
what was she?
DO you know" asked Mrs Allenby
OF George, what she intends to do with
that great house and the money!"
The money" said George, sis in the
uolborn Bank-a deposit account. The
house she intends to let out"
Let out?" replied Mrs. Allenby.
Let out? How do you mean?"
In lodgings" was the imperturbable
reply. 1.-The old lady, Mrs. Little, will
retain the second floor; for the dining
room floor she is in treaty with the
friends of young gentleman who is 60
ing into st. Bartholomew; and then
she has the drawing-room floor and one
other room to spare. Her own room
the one poor Arthur died in-she re-
tains; it is sacred ground to her."
Sacred ground?' repeated the state
ly lady, witheringly; "a lodging-house
keeper? Was there ever anything so
disreputable-so disgraceful. Surely,
George, with your inAuence-Arthur
left her to your care, and she has right
to obey you-you could persuade her to
something different"
My dear madam, you do not know
the young lady. She is as gentle as
dove, and as determined-for you know
the dove is rather a pugnacious bird.
The house remains almost exactly as it
was, except for the surgery. The ante
room on the ground floor. that she fitted
up as her own room-a perfectly busi-
ness-like arrangement. NV own i'm
preston is that she will do very well.n
but surely, George, you do not ap-
prove of it?'
''If you ask me what 1 approve off,
said George, II should say disapprove
of the whole business, and your conduct
especially" DIR, Hyde was q nrivilarod