New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-20


lOnged 10 stay yOT footsteps and tell you that there
scarcely night have not remembered you in my
prayers. SO you see am not 30 ungraeful as per
haps appeared
Lord Wnrgravc approached her eagerly. His ordor
had been considerably cooled by her quiet reception Of
his undisguiscd pleasure at meeting her again now
radiant smile III mp his face he said
If NJ 40 sacred monbnt you could have given me
thought however low YOUR estimation of ne may have
and may hope You will accord me little Of that CON
hdcncc and friendship which my sister enjoys
,'o Ny friendship can be Of G value to ohy1n' re-
sister She has made me- that wa, to me un'pclkaby
dark and lonely, almost bright and happy
At this juncturo the door opened and Lady Florence
passed over her face but quickly cleared away as her
brother said frankly and ioyOusly:
Florence, Miss Graham and have discovered we
old acqunintances You shall have version of how
and when We met from both of us And, his face
beaming with delight, he left the room slowly de,
sccnding The stairs, he whispered to himself Found
at last and to be lost more. But how am to get
out Of that COMPOUNDED trip 10 Norway
Ten days have elapsed, and Lord Wargrave. chatting
in spirit is still in London dragging out he last week
Of the expiring lie has not yet solved the prob
lem how TO get out Of the confounded trip to Norway
London, always hot and stffy at the end of July, is
unusually this year; and a. he crceps slowly up
Pccadilly under the fierce blaze Of soOrching sun,
he thinks what enchaument 1t would be lying IN
punt in the cool shade of the back waters with Myra
by his side What folly to make prccarious journey
20 Norway in search Of salmon, When gudge0n to be
found in the Thames Can no find excuse for
throwing the friend with whom he is engaged for
this fishing excursion. If that uncle Of MOrdaunts
would only die he has been go long abOut it.
As this very charitable thought found birth in his
mind friendly tap on the shoulder causcd him to turn
round with start aud he found himself face TO face
with Colonel Mordaunt, who endeavoring TO look
solemn ms the occasion required, said
was trying to find you old fellow. am sorry,
You DON'T say So. exclaimed Wargraye i am SO
glad His friend stared at him
No, no, not glad correcting himself hut don't
lIIubuu IN MOrdaunt JVas n shOck
ing ~ curmudgeon and you are his heir there was
no log lost between YOU
True, very true sighed Colonel Mordauut; 'hc
would have cut off with shilling if he could, but
he could not have enormous amount Of business
transact: But you will easily find someone to replace
Norway be hanged interrupted Wargrnve, adding,
with enthusiasm no one could supply your place my
dear fellow shali give the whole thing up , and re-
year You must run down and pay u' a visit after the
funeral
Colonel Mordaunt who had no idea he hold so high Il
place In his friends esteem, was puzzled, but he was
accustomed 10 Wargrayes cccentrcitc, and too much
pre-occuped with his affairs 10 care 70 solve the
puzzle at that moment At their club the friends
parted the Colonel to write letters Lord Wargrave TO
prepare for immediate departure to Waltham. lie had
lust time to catch the last train.
Az Waltham Lady Florence and her young friend
were settled But Florence fifteen years Older than
her brother was practical and far-seeng. Previous TO
leaving London She had discovered that Myras grand
aunt still lived She had an interview with her, and
that stern and proud old lady who heard for the first
time of tho girls existence .oftened by age, and
touched by the account Of her lonely life promised
Myra home if she chose to apply for H. Florence was
satisfied and formed her Ian of action
For MIRA herself new void had opened. Az she
sat In unaccustomed deness under the fragrant lime
trees IN the glorious evening light gazing at the sill
very Thames winding through its uXuriant valley the
field. rpenng harvest their golden hue contrasting
with the melting blue Of the distant perspective seen
for miles from the vantage ground where sIo was
PLACED she realized for the frat time that there is
poetic side life and that the actual fact of existence
can be rapture. With her usual unsefshness, she
longcd that Of her poor friends out of the courts
and allows Of Westminster could share her happiness,
and unconsciousy exclaimed aloud
'Oh If ! we're but roh
close to her She started. Lord WarGrave stood be
fore her L hope you quite strong now. he said
calmly. You seem to appreciate my lovely Yew' nut
hardly Thought 1t would inspire 40 mercenary wish
az you have just expressed Or IL II that you desire
riches simply to enrich others, Miss Grahamf
Myra, rosy red, took his outstretchcd hand. . /
Thought you were In Moray she said passing over his
quito impossible to get there this year, he re-
sponded drily.
She did moi ask why and all further onver.aton be
tween them was arrested by the appearance of Lady
Florenoe and there an expression of yexation on
her she observed they had better come In for
1t was close upon dinner time
That evening Myra was silent and grave Lord War
grayo laxative and Joyous At al carly hour she re-
red thinking chat brother and sister ght wish be
alone am unaccustomed to idlene-s. and believe
it weares me- she softly sail, as she left the room,
graycy and keenly at he br ,hcr
why have YOU given up your Norway tripr she
asked He coored Slightly a. ho replied
The atos against il, and in favor of my study
ing your sweet friends character Don't look 40
alarmed, Foj | am not In love yet, but deeply in
tcrc-tcd As for Miss Graham, have no reason for
thinking that she regards with anything but in
difference, tempered with small modicum Of graft
tude Florence, he continued, with some agitation
Won who know and love this girl must acknowledge
that she is the most lOyablc and interesting creature
Xou
What think i, not Of much consequence, my dear
brother. But have you considered what the world will
say when thcy hear yon have taken for your wife
whom chance encounter in the streets has thrown
across Your path
Bother the world lnconicslly put in his lord.lhp.
His sister, with 4 faint smile, continued: Do not
mistake Wargrayc: I like and deeply interested in
Myra; but bc guided by me I'm this matter. II you
have really and truly fallen love with her and have
serious thoughts Of making her your wife. you must
carry the study Of her character under another roof
than yOur own
found Florence for it strikes me that Mi, Graham
has nome irrtably responded her brother
1t was now that Lady Florence diyUlgcd the exist
of Myra- aunt and the fact that she had promised
70 receive her. Truth to say, with romantic feeling
hardly 10 be suspected at her age almost from The first
day She had known Myra, it had flashed across her
mind again and again, what perfect wife this pare
and lovely girl, unspocd by the world, would make
her fastdious and undetermined brother Aud # she
had rejected the idea inconsistent, absurd hnprOb-
able altogether freak Of the Imagination, II wa. only
10 have IL rccur 10 her on the next occasion with
greater force than II would come, IN spite of
Herself and it came it presently grow almost into
q hope.
When She had fullt mfoldcd her carefully prepared
tactic. to the details of which her brother had lent
breathles4 attention he started from his chair, and,
looking at his sister with comic astoni'hment, OK
claimed; Florence, You are that ono woman in
thousand whom solomon with oil his wisdom failed t.
find Most generous Of sisters. henceiorth shall ever
De guided by youJ but demand one week, wherein.
floating on the glorious old Thames may begin that
study have so much at heart
His sister shook her head. 4 m,tru-t Won War
gave but kissing him fondly, she added: We will
seep over our little plot and how mornings light
may help US to unite the Gordiau knot
And when that morrow came, the plans 20 ingcui-
ousy made by Lady Florence were frustrated, by find
ing her young friend seriously Ill., On getting out Of
bed she had tainted
Poor Myral 1t was tho beginning Of long and
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