Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-07

food Of FURNISHED gold over earth and
| sky, gliding the tree tops with It's enui-
/ gent radiance. and forming a picture sur
| fcientIy brilliant and beautiful to make
one forget everything else but the scene
| before them.
Honfieur standing at the door awaiting
| their coming. She noticed before they
! got half way up the avenue that they had
| changed horses, and as they drew nearer
| CIare's pale face told the rest.
''Have you had fall, my childW was
/ her first greeting.
Mr.. lie Verrier answered for her:
| 'sNo; but she would have had if she
/ had not been such a splendid rider"
When Mrs. Honfeur heard the paTticu-
| lars of Lucien's fright she reprOached
/ herself for not having insisted on Clare's
riding her own horse.
| Miss Thompson took it upon herself to
/ engage Mr.. lie Nerrier in conversation as
/ on the previous evening.
| Clare excused herself from the parlor
very soon after tea, being too much over
/ come with fatigue and excitement to be
/ either entertained or entertaining.
Miss jamie left at an early hour, think
| ing probably Mr.. lie Verrier would 90 in
/ and spend the evening with her, as there
was no attraction at Glenside; but before
| they left, when they were discussing the
! ride, he paid Clare some OF the highest
/ compliments; said he anticipated nothing
! but screaming or faInting, or both, when
/ he saw her critical position, and knew how
much alarmed she must necessarily be,
out no gentleman could have shown him
l self more cool ana collected nor MANIFEST
/ ed more courage.
q do not see that there was any great
display of courage" remarked Miss . anie,
disparagingly. ''There could not have
/ been much time to be alarmed in before
| the danger was all over"
The time seemed like hours to me.
do not know what 1t must have appeared
like to her,'' he answered.
''Clare is an adept at cOncealing her
| feelings" she rejOined.
! Il thought you knew her better than that,
i JAMIE" replied Mrs. Honfleur in q reprOY-
ing tone. "Clare's cOuntenance reveals
| every emotion other heart. l often realize
the necessity for her going out into the
| world and mingling with society that she
/ may learn how TO control her feelings.
know it would be painful discipline to
her, and l cannot bear the thought of part
| ing with her; her life and mine are Sc
| blended that il viii be like seYeTing heart
/ strings to both of us TO separate"
S9And why not 20 with hery' asked Mr.
| lie Verrier. Il should think it would be
| a pleasant change to you, and your beauti-
full home would appear the more beautiful
and attractive to you on your return"
1T does not seem possible for me
/ ever to return to the world" she replied
Il have lived so long in seclusion that its
| gayeties would be not only distasteful to
! me, but / should be such a novice in its
ways that l would need some one to ma.
trOniZe me instead of acting the matrOn.''
"But YOU will be compelled to go some
day or else be separated from Clare" re-
| marked jamie, E'fOr Mr.. Frank HoughtOn's
house Is in New Orleans"
eMr. HOught0n was very anxious for
Clare to spend this winter with him there p
replied Mrs. Honfeur, willfully misunder-
| standing her; ''but her aunt HOughtOn re-
maing abroad has prevented, if there had
been no other objection to her doing So"
Clare was glad to get to her own room
| and be alone that she might count over
her store of happiness. Mr.. lie Nerrier's
/ attentions to her were unmistakable; he
| surely loved here-very look and action in.
dictated love. How tenderlY he had cared
for her that evening: with what sOlicitude
had he watched for the returning flush on
her cheek. Ali her wOman's destiny had
| commenced. Life was not all future to
| her; there was now some past. She laid
I down with rosy visions around her couch,
| and reVeled in new delicious Joy.
As Miss Thompson and Mr.. lie Verrier
wendell their way to her home that night
| the former said:
GLOW adroitly Mrs. Honfleur avoided
any allusiOn to Clare's marriage. l have
been told before that she did not like to
| have Frank HOughton's name mentioned
/ in her hearing. She IS so aVerse to giving
/ her daughter up. 1t was very inconsid-
crate in me to allUde to it, but then ! am
/ so candid. / have not some peoples facul-
I ty for saying pleasant things; l always
say what l think"
"And is Mr.. Frank HoughtOn to marry
! Miss Clare?" inquired Mr.. lie Verrier,
! anXiOusly.
rs it possible you did not know thatY7
was the reply. IL supposed she had told
/ you herself before this. 1t is an old at
/ tachment; she has loved him from her
/ childhood. Her mother does not favor the
match. and did oppose it at first, but,
| when she found how perfectly devote d
| Clare was to him, she withdrew her OppO-
sitiOn, only STIMULATING that they were not
| to see much of each other until his studies
were completed. This was the objection
Mrs. HOnfleur had to Clare's going to New
Orleans this winter; the fear that he
would make some excuse to come home,
and be there with her all the time. This
was what she alluded to when she said,
If there was no other objection He
spent his vacation here this fall, and Clare
was the happiest creature l ever saw.
No two people could differ more from
each other than she differs now from what
she was then-sO gay and full of spirits;
now she is triSte all the time. She makes
herself so miserable while he is away l
am sorry for her. But here we are at
home. Come in and sit the evening with
me-"
Nothing could have been farther from
Mr. lie Verrier7s intentions when he start
ed to accompany her home than to pay
her visit, but he was too much infatuat-
ed with Glare willingly to leave off talking
about her, though what he had just heard
about her had given death-blOW to his
hopes.
at seems very strange to me-" he said,
sSthat l have never heard of this before. l
wonder that Mr. HOughton has never
spoken of it to me, or Frank himself, for L
am intimate with both OF them"
''Well, l beg you will never mention a
word of it to anyone. IF it should get
out through me 1 would be blamed. l
ought not to have spoken so freely about
nv friends affairs. She makes a conf
dant Of me and tells me everything, and
| should not have said anything about 1t
if had not supposed you were posted"
Mr.. LIE Verrier asked Tor Mrs. Thompson.
ssShe is a confirmed invalid" said her
daughter. "and seldOmieaves her room at
night, indeed rarely at any time" forget
ting for the moment that the plea which
she had used on previous occasion to in-
duce him to come in was to become ac-
ouainted with her mother, but she did not
wish her mother present to interrupt the
tete-a-tete which she had promised her
self.
She found her companion very dull and
spiritless. 1t was evident TO her that
when she ceased talking about Clare he
took no farther interest in her conversa-
ton.
She begged him to let her ride his fine
horse on the next evening. He objected
at first, saying he had decided not 70 let
a lady get on him again, but she insisted
so strenuously, and said she wanted so
much to try him, he told her at length to do
as she pleased about it. He did not remain
very long with her, but left early and re-
turned to the lodge to think over the disa-
/ greeable news he had heard and lay plans
| for his departure. At first he thought he
would not remain only one more day in
/ the neighborhoOd, but on rejecting about
| it he concluded it would not do to leave so
| abruptly after having ayoWed his lnten-
( sion of remaining some weeks.
! He had been flaItering himself that he
/ had been making some impression upon
/ Glare: had thought that he detected love
/ SYMPTOMS in her embarrassment often
/ while talking to HIM, and in the distant