The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-05

we'll Such man has no right to be lying on
Chicksand Common, dressed like tramp"
1T may be disguise" said Grace, more and
more indignant; besides you ought to remem-
Der that it is sometimes more difficult for gen.
tleman to keep his head above water than for an
agricultural laborer or mechanic Somebody
says that the high roads in Australia are made
by University men. Education is a drug in the
market everywhere"
1.-THE young man looks disreputable and dis
sipated."
He looks very ILL.," said Grace.
"If he comes to Darnel this afternoon, you had
better take him straight to the drawing room,
and introduce him to Sir Allan as your afianced
husband, since you are so confident about him, !"
retorted the Colonel, getting angry
THAT means that you wash your hands OF me
and my troubles" said Grace piteously.
ut means that will help you if | possibly
can. But will not encourage you in a folly-a
mistaken sense of honor and self-sacrifce.
love you so well, Grace, that if I thought this
man were worthy of you, granting him to be a
pauper, and if | knew your heart was set upon
marrying him, would use my strongest endeav
ors to reconcile your father to bad match. But
l have a shrewd suspicion that the man is a
scamp and a scoundrel, and am very that
| in your heart of hearts, you don't care straw
for him. So / shall make it my business to ar
range matters civilly and literally with the gem
tleman. And it you are only good and submis-
sive believe | shall be able to tell you in
week that you as free as air"
''Dear-dearest Colonel" cried Grace, forget
| ting herself But you will not behave unkindly
| to poor Victor"
Il mean to treat him very handsomely. will
| give him fair start, with nice little sum IN
hand in new country at considerable distance
from Darnel Park"
''But that will take heap of money"
'"The money shall be forthcoming. You and
can square accounts when you are of age
my best of friends"
"And when all is settled, and your Partisan
friend has returned you those foolish letters, you
can go to Sir Allan and tell him all about it very
quietly. And then your mind will be at ease ever
afterwards"
cit will be dreadful to tell papa" said Grace
ruefully. He will preach me such a sermon"
Even sermon may be endured from good
father" replied the Colonel, with his kindly
SMILE land after all, sermons are good things
in their way"
YES will tell him all, godfather, when Vic
| tor has released me from my promise; and If he
| should send me letter. como to the house,
| which he could hardly do, poor fellow, In that
dreadful coat, l will let you know directly"
They put their horses at trot, and followed
| Sir Allan and young Colchester, who had good
start of them by this time, and there was no
more confidential talk between Grace and her
| godfather
The dining room at Darnel looked delightful
| haven after morning in dewy fields and damp
copses, on breezy commons, and over wide up
| lands. The old hearth with its dog stove and
| brass furniture, the kissing urn the loaded side
| board, the table bright with chrysanthemums
and scarlet geraniums, and the fine old Swansea
breakfast service-eyerythine looked inviting
| while the mistress of the house, In her neat,
| olive green Cashmere gown and linen collar was
| the most charming object in the room. Lady
| Darnel was not one of those picturesque matrons
| who come to breakfast In a flowing satin robe
! trimmed with ostrich plumage. She had not
yet risen to that loose and shapeless splendor of
| attire, which takes its inspiration from Japanese
| screens, and finds It's material IN Oriental ba-
zaars. Neat and trim, and thoroughly English,
she smiled upon her husband in gown which
| might have cost from two to three pounds.
| Those plain toilets only veXed Dora Darnel.
who had secret yearnings for the japanese, and
had not courage TO indulge them in the face of
! Lady Darnels simplicity. Her mind was also
|
pin money, which was large. She certainly did
not spend it on dress and if she disposed of it in
works OF charity, she was verify ard indeed one
of those excellent Christians whose left hand
knows not what the right hand gives.
Dora had discussed this subject many time
and oft with her particular friends, those people
who had held themselves little aloof from
! Lady Darnel but VINO still adored Sir Adams
! incompatible sister
'.NIy conviction is that Lady Darnel is making
a purse" she would conclude, solemnly, as if it
were altogether UBIQUITOUS to make purses.
''But why, my dear Dora, why should she do
! that, when you tell me Sir Allan has provided
| handsomely for her in the event of his death!'
| asked her friend
Most handsomely" said Dora. "But for all
| that believe she is making purse. Some
women are born misers."
Clare Darnel had not the air of a woman of
misery soul. she sat at the head of the table
this morning dispensing tea and coffee, and
smiling upon her adorng husband, who had
seated himself by her side. She looked brighter
and happier than she had looked for long time
| The prospect of escape from her narrow sur
roundings the idea of travelling with the
| man she tenaerly loved. among new and
| beautiful scenes, was full of delight She
! was not weak woman and she had met the
/ GOODNESS of her husbands old acquaintance with
quiet scorn. She despised them for misjudg-
! ing her--despised them for their inability to
/ accept her for her own sake for their petty
/ preiudices and suspicious. She knew that she
might have been one of the worst women in
| England, her sins only falling short of law court
exposure, and yet if she had come to Darnel
! Park as the daughter of great house, per
sonage the county would have opened its arms to
received her. But she came to Darnel as a
nobody and all manner of evil was suspected
about her. She had borne her isolation without
, a murnur, for she was woman of in Unite re-
| sources and was in wise dependent upon So
| cety for amusement or happiness; but she had
been deeply grieved by the knowledge of her
! husbands pain at the unfriendliness of those
| whom he had counted as his friends.
And to turn her back upon this trouble, to go
among strangers and strange scenery, to escape
from those cold critical glances of Dora Darnels.
| this was indeed delight; such delight that the
thought of it made her for the moment forgetful
! of a deeper darker trouble which had been
weighing her to the ground of late the one
/ heavy burden of her life, burden that she had
| set herself to endure in secret.