The Penn's Grove record., 1885-04-11

OOliJ, ou0 Sdius WIN u JloLuOl III
her sweet voice.
Sunshine, little Sunshine, 1 love you
with all my heart. VIII you be my lit
tie wifef l know Pm a great rough
fellow. But no one could love you or
take care of you better than | could.
viii your"
The girl did not speak; the sweet face
dropped. But "Love has eyes," and
Jack read his answer. and drew the lit
tie figure into his strong arms.
sob, my little love-my little lovel''
That was a very happy morning which
they spent together in the grotto and
in wandering through the statue walk
and rose garden, and resting in its
bowers.
81 shall speak to your father to-
night" said Jack, as he took Sunshine
home at dinner-time; and little Sun
shine blushed and ran away to her own
room, to sit there by the window and
look out on the sunlit beauty of flowers
and trees, and to dream of happiness.
There vas a party at Mayne that even
ing. All the neighborhood was there.
The ball was held in the picture gallery,
and the quaint old portraits contrastt d
c~uriously with the youthful forms and
bright young faces of the dancers.
Miss Delville, this is our quadrille, -
said Harry going up to her.
She took his arm, and he whispered
xviii you come for a stroll instead OF
dancing?"
She bowed assent; and he conducted
her into the rose garden aud into the
yellow bower, where he led her to a seat.
"Do you know why | have brought
you here?' he said.
She did not answer
81 care for you," he said passi )nately
81 love you as my W lifel For the
past two weeks you have avoided me;
but now you cannot do so, and | insist
on knowing whether you love me-"
YES" she faltered.
"My darlingl Then you will be my
wifeP''
eOh, no-nol" she cried; and she
rose as if to quit the bower. But he
clasped her hands and drew her back to
her seat.
'Do you want to drive me mad?" he
cried. "If you love me you shall be my
wife, unless you belong to some other
man."
slack" she began.
"Jackl" said Harry; and then he
drew himself up haughtily. "Do you
love him better than me?n
HE is my brother, =" she whispered.
Your brother?n said Harry in as
constituent.
Yes. Oh, Mr.. Mayne, mine is a sad
storyi"
Tell it to me-" he SAID more gently;
and Nora faltered out her tale.
1.-Two years ago, when l was sixteen,
papa died. and Jack and | were left
orphans. Jack could not stay with me
he was obliged to reioin his ship; but
| stayed on the old family estate. A
maiden aunt came to take care of me.
She sent away my kind governess and
taught me herself; she was harsh and
cold, and | was very unhappy. A year
later Jack came home; and then Lord
Klmwell called on him. Lord Kimwell
lived on the next estate tn ours. He
had been abroad for many years, and had
returned to his home about the same
time as Jack came home from SEA. They
had known each other as boys; and now
Lord Kimwell seemed anxious to renew
the friendship OF their youth-at any
rate he was a constant visitor at our
house. Before Jack went back to sea
Lord Klmwell asked me to marry him;
and, partly because | was so miserable
at home, and partly because / thought
| liked him, l promised to become his
wife When Aleck told Jack, he said
he would not give his consent; and he
told me IN private that Aleck was a
scoundrel, and that, if | married him,
fhe would not acknowledge me as his
sister. Aleck went away, and Jack re-
turned to the Lisette. Soon after Jack
had gone, Aleck returned, and-and-
we used to meet secretly; and at last he
induced me to run away with him. We
were married privately, and he took me
to Switzerland. / was very happy at
first, for he wa very kind, and seemed
so fond of me; but | think he tired of
me in a few months, for he grew cold,
and at last unkInd, and then-he left
me. l found a letter in his room telling
me that he had business i'll India, en-
closing a cheque, and telling me that, if
| wanted more money, | must apply to
his lawyer. There was no address given
IN the letter as to what part of India he
was going to. Well, | stayed on in my
Swiss chalet for a few months, and then
ole day | saw Alexis death announced
in the paper. There had been no mar
riage settlements, aud all Alexis prop
erty went to a cousin. He had never
made u marriage public, so his family
did not know that he had left a wife,
and l would not go forward to tell my
miserable story. The fortune l was to
inherit would not be mine for three
years; so | was left destitute. Then
saw Miss Mayne's advertisement, and
answered it. A kind old Swiss doctor
gave me a testimonial, and | came here
six weeks ago. You have seen how Jack
has kept his promise"
Harry had listened attentively, some
times with a grim frown, sometimes
with a suspicious N posture in his black
eyes.
LADY Kimwell, will you be my wife2''
Eyes, Harry" and she hid her face
on his breast.
interviews with MI. Maynethat evening
dIUeF~ LH6 ButSbS hdu utpdIttu. MI.
Mayne gave his willing consent to
Jacks engagement with little Sunshine,
He started rather when Harry asked
permission to marry Miss Delville; but,
when he had heard her story, the kind
hearted man said
Take her, my boy, and show her
that there are some true-hearted fel
lows left in the world"
In the smokIng.room that night the
young men made ~confidants Of each
other, and Jack promised TO forgive and
forget.
Nora crept to little Sunshine's room,
and told her all; and little Sunshine put
her arms round her friends neck and
called her ''sister."
The good ship Lisetts, with her snowy
sails filed with a light breeze, danced
merrily over the blue waters of the Eng
lish Channel. The sky was cloudless.
Jack and Harry stood together on the
deck, watching the shores of the land
which held their dear ones grow fainter