Sword and shield., 1885-02-28

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'asI'sl' 10 on his future brother-in-law
.,s..s' 49, ~ seood enough to keep those sentl-
.ou. - 81. the future to YOURSELF
llsiiss' s not think" observed the Mi
- - tinr at no one III particular, and
speaking very sweetly' .S@' "a VIC may "
3e11 - ..siA .l'ie The Squire went off in fit OF
ht sl.s M II came to n sudden termiLa-
~ IT,. i...ever: for Dolly broke into pas
sionate food of tears ana rushed out ol
me room. Her distress made Oulverton tsI
lose his temper and his manners a' 'ie
same time ,.o,,, osto
threw down his napkin and followed ms
little fame. "a, ,o,o
sedateness III, aa
she rose Il have not patience with you.
Then Size too rustled away in the wake
If the lovers, leaving her son IN blank
s.s4re th,v all gone madl" he asked his
gbera : something we don't under
8 lr ans yered the Squire. Il only hope
chlye,ton ; not playing fast and loose
With nv le girl 1t was rather a risk
sanctionin. the engagement at all.
IL was Ilverton who returned first;
aad very ack and angry he looked.
aIs Do coming backT asked the
sasgire am usly.
Present :" he answered.
krfl,ink ought to have some cXplana
ii, of all lis" said the Squire, putting
on his MAG terial air
.Cf eouIf J" replied Culverton prompt
~ ..The q Sc is this, Squire. These peo-
hi. were fr nds of my mother-or rather
Il pleased II to patronise them. Miss
Fox is be. ltiful woman who would like
"a be the G. lntess of Culverton-in fact
she made nj her mind three years ago to
H. the Conr. - of Culvelton. leaving my
o,ipio1ls ont 1f the question. Now l wish
to marry Do y, for have been in love
with her alr Tvs. and l would not marry
Miss Fox # nv very life depended upon
II That is he whole story; and as for
naxss.IR. | ssould never think Of these
peolle a see md time; but unfortunately,
Iallv Is so rmgly impressed with the
idea that Miss Fox can and will marry
me. whether viii or no, that the mere
sirht or NOR u Of them agitates her be-
yond mcasu
..Bat what ,eason has she to think sol"
asked the 81 ire.
Chiefly Il ause she heard, not very
long AGO. OF hat wretched story of her
aunfs / Ia tried 10 assure her that the
case is differ /. but it is Of no use; and
l snd the It plan is to prevent her
thinking al it them at all, simply by
avoiding all uention of them. l don't
think Dolly very stroag squire he
ended.
Not ve1y.e answered the Squire grave
". .Tllefc Is 10 disease Of any kind; but
she is 50 tcf " sensitive
ut was lf ys the same" said Culver
ton. "0h. has they are.'
ais Jasper 'xed." asked Dolly as her
brother left room.
"Neyer y. l.J Jasper. my darling" said
tbe Mistress '.liive Dolly some jelly. my
dear
"liave e!as. of wine my pet" said the
SQUIRE, as he ha,llcd Dolly her plate.
My love Observed the Mistress pres
entity to the SIuirc. "Culvcrton is going 10
Scotland nolrow; we think it will he
the best plan. Can you arrange to take US
there cu Thursday I"
"Of course. if you wis:l: but can we
cot a4l ',tt q i,-a tIlGl
We lHisr.it. i. ,werci Culvcrton doubt
fully. II !. r.alhei. | might send Mrs.
0rcf 81 everything made lit for
ssr Mrs. Bo-ofcr WAS the Eousekcepcr
Of the Tess IS
"A very .ool iI.,n." said the Mistress
algUovinal. ",ou know, Squire, Dolly
reall} ,iOes require 4 change of air | be-
gin 10 tbink Yorkshire is npt 50 lracing as
oneo dis
"l]caae Ll.aair is splendid" asserted the
sqNre
..iut Link Scotch air will suit Dolly
best ii present
eAoN I leli you what it really IS" said
Ike squire wisely. 1t Is taking Dolly to
LONDON anl giving her impure air in
heated drawing rooms and theatres. and
taen finishing her off in that horrid little
mole we welt to mp the Rhine"
"0h. il wls lovely" Dolly broke out. at
which they all laughed.
The end If it was. that a few days later,
they set of together for Lord Culverton's
Scotch place, where they remained till the
end OF september; and Mrs Nugent did
not call upon the occupants of the Villa,
nor slld Lold Culverton.
vetrftFrA IOh6NtE AlNl, IOG OIliX OH Tie
alonday, but also on the Tuesday, like
WISE or the Wednesday.
II was not very surprising therefore
shat. on tie Thursday morning during
breakfast, he discovered that Scotland
bad not m. ny charms for him just then,
and ne tholght he should run over to
PARIS at 4 beginning Of the following
week. The Mistress raised her eyebrows
and said 'aris-in August" but no fur
Der comm mt was made. Nor was any
1ne very mach surprised when the party
returned itlin fortnight of the time
lNe,l for . lly's wedding to find him still
= d ane y In, not having been in Paris at
what ex use he had made to Mrs. and
Miss Gave Fox for his mothers non-ap-
1ealance hey did not know; but that
hey haii rgivcn the slight, so far as he
kas colleei sd. was evident, for he posi- |
lively live, there.
As Culvc ton had good deal to arrange I
le retulnet straight to the Towers, only |
ilnlng at cane Ella two or three times
Feek and riding over once or twice in the
coping during tae same period
4 Was within week of the wedding. /
klsy, with her hat ON. to be in readiness
wren CulV 'rton came to drive her to Al
at hoTpe e look at pony for her especial
Is was unpacking several presents
Y ich bad but recently arrived; and
q per, after roaming restlessly about the
icase with )ut any apparent aim, betook
u self TO the Villa. He returned an
L u. later 10 find Culverton had not ar
. ed and Dolly rather worrying over his
y ence.
gnlverton not come?' he asked.
No. answered Dolly forlornly. 'and he
/; not here yesterday. He promised to
o e, she ended petulantly.
light suddenly broke upon Jaspers
j a.
Dolly he said abruptly. "has Culver
sn been the same as usual the last few
s es7n
Rather worried, of course" answered
inIit, .hut | have not seen very much of