The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-02-07

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or fever simply because there's a woman
coming to stay for few days. Go, my
dear,aud leave me to quiet contemplation
OF the great event."
Miss Jane, in mute obedience. took up
her key basket and left the breakfast
room. willie ller brother threw down the
ZINES and marched UP and down the
apartment in sort of comic consterpa-
lion,
A tall. brond-shouldcred, deep p-chested,
man of 40 looking much older, with
brown eyes. deeply set under heavy
br0ws, brown skin, brown hair, wbiskers,
beard aud mustache, save for the streaks
OF silver they showed, a fue set Of white
teeth and firm, decided china hand
some, healthy, wealthy mnn, with an
iron constitution and perfect digestion;
by nature genial, sociabie. generous,
with good deal OF dry humor; 10y habit
grim, sarcastic, tacjturn; II man who,
without any apparent reason, adopted
misanthrophy as religion, and rigor-
onsly lived up TO his creed-suoh was
Hervey DaveuGpt.
At fiye.and-twenty be had returned
from n prolonged foreign tour to tiud
both his father aud mother dead and HIM
sell heir to large unencumbered estate.
Without any demonstrations of Joy or
sorrow, be had settled down at Davepant
Hall with his only sister; there his per-
sistent seclusion soon cut him of from
old friends and prevented him from maxi
ing new. Miss Jane, though ten years
older, locked up to and revereneed her
brother with blind eye Of hero,worsLip.
Though personally fond Of society. she
acquiesced in nil Htryeys plans, and fell
into his Ways irseusbly. Miss Jane had
met with q disappointment when very
young. and, though neither Roured nor
blghted " lt,people saw at glance .hAt
"llSs Jane she would remain to the
end of the chapter
Bat, ior sl the apparent devotion to
HetSey and ubprote,ting sanction Of his
soul, was not satisfied. She thought il a
sin and a sLame that her grand, haud.
some, clever brother should NOPE away
the best years Of lis life in a gloomy Ii.
brary, surrounded by musty folios, and
dusty dead bats aud beetles, and othel
hateful debris Of animal life. She longed
to sac hIm married and filling Lia proper
place in society, aud not ysnturIug open
ly TO express hsr wishes. set numerou.
it'll. traps to catch his unsuspecting and
uuWary affections. But though Miss
lane tnncied that she arranged her plan.
with N ,chiNy.llian diplomacy, they
we're as transparent as wattr to the kee,
perception OF the intended victim. Her
ycy seemed to know by intuition whel
IN ambuacade was prepared, aud alway:
maraged TO cover his retreat, ii not witt
iigri'y, tt least with security to Limecl
and defeat TO the enemy,
Bot Miss Jane WAS an invoterate match
makerand pursued her desigus year atte
year, very hopeiH! Of ultimate succl IS de
spite repeated failures; though the nine
ty-ninth matrimonial bait for Herve,
H.iled. size set tho hundredth wi b un
shaken faith. With Mis-, Treherne sh,
meaGt to take tbs citadel by storm
Never before had she gone so openl,
and uudisguisedly to work, and he
plan would IT least have the advantag,
ot novelty.
A lady visitor at Daveuant Hall, tn
mlsanthrope regarded aa simple nuls
ance, bich neosSsitn!ed his leaving lom,
for as long period as she choose 10 re
main; bat MS lie could generally contriy
to n ,ke himself tolsrably comfortable II
a hotel somewhere. he did not regard tin
arrlva! on one OF daue's friends as YER
serious disaster. But that there shoul,
oe u visitor, aud that he should have (,
remain at houis, meet her, aud help Il
entertain her, WAS quite another thing
now to set about such task exercised III
miud good deal. Sull, be r,a .cled
Jane was very good creature, who sci
dom troubled him IN any way; doubles
her friend WIS q very dear old one, o
she would not be so anxious that h
> should show her some attention. Sh
was not dangerous from a matrinonia
yuilt of visw--ou that head he was qgit
satisfed-or she would have been intro
duoed surreptitiously, and made know
to him without warning In all proba
l hility she was prim, autiquRted lady i
D lace mittens and spectacles, prohabl
l with extreme religious views, and pei
$ haps chronic bronchitis. She would b
a bore, however-of that he was morall
70 certaini still, to oblige Jane, be would
e if it were necessary, be civil TO auy 81
e of the most Objectionable Of her school
- fellows, for in his secret heart, tar dow
\ below the cynical aud misantLrupics
F, strain, Hsrvey Davenant dearly love
4 his sister.
/! THIS is Miss Treherne, Hervey. Ell,
It my love, this tx my brother" Miss Jan
i sold hurfisdly. inyerIiug the usual ord,
= OF Introduction in her blind belief in MI
+ Daysuuut's absolute supremacy.
5 GLOW do you do. Mr. DavenaniY"
d The misanlhrope was standing on th
7 white leecy hearthrug in tue drawing
room, locking down curiously at yOun