Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-11-28

Fairy Grove TO Brighton Beach.
Hazel felt she WAS in an earthly pareolse-
She never grew weary of admtrtng the Oeau-
ties of her new house. Her husband was as
devoted as ever. and she was eAceeuihBlS
happy, except when s Lofa a,fa,d i ~ business
matters. Atsuch times she felt very lonely;;
She had no society. Arthur had accounted
for this fact by saying that ne was oDllse1s
his mothers Illness. The doctor hau IN
formed him that any sudden shock Wouiu
Hazel felt that her secret marriage was
the only drawback to her happiness. ~ was
natural that she should desire 10 be pnolicly |
acknowledged as Arthur's wife. Her iather'
\ she thought, would then repent OF MS IN
| justice. She had written TO Dolly when sne |
| send Met to her for she had been Informed |
| the poor foundling could not be cohsoleo
| Met was made supremely happy on his |
4 arrival at Fairy Grove. His faculties deVel-
oDed amazingly there, and he acted IN |
| much more sensible manner than while ne
| lived at Blackburn Mill. He still played |
/ his pipe, but he seldom neglected 10 DO any /
/ work that Hazel required of him. he AZ, |
| tended to the flower beds In the garden, anu
| he sometimes acted as footman when Hazel
/ went to the beach. He could carry her |
wraps and books, and see that she was seat
| ed IN a comfortable position.
] The beach was her flvorite resort when |
| her husband was absent. she liked TO watch
She generally induged Met by letting him
| act as her escort Perhaps Sne 1ounu even
| this poor foundling more TRUSTWORTHY IuaL!
her new servants, with whom she ala not
Nets devotion to Hazel was touching.
| Every morning he gathered the .LI,sS, Iresness
| flowers in the garden for her. One morning
| he brought his bouquet to the edrawlng.roon'
but he was disappointed not TO nnd ms ms
| tress there. Seeing Clara, the house-lnalu,
busy dusting the room, he asked; Nv mere
Nv hat do you want Of herr" asked the
..Here'ssomc flowers have been picking
for her Where is she 2"
aOh, she is about somewhere, crying,
suppose replied Clara shiugsihs ner
~Crying9 What do you mean" asked
II mean lust this, that for the last three
days she seems to be awfully put out ABOUT
INV heart. girl /! What be the matter with
her?h questioned Met, growing more anu
"ch. She Is so lonely, suppose She goes
noyhera sees nobody and for a week her
i husband has been absent i never knew
! him to stay away from her SO long before; 1
am afraid there is something wrong met
; "How should know? ?" replied Met, alb
q sently. ..,,,.o "a ,a,oa
l here didn't YOU p" shrewdly asked Cara,
who suspected that Met knew more thah
7 he cared to communicate. ,.o,, osi,ad
n "What makes you think t1atF HsAeu
"Because she brought you here"
al brought myself mere, TSpu,eu =, Si III f,ioyo
V coaxingly ii know you can tell II you ohly
: will. Who was she when MIR. Carrlngioru
= IA lady. every inch of her, and too good
= 1 for him ~ was Nets strange reply ~ a. a
y 1Why is she too good for MN ne ,es,Il,, II :,
!; | uicA young gentleman, ana she Is t"iuiiJ
fond Of him. said Clara, decidedly. -, -,
! "Mores the pity, for lac has not uea'eu
o rer aWhY' Iin Met. what do you mean ~
y itf mean thai he brings none OF ms iolks l,.
e to see her His mother has never s cs.lIeo ~ 1n
II ber Why don't they come here, Cara
81 don't know, Met. j think it is strange
ins nHsWhy, viz of course not; you knows nothing,
n said Met contemptuously. 81 am GONE
as S. S1iu to ths heach and see If can find mis-
= sus. will take her these flowers sue 10y e.
=, aoweis," and he walked out OF the or''" ms
As FoyIfL osyfoid on, Nett Tell me, first
* am tel you nothing replied Mel III ll'IvI ,,
10 ruattng her i'm patiently, and he walkel gu gu
pf fha front door and down the path that ie'
Clara looked after Met moment, ana thel
ed she saar aIas niV secret somewhere about thi
ly bonse, ( can smell 1t In tle air, ana qua a
10 boy knows what II Is, n1t n ne ,y ~ ~ ladV ms
-, | tine grave and as ueNoteu W my ' -
Ne uiser 10 his gold" ,. ,,or l,onax
rs rs moon Aaron Rodney, tne ne rinr nrIn that sh
rIs might be happy with the rover WYothI VII ~
ier had prefer cd TO him, was IN NeM & ,yas n
N, tiSt reiafiye The sick man died the laI.'
de nI3{ o,3 81 Juiy. so Rodney returned 10 Englln
NJ; few weeks afterward, as n9 hannv w1S vi'N''
ed - Saarn is Hazel was well anu happ r ,,,o
.-s 10 lehIaiiotslu lehIn ~ opon his arrival IN Lave
~ he tnoIS q tain for London whe,J ere,
20 aaTriJes ;ate in the aItelhoSS1t 90 th e,Teat eli
Aususs SfS IN Ine noisy, sS 10 StIing lffe Mo
wn nftSe {nhabftants ~ Belgravia anu IS"' n
had iiitled away 70 tSsFI country sSsr Il Ii
st-aS sentE eNJes Ssyho felt glad ti,if ne was w
leS ouiet hotel where he Away y, fsoI
<4A-pN < SGAssed a gentleman infthe s Hsii, ~, W
RI. ef suddenly, and exclai med By ,.ss Joy'
NatA Is,,li 1TInd ney looked ut the Stnti't'ti
e1T q moment before b reeog niI ~,
y. ta!!fTiit Green, Seeing that the SOU
at surpr. sl.3,t,2teritled bis hans - %
IN him. fl.-
'0 fssGllss's4 iss -. '.,,, -, sa AgaRsq4 VI
him ne n. squire n'a '",,'a pnn a,'Ir~ +v .o.,
- ''Early this morning by the -.
IL | caught the express train, and came
a | London without delay"
"Oh, you have just returned from Amer
II lea All, yes, Dolly wrote me you were ab
,p sent Nice part OF the world, eh P'
IL tfRather captain, replied the squire, VIII,
" apparently did not care to converse VIII
~ II have only just come back myself
~ have been for the last four months with m,
work, very. By the way, l saw Lord IraVer
"a "R3 p' exclaimed Squire Rodney, as a no
ia flush passed over his face and left IL as whit
10 ms death He quickly recovered himself
- however, and said: "Will you favor In'
N with your society for halr an hour, Captair
~ Tine squire was now anxious 10 converts
Vi with PIttacus, as he thought he would b
IN able to tell him the news ed ne ,ttncS ManaeI s M
~ followed the squire into his room. He hunl
n himself into a chair and lighted clga
D. D, which the squire offered him. "Thanks, m;
r EVERYBODY Eve / know is Out OF town. Tn
'' weather is beastly, almost as hot as IL is II
e. mot quite" said the squire. ait wa
- ninety-nine in the shade the day lett New
3Phew ! don't see how you could breathe
y, IN take a run to that part of the worl'
6r some day. Good shooting, l am told, ou
III II can not enlighten you about the shoot
n ing as / saw but little OF the country. .
To went to see dying brother, remained antl
~ - he was buried, and then returned 10 Eng
n land"
~ ~ SQUIRE 4" said the good-hearted captain.
.11 ''You say you saw Lord Travels this morn
~ ing, BY the way, can you give Inc his nd
" dress would like to call ON him and hi
~ | wife while am In town."
eu s''rhey are not in London" said Pittacui
10 taking out his notebook. You VIII nm
rs ne them at Brighton. Their place Is caile
~ ~ Fairy Grove. Travers told me they ha
or heen there a month. They went TO Peri
a. and the Continent for their honeymoon
"a | He had a deuce of a row with his mothcl
=" and they don't speak"
,or "Ah, then Lady TraveTs knows that Hazt
ad is married TO her son 2?
~ ~ mo my dear squire that is precisely VIVA
81 she does not know. Travers iS mt MS wan
I9a end to know how 10 declare his narrlaH
ng puphcy WIZ ~ & si,nclt viii hi
her: she has heat disease you Know"
"lJo YOU mean 10 say that LORD IraVei
has kept his marriage secret all TINS Time
asked the squire, sharply.
He $50 he tells me, and upon my wore WH
,er sorry To hear it. ] only met bis wife a fel
cit times, but admired her greatly"
lot The face of Aaron Rodney settled INTO "a
lis OK pression of horror II was pale, SET an
ny stern, and his genial dark eyes CLEANED :
ad If lighted up by fire.
mt "And 50 Arthur CarTingford allows Haz'
to live under the shadow Of disgrace?" aslIe
he the squire. bitterly.
lly HTLat Is more than can tell you, squire
hit replied Pittacus, feeling, perhaps tnaC y
Al- had made blunder and SAID too mucl, ~
he rose and Looked at his watch. "haVe yo
ed iinel, saUire2 hecause L am gong 70 IN
ed Club, and would be happy 10 have yo
lat dine with me-
rs, rThanks, DO not feel well enough 70 8
al out TO dinIier In fact. am Tired and sha
TO retire. / shall probably leave l4ondon .
morrow morning Don't let me detaln yol
ng captain, When you come down my wa
nd don't forget to call at Rodney Hail
Ell, "Thauks, old fellow, VIII. GOod-nlBnI I
ipe | They shook hands, and Pittacus lelt u
, d souire TO brood over what he had told htm
or Aaron Rodney walked the floor OF u
ur room with folded arms, his lace sun wet
ad ing a SET stern expression He thought
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