Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-01-09

MUCH ADO"-A NOVELETTE,.
BY FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT,
Author "That Lass Lowries" louisiana Etc, Etc
(C0nffnuedJ
Copyrighted 1851


mother
"Yes, mamma. / went down to the beach
when took my walk-our own beach-where
thought was sure I should meet no one. II
seemed as If there were some sort of unpleasant
fate In it. thought would sit on the rocks and
make a sketch, and just as i was going to sit
down ] found a book lying near me. picked
II up aud saw the name. 1t was John Hamil-
ton. and Just as was reading 1t he came back. -
"Ah, Nell my dearr'
at could not be helped, mamma. gave it
70 him and he bowed and bowed and turned
away. He did not speak, did not give him
rme-there was nothing said-only he stood
and looked after me, savagely."
at Is very unpleasant" said her mother.
sand IL is very sad. His poor mother! She is
not rich, IL appears, and his extravagances are
great burden To her. He Is willing to accept
any favors from bis cousin, and for her sake
Mr.. William Hamilton Is most generous to
him. He tries TO keep him among respectable
people. He took him abroad with him and
tried to give bin taste for honorable pleasures
and a desire for decent occupation. He has
been received for his Cousins sake and he has
really behaved himseif little better lately"
"And he allows his cousin to support him."
said Nell THAT is the finishing touch"
She turned away and walked TO the window,
And as she did so there passed before the house
tall and dashing drag going at q rattlinS
pace, a beautifully finished and well built
affair with two superb horses, driven tandem.
She turned from the window SO suddenly that
Mrs. Huntington observed the startled move
ment and spoke 70 her.
"What was It, Neil?''
Att was he, mamma
And this time Mrs. Huntington did not feel II
necessary 10 ask If she meant MIR. Jack Hamil-
As far as Mrs. Maria Huntingdon's ideas OF
success were concerned, the literary reception
at which Prof Chatterton appeared was en-
urely successful. Her parlors were well filled;
there were lions who came to see the leonine
wonder who outlloned them, there were those
who came to see each other, those who came
because they did not know how to get out of it,
but how Large PROPORTION because they ten,
would have been a trifie hard to say.
Their hostess stood near the door, with Prof.
Chatterton waiting at her side with a slightly
perturbed and puzzled air. He had laudable
desire TO do what was expected of him but he
Was not quite sure what it was, Mrs. Maria
huntington bewidered him. Two days
spent under her roof and in her society had
made him wonder more and more why he had
fallen into her possession. She had presented
him with several of her books, and had given
him q etailed account of the disgraceful man.
ner in which she had been treated by her pub
fishers. He had heard anecdotes of her grandpa
rents, and had been shown a strange and eerie
miniature of the relative who had originally
owned the boots of Gen. Washington. He had
not seen the boots, because they were kept in
solemn state at the old family mansion, which
he ingenuously faneied was gray and venera-
bic pile surrounded by ancestral acres. When
he afterwards saw il by accident and found il
wooden house at the corner OF village street,
with pasturage in the back yard for one COW of
domestic tastes, be was bewildered again and
gave up forever eDdeayoring TO solve those
problems OF ancestry As he heard his name
announced In the unsparing tones OF his pro-
prietress voice, as he watched the changing
Aces passing him he gave himself up entirely
guests hidden to the feast were indeed singular
looking persons, but there were many others
who were, without doubt, products OF a high de-
gree OF civilization. Early in the evening his
eye fell upon fair and blooming mother
and her fair and blooming daughter who
attracted him Immediately upon their en-
trance. He thought indeed he had never seen
q more charming pair, and when he found them
70 be relat of his hostess he conscious of
glancing with guilty haste from Mrs. Maria
Huntingdon's pronounced counienance to this
delightful girl with her delicate, piouant face
and pretty little head.
sue Is considered pretty" said Mrs Maria,
by some people. but she has not much char
acter not much character, am sorry to say"
Notwithstanding this rather alarming state
ment Prot. Chatlerton found himself guilty OF
the base weakness of Frightening, even visibly
70 the naked eye, after q few minutes CONVEX
eation with the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. young
beauty and her mother. He felt less at q loss
as they stood near him, and when 1t became
be resoried to Ingenious subteriuses to detain
them, even going to the unworthy length of
affecting deep and warm affection for some
friends they had met in London, rho until that
moment had been ranked among his slight ac-
Quaintances. He recalled, with somewhat
rash enthusiasm, the solitary occasion when
he had appeared at an afternoon tea at their
home, dwelt with glowing fervor upon the
pleasure he had derived from the occasion,
self on The subject of various minor details.
when his attention attracted 10y a slig hit
movement on the part of Miss Huntingdon;
indeed, by something more than movement
In fact, by something even as suggestive as
sudden and most beautiful access OF color.
she had been standing with her face toward
the door and the movement she made was to
turn her back TO 1t quietly as possible-and
the movement came after the color-the color
- YnEn DeC rs do fk,asr
appearance and made their low bows TO their
hostess.
Prof. Chatterton's eve, which was an OBJ
servant one. after resting moment on Miss
Huntngdons dellcately vivid cheek, made
direct line for the door.
some one has come in was his plausible
but swift Internal comment Accelerated
action OF the heart caused by opening OF the
door Is not Uncommon among the young This
Is something of the same ORDER
But wDen his glance took in the new arrivals
his own expression changed decidedly. They
types which the severe simplicity of their
evening dress seemed 10 accentuaie-one
s nnr ana sngna ana PRETTY. harmiessly
pair OF blue eyes-the other tall, 1.-the muscu-
- and more darkly splendid than seemed alb
w hat"' exclaimed Prof Chat,erton; at
seems impossible, out-it isl
Mrs. Huntington looked up at him. She
was slightly flushed, herself She had bad
time to see that Mr.. Jack Huntingdon's orr
entaily fringed eyes had flashed one glance
the knot OF bright hair softly coiled low on the
nspe Of NelPs neck-his gaze being as disgrace
fully eager as if II had been her averted face
do you know" began Mrs. Huntingdon q
little hesitantly.
The two young men who have Just come In :"
nnished The Professor, hesitatng q trifie also
ana showing some signs OF mornentary mental
disturbance, "l-may say door did. One
OF them L should scarcely have expected
are they friends of yoursf" checking himself
hastily.
''No,' Mrs. Huntingdon answered. .My son
knows Mr.. William Hamilton but
It was the Professors turn to flush now His
elderly cheek warmed.
HE may be very thankful that he has not
the honor of knowing Mr.. Jack Hamilton, he
said. 1T Is a questionable one. 1 have suffered
from IL myself IL should not speak but /
feel strongly on the subject, and it startled
me to see him here. Other places less pleas
ant TO him would be more lifting his peculiari-
ties"
Nell moved her head slightly. The move
meH gave Mr.. Jack Hamilton a view of the
sidee OF her cheek-Only a mere hint of q view
but enough 70 cause him some speculation,
He wondered IL IL often wore so deep and
burning rose, and If not. tohy elderly scien-
list should have the power TO cause liz To so glow
and bloom. Even AZ he talked TO Marian and
Hester Beverly and was quite equal to encoun-
tertng the vivacities OF those young persons and
others vivaciOus, he did not lose sig ht of the
bright, small head, even though for some time
he only saw the back of IL and now and
then the curve OF the glowing cheek He
observed that the Professor seemed to be tell
ing Mrs Huntington something i'm which
both were Interested, and he wondered what IL
could be. II By some magic power he
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