The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-08-27
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watering place
Daisy blushed and said nothing. / sSw
that she was nervously playing with the
tassel OF her parasol.
I'VE must not wait till we return to Scar
borough before seeing Mr. Fenton again. :
said Maueverer to bis niece. HE must
come TO Great Lorton Hall You have never
seen 1t, l thinki Well, you will find Il
worth the trouble of visit"
had hardly words to express my graft
tude. Everything seemed clear before me,
now that was not to be cut of absolutely
from further communication with Daisy.
As for her, there was look of unfeigned de-
light in her face also when she heard her
uncle's proposal. But too quickly it faded
away, and / observed again the anxious ex-
preston l had so often seen during the last
few days. She knit her brows and seemed
lost in thought
lheard footstep near us, and looked up
Branksome was standing before us, with a
good humored smile on his face, as his eye
Travelled from Daisy to myself. That was
the end of my dream Of joy at Scar
borough. NW#H
1t was long and sad week that followed
their departure; but am not going to in
hict upon my readers an account of the
love sick moods in which l wandered about
the PAGES where we had been wont to meet
recalling, so far as / could, every separate
occasion upon which we had been together,
and every word that she had spoken. only
knew that l was more deeply in love with
her than ever. and that nothing but the op-
pressive sense of her uncle's wealth kept me
from telling my secret forthwith.
But one happy morning all my misery was
brought to an end by the receipt of letter
the first letter had ever received In her
MISUNDERSTANDING me to Great Lorton
Hail. Here it is:
GREAT LoRToN HALL, Sept. 81.
DEAR Mr.. FENToN: My uncle asks me
to say that he has not forgotten your promise
to pay us visit here. He wishes to know if
it will he convenient to you to come on
Thursday next and to stay q few days.
hope that you have no engagement to pre-
vent your doing so. You will, ! am sure,
like to see this place. Both the house and
tho grounds are most romantic There is a
haunted chamber, but no ghosts have been
seen as yet Perhaps they are waiting till
you arrive, in order to do honor to your
visit. Indeed we shall all, both ghosts and
living, be glad to welcome you. 1t is rather
engaged all the morning over their business
affairs, SO that see little of them. Mr.. Fos-
dyke has returned to town. I assure you, /
feel the contrast between this place and
Scarborough. There are no bright mornings
here, spent in listening to the music of the
band and watching the sea in the bay.
Kindly let us know by what train you are
to arrive, and you shall be met at the sta
tion. Both my uncle and DR.. Branksome
desire to be remembered to you. Believe
me, dear Mr., Fenton, yours very sincerely,
p DAISY STANCLIFFE.
There was not much in this letter, perhaps
not much on which to build a whole castle
of delightful hopes But, such as it was, it
served for me. read it and re-read it a
hundred times on that happy day, and
pressed my lips again and again to the spot
on which with her own hand she had signed
her name.
The journey by rail from Scarf borough to
Great Lorton Hall-or rather to Little
Lorton, the nearest railway station on the
Northeastern line-is long and tedious
one; for though the distance between the
two places, as the crow flies, is little more
than thirty miles, there is no direct route. /
learned, when l left Scarborough, that l
must change carriages at Nation, and there
intrust myself to the tender mercies of q
local line, the trains on which, Judging by
the time table 1 had stadied beforehand,
We're limited to something like the speed at
tanned by the old stage coaches before the
locomotive had swept them out Of existence.
As far as Nation my journey was swift
and pleasant. I had a compartment to my
self, and spent my time in Eliminating upon
the past with all its memories of sweetness,
and anticipating the future with the eager
ness of lover. The train into which was
transferred at Nation was very short one.
1t was evident that the Lorton branch was
not one of those for which the managers of
the Northeastern railway deemed it neces-
sary to make any very extensive provision.
took my seat in the carriage to which the
porter directed me and awaited the depart
ure of the train. There were few passengers
besides myself, and apparently none who
were likely to travel first class. So, at least
I thought, until, almost at the moment when
the train was starting, man whose face l
had seen only once before, but whom l was
never likely to forget, suddenly emerged
from waiting room, and advancing quickly
towards the compartment in which | was
seated, entered it and closed the door behind
him. 1t was the person whom / had knocked
down in the York railway station on the
day on which first saw Daisy.
1t would not have been easy then for me
to leave the carriage, even if such a course
had been consistent with my self-respect; I
sincerely hoped, however, that my old
would not recognize me. The
notion of travelling in his company was any
thing but pleasant. 1 saw, now that l was
able to regard him more attentively than l
could do in the hurried encounter at York,
that he was about thirty years of age, and
that, while his face bore the stamp OF
vicious self-indulgence, it was weak rather
than wicked in its expression. He was
dressed in clothes of fashionable cut; but !
they were somewhat the worse for wear.
When he entered the carriage he had
lifted bis hat to me, and had then seated
himself in the farthest corner, where he APP
peared to be intently occupied in gazing out
of the window upon the red tiles of the
Nation houses. My hope that he did not
know me again grew. It was soon dispelled.
The moment the train had begun to move
from the platform he turned toward me
and, again lifting his hat, greeted me with a
bow and an ironical smile. i said nothing,
though / wondered much what his next |