Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-24
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CHAPTER i.

GhAffEh i.
M0yE AT FIRST SIGHT.
The KayensMo56ls had CHOSEN Scot
land tw ahsir summer holiday, and altar
xnurh aSaliA ,rntion, Muthill in Perth
shire wns decided upoa.
MrIRssanswood WAS n city merchant,
but could IN no wise be called q self
made mza. Sor his family YVES an ancient
one. Rpfhough SoT many years they had
been txs8eEs. and thought themselves
none ths worse for the TACT which rem
dered them substantial instead of poor
gentleman.
The present rePree entative OF the name
was man Of some iifty years OF age,
with whom things Prospered, aud it was
easy 10 sss thai such Was the case with
ono glancs It his open face. which was
free from care marks and thoughtful
lines
He had maxxiod when he WIS about
thirty, Mna having had time to sow his
pruSeRhsal wild oats," " he settled down
happaly mte . Benedict, with thu woman
he lowed rs his wife
One child only had been born to them,
q little gir,, woo made her appearance
upon ana stage Of life two years after
their marriage
Il wAs disappointment to them that
no son had either preeeded or followed
hMs hns thsy were pleased with the
small heing with whom they were
blessed.
She was . aark-eyed child, full of
nisehisa and finn, and the name which
thsy has bestowed upon hsr suited her
exaekiy.
Rlfie very quickly entwined herself
around her falner's heart with her win
ming Ways, and was her mothers dar-
ling.
Thsy Wsze not TO be blamed, perhaps,
for thinking their one ewe-lamb perfect,
but they were for the manner ia which
they spelled her.
Ellie had her own way m everything.
NoOnemzs4 cross her path or her wishes
and fhey never Ii q SO themselves
WhHs Elfe sad Was law she reigned
supreme IN her httle court from baby
mood. WHAT wonder thnt whom she be-
came . woman they could not eJntrol
her!
Il was she who had decided upon q
visit 10 MulhiD, and the cho - YVES not
bad ems Mr. RsvenswoOd went on
and selected \ house. which he fels sure
would please his wife and daughter.
Nothing could have been more lovely
than ahe view from their windows, and
the balcony which ran ronnd the house.
The Grampi1n Hills were right In
front Of Il, with the picturesque town Of
Grief at their foot, While Drummond
Castle lsy at ihair left, surrounded with
its magnificent woods
To the light an open country spread
into tbs far dis CO, dotted with lovely
estates, tho residences of the nobility
and gentry Of the nsighkorhood-
Upon the high land On which Hillside
was sifnAted (ths house which Mr..
RaFensWOod had taken), looking down.
the visw was exquisite and the air IN
Vjgornting.
1t YVES sths season." and many visit.
ors were At Muthill
MIR. Rayenswood soon found several
among them with whom he was person
ally acquainted, and 81 eursiOns wtr.
daily organized, pienlc-L arties formed,
sight seeing undertaken, the entHtAin-
msnts being got mp frst BY one family
then nnutkeF-
Sir Walter and Lady Douglass had
had possession OF a plAes close to HILL
side, and inyitAd the Rayenswoods to 8
Paenic N CLAN some eleven miles dis
tant.
It YVES glorious morning the sur
god looked down upon them In his full
majesty mad splendoF.
Aha patty were assembled upon the
Esr0nsa's lawn, akd the bRight-f2eed,
~ell-drBsssd crew were soon all packed
into he carriages of every sort ano
E;se and waved their gloved hands as
they wHTe WbHied away one Afi &c anOth.
or, lsnghSng mSrTly as The y went along
Eife haa been separated from hen
parents, and Bopn1 herself upon the
Jack sea& n4 . mAll-p hae ton with a verI
handsome mAn for her companion; bat
If abs had been reg nlariy introduced tC
him. she had MISSED hearing his name
ard had no idsA Of it whatever.
However, That did not distress hel
ors bts sVr she wHg no prude, and shs
wss Gloss n0d5r SIR Walters sWD wing
for he whs driving the trap himself, anC
whosysr her companion was he was hel
hosts guest
Efs WINS mos one whit shy, and she
had HnAs mp her mind TO enjoy herset
thoroughly. 50 when the stranger
chow q . disposition 10 be friendly, tbs
gil Tssiziiy met him half way, and long
1~sose ihe drive was over, the mans
hnDd>0ms nRssmeric eyes W. ra fixed up
On htr with deep admiration, while hlt
rSjls zn0uh which was hidden by NC
m0ug schR. showed that he fund TO
plsa-iRs ard amusement IN h r socist u
Anf El6e's feelings were quickly dis.
Varnitle In the sparkling, dark, laugh