The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-05-09

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shall tell you howP"
"Oh yes"
"Come in my boat; 1 want TO enjoy N.Y.
self to-day"
81 will gladly CO."
The other guests we're oil around them
now, and the girls eagerly admired tho
ilowers which the mon regarded with ieal-
GUS affected indifference, except the genial
Jock Fraser and Lord Glendoyne.
"Nlr. Biddulph's the man 20 invite %
picnic" said Jock, In his hearty way.
Mora, you must give me one of your
posies, and III make all the young fellows
jealous"
With bright look Nora picked out q
rose and pinned IL TO the lairds coat.
"ThcreW she said "you are SMART"
and thon she offered oil the ladies present
some OF her flowers, who eagerly accepted
them.
"Will You have one, Malcolm" she
said kindly 10 her young half cousin.
mo, thank YOU" he answered; 81 want
none OF Mr.. Biddulph's flowers"
81 shall be pleased 90 take the rejected
gift, Miss stewart said Glcndoyne, in his
languid fashion. 81 am not too proud 20
accept Mr.. Biddulph's flowers"
81 am very pleased TO give il 20 you,"
said Nora, smiling, and thinking what n
stupid, jealous boy poor Malcolm Fraser
was.
But presently they were all anoat, and
Mrs. Jock, Nora, Minnie Fraser and Lord
Glendoyne fell 10 Biddulphs share.
81 ann glad, said Glendoyne 10 Minnie,
that the man from Glasgow has not come
in this boat"
"Why?" asked Minnie, glancing with
a shy smile nc her mothers amused face.
Ia lya naon
swcred Glendoyne; "for another, he re-
minds mo of my poverty"
'We must look out for the prettiest spot
where 10 land and have lunch, said Nora,
quickly, trying to change the conversa-
ton.
"There used 10 be lovely little bit Of
scenery high up the loch on Inismore, and
] suppose IL is there still; why should we
not lunch there, Miss Stewart?" asked
Glendoyne.
"Perhaps," hesitated Nora, thinking of
Alick Fraser, ''you would not care 10 go
now.p
"On account of being reminded of my
poverty" smiled GlendOyne. "The pres
ence OF the man from Glasgow renders for
getfulness impossible"
"He is my brother-in-law," said Mrs.
Jock Fraser quickly, thinking it was quite
'He is my uncle" gasped poor Minnie,
with q burning blush.
Lord Glendoyne looked from one TO the
other, and ever so faint a color stole be-
meath his dusky skin
81 wish he was my uncle" he said SEN
tentiously; and every one laughed at this,
for Mrs. Jock could always enjoy joke at
the expense of her brother-in-law
They had now reached the very center
of the loch, on either side of which huge
overhanging rocks assembled high, their
enormous shadows falling on the blue
water, and reproducing their each rift and
fissure in the gray granite masses, as well
as the green patches of yerduTe which here
and there dotted the mountain sides.
''This is beautiful" said Biddulph in a
low tone to Nora; and she answered more
by her expression than her words.
"When L was in India" said Glendoyne,
81 sometimes used to shut my eyes and try
to fancy myself here, or rather to see
Inismore as picture on my brain, and 1t
used to make me feel very strange"
81 am afraid it would make you feel
sad" said Nora, gently.
Il don't know. What is sadness ~
'Can you define it, Mr.. Biddulph ?'
smiled Nora
at is regret, but not bitter regret, isn't
it? The sharp sting is gone. When we
are sad we are resigned; but there are
some things to which we never become re-
signed" answered Biddulph; and he cast
his eve down gloomily as he spoke.
81 suppose, then, it made me sad" said
Glendoyne, ''to think of Inismore, for ]
was resigned to part with it, because l
could not help myself"
"But you kept the shooting-lodge, did
you nOt?" asked Biddulph.
"Yes; have still hillside or two, and
a few blackcocks. The man from - l
mean Mr.. Fraser, purchased the rest"
''There is my brother-in-law's house"
said Mrs. Jock, pointing out Alick Fraser's
grand new mansion; and Lord Glendoyne
looked at the house languidly for mo-
ment and then dropped his eyes.
at looks too new, somehow, among the
grand old hills, said Biddulph.
ut suits the new master, then," smiled
Glendoyne.
But this injured Mrs. Jocks family
pride, and her rosy cheeks took deeper
hue.
"AlicksFraser comes Oft good old stock,
though" she said, quickly. 'He has
bought a new property, certainly; but he
can see from it Airdlinn, where his people
have lived for generations"
''That must be very gratifying" an
swered Glendoyne, with an unmoved
countenance; and Mrs. Jock turned red
der still. for she thought be was amusing
himself at her expense.
Nora, however, adroitly changed the
conversation, and the rest of their row up
the loch was spent very pleasantly. Then
they landed near a picturesque spot,
where mossy bank of turf was broken
up by huge fragments of gray granite,
which Biddulph suggested would serve as
seats for the party.
Hampers were now produced, and there
were jests and mirth; and Biddulph or
dered the cushions from his boat to be
brought on shore, and, having piled them
into comfortable seat, and placed a fur
carriage robe over them, he turned TO seek
Nora Stewart, for whom he intended this
place of honor
She was few steps apart from him,
and just as he opened his lips to address
her, to his intense disgust Mrs. Conway
Hope espied his seat, and instantly depos-
tied her angular form upon it.
"What delightful'seat! shall secure
it at once" she said to Biddulph; and he
was too gentlemanly to ask her to rise.
All the same he admitted TO Nora few
moments later, that he bitterly regretted
Mrs. Conway-Hope was woman.
RIlt Nora WAS uuite content To sit on