Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-27

/ don Il ilcal advisers, of Mr. Grimshaw
and OF DR.. BTendon, who hsd known him
! for years, rendered that plinful and anti
| qusted ceremony the work OF an sfter-
noon.
Days passed on now as usual, but Me-
! | ME md still q curious sense OF unreal
| ity-of having awakened from g dream,
or still being in one from which she
might awake to fnd perhaps that what
| seemed the event of the Gay happ 2ned
weeks ago. She was young, snd il was
| impossible for her not to think that
among the hidden possibilities OF the
years TO come something Of grace, Of
tenderness and tranquility, might await
| her.
CATER all, you sre married." said
Uncle GrimshaW. "When womsn is SO
her destiny is Pitched, II the settle
ments are al right, as in this case they
fortunately are. So what does the rest
signIfy?t
And ne gave one Of his old chuckles as
be spoke.
The title and estates went TO G remote
branch Of the Brsybrookes. Among other
requests in his will, Sir Brisco left good
round sum TO his nephew, Horace Mus
grave, anu his wife, Amy Brendon.
MtlaDie had the Dover House to reside
in when she chose, and wss eft in ease
and luxury, which, however, would be
cons dersbly curtaiied il enc narried
again; but now, free from the tyranny,
The neEnnsss, and the dsily degradation
Of Mr. G-iDshxW'S household aud her
auus's imperious interference, the per-
petu,l irritation Of her former life had
given place to a sense Of independence,
safety aaG tranquility that but for the
memory CT Lopsdsle. would have been
very dslishtfp!: and neT first thought on
awSkiDg each morning Wss thai she YES
now her Own mistre So, ana could never
more be t4un!ed that her daily tocd IVES
the price Of submission ald obedience.
After that time Of excitement how the
days seemed to liDger with Melanie-
days slike slow and swift, Tor they were
full OF aimless and dreary emptiness, and
passed without n.rk, though every hour
was,one Ct suppressed thought and gloom.
Neither Uncle GrimshaT nor Mrs. Chill
iingtOn said a word Of what the newspa-
pers contained on that eventiul morning
OF the marriage; and Melanie still seclud-
Cd herself 50 much that not even DIR.
Brepdor, and one or two others who
knew the story of her engagement to
Lonsdele, felt themselves st liberty yet to
eDIightep Ter on the subject OF MS safety
at R.pgoOn
Was she 10 Wesr q widows odious cap?
was one Of the first important subjects
preached By Mrs. Cnillington
It was, under all the circumstances,
deemed unnecessary, eventually; and she
appeared in the deepest mourning Regent
street could furnish, without that obnoX-
iouS hesG dress to conceal her beautiful
brown hair; but her sttire, like her black
edged letter paper, bore the impress OF
| that "unutteIable woe" which Ia essen
TALLY G badge 0; English grief, and is es-
sentia!Iy absurd and grotesque. The rou-
tine Of lille began TO go on, but not as
| before; for Melanie was too young aud
too full Of life, for Ter youth, crushed
| though it had been by many adverse ele-
ment-, not 10 revive within her.
To the moloiony into which she was
| sinking, startling FLIP was given one
| day when her brother Dick, with Bingo
| barking at his heels, came rushing into
| the room, brandishiEg newspaper, and
shouting:
"Ob, Melanie- Melanie! Thank God
Thank Cool Hurreh-hurrah! Ions
dale is not dead at ell. Why, he landed
st Portsmouth yesterday, with ever so
many sick soldiers from Buimah, for
Netley. Read Tor yourself"
| Il was some minutes before she could
do so, and g longer time elapsed before
she could realise it al and know every
| thing that had been SO artfuilY concealed
| from her on her marriage morning 0y
| Uncle Grimshaw; and that knowledge did
not raise him higher in her estimation.
The whole episode showed the deep
cunning and cruelty Of which he was
capable.
"Alive and well-alise and WELL" she
whispered TO herself. 1t seemed incredi-
bic, after the details-mesgre though
they Were-which she had read, SO Lore
ago, it seemed now, efter all her SORROW
aud tears. "Well-2nd in England, too
Ga, Whist must he think of me wheI
be hears all from other lips, al first? The
truth, the entire bitter Truth, he msy
never, never Know"
She laid her head upon the mantel.
board, rs il too much thought oppressed
her, and rested her cheek upon the darf
velvet fringe, with which its psllor con-
trasted; and thus she remained for q Ions
time, gazing into the fire IS though she
could lind 8 clue to the future amid tht
ever changing and red glowing embers
the light ossAAaaA played upon her sac
'T Dsss passed q, opd save what III,
newspaper reported, ehe heard no more
of LSnsdsle. Bus<ene knew tast'he wa:
now IN Eaglan6Sapd withinsSsaca Of 81
thss skill, care and science could do fol
himE.s y, - ~
To rouse Melanie, and for the further
apce Of some more ambitious schemes o
her own, Mrs. Cbillington, who had be
come flsivelY and elaborately election
ate, lefG her stately residence in tbs
enyiions and took handsome rooms il
Plccadilly, opposite the Green Park
whittier she 4pft esf.sd upon MeIsnie Il
accompseS. and after q time con
trivedfo absorb her in whicI Of -ftoWe-
4 shows,l luncheon ead diuneEs Partjes
Etheatre Eairg, dresses and figisg visits tx
fan whom sse csgss to kuoYs and upde
4 this systen,y Which was Knew to her
Melsrie's spirits certainly rose.
az thought you would like this, dear,
said the gay little widow. "There il
nc quietude SO soothing thRt 1t does no
become utter boredom ST last"
"God alone knows what day maI
bring .orth-for good or for evil" wat
the silent response of Melanie in be-
heart, in which, with pique aud bitter
disappointment, misty kiud OF hope ant
fear crew side bY side.
"Why does Montague make no sign o.
seek to find me out, after all that hat
happened TO Us both, 10 NE, perhsps, es
pecially, Of late? l cannot take the mi
tiative and write tc him. Time msy havt