The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-07-11

'I hope not. The 'green-eved monster
is not a creature / should like TO nurse
in my bosom. To me love means perfect
trust"
1T is perfect trust. But here is Cousin
Margaret"
Mrs. Conway-Hope entered smilingly.
More presents" she said, glancing at
the cases lying on the table.
The present, Mrs. ConwayHope," an
swered Biddulph. ''The richest man in
the neighborhood has been determined to
prove that he is so. These are truly regal"
Mrs. Conway-Hope examined the sap
phires with her short-sighted eyes.
Il suppose they are real?" she said,
touching them with her bony fingers
81 suppose So" replied Biddulph, in
mock doubtful tone.
ooh, Cousin Margaret, Mr.. Alick Fraser
has just brought them! Real? | should
think SO; they are splendid" cried Nora
Indignantly.
'Mr. Alick Fraser! Well, / am sur
prised, dear Nora. / always understood
Mr.. Alick was what the Scotch call near
-uncommonly near have been told"
'Well, he has not shown it IN his pres
ent, at all events" said Nora, fastening
her jewel-case.
apparently not. Well, my dear Nora,
if am not in the way, / want to talk to
you about the arrangements for the fifth.
(Which politely means that l am in the
way" laughed Biddulph. 'Please, Mrs.
Conway-Hope, make the arrangements as
short as you can"
'But things must be done properly,
Mr.. Biddulph; and living SO far in the
IL
Grafton on the part OF those who have the
responsibility"
II quite agree with you. Goodbye,
then, for the present, Nora;" and Bid
ulph smiled and went away.
This conversation took place on the first
of December, and Nora's wedding day
was fixed for the fifth. 1t was to be very
quiet affair, by the brides wish; but still,
as Mrs. Conway-Hope justly suggested, in
the country great many arrangements
are required to be made beforehand, even
for small party. And then, Nora had
invited her two friends, Maud and Alice
Lee, to stay with her for the occasion,
and also Lord Glendoyne was to beIone
OF the house party.
Nora's reason for asking the cookbook
ing Anglo-Indian she kept profound Sc
cret, even from Biddulph. But the truth
was that Glendoyne had paid pretty Min
ME Fraser a great deal OF attention, and
then had gone south without saying any
thing serious to the young girl; and Nora
had heard from her father, and had her
self noticed a great change in this fair
Highland flower, even before the misera-
BILE event which had cast so deep a shadow
on the household at Airdlinn.
Minnie was to be one of Nora's brides
maids, and it came into Morals kind heart
that, if Glendoyne would come north for
the wedding, there might be a chance of
a match between them after all. Nora
had always been on friendly terms with
Glendoyne, whose languor rather amused
her, and whose graceful manner made
him very agreeable companion. She
therefore invited him to come to Ross
more on the 4th of December, and was
very pleased when he accepted the invi-
tatiOn.
Thus Nora expected four guests to stay
with her, for she had also asked old Mr..
Biddulph and Lady Barbara Biddulph.
But the old lawyer had begged to be ex-
cused.
'It is too far for me to go in the winter
time at my age" he had written to Nora;
'but am looking forward to seeing my
new daughter under my own roof"
Lady BARBARA, however, VINO was very
energetic, had accepted the invitation, and
was also to arrive at Rossmore on the 4th
of December. Thus there were arrange
ments to be made, and Mrs. Conway-Hope
felt herself justified in turning out the
lover occasionally, whom she indeed
found terribly in the way.
Biddulph, in truth, was never happy
out OF Nora's sight. He could scarcely
understand himself how this absorbinp
passion filled his whole being.
"If | read page" he told her, II want
to talk to you about it; and when 1 am not
near you l feel as if 1 had lost something,
but when l begin to look about for it l re-
member it is---Nord F'
"He's unco' fond of her." the doctor
(who was also to be one of the wedding
guests) said once to Mrs. Conway-Hope,
while he was feeling her pulse; ''that's
plain to see. His bonny gray eyes grow
salt each time they IA upon her face"