The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-06-28
CHATTER VII.

-tllu as i wrote lncm l wondered
much What Lady Seycrne could be like.
CHAPTER VIII.
Ihad found so little to interest me in
the generality of guests at Westwood,
that ! thought very little of the coming
visitors. 1t was evident that Lady
Aorhe was deeply interested in them,
but then she had said candidly that it
was Lord Severne rather than his wife
who had pleased her. We had many
discussions about them, and it seemed
90 mo that Lady Scycrne did not stand
very high in the estimation either of
husband OF wife. Lord Iorke, who
was kindness and charity itself, men
toned her always in a tone OF tolera-
ton, yet ut the anne time leaving an
impression that she was what Lady
Yorke called a power"
is Lady Scyerne very bcautiful?"
asked Lady Goyke on the morning when
her guests We're expected to arrive.
VERY; she has one ci those faces
with a roseate bloom, Gnd her complex
ion is simply Incompatible. But, beau
tiflil as she is, | do not like her. You
are a good judge Of character; you will
be able to judge for yourself when they
come
Lord and Lady Severne were to reach
Westwood ON Tuesday, the twentieth
Of May. Lady Iorke had ordered a
lavish supply of magnificent flowers
to be placed in Lady seyerne's room.
THAT is one point in her character
which like said Lady Yorke: ''she
is very fond of flowers. 1t pleases me
always to see a mi fond of flow
ers.n Then she continued, with some
thing OF a conscious blush on her face,
Miss Chester, L know L shall be very
much engaged while the Seyernes are
here, but | must not neglect my poor.
/ hope | shall never fall again into that
terrible, ~apathetic way of thinking Of
no one but myself. If it be really i'm
possible for Inc to leave home, you Will
undertake any little commission for
me, will you notE"
gwould have gene anywhere Sep AsS;
was so r%ejuiced to see the earnest,
Kindly exposition on the face that had
nee revealed nothing but self-loye and
discomfort.
Every preparation had been made for
our visitors. Lady Mary Avon and her
brother Sir Charles We're TWO handsome,
fashionable persons, rich and popular.
Lady Mary had many admirers, but
could not tolerate the word "marriage;'
Sir Charles was looking out for q wife,.
Captain FORESTER was heir-presunp-
tive TO an earldom, and was ~consequent-
ly much sought after. Sir Harry de
Burgh was young Irish Baronct, one
OF the most popular men in England,
and Lady Grey was o young widow
with Il large fortune.
"A Weil-asSortCd party of guests"
said Lady Yorke complacentlv;O and
the great beauty of the arrangement is
that they will muse each other. Lord
SeVerne will generally fail to M lot, if
the same thing happens here that took
place Invariably i'll Italy. He liked to
s%aunter by nly side in his grave, melan-
cloly fashion, While Lady Sevcrne gem
orally attracted all the men TO herself.
Sho will do the same here. / am SO
glad" continued Lady lorke. that
Lord Seyerne likes music. His wife
sings. but he does not care for her style,
and always dlScourageS her"
Tuesday came, q bright morning, but
with the warning of a coming rain
storm on it's face. There was q low
wal in the wind. a d~arkening at times
Of The sky, Il strange stiffness in the air
st;fh rs always precedeS a storm.
1t was midday when Il message came
from WoodEcaton, asking help for a
poor family. one OF wh0m-the father
Was dangerously i'll. the wife had met
with n severe accident, and the children
We're destitute. The poor We're begin
ming 70 know to whom they should
send; they we're beginning to love Lady
Iorke, for they knew that 70 one ever
asked her help in vain. She came to
me and asked me TO act for her.
Unjust be here TO receive or visit
ors," she said: Il give you carte Glanche,
Miss Chester"
SO it Was as Lady Yorke's almoner
That l went out on that day. Lord
! oTke bade me beware of the threaten
ING storm, but told him that | did not
i,ut, when WAS on the point of return
ing from Woodheaton, the rain de-
Scended IN torrents. For an ordinary
mower should not have cared in the
least. but this storm was terrible. 1t
seemed as though the heavens were
opened, Snch a tempest ragged on that
1air. tranquil countryside. The sky
was like lead, the wind blew t~lercely;
ana then lightning flashed and the
thunder came. The storm lasted some
hours; and when the sky cleared and
the rain ceased it was night. Lady
1orke, who was always kind and
lhought1ul, sent a closed carriage after
me.
AS we drove up the avenue, the car
rage stopped suddenly, and the coach
man sprang down from the box and
came to me.
DO yon see what has happened, Miss
Ghester?' he asked.
Lookjng out, | saw by tho pale,
w,atery CLEAN of the moon that great
neeeli-tree, sad 70 he The largest and
iinGst OF us KIND IN England, and called
The Pride of Westwood," had been
blown o1 down r. o.,.,;