The Springdale news., 1889-10-18

whitehead mother interposed, and the nurse left them together alone, wondering much what troubled Lady Pefcival as she closed the door softly and went back to the nursery.
 Having arranged the cushions to her sat isfaetion, Miriam went over jo the window whose narrow panes glcamed in the after noon sun, and stood gazing far away over the envrons of her palatial home, awed into silence by something she could not under stand.
 How the mellow light fell through the tai Hssome elms, and gowed in it's sitting rays ! through paues, falling at last on the louf sunny curls, and forming a halo of glory around "the eldest child-a daughter as she stood ouzzling her inexperienced heart over the dark ttle-page of her life 1 Lady Percival watched her with q sense Of utter helpless misery. The chiId's sen tence of an hour ago fell like a verdict ot 1 lie sentence, dooming them all to woe ,,a Cause do not love him velly wei" l The legend of Heatherleigh Hal was be 1 ginning to unfold it's menacing power, ano i the tide of doen had begun to set toware shores of arrangement, heartache and 1 tears
 Lady Percival gazed long on the heiress | of the proud and aristocratc manorial pos i sessions in dumb anguish. But her heart was making moan against dreary barren shore, and the burden of it's language was. 1 "Ohl Miriam, my own lovely child, why must It be; why, oh whyin
 And an unseen influence made answer .sThe eldest child, if t be daughter"
 Sir Rupert never referred 10 the scena II the park, and, to all appearances, had for gotten the unpleasant occurrence, Bu 1 there was change in him that rendered him tt times uncompanionabe andreticent
 The servants noticed the change aut specaiated accordingly John, the coach man, remarked to his fellows that Htht dreary days were a-settlin' him, and tha halter while hit would be war to the it be tween the master and the young mistress.
 But long to be remembered was the da, Of the first real disagreement between fl ther and daughter.
 Miriam had rushed into her motherA apartments and had thrown herself int Lady PereiyalAs arms crying and trenholm! in very much excited manner. Tpol beng interrogated in reference to her un usual behavior she repfed amid sobs 0 painful excitement, while she eluHg tt Lady Pereivals gown: Il do not love hin
 
 and do not care.a
 Clarkson, who was passing her mistress rooms on duties intent, heard and say Miriam in her paroxysm of grief and anger sOh, Dive known it tiver so long that wud coon to this diclratIon ov War. Oe hone! an that's the ginuine Parcivai tin per, - muttered she to herself And th old heuse5eeper communicated the affair [ the cook with doIefaI shake of the hea that set the broad white ruffles on the ca sine wore to trembling over her whitene locks.
 Subsequently Sir Rupert had come int his wfc's apartment in search of his daugf ter, yet, after all, dreadng to meet hel Finding her sobbmg on her mothers knee he gave her such q strange look of deel angry sorrow as perhaps few see in a lift } time, and sad, in q voice as strange as ht look. Il have tried, God is my wtnes! ' to love the child and break the power ( the decree which will estrauge Us. and find 1t is useless. can hot love my child He covered his face with his trcmLlin hands. as if entirely overcome by tt balefaI intent of his own words and leane against the doorway screen. Il can not, he moaned, "avert mightier deerees Una my own r3
 Miriam seemed to nderstand, in par her fathers great grief, for she shuddere visibly and ceased her violent weeping, hi : her face in Lady Pereiyal's gown and re mained silent
 Seeing this demonstration of fear, Si Rupert went over and, bending down, wit white lips pressed the last kiss he ever be slowed on his child on her sunny riuglet while the tears rolled down the face heart-broken Lady Percival.
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