The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-03-16

| at herself tor lancylng n common scotch
gardener. The man is good looking in his
way, of course, and that is what has done
it. But she'll forget him; she is young
Girl-love amounts to very little"
The old lady took the view hat most
elderly people take of young hearts andIhe
constancy of youthful lovers; but it is all
| utterly false one. The man who awakens
girls tenderness is the only one she ever
truly loves. The giIl who first inspires a
man passion is the one whose name he
utters when he dies.
Madam Brown might put the ocean he.
tween Fenela and her betroLhed, but ''many
waters cannot quench love nor the seas
drown it,"
The old lady had made sea voyages be-
fore. She completed all the preparations
without Fenella's aid, but before she left
the country it was necessary to arrange her
money matters. In order to do this she
must spend some hours at the bankers ,and
leave Fenella at home alone, since she re-
fused to go to the city.
The girl had never wavered in her decla-
ration that she would be true t. her lover,
and it occurred to Madam Brown that she
might avail herself of her absence and run
away with him-such things had happened
before. Therefore, before she took her de-
parture, she informed the girl that she
should lock her into the garret.
The garret of the Brown mansion was a
big room covering the whole of the spacious
house. 1t was the receptacle of all the an
cient furniture that had been set aside from
use for generations. Old dresses hung there,
old coats and hats, old saddles. whips that
had lost their lashes, an old harp on which
some vanished musician had been wont to
play an old easel, pallet and lay figure that
had furnished forth the studio of some de-
parted Brown of an artistic turn of mind.
A little of everything in fact Naturally
the unventilated place was somewhat dusty
and very stuffy, and 10 escape from its
windows was impossible.
1t had one door which was locked with a
patent key and could be unlocked with no
other.
"There is an hour in which to make up
your mind, Fenella,' said the old lady;
"you can dress and come to town with me,
or stay in the garret until I return"
"Well, grandma, l prefer the garret,"
said Fenella.
you'll be locked in, remember" said
the old lady.
81 have dope nothing to deserve such
treatment" sobbed Fenela; 'no matter,
I'll 90 upstairs at once"
"Do so,' said the old lady; "Kathrina
shall lake up tray of lunch and the last
new books. This is all for your own good,
child"
Feuella said nothing, but walked out OF
the reom. All the servants had already
been dismissed, and the house was locked
up like a jail Still the old lady listened
until she heard Fenella ascend the garrel
y stairs, before she really put herself to the
task of arranging her own costume.
This was finished at last, however, and
she cimed the garret stairs.
Fenella was sitting on an old trunk, with
> her back turned to her and q liltie knitted
hood thrown over her head.
' "Good-bya, Fenella," said tho old lady
i ''pm sorry this must be, -
Fenela did not answer.
> ''Well, if you will splk, you must YOU
will see cause to thank ine by and by
d answered the old lady.
And she locked the garret door and de
n parted, taking Kathriua with her. Hal
s way to the depot, the old lady spoke to he
o maid
r ''Did put out that taper when | sealeC
1t those lelters?' she asked. Il don't re
II member doing it,"
S II think you did, num-" said the maid
S "But ahY way, it could only burn out, an
N if you order the man TO drive back you'll
d lose the train"
i Certainly Kathriua's deduction was
D. sensible one. A taper usually does n
e. harm, though it is left in its little candle
ct stick; but in this case the taper behave
IL in an erraLic manner Ii was tail and soft
u. the weather was warm. As it burnt,
curved gradually over the edge of tn
I'd bronze holder until the flame was very nea
OF a packet of note paper. The paper bega
n. to scorch grew brown, shriYeed, and a
r. last blazed up. The flames, once started
Isl skipped about the table merrly, devoure
It's its contents. then caught upon a fold {
iy the lace curtains, and so up and on unit
es the whole room was seething furnace,
," Madam Brown completed her bnsines
as soon as possible, and FASTENED back
~ her manson.
~ She felt that she had taken very hig
"' hand in the matter, and she wished TO coi
ciliate her granddaughter before she set
u, upon her journey. She had brought hi
81 some beautiful presents. aud was dispose
lite to ,ield 10 her in everything else if 81
AID wonld but give mp her fancy Tor your
I'M Grant.
Even brief absence will s5ilen q
he heart toward those We love, and the 0
'ou lady Was in milder meod than usual
her.
lall As they drove up thepath the maid cri
seu out and pointed to the house;
0u' How queer the windows look" ss
'A', she, ''the house is lighted up, ma'am--
It's on firep roared the driver.
stopped his horses where they were and
nF them back into the road and fastened trt
Tier In the shadows OF some great trees. Mea
his while, Madam Brown an her maid rush
OF mp the path and opened the door
~ "a, The thick walls Of the stone house h
|, of shut in the flames, which slowly devour
ept all the woodwork and plaster and
IKE whole conteuts Of the mansion as thou
' they we're fuel cast into furnace II
ght just reached 10 he roof when the d