Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-01-10
CHAPTER VII.
NIINI TN II
D IF SHE DOES. now ABour TIE oTHERa

AND IF SHE DOES, now ABOUT THE OTHERl
Dick was not q clever fellow but he, GER
tainly was not fool. He cssayed to make
q mental estimate Of both girls, and sue
ceeded wonderfully well.
The Princess, he Acknowledged, was .
woman Of singularly fine, pure and lovely
character. deep and strong in her affections.
simple minded and guiieless, yet not devoid
of what is commonly known as strong com
mon sense.
Deep and loving where she loves; but that
she does not love, | am positive. / could
swear TO it,
4 With all her soft womauly traits, she was
4 too susceptible to the sin Of pride. 1t had
unconsciously become a matter Of pride with
I her to show no interest ia mankind With
| no other woman, except Lydia, would she
/ have spoken 50 freely; ard, even with that
4 friend, she could scarcely depart from her
4 pretty, proud, little reserve without d WISH
! bic effort al unbending. Her bushes were
I clearly not because Of her interest in tho
man, but proceeded from a sort Of shame at
4 acknowledging, and cven at entertaining,
that interest
| But said Dick to himself "ma char
0adHfe, your interest is at present conten-
I platiye What that interest might develop
1 into, under the proper circumstances, / can't
3 L
/ most Gccidcdiy Interested in this young
man, and that it would require but slight
/ effort on his part to deepen that interest.
I And, if she loves. she loves forever Her
/ natures strong, but Graves something upon
4 which to cxpend that strengths can't exist
/ without it. Natalie lives in the realm Of her
1 imagination and does not ask for sympathy,
+ dclighting in her arts. Lydia Is strong, but
looks for sympathy and loYe. and something
upon which to eXpcnd sympathy and love, in
return. She couldn't End 5ehAt she wanted
among those frivolous tops Of society, and
now TGirFax has appeared, and unconscious.
" touched the deep chord iaat never before
vibrated Wen! they'd make a splendid
pair, and he'd be fool not TO try for her
/ She's worth four Of the other in my opinion,
although acknowledge that saying great
deal
With this sage and indisputable eonclu-
sion Richard was about to retire, by push
ing himself backward, until he deemed it
! ssfo 20 stand upright, as he saw move
4 ment III tRv camp below that indicated prep
7 arat,on for Slight, However his attention
was arrested by a sentence, half suggest
i've. half-timid, and altogether remarkable,
| ven, rred by Lydia; II had thought Of ask
( inc Mr.. rairfax to call with me at Chateau
Dor"
/ ~ came here with the intention OF reeeiy-
| ing no visits but those ofmy Oldest friends,
said Natalie, frigidly; ''and see no reason
by should alter my intention Besides
~, dear Lydia. / leave Chateau DOE IN
sa,,. days,at the latest. for Lake Maggore.
va said no more nnd the two girls
o,,,9a, Us both feeling little nneomfortl.-
M aaa yet both striving to conceal theif
Dk1' CIV s..,s,,s,,a.i Ia Ia,are
oi4 NJ. executing his retrograde move
- arose end found Fairfay who by this
-. M !, Nasared his eQuanimity, and
s sl,., IN tbe bliss aroused by the fair
Natalie,s words LIN the a'idstot some caieu-
lation or other. using his spec as taole
and ! lear Of his 65ary as notc-paisf
..rove they sta. -tes Dicz. asked ae, SUD
denly. ...;.,.as..,..
mo, but they ;Sse on eiie punt u SOU
"'F Fairfax turned to the left in the main
road. and whipped up his horse e greater
speed I'LL. ,.;,,a,.o 4,
/ queried Richard.
..Wait. laconically an&wered the impei-
/ turbable Fairfax.
! "A short distance from the brook ne
! refined up ard drove the cnaise among ehe
/ trees. He then led the way to the ROAD
1 The noise OF Gathering hoofs coming nearer
/ caused tho pair 10 retreat behind the pnsAcs
| that had sheltered FairtaX the afternoon
/ previously The were eusconced none toa
( soon
( The two girls appeared directly and rodt
/ 10 the pool, wfserc they allowed their horses
10 drink. Natalie leaped to the ground and
stood by Medii. holding the reins N he'
I ha,,5s Eairafx took note of this, and also
If the fact that the servants again delayed
their appearance
1T IS TO be hoped, sadly remarked Nat
allie. ..that those servants Will not forge
any thing to-day. Catharine has Just con
] fessed that Dimitri and she had already
passed the brook and gone into one 81 th'