Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-29
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throbbing pain was only too real! The
violent emotions that she had gone
through had sent the blood surging in
her VEINS, and she was physically as well
as mentally ill. The answer to this note
was visit from Lady Gilmore herself
who was all anxiety and kindness when
she saw the changed face of her young
guest.
Miss Butler kept her tongue chained.
She was too clever not to know Lady
Gilmore's character, and to be sure if
she told her now of her son 8 Delinquent
cies, that in that impulsive passionate
way of hers, she would probably act in
such a manner that Gilmore would think
himself bound to protect the girl he had
brought into trouble. No, she would
wait until tomorrow, and she did wait.
She did not go down to breakfast, but
kept her room all day, under pretence of
illness; but during the afternoon-about
half-past three-she sent for Lady Gil
more, and that lady, as she entered the
room, saw at once by Miss Buffers face
that she had something serious to COM
muuicate to her.
"You are not worse, surely, my
dear, - asked Lady Gilmore, anxioUsly.
81 am i'll in body and i'll in mind, -
answered Miss Butler, with great but
suppressed excitement. 81 have some
thing to tell you Lady Gilmore-some-
thing shameful!''
"Shamefuli' repeated Lady Gilmore,
and her sallow cheeks paled.
eyes, most shameful; but you must
promise me, Lady Gilmore, before tell
you, to act wisely; not to be led away by
your just anger.
81 do not understand you,' faltered
the mother, whose thoughts had turned
instantly to her son.
'tDo you remember went on Miss
Butler, with gathering passion, which,
however, she tried to keep in check,
"the day Sir John Oaks called and asked
to see Miss Lotus, and we went to the
schOolroom after he was gomez"
"Iremember-yes certainly-but what
has Miss LOTUS to do with this?'
81 am coming to that presently; when
we went into the schoolroom Miss Lotus
was reading, and she laid down the
book, and presently took it up, and as
l glanced at twas a new book knew
l saw Gilmore 8 name written on the first
page. -
"Gllmore 's!' repeated Lady Gilmore
in CONSERVATION.
eyes Gilmore IS, - said Miss Butler
bitterly, "and sudden suspicion darted
into my mind l said nothing to you, for
l thought it might be nothing; she might
have picked the book up in the library
Rnywhere-but still l thought it strange,
and the next day, while the children
were in the park with me, asked them
if they liked thier governess, aud if their
brother liked herr But of course he
does not know her? 1 said?''
" 'Ohl yes, answered little Dossy,
'he knows her quite well; he has walked
in the park with us, and gone down to
the lake with us, and one day he said
something to Miss Lotus, that made her
face turn very red.
81 cannot, 1 will not believe it'll
cried Lady Gilmore starting to her feet.
sit is all too true; wait until you hear
the rest. l asked the children if their
brother ever went INTO the sohoolroom to
play with them, and they said mo; but
added that he might do so very we'll if
he liked, as there was a staircase from
his wing of the house, communicating
with the corridor where their rooms
are. -
'That staircase is never used, the
door is always kept locked" said Lady
Gilmore, loudly and passionatelY.
''Not always it seems, - answered Miss
Butler, scornfully, 'not yesterday at
least, for yesterday Gilmore went down
it and met Miss LOTUS by appointment
at it s foot. -
GLOW do you know? I will not be-
live it: the children must have invented
this. -
1.-THE children had nothing to do with
It, - said Miss Butler, the hidden passion
and rage in her heart suddenly master
ing her, and she too rose to her feet and
stood facing Lady Gilmore, 81 saw them
meet with myown eyes, Lady Gilmore;
l heard their love-making, and saw the
diamonds he had brought her from town
and he kissed her.
"Whatl" came Kissing from Lady
Gilmore IS white quivering lips.
"He kissed her, repeated Miss But
Ter, viudiotively, "aud they agreed to
meet again to-day-and they insulted me
and my people, and spoke contemptu-
ously of you. +"
"Thls is too much-my God, this is too
muchI'' cried Lady Gilmore, and the
expression of her face was so terrible
that the angry girl opposite to her felt
compassion for the unhappy
mother.
al do not blame Gilmore so much -
she said, "as this wretched girl,
who has, no doubt, inveigled him
and tempted him, and you know what
men are when pretty face is concerned.
But want you to act with prudence and
not give this creature the opportunity of
to Gilmore before you turn her
out of the house.
Lady Gilmore did not answer imme-
diately; q strange look had come into
her dark eyes, and her lips kept moving
as though she were muttering to herself,
but no sound came forth.
al want you to go with me now,''
continued Miss Butler, ''and see them
meet, with your own eyes, as did.
went into one of the unused bedrooms at
the end of the corridor. and left the
door shade ajar, and heard every
word they said, and l heard them agree
to meet to-day at half-past four. Let
them meet, Lady Gilmore, and wait I'M
til Gilmore is gone, and then send her
away before she has the opportunity or
chance of seeing Gilmore again.
Lady Gilmore looked at Miss Butler as
though she did not understand what she
had been saying; as though her own
were far away.
''what is it you have been ssyIng?''
she said. "Tell me again.