Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-22
OR, LADY GILMORE'S TEMPTATION,
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..ons1s oF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.

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peEs' ~ No. ertremities. Writing to friend of
thI9"TTedv BlenkensopI she consents to hnd
EeIs, ~ daughters, Nancy, a SITUATION, ana
olsorady Gilmore, whose family OF daughters
vIsiIs - might require a governess. On ar
she mn mo r. siGence of Lady Gilmore she is
ITLs rjbIe news. Her SON. Lord Gilmore,
HeI y nan has been shot IN the wood, and is
A!g'-Sv diving from his WOUNDS Lacy bien-
even ~ r-rrias TO the spot indicated and finds
EensDlp,rded Young man ebbing away his lte's
NJ an his mother breast
,s III AND Tv.-Lady Blenkensop's
~. action saves LORD Gllmore.s me.
pTolEg ~ cardinal colored ribbons is found near
1unCl bsnt body OF the earl, and this Lady
taeIorsop secretes for further inquiries. Dur
Blsllffs. illness the suffering man often murmurs
~ I'D. Alice, - and at the mention OF inns
he @ylSI' cher covers her head in the bed
nALls "a and C-oans in agony. Lady Blenkensop
Gu mat the governess OF Lady Gilmore mas
Ia sfter a quarrel with her mistress, ana she
l 5ll "'-r-oduees the name OF Miss Lotus as her
lAt- -. The distracted mother consents,
sl.os sgees TO give her ElOO year. This IS &C
hHa ~, g the sorrowing girl and her bereaved
aatEer and Miss Lotus leaves 10 take up hef
So1s with Lady Gilmore.
r-,y-r,s =. AND vI.-Nancy Lotus takes up
,N|resi5euce at Wrothsley castle, the abode OF
IIs.5sSCilm5re and his mother, and is well re-
Vel by Lady Gilmore. After she has been
- 6ay or two Lord Gilmore has serious
- owing TO the receipt of mysterious
i.tttr which he keeps secret from his mother
~ S5r,yards the writer The sum of $500 in charge
ne
y No lady Blenkinsop Miss Lotus is intro
- IA two Young cavalry officers, Sir John
0stes and Mr.. Ryde, and the former Is at once
struck with her beauty
cu,yTER VII. AND vIu.-Sir John oakes pad a
-, ~ I ord Gilmore and introduced the subject
Itpe beautiful Miss LOTUS. The young and
oncrSus lords curiosity is aroused; and ne
aGas il his business to come across the young
woman, whom he meets IN me gTouncs ana
r-escDts her with an elegant boquet from the
porserTatorv. In the meantime Lady Gilmore
;s snnoyed aud angry at what she hears from
maiden aunt-that the accident to her son was
~. an accident at all, but deliberate outrage
~ the mart Of q woman he had wronged, and
Who afterwards shot herself.
rv,yTERs X. AND x.-Lady Gilmore, in her
,rTiaty 10 see her son safely married, invites
the Hon. Kae Butler, the daughter OF q poor
ITisb yiscount, TO visit them. Lord Gilmore
5ssr, this with undisguised chagrin. BE con-
Times 10 ingratiate himself into the favor OF the
handsome Eoverness, whom he manages to meet
clsndestinely in the corridor near the school-
roOm.
CHAPTEH XI.-A FIRST SUSPICION.
Three DAYS later the Hon. Kate Butler
arrived at wrothsley, and Lady Gilmore
gladly welcomed her. She was q clever,
bright looking girl, and undoubtedly
handsome, aud she had one fixed pur-
pose in life of which however she did not
.peak. She meant to marry well, and
She knew that Lord Gilmore was very
rich, and that he was also good looking,
and for the rest what did it matter? She
had been brought up in bad school, q
school of Wrangling and bitterness, of
poverty and debts, and her heart had not
softened in it but had grown hard and
strong.
81 am good looking, - she often told
herself, and / mean not to throw my
looks away" and she was
not one to lightly change her
mind.
She therefore returned Lady Gilmore's
greeting with the greatest effusIou, and
expressed the utmost delight at the pros
peCt Of her visit.
at is so good OF you to GOMEZ - said
Lady Gilmore, "when we are so quiet;
Gilmore, am thankful to say. is gath
sring strength very fast, but still his arm
pans him very much sometimes-Gh, my
dear, we have had dreadful time!'
at must have been too dreadful! 1
never was so shocked, so horrifed; and
the wretceed man who did it has never
"And never will be, of course; it was
a pOacher, no doubt-and-aud my boy
might have died!''
Lady Gilmore's dark eyes filed with
tears as she said the last words, and Miss
Butler caught her hand and pressed it
sympathizingly.
"You must not grieve about 1t. all
danger is over now" she said, sooth-
ingy.
Eyes, but when I remember my
anguish
I'VE felt so much for you, mother
and /. -
Miss Butler had expressive, Irish blue
eyes, and she made very good use of
mem during the interview with Lady
fillmore, who was satisfied as she looked
a. her, that she was a girl with deep
feelings and tender heart.
Gilmore must admire her, she
thought, but before the evening was
over neither the keen witted girl nor the
mother we're by any means certain of
this fact.
fillmore did not dine with them, for he
aiWays took his meals in his own rooms
tluce his illness, and he was still quite
unable 10 use one hand and arm. But
~ MS mothers request he went during
sne evening into her boudoir, and there
saw Miss Butler.
ne saw tall handsome girl toying
nm leather fan, who rose TO receive
I'm and silently clasped his hand, with
que eyes fixed on his face, as
'-ougn her heart was too full to speak.
wen, Miss Butler. and how are
!Ou; he said without any responsive
And yOu?'' said Miss Butler in q
Aalt-whisper.
s,,, On, I'm pulling myself together
80 5a.u I'll right; so you've been etaying
' sl 'he CadOgan's; any news thereof
mink not, - said the Hon, Kate +,
tS sssA'Ing herself, and during the rest of
re evening she dropped anything senti-
boai' and tried TO amuse Gilmore with
VI sht and clever tongue.
~, ~. sue saw very well that she was not
1;,,es'hg HIM; that he listened with po-
fbo.' and laughed at her sallies, but
on us bright hazel eyes did not finger
-, uer handsome face. She, in fact
vS,e young woman of penetration, and
"asn she retired to bed that night she
6 aS very well that Gilmore had
nothing to do with her invitation TO
"rothsley.
tbor sui ii is such splendid place, - she
Gag with half sigh, and she de-
NJ were well TO remain, and that
70 tuaps after all Gilmore might succumb
ner attraction.
=, out The next morning she saw nothing