Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-07-29

She u succeeding now IN COhueuh4uB 1nVO
her six.and.twenty years all the mischief
which it takea an ordinary woman her
whole -and-ten to concoct."
And then the conversation drifted, an
Il very rarely did, into one prominent
and most serious thought Of them all.
"There - no hope, then. of Louisa's
relenting ?" inquired Mrs. Esdaile, anx-
iously.
mo hope" WAS the unwilling reply;
"and Neil is % selfish as ever, and Lady
Adhesion Is insanely obstinate as
ever"
"Stin cries and says how much she
1 has been deceived, eh?" asked Mrs.
Esdaile, smiling at Lima. "Quite natu.
| raj for her, but not the teaching of her
better nature, and We will wait till that
again In paramount"
SO Lima, through those days she spent
| so quietly In her own room, was not
kept In the dark about what was said in
the little world around Churchill. But
what was told to her was told in kind
ness to herself, as well as by those who
never spoke of their own deeds so that,
after ali, the greater part was hidden.
She was never told of the hard feeling
which prevailed in the place against her
brother, or Of the unceasing endeavors Of
Col. Stuart and Marjorie to change this.
She knew that Lady Adhesion resented
the deceit that had been practiced upon
her but she had never been told what
an attack of Mysteries had seized her
on Sir Neil's proposition that she should
90 to see Miss Chester, and how her
very name was sowing dissensions be-
tween the mother and son. She knew
that Louisa CastillAin was angry ut her
having been received back in Highshire
at ell, but she was never told of her I'M
firing energy in pursuit Of justice for
Eustace Jelfrey's murderer; nor Of
the poisonous seeds Of scandal against
the murderer's sister, which she sowed
broadcast with such pertinaoious zeal.
She knew that Col Stuart was often
with Gerard, and used all the influence
he possessed in the county in his favor;
but she did not know how weak that in
huence proved. now that the mighty
voice of an injured public was raised
against the prisoner and while the
high sheriff published among them his
debonnqjre assurance of the coming
sentence.
"It Is wearisome work, Adelaide, the
Colonel would say "but viii not
weary Of trying, until it is too late for
any effort to avail.
And his sister, smiling in proud con-
fdence, would tell him that only ono
little turn was wanted, and then the
scale OF his inhuepce--an influence which
every one Knew to be good and true
would weigh this down at once.
"Only one little turn !" he would
echo. "But what is to give that little
turn, my dear ?"
Truth itself, as Marjorie says"
laughed his sister, gently, "clear- seeing,
far.seeing, pure-seeing truth itself"
So Lima, seeing all Just in that one ray
Of sunlight which kind friends let into
her room, knew but little, after al, of the
verdict uttered already by the busy
world without.
When she got better and was able to
walk, Mrs. Esdaile and Marjorie took
her away to Torquay; partly to recruit
: her strength, which wac terribly wasted,
and partly to strengthen her mental
powers, which were oddly daEed and be-
vildered Even when Mrs. Esdaile re-
turned to her brother and little son, she
left the girls there with q friend OF her
own; and Marjorie was intensely crate.
full for this.
eft must have been joint Idea, she
said to Lima. "It Is too kind q one
even for Adelaide to have ooncoeted
alone"
And Lima had no need to ask whom
she credited with the other hall,
, Once during the visit Sir Neil Athel.
ston came down to spend q day there.
= Naturally" remarked Marjorie,
when she had read the note he sent to
tell her that he was then at the hotel,
and ask when he might see her-"nat-
urslly he finds the separation from me
, tedious, unbearable. Poor martyr
Don't say no I'm one Of those small
/ minded girls who cannot exist without
. reciprocity. Listen
"MX DEAN NEm: wish You were ct John
= o'0roAts or the Lands Enid shouldn't care
a which. Miss Chester Is not well enough to en-
"You seee," she explained to Lima, rails
!. ing her laughing eyes, "I had to think
4 Of an excuse for both, and so I employed
: the two opposites, WIZ that dor"
. Lima laughed q little, and Marjorie
! had accomplished her aim. To some
|; times lift the load Of pain that was al.
ways pressing on the girls heart was
, MaE1orie's constant aim.
Sir Neil did call, as Marjorie know he
|, would. Unnatural" he said, uncon,
: sciously parodying the words of his be-
trothed, "that we should be separated
'' all this time and I not allowed to come
and see you" But (and this Marjorie
bad never expected) he did not force
MS company On ner 81 ALI HuQ penAVeC
q to Lima with an unobtrusive courtesy
q which Gas Marjorie said to HERSELF al
Z most amounted to thoughtfulness. AnG
after that one visit Sir Neil went bacl
q to Highshire and troubled them Nc
more.
o "She will grow strong and we'll will
l. Marjorie" he said to himself, "and
have seen her once again"
. "Lina," said Marjorie, her eyes full
|" Of fun, live sent q message by Neil Il
:. ask the old folks at home to send m,
s0%s 4 e1 sod f hin TO ssid sns
= sketch Of Louisa's expression, or papa's
- when he gives it You know they woulC
not vex him for all the world, nor pro
!. vide me with filthy lucra; 80 won't thei
!, inclinations be dislocated? Dear" sh,