Telegram-herald., 1890-01-25

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O. compelled IS law b hve ~..a Ai-a'
ana all ner heart al her leys. gone o-i
r1 anorhert Ana ysl she hAd loved IT,
clare. Bar b seemed 80 long ego 1
tllk heraelf q task. Size tr1 @ fe,--t
Alien ~ her thoughts tssr it was useless
Tor Geohry ksgeogrJ. ~ira lls natDfe
manhood his al absorbing peFso'i----s' B.
hled every corner. every creglce ~ Lef
heart. j. was q very wesriness of t-1s
flesh
Ny dear Carmen Yoa ought really
10 come and look ~ the market hall Inc
things thsy have 70 sell have oEdefed,
nav, may 4s vel say / have proegA1
back. so1ae clotted cream It's . special
iry here, and il Il 50 good with tarts.
us irf' said Carmen abseutly
Is IL: Why, Of course It is answered
Cousin Adela with energy.
"Oh Cousin Adelal 7 don't care about
clotted cream OF anything else. What
does it matter what one eats or drinks
lt Is al wre,chod.
1T matters very considerably, ana
YOU would find II out II your meals dld
not arrive ia due course Nv dear Car
men. YOU have very nearly reached the
age OF 81, and YOU have never had one
ungratihed wish YOU have never known
what SO many. many Of as have learned
in the bitter school Of experience-w nat
it is 20 90 without
Then / am learning il all al once.
Alas. For / cannot have what | wish,
nor ever again.
"Well, well. said Cousin Adela, shak-
ing her head as she left the room, Il
wish | could help You. my dear. All l
can do is. to look after your comforts
and those Of your dear father, who. l
am thankful 10 say. does appreciate
them
Honestly, Miss Adela Hewitt could not
understand any one grieving or giving
up entirely over a Glove affair" II is not
an essential, not a necessary, but a lux
ury. Look at me. | have never had a
love affair in my life. Am l unhappy?
Certainly not On the contrary, | really
never was happier than have been since
we came 20 Plymouth; no worries. nice
straightforward housekeeping. SO differ
ent from those high and mighty trades
people in Mayfair. Indeed l must say
Carmen is ungrateful 20 Providence in
not approaching all the advantages Of
this place"
perhaps she does, in her way" an
swerod Col. Massingbird with a smile, to
whom this argument had been ad-
dressed
Certainly Miss Massingbird was su-
prcmcly indifferent TO the market and
the menage. SO it was well for the es-
tablishment generally that Cousin Adela
was heart-whole.
Col Massingbird had been wounded
20 the quick by the unlocked for mystery
in his daughters life, and blamed him
self for it all. For it was he, and he
alone, who had given the Misses Bavlev
at the Havensmouth school strict injunc-
tions TO allow his cherished daughter
as much liberty as possible. And as his
aunt, Lady Catherine Massingbird. a
most thorough going old mondaine, re-
sided there continually when she Lad
no pressing London engagements, much
of his daughters time had been spent in
her ladyship's company. And Herbert
Dlassingbird felt panied and erieyed for
his friend Geofry Estcourt's suffering,
for which. alas, thore seemed no coueo-
lation. Sir GeoHry was now bitterly
angercd with Carmen. but who could
say, in the years TO come, If there had
been no obstacle? IS it was, they could
only wait upon events. Tho LAWYERS
allowed no grass to grow under thoic
feet. But as vet they had found no trace
of poor lost Allen Fitzclarc. They were
informed that from the address Carmen
had furnished them he had long since
departed. Ire had sold his share of the
stock. and with bis partner Walsh had
gone up the country.
After that the clew was lost, and the
weary months s7cd on
II erieved Col. Massingbird to see lis
daughter losing all her bright, beautiful
youth, 10 see the soft brown ewes with
their pathetic sadness. She made
no complaint, but bore her sorrow
with patient gentlencss. She realized
now sho had done wrong, and must
abide by the consequences.
The world supposed Hiss 1Iassingbird's
health was very unsatisfactory; in fact,
that she would soon fade away Ike her
dead Spanish mother Poor thing. 1t
was very sad" And then they dismissed
her from their thoughts. and other beau
ties rcigned in her stead
The world soon forcets. and vanity OF
vauitics reisrs supreme.
But it worried her father st last,
ono day he said suddenly, Carmen,
what say YOU to q trip 10 Spain. your
mothers birth place"
"Oh. papa, that would be delightful
But not TO the fashionable places. Let
ms 20 somewhere out of the track Of the
ordinary tourist.
"i do not think. my dear, spain is a
fa~or..e place 10 the ordinary tourist
Dltit IS very convenient for those who
h1vo ucdr mistakes. slight or otherwise.
with other peoples money
eve do r.t wish g. meet them. I am
r-r.. papa.
Hv not replied her father
vfs smile. But The country IS large
er f-- ol of rs. O. e3v nothing "a
i' which isfgu Of Interest. if you
oere t.ri.
n dne courze they st oT. leav.
irr Cousin Ad-.e - i-r great
tl-nFts.ue ~ lho lf~rtcs tae