Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-05
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CHAPTER xv.-NoT AT THE TRYsT

~, his fancy lay dreaming of him, ate
,.isg ANONYMOUSLY sent forth from
,u5,r his roof for his sake? He was
however, in state of happy ignoranc,
.,,bis fact until the next evening afteI
nancy had left wrothsley. Lady Gil
ARP IN truth, exhausted with the rage
md excitement she had gone through
at ouite unequal TO face her son, and
-sods the same excuse as Miss Butler had
sons the day before, for not appearing
sitbsr at dinner after her stormy inter-
raw with Nancy, nor yet on the follow
lng morning.
Miss Butler also was too angry and
,,rs TO care to speak to Gilmore, and he
ras thus left by the two ladies to amuse
himself az best he could. Gilmore never
Jared verv long to do this. He was no
grsat reader, and the time hung rather
bssyy on his hands, lightened, however
bv plsasiDg excitement when he thought
o9ain and again of his late interviews
With Nancy and dreamed of those to
come.
II was, of course, very well known in
the household that the governess had
bsen turned out of it, and it was also
pretty shrewdly guessed why. One of
The head gardeners had not forgotten the
evening when Miss LOTUS had walked
under the spreading palms with the
voung lord, and they had been seen
together too in the park. The fact that
fine butler had been sent to town with
Miss Lotus spoke volumes; and thus
Ginore's valet, when he was attending
.
10 bed, and helping him to dress the next
morning, did not dare to presume to
mention Miss Lotus name to him, not
knowing how much his lord knew and did
not know.
Gilmore therefore was in complete
ignorance of his mothers conduct and
poor Nancy IS banlshment, and spent the
morning in reading a French novel,
smoking cigarettes and thinking of her.
my little beauty, my little darling -
be said softly TO himself again and again,
recalling the soft light in Nancy's dark
eyes and the smiles on her rosy lips. The
time, in truth, seemed endless to him
until he could go to keep their tryst; and
be watched the shadows darkening, and |
The mist lying over the park deepening |
from grey to dusk with absolute i'm |
patience.
At last the hour came, and Gilmore
made bis way to the corridor, where he |
expected to meet Nancy, but as we
know, no Nancy was there. He went at
1880 and waited until 5:I5 by the greer
Daize door, and then could bear it no
longer. He therefore walked down the
Carridor TO the schoolroom door, and
having raped and been told to enter by
DOsSy voice from within, did so, and
found the only occupants of the room
we're the two children and the school
room maid.
'Gilmore!' cried both the little girls
with delight, as they jumped and ran
towards him.
The maid now retired and Gilmore,
finding himself alone with his young sis
tiers, at once asked where Miss LOTUS
was.
"Oh, don t you know" said Dossy,
'about the awful row?''
"What row." inquired Gilmore
sharply.
oh! mother made fearful row yes
ierday evening, - explained Dossy.
: Miss LOTUS had been walking in the
corridor as she always does, you know,
1900 SAAN SuAAlp III u give US |
ZONE tea, and we were just sitting down
Shen mother and Miss Butler walked in,
ana mother was in such a rage we were
quite frightened. -
What did she say?' asked Gilmore 6
with darkenng brow. !
=. ''She called Miss LOTUS bad names-a
lsgracetul creature, and a reprobate, 1 {
MINK, and she said she should never stay =
smother night in the house-that she t
fasn ut to be in a house at all-and q
le packed her off there and then. and
le sent Graham away with her, and we t
Ire so sorry :
sent her out of the honse?'' re-
sated Gilmore angrily. @
rather; but I don't know what she {
'ua done Gilmore, but mother snatched t,
:. Jewel case off the mantel piece that | a
~. ~. LOTUS had laid down there a few d
INJURIES before, and shouted outLfor oh! o
.ln she bawl-something about in
uUlug some one to meet her in dark h
'Iassages, and she said don I deny it lc
y my evidenced And she flung the
~ 'ass on the floor, and such lovely dia- b
y. ,guus came out, and-we are afraid she 81
~ ~, Ueen trying to steal them. ST
uluore 8 face had grown a dusky red
lug this narrative, and now some Ia
lug very like a curse burst from his nj
h., ana what did Miss LOTUS say?'' he b,
lmly. - "is " SPEAK ~
o,S Un' she looked very proud, and told pf
s e'.er sue was speaking TO her and
~ her disgracefully and she said, so
ny rIu LOT Lord Gilmore, and ask him the to
a'u aoout this II think that was what In
-. .aiu and didn t they go on at her nc
4, = 'uat, mother and Miss Butler, too;
her said she should never have a | lie,
! 11Ve OF seeing you again, and enticing in,
IT,, am sure she said that-and they ha
''.ea her about her mother. and said fh
S ITs Oh horrid things. - m,
iney ought to be ashamed of them 7
~, SAID Gilmore passionately.
u s1Inonght so too, >" answered Dossy ne
,s =, "; land asked what she had no
,baL she had stolen the diamonds, ]
~ ~, nau caught her-but they told liv
{. n M lold my tongue.''
sas uAt Jolly! Stolen the diamonds tin
r. why, could not induce her TO she
M 0At m so gladl'' cried Dossy. it i
onn gave them to her, then, Gilmore? {
ought y as much. - en-,
n I've them to her, and I bought 8
~ tor ner, and suppose Miss Butler A
sei" o oottom of all this, and it is out the
Al I'V ~, and spite that they have in haI
\ ms suIs poor girl. But my mother hat
"a ' pei 1t, bitterly repent it, - con- new
doolhoret beginning to walk I'D q q
ana .ue sonoolroom with hastY the
N toWn upon his brow ben