The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-05
CHAPTER XXI.
PURSUED.

The next few days were almost intoler-
ably bitter and degrading to Lady Ennis
more. She was in the tolls and she could
not escape, and the miserable little wretch.
Tommy rwiss. held her fast. He would be
paid for his silence, and he made his wife
cell Lady Ennisnore this, which the poor
woman did with shame and many tears
aid the foolish tender love VIII ch she had
nursed in her heart so long for Tommy
certainly at this time began to waue.
At last, after mucn bargai ling, Tommy
agreed to accept five hundred a year fl. no
Lady Ennismore, for holding his tongue
regarding her early life. She was a very
rich woman, but even to a
rich woman to pay away fifteen hundred a
year without the knowledge of her husband
is serious consideration. But Lady Ennis
more did this. She privately sold some of
her splendid jewels. and told Lord Ennis
more she felt too i'll to go through the
fatigue Of a London season. Thus early in
June they qul ted town, and by Lady
Ennismore's wish returned to Brackenford
She felt safer in the country, she thought:
far ther away from the chance of again
looking on the face which had cost her so
dear.
1t CHANGED to be beautiful summer, and
some sort OF peace stole back to her heart
amid the wild hills she had loved so we'll
But every one noticed that Lady Ennis
more was greatly changed. She had grown
nervous, aud had a strange look of fea
sometimes. when the remembrance Of
the haunting shadow Of the past rose
before her. Still she beliey ed she had
purchased Roches silence, and that he
would be content never to advance any
further claims.
in the meanwhile, as the bright summer
days glided on, Miss Sinclair was doing her
beSj to win from the gentle lips of the rector
some declaration of the feelings of his heart
But the Reverend Peter still was silent.
Here was mau crushing uuselhshly back
the one ardent wish Of his life for the sake
Of the poor old faded sisters at home Dur
ing Miss Sinclair's absence in town how
many time had Peter wandered alone in
the cleaning thinking of her parting words.
She would not forget she had friend at
Brackenford, she had said, and not many
weeks after she put this to practical proof,
for she wrote to the rector, enclosing q e5
note, which she asked him, as a great favor,
to distribute between two poor sick women
in the village, whom she felt much sympathy
for.
"Dsar Mr.. Prescott" Tread the rector.
holding the clear, fnely-written lines in his
trembling handl II am going to ask You if
you will be So very good as to give the en-
closed money TO Door Mrs. Pritchard and
Mrs. Jamesl l felt so sorry for these two
unfortunate women when came away, but
just then / was too poor to help them. Now,
however, have received my salary and
can afford 60 spare the trifle send espe-
cially IS spend very little while we are in
town, as do not care for gaiety at all.
send the money to you because you know
we promised TO be friends always before l
left Brackenford, and this thought is very
pleasant to me, and now / am taking ad-
vantage of our COMPACT by asking you this
great favor. Lady Ennismore does not
seem to improve ia health. and looks i'll and
nervous, and from what she said the other
day | fancy we shall not remain much
longer in town. l, for one, am longing once
more to see the heathery hills, and remain,
with kindest regards yours very sincerely,
&c. SINCLAIR
What it cost Miss Sinclair to part with
that 70 note no one can imagined She was
very fond of money, and 70 send it away
TO two old women was absolutely heroic on
her part. But she knew it was likely to
draw the rector nearer to her, for the Rev
Peter was a man of much charity, and his
sisters used to declare that Peter gave away
far too much. She, therefore, sent it, and
it had precisely the effect she intended
Poor Mrs. Pritchard aud poor Mrs. James
| each received the two pounds ten shillings
intended for them, but Miss Sinclair's IS