The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-12-19
CHAPTER XIII,

during dinner; but when the servants had
withdrawn, Sir Oswald, who had been
! charmed with his visitors said:
Il am delighted, Pauline, that you have
! secured young lady friend. You will be
pleased with Miss Rocheford."
Pauline made no reply; and Sir Oswald,
never thinking that it was possible for one
so gentle and lovely as Miss Rocheford to
meet with anything but the warmest praise,
continued:
81 consider that Lady Hampton has G.,.le
US all great favor in bringing her charming
niece with her. Were you not delighted
with her, Pauline?''
Miss Darrell made no haste to reply; but
Sir Oswald evidently awaited an answer.
81 do not like Miss Rocheford," she said at
length; lit would be quite useless to pretend
that do"
Miss Hastings looked up in alarm. Cap
tain Langton leaned back in the chair, with
a smile on his lips-he always enjoyed Pau
lines "scenes" when her anger was directed
against any one but himself Sir Oswald's
brow darkencd.
pray, Miss Darrell, may ask why you
do not like her?'
Certainly. l do not like her for the same
reason that | should not like diet of sugar
Miss Rocheford Is very elegant and gentle,
but she has no opinions of her own; every
wind sways her; she has no ideas, no force
of character 1t is not possible for me to
really like such person.
But, my dear Pauline" interposed Miss
Hastings, ''you should not express such very
decided opinions: you should be more reti-
cent, more tolerant"
If am not to give my opinion" said
ha L OIL
| Tor it,"
Pray, Miss Hastings, do not check such
| delightful frankness," cried Sir Oswald an
| grily, his hands trembling, his face darken.
| ing with IN angry frown.
He said no more: but the captain, who
thought he saw II chance OF recommending
| himself TO Miss Darrelps favor, observed,
/ later OH in the evening:
J Il knew YOU would not like our visitor,
| Miss Darrell. She was not of the kind 10
! attract YOU"
! "Sir Oswald forced my opinion rom me-"
! She said; "but shall not listen 10 ole word
OF diSparagemcnt of Miss Rleheford from
| you, Captain Langton. You'ga her great
attention, you ilattered he, YOU paid her
many compliments; and nov, If you say that
| you dislike her, it will SIMPLY DO deceitful,
! and abominate deceitn
1t was plain that Pauline had greatly an
noycd Sir Oswald. lie liked Miss Roche
ford very much; tho sweet, yielding, gentle
disposition, which Pauline had thought so
mono.oaous delighted him. Miss Roche
+! ford was SD like that lost dead love of his-so
! like! And sor this girl, who tried his pa
| tience every hour in the day, to find fault
! with her! Ii was too irritating; he could not
endure 1t. lie was very cold and distant to
! Pauline for some time, but the young girl
was sercnely unconscious of It,
In one respect Sc was changing rapidly.
! The time had been when she had been indif-
| fcrent 10 Darrell Court when she had
/, thought with regret OF the free, happy life in
the Rue dOrme, where she could speak
! lightly of the antiquity and grandeurs of the
race from which she had sprung; but all that
was altered now. 1t could not be otherwise,
/ considering how romantic, how poetical,
! how impressonable she was, how keenly
| alive To everything beautiful and noble. She
| was living here in the very cradle of the
race, where every tree had its legend, every
stone Its story; how could she be indifferent
while the annals OF her house wers filed
with noble retrospects? The Dllrells had
numbered great warriors and statesmen
among their number. Some of the noblest
women in England had been Darrells; and
Pauline had learned to glory In the old
stories, and to feel her heart beat with pride
rs she remembered that she, too, was Dar
rell.
So, likewise. she had grown to love the
Court for its picturesque beauty, its stately
magni.ccnce, and the time came 500 when
almost every tree and shrub was dear 10 her
1t was Pauline's nature to love deeply and
,snl,, S,l,z L.. H. q
lukcwarmness about her. She was incapa
bic OF those gentle, womanly likings tina,
save all wear and tear of passion. She could