Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-02-27

] ady Glandore has carrier Off tho
Duchess and induced her TO 60 to be ,; and
ind ed it is not until long aferwe-i thai
the Squire learns how very near TO brain
fever Lis little daughter had besn. thanks,
however, to the unremitting care of Nancy
blake, WHO Cev, I d her. elf 10 her, and 10
Lady Glandore, who surpr sed even herself
on this occasion, the danger was tiied over.
Soothing, judiciOus answers were given 10
the wild, ire herent quest Ons- spoonfulS
of I eef tea were administered every now
and then-a sleeping d aught was pro-
cured from the doctor, AM thus the tired
and over excited brain was Gained, and
final y toward midnight heavy sleep fall
ing over her. saved h.r.
But terrible coll arises out of these
hours when she had sat in the cabin, only
half-clothed; and for weeks she lies pros
trnte, fon1ly tended n ght and day by the
Squire, who'e very SOU seems wrapped up
in her, and whose only comfort lies IN slEch
moments as when he can cradle her in his
loving arms, AMI feel her head ne5tlinS
close against his b art
And there, too, she love, TO lie, and
whisper TO him, when her cough permits
all sorts of things about Denis There -
no shame, no thought of hid NJ anything
from her dad. in Ter gentle breast lie IL
DAD, and therefore he W II understand. She
knows that he will believe nothing, save
that every thought and word and deel of
his little / uchess Is tho very purest, and
sweet st, and best.
No one bus those who havs experiences
IL can comprehend the div ne comfort that
lies in love Ike thi,l
And then the o comes day when she is
reilly better, and though not phantom OF
her 1orm-r sprig tly SELF, still II Ii Norah
VINO speaks to them. MOVING about, Ian
gui lily enough, heaven knows but able to
talk without having to pause between every
other word for terrible paroxysm OF
coughing to so by.
her recovery, after all, has been slower
than Delaney's, who has pulled through
rapidly, to the admiration o. his doctor aid
nurse, and who, though he has not yes
! cen out of the house, on account of the in
clemency Of the weather lit j. now lose to
Christmasl, has very nearly passed tho
bounds OF invalidsm. Yet though the time
has been long since he was struck down by
that rDvengeful hand, Norah and hs havo
never yet met face 10 face. Indeed, DR..
Morgan and the great men from Dublin
haveit cen rigid in their determination to
keep d. mis- from seeing anyone except his
special attendants, but to-day, Katherine,
who Q inquiries all through his Illness have
been unceasing and very touching, and who
has apparently forgotten all about that ac-
Cepta CO Of Sir Bran run, so boldly de-
clared on a certain occasion, has wrung a
rather relu tant permission from Madam to
pay him visit.
A hope that he has heard nothing of that
unpleasant declaration of hers yet warns
katherine's breast. A hope vain indeed,
as ady 1 landore, who loves a little mis-
chief, has been at particular pains to make
him thoroughly acquainted with it To do
her justice, she has given very striking
and graphic description of that past sceHo
TO Denis having fought her way into his
room TO do it. Unaware OF this, and full
of determination to establish the old re-
lations between them-the Delaney rent
roll being very considerably in advance OF
Sir Brandrum's-k atherine one morning
lays aside her work in a rather ostentatious
manner, and rising, declares aloud, in a
rather premt ditated tone, that she Is going
to see Denis.
"Are you? Lucky mortMp' says Lady
Glandore, quite beaming upon her. Nov
here are all we longing TO get glimpse OF
him, yet are denied; whilst YOU"
''Well, you see," says Miss Cazalet, with
what is meant TO he a sentimental air, II
suppose they would concede ihe prior claim
TO me!o
"Oh, naturally Tobe smei How could
/ have forgotten that" exelaims Lady
Glandore with so much empressement
that even Katherine regards her with q
little SUI picion. AS for the others-it is a
wet day, and the drawing room is full OF
men and women-they al stare at her as il
lost in amazement at her duplic:ty.
"Why, / thought" begins Miss Blake,
looking col ly at Katherine, that on tho
morning when We were all so NJ set by tho
fact that Denis couldn't be found, that
you"
"Tut, my good Nancyp whispers Lady
Clan lore, cate ling her frock beh nd and
pulling her down on the ottoman beside
Lsr "Fie, fe, now. One should never
remember such little mistakes as that"
''N on are disgraceful hypocri,e," says
Nancy after pause, dur NJ which she has
studied her friend with unusual severity.
IL am worth my weight In gold,~
responds LAZY Glandore unabashed.
''Wait till you seei She is going up TO
ment fixed on her chiseled features, ami
when she finds out what l have done Tin
about twenty minutes from now, SHOULD
say there will be such another little game
as you have never dreamt Of"
81 wonder when we may see tho
Duchess" says Mr.. Greene at this moment
"Duchessl What name that isI' said
Miss Cazalet with curling lip. "Doesn't
IL seem to you that-er-there is almost u
little touch of improperly about it?"
about where now2'' asks Mr.. Greene,
leaning forward as If positively athirst for
information.
"No, it DOESN'T seem like that to any OK
u.s." says Nancy Blake, sudden fire in her
eyes. ~ should have TO be born all over
again-born cleverer creature-a You,
rerhaps-before l could understand how to
associate such a word as that with our
dear, brave, little Duchess"
Miss Cazalet shrugs her shoulders very
slightly, very gracefully, ve'y super ifi-
ously, implying somehow 10y the act that
Of course t is impossible to carry out an
argument with such an unfortunately man
nered person as Miss Blake, and eaves the
room.
''What way she talks of Norah," says
the latter, her charming eyes still oHanle,
turning to Lord Kiigarriff, who, as usual,
IS at her elbow. Thoy are walking toward
the conservatory.
''She is abomilable," says Kilgarriff,
warmly.
'Whop" demands Money, with pardon
RlJe puzzlSment. standing still hasida m