The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-22
CHAPTER Ill

Fanny Trevellian came back to live at the
court after her mothers death She was
quite alone in the world except for an old
aunt who came to live with her, and who
was really in her second childhood There
never was more lonely woman than Fan
ny Trevellian. She made a very stately
and handsome old maid; but her bitter Gym
lcal tongue made her very much disliked by
her neighbors, who only associated with her
as much as actual courtesy demanded, and
no more.
she was not favorite, and she knew it
very well. Ia return abe despised her neigh
bors heartily, and took no trouble to propi-
tate them.
Her days we're spent in riding, her even
inGs at cards. She had plenty Of money,
and she always had q paid companion,
whose one necessary qualification was that
Of being good card player.
The only person in whom she appeared to
take any interest were the two young men
who both bore the name of Monckton.
They and their mother now almost entirely
lived at Hetherington House, and their
grandfather did his utmost to be the father
that they needed. For Sir Reginald had
long since left his home, and was known no
more to the world.
Every month Kate went to pay a long
visit to some one of whom she never spoke;
and she was always very sad when she re-
LUIS JuS DOyS HOIlCeu, DuC she
never told them why she was so sad. They
had grown up in ignorance of the strange
circumstances of their lot Sir Reginald
they believed to be dead; and they believed
themselves both to be his sons with equal
rights and equal hopes.
They were two of the merriest and most
agreeable lads imaginable and the devotion
of Kate and her father made their lives full
OF unclouded enjoyment This was thought
to ha only than for mliaf M
hung over the future of both.
1t was decided that when they came of
age they should know all the truth, SO far as
any one knew it. Kate looked forward to
this time with dread, and almost prayed
that it might never come.
After .aId. looking back. she wondered
whether this unexpressed prayer had
had any power TO influence the life Of her
| childl
| Arthur, who was very headstrong, pas
sionate lad, of charming, bright wayward
! disposition. was remarkably like Frank
Hetherington. AS he grew older this like
ness became stronger, and Kate in her own
heart became perfectly convinced that he
was her child.
Eric was much quieter boy, very silent
and rather shy. Kate would spend hours in
| covertly studying his face and gestures:
sometimes she was convinced she saw like
ness to Maurice Harcourt in him. But, as a
matter of fact, the boys were both Hethers
ingtons. in color and build, and idosyncracy,
so far as this last had as yet developed.
Arthur was Fanny Trevelian's favorite
of the two. She made a sort Of pet of him,
and exerted her old powers OF fascination
and pleasing to amuse him. Consequently
he really liked being with her, and did not
understand why other people avoided her
so. She never showed her dis
agreeable self to either of these boys, for
she seemed quite determined to make them
both like her.
She was constant figure in the hunting
field, and she and Arthur, who had the same
passion for riding and for sport that she had.
were generally in at the death together.
Every winter Miss Trevellian went for a
few weeks to Monte Carlo When the bows
were about nineteen she took q villa there
for two or three months and transplanted
her whole establishment. She wrote over.
as soon as she was settled In, asking the bows
to come any stay with her.
They had never been abroad, and were
both delighted at the idea. SO Kate let
them go, though finding it very hard to
part with them for so long. She had never
been without them before. Sir Reginald