Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-17
ITO Gabriel's Walk Annis half wh,s.
GabrIel's Walk was the path by the lake.

N""iS'0 's-Af AIMS nail WHY
pered.
Gabriel's Walk was the path by the lake.
slave you asked Mr.. Gascolgne's compan-
ION 10 go with you? / suppose you are 90
ing TO meet Uric, and you appear to think
she Is a suitable person to accompany you.n
II shall not ask her If yea go.o
THANK you. Do you suppose that / want
to go-that 1t is particularly delightful TO be
your ciIaperon?'
sometimes you like going. Gilbert said
he would try to see us this morning"
do you think | care TO run the risk of
offending uncle Richard, who will no doubt
hear something Of il, for the sake of Gilbert
Gascoigne? Pray do not imagine | agree
with you because | have helped You once or
twice. j think Gilbert would be far better
employed looking after his business"
u am sure you like to see him ~ cried
Annis. You know he does not neglect his
work. used to think you"
Pray spare me your thoughts, interrupt
ed lillda abruptly. 80 long as you can get
nncle Richards companion 10 go with you,
j should advise you to do so. Uncle Rich
ard'will gain a great deal of useful informa-
ton"
Not from Viola Thorne. | am surer'
NO? You think she will keep quiet for
her own sake? Possibly; it is OF no concern
to me-"
Am |, then, to tell Gilbert that you will
not come to meet him because of uncle?'
You can tell him what you please. He
probably knows You are well Yersed in fab
ricating excuses"
Not an angry word did Annis speak.
You will not cOme%' she simply asked.
VI will not" her sister replied. Then
Annis came and asked me, and / went.
Gilbert asked no questions AS to his cous-
ms absence. and Annis proffered no ex-
planati0n. But | determined that, ere /
went again, l must pause TO consider we'll
my place at the Grange, my duty to Mr.. Gas
e0lgne, and the position In which Annis, in
! her thoughtless eager happiness, was plac-
ing me. i could not act as Annis's conf
dante, and take these morning walks with
Mr.. Gilbert Gascoigne, il any haunting fear
OF discovery by my employer was to follow
me.
Ii was very pleasant that day. / hadnever
met any one who talked as Nh. Gascoigne
talked, who was so clever and kind and
handsome. We were the merest acquaint-
ances, and were thrown together so pecul-
iarly tina our conversation was mainly con-
fined 10 c~ommonplaces. But / can remem-
Der now half he said tina: morning, the live
ly chat which gave me my first impression
Of Norbury, the artistic eyes which pointed
out all that was fair aud lovely In the scene
around us, the lingering over the beauties
OF the Grange with a poets admiration, yet
with no coyetous accent.
MY cousins are tn. heiresSes now, YOU
know" he said. Il think they are on pro-
baton. | have bee:yDI. probation myself,
and failed. Poor Annis will be out OF il at
last, and do not know that | am sorry.
Uric has enough, and he only fears now
they will say lie courted her fortune"
And Lady Martin" | said, lis married.
She will have her husbands home"
Il was the first time | had ventured to
speak of Lord Martin Pomeroy. Even with
Annis something in the strangeness OF
Gwendoline's presence at the Grange made
me hesitate.
YES" he nsweredtboughtfully a g1ayer
look in his face and In his brown eyes. Then
came a smile. "And Hilda, you see, is Ia
marry a duke: but even peers are not always
rolling in wealth. The Grange would be nc
bad dowry."
We could see the turrets and the big win
dows and the tower through the bare trees
and / fancied that, though his tone wa:
light, he was gazing at II half wistfully
Once it had been his home; it should have
been his heritage. How could he help bu.
love il?
fHow does business get on, Gilbert?' ask
ed Annis smilingly, as We stood BY the OLE
wall near the wicket-gate. You Ought no
to have time TO come out in the morning"
'Oh. Garden is looking after the business
i am not OF much use, | am afraid" he an
swered.
ut seems very hard" Annis said TO gle
as we crossed the park, that Gilbert SHOULD
not have the Grange, because his father lief
him very little, and his mothers property
was all settled on Uric. He had a lega
training, his father being a lawyer: so h,
went into partnership with Mr.. Garden q
Norbury, but he lives with Uric, you know
He is the best fellow in the world-next q
Uric; and they are very fond of each other
Uric is so anxious that / should tell uncl
Richard Of my engagement, Viola; but, TO
Hilda's sake, | dare not"
But what will you dor l asked. 'Yol
must tell him at last"
Il do not know. | suppose Uric viii
manage il somehow" And of Uric shr
talked on untiringly until we reached tn
house.
~ NAT do you think of Mr.. Cardeng'
1t CHANGED that l asked this question o
Annis as we sat at tea. l asked 1t a littl
hesitatingly, knowing that l must not reyea
my acquaintanceship, yet anxious to hea
her opinion.
Il do not like him." Annis answered a
once. II wish / did. He is handsome an,
agreeable, l know; but / do not like him
When we meet him at anyboiy's house, |
always seems to me that he avoids US; an
/ am sure we avoid him-at least, l do, an
/ think you do also, Gwendolineg'
Il hate him ~ said Gwendoline vehemen,
ly. Miss ThOrne, will you reach me tina
bOok-any book near you? And take up az
other yourself. We always read al tea-time
there Is plenty Of time afterwards to talk, |
any one wants to do So"
| rose to take her the volume, and Hid
at the same time crossed the room to tn
little g~ipsy-table at which Annis sat.
Did you give a message from me to Gil
bertg' she said, in careless tones.
From you, Hilda? No. He did not men
ton you, so i had no need TO explain"
80 much the better" Hilda said, and
with a perfectly cold, indifferent face, re
turned to her seat.