Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-07-20
said LADY Grisel. softly. ellis father

said Lady Grisel, softly. Ellis father
did not think it good, and put it away"
''He must have been very handsome.
| Who is it this reminds me OF so much?
I cannot remember"
''He was very handsome: he was six
feet two and half in height, and he
was wonderfully strong"
''Was he like Angus?'
''No. not all: no one could have told
that they were brothers. Evan was a
! thorough Macmonach.'
"And he was never married." said
Mabel, thoughtfully. Lady Grisej
looked at her inquiringly.
NO" she said, she was never mar
ried."
''Was there not some one whom he
wished to marry?" asked Mabel. [
asked Angus once, but he was very an
cry"
Eyes, there was some one"
ooh, do tell me about her I seem
to know so little about you all: you do
not mind, do you?" she said timidly.
1T is painful story said Lady
know it. On EVANS deathbed, this
was Assunta de- Caroli) appeared and
little child with her."
Mabel looked at Lady Grisel wonder
| ingly. ''And was she not his wife,"
she said.
NO" said Lady Grisel, slowly, cor
Dunmonaigh would not have belonged
to Angus. After the funeral she brought
her papers with her, which had been
given to her by my son, purporting to
| be her marriage lines and the bap-
tismal register of the child. They were
! opened before witnesses. and proved to
be blank papers"
! ''Oh, poor, poor girl"
! HE must have deceived her by
mock marriage" said Lady Grisel, with
an effort. II shall never get over the
pain of that discovery"
"And where is she now?"
"Child, you forget how young you
are; all this was eighteen years ago,
and she died six months after EVAN
''She died of a broken hearth"
II think so. She refused all help,
and at last when actual want was near,
her appeal came too late. Master NAL
colin sought her out, followed her to
London, and found her in a workhouse,
dead"
''What a piteous story!''
''Put back the miniature, Mabel;
telling that story, [ cannot look at it. :"
"What became of the poor little
child?"
ut was adopted by very good kind
couple who had no children of their
own, but who loved poor little Mar
garet most dearly. She will, please
God, have a happier fate than her
mother. They changed their names,
and we have quite lost sight of them
for many years-put it away, DEAR
Mabel still held it in her hand. II
see now.' she cried, suddenly.
What is it?"
''It is quite an extraordinary like
ness
''To whom?"
''Perdita Lowell, friend of mine"
"What curious name" said Lady
Grisel.
''Her father is quite character, and
has mania for Shakespeare. The
likeness is quite odd-exactly the same
brow and short upper lip, and that curl
of the lips, half proud, half sweet; but
there the likeness ends. Dita is fairer,
and her eyes such a dark brown, that,
even in spite of her fairness, she has
been taken for an italian.
Lady Grisel started. Indeed" she
said. 'And what are the parents
names? Perdita is such an unusual
name.''
'Lovel; they are quite nouveaux
riches: but Dita is not the least like
that"
II wonder" began Lady Grisel, but
checked herself. lis she a great friend
of yours?' she asked.
Eyes: she is SO beautiful and charm
ing. They are at Badfeld now, with
mamma and Mildred, and Mary and
Dick" she said, with sigh.
They put back the miniature in it's
place, and by the time they had ex-
amined the whole contents of the box
it was II o'clock, and time to go up
stairs.
They went into Lady Grisels room
that she might fulfill her promise of
showing Mabel the diamonds
(which is the room in which poor
Evan died?" said Mabel, shuddering. |
'Never mind, child: if you thought |
of such things, every room in every old |
house would be haunted by the past.
Look here
She opened the door of the old |
japanned cabinet, and drew out the
drawers.
''These are fine stones.'' she said, |
putting riviere into Mabel's hands,
but all these others want resetting:"
and she showed her number of old
fashioned jewels, combs. and long ear
rings, and diamond flowers trembling
on gold wires.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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