The Dickinson press., 1893-12-02

".\ll right. go on"
And You know the pretty, pale, Sor-
lady in the panel by the
big chmncy-colncr?"
Yes. Lady Isabel"
"Wcll. Black Huntingdon and Lord
I.angholme (at least, he was only Sir
Vivian then-his nephew was the first
earl)-Black Huntingdon and Sir Vivian
We're both in love with her from the
time they We're boys, and she favored
Sir Vivian always from the first. Well.
that didn't hinder Black Huntingdon
from going after her, more particular
as the earl. her father. ccuntcnanced his
suit 1t WAS different in those days,
YOU know. dear-thc I.angholmes were
down and the IlGntinatlOns were up
then: now it's al the other way, and
they've got their tl,rr, I'M the scale. He
was an awful Jealous disposition was
BLACK Huntingdon. and would come
home half mad sometimes after he'd
seen Lady Isabel and Sir Vivian togeth-
cr or else go scourin' the country like
the wind OH his black horse. Satan.
Once hc Went off for days and days,
nobody KNOWN what had become of
him. an his people began to be fright
v
when one night he came home in the
lightning. looking for all the world like
Il ghost. and Satan all in a rcek of
Smr Ike and foam. He hardly touched
food. and night after night they heard
him walking up and down. up and
down. i'll the great gallery, sometimes
giving sort of chokcd groan like.
NIl1f l,o 0.Hr
Isabel would have Sir Vivian, and the
carl had given his consent. Well.
month before they was TO have been
married the war broke out, and Sir
Vivian had to go off to the army.
Poor things! there was a sad to-do with
them. l believe: she clung to him, and
Went on her knees to him not to go.
or to take her too; but of course that
wasn't possible. and he was Il brave
Young fellow, and wouldn't shirk his
duty So he went with sore heart,
and she cried and said. It's all over,
an we shall never be anything more
to each other now And she stood at
the castle gate, watching him ride Off
down hill, and then she tainted, and
they carried her off to her room, and
for many long day they thought she'd
never come out again except in her
coffin"
Nelly had left Off eating now, and was
leaning forward eagerly with great
wide-open eyes.
"Go on, 80 on" she cried as nurse
paused.
do give me time to get my breath,
child! said Wilson. but feeling fiat
tered all the same at the interest her
recital awakened
Well" she Went on. presently, "the
Fluntinglons was always reckoned an
honorable race Of men; but love will
make the best do strange things at
times. and Black Huntington wasn't
one OF the best. So when Sir Vivian
had been gone some time. he set wild
stories afloat about him; and 1t came to
Lady IsabcrS ears that her lover was
faithless. and had married n foreign
lady. So months went on, and she
grievcd and walled and lamented, but
no other tidings of her love came to
her, and Black Huntingdon was always
at the castle. so at last the poor soul
yielded. and they were married. He
was dotingly fond of her, in his jealous,
savage kind of way; but when he saw
she wouldn't smile on him, or care for
his love or his company. he turned BIT
ter upon her. and was always reproach-
in of her. as if it was her fault, poor
lamb! And then she'd use to wander
about, with her poor wan face looking
like a ghost. an crying sometimes fit
to break her heart. And at last Sir Wv
ian came home, and went first. quite
joyful, to the castle to see his old love.
When they told him she was married
to Black Huntingdon, he stood like
one turned to stone; an then, without
word. he mounted his horse and came
off straight to the Hall. He passed
the servants without word, and went
straight into the room where my lady
sat; an she sprung to him with great
cry, an he took her in his arms; they
clasped together as if they'd never
part any more, and so Black Hunting
don found them. That night he and
Sir Vivian stood up together in the
beech avenue, with their hearts bent
on murder. Their hate was savage
and each one was set ON killing the 9th
cr 1t was long time before either
got blow. because they were botl
good swordsmen; but at last Black
Huntingdon thrust Sir Vivian through
side first. and after laying many days
in great agony, he was SO eat up witt
rage and pain that he died, too"
"And what became Of Lady Isabel 2
'She died in giving birth to son
last. The child was brought up by hi
holmes. an so it's gone on ever since.
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kept up such IL strong feeling in on
house. and l am sure it was our sid
that was in the wrong
NO. my dear; there's been othe
things since then, to foster the feeling
In your grcat-grandpa's time. he an
Lord Langholme fell to quarreling owe
a bit of land. and there was a lawsui
about 1t that lasted through two gen
erations. and in the end the Hunting
don's lost it. and well nigh it ruinc'
'em. which is the cause Of your p
bein' involved as he is now. an no
able to keep up the state that bcfit
the family. Then there was dreadful
affair with your poor aunt. Mrs. Carm
clael, that / remember well enough
but you must never mention it, becaus
your papa 'ud never forgive Inc 70
telling you
mo, no, no." cried Nelly. excited,
ready to promise anything in her fevcl
ish curiosity; 'is it likely?'
well. the last lords brother. tn
Honorable Adrian I.ansholn,e, and you
Aunt Eleanor. met somehow in til
grounds. and fell in love with each 9th
er, and 4 very handst me young coupl
they was; but when your grandpa an
pa heard of it. they We're furious. m
threatened to turn her out Of door
if ever she spoke TO him again. An
at last they made her marry Mr.. Cal
michael, man old enough to be he
father, sorely against her will, poo
soul! After she was married she OF
Mr.. Adrian met up in London, an q
last they went off together. l sha
never forget. as long as 1 live. Ill
scene there was with yOur grandpa Ill
Lord I.anghnlme an Mr. Carmichae
, an after it Colonel Huntingdon had
: stroke. an never left his room again
+ And Aunt Eleanor, nurse:'
a she went abroad. poor thing. wi.
Mr. Adrian. an I've never heard VIII: