Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-25
Like No Other Love.
by Charlotte NJ. Braeme.
CHATTER VIII-CoNTINUED.

TOT MISS I OSJlpun, ana spoke llpnJly
OF the wisdom OF those who parted
him from his idol She told him that
the tie OF marriage was to last for lfe
surely it required a few months DELHI
Grafton! But he heard only the sound
OF the Nrds singing sweetly in the
trees, and their one song seemed to be
of Maggie"
He had sent the girl a few lines on
the previous evening saying. that his
mother. Lady Carew. would be at
Armytage on tho morrow. and that he
should bring her to the cottage foc an
hour or 50.
Look your best and sweetest he
added! and the girls heart beat fast
as she read the words. She could i'm
agine what would follow if he brought
his mother there. For some reasons
it was not wise of him TO have writ
ten. Had she been taken by surprise
Maggie would have been ten times
more 1T her ease and more graceful
AS it was, The idea that Lady Carew
was coming made her feel nervous.
The cool musiins and pretty prints
were discarded as not being good
! enough for the occasion; they were
all very we'll for a lover who had no
eyes for anything but her face; but
thanks 10 the notions OF gentility that
had been impressed upon her. she
! knew better than to receive visit
from Lady Carew in pink print
dress. She had n hideous crimson
meriuo deliberately trimmed with
shining black beads, which had been
/ purchased by her aunt a year before
| for a tea party a dress that would
/ have made any lover OF good taste
shudder This was her state dress
So far as it could it robbed her beau
tiful figure OF its grace-it changed
her from lovely girl TO a vulgar bat
beautiful woman
Not content with this and to do
| honor to herillustrlous visitor Maggie
put on necklace OF coral beads.
She also wore few common rings
which made her hands look redder
and coarser than they otherwise
would. So far as it lay in the power
of dress she nude herself look vulgar
and gaudy; but she could not spoil
the peerless beauty Of her face.
1t was an anxious time for her.
Disquietude deeponed the rose bloom
OF her cheeks and gave fresh luster
to her eyes. This was, she believed
the most eventful hour of her life.
Mother and son talked pleasantly as
they drove along.
This is the house." said Sir Carlos.
and then Lady Carew grew pale and
trembled. What would she be like.
this girl whom her son meant to mar
ny and who was to take her place.
Sir Carlos went into the cottage
first. Lady Carew could hear the
murmur of loving words; and then her
son came out, his face radiant with
happiness.
Make haste motherr he cried.
Every moment seems to me an hour"
He led her into the little house.
through the narrow passage into the
small parlor where Maggie stood
awaiting her.
Lady Carew's first glance was one
OF wonder and dismay-wonder at
the brilliant lovelin of the girl
face d.smay at the vulgar dress the
red hands and tawdry ornaments
Exceedingly beautiful. but uuques-
tionably plebian, was her first COM
ment TO herself.
She smiled in her sweetest fashion.
My son Carlos asked me to call a I'd
see YOU" she said. as / was passing
by"
1t was one thing to charm and fas-
cinate young man by the display OF
pretty Alterations and another and
far more difficult TO please we'll bred
rein ID woman.
Maggie asked Lady Carew Ia take a
seat. Her voice ,ust because she
tried to make it sweet sounded hard
and unmusical.
Lady Carew's heart sunk within
her. Could it be possible that her
son, who might have chosen from the
loveliest ard best bred girls in Eng
land had given his heart to this girl ?
she has beautiful face, said
Lady Carew TO herself; but II he
marries her he will tire OF her in
three weeks She has had no educa-
ton, she is unintellectual aud with
out refinement. When the first CLAM
our of love is over he will hate her. ~
She did her best to like Maggie. She
went on talking to her. trying to
elicit words and ideas from her. The
girl could talk we'll enough under the
shade Of the trees in the wood. with
her lover listening TO every word that
fell from her lips but when sitting
opposite to Carlos calm we'll bred
mother she was almost speeches..
The more Lady Carew talked to
Maggie, the deaper grew her dismay.
When Sir arlos talked to the girl he
watched the play OF the beautiful
features and the graceful gestures
Lady Carew was indifferent to these
things she listened with sharpened
ears to the girl S grammar listened
and shuddered. Could it be possible
that her fastidious son loved IA girl
who called February FEBRUARY" and
talked of ''ares aud 'ouuds'-Carlos.
who had even found fault with the
smooth and polished diction of pretty
Alice Bathurst?
Sir Carlos cou'd see the consterna-
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