The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-14

" NO. pray are Lltot nus mn utl GU
DIR, Henstock, his voice cold from inten-
sity of emotion
Who! why there is Charlie Ludie, Job
Wynn, BERTHE Fell, and-and-Oh, ever so
many more
Lads, all of them-mere boys. Their
admiration is nothing. You never men
toned Langley Bruce He, if anybody"
20, Langley" witha "mOue, " he is Just
like brother"
He is, if l am to part with you some
time, the one | should prefer. OF course
1t will be years before he rises to any
eminence in his profession
/ II never look upon Langley in that
light declared Nelly independently.
''Daddie," CnervouslyJ what would you
say TOTO Mr.. Clarke, Or-Mark BOyd"'
If DIR. HenstOcks thoughts had been less
preoccupied he might have noticed pal
pable change in his daughters bearing as
she uttered the last name.
Mark Boyd" he cried vehemently,
! that puppy, never Sooner would / fol-
| low you to your grave, my only pet, than
| deliver you to the tender mercies of an
idle, dandified scamp Of his caliber. I"
Father, there is a letter for you"
DIR. HenstOck gave a start Of surprise
! Less at the fact that Mrs. Baines had ap-
! preached him unnoticed than. at the cold
| strained ring in Nelly's voice Surely
! though his ears must have deceived him,
! for on looking at her he could not per
| celve any alteration in her smiling face
| Outwardly it was Just the same, and who
! then is there who can fathOm the weight
OF pain lying hidden in the heart.
! My dearest Nell" exclaimed DR..
Henstock, after having read the note that
| the housekeeper had brought, "such a
| funny thing has happened. Your Aunt
| Dulce has written to invite you to stay
| there"
But don't know Aunt Dulce,', re-
! piled Nelly, all the music gone out of her
| clear young voice, at least only from
| hearsay."
True, darling one but you ought to
| know her, She is your mothers sister
like her in way; older, less fragile, less
| yielding; of a stronger, fImer mold,
both mentally and bodily. Aunt Dulce's
pretty features are perhaps sharper but
then she is not so fair; taller, too. Still
the resemblance between them used
often, specially to strangers, to be strik-
ing"
Then do you wish me to go to Ellington
to visit her!' asked Nelly alphabetically.
Not just yet, you cannot be spared
1t would be very dull for you without
me, daddie."
No more was said on the matter DR..
Henstock put away the letter, and so far
as Nelly supposed, the question of her de
parture with it. Ii was not the first in
vltatlOn she had received, and she was so
accustomed to hearing the impossibility
Of her being spared dilated on that IL
had grown part of her being never to ex-
pect to go, to put the matter aside as un-
feasible. An alteration in all previous
experience was at hand Nellys apathy
continued for several days; DR.. Henstock
attributed it to her regret at having to
perSistently refuse Mai. Metcalfe's suit
A change might restore her. Aunt
Dulce's request lay in allegiance What if
he made great sacrifice and let his cher
lShed idol leave him for fortnight
Once he even contemplated the idea of
accompanying her, but that was only for
few minutes. He had grown too con-
tlrmed q recluSe to voluntarily venture
out Of his shell A whole night wakeful,
deliberate, anxious, he spent revolving
the mighty idea, and in the morning his
resolution was fixed-Nelly should go.
lie would make martyr of himself for
her benefit besides what were two weeks
to give her to enjoyment when, if she had
favored the MAJORS suit, he would have
had to renounce his right to her forever
Nelly WAS thundcrstruckswhe first she
learned her husbands intentions For a
while she stood out against it, simply
because of the loneliness her alb
sence would entail on her beloved
child at heart, and the prospect of seeing
her own mothers sister, who would not
visit Slackaby after the cold treatment it
had melted out to her husband, was a
great delight to her. Aunt Dulce would
be sure to love her. The aunt who, hav-
ing no children Of her own, had lamented
frequently that DR.. HenstOck would not
spare her own niece on many a long visit
Soon Nelly grew wild over the prospect
hnfOpp he ho,, fo+
impending desolatiOn in the glory of her
own Importance
Don't go, Miss Nelly" pleaded Mrs.
Baines tearfully the morning before her
intended departure, I've been troubled
with such dreadful dreams these few
nights past"
But what have your dreadful dreams
to do with me, Nanny?' queried the girl,
an amused twinkle beamihg in her eye,
Mrs Baiues and her nightly visions hay
Ing for long past been matter for poking
fun at to the bright Nelly.
They've always been about you, miss,
was the solemn response. I've seen you
carrying heavy, wailing baby which you
could not get rid of"
Widow Aliens little Tom, Nanny"
said the impertrbable Nelly; he is so
fat, and he does cling"
Mrs. Baines shook her head
Worse, far worse than that, I fear.
All, Miss Nelly, these eyes of mine will
be glad when | see you back safe and I'M
harmed. If you return as happy as you
go I'll never put my faith in dreams again.
l."
Hush, there's dear daddie," broke in
Nelly hurriedly For goodness sake
don't upset him. lie viii either not let
| me go, or else suffer much endless misery
during my absence"
Where is my Nell3" called the doctor
Here, father, dressed, and ready to go
and bid farewell to Mrs. Bruce | left
! her purposely to the last. l shall take
! the Vlcarage on my way"
Charlie Lundie won't be there" oh
served her father fOndly, pinching the
soft cheek, which looked its fairest under
her pretty chip hat with its delicate rib
bOnS
As If | wanted to see Charlie or any of
the boys, retOrted Nelly.
But as she tlipped up Briar lane past
DIR. Boyd s large house (Which had once
been their own, with It's tiaring red IN
lighted glass lamp over the surgery door
on to the one main street the village
boosted, she felt that she had not spoken
quite truthfully There was one boy
whom she earnestly desired to meet
/ True, her absence was only to be for a
| fortnight, but if the words Myra Allen
| had let fan the previous evening that
Mark Boyd was expected home any day
We're reliable, she would rather give up