New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-08
CUAPTER H.
ARRIVING Vt SUNSET.

The fuifluH CLOUDS
y Int ,i. INN a,,eni f.- -c,.ing throne;
Alr. carth ana ocean snl'l" immense II" apps
SOW haf immersed: ana row Golden curve:
lives one bright glance then to'"i 'Is'iIe''S
Scarcely had Penelope East come 20 look on
hey proposed stay at Carnoustie Castle as n
thing t. boz. ere she would gladly have been of
her bargain.
She had settled Il hastily as was the way with
her lmpotuous nature. and had mlgnihed few
,.agu. pr.v!1us incliuatiens % pry into the
s,rongholds ~ her Scottish relations into a per-
.st.nt intention ~ repairing thi,her on the very
lrst opportunity
Then when her offer had been accepted, she
srraccy knew whether TO laugh or T. cry. She
d,d not want 10 g. m ALL II would he dreadful
horrible. and shc2-shc would bc the most for
lorn. lonely. dcso!atc little outcast on the lace
OF the globe
Whatever could have mad" her imagine that
an. Wished Z, C., % tho CarnOustles'? she knew
nothing about them. they knew nothing about
hrr And she. VINO had done what she liked. ana
said what she "a 'se. and never met with rebuke
Or a cross word from any one In her whole nc
how would she ever get on as tho "ii mar, Guy
the cxtrancous member OF a household In which
she would be- Of 40 consequence, ana yet 70
whose authority she would have 10 bow?
Penelope had been from infancy petted. inde-
pendent motherlcss child. OF beauty she had
fair share. but II was rather due - brllliancy OF
variety
Wcli-cut features. Indeed. She never Jet people
have time 10 think whether she was pretty or
not. She had SO much 10 say ami such a charm
ing wav OF saving il: she had such an ardent In
tcrrst in life: such manifold entnusiasns; ana,
above all. such frarlessuess. franlness and UNI
ronsciousrcss. that those who came within her
sphere simply siormed ont Of their judy
mcnt and set ahre with admiration.
ON the surface Penelope WAS all that was
bright and gay. but /, was not the brightness
and gaycty which in reality made her what she
WAS: she had another Side to her nature, and 4
side which was known to herself alone.
often after she had been laughing and making
merry. the gildirst chatterboX that ever Whlri"d
,lulncss - the four winds If heaven when the
hour was past and the guests had departed and
the lights were out Penelope would turn up
her littlc face to the sky above her. and whisper
to herself these words
II am; ana some day am going 10 do
-s something"
That was her creed She knew that deep
down in her nature there lurkcd "A stronger force
than had ever yet been manifested. ard she be-
lieved I'm that force being there for purpose
Sometimes she t0ilcd over what the purpose
might be-s0metlmes she forgot II altogether.
She had outbursts Of utter chidshness, when
the bird on the wing was not more free from
every sort OF care; when the guests al her
fathers house would be loud in their encomiums
on her wit. her esprit. her repartee. praisng alike
her ripping laughter and her ready tongue; and
when her father would swell with pride. the
while ne would reply with assumed Indifference
that Penelope was good girl
None Of them knew the real Penelope in the
least.
She had no Intentions that they sh1 uld know
her: she did not mean To be rlddled by questions.
confused by instructions. ana perchance Inter
fcred with
She felt herself. her real self to be- very old and
vie: and was at times provoked with this same
real self because IL unrccOgnlzed as yet,
and because the world would not take her seri-
ouslv OF course she would be taken seriously
some day. but in the mean time she never could
resist making people laugh and so they did
not believe In her
When Penelope was younger, she had one day
dream which held It's own for a considerable
period OF time.
Having never known her mother. on her father
had been placed her childish illusions, and she