New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-01

never made use OF stronger language but wnen
he understood that the Penelope whose oa, az,
little note had raised such a storm was tns
daughter Of his second cousin. Henry EAST anu
that she was only twenty years OF age ne i'leieS
said "Oh" and after minutes pause plooeet t
IN nick out the leathern knot OF boot huihper
two. . ., Aod al
Meantime the three Misses Carnoustle hau an
left their chairs. and were. as we nave S"''
eagerly pressing round their mother: ,.,,,oa
For how long? FOR six months! eXcldiineu
louisa the eldest. "She would be mere an 'ne
summer and the autumn. then. She would nelP
us with our summer visitors. Mamma, may
the letter." II.
And me after YOU" petitioned Joanna, who
was next Of age GENEROUSLY watching the docu-
ment transferred. What a large hand! dare
cav Penelope draws II she does. we might go
sketchng together l must tell her to De SURE -
bring her color box and plenty OF Wha''nan
paper" -, .,,-o,
Il wonder II she is fond Of poetry?' murmured
the third and youngest sister. the falr Dreamy
eyed Wilhelmina who. recognizing the prior
claims OF the other two as regarded the aIl-im-
portant dispatch. was patient and speculative.
81 wonder who her favoritesF Iheh sHe
made a note mentally. 81 would lend her my
wordsworth and my Longfelow, but VIII not
lend her my Scott. She ought 70 nave o0o'O Vi
her own-everybOdy ought
70 have her" said Lady Carn0ustie. turning her
head in the direction OF her husband, pnt sun h
not perceiving him, hidden as he was Dehind the
huge back OF her chair Il do wish, my dear
you would not sit behind me. II Is SO uncom-
Portable that way you have Of taking up your
position away from us all Fray coine nearer
and let us YOU"
"rm here-rm here" replied her husband,
scraping his chat, an inch or two forward What
dye want TO Sec me for? I'm beside you. But
I'm wet. and
And dirty" Lady Carnoustie supplied the
proper adjective by intuition Il don't think
you ought to get wet through at your age, she
added. And really you might go upstairs 10
change before coming into the drawing room
"Hoots, Nonsense l came in because saw
old Posty at the door and wanted my letters
Were there none for me? None?'
None for any Of US. except this from penelope
or course | must say shall be very glad 10
have her and she had better come by train 70
Glasgow. and catch the boat from there or
should she catch the boat from Ardrossan? That
would shorten the ge"-Lady Carnoustie had
a horror u steamboat travelling-'but the Ar
drossan boats are not 50 good, she meditated;
"and after all II is not open sea between Gas
gov and Ar1rOssan'-
considering that it is the Clyde as far as
Greenock. at any rate remarked Lord Carno US
sardonic satisfaction OF tripping up a wife who
! generally had the best OF IT, Il should say she
might be able to endure IT, AS FOR open sea mere
may be a bit OF tumble between us and the
main when the tide is running strong-but as
the crossing would be after Ardrossan. not be-
fore IT.
let her come from Glasgow then; that would
be the more direct route. Let her take the train
from London 70 Glasgow and the steamboat
from Glasgow here" and her ladyship looked
round for applause. feeling that she mad shown
h.r powers Of organization as well as her knOw-
lge o., geography.
~ one however. took the hint; her daughters
were still engaged with the letter and her nus
band with his boot holes. Such Indifference was
exasperatIng.
Il was a popularity Of Lady Carnoustie's that
she could change her mood In til twinkling or
an eye and smile and frown In a breath. she
was not an ill-natured woman; she was not
chronically peevsh and hard 10 please, but she
had temper which flew round like weather.
cock and no one ever knew where - catch It,
This might have been a serious matter In many
a household at Carnoustie dear mamma" was
understood. and no harm was done.
Mamma WAS now irate. 1T seems to me that
everybody has NOR right t. Penelopes letter
! than ] have" she observed tartly. And really,
considering it was written to me. | might be
supposed 10 wish to see 1t for myself. had
scarcely glanced at tt
The sheet was put into her hand.
Not until every one OF you has read IT," Still
! smarting from the lack Of previous attention.
! you have such way among you girls OF pounc-
| ing upon everything that comes TO the house
and usurping it-and-and-really never know
what il my own and what is not AS for this
! letter from Penelope Upon my word, lit is
! quite new 10 me: | had not taken IL in at allr'
| Il am sorry, mamma; did not understand you
| had not done with IT," II was Louisa who spoke.
| Louisa always spoke dutifully. we ought to re-
member that dear mamma is not strong" she
! was wont 10 observe; we ought never to an
swer dear mamma when she is vexed with US"
l
just glanced at IL, Literally had barely caught
the drift ~ Peu-lope's meaning. when you seized
II out OF hand"
pray excuse me" Louisa looked distressed. 81
really did not understand"
We'll, my dear-well. Say no more. Only dc
try not to do It again" Lady Carnoustie's brow
cleared. All was once more serene, and Penelope
could be chattly discussed as indeed she was
morning. and night. for many succeeding
days.
The above may serve as a sample of family
life at the old Scottish castle TO which my hero
inc. Penelope East. was about to repair A few
more words about its inmates ere We proceed
| with our story.
Lord Carnoustie was a dry. ploddng. thick.
headed yokel. who. II he had not been born
peer would have made very respectable plough
man. AS his groove In life had been fixed FOL
him, he logged along in 1t. As he had grown ur
! To- certain usages and customs, they suited him
! He knew how 70 value a farm, and how TO speak
to the farmer He could present a minister &c
the parish. and fancied himself a judge Of the
| minister's sermons.
He was popular-as such a landlord was SUR
to be popular-among his tenantry; and the sigh
of his homey form. hOmespun clad. surmOunteC
by a battered hat which would have dsgrace'
, a scarecrow. always a welcome one be 1
| met where il would.
When accosled he would respond readily an'
| Familiarity, touching his hat to the hat touched
to him. and II his interlocutor CHANGED TO be al
aged or privileged person. frequently adopting
for the moment the road Scottish vernacular.
Ordinarily he talked a certain fine old diaec
which In these later times is hardly TO be fount
among the fast whitening representatives. o
| former generations.
1t was Sootch-broad Scotch. but It ne
| provincial Scotch. II quantity set off will
| subtle phrases and epthets. frequently Of French
extraction-for such still nger in many parts o
North Britain. relics OF past when fair an'
! beauteous France and "Calendonia. stern ant
wild" were closely knit by various bonds-and |
was accentuated In fashion Of its own But !
was not vulgar: 1t was not coarse: 1t was no
repugnant to the most fastdious ear.
Neither was Lord Carnouste himself person
TO be altogether despised. He had not, II i
true any remarkable mental or physical endow
ments; but he acted sturdy up 10 his own View
OF right and wrong; he lived among his people
knew their lives; with his own ear hearkened L
their petirIons and with his own hand supplied
their wants. ~.
Moreover wet or fine. winter or summer, tn
grizzed whiskers OF the tough old lord were Z
be seen over the ledge OF his own loft In tn
| parish church on Sunday morning; and ever