New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-21


and though she did not herself peruse the literat
ure with which the house was thus supplied.
she mad 1t lying about. and any one who asked
could have; and she lay on her sofa and lamented
mat other matrons and maids were not as she
and her daughters.
But that, of course. not Lady Car
noustie it, Indeed. she had. as we say taken
her piety in ca va sans dire fashion.
To have her husband all at once turn upon her.
and compare her with her mother. Her bosom
had swellod 'tWixt wounded pride and startled
discontinue II was too bad Of Carnoustie. and
yet she felt with an inner perturbation and
trembling that he who had thus smote her in the
tonderest point had passed beyond the reach of
her d!spleasure and that there was in his plain
dealing earnestness and a disregard of con-
sequences which could have been induced by no
ordinary conviction.
She had mutely permitted him to curta the
Sunday evenings discourse.
II had not been altogether done away with
that he desired little she. To gather to-
gether the family dependents from without as
well as within for formal worship which took the
place Of a second service in church was custom
airy among Scotch families al the period indeed
in many places where the distance from church
is great. the old usage still prevails-but Lady
Carnoustie. to her husbands view had a knack
Of. picking out the longest chapters in every
book she selected for the purpose. and al his
plea had been for ordinary brief reading in
stead Of the lengthy homlly
Nor is ii unworthy Of nCte that from the VIC
tory gained the present occasion dated a
marked reduction of quantity in the devotions OF
the future. There had been a sting in the
taunt, You PICK Out the longest sermons LOT III"
to read while You go to sleep" which had been
felt Nothing had been said previously. but 1t
fact that her ladyshp, VINO was no reader
yet listener never could keep properly awake
during the Sunday lecture. and was forever
catching herself doing off. and wondering
whether any one else had caught her. She felt
that she could never dare again t. let herself CO.
and accordingly not a worq did she say when
Camoustie, with an inkling Of how the land lay
pursued hot-foot the advantage he had gained.
Il think I'll just go with this book. | like
tor hnn he remarked
the Sunday which became known in family an
nails hereafter as The Ainslie SUNDAY ana
though he spoke boldly. and looked full in her
face he d:d so, she only replied. Very well
my dear; a piece Of acqucsccnce over which the
rccreant had many a secret chucklc. i should
have taken her in hand sooner, he tod NM
This is not so much Of a DEPRESSION as It may
seem to our readers. We wish II 10 ~ compre-
hended how at this special moment LORD car
noustie was riding with a high mana IN me me
family. also why his wife did not care To pass
anmadyersiOns on his respectful aversion to MS
principal lady visitor. and call him over the
Goals 10 be at once more civil and less yielding
His plan was to give himself as little trouble
as he could about Lady A;nslie while at the
same time rcsOiutc that every one els" Shou.d
be at her beck and cal.
Whatever you do. don't have her going away
and saying live in a beggarly way and don [
know the fashions. and are behndhand and an
that" he cried: for he and Ainslie had this in
common that each yearncd To be thought Ia
mode though the old nurse was 50 far ahead OF
happy t. be SO. while the toll and trouble Of 1t
would have been intolerab,e t. him. and ne
only coveted the semblance. stick up 10 her'
all Of We Talk scandal and trumpctry ana let
her think you are as we'll up u 4 all as she and
her set. Don't drag the Soutters into the con-
versaton. Their is no need to say awning h,,;
Lady Ainslie won't care to know anything about
such as them; and she will stare If we have
nobody to talk about but my factor and his
sisters There's Redwood-cram Redwood down
her throat There is need for her to know
he Is only here for few months or 50. Make as
much as We can Of him and that friend Of his
though between ourselves Merrimans a Vul-
garish fellow had not noticed him before the
other night: but when he came out in talk after
dinner and looked at him with Sir Robert ;
eyes and still more with the eyeglass OF the Bon
creature / saw We were wrong in having him.
not that We could help ourselves. W" could not
have left him out II the invitation; but II was a
pity it happened Redwood has him because
he is a good shot, Of course; and that's what
We must make Lady Anslic understand.
For all her fine ladyisms. she has the sense 10
know that many a man gets an invitation IN me
shooting season who would never be thought OF
out OF it
He had himself instructed her ladyshp on the
pont and found her more than aHlab." She
vas not 10 know that he might have said any
thing with equal impunity that the widest
statements and most perplcxinE ARGUMENTS
would have received her asserting smile 80
long az he would hand her in 10 dinner ana pld
her a CHEEKY Goodnight, and each DAY talk Oh
| something to be done seen on the next
She was perfectly right In surinising that
such planning not accidental, that IL was a
| delicate way Of saying our house ~ sun al
| your disposal and shall be so Till you OF your
! own free Will abandon IT,; and accordingly as
| long as she dared. she tactly accepted the POSI-
| ton But al length the moment had come whcn
/ something must be said, and II was. as our
| readers know only a few hours before Captain
! Anslie's opportune accident that mother and
! daughter had decided 10 break the spell
! There is no need to dwell on the varied iceI-
incs and secret consultations to which the new
! turn OF affairs gave rise .
They may be surmised by all; suffice IL I"
! say that each party had 10 make certain con
| SESSIONS but that at length the sturdy dictum
! of that arbiter Of fate. the doctor. brought the
! situation TO close in a manner fairly sausiac-
Dr. McWhinnock bluntly told his patient that
ne must remain where he was and as ne was
for some weeks to come; ana turning |" ,' 10y
! Ainslie who stood by, as unceremohously III
! formed her that il would be nonsense for her
eelf or any Of her family to put themselves OUT
| bv STAYING at Carnouste castle TOT ihat ,hs
nar,ain, would be far better left quietly behind
! 10 complete his cure without SO many fussihg
round him , 49, ,ho aoc,or sroto
you tramp tomorrow, mater ne re'iarheu
! pacidly. III, 80. ,.,sb 20 in
nict ourselves day longer on our knd irlends
.har &C. absolutely necessary. replied she.
scarcely knowing whether to be pleased or rue Ne
! ful Indeed, / am quite ashamed hireauy. " :
| have been here ten days as 1t Is this was 10
r,n,ind her hearers that they had not peeh
longer, Ten days Is quite VISITATION put
| then one has 10 make such an eHort 10 hc' "
| tbese out of the-way places ana one can colnc
M saldorn-stilI of course. are being anx-
I io,islv expected elsewhere: so that am
| r.alIv assured we can be spared from my poor
sons side; and the lady assumed a.. nv, ,
o,t,,o accent and addressed herself to the doc
/ tor with impressiveneas ,,,. ,roa
ave can be spared pairfetly. my lcddy. 'eeo:;
| . a,,ook Main truth he'll do best withoot We,
oioi,nd DR. McWhinnock dry Ihen ne
nausod meditatively. There's good boat TO-
morrow at noon
CHAPTER XXXIX.
If the worthy speaker had got Ills cue il'''
7 adv Carnoustie or any member OF the Car
.,s,,o Family at any rate he never betrayed
az much. ~