New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-07
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| straight" man. a man with peIIecty l,uc
| and honorable nature earnest pdi"s1dh'i
| s,eadfast Al one time he had chershei lhe
| thought ~ making for himself a great V',ee,,
| but perhaps his abilities were hardy on 80
| To have made this possible. He had. however
! abundance Of common-sense ana goou le'H i
| and IL was said Of him by those VINO hi'," Ia
! he had an independence of thought Whcn o.'1'
made his opinion II greater value imam 'ila' VI
| far cleverer men, , l..
one thing was certain. he knew what ne
! liked and. in "A general way. what ne wahtcu'
He knew now that he was no longer uis Sop,,
| late ana irritable. out Of sorts with his ie'o"
| creatures at every point-in short that ne had
! had his 1T of the blues and come out OF IT,
| That being the case, cheering was what ne
| needed not REFRESHING. Nina Carnoustle was
not cheering girl-her cousin penelope Wa t
Accordingly. Penelope was the ANTIQUE " .,'t
! past which wisdom prescribed lie diu ho.
| think he should ever be again caught by
wily wnsomcness of disposition. such as had
cntrappcd him before. but it was certainly id"-
full To get all the good he could out or H.
As to his having put his hand on Penelope -
well. it foolish perhaps but II was a ne IT.,
| spontaneous movement OF approNai, "nt VIZ ,a n1
/ had hecn unable TO say anything, and yet had
been pleased with the little girl for speaking
up so nicely 80
Penelope must have understood. She was
not thinking Of matrimony any more IMAM III
was With ordinary care he might surely en-
| JOY h"r society. 49,,
But he found that somehow or other he had
! less and less of the society to enjoy.
\ few days after the tea party Redwood ana
his friend dined at the castle. Redwood had
not diued there for some time ana HOW instt Nv
had a friend who could be invited also Lazy
! Caruoustic was pleased to issue an invitation
She was satisfied with Mr. Mcrriman. ne nau
! ingratiatcd himself with her by the siitplcS1
methods. and. being practiscd in the art OF pro-
pitiating dowagcrs. had almost wondered AT the
ease 10y which he had obtained her favor
She had actually brought out her harp, tui n,'
/ II and m.ndcd the broken strings. because MI
Mcrrimans mother had played the harp anu
| he had been quite affected by the sight oil one
! and had begged tOuchingly 10 be allowed 10
] b.a
| found his way by himself to tho castle. ana had
| dutifulIv sat 10y appaudng and selecting the
! while Redwood was supposed 10 De LOOKING ~
| tor his fishing tackle at the factors cottage,
and the invitation to dinner was his reward
J Il get on with them hrst-rate, ne cohilded 20
/ his friend. Mice quiet pc1pl" ana ulcoWIh"tlS
/ friendly. Tho young ono-your one
she is not my one"
"AI right shes nice girl; aristocratic and
! all that sort Of thing The elder sisters are
/ trlnc pass6es but they were amiablc and give
I themselves no airs. As for the mother. sh" IS
] quite the erandc dame; but knew now 10 man
/ age her. ana | Halter myself sn" Is quit taken
/ with mo. Really. YOU are in luck. Redwood
Redwood turned contemptuousy away. he
understood that the fine place ana the titl" hfd
! cast "a glamour over every member of the fam
! lis In the Others eyes and while telling himself
! that the only two really worth notice a. hidl,
! yiduals in thc Who'll" party had been overlooked
! IN the above cncomlum. forgot TO remrfnntr
/ that they bad been absent when N"rriman was
! iringins his observations 10 a point. ,e-,,
! H. was however quit" willing that his ir"'d
| should lc pleased. the invitation 10 dinner was
/ ecc.ptcd and ou the following Tuesday the
/ young men duly appeared.
Thcv had not expected To find any guests be-
/ yond themselves. but rather TO Kcdwood sur
! Prize. who had 10y this time learned something
| ~ his neighbours ways. when they were ushered
/ into tho great drawing room AT tarnplStle 'dS-
tie IN for tho occasion. they bch"ld several
I fashiouahlc-lookug strangers, In whose honor
/ oh, iouslv the state apartment had been put
/ into requisitlou. Redwood had never been re-
c.lvod ia 10 before. 10 Was too large for ordinary
use. and be- instantly OWNED that the guests
! wso had caused such divergence from IN"
ordinary routine must b" people or imI"r tlh''.
They were They were Sir Robert and Lady
! Alnslie captain Anslie and Miss Alice Ainsle
| the very Aiuslics who had formerly been IN
such disgrace with their Caruoustie k.th and
| Kin that all rclatonly intercourse had come TO
a deadlock. Int WHO. having NOW forgotten all
| about the lit'lc 1ar. which the intervention "f
| s'N years had caused nearly 10 vaii'h alto
gcthcr from memory. had proposed visit
tn proposal indeed. had arrived IN the very
leit-r-ha, which Lord Carnoustic had cspi"d on
OH plsiy's back from the SOuttcrs' window.
and hc AMI Penelope had gon" HON" To- ma
/ d.. home trio IN "a Nutt'r
The Aaslics wanted O. como. and II was not
/ I'm the Caruolstle code that any one VINO wanted
To- come and had claim 10 come should be
refused Ambulance 10 their stronghold
They could put aside old college friends ana
| ordinary tcqualntauc"s. but not writer VINO
/ owned th. tie 81 blood. The Ainslios were but
| distant connections. And II was true that they
, had not boon at Caruoustie Castle FOR years.
ard that the Carnoustics had been AT Robert
Tower Last.
But the nitcr consideration cllnch,d he mat
to-. T. have been at a hou -e--eVcn though the
stay therein had been marked by unp.ra+antness
and not 20 have returned the hospitality was
/ bad enough and could on.y have been excused
! 10y the nature 81 thc circumstances. but 10 de
cline the profier 4 visit was absolutely lnp"S-
s.h'"
And really she writes very politely" quoth
Lady CtrnDusiia. sirokng her cap strings and
turning the little periumed sheet backward and
! forward in her fingers. IT is certainly true that
We have not seen anything OF them for long
time. and We used To- 90 regularly to Robert
Tower. dare say they hay" often wondered
why We ccts.I To- 20 Lady Ainse has no deli
/ cacy Of feeling. As we all know; doubtless she
/ thinks it is = mere colncideuce-and perhaps this
Is ~ vel | am not sorry either. she added
! with q touch ~ Srimncsa IN her smile. ''that we
/ can show that SO d. sometimes SEQ eligible
! young men without needing 10 encourage them.
/ shall invit" Mr Redwood and Mr.. Merriman
to dine while the Ainslles are here"
Throughout the next few days ono would hard
~ have known the drowsy cd domain
| Everything and everybody started into activity
as though awakened from the sleep of ages. The
servants without ana within flew 20 make
amends for past arrears - work undone. The
gardeners ana stdb!eincn rushed tnrir WORK,
and wondered to find hos II had accumulated.
The houscmaids raked out every nook ana cor
uer Of n. remotost turrets Tn" cooks baked.
boiled. and made ready cold compounds which
might have fcasted an army in siege
Nurse Aisle was radiant Even complaints Of
inadequate supplies Of tais ming and mat con-
LESSONS II broken crockcgy which could no lon
ger bc hid. and sudden announcements Of ham
Dies off doors. and broken pancs In windows
which were sprung upon Der IN all directions
failed 10 bring cloud to her brow.
Here at last was company, and company OF
the right sort. The massive silver dinner ser
Wee, the lacc-edgcd pillowsl:ps and the satin
coVcrds not too fine now 10 be In use.
The covers must be taken Off in the long draw
ing-roOm.
When she heard that there to be further
a dinner party. even though the dinner party
only t. comprise two extra people. she lifted
mp her hands, and Penelope affirmed she ex
claimed. Praise the LOrd''
Asic denied this. but she denied It with such
a "Iioot ava WI We. Miss Penelope" showed
the slanderer was not fai wide Of the mark
Me! said naethin o the kind" protested the
old woman stouty. MAYBE | micht haze said
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