Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-12-20
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were to be obtained. Young Raymond
was often SO weary at the close OF the
day as to be fit for nothing but his bed
after supper. Supper would be some
where between y and 10 o'clock, and
was not called Or thought of as dim
ner, as at some places. Mrs. Campbell,
if alone, would have had her dinner at
it's usual time. and Cecil would sup by
himself when he came in, but II he had
others with him, the old lady would
join the party for the sake Of sociabillty,
and turn the whole into d merry meal,
though she would not allow a success
sion of courses at that hour, and still
adhered to the cld-fashioned, homely
name in word as well as in deed.
Now by half-past 8 o'clock Jerry
ought to be safe and sound tucked up
within her little bed: her hour for
leaving the sdrawing-room was 8, and
she was allowed half an hour for I'M
dressing and never but on that one
occasion OF the billiard match had the
evening summons been allowed to pass
UNDECIDED. Something in her grand
mothers look had sent the little girl
quietly Off the night before. Jerry,
we have said, was a child of quick per-
ceptions, and without word having
been said, she understood perfectly
that granny was not entirely pleased
about something or other; and that it
would be wiser not to risk any adj
vances just then. Her conscience was
Just shaky enough to give rise to an
unwonted timidity with both granny
and Cecil and she was inclined to be
conciliatory and deferential, and every
thing that she could wish, in the hope
Of being kept in favor.
But oh, this supper. She had heard
the order given, and the hour named,
and ever since what fortunes of anxiety
had been hers. TO say anything about
the matter beforehand would be most
certainly to spoil all, since on some
points her grandmother could make
q stand even against herself, ana
Jerry's bedtime had been one of those
points on which the old lady had, with
the single exceptions above narrated,
been inlexible. Jerry had weakly, as
she now considered, given in about it
at the first the truth being that she
had not cared about the matter, since
evenings alone with granny had not
been amusing enough to excite an
effort, and neither had Cecil's friends,
when they had been present, done
much towards public environment.
They had usually remained in the din
ing-room, Or gone Off to the smoking
room, even if they had returned toll
erably early from the moor-and on
other days she had not seen them at
all. Then granny's visitors had been
wont to sit solemnly round, and yawn,
or PLAY the piano, and talk in whispers.
There had been no games, no fun, no
anything Even granny herself who
III +o~ al f1,, had NJ
she got on better with young folks
than with her own contemporaries.
1t was not then to be supposed that
thew could be OF any sort of value to
the IA or l5-year-old little girl, and she
had never experienced either hopes or
fears connected with them.
Captain Bellen1en was, oh! how diff
ferent. He had talked to her, told her
stories, asked her all about herself and
her lil1ings ana dislikings, and con-
tided about himself and his likings and
dislikings. She had got to know q
great deal about him. and felt as if he
had taken pains to know about her.
They had had q long ramble during
the previous afternoon, and she had
shown him her gardens, her grounds,
her stables, and kennels, her home
farm and dairy, and several Of her fav-
orite haunts. He had seemed to care
to see them all, and to hear about
them all. He had seemed to like every
thing about 1nchmarew, and presently
he had produced a little sketch which
he had taken of the castle turret from
q point high up on the Kincraig moor,
and which he had thought it would
please it's little mistress to possess.
Her surprise and gratitude had
fn,, nhnl r IJ,rr n
had allowed himself to say another of
only have ventured on with such
child.
Here, we may just remark, for the
enlig htenment of our readers, that Bel
lcnden was not flirting man, and,
curiouslv enough, had never been in
love IN his life. Perhaps the world
had opened it's arms too wide to him
it does some times.
But here was a pleasant little play
thing, with whom he might be us
pleasant as he chose in return, and he
had had no fears, and meant no harm.
He had, moreover, found Jerry's COM
ranior ship so preferable to that of the
Kincraig party, none of whom were OF
his set, or knew his haunts, or could
talk his talk, that he had been ready
to make still more Of her than he
might have done otherwise, and had,
in consequence, wrought infinitely
more damage.
She was now full of him, cared only
for his notice, burned only to be in his
presence.
Well, she had secured the breakfast
time anyway and more, had secured it
for herself. Granny absent, Bel]enden
would have no one to claim his atten-
ton but herself for he did not greatly
favor Cecil when others were by, be-
sides which, Cecil would lie sure to be
pretty fully occupied with the business
in hand, the calls on him made by one
and another, the hustle of pre- paration,
and the start. She knew how it would
be with him. For once and again ere
now she had got to this early shoot
ing breakfast, on the hot August days.
when il was a novelty. and had let her
loose to run about for a while before
the sun was too high and she meant
to make the most of those occasions
now, should remark be passed on her