New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-16

sometimes Marianne do you know. l msdoubt
poor lamb she is six-and'wenty years Of age;
and suppOsng she had been married half a
dozen years syne, which you know she might
have been" On strict confidence the Misses SCOUT
ter had been Informed OF the one love AFFAIR
which had had such an ephemeral existence and
such abrupt termination). by this time she
might have had a family Of her own, concluded
Miss Jean. impressively.
Thine enough yet" responded Marianne. whose
eyes were still fixed upon the boat which was
slowly rounding the point Of the bay. III you
think Nina wants husband'-
''Oh fe Wants a husband indeed,
That's what YOU mean. neither more nor less;
and what say Is. here's Mr. Redwood for her
Unless he takes up with Penelope
AS she spoke she turned round and looked
her sister hxedly. Marianne had again eN-
pressed her thoughts, but did Marianne share the
fear the lurking apprehension Of her own breast!
For many days past she rad been putting the
question % herself, which would she herself
choose. were she younr man. unmarried ana
free to select wife? Loyalty to the Carnoustie
race demanded that she should al once scout the
idea Of any danger from rival whore one o,
them concerned. but somehow she could not
bring herself to d'sdain Penelope's charms
Penelope fairer. no prettier than her
cousin-she even lacked Mina's langud grace OF
movement; but on the other hand, the life that
sparked in her eye. the joyous animation OF her
voice. her very expressions. piqsant and suG
gestive. redoent OF another sphere-did they NOT
carry with them their own irresistible witchery
and might not Redwood he more susceptible to
such than to stereoyped attractions
II doubt know which ! would nave 'ogi-
tated poor Miss Jean ruefuly.
Her old heart went out 10 the youth OF ieneI
ope Penelope was young. yet so clever HAD
she dared TO think as much Of a Carnoustie. she
would have said that her rival. If rival she We're
was childish without being childlike ,
Nevertheless she comfored herself with me
thought that she was not Redwod-not man
and that men, especially when suitors. often went
"clean contrairy' to the rest Of the worii. ked-
wood had certainly so far evinced no -cnSe or
approaching the young English stranger az
higher rate than her rolatlohs' ana IL WdS ~
reasonable to hope he had not perceived the
difference. ,
And. at any rate Lady Carnoustie had invited
Redwood to her own pleasure party.
Within the memory of the factors sisters no
one not resident for the time being within me
castle precincts had ever been permitted To- iake
part In that august festivity. and they ? ghty
dscerned in the present departure from the ofder
of things a certain significance.
To be sure the years tenant Of inverasnet had
been down considerably earlier in the season tEan
was at all usual: and this was known 80 be itt
a compliment by Lord Carnousue ana ms 1A"niE
They did not like to hear that lnverashet was
only 10 be inhabited a few days before ihr
Twelfth" Just as II there We're nothing bu,
shooting on the island hey would say 10 each
other with bitter vexatiOn when mis- Was me
case Still. Mr.. Redwood had had 10 'e'..h -
complain Of any lack Of hospitality in the Misses
Sout;er's eyes He had dned about once iort-
night at the castle. a great cnnd"s'elSl'h on W.
part OF the Carnousties toward stranger 81
whose pedigree they know next to nothing Vieir
was rlnorcd Sir Henry Redwood Som"Wh'.' III
the BACKGROUND but even Of that person1fe l.fd
Carnoustie could only affirm he had heard ,
So that really the Carnousties had done their
part. and were doing il. by the young man; ana
he could never have expected 10 be lnciuded III
the family picnic. -,
Thai he had no, been asked on the spur 4 the
moment all who knew anything about ia" 'd'-
nousties would be very certain.
Had he then shown any prediction Tor one oi
the Young ladies'? And II 50. did the parents APP
prove? Or did they not perceive
This was the problem which puzzled me WORTH
sisters and which neither the one nor ,nG "'n,'
nor yet John. to whom II was presently S''-
rnitted could answer.
Meantime the big boat thumped along
Redwood whose rowing had chiefly b@en Gone
IN Eton and oxford skins was first slightly
thrown out 1y the heavy oar ana umperinE
style 1t entaiiId but soon Deco" hand "'''
work showed himself a master manu-
And ne enjoyed the pull
I, was hard work no doubt and he was not
IN Nrst-rate condition; but the scenery "aa oeau-
tiful. the weather delightful ana "' '''"l""'
Thev were not nvely~Ieoplc but he I'D not
want lively people Lord Carnousue was me
which every now and then he INDUCED with his
men showed him "a good sort re mao J ohrS
with Peter and John. and T9rquh MaC 'HnSbci
and the three answered readily. ana idukn,n
cbeorfullv: Redwood could see that thfy ul'e'-
stood their landlord. and he them. >,,
Lady Carnolspe was sun In sta'e 81 a. haT
ouiescence ard the younger ladies ioIlo" - nj
lead No one noisy or 'rowuy. kou"Oou
had once gone on the river WIN MISS IuD r ~,
and marty and remembered mat tH'E Hdu AZ
including himselt-been fairly hoisterous he
hated the recollection which ros" before MN az
the ouiet boat moved on lis course through me
nIaci1 water and the only sounds that proKe
the measured thud of the oars were supuuru
voices in whose every accent gentle nurture was
assemble or the responses Of the humber crew
with whose jsrgon there yet lh'cr'''''s'eD ~
strain Of cOarseness or vulSarlty.
I. was all pleasant, all harmonious .,
Penelope's oh how heautifu!-how beauuful!
from the bow. but the spontaneous eNIi'
49, - a Glad voung heart unable 10 contain
Redwood smiled upon Penelope as he handed
bar ONT when the time for disembarking ar
lived He had give over chasing her win
Mary Duberly long before this. and es'aplshed
her in his mind within her own nlche oi 'ho ar
noustie family She was a Carnousue. ana d
,tce cherry little Carnous:e-quite harmless ana
innocent. yet sharp cnough-Quiie up to date
and simple withaL ,, ,,
Ne was ready to do anything. Was any other
service required of MIN? , 49,. ,h
Not tust then The men were carrying up .ne
,oo,,o,S and the ladies would arrange the
luncheon Nina was going for water 70 the
mountain spring "Oh. let me- cricd Ked"o0a:
No, sorry 70 loosen his limbs. when were sun
~ ,bc long row: II II fetch the water. for,
getting that he had the moment before PROMISED
10 make the hre ,, A,oA y. did. he
a,d 10 are one lot; either would give him the
pind ~ exercise he wanted. and either woulu
afford opportunity for the pipe ne lohstu lo,,
No one would object to his SMOKING III '"' oP'"
air. ..,o sbarn napg at
But Penelope felt strange sharp pans ~
her heart. ,.,r, ,,id or don,
sir when vas It tnat Gnythihg salu or u ,m
nv iris careless stranger had had the power thus
~ r,nve herp She had no idea. she had never
before experienced the ike - ,,,o
There they were. the two tai hguits sp,ns'hn
owav over the moss hays. swinging the little pan
between them-and there was she ieii aioHe ~
gather her sticks. .,..,x ,h.rn
Mechanically she went on Gatheiine t'' -
What in the world had come to her JraiV Wbo a.
Nina? And jealous hecause "a - cbe had
gayly bantered her cousin on the SupJec', a
Seriously considered that such an Alliance wou,d
9, nv any means be brought to pass Wheh