People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-01-03
Lady Latimer's Escape.
BY CHARLOTTE NJ. BRAEME.
CHAPTER VI.

21AlNA AlNOA AlAZ LAAob obpA NAANNA
stood; and while loved Lady Latimer
the better for it, it made me the more
anxious over her.
1t was so natural for her to long for
some one who would be kind to her,
who would give her flowers and whis-
per kind words to her; all young girls
must have the same desire. But what
unutterable woe it would cause if she
found this some one now! And in some
vague way this fear became the shad-
ow of my life. Not that there was any
seeming cause for it. Lady Latimer
was not in the least degree a firt; she
was far too spiritual and too earnest
for that. Many visitors came to Lor-
tons Cray-aOme she admired, some
she liked, SON. she talked with; but |
never saw, on ker part, the least APP
prOach to Irritation, never q light
look or word. At times, if it hap
pened to her, as in the case of the
Feltons, a young husband who was
much in love with and very attentive
to his wife, she would look wistfully at
them, and she would say to me, "How
happy well-belOved wife must be-"
and my answer was always very dry,
brief Yes"
Twas as young as she herself, yet |
saw the danger that lay before her,
and she evidently did not. She missed
something in her life, but she did not
see the breakers ahead in consequence
of that miss, as | saw for her.
From that time there came into
my love for her a sense of
protection. Although there was
no difference in our ages. | felt much
more like her mother than anything
else, the sense Of responsibility was so
great upon me.
The month of September came
round, and with it a large company of
guests. The shooting at LOTIONS
Cray was considered excellent. | re-
member the morning when Lord
Latimer looked up from his letters
with a grOwl of satisfaction.
Lionel is coming" he said, land
he is bringing a friend with him. Col
Onel-COlOnel North. | wish he
would write more plainly. Why, that
must be North who is heir at law to
all the Dudley Gordon estates. They
will be here tomorrow evening. /
am glad that Phillip North is coming"
Lady Latimer looked pleased and
interested. Neitherof us had thought
that the coming Of these two visitors
would be turning point in both our
lives. / had thought much of the
coming Of Lionel Fleming. If it was
possible for human being TO be in
love with picture, ! was with his. I
went to look at it every day, and
every day admired it more. ! desired
greatly to see the original. l found
myself often repeating his name
Lionel Fleming. wondered if he had
changed much; | wondered If he would
talk to me, if he would be kind to me.
The pictures eyes looked so true and
so full of cOurage-would the real
eyes look as pleasantly at me as they
did? Quite suddenly all my questions
were answered, all my wonder ended.
There came an afternoon in Septem-
Der when the sunset was of extraOr-
ordinary beauty; Lady Latimer asked
me to 90 out on the lawn with her to
watch it. 1t was a scene of most Won
lerful beauty; the whole of the western
sky was aAame. Surely such colOrs
were never mixed before; purple and
gold, rose and amber, scarlet and blue
the most gorgeous of hues, the rich
est tints. The sun set over the river,
and the water had caught and reflected
all the wOndrOus cOlOrS.
Ibid you ever see anything so love-
ly?" asked lady Latimer; and as she
spoke, coming as it were out of the
lurid light the sunset threw upon the
earth, We saw the figures of two mer
slowly approaching us. THAT i;
Lionel Fleming" cried Lady Latimer
The next minute they were with us.
shall never forget the scene-tht
flaming evening sky, the richly colored
water of the river, the strange light
that brOOded over the earth, the dark
handsome faces of the two men
their grand athletic figures standing
! out in bold relief against the sky.
heard the few words of greeting be
tween Lady Lstimer and Lionel Flem
ing, and / heard the Introduction o