Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-02-06
ClAPTE X X.

GERALDINE BEGINS TO PAY BACK.
I'm London how easy we visit, and meet.
FAY pleasures the theme. and sweet smiles are
Our mornings a round of ood-humored de
And We rattle. in comfort. to pleasure at
night
The presentation day had been h
Thursday.
Cecil RAYMOND declined to lunch il
Mount street on the following Sunday
as he had done on the two previous
ones, alleging an engagement; and it
presently transpired that the engage
ment was to breakfast with Sir Fred
srick at his club, alter which he pro-
posed bringing Bellenden to call or
his grandmother and cousin.
From the speakers manner it was
evident that a few civil words from a
man with whom it was creditable to be
On good terms, had undone all the past:
and the way in which he referred to
Bellenden and quoted Belienden dur
Ing the next five minutes recalled the
Did time when no one had stood on a
higher pinnacle in his good graces.
The very air with which he made his
.urther proposition showed that he felt
ecure OF its being acce pied.
Now, poor old granny did not alto.
Eether like this: and for two reasons
would fain that nothing of the kind
had been suggested. She wished to
have nothing further to do with the
guest who she could but feel had been
lngrateful and neglectful, and she
aad old-fashioned views on the sub.
ect of Sunday afternoon calls.
Cecil was himself OF course welcome;
,ut she would have preferred his not
beginning to bring friends with him.
AS for Geraldine. the word "bring-
ing" was enough for her. A man that
required to be brought" A man,
who, even after knowing that his
'ormer friends and ho5tesses We're
within few streets OF him, could not
,f himself step across the way, as it
we're, but required to be "brought.'
An indignant sense of this was on
The verge of escaping. when she, how
ever. recollected herself; and recol-
&c: ed as Ceci face told her, only lust
time.
Yes, her cousin was certainly on the
Satch-actually looking out to see
whether any traces of the old flame
remained. Foolish, absurd boy. Did
he not know her better than that:
Did he imagine that because he could
be won over by the first soft sentence
The was to be equally poor-spirited.
She burned with shame for him
How easily he had pardoned every.
thing: how pleased he now looked to
sit and chatter there about his friend,
and his frienS's club, and his Sunday
breakfast Granny was gently demur-
ring to the Sunday breakfast, well
knowing W hat it meant; and Cecil, ever
ready to conciliate, was expla ming
and excusine, and, borrower, assur0r
;he old lady that it was not his ha0.
70 accept such invitations, that he did
20, in fact, very seldom indeed, but
ihat he had not liked to refuse on the
present occasion, In case 1t might have
.ooked as if she would understand as
4 some resentment were still harbored
which should be alike beneath a Ray
nond and a Campbell.
1--WE must take the world as we find
It," the young man was Dhilosophically y
arguing. I'VE should simply make our
selves ridiculous if we appeared to
have thought so much of trifie. Bel
lenden is careless fellow, and after
he had left us he had so much to do
ana To think of that We Pissed out OF
his memory. But he meant no harm,
Ind he was as friendly as possible to
Ire to-day. You would not have me
Appear uncharitable as well as unso'
phisticated?" he wound up.
ITO BE CONTINUED.