The Yale expositor., 1895-01-11

and look at the river with him; nor
was it quite natural that he should
gather all the flowers she wore, and
talk so much poetry 10 her. thought
often OF her simple words t. me,
'.How nice it C1ust BE- 20 have some
one to say loving words TO you and
bring you nice lowersw She had
both now-howers and words.
tried my best to take cara of her.
I often sacrificed the time | might
have spent with Captain Fleming in
sitting beside her, trying to take some
little OF her att ention from Colonel
North. / might as well have tried to
fly over the moon; but, thank heavenl
no one saw it except me.
The boys loved Colonel North. He
was their beau-idcal Of soldier, a
gentleman, and "man who he'd no
non sense about him" which was Bob's
favorte description of him. Give
them half an Eour with the colonel,
and they were quite happy. ''He
knows how to treat boy; there is no
make-believe about him." they said.
To my wonder, establishment, indigna-
ton and dismay, they preferred him
to the heir of LOTIONS Cray. They
all wanted to be 'tall as the colonel,
handsome as the colonel, and just as
upright" In fact, the colonel was
the hero OF the hour. Captain Flem-
ing came next, but, as Bob irrever-
emily expressed it, he was not ''real
jam"
During this happy month of Sep
tember, Lord Latimer did not forget
my father and mother. Every day
there was dispatch of game from the
hall to the vicarage, and every week,
at least, they joined us at dinner.
They saw nothing of what troubled me
so greatly; my sweet mother would
not have understood such a thing.
They considered Colonel North king
among men--so brave, so gallant, SO
courteous; they quoted him and ad-
mired him. He was Chevalier Bay
ara in their eyes, but they preferred
/ Captain Fleming.
One night. when they dined at Lor-
tons Cray, sat next to Captain Flem-
! ing at dinner. We talked, as usual,
| laughed and amused ourselves; rose
that | had been wearing was trans
planted 10 the buttonhole of his coat
| After dinner he talked to me again
We had dancing that evening AMI he
danced with me. am not quite sure
whether | remembered the existence
of any other person. When the eve
ming ended | saw an Expression o
anxiety on my mothers face. She
called me to her side in the great en-
trance hall, and, raising her face t.
mine, she looked straight into my eyes
Audrey" she said, 'for the first timt
in my life l am anxious over you.
am not quite sure il | have done |
wise thing in letting you como to live
here. My dear, the heir Of Lorton'
Cray is very handsome young man.
HE is as good and brave as he i
handsome, mother" / replied.
Her face cleared little; this opel
praise disarmed her.
"He seems to like talking to you
Audrey" she continued; "but, o
course, my dear child, you Away
bear in mind the difference in you
positions. You have too much sense
Audrey, to let your mind get file,
with absurd ideas. II should no
like you to be made unhappy becaus
l am not here to look after you; i
would imbittcr my whole life."
smiled. had never hoped, I ha,
never thought of hope, so that coul,
safely look in my mothers face an,
smile.
took her to the great hall window
whence we could see the stars shinin,
in the sky. pointed to the brightes
and the largest
''Do you see that star, mother?"
asked.
Yes" she answered.
81 should sooner think of asking /
to come down from heaven to me thai
of filing my mind with foolish idea
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