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


Granny did not see many old friends
indeed. she only recognized here aTt
there face among the walkers ant
riders. who now began to lounge alons
on either side the line. peeplng in al
the carriage windows, and making
halt now and again when ha led b,
their occupants.
Cecil Raymond had promised to loof
up his grandmother and cousin. anc
cheer and chat with them during thv
weary waiting time but they saw
nothing of him. though Geraldine KEEP
a look out with an eagerness at which
she was herself surprised.
She had seen Cecil only the evening
oe'ore, and he was coming to Noun
street after their return from the
palace. so why should she care a OF
meeting him again in the interval?
she did not know that she was ex
pcriencIng, even in the midst of heI
sple ndor, touch OF that forlornnes
which only thos can understand who
having been brought up in a confined
and limite / sphere. where eve y OBJ &c
has been IRON childhood tamil ar, are
sud enlv transported into avast seeth
lng. restless mass of human beings.
The past 70 might had almost made
Geraldine imagine that she had out
lived the fec.iug. The first shock hac
been got over: she had Eeen up ant
down Bonl street and Regent street
and ha 1 fancied he .seif at home in sun
dry resorts OF fash hiou but this pageant
so completely and entirely unlike any
thing she mad ever before been wit
ness ~. threw her back again.
Such endless mum oers OF fine folks
ine eluipages, fine everything. Suct
wonderful iy beautiful young faces
such d oId old patrician ones such
lovely child en-.
Somehow or other, as she gazed
anot her face and figure, one she hat
known once, came back upon her sS
giv div that she almost star ed nov
and again, 80 sure was she that the
hea or profile of which she has
caught glimpse among the GROVE
must have been that of Bellenden
This happened more than once. Ii
was, it could be but most foolish
fancies. and she was annoyed with her
self that what must periorce only bt
the cod ashes of an old association
should have had the power to stir the
blood in her little finger. bit she coult
cot help it. she thought she woule
nave liked to see him, and would have
liked him to see her and that was all
AS iOr Cecil. ne was watched fol
more eagerly than ne had ever beer
before, and even granny was annoyed
b; the inatten .Ion since it would have
been pleasant to have had their mar
10 talk to as other people had. The
Carriage in front anu the carriage be
hini had each little group surround
ing itz win .ows, and Cecil, who SHOULD
nave saved his grandmother from the
iguominy of being altogether unsough'
and upatten nded, was nowhere to be
seen. He had made a mistake, as wai
fully and satisfactorily explained af
terwards when the explanation die
10 good to any one but, in the mean
lime. the ladies had nobody.
once inside the palace gates, how
over. and rushing up the broaG stair
case and through the great yacanl
rooms. granny forgot everything else
in the exhilaration @. discovering anc
pointing out to Geral line their gooc
fortune in being early enough to So
cure chairs in the very front row o
the only room in which chairs at al
we're 70 be had.
It was quickly filled. and then grar
nv bade her young charge note the
crush, the heat, and the discomfort o
those who, shut back by the infiexible
barrier, now poured faster and faster
into the great saloon behind, till II
looked mere surging mass of head
and plumeS.
Furthermore. granny explained tina
the ante chamber in front, at preBen
cn;oty, who recesses she and Geral
dine could view at their ease. although
they in their turn were debarred from
entering therein, would presently b<
full of the happy people who possessed
the coveted entree the right of en-
trance by special door, and o. priori
Nv of presentation and that as these
assembled il would be'an amusing lit
tie pantomime to watch them tripping
hither and thither, greeting each oth.
err, and disp aying their hnery AND
looking at us. my dear, as they would
at inferior things" proceeded the Ole
iioy. nodding her head merrily. They
re .ot In reality any very great peo
Gle at all principally ofcials and
their rwlges-although, of course. there
are a few noteworthy folks among
them, such as the am mbassadors ane
foreign princes: but they think great
deal Of themselves on these days. My
Aunt Catherine, your great aunt, mao
the entree: and | remember so vel
what point she made of never order
ing her carriage on Court days before
2 zo'clock a little piece of bravado
nv dear. She liked the neighbo- S tt
see. that was ALL" So the old lady
orattled on.
By-and-by she had another pleasure.
AS the assembled groups settled them
selves down, and had time to looA
around and take note of their surround
inps. one after another came up from
behind. pleased to recognize an old
friend or acquaintance in the hand
eome, stately form which sat so erect
la front of all, and with whom the
lovely girl at her side was so evidentl!
Then it would be all joyful greetings,
and renewal of old ties, and eager ID
quiries. :,
What had she been about all these
Jears? Taking charge OF her orphan
grandchild.
1orld? Whereupon the orphan grand
child would be presented with an an
.rt unmistakably meant: here h
. sufficient iGr everything.
.rhaps granny had never Deer
nappier IN ner IRE tnan during tina.
hour. She was quick enough 10 nous
the effect in every instance, anu "
have. moreover. n shrewd suspicion as
to the cause of the various difference
in the reception of her intelligence:
If it CHANGED. for instance. that inc
recipient were the luckless chape on
OF half DO en- p ain and portlonless
damsels. could she forbear to look upon
Geraldine. beautiful, wealthy, Iortu-
nae without a mOmentary envy! II,