The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-06


Mr. Herbert Dorimer seemed rather en-
barrassed BY his own praises, and hastily
made a diversion by inquiring for his
yo-fs4S Rfnsman.'f Murmurs outside the
door presently Indicated that Jackie
strenuOusly objected 10 enter the room
without being protected by the company
OF Lucy, who accordingly came IN with
/ him. on the strength Of his new pos
ton she had got him a little black velvet
/ suit which he was wearing for the first
time, and in which, with his yellow curis
| neauy cOmDed. Jackie looked very pref
! ~ little gentleman, and as Mr.. Sharpe
| was betrayed into observing, albeit re-
| luctantly, as he looked upon the innocent
| instrument OF Herbert Dorimers down
| fall Doriner every inch Of him.
We'll. Jackie. how shall you like TO be
/ Lord Cranstowne2" inquired he who was
yielding up that title. Jackie apparently
set no great store By his new dignity,
| tcr after some hesitation he announced
diers" '''e- '''''1 w. u -
You shall have box Of soldiers, too.
| promised the kinsman, wherein Jackie,
| evidently thinking il would be pity 70
I waste his opportunities. now that fortune
| had sent him so generous friend, added
that ne should like little horse and
Herbert Dorimer smiled and. looking
| up from the boy to Lucy, he met her eyes
| unaWares, and read in them an expression
| which, although he was not a cOxcomb,
| ne could not but recognize as fiattering-
| the nature OF which, however. because he
| was not coXcomb, he could not mistake.
| The girls eyes revealed as honestly and
! simply as her fathers words had done
| a frank appreciate Of his conduct in
laying down the honors to which he had
| discovered he had no rightful claim.
| Poor world" thought the young man
| TO himself, Ito think one should be ad
mired and complimented for merely not
| being a rogueg
But all the same, he was gratifed by
/ that momentarily betraying glance In
Lucy's soft brown eyes in the moment be-
| fore they turned quickly from his, and
the color rose in her usually pale cheek.
I = hA -E - L. -
| bloom and charm. Lucy was not beauti-
| ful like her sister, but ne thought he
| had never seen sweeter face nor more
| graceful and winning air
| Before the visitors left the Vicarage that
| day, Mr.. DOrimer inquired whether Mr..
Hilton would care to be troubled with so
| young a pupil as Jackie? for If he were
| willing to undertake such a charge, the
| boy could have no happier home, nor
| could his education and training be in bet
ter hands. The terms proposed were most
| liberal, and at the vicarage ways and
| means had sometimes to be strained to
make both ends meet; so IL is probable
that even If the charge had been a more
troublesome one. and If the family had
not already conceived an interest in the
boy, that the proposal would have been
/ readily accepted.
So little Jackie became an inmate of the
| vicarage. Mr.. Dorimer soon came down
| Ito see how the boy was getting on" and
came again. and yet again, and quickly
| fell into the habit of coming often and
| regularly. And Lydia always said that
J toys and candy: but the sweet boy kept
| steadily to his original preference for
| Lucy.
Dorimer and Lucy were left alone in the
parlor which did not 80 very often oc-
cur as Lydia generally favored them with
| her company. They were sitting by the
| very window to which the hungry shiver-
| ing child had crept In the darkness OF
the winter evening, The snow drifts had
lain deep in the hollows. and spread like
a white shroud over the gardens then.
! Now the August sunshine blazed upon
| borders a-bloom with flowers, and the
Lord Cranstowne's joyous shouts came to
| their cars, as he raced and romped up and
down the lawn with his favorite dog. The
| remembrance OF that winter evening cross
ed Lucy's mind; she thought of the hapless
/ mother and the forlorn child, and spoke
| of these "reminiscences to Herbert Dorf-
1T is like dream" she said. "And to
| think that II was only last winter! 1t
seems years and years since that day. /
fancy poor little Jackie remembers II some
l think"
lie ought to be-" Herbert Dorimer re-
piled. 1T was a lucky day for him.
| wonder was 1t lucky or an unlucky day
! for me?"
'Uniucly for you" said Lucy, her soft
eyes betraying the sympathy her lips did
not utter. For II Jackie's poor mother had
gone to any of the poor cottages, and
| the torn papers, nor realized their i'm
portance, and so the writer of the letter
your unlucky day; It was gain for Jackie,
| but all loss to you"
"All loss he repeated. THAT is what
| / want to find out now. True, / have lost
much-lost more than you think, unless
You have guessed. Lucy, have you guessed
| that 1 have lost my hearth"
Lucy looked up startled her own heart
| fluttering like a frightened bird Was il
! Lydia, her beautiful sister the power of
| whose all-conquering charms she was SO
we'll accustomed to hear acknowledged ?
! But she met Herbert Dorimer's eyes, and
before them her own sank shyly, while
swift blush mantled In her cheek as
something she read in his look revealed to
her that Il was not Lydia.
rs it all loss?' he added, softly. Lucy,
you are the one woman in the world for
me. Must ! lose-here. too?-must l lose
the hope 1 have been bold enough TO
come TO care. for me little? Tell me,
Lucy, have I been too bold?" But he
knew, as he held her little trembling hand
fast in his own strong clasp, that he
Dearest" ne said. with tender pos
sessiveness a little later. when doubt and
sit was the luckiest day of my life that
brought me here. l lost the title and
the estate. but the loss is nothing COM
pared to the treasure l have won"
Sweet Lucy has been Mrs. Dorimer for
some time now; the orange blossoms have
withered from the bridal wreath; but
Herbert Dormer still thinks, and says,
that his lucky star was in the ascendant
the day that took him to the vicarage, to
lose a fortune and find a bride.
Little Jackie grows a fine, TALL hand
some boy, and promises, in spite of the
inauspicious beginning of his career, to
be credit to the family. He spends his
holidays with the Dorimers, and is still
devoted TO his cousin Herbert's wife.
How you are growing transformer
said an old friend Of the family one day,
playfully rallying the boy. why. you are
quite a man now: and when, pray, are
you going to get married2"
when / find a woman like Cousin
Lucy" young Lord Cranstowne replied.
sturdily.
You'll have to wait some time. Jack,
and look a long way before you find
that" said Herbert Dorimer, smiling at
the wife. who was FAR above rubies" in
his eyes.
CThe End)