Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-02-13
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| obvious that he was not to take up hi.
former footing in the household; it wa.
| equally plain that there were to be NJ
| "reminiscences, nor reverting to things
, past. and it was markedly clear thai
z iss Campbell had d. ne with Jerry
, or even with ''Geraldine" for ever, q:
| regarded him.
''~.u tie the swagger young lady,
luoth he to himself, half-sadly, half
amused: tremendously fine and fash
ionabel. I might have known it would
never last. One breath of the world
nips them in the biossOming. Why
should l have expected her to be diff
ferent from others"
Tor he had expected it, bad beel
struck with sudden and strange
sense o. the beauty and innocence o
that girlish face as he had ga ed W or
1t, himself unseen. on the prese ntatior
day, and had felt thereafter q restless
longing for another and a nearer view
He had looked up Cecil Raymond with
that purpose-he had not dared to come
alone.
Yet he had thought to carry it with
high hand all the same. It would
certainly be bast not to appear as if he
had done anything to be ashamed of,
and 1t wO..ld go ar toward vindicating
his behavior II he could appear unccn.
sciOus OF there having been anything
about it to vindicate. With q bold
front accordingly he sat and talked.
All but he was ashamed for all that
and the truth seemed to glare at him
out of two fiery eyes.
Not Geraldlne's eyes, for they were
never turned his way at all. though
they beamed large and liquid as ever
on Cecil, on her grandmother, ON anv
OBJ ect in the room rather than him
self not the old ladys, for they were
mr",. serene, benevolent, and re gar, ed
HIM with calmness which he hims.. II
was far from feeling; not Cecil S: Ce il
was perfe. tly happy. and perfectly un-
conscious secure of ha ing done the
right thing and charmed that all had
turned out Sd well.
No, the eyes were those OF his own
newly awakened AMI indignant con-
science.
What fool he had male OF himself,
Why could he not, by little ordinary
atte ntlOn, have done away with all this
awkwardness, and this tiresome en-
barrassment? a letter Or two. Geral-
dimes present, an invitation from his
mother, little civility shown to the
kaymonds any one of these would
have ena led him now not only to feel
quite comfortable, but would have
given him the pleasant right to be re-
garded in the light of one who was
more than a mere acquaintance. He
felt all at once q desire to be looked
upon in this light: and the des re was
scarcely there ere he was cOnyinu ed it
would never be realized.
He almost sighed as Cecil looked al
him, and rose to 60. He had inter-
changed few gay words with Ger
aldine. She had shown him the flow
ers on her balcony, and had allow ed,
in answer to his inquiries, that she was
charmed with all she had seen and
done, and was looking forward with de-
light to what was next to follow. Both
had confined themselN es to London
and to the present. The past had not
been touched upon-Inchmarew never
named.
Then young Raymond had drawL
near. and had confidently murmured
something in his cousins ear, at W hich
the other had at once mo' ed aside,
naughty and vexed by this Interrupt
ton, and, moreover. with keen and
bitter recollection of having once said
that Cecil would do we'll e. obtain 8
start with the heiress.
That start had apparently been OBJ
.ained.
"You are going to ride with her?n
said Sir Frederick. as the two walked
away. ''Does she ride as well as
ever?'
Every bit and we have got her. such
horse!'
"Ahr have seen her out?" drawlec
Bellenden as insinnating that he mig hit
have easily done SO without remark
ing it.
day. You will see her ont to morrow
All the world saw Geraldine out on
the morrow.
AS she rode slowly up and down the
sunlit Row. where the shine from the
glitterinp heavens dancing upon leaf
and stem. the gloss on the satin-like
coats of the horses. the iutter of ian
or parasOl. lace and feather among the
brilliant, many-tinted ,rowds, made a
spectacle never to be afterward for
gotten, the youthful heiress was her
self one OF its chiefest ornaments.
She had not been there before, for il
had been Il busy time of day with her,
and she had not cared to go until she
cou d take her place among the riders.
Moreover. the previous weeks had not
sunshine and warmth which had now
drawn forth every lingerer: so that.
although there had been always the
same thing in kind going on. it had
not attained to its fu ! perfection, and.
hearing this, she had been content to
wait.
But now what q scene of enchant
ment it WAS.
Scmeti es cantering lig htly over the
soft. well-watered soil: sometimes
-auntering past the rail ngs. scanning
the loungers ON the side path and be-
meath the sha e; anon calling halt at
the corner where ,Ongregated the
greatest mum bers of all. and where she
was informed that any who knew her.
and knew she was to be there that day
or the first time. would certainly be
Watching.
Cecil knew exactly where to go. and
when to stand still.
people of whom, in her i no -ance. she
had barely heard. but whom she was
lut enoush to perceive she ought to
s:low abO / ami ought to understand
.bout. Cecil evidently considered it
important that she should; and he was
very muc in earnest ana took great
deal of pains in the matter. He was
very little less Of q young don than he
had been in years PAST, but his wonted
solemnity and profunditv now took q
il erent tn: n and, as q rising young
man. and an embryo politician, and
bachelor rho had his own rooms and
had h name down for several good
clubs. and who conld leave his card at
a fair number of good houses, he was
now ready to treat an requirement OF q
certain amount of fashionable knowl-
edge with all the gravity he had for
nerly bestowed upon his Oxonian lie.
Acco dinghy he did not allow the
present excellent opportunity for inn
proving his cousins mind to pass with
Jut erting himself to take advantage
If it, and presently he expressed his
3 ttis faction thus. "You have made
very GOOD epinning. Geraldine. You