Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-01-24

Granny ala not see many ola lrlenuS'
indeed, she only recognized here and
there a face among the walkers and
riders, who now began to lounge along
on either side the line, peeplng in at
the carriage windows, and making a
halt now and again when hailed by
their occupants.
Cecil Raymond had promised to look
up his grandmother and cousin, and
cheer and chat with them during this
weary waiting time but they saw
nothing of him, though Geraldine kept
look out with an eagerness at which
she was herself surprised.
She had seen Cecil only the evening
before, and he was coming to Mount
street after their return from the
palace, SO why should she care about
meeting him again in the interval?
She did not know that she was ex-
periencing, even in the midst of her
splendor, q touch of that forlornnes IS
which only thOse can understand who,
having been brought up in confined
and limited sphere, where every OF. ect
has been from childhood famil ar, are
suddenly transported into avast, seeth-
ing, restless mass Of human beings.
The past 10 might had almost made
Geraldine imagine that she had out
lived the feeling, The first shock had
been got over; she had been up and
down Bond street and Regent street,
and had fancied herself at home in sun
dry resorts offashion; but this pageant,
so completely and entirely unlike any
thing she had ever before been wit
ness of, threw her back again.
Such endless mum Ders of fine folks,
fine equipages, fine everything Such
wonderfully beautiful young faces;
such proud old patrician ones; such
lovely children!
Somehow or other, as she gazed,
another face and figure, one she had
known once, came back upon her so
VlVldly that she almost started now
and again, SO sure was she that the
hea or profile OF which she had
caught glimpse among the crowd
must have been that of Bellenden.
This happened more than once. 1t
was, it could be but most foolish of
fancies, and she was annoyed with her
self that what must perfOrce only be
the cold ashes of an old association
6hOuld have had the power to stir the
blood in her little finger: but she could
Mo6 help it. She thought she would
have liked to see him, and would have
liked him to see her-and that was all.
rs for Ce>l he was watched for
more eagerly than he had ever been
before, and even granny was annoyed
Oy the inattentlOn since it would have
been pleasant to have had their man
to talk to as other people had. The
carriage in front and the carriage be-
hinJ had each little group surround
ZDg its windows, and Cecil, who should
3laVe saved his grandmother from the
inv of t,I
and unattended, was nowhere to be
seen. He had made mistake, as was
fully and satisfactorily explained al
forwards when the explanation did
no g0oj to any one, but, in the mean
time, the ladies had nobody
Once inside the palace gates, how
ever and rushing up the broad stair
case and through the great vacant
rooms, granny forgot everything else
IN the eXhilaration OF discovering and
pointing out to Geraldine their good
fortune in being early enough to Sc
cure chairs in the very front row OF
the only room in which chairs at all
were to be had.
1t was quickly filled, and then gran
sly bade her young charge note the
crush, the heat, and the discomfort of
Ihose who, shut back by the intexible
barrier, now poured faster and faster
into the great saloon behind, till it
looked mere surging mass of heads
and plumes.
Furthermore, granny explained that
the ante chamber in front, at present
empty, whose recesses she and Geral-
dive could view at their ease, although
&hey in their turn were debarred from
entering therein, would presently be
full of the happy people who possessed
the coveted entree the right of en-
trance by a special door, and o. priori
" Of presentation and that as these
assembled, it would be an amusing lit
tie pantomime TO watch them tripping
hither and thither, greeting each 9th
scr, and displaying their tinery-"A And
locking at us, my dear, as they would
80 inferior things" proceeded the old
lady, Iodding her head merrily They
are not in reality any very great peo-
BE at principally o fcials and
their wives although, OF course, there
are a few noteworthy folks among
them, such as the ambassadors and
foreign princes; but they think q great
deal of themselves on these days. My
Aunt Catherine, your great aunt, had
the entree; and | remember so We'll
" hat a point she made OF never order
ing her carriage on Court days before
o'clock. A little piece of bravado,
r}y dear She liked the neighbogs to
see. that was ALL" SO the old lady
prattled on,
BY and-by she had another pleasure.
AS the assembled grours settled them-
selves down. and had time to look
around and take note of their surrount,-
irsr. one after another came uO from
behind, pleased to recognize an Old
friend or acQuaintance in the hand
some. stately form which sat so erect
in front of all, and with whom the
lovely girl ut her side was so evidently
asso lated.
Then it would be all Joyful greetings,
All renewal Of old ties, and eager in
quirles
" hat had he been about all these
gears Taking charge of her orphan
clyindcbild