Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-08-28
niahland fishermen down by the shore.

Highland nS1eTmeu Wv" " VIZ S
Does that relieve yous~
He nodded mutc assent; his mind was
in such confusion that he coh DO
nothing but lie and regard her with his
Sweet lady. is this your fate? Chained
IN this sterile rock In the midst OF the
seas. consigned TO your gnawing grief
nnhelred and uncontrolled, while your
bright beauty wastes in its summer
prime. o,.o
what hud you done to Deserve this?
nYou are trying to recall whether you
have ever seen me tefore, said she,
shrinking uneasily under his uhcon-
scious eaze. mo, moi we are utter
strangers to ea.h other. You are in
Dunrayen Tower, and my simple High
land folk cali me theit lady, because l
am the wife of their absent chief: bow
should You have met recluse IKE meT
No, no; no; our paths in life he 1ar
apart Her voice died away she
brooded mournfully over the thoughtS
suggested by her own words
Edgar shook off the preoccupatlton
which had hith srto held him dumb; ne
had resolved upon his course.
If he had indeed found Lord lncn-
canes vanished wife and daughter IN
this seclusion, he had by chance STUN,
he'd upon secret which the earl had
never chosen to confide to him. 1t was
clear that as yet Lady Jnchcape did not
suspect that he was her husbands helr'
nor had he any right to compli ate the
situation by ehightening her. ne
might not long be Obliged to ihtrude
here-he determined to make an Effort
TO maintain his incognito; at least un'
til he had COME ised his involuntary IN
trusion to Lord Incheape.
Therefore he answered Lady lnch
cape's last words by the statement
meant to reassure her evident anNletS
lest he might have recognized her ;act;
mo. madam, l am sure l have never
met you anywhere before, far as nave
Travelled / should never have forgotter
YOU. And now that | owe my Ire u
vour goodness, ust the day may come
when l may prove my gratitude. ALLOW
me to give you my name-Edgar; ! an
an Englshman.
He could not look at her, or speak tt
her in the impersonal convenllona
fashion warranted by their brief ac
ouaintance, with all that he knew OF he
in his heart; and she felt the peculla
magnetism of his manner; she was al
tracted strangely, cry word ne spoK
entered her heart as genuine.
al make you welcome to my lonel
home, Mr.. Edgar" said she with he
pensive smile; "although your visit wa
involuntary and we have the temp
thank for our Introduction to eacn othei
None enter here from the outer worl
save the wretched and the LOST Tn
pathetic voice Iassed here and sh
seemed to follow the thought suggeste
by her last words little way, her wv
brilliant eyes fixed on vacancy, blt 500
she reused herself and went on $50 ina
we have little to tempt us to watch th
ocean, and VIC had almost let you perls
lefore your yacht was discovered in th
binding drift. We have life-saving al
paratus in readiness and the tsherme
are accomplished surlmen; but in IN
absence of Their leader Kenmore tyou
pilot) they were not so vigiant perhal
as usual, and no one observed the HUI
vessel in distress until my bright-eye
daughter saw it from the turret, wher
she was enjoying the storm. She 1t wa
who lit the beacon-fre and rang tn
alarm; and she who few to the shore
time to organize the men, and thus say
everv life. She is her fathers child, m
brave Ulva!"
Lady Ulva Inchcape, only daughter
the earl. whom the world suppose
abroad in some pension at her education
The Oolava of the old Kenm ores lamen
the Chi of Sorrowl
Strange, sad fate for one so young,
this beak rock was all her word an
the gray seas her horizon
d" hen l and my faithful crew owe OF
lives to your stepdaughter!" cried Edga
with sparkling eyes
"How can you guess that she is on
my stepdaughter?" inquired she, looElr
earnestly at him. "I could not ha'
said that never call her that; she
too dear to me"-- she broke off in ae
tat.on, her eyes searching his piteon
". "Perhaps Kenmore has been talklI
about this family?" asked she, burniT
, flush gradually mantling her pure. pa
face, and her eyes sinking before his
deep and painful Embarrassment.
His heart bled for her. She shranK
anguished shame from the very idea
being recognized yet he could ha
staked his life upon her innocence
the faintest wrong Kenmore HI
called her an "injured lady"-yes, S
was that Edgar was convinced OF
"Dear Lady Dunraven, Kenmore d
tinctively refused to utter one word co
cerning the Isle which we expected
, send us to the bottom" said he, light
81 think he held me as deliberate
guilty of being born an Englishma
and would not waste good language up
) me or mine. May l tel you how knt
that Lady Ulva was not your own chi!
, I saw her standing on the cliif u
: before we went down."
| "But you were in the very Jaws
| death; how could you notice what $
was like?" asked Lady Dunrayen with
faint smile, and keener look at him.
(rO Rr CONTINUED.)