Catoctin clarion., 1896-09-10
Mamie liked the roses best, natu-

age, illness and so on, as matters by no
means intended to interfere with the or
dinary routine of daily life, enjoyed his
breakfast thoroughly and remarked,
with satisfaction, that the day prom
ised to be glorious one.
If he had not himself seen Nannie's
parting with Will Cassilis, her straw
hat lying on chair near would have
announced an early morning stroll, and
young maids are seldom known to rise
early in the morning to walk alone, or
young men either for the matter Of that.
He had seen other fathers bring up
their daughters for other men 8 delecta-
ton and their sons to love strangers
batter than the mothers who reared
them, and he did not expect his own
daughter 20 turn out an abnormal per-
son, nor did he wish it,
To quote the significant japanese
proverb which advises you to sweep
the snow from your own doorstep and
leave your neighbors' tiles alone, he
fonnd it enough to do to manage and
control his own life without interfering
with the just rights Of others, and per-
Stllully ITO llhttl VIA NAio "e'
one of the best fellows and had one OF
the best places in the county, but he did
object to Mamie, who was a schoolgirl
vet, tying herself up before she knew
her own mind, even if Will thought he
knew his. Ambition could not possibly
dwell in tho mind of Il man who had
lived all his life ON his own estate, knew
his own tenants and nGighbors we'll,
and while abhowng strangers, loved
those old friends in his library who
were ever at his beck and call. If his
health did not always equal his capacity
for cnjovment--well, what then: He
could still admire those treasures of ma
ture that were any bcggar's as well as
his, he could feel all human worries
slip frur, him AS he locked at the stars
he could thank God if he got whole
nights quiet sleep and feel the youth
in him renewed over and over again in
the miracle Of each years spring.
And therefore, while he enjoyed his
breakfast, he knew exactly Of what Nan
ME was thinking, and when their eyes
met he smiled, and she was happy.
He was very fond Of her, but he had
suffered severely once, and he knew his
own capacities and would never give
himself the chance Of suffering to the
same extent again.
Nor daughter, nor friend, nor horse,
nor dog should ever become indispensa-
BILE to his happiness. and if he were
philosopher he alone knew at what cost
his philosophy had been gained, and
meant to hold fast by the fruits of it.
Yet there were moments when he feared
for Mamie. She was so gentle, malleablc
to be turned this way or that, according
to the whim of the person who nodded
her. ono could not help praying that she
might fall into the right hands, and
were Will Cassilis' young, strong ones
clever enough? Trelawny's would have
been strong enough and clever, but kind?
1t was the fear of Trelawny that had
made a Cassilis so suitable and possible,
and it was by no means to stop the
lovers meetings that Lord Straubenzee
had como to this sleepy corner, which
you could not even get at save by coach
or boat, so completely out OF tho world
was it.
Sidmouth, with its golf links, its
music, its summer air Of fashion spoil
ing that delicious air Of coolness which
spreads through its valleys on the hot
test days just as warmth clings to it
through the long winter, had offended
Lord Straubcnzeo's ideas Of privacy, and
the little sleepy, sheltered house, blink
ing in the sunlight, marked "To Let, "
had taken his fancy when he had been
rowed over one summers afternoon, and
very quietly he had taken possession of
it, greatly to Wills disgust.
Chudleigh SaltortOn might perhaps
have been impressed by the honor con-
ferred upon it, but that there is den
sity of ignorance which is beyond being
impressed, and save that he was lord
and Of course not bound by any common
laws he and his were accepted as mat
ter of course and troubled about by no
body with one exception.
Tho man who had chosen this place as
being the very end Of the earth dis
played an alarm and uncasiness at sight
| of the newcomers, curious in SO scientif-
ic person, who was supposed to dwell in
his books, and after the first accidental
meeting he walked with his daughter
at hours when he knew he should not
come across Lord Straubenzee, though
the lovers seemed perpetEally to spring
mp in their path.
$50 there is Il cricket match today"
| said Lord Straubenzee as he ate his last
strawberry, for, like most opicures, he
never touched fruit save at breakfast.
"Is Cassilis playing?" he added, look
| ing ont of the window.
II believe not, father, said Mamie,
feeling that this was indeed going to be
fine day and that it might not be i'm
possible, after all, for Willie to pay an
afternoon call and be asked to stay to
dinner-and time was getting SO dread
fully short for them now!
1t was late August, and early in Sep
tember, Mamie, otherwise Annabella,
and few other five syllabled names,
according to her baptismal register,
would return to the elegant obscurity of
school and Will Cassilis to the pursuit
of partridges and other occupations dear
to that right minded man who believes
that God, in giving one life only, meant
that life to be spent entirely in the
country.
Half an hour later Coleman had es
tablished his master comfortably Oh the
beach, and Mamie, after lowering about
in ever widening circles, had at last
made bolder skip, rounded the cliff
and vanished.
For a very considerable time part Of
Wills straw hat had been plainly visi
| BILE. Decpinu round the corner Of that