The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1897-04-02

this very day, Nora, 90 the castle.
I'm speak for you 60 Che Earl when ho
comea aud, take my word for Be- some
good will como Of 10 And fetch tho
ring along with you, for good luck,
aud show h 10 tho servant at tho
door.
So ho cheorod them mp till no left
aud their hearts we're lightcnel "a
them aud Nora promised TO 30 up %
the castle, ~ he babe her, ia the after
noon. And then he went away.
The sun was setting as Nora climbed
the long bin aud made hor way 90 the
castle. There was q power OF horses
aud carriages round about, and Emo
ladies and gentlemen on tho terrace.
Nora thought Dc queer 20 SEQ tho valet
mluglngiu among them but thafe no
wBs, iso one ol Themselves, talking Co
% beautiful laly, and o little boy play
. inc at his feet. lie saw Nora no once,
rose mp. and, leaving tho company
he came over, and the lady along with
him.
"Aud did Jon fetch the ring, Nora|
says he, laughing.
81 did" says she, handling it 30
him. "And viii you be 30 good as
10 speak to the Earl for me, as you
/ promised2'
With that ho took the ring from
her hand aud put it on his finger.
81 am the Earl OF Arranm0re," says
hei land these are my dear vito and
son.
With that poor Nora fell down upon
her two knees ,sho wouldn't 60 it, If
sho lived in these days, 10 earl or
king, I'll warrant ye, children; but
that was in your great-great-grand-
rcother's time, when people weren't
too proud and ignorant TO acknowl-
edge their bettersD.
But the husband and wife each took
her by the hand and says the lady,
in her sweetest tones:
"How glad am to be able 30 sec
, and help you this day For my hus-
band has told me all that little story,
, and how, for the time, he was so fond
/ of you that he really and truly wanted
( to take you away TO London and mako
/ you Countess of Arranmoro."
''Nora was right, and ! was mis-
] taken,' said the Earl land while i
] live hereafter neither she nor hers
, shall ever want. From this day on /
A intend to live at the castle three
months in the year, to know my ten
ants and care for them as a landlord
should know and care for those who
depend on him, and on whom he also
i depends. And during the time we
ere absent, and for all time, / appoint
! your husband and yourself carotakers
, here, with a comfortable stone house
. and a garden, and everything neces.
! sary for good and honorable living.
a For a while poor Nora couldn't do
. anything but cry for JOY, and blush
!, with confusion at the way she'd treated
a the Earl when he was coaxing her
long ago, thinking OF the sharp words
she'd said to him that day.
= "Oh, your lordship and your lady
I ship, says she, "what can / say ]
q can't say anything for the grand, good
news But my heart is bursting with
: gratefulness; and wish l could fly,
: to be the sooner home to Ned with the
. joyful tale"
g "You carryyour heart in your face
a Nora" said the Earl; "and we cal
. read every thought that's in it. There's
no need for a word of gratitude. Rur
4 away home now to your husband ant
children, and I'll be down myself il
. the morning. And by that time III
y expect to see the old light in you
y eyes and the old smile on your lip
and the same rose-Aush on your cheel
q that q wandering stranger one
/ thought the fairest in all Ireland. -
= Notre Dame lind Ave Maria.