Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-03-27
CHAPTER II.


In the Strawberries Of Monks Horton
was walking n Indy somewhat past mid
die ngc. but full IT activity aud vigor.
with one Of those bright faces that never
grow old. md with her young man. u
few years over twenty. with u grave and
almost carcwOrn cOuntcnnnce.
"Thcn your mind II made up" she sni,l |;
"you Nrc quite right 10 decide on having
n profession: hut how does your father
take ~"
"Hc II quite convinced that to repeat
my uncle's life. dangling on as heir, would
bc the most fatal mistake"
"YOu expect Mr. EgrcmOnt 10 marry!"
mot future marriage; hut one In the
past"
"a private marriage! DO you suspect
IT."
~ don't suspect it, know II. I have
been hoping to talk the matter over with
you. DO you remember our first govern.
css. Miss Hcadworthy"
II remember something happening that
your mother seemed unable 10 write about.
and your grandmother said that she hal
been greatly upset by that miserable nf.
fair. hut was never exactly told what it
had becn."
"Aiiss HcadwOrth came when I was
four or five ycnrs old. Edda. us we used
to call her In Mays language, was the
first person who gave me u sense Of beau
~. She had dark eyes and a lovely com.
pleXion. ] was extremely fond Of her.
enough to have my small jealousy excited
when my uncle Joined us In our walks.
and monopolixcd her."
but. Mark. Mr.. Egremont II some
years older than your father. He could
not have been q young man ut that time"
$50 much the worse. Most likely he
seemed to her quite patcrnal. The next
thing ] recOllect was our being In the Isle
Of Wight. We two children. with Miss
Alwyn and his yacht were there, and Wa
went on board once or twice. Then mat-
tiers became confused with me. rec0l-
lect confusion. papa and grandmamna
suddenly arriving. everybody seeming ia
| M to have become very cross. our dear
Miss HealwOrth nowhere to be found
our attendants being changed, and our
being forbidden to speak of her again.
certainly never thought of the matter till
q month ago. You know my uncle's eyes
have been much affected by his illness
and he has made good deal of use of me-
Ne has got valet, 9. FELLOW. Of no particu
lar country, a legacy, like other evils, from
the old general, and seems sort of ne
cessity to my uncle's existence. Gregorio
they call him. lie was plainly used to ali
sOlute government. and viewed the com
Ing down among us as IN assertion Oi
liberty much against his will. Well, the
man and came into collision about q
scamp Of a groom. On that occasion Mr.
Greg0rio grew insolent. and intimated Il
me that ! need not make SO sure Of thu
succession. He knew that which might
make mo change my note. Well. my faith
er IL always for avoiding rows; he said i
was an unmeaning threat. But just after
Uncle Alwyn sent mo to hunt up u paper
that was missing. aud In searching writ
ing case ] came upon an unmistakablt
marriage certificate between Alwyl
Piercetield Egrcmont and Alice Head
worth. and then the dim rccollections
told you of began to return"
"What did you dot"
II thought l Ind better consult m,
father. expecting to hear that she wa'
dead. and that no further notice need b'
taken of the matter. But he was great!
disturbed to hear of the certificate, an.
would hardly believe me. He said tina
some friend of my grandmother had writ
ten her word of gOings on ut Freshwate
between his brother and the young gov
crness, and that they went off ut once Il
put stop to 1t, but found US left with tn
German maid, who declared that Mis-
ieadwOrth had gone Off with Mr.. Eyre
mont In the yacht. No more was hear'
of my uncle Tor six weeks. and whea h
came back there was great row will