Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-04

The owner Of the cottage had given -
the struggle for neatness and had allow.
ed her eccentric lodger to have things In
his own way. He was not troublesome
LOGGER, needed but little attendance, new.
or grumbled at the cooking, paid his way
punctually; but his long night watches
were a source Of fear to his landlady, lest
in porting over those dry.as-dust old vol
tunes he should fall asleep and suffer the
house to be set on fire.
"Have you been living here lone?" ask.
ed Stella, looking at the chaos and longing
to put things straight with dextrous
womanly fingers.
"Only since last November. Lord Lash.
mar has been good enough to give me q
small pension, which I accept without
conjunction, as I know that my dear
pupil always intended to provide for my
old age. And you, child. how has It
Jared with you since that fatal dayf
Stella was slow to answer. She strue.
| gled with herself In silence for a little
| while; the dark brows contracted In .
frown; the crimson Of passion kindlins
In the wan checks. and then she burst
into tcnrs. The old man drew her to-
wards him, gathered her upon his knees,
sheltered her wet cheek upon his breast
with almost maternal tenderness.
my poor child! my poor child!' he mur.
INJURED, death was very cruel to you and
to me that summer day"
"Oh, II we had only died. tool! sobbed
Stella, and then In broken sentences she
told Gabriel Werner what her life had
been like since he left the castle, q life
spent among servants, In the bondage Of
mental servitude.
"She took away my books, too" Stella
went on tearfully; 'the books he gave me;
my Greek and Latin hooks; my book
about the stars, and Scott and Tenny.
son. hut I have gone on learning my
lessons and writing exercises, though
there has been no one to tell me the
faults"
'"rhat need be no longer, Stella. Come
to me every day, II they will let you, and
| I will 80 on with your education. Yes"
cried the scholar with sudden enthusi.
asm, ut shall be the delight Of my life to
train this bright young mind. You
with the rapture Of comforting an ineffa-
bic boon-"you shall help me to annotate
my book"
your room tidy, II you will let me. !
know how to arrange books and papers,
and keep them all In nice order, without
disturbing anything. I used to tidy his
papers when was very, very little, when
could hardly reach up to the table,"
30 day by day and every day, as the
leaves unfOldcd and the flowers came
peepins forth In the hedgerows and mea.
dows-first, the season Of daffodils, and
then the season Of king.cups, and then
the clad time Of blucbells, and onward
!. even to the first Of the dog Stella
!. lived her own life, and learned diligently
In the great volume Of classic lore, till
. even those modern Middlcshire copses
that riverside Of to-day, seemed peopled
with ideal forms, 20 interviewer became
the fables Of the past with the realities OF
, the present. And every day the girl's
care helped to make the old students life
more pleasant, providing for and fore
stslline his wants, supervising his mod
est wardrobe. beautifyins his cottage
home, surrounding him with an atmos
phcre Of womanly love and watchful
! ness.
Lady I.ashmar was In London, In Paris
In Vienna, with her adored son, following
I him ~ a satellite follows q planet-nol
with him but always near him. He had
| spoken In the House Of Lords. and hii
, speech had attracted attention; had beer
talked about a. wonderful speech for u
young an orator: and II had been said b,
, some If his party that Lord Lashma
was q young man who would make BIZ
mark.