Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-01-15
The rose is red-the violets

THE rose lS reu-the NloieOo
blue.
Carnations sweet, and so are
my roses and my carnatlon an"
my morning star ali rolled into
one. u Where this ontburst OF
poetic eloquence would have 90
ded l know not, for this moment
Simpson, the butler, came up to
Jasper.
Mr.. Jasper he said, will you
please come and speak to Sir
William in the studli He wants to
see YOU on business very particular
'Now, why do come aud talk 'e
me about business when you SEE
me conyersing with Miss MonroeF
demanded Jasper, testify. 'GJ
awayl canno: attend to you oi
to business now
On my esenting to Mr.
Jasper, however, that | must at
tend to mine, and take May TO do
her lessons, he consented to ac
company Simpson to the study,
saving as he walked away:
well, 1 will 20 now, but l shall
come again; have something very
particular to say to you.'
About a week after this Sir
William and Lady Mordaunt-
warned by the doctor tnat though
Mr.. Jasper Was not dangerously
violent at present, he might at any
time become sO-went up to town
to see Mrs. Jasper and arranged
with her about having her hus
bani placed under proper control,
even il only for a short time.
Simpson has had experience IN
mental cases and will take charge
of Jasper, so you need not feel
nervous said Lidy Mordaunt to
me as she went away.
I resolved that ! wolld spend
the day in the schoolrOOm and
give my eccentric lover a wide
berth. In the afternoon, however
May complained OF a hoadache,
and I sent her TO nurse to lie down
Then tempted by the beauty ol
the day, l rook my book aud went
out, intending To spend the after
noon on The cliffs. walked through
the Crowley woods now lovely 10
their autumnal tin =, out on the
rabbit warren, aud over that 10 the
cliffs. | made my way to one mnch
higher and sleeper than tie resi-
known as the Great Tor, and clim
he'd to It's summit, a moss covered
bit of tableland juIting out over
the beach and commanding gran
view of the surrounding country
1t vas II dangerous spot aud Que
to which | never vehtured whea |
had my restless little pupil with
me.
established myself as close to
the edge as | dared venture aud sa
for some minutes laziIy EN- ~
the qolet beauty Of the scene. b.
tore me lay Three Cliffs bAv,wiIl
tlesllver Skinner of thrwaier shin
ing through the arcn of the mrs
tall cliff while on the other han |
was OxwIch point, sloplng do"n
in a grand, richly wooded curve
to the watei's edge, with the qnain
little square lowered church nest
l ng 1T It's foot, and looking al
though 1t rose directly out OF th'
sea. The waves spark led aud rip
Dled in the bright sunshine as the.
gently kissed the long stretch o
gol den sand lying between OX"lcl
and Penard. For few minutes
gave myself up to the luxury @
, ENJOYING the beauty of this faII
scene and to the dreamy Influence
of the surroundings, nor though
, of danger and peril so close a
hand. Then l opened my boo'
J aud was soon absorbed in its cor
tents.
For little while L read on ~
J. disturbed. Then a sudden shado'
across my book made me look NJ
and there, with Wild glare in hI
eyes and a look of savage frenz!
D on his tace, stood Sir. Jaeper'
1 started to my feet with CT
J" of horror. There was no mlstal
ing the deadly light Of inssnit
y u n his eyes. was on the edge G
j dangersus cliff with madman
MY gem, my princess, my sta
he cried, Il have found you at las
They have been trying to keep
apart all day, but now We hay
found each other and will nev'
'' part any more.'
. Hls 'gem princess and star
though imagined / must have 7
. sembled q frightened thund
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