Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-03-08

Now Ildt you Deeu LuHuOu,
nys she. you will find our poor Ireland
duler than ever"
DO you call this place dull?" inter
rupts he Then let me tell you you mis-
fudge your native land. I think 1t not
only the loveliest, but the liveliest place
on earth
You are easily pleased says she.
He sn't!" says Tommy, breaking into
the conversation with great aplomb. HE
hates Miss Maliphant. nurse says, though
Lady Baltimore wants him TO marry her,
and she's fine girl, nurse says, an raal
smart, and with the gift o the CAB an
lots O. tin"
Tommy" says his aunt frantically. II
Is indeed plain TO everybody that Tommy
10 now quoting nurse au naturel, and II
betraying confidence in a reckless manner.
Don't stop him." says Mr.. Dysart,
gancing at Joyce's crimson cheeks with
to me, or | to Hecuba? l defy you," Q
little stormily, ito think l care a farthine
for Miss Maliphant or for any other WON.
an on earth-save one"
''Oh. you mustn't press your confidence
on me-" says she, smiling and assembling
rather finely: Il know nothing. l accuse
q little rude, weren't youT
~ wasn't" says Tommy, promptly, in
whom the Unborn instinct of self-defense
has been largely developed. ITS true.
Nurse says she has a voice like a COW.
IL that true?' turning unabashed to Dy-
sart.
Shes expected at the castle next week.
You shall come up and judge for your
hn 10, nd frrr-n niY1
10 Joyce, you will come, too, / hOpeT"
1T is manners to wait to be asked" 70
turns She smiling.
''Oh. as for that" says he, Lady Balti-
more crossed last night with me and her
husband. And here is letter for you"
He pulls a note of the cocked-hat order
from his pocket.
AN invitation from Lady Baltimore
says Joyce. looking at the big red crest
and coloring.
"Yes"4-sz z-=-----------------s---k -
How do you knowY' says she. rather
suspiciously.
The young man raises his hands and
eyes.
II swear l had nothing to do with it"
Mys he; Il didn't SO much as hint at It,
Lady Baltimore spent her time crossing
the Channel in declaiming to all who were
well enough to hear her that she lived only
In the expectation of seeing you again
soon."
CHAPTER III.
The visit to the Court being decided On
q Miss Kavanagh undertakes life afresh
with joyous heart Lord and Lady Bal
timore are the best host and hostess in
the world, and a visit to them means un.
mixed pleasure while il lasts. The Court
10 indeed the pleasantest house in the
county. the most desirable in all respects,
and the gayest. Yet, strange and sad to
add, happiness has found no bed within its
walls.
This s the more remarkab BILE in that the
marriage Of Lord and Lady Baltimore has
been an almost idealistic one. They had
been very much in love with each other,
and they grew so strong in their belief in
the immuta bility of their own relations,
one 10 the other, that when the blow fell
that separated them, it proved a very
lightning stroke, dividing soul from body.
Lady Baltimore was at no time beau
tful woman. But there is always a charm
IN her face, a strength, an attractiveness
that might well defy the more material
charms OF one lovelier than herself. With
soul as pure as her face, and q mind en-
tirely innocent Of the worlds evil ways,
and the sad and foolish secrets she II COM
PEELED to bear upon her tired bosom from
century to century, she took with bitter
hardness the revelations Of her husba nd'6
former life before he married her, related
to her by, Of course, a devoted friend.
Unfortunately the authority was an un-
deniable one. 1t was impossible for Lady
Baltimore to refuse to believe. The past,
too, she might have condoned; though, be-
lieying in her husband as she did, it would
always have been bitter to her, but the
devoted friend had not stopped there; she
had gone step further, fatal step; she
had told her something that had not Oc-
CURED since their marriage.
As fact Lord Baltimore had been the
hero OF several ugly passages in his life.
His early life, certainly; but a young wife
who has begun by thinking him immacu-
late, would hardly be the one to lay stress
upon that And when her friend, who
had tried unsuccessfully to marry Lord
Baltimore and had failed, had in the kindi
lest spirit, of course, opened her eyes to
bis misdoings, she had at first passionately
refused to listen, then had listened, aud
then was ready to believe anything.
One episode in his past history had been
made much of. The young heroine Of il
had been an actress. This was bad
enough, but when the disinterested friend
went on to say that Lord Baltimore had
been seen in her company only so long
ago as last week. matters came to q eli
max. That was many months ago from
to-day, but the shock. when it came, shat
tered all the sacred feelings in Lady Bal
timore's heart. She grew cold, callous, in
different. Her mouth. a really beautiful
feature, that used to be a picture Of Sc
reni;y and charity personified, hardened.
ehe became austere. cold. She was still
good hostess, and those who had known
ner before her misfortune still loved her.
But she made no new friends, and she sat
down within herself, as it WERE and gave
herself up to her fate. and would probably
uase died or grown reckless but for her
little son.
ana II was h-ter the plrtn Of this De-
,o'ed child that she had been told that her
husband had again been seen In company
WIN Nine. 1stray, that seemed to add fuel
20 tne hre already kindled. She could not
forgive that. 1t was proof positive Of his
baseness.
lie thought her heartless. There was
10 scandal. no public separation. She said
word or two to him that told him what
Wv nad heard, aad when - tried to ex'