The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-12-20
~ CHARLOTTE N. BRAErlE.

zaAPTER XXI. * Continued)
AZ listened without reply. but she
~ III that his face had grown We y p'le
md that his lips trembled. She sroAc
s fth passionate earnestness; there
should be no mistake about the mat
ny q he must thoroughly understand.
E ssS All this" he said, while have
sen sleeping here! TIi.dred. I will
zee for myself what is the truth.
ss iii trust to no ones orinion-I viii so
lever TO Bromtil. Will you ride over
With me!'
sslys She looked at the broad golden beams
sssDf the sun.
Ut Is so warm" she said, you will
mot care to 80 o,t.'
yVarm!" he repeated, almost wrath
& 4ualy. What matters a little hsat
When 80 much Is at stalker"
hen he looked quickly at her.
n rs It is too warm for you." he said,
will 90 alone
She sprang to her feet with a glad
Night IN her eyes.
u No." she replied. ut IS never too
n warm for me. I love the sun. Let
q me 70 with you. Lord Caraven."
will you ride or driver" he ASKED.
M - viii ride" she replied. having
heard him say that morning that he
would rather ride ten miles than drive
1ae.
He looked pleased.
fSSss5'.I will see for myself" he repeated.
Do they think that am 50 blind AS
Mto he hoodwinked with false stcrios?"
No. but they have believed you too
lndolent even to care whether the
stories were true or no+," said Hildred.
There was some little surp-i,e even
amongst the servants at se~'ng the
8syonng earl and countess ride off alone.
What did It mean? Were better times
really coming?
sii Sir Eaoul watched them start; and
he said to himself, as he looked after
them:
The greatest gift Of heaven to men
- surely the noble influence of a noble
woman
The earl would see for himse,f-and
Ne did see. 1t seemed to him that he
must have been asleep for. years.
Where were the smiles Of welcome that
years ago used to greet him? Now
laborers passed him with sullen face.
with touch of the cap and muttered
curse. He saw the wretched teaemen S
where disease reigned triumphant-he
saw mothers whose children had died
Tor want of nourishng food-he saw
strong men whose just condemnation
OF him was written in their averted
eyes and closed lips. He saw that for
him there was no affection, little re-
Apect; yet he was lord of the soil-in
some fashion master CT the destinies of
these People.
He rode In si,elce-s.lence that his
young wife did not care to break, for
she saw that he was aroused at lest.
They went 20 Bromhill, and there the
earl saw matters for himself. Thsre
was little need for words to tell him
how the prestige of the cid name had
sunk. Those honest yeomen, the
Moores, whose forefathers had served
his ancestors so CALAMITY and we'll
had no smiles, no welcome for him:
they were sturdily resrec, full, they s,id
nttle-the old man who had pleaded so
passionately to H:ldred. least Of all.
But the young, INCIDENT. PEE sure-'oy-
ing earl shrank before the calm. stern
faces: he knew that he was in the
wrong.
Nevertheless. II they were stern and
cold in their reception Of the earl, they
had warm Welcome for his beauti ru!
young wife. She rad not igro ed ee1-
turtles of service: she had not broken
the bounds retween ma=ter and se--
want; she had rot left the best intor-
ests OF their lives TO Blantyre. They
crowded round her-even the little
children came to give her the flowers
they had gathered. and to look at the
pleasant shining face. There was
court Of inquiry held within the cid
farm walls: the earl listened attentive
~ to the old man and his sons, then
be looked gravelv at hem.
''You have cone well to speak out
boldlv." he said. 81 could as soon
Imagine Raversrere without Cara
ven az Bromhill without Moore. You
seed not 70 to B'antyre again. will
sign the lease-and It shall be done at
vince"
He spoke onlv once on his way
home, ana then it was to say to his
wife:
= have done Justice there: and IL I
can. will do Justice wherever It IL
Sneeded." And as they rode On trrcue n
Ne SUNLIGHT. she told him heaven
would bless him Tor It. !.
Isss CHAPTER XXXII.
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