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shielded the weak. she took the part
of the feeble against the strong
She, one of the proudest girls in Eng
land, was kind and gentle to the poor
she was munificently generous to
them She was courteously kind 10
her inferiors-she had never addressed
proud or scornful word to a servant
or an inferior in her life. And why?
Because truth, chiyalry, courtesy,
generosity, were to her marks Of
high birth-because the absence OF
those virtues denoted plebian soul.
She--Ianthe Carre--could never,
would never, do any thing unworthy or
| her name She did not deny to the
plebeian, the lowly born, the poor, the
possession of virtues; but then, TO
her mind, they were Of different
kind. She understood that a poor
man must be patient, a tradesmaa
hunGst-patience and honesty, industry
and activity, belonged to their order.
She could not understand that poor
man might be n hero-the idea Of Z
chivalrous tradesman was beyond her
| 5Ut Hlhllhtu lut ll'u VI llNihb ~
| two orders. She could not pardon
| the marriage OF an arlstocrat with a
! rlebeian--to her the two were far
| apart, and 1t was not exactly vulgar
| love of rank that possessed her-it
was an Unborn, sincere conviction that
she belonged to race set apart.
Why they should be so set apart sh"
did not know 1t was one of those
DEGREES of providence better under
stood than explained.
Pride of birth, pride of race, was
the girls besetting sin; but, in her
eyes, it had assumed the guise OF
virtue. She was brilliantly &c.
complished, yet Of her accomplish.
ments she was never vain. Naturally
quick and gifted, she had studio
hard, ,,Ae had travelled with Lord
Care. She had read and studied and
thought; yet though she was en-
dowcd with keen perception, she had
never arrived at the knowledge Of Iei
own besetting sin.
She was a girl of singular purity of
mind-hcr innate sense of refinement
served as virtue. She would never
have been guilty of Irritation. Sha
would never have attempted to attract
admiration. She never Courted the
smiles and compliments of men; nor,
as yet, had she thought much OF men
or lovers. Her whole heart w.
given to her father,
Suddenly she started from her list.
less attitude. There was a sound OF
carriage She knew that he
had arriyod-this milliOnaire-thls
plebean who held the name ana
fortunes of the Cares in the hollow Of
his hands She did not move away,
but the expression of deep thought
passed from her face and gave place
to one of attention,
After some minutes two gentlemen
entered the rOom-One old and gray
haired, whom she recognized as her
fathers solicitor, Mr. Grantley; the
other, young, tall, with n face full Of
energy who was announced as Mr.
Culross She made one step forward
|
in stately greeting to her fathers
old friend, and then bowed with
CCurtly grace to Herman Culrosa.
| She would just rs soon have thought
of cutting her hand off as of giving 1t
! to him, and he noticed the omission.
| He was very pleasant to see, this
son of the people-this son of man
who had worked hard for his daily
bread He was tall, with n well-klit,
manly figure, broad shoulders ana
broad chest, strong arms and stronA
though white hands-tho kind of maA
one would like by ones side in a fray
the kind of man in whose arms one
would place ones best loved child.
There was something of dignity too
in the tall, erect tgure-the dignity
Of independence. The face was in
many respects loyahlo onc--lOt
handsome, but morc~ than pleasant to
see. The eyes were large. dark, ard
frank. they were lighted with a plea
ant, luminous smile; they were
eloquent too--full of fire and passion
The mouth was firm in repose. the
wotshaped lips closed with line
that was almost stern, yet, when he
smiled, the smile was sweet ana
tender as woman's. 1t was a.
earnest sensitive face; II was n face
men trusted implicitly, women liked
and children loved,
Lady lanthe's proud eyes glanced
carelessly at 1t. AS his glance met
hers sudden fire of passion seemed
to burn in his face, his lips tremblcd
the strong earnest man was hardly
master OF himself. The. calm glance
had set his heart on fire again
How he loved hor-this fair, i'm.
porial girl, who had coolly set hin,
down rs not of her world and treated
hun with scant courtesy because he
was her inferior! He could have
knelt and kissed the hem of her dress
he could have cried aloud to her
that she was fair, and that he had
loved her madly for long years. e
had in mis- own mind rehearsed this
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