New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-05
TIE Pornps Of the Hg,orld.
BY THE LADY HELEN FORBES.

ciG vas t brought up IN the secluson Of an only
less less TO understand girls and much preferred his
the society of myself and my governess / re-
garded him with awe. but firm belief. and credited
cess Of all the campaigns of the century. knew
mat he had left in the Crimea and eye
with decorations; also that my mother had been
though he was m1cb oIder than an She and Maid
Tor her devotion with her life: She was little
more e. OF an abstraction to me than he was
one companion only; and that a goyerness used
sster snSuid NE a SISTER paruGuiaEiy "a, twin
cLned me to be against brothers. The neighbors
rounding villages. There were some country houses
IN our part OF the world, one in our very village
from their distance the character OF their in
sun though my child and girl life was scarcely
varied it was full OF interests and quite happy
had tastes in common for sketching. gardening
a cat. succession of tame dormice and monkeys
quantities OF rabbits and guineapigs and. besides
keep horses was not brought u5, as SO many
country girls are. in utter ignorance of my rural
surroundings. 1 knew every flower that grew and
found the rs primrose the P Pst BIRDS | nest IN
dne summer used 70 5 5t out on the lawn and re-
And when winter came round being much
my own kind 1 would never tell any of the peo-
pie 1 saw out hunting which way the fox had
We lived in a country of wide, green fields and
| Towering hedgerows, willow bordered brooks and
matched villages. with bright cottage gardens.
Our own housema small. unPretentious; vilialike
and the Big House, superior to the cottages, but
manor I knew the Big House well. for / had been
over it on half-holidays more often than could
the many passages and about the sunny rooms
winch looked out on to terrace, garden OF
the pace on gTaX av There Were 20 swans Sail
|
In the thickets of the park sang chors of thrushes
bachbirds and nightingales. The park was full Of
! deer. that secured away in phalanx of fawn-
| color when one approached; in the lake silver
roach and spiny perch darted between the stems ems
| Of the water lilies; but the house was empty The
holland, and the passages rang with my footsteps
after the ghostIy fashion of empty places The
She was verV foolish Woman but as her loss
was my gain did not complain about 1t. | went
on visiting the silent house, trying make friends
and catching the fish. till 1 was between fifteen
Then one day, the gates of the park appeared
! in fresh coat of paint. and the neglected drive
iodgekeeper chatted to us and told us great things
at the same time as she laid down the axiom Thus
that the house was was to 'i be inhabited again.
But is Miss Queenchant coming down all by
| hersef?" asked my governess.
"An by herself. mem. Mr.. Queenchant, you see
mem Nd died last week. and now the place belongs
we did did not see the daily papers. ,o., - -.
marked my governess. Wasn't it very sudden?"
suerngke for name yeafs not to SAY h he
weren't but he had use of his limbs mem, and
And Mrs. Queenchant?"
oh, er and Miss Louise. they don't get on. by
what I've card tell" replied the lodgekeeper, con-
fidentialy Leastways, Mrs. Queenehant she is
she's mortal fond of furrin parts and Miss Louise.
It was the deer the swans and the fishes that
had interested me in the place: l had never IN
| belonged, and L had never heard so much family
,,I5 Mice 7 o,,iea 7 osl,a5 s,dda,
Just twenty-one, miss; and very fine looking
masterful, she might have been young gentle
man"
forgot all about the deer, which would often be
Ir1ghtened the PeaSoeks and swans which would i
every day-now that there was to be some one to
| the sunny rooms My whole enthusiasm was now
| centred on the heiress.
through the village in the dusk, brought me TO my
sehoor96m WIDOW in state OF excitement lei
ure to build fresh castles in the air about the heir
thereof had but the most meagre shreds of knowl-
| edge. l knew that she only child, and
ing land and the Big House. the latter being in
ner turn helress-eXpectant 10 one OF NOSE -
the great Republic over the herring-pond boasts in
I knew that she. was twenty-one years of age,
haVnT yerfed Ties facts in the Landed CTentTv
| The lodgekeeper's further assertions that my
heress was beautiful and imperous I left TO be
proved thought both qualities highly appropriate.
A few days later governess and were TAX
! dogs. had three at the time-coIies, with coats
loved them very dearly, esteemng their affections
and obedience redeeming the cowardice and
names, Hero Hector and Warlock We're utterly
misleading; but they were far more true to one
be. They would of their own accord have in
augurated the mbroglio into which one Of them
| ran with blithe confidence, as they trotted before
us flourishing their plumy tails
! At corner a snow white terrier rushed and fell,
with shTeks Of battle upon the foremost collie
scene OF tumut alarming to witness and very pierre
ing to the ear. Hero and Hector ran away to a
the middle of the road, locked in the furious en-
brace of the terrier, and shedding long locks of
golden and silver white hair at every gyraton.
| while he yelled defiance at his unprovoked assail-
coats and they can fight beautifully when their
blood is 4p; so was not in the least alarmed
appalling and with the instructive idea of stop
You'll be 'bitten!-youu be bittenr' shrieked my
Hold on to your dog. and I'll pull mine OFF, a
new voice shouted to me through the din.
selzed large handfuis OF w ari9 2G coat ana
| a young lady who scarcely looked capable of the
ruped perceived himself to be confronted with an
alternative of relnquishing his foe being stran
growl. selected the former. 1t now occurred TO
held M one ne paw and hoV-ied pitfnliT on nv re-
leasing him to if he was really injured, he ran
i y am very soIry but i am am afraid that hat my dog
| lessy. She stood her field of victory, holding
up the terrier on his hind legs by the collar. She
| We know your father so we'll and he told US OF
! you. l Just way TO your house. am
OF course in my castles in the air had always
in the latest book had read had honey coioredS
hair; so. OF course. had furnished the imaginary
by nature hair of the Shade Which people are al
! lasting, undong. At first sight l thought her per
ton of her, / can see that she was more consPicu