Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-07-20

were all the domestic winds. Captain
caveudish bowed before his superior
on his own deck. though believe there
was much love betwixt them. and ais
for the little maid she tempered the
willfulness which was then growing
with ller growth by outward meekness
at least.
/ used to think her somewhat afraid
Of her grandmother and disposed to
cling for protection and mother love to
her elder sister. Catherine Catherine
| IN those two years had biossomeu ON
her beauty Her sallowness and green
pallor had become bloom, though not
rosy, rather an ineffable clear white
like a lily. Her eyes. at onee shy and
antagonistic, had become as steady as
stars in their estimation Of self and
others, and all her slender height was
as well in her power of graceful guid=
ance as the height of young oak tree
Catherine in those days paid very lit
| tie heed to me, for her one year Of SUI
perior age seemed then threefold to
both of us, except as she was jealousy
watchful that ] win not too much Of
the love of her little sister. | have new
er seen such love from elder to younger
as there was from Catherine Cayendish
to her half sister Mary after the little
one had lost her mother. And all that
/ the little maid did, whether of work or
play, was with an eye toward the 9TH
er's appreciation, especially after the
advent Of her grandmother.
Catherine had lovers. but she would
have none of them 1t seemed as il the
maternal love of which most maids feel
| the unknown and unspelled yearning,
and which perchanee may draw them
! all unwittingly to wedloek, had seized
upon Catherine Cavendish, and she had,
as it were. fulfilled it BY proxy by this
| love of her young sister and SO had
her heart made cold toward all lovers.
Be that as it may. though she was
much sought after by more THAI one Of
high degree, she remained as she was.
| For the last part of my stay at Cam
bridge saw but little Of her and not SO
much as would fain have done Of her
sister. was past the boyish liberty Of
| lying in wait in the park for a glimpse
| of her; she was not Of an age for me
| to pay my court, and there was little in
| timacy between my mother and Madam
| Cavendish. But | can truly say that
never for one minute did lose the con
sciousness of her in the world with me,
and that at a time when my love might
well be a somewhat anomalous and
sexless thing, since she was grown
| little past my first conception of love
| toward her and had not yet reached my
| second
| But oh, the glimpses I used to catch
| of her at that time, slim legged and
swift, and shrilly sweet Of voice as
! lark and as shyly a-fiutt 1T the mo-
| ton of a hand toward or else seat
| ed prim as any grown maiden. with
| grave eyes of attention upon her task
| of sampler or linen stitehingi g
My heart used to leap in a fasl45n
that none would have believed nor I'M
derstood at the blue CLEAN of her gown
and the gold CLEAN of her little head
| through the trees of the park or through
/ the oaken shadows of the hail at Cav
endish Court during my scant visits
/ there. No maid of my own age drew
for one moment my heart away from
/ her She had no rivals except my
| books, for was ever an eager scholar,
! though it might have been otherwise
had the state of the country been diff
| ferent can imagine that I might in
some severe stress have had my mind,
being hot headed youth. diverted by
| the feel of the sword hilt But just then
| the king sat on his throne, and there
was naught to disturb the public peace
except his multiplicity of loves. which
aroused discussion which sailed society
| with keenest relish, but went no far
| Their.
| took high honors at Cambridge,
| though no higher than | should have
done, and so no pride and no modesty
in the owning and telling; and then
| came home, and my mother greeted me
something more warmly than she was
wont, and my stepfather, Colonel John
! Chelmsford, took me by the hand. and
my brother John played me at cards
| that night and won, as he mostly did.
! John was at that time also in Cam
| bridge. but only in his second year, be-
ing, although Of quicker grasp upon
circumstances to his own gain than !.
| yet not so alert at booklore. but he
had grown handsome man. as fair as
a woman, vet bold as any cavalier that
ever drew sword the kind to win
1 woman by his own strength and her
own arts.
The night after returned there was
ball at Cayendish Court, the first
since the death of Madam Rosamond.
and my brother and | went. and my
stepfather and my mother. though she
loved not Madam Cavendish.
| And Mary Cavendish, at that time ten
years old. was standing, when first
entered. with piece Of bluegreen tap
estry work at her back. clad In little
straight white gown and little satin