The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-09-26
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Cured; Nile. ROsalie said that he was
|. delightful" and was not backward
IN showing him attentions.
Mr.. sMortIock shad much to tell us
OF Mr.. Wilmot, whom. be evidently
knew better than we did. He dilated
upon my uncle's uniform Kindness and
consideration for others, upon his sound
opinion OF men and things, upon his
ripe judgment, and, incidentally, upon
his strength Of character.
What j admire in him." said MT.
Mortloclx, lis that, once having taken
certain view, once having resolved
upon a certain course, he is not to be
turned from il by any arguments that
can be advanced against it,
During the week a small matter
somewhat ruftied me. was taking
the letters out Of the postbag, prepara-
tory to sending them to the postOftiee
by the hands OF Samuel Fleetwood,
when Mr.. MOrtlock said:
II beg your pardon. ! have dropped
letter by mistake into the bag"
There was not more than sixtOr seven
in all, and Mr.. Mortlock, selecting the
one to which he referred, took it from
the. little. pile and putit in his pocket.
1t was quite by accident that ! saw
it was addressed to my uncle Mr..
Mortlock, concluded, was acquainted
with my uncle's address, of which 4
was kept ignorant, and was in com
munication with him, whereas l was
eebarred from the privilege. 1t was,
as ] have said, small matter, but it
rufEied me. Our relative positions
should have given me the advantage
in my uncle's confidence, but this adj
vantage was held by another, who
surely could not be so close to him as
l was. 1t was, Of course, in my power
to ask Mr.. MortIock to give me the
address; but it seemed to me that the
asking of such simple question would
be a violation OF my uRcle's, wishes,
and / therefore refrained. c0nsoled
myself with the reflection that time.
was, waning. fast, ands that my unclel
would soon be home.
Time, indeed, was flying. Two
months had elapsed since Mr.. Mortlock
set foot in our house, and he evinced
no inclination to put an end to his visit.
Not in the rometest manner could
give him a hint upon the subject. 1t
would have been a breach OF hospital
ity; and yet ] felt that his visit had
been unduly prolonged. did not feel
at my ease, nor did my wife and daugh-
ter. There were reasons for this dis
comfort.
First, it appeared TO me that Mr..
Mortlock was too strongly attracted
toward Eunice. His attentions to her
were marked by a tenderness which
was not agreeable to her or us. There
had been nothing concealed from him.
He knew that Eunice5 ana Harry Clan
ronald were engaged, and he. could not
but see that they were deV0tedly at
tached to each other. Was it, then,
the conduct of an honorable man to
introduce a discordant element into
this engagement?
Eunice took every pains to avoid Mr..
Murtlock; and had he been either an
ohservant or a fair-minded man it
would have been impossible for him
to mistake her meaning. But he ex-
hibited no consciousness of it, and her
avoidance of him did not cause him to
abandon those marks of attention
which were so distasteful to her.
Harry Clanronald's Jealousy was OPEN
~ demonstrated, and the two men who,
during the early part of Mr.. Mortlock's
visit, were in frequent friendly asso-
citation, now seldom exchanged a word
must say that Mr.. Mortlock took this
in good part, and that, SO far as out
ward appearances went, his demeanQr
continued to be icheerfnl and well bted,
while Harry was sullen and OCCASION
ally offensive; and as nothing seemed
to disturb Mr.. Mortlock's eQuanimity,
Harry was placed at conspicuous dis
advantage in this antagonisn.
Another reason for my discomfort
was the behavior OF Mile. Rosalie.
Between her and Mr.. Mortlock some
kind of confidence seemed to be es-
tablshed of which could not approve,
and yet could fix upon nothing which
would warrant open censure.