The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-04-25
THE IMTERMoUNTAM AND COLORADO cATHoLc APRIL g. 1908

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:; +IaI LoreSt' beautiful always is most beautiful
III Vle carry morning. The green onened ont 70 dc
oIosG tlie incompatible view of the mountain Rl1e
Ing III the great trees, for the village fires
al a. NJ 1here was heavy dew on the grass
ana the AR was morning-fresh and sweet and fnI
OF mornings scents and sounds All +bo lib
a. 'i9 cottage doors to see the dogs 90 bv.
i.olu eugehll had passed this way before on one
mo Iiues' ana had noticed the beauty of the vii
!!age ana wondered at the curious window Then
I nou oeeu teAantiess. Now, as the hounds passed
pelow' girl, who lay apparently ON couch droyy,
by the window, looked out with 1onoJ ;tn.oat
AS his eyes fell on her face. he started and his
neaIt eegan to beat quickly 81 have seen the most
Deautl1ul lace IN the world" he said to himself r,
ldt secou space OF time his eyes and those of the
glrl IN the window had met. 1t seemed as though
9Oiil0 sIee'nlg, some recognition had passed be-
oehlnd the eyes had spoken to him had said 60
you are come at last. You do not know how long
nave been waiting for you" And he felt that he
own must have answered, Il have been looking for
you since my soul was made"
ihen hand came and drew curtain The
hounds WV va a 'ei 'i0
lhe hrntsman, James Seeley, looked at him with
respectful interest their horses came alongside
once more. He was a Green Forest man
our lordshlp was looking at, the window he
sald. Many one that passes by'stops to ask what
the window is for"
1T IS an odd place to put one. certainly" said
Lord Edgehill He was anxious 10 bear what the
huntsman could tell him. while oddly averse from
revealing has curiosity about it. Not for worlds
would he have mentioned the lady he had seen in
the window
lis Miss Mary Beaton's window" said the
nuntsman- She was born crippled-like the only
ny-n- Lrl
ment to HIM that it wasn't lad She's never been
outside the grounds of the court since she was
born"
Lord EdgehilPs heart fell heavy as lead.
She must be very badly crippled" he said
Old Dr. Rowley used to say" the huntsman
went on dlspasslonately, chat there was nothing
when she was born but what might have been set
right But our Squire, he always was an oddity.
HIM and parson quqarreled long ago He took up
with them Faith Healers. IT'S as likely as not #
was the trougle of young madam's death when Miss
Mary was born that put him bit off his balance
10 be sure, Miss Mary never walked Like enough
she never would walk now not if all the doctors
were to their best"
But. good heavens" said Lord Edgehill. fu-
rlousy, you don't mean to say,that such things
can happen here. so late in the worlds history as
thisl Does no one interfere?"
Il don't see, my lord. as any one would have
right to interfere James Seeey spoke and
ii
wisdom-"seeing as how Squire Beaton ouarreled
with all his own sort years ago. And what right
would villagers have to interfere seeing as how
every man here lives by consent of Squire Beaton ?"
Lord Edgehill said something softly under his
breath. 1t might have shocked that staunch con-
sentative James Seeley. if he had heard it. unless.
indeed, his wisdom had made him put it down to
the immaturity of his lordship's youth
so he keeps his only child a prisoner" Lord
Edgehill said, ''tied to her sofa day after day
What abiminable cruety!'
Not in manner of speaking tied to her sofa ;"
James Seeley said Ticking his whiN, with gentle
deliberation at Vixen, of his best hounds who
was inclined TO, wander 'Nor vet cruel, my lord,
as Squire eBaton sees it. He idolizes Miss Mary
Everything that money buy he spends on her
The gardens of the court they do say are finer than
any gardens ever seen; and Miss Mary and her
nurse, Mrs. Goodwin drive all day when the
weather serves but only through the grounds of the
place. To be sure, the Squire has good many
thousand acres. park land and forest land They
do say Miss Mary is content, and Squire Beaton
loves her to distraction"
Ito be continued)