The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17
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her father were rejoiced at meeting with
Oscar. whose regiment was stationed in
that city. But the poor boy, like his sis
ter. was suffering from the wickedness
and perfidy of Belgrave. He had fallen
In love with the fair Adela, daughter of
General Honeywood, an Irishman of
wealth and position. The general had
been favorable to his suit, and Adela's
heart was entirely Oscars. But Bel
grave, by means Of a forged letter and a
series of the most outrageous falsehoods,
had caused an estrangement between the
lovers and had SO worked upon the gen.
eral that by means of the fathers au-
thority and by reason of her own de-
spair at the supposed treachery of Os-
car he had married Adela himself short
~ before he began his persecution OF
Amanda. At Castle Carberry Amanda
lived a quiet life trying to reconcile her
self to fate and busying herself in deeds
of charity among the peasantry.
Tranquility, however, was changed into
extreme agitation by the arrival at a
neighboring house of the Marquis Of Ros-
lin and his wife, Lady Euphrasia, and
many guests, among whom was Lord
Mortimer. The gossip of the neighborhood
stated 1t as fact that Mortimer was
about to marry Lady Euphrasia and
Amanda Malvina's sensibiity, from which
she was a chronic sufferer, brought on a
fit of the "vapors'' when she was in
vited to ball at which the house party
at Ulster Lodge. Lord Rosin's place
dt was a pretty poor sort of British
nobleman who did not own an Irish es-
tate in those days., was to be present.
But she went, nevertheless, dressed
most becomingly in robe of plain white
lute-string and turban ornamented with
a plume of dropping feathers. She had
no appearance of finery except chain
of pearls about her bosom, from which
hung her mothers picture and q light
wreath of embroidered laurel intermingled
with silver blossoms around her petticoat
Her hair in its own native and glossy
hue foated on her shoulders and par
tally shaded a cheek where the purity
of the lily was tinted with the softest
tint of the rose" She carried herself
with that elegant langour' and assumed
those "genteel, dropping positions" which
were considered characteristic of we'll
bred young ladies in that age of 'sensi-
bility" and anaemia.
Naturally Amanda was the cynosure of
all eyes, the desired OF the men and the
envy OF the women. Among those who
sought an introduction to her and hung
over her chair was Sir Charles Bingley,
a wealthy officer of the army and man
of unimpeachable honor, who fell des-
perately in love with her at once. Lord
Mortimer, at the sight of the beautiful
girl, felt all his old love for her revive
with tenfold force. He had been angry at
the manner in which Amanda had given
him the slip after promising to wait for
him at the Welsh village, and her unac-
countable conduct, coupled with malicious
aspersions of young tongues, had awak-
ened in him the narrowing suspicion that
there was something between Amanda and
Colonel Belgrave after all. But at the
sight of her all his doubts vanished. He
sought an interview with her at the castle
and she promised to meet him that night
In the ruins of a nearby abbey and ex-
plain all.
But old Lady Greystock came to tea and
stayed afterward to cards, SO that Aman-
da was unable to keep her appointment.
The next day Mortimer sent her a mes
sage by Ellen, who had accompanied
Amanda to Ireland as maid, begging her
to keep the appointment at the same
hour that night. But Mortimer had met
Ellen on her way to the village and Ellen
had me shortly after her lost lover.
Chip who had landed with some other
sailors from Kings ship anchored in a
neighboring bay. Busy making up her
misunderstanding with Chip, Ellen forgot
the message to her mistress. and Lord
Mortimer, now convinced that for some