The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-03-18

4 5s sKE flst ,sass y Ef4Ss VI III n "a Isl
small for such sport said Lady Car
aOh. don't know that. You never
! would let me try. The keepers have
had it all to themselves, and dare
say they've made a good thing ont of
IL. But this year I'm going tosmake
change. I've asked lot of fellows
for the 18th.
/" You are losing no time, Tom. 1
am glad to find you are SO hospita-
BILE, said his mother.
"Oh. hospitable be hanged! want
to have some. fun. said the young
master. And / say, mother
gave another glance at the newspaper,
which was still opened out in front of
his stepfather. And Beau had made
no remark. Mother, say, don't
want. you know. to hurry you: but .
lot OF Fellows together are sometimes
bit rowdy. mean, you know, you
mightn't perhaps like You're so
awfully quiet at Easton. / mean, you
know"
THAT you want us to leave the
Towers, Tom
"Oh, don't go so far as that. /
only meant Why, mother, don't
you know? It's all different. It's
mot the same kind or thing-ft' IS ?
II understand she said, in her
quiet tone. and with her usual smile.
"We had taken thought for that.
Edward, we had spoken of going
when was it,"
Tomorrow. said Beaufort, be-
hind his paper. @That's all settled. /
had meant to tell you this morning,
Tom. No need to have been in such
a hurry; you know your mother is
not fond Of the Towers
Il didn't mean any hurry" cried
Tom, very red.
Perhaps not, my boy, but it looks
like 1t. However, we're both of one
mind, which is convenient. The only
thing that is wanted is a Bradshaw,
for we had not settled vet about the
trains"
To-morrow's awfully soon. hope
you won't go tomorrow, mother. /
never thought you'd move before
week at the soonest. / say! I'll be
left all alone here if you go to-mor-
row." Tom cried. But Beaufort took
no notice Of his remonstrance, and got
his Bradshaw, and made out his plans
as II 1t had been the most natural
thing in the world. A few hours
after, however, Lady Car, who had
allowed that she was tired after the
racket of the past week, was found
to have tainted without giving any
sign or such intentions. II was Janet
who found her lying insensible on her
sofa. and as the girl thought dead,
Janet few downstairs for help, and
meeting her brother, cried, sYou have
killed mother!" as she darted past.
And the alarm and horror of the
household was great. Tom himself
galloped or for the doctor at the most
breakneck pace. anGs in great COM
junction and remorse. But the doc
tor was. on The whole, reassuring
when he came. He pronounced the
patient. who. had by that time come
to herself and was Just as usual.
though q trstie paler, to be oyerdone,
which was very well explained by all
that she had been going through, and
the unusual strain upon her-but
pronounced her unfit for SO long
Journey SO soon. When, however,
Beaufort informed him that the
Towers had never agreed with his
wife-an intimation at which the doc
tor, who knew much better than
RaQufnpfs did who% A., r~-
been to poor Lady Car, nodded his
head understandingly he suggested
breaking the journey. And this was
how it happened that the family went
to st. Andrews. where many things
were to happen which no one had
foreseen. Tom, still compunctious.
and as tender as It was possible for
him to be. and unable to persuade
himself that he was not to blame for
mis- mothers illness. as well as much
overwhelmed by the prospect Of being
left entirely. to his own company for
nearly fortnight. accompanied the
party to that place. He thought he
would take look at the golf. and at
least would find it easier to get rid
OF few days there than alone in his
own house. To do him justice, he
was little anxious about his mother.
too. To think that you have killed
your mother or even had been in.
strumental in killing her, is not a |
Pheasant Thought.
Lady Car got quickly well amid the
sea breezes. They got her a house ON
the cliff. where from her sofa she
could look out upon the sea, and all
the lights and shades of the Forfar
coast. and the shadows of the far dis
tant ships like speeks on the horizon.
IKE hopes tshe thought). always APP
pearing afar. passing away. never
near enough to be possible. Shesl
foated away from all acute pain as
shs lay recovering. and recovered,
too. her beloved gift of verse. and