Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-09-17

lions by Etnel tnan Olu Lazy Kew
could cOuntenance, but Ethel had
found out how undesirable man Lord
Kew was and broke the engagement
so dear to her grandmOthers heart.
When Give heard that the engage
ment was over between Kew and Ethel
he set out in haste for London. | was
installed as cOnfidant, and to me Give
said: "Mrs. Mackenzie bOthers me so
l hardly know where to turn, and poor
little ROsey Is made to write me a
note about something twice day.
Oh Pen! I'm up another tree now"
Give met his cousin Ethel at party
or two in the ensuing weeks Of the
season, and at one of their meetings
Ethel told him that her grandmother
would not receive him. 1t was then
that Give thought Ethel worldly, al
though much of her attitude was due
to the keen and unrelenting Lady |
Kew. The colonel and James Bonnie |
during all this time put their two fond
heads together, and Mrs. Mackenzie !
flattered both of them and Give as !
we'll
Meanwhile the Lady Clara was not |
happy with her Barnes. All the life
and spirit had been crushed out Of the !
girl, consigned to cruel usage lone |
liness and to bitter recollectlons of the
past. Jack BelsfZe, now Lord High
gate, could stand the strain no longer
and took Lady Clara away from her
bullying but cowardly husband. The
elopement of Clara opened Ethel's eyes
to the misery of lOveless marriages,
and the mamma of her new love, the
MARQUIS of Farlntosh, already dis
tressed over the unpleasant nOtoriety |
of the proposed NewcOme alliance re-
ceived letter from Ethel which set
her son free.
Ethel then turned to the lonely, /
motherless children of her brother
Barnes, and found comfort In devoting
herself to them. Give married his
Rosey, and his father determined to
become a member of parliament in
place of Sir Barnes. One night the
colonel returning from his electiOneer-
ing, met Give, candle In hand. AS each
saw the others face, 1t was so very
sad and worn and pale that Colonel
NewcOme with quite the tenderness Of
old days, cried "God bless me, my boy,
nd
yourself, Clivy!"
II have seen a ghost, father" Give
said, "the ghost Of my youth, father,
the ghost of my happiness, and the
best days of my life. 1 saw Ethel to-
dayT
NAY, my boy, you mustn't talk to
me So You have the dearest little
wife at home, a dear little wife and
child"
you had a wife; but that doesn't
prevent Other-Other thoughts. Do you
know you never spoke twice In your
life about my mother? You didn't care
for her"
IL did my duty by her." inter-
posed the colonel.
81 know, but your heart was with
the other. SO Is mine. It's fatal, 1t
runs In the family, father"
The shares of the Bundelcund Bank
ing company, in which the colonel had
made his fortune, now declined stead
y, and at last the crash came, wiplng
out all the cOlOners money and with
It all Rosey's fortune. The lmpOver
shed Newcomes settled down first at
Boulogne, and then In London, the
colonel weary feeble, white haired,
Mrs. Mackenzie a perfect termagant,
ROsey pale and alllng, and little Tom
my, the baby, comfort and a care to
the hard-wOrked Give.
The colonel no longer able to live
under the same roof with Mrs. Mac
kenzIe, found a home with the Grey
Friars and here saw him.
When the cOlonel's mlsfortunes were
at their worst Ethel, in reading an old
book, found letter from the cOloners
stepfather between the covers. 1t was
4 memorandum of a proposed bequest
10 Give. Ethel at once determined to
carry out this intended beQuest and
so she and l fastened to Gives home
but not even good news could soften
Mrs. Mackenzle's evil temper. That
was a sad and wretched night, In
which Mrs. Mackenzie stOrmed until
the poor delicate ROsey fell into the
fever to which she owed her death.
We soon repaired to the Grey Friars
where we found that the colonel was
In his last illness. He talked loudly,
he gave the word of command, spoke
Hlndustnnee as If to his men. Then
he spoke words in French rapidly,
selling hand that was near him, and
crying, "tOujOurs, tOujours" Ethel
and Give and the nurse were in the
room with him. The old man talked
on rapidly for awhile; then again he
would sigh and be still; once more l
heard him say, hurrledly, "Take care
of him when I'm in India" and then
with q heart-rendinR voice he called