The Ottawa free trader. [volume], July 11, 1885, Image 6

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r.iii'kiiu Aiiiini s.iUr.
1 V. U-t Mthc in l In' wor'ul f"i' ''It-', ItiiIm's,
mt.'s., i,!. i is, salt rliruin, M i-r sm es, telti r,
ij) .,!"'' 1 - mill-1, cliill'lii'ni'', cui'ii", timl nil sUiii
ni: :iiul )i:-it'.Y-'y -iir I'iles, ir im p-i.V
iviji.i". il. It i liUiil'iint.e'l tn "'ff-' t ''t
is' i. ! ii'ii, r iiiujU'V n f mitli'il. lr i ' '- cents
' tiiix. For sale lv I.ul. iV: lirint.''.
A.tlrl.'H of iiici)t'inr;itiiil) were on TlH'
!.iv i"in a ti tin' Vi.-c"ii-in Outiul mil
re; . 1 tiiiiuny, 1i"m i Itit ipal bu-iiii'ss
vfl'.. ,; tii ln :it Chimsro, uml i,s -Ji:l
.('k t" In' jJ'JiVMI.imio. It is j m p' "l to
tx.!i-iriu't this r;iilri.I from CliU'iir in
a .,,,;!. westerly direction tlilollltll Conk
,w! r,;iki counties to the W im miii Mute
in; al-.i in ii westerly (lireitinn through
f.i.k mill DiuiML'e counties to KI,i;iii, in
Kan. county; tlienec in a northwesterly
tJir-'tinn through Mdlenry county to the
iW.- Hue; ul-n from Huntley to Dunleith,
111., thiou-h McIIenry, lioone, Winnelum,
tfl.'I'lieil-on Mini .Jo Daviess counties; also
Jl:ie.; fioiii lielvidere ari.l K'ckfonl to lie
Jir, The iniorporatois ami lust
hi ;:i ' of directors are Henry Alison, V.d
v;!id Ali-on, H.iher OIm.ii Edward Olson
:-.: Henry Olson, all of "liii'iitr".
. . -
W i, mil rli. I lii-rinrl'.v.
( on-ill,.;.! v- :ni.l nil who -ulT.-r from any
.;7.-.-!i..n of tin: tlil.nil ini'l luii-'s ' l.n till' I II
in-l-i'tn ''.re i" l'"-. Kin::' ' " li-covery for
f ... ...I,,; 'ion. 'I lioll-iui.lii.f pcniiiinent cures
,,;','v ;!,- ruth of Ihi- stiiteiiicnt. No iindi-fie-
'. an .-how sin h a rci.nl of wnmlerfiil
rUC'-s. TIli'UMIIIlls of lill'T l.i.ili"S Mlllerets
ixo v i;rn!i tullv proclaim they owe their lues
fi ll.is New l'i-coeiy. II will eo.-t you nolle
m' to -ive it a trial. Free trial Lotties at
I. ul .V UriuL's' dru stun.'. Larue, size, fl.
The Cde-liut'ij; JiepulUinin ,V'VT siVS
or'je.h's of iissiK latum uf the New York and
Council I '.luffs liailway Company have
l..eu tiled in Knox county. Tim railroad
is M coiuineiicH ut a mint on tho line ilivid
in:.' the -kites ul' I ndiaiiii and Illinois, three
jniles m. ii'li of the point where the list de
fvee o! 1 ititiide crosses said sU.te line, and
tloMi. e M-taard through the counties of
!,.,.Uoi-, ICaiikiikee, Ford, Livingston, I.u
Sidle, Marshall, Stark, Knox, Henry tind
Meiver. to a point on the Mississippi liver
four miles north of the southwest corner of
yi -reel county. The capital stock is placed
it tffi loD,i).
.A FAMILY AFFA1I!
15 Y HUG J I CONWAY,
Author of" Called Hark" and "Dark Ihiyt.'
CHAITKR X.
TUB KKAITMNAL Col'KIN.
.Misvi Clauson showed very littlo interest in
ihe r.i'pi oarliiiijf visit. To this cut ions find,
xt 1i.no, n!:iii?sD np'ilhetio yoiin wnmiiu it
. nie.l ii i if all youic; men wero alike, ul-lioti.-h
v.) have w en that him was capal.le of
Ii --i in,; si ron feeling uml emotion, in when
.lioi-.J.'-teil Atr, JMor.iie'slove.
'I he ii .'y.-eiiUmellts Mis ( 'lausoii feltllbout
H'ra.-'.k I 'nmilhers werethese; Sho wiMMither
, J 1 )i' uasnotiielerKvmii:i, au l rat her sorry
iic.nu hoifof nnfin. Sla was not very
partial to clergymen, ami h.ie llioii.ht that
iimlM c". ius tti'W a;.t to presuiim oa thoir
reint ionsli:i. J'erhiipi they do.
,be ha I not even tho interest vhich falls
lh" l"t of hostos In preparing for the ar
ri' rl'fn finest. Jlerlmrt Jiim.n-lf had seen
tJ..-.t th lai " fi.ther ,A in tint chint.. room
h:vl leti curriisl down hihI aired at tho
Vi'i 'k ii live. lie had with his own hands
i a nut, the needful blankets, counterpanes,
.-.h- :i i ji ! .1 ! low ease-,; had even lookisl to
Jie match box and pill cushion.
', ith ("imetliiii ukiu to liulilTemuee,
ik.'ln'i " Kiw tho IimIjh Kate (.mmi and lloraco
iii-iii the liurs.-j nnd lare wagonette up to
MjM.lonr. !h noticed that tho youn mail
O' .sat Ik'suIh him looked rather palo mid
wj-ii. it out. Sim saw hovc nil portmanteiius
him. ! d out , and so cauio to tho coii.'hiion h
in! ii'led making II lonj stay. Then she re
:ti lied the boolttilm was reading. It was fiu
i inl -resting than any yuun ma;i.
'' .r u as sin) ilisturlieH for homo time. It
v.:.- i i o upon the dinner indeed, I'-i-at riee
v a!:--:ilv dressed; ho tho T.-illierU tool;
ii, ,:, -. t lo his KKiui. and left him lo mak's
his i v. uiii toilet. Just liefol'O t!m K""!?
i",-ide d the threo men entered the drawin-i-ii
in, anil Frank was duly nseiitod to Miss
V'J.m "i.
'. .'hi ll ii yoiiii- man ami woman know it: is
i1: tV.I-1 to s iend si-veral weeks together in
;i i i:,try liom-, uml when thero is ii family
v-iiiu "-! ion ).. I wen them, it Is no use com
r,; Li in.; by being distant to one another.
l i.a-t.h . thought, Frank t'arrut hers, for
n h H .i; l.aiuls ith Jlisa ( 'lausoii, iindU'gau
n:ljo til: ,-r as if he had known her nil his
Jil i. LVa'ricfi felt mire ho meant to presume
-jji iiis relutioiiship.
, Still shij was very civil and kind to biiu
jui'l vM.-K-omed him to Oakbury. Jty and by,
iu tho c-.urso of his easy conversation, ho
.made what M ruck her iu boing nn original
i-f.iiiii k. Wh.'it it wiw is not roi-onled, but,
:u ' ! ijonnl remarks grow Kcurecr very day,
iiuv y lie; man who makes ouu a minute
;i l o r l.ilii-st intrixluctioii to a young lady is
m.i -ii-thiug (jut of the comiuoii run. So
1. 1 -a; riee for the lirst time really lookisl to
we hat ho w as like. You may deix-ml lio
J u l jiuidoiip his mind ulxuit her looks at
tui'-e.
Jlowus iileand appeared thin iiinlover-vi-.-k-sl.
;y the side i f lloraei) uml llerliert
boM-ni-d a short, slight man, ullhough ho
.in , ijuito mid llo height, ami if thiu luid
jiienty i f muscle. ll- wiw very linndsomo in
)ii iiva stylo and had a clover, intellectual
),i k in h's fa'-e. Jim eyes wero dark and
).n i,, ct ii-slli -s eyes, yet m'uih tolaneo
jit very tiling imickly and enable lnm jn a
si- ".el to inak' u his mind almiit the i.bjict
nl w liich ho looked. Thero was an uxpresMon
jra.M-rji.j almut liisinoiiih which a hysiog-Ki-mist
would have tol 1 you liintwl ut wir-ta-:.:,
and his chin jiroclamnsl that ho had a
a IS! of I. is own.
liy tL.) time Ueatrii-o liad flnishiil liersur
vr :, un l U-torohho hud como t an v division,
-x'!'t that ho wits by no means id looking,
ti" v ong M'jndisl. Horace ull'ered l.ls arm to
Lii I'iei-e, and lid her to the diuiiig-rooiii, fol
tr.vol by Herbert and TroJik.
'J i. -y din.sl at a round table, jmllisl nlmost
i;i t tho wiii'low. It was ileasai.l at this
iiiinj of year to Ut able to i.Kik out i'ii the jjar
t!u:. Ji everylxly knew Urn comfort of a
ri.i 1 table when the party is urn all, the
ul)-.," stock in the country would be at ouoo
l.--iight up.
Afl"r ill, in Fpitfl of his jale tare, them
ftf-eried little the matter with Mr. Cai ruthers.
Jlix .ippetiU'wasafairt no; but if a man could
tu -t i.mk9 a good dinner at llazlewood llousa
hi interior oraiiizalion must bo In a stat
j:t -e.Imption. tvj bo ato like a bale man
Aiel ti.'kod likoeno ho Lraia wm iu full
rkinj order.
'Jt's very good of )Vu to take charja of an
invalid like me," be snid ner'"-s the table to
Ilea', rice.
'Von irnt 'hank my uncles. 1 mil only a
vi.-.ilor like ioui'elf, Mr. I'arruth- i-s."
-And l"-:li very w-lcome,'' said Horace,
COUI teolisl'. .
"lva- Cy -I-." said lb -rbi'rt,
"1! tin- I'V." snt.l I rank, tui-niiig tolhr-n.-e,
"1.11 me v hat I shall call you and your
bn.ihi r. Mr. Tail" ft seems tint till- li' -li'-e
and li.-rb-.t I i familiar. I could, like Miss
L'lau-oli, i ally. m uncle, if you liked; but you
uim iH-t i l 1 a .u ;li.M
V r. Ty-T- fi '-'!-
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I ' e" ""V. V J.
mm
,- (f Av;
'fci v rir- rT
Tliry iliurd id n rmiiiil tnhle.
"I think, us wo aro cousins, wo had better
Use tho Christian name himply."
This was a great concession on their part.
Only persons like Lady iJowker, who had
known them from boys, called tho Talberts
by their Christian names.
"Thank you," said Frank. "Ifow enlighten
me as to my relationship to Miss Clausou."
ll.-rl" i t explained tho matter.
'Half first cousin oneo removed. An un
known ipiantity. If I were a mathematician
I would try to express it in figures. Itdoosu't
seem much, but it's better than nothing."
Ileal riee f"lt sure this young mini meant to
include her iu the arrangement just made with
her unci 's. Sho was wrong; it was many
days lcforis he culled her anything except
Miss Claiison. Lovo always should begin in
h most ress'etful manner.
Then the TalU'rts, w ho had the knack of
always interesting themselves in their guests'
all'airs, an I who were, moreover, capital
listeners, asked him ijuestions about his life at
Oxford.
"Life!" he said; "it con scarcely be called
lif.j. All term time from nine in tho morning
to nine nt night 1 try to All up a vacuum
created by nature, but which nature does not
seem to abhor in yome; follows' brains. You
look upon a tMtor's calling as rather an intel
lectual one, don't yoiif"
"Naturally we do."
"Tien In nude -i-ived. A man who keeps n
sho) requires far greater gilts, llo has u
vuriety of thitcs to so.l, and a variety of
customers to send away t quipped with what
they want. My customers uro all the same
my wares don't vary. 1 assure you, Miss
Clausou, the dull, level stupidity of tho typi
cal lnderirraduate is appalling."
"Th'n it needs a clover man to improve
them."
'iVrhnps so but clovor in what? Not in
learidu;;. Clever in knowing what they are
lively t i lo asked in examination. Clever in
cuMing nir all siiX'rfluous work. As for the
learuhig, the tutor nmsl only be a page ahead
of bis .ii;.il, and fiat does not constitute a
supremo ellort. Jiiil you ever see a firework
iiiaiiul'aelery ,'" ,
Ho r.sked Heatrice this. It ts'iiie.l a sudd 'ii
depart lire from the sub ject. Of course bhu
had never seen a firework manufactory.
"U'ell, they ram this ami that into tho
empty ca.es. Ho do I. Kal!s'tro Ijitin.
Sidphur (ireek. Chan;oal -history. Hulls
of colored lire various information. Irani
and ram. The case is full and in place. Tho
examiner applies the match and looks for tho
result. Then "
"They burst iu the wrong place," wiid
Beatrice slyly. She was amused.
" Yes many of them binut and scatter
the unburn. l charge to tho winds in a ludic
rous inuiiinr. Some, of course, fly straight
and only c .me down like sticks after fulfill
ing th ir npMoiute.-l tasks,"
'T.ut sum succeed like yourself," said
llora.e.
"My dear Horace!" Frank fell into the
Christian name arrangement with tho great
est cae. ' rhemoro I see of unilergraduales
the humbler I grow. I was successful, but if
my compel itors were like those I coach it's
nothing to be proud of."
"Yet your learning brings these pupils to
you."
"Not a bit of it. I have a knack of bring
ing dull fellow son, that's all."
"And perhaps the reason why you get all
the dull fellows," su'd lieatriee.
"There's something in that," said Car
rut hers, laughing.
"You real Litiu," said Frank, suddenly
turning to I'.eatriee.
"Yes. How could you tell"
llo laughed and gave her one of his ipiii k
gllUl.es.
"lhere is a little hnelietween your brows
a very littlo one. Young ladies always knit
their brows when they study bard, ltiu for
a lady is hard stu.ly."
''Other things Ih'sidtu study bring lilies,"
said Heat rice, rather coldly.
"Yes trouble. Hut you can have had
none, l'rido muy bring them. You are
proud, but not severely proud, fco I am
right."
Certainly this young man wan presuming.
Beutriee, half displeased, said nothing.
"Won't you havo some aioro champagne,
Frank" said Horace, noticing the young man
declined Whittukur'i muU offer of refilling
hi i glass.
"No, thank you. I driuk very little, al
though your wine Is enough 'to shako the
HU-rnness of an anchorite. '"
"That is Uyron, is it not!" asked Herbert.
"Hyron misijuoUsl," said ! teat rice quietly.
Frank gave her aipiick glance.
"Aro you Mire" ho wii-l.
'Certain. 1 looked it up last week. It is
!aiiith!iip' not 'sternness.' "
"1 lookiil it up Koine lni ait lis n. Ko; I
reiuemti-r, 1 couldn't liud the Usik, so trusted
to my memory, I was wrong it sii'ius,"
"Homer boinetiiues Hods," naid Hortieo.
l'.'-atrieo was looking rather imiuLsitively
utl raiik. "What did you want tho quota
tion toi .' ' she nsked.
"For something or mother I forget now.
As soon its I am allowed to wui k my brain I'll
trv and rememlier.
Tion't trouble I know. I saw the mis
quotation last wwk."
Frank sUrnggil bis sliouldors.
"Uf roui-st', you wrote tho pajier," contin
ued H'!ri--..
"You aro provoklngly acute, Miss Clau-
on."
"What did Frank writer anked Ilorae,
ik-atrice wnilcsl. Kho fdt she w as n w po
ng to tuke her revenge for Mr. Carruthers
-emark al.ut the I -at in.
"That taper in llie litt-rday IU viexr oo
Jandowiiers1 riviNiusibuitu's, i:o sa'tl Q-
murely.
m
mi
iiiurlce! Frank couldn't havi
1-1 'ur c.-ntimicd H a '-.
wr:M- n ;
:!-.!. I
:'.!. doubt fall;
no In m r ul I-.:
"Youn t 1 ul:-
, S.-eii,'.; Ills UL-t miUlif'.l.d
Ii' eiisati'm.
i should not lead The batter-
day," sa.d J-'rm.!:.
'Aiii'ii mom writers should not mi.iiiote,''
retort"! l" ii ri
"itut j'-u write it, Frank.'" a kul Her
bert. Tho twobi-i i hers looked the picture of anx-
tv. l-'rank hi
''MissC!iui-o
Tin-: for.) tin
!-e-l
i 1., horribly acute," he said,
y nil understood that Mr.
CarriiWiers was tli ' author or t!io lii'tl. ie in
qui-tii -ii, in art icln w hi.
original views it veiifilu
gn ;it, deal of attention.
h, from the bol l and
ti-il, had a'.traet.d n
lloraco mid Herbert
looked nha.st.
"Flank,'' tnid the former in n solemn
voice, "you must be a radical."
"You must," said Heiiiert sorrowfully.
Km-u tho respe -table AVhittaker, wl o ! ad
listened to tl.j conversation, .ul!ed a I n,;
face, and seemed to say to himself "ho nc.i-t
be a radi.-al." That his masters' cousin
Miould siuhsnu'o tho family was very dis
tressing. "()h dear, no," said the culprit. "I'm not
aro you, Horace;"
The utter uUsiirdity of tho question made
them all laugh. II. .race an. I Herlx-rt thanked
Ileav.-u they were m t radicals.
'Hut there rr. r'.s;iectable radicals, aro
there not ;"' iL-ked Frank inu.x-ently.
"A few," said 11. raeo. Sad as the ti n li
was In' was oblig-d t iimfH that there w.-re
caie or tw.i r:ide ;i! of his ncqiiaint.'inee win .so
social po-if io:i i-ii ed them iibovo en.-id.-ni-tion
of their political creed. It was a fault iu
what was otherwise a fairly well-organied
world. It was a satisfaction to have Frank's
word that he wad not n radical. They t' Id
bjm so gravel;.'.
"I fancy Mr. Carruthers is a communist,"
said Heat rice mi-ehievously.
"Then my expressed ..pinion of your shrewd
ness sutrers."
"i'ut what are your views, Frank;"' n-ked
Horace.
"1 havo nono in particular. I am w illing
to be guided by the be t nut lmrit ies your
selves, for instance. Tell mo why you hate
radicals so;"
"They urn so so un-F.nglish."
"Ah. Then I detest them. Now you know
whatlnm. I am En-dish. Aro you English,
Horace;''
They tol-1 him solemnly they hoped nn.1 be
lieved they were English to the backbone;
but thev told themselves they were Enj-lish-menwith
insular i -tcre cenees rulibcd "If by
foreign travel.
"Yes," s-aid Frank, "it's a great thing to l
English. Few ii s .le realize what it means.
I do in.-st. thot'oii-'hly."
''That's right," sai 1 Horace. Ins; ite of tho
landowner article, ho was growing quite easy
als.ut h s giu-st.
"1 would pass a law," Raid Frank gravely,
"making it m-iui1 for any Englishman to learn
a word of a fori i;-n tongue. livery time an
English child conjugates a French or German
verb he rrtards the millennium."
"The mil lennium!" said Beatrice, astonished.
"Yes my idi :v of tho millennium which
Ls when tliu whohi civilized world speuks
Engli.ih. Jf v. e could only converse in cur
:wu tongue, every nation would lc forced to
learn it, and h- hasten tho happy day.
Wherever the English language gets a good
footing, it conquers."
"t if course you f-jH-nk only your own lan
511a ;c;'' said i'.eatriee. Sho was by now get
luig quite interested.
"In my ignorance of what was right I
learned one or two others. I am trying to
forget them, but I can't do so."
"Well, in what other way would you show
jrour patriot ism '' asked Horace, who was
unused.
"I would cling to every bit of foreign land
we acquired, whether guined by force, fraud,
uurchase, or discovery. 1 wouldu t think
bother it paid to keep it or not. It must
'.'onelit tho original owners to become Angli-
ised; nud whatever place it is, it is sum to
come in useful Home day."
"No wonder you hate radicals," said Her-
Ix-rt, approvingly.
'Well, what cLser asked I'.eatriee. ile
had been for the most part addressing his
remark.! to her, so she had a right to ask.
l.oU more. Hut, a-i wo are all so English,
let 1110 lisk you a quest ion. I'oesn t it sonie
Umis jar uooil Miurjuind to think that we
ire obliginl t ) anoint fulbbliUHled ( iermans as
mi- king! and queens How much English
ilood h.'i-i tho prineo in his veins"
That was 11 cry utart ling question. The
fa. belts immediately began to rim down
l.o royal family treo. Frank took a piece of
bread.
'I'll Ehow vou by nn illustration," ho said.
"You ll bo f rigl.tened. Here's James tho
First," he pointed to the bread. 'Here is his
daw liter Sophia," b 1 cut tli ) bread 111 halt.
Here's tieorg.s the l irst," be cut tho bread
gain. "Here's (i.-orgo tho Second," cutting
.... , . . . , n,i , -1
again, "iiere S l a otgo xnu 1 :uru, cu. iii:s
ilia. 'Here's Edward. lniUoet Kent, 'cur-
ting again. "llerestlie(,iuocn,tioii iiiessnert
rutting again. "Here's All':t Edward,
heaven preserve him !" Ho cut the bread for
tho last time, and sticking tho tiny morsel
that remained 011 a fork, irav.ly handed it
to Heutrieo. t
"It's u mortify in ; state of things, isn t it,
he said, "fir tlioJ who aro no thoroughly
English as ourselves? Don t you sympathize
with tlm Jacobites, Miss Clausou f
"I think you aro tulking rank treason,"
laid BeatrUv. Fh scarcely knew whether
ho was in Jest or earnest, l'erhai ho didn't
know himself.
Thodiunor iiroier was just over. TTliit-
taker camo in with tho crumb brush and
swei.t away James I. and his descendants
through tho femalo Bide. A noon as the
wine win placed on tho tahio tlmil.s.r was
oi'iied and littlo HaiTy trotted into the
nx)in. llo was allowed to niako his aj
l:iraneo for a fnwf minutes at this time
whenever thero was 110 coaqany. llio lai
U'lt.s, ii-meinls'iitig their theory, put up
their i-yo glasses to note tho paternal instinct
their guet might display.
'HalliHil" ho cried, "another ileasnut siu--
pnse. " ro (lountlio meons 10 mipiy una
Miss Clausen s prcseuco at IlazJewiKnl House
w us tho lirst.
"Now, who Ls thiif' Lo asked as the boy
ran to Beatrice's side. "Will ho como to mol
I am really fend of children."
Tempted by tho irresistible bribe of grnpes
lie boy trotted round tho table. Frank
picked him up, kissed him, tickled him,
trokod his golden liuir, nud admired Lun
greatly, but showed imno of those emotions
w hich tho Talberts imagined they would de
tect. In fact, tho way in which ho met tho
Imy removed their base suspicious entirely.
They were glad of this, although it plunged
them back into darkness. They felt very
friendlily disiHiseil towanls their cousin and
were glad to 1.0 ublo to think him as honor
ablo a man an themselves. I'robubly they
never rally doubUsl this.
Bo in reply to bis question ns to whose
child this merry, laughing lioy was, they told
him tho history of hft Kps arauee, ami bow
Beatrice had lieggcd that bo might bo kept at
lla.lewood House.
"I dout wonder at it," said Frank. "I
wish noma one would Bend mo another just
like him."
(lattice pae him ft look of gratitude.
Every word that confirmed her in iossession
of tiiM-b' l was welcome to ber. Wie had
net re- y. l;.d at Mr. Carruthers in any way
vi ''.; i"iii. ti.n with it. Ibrahim
was a revel.it ion. Ti'l then he brn no Idea ol
w hut dark -.vnv eves could expres.,.
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l'mulc jacked him vp and hissed him.
Sho soon left the men, but to rejoin them
In u th' y took a stroll round the grounds.
I'rauk was hero show n many clever littlo de
vices by which tho TalU-rts perfected the
out-of-door arrangements. Ho learned bow
they checked tho consumption of corn and
hay in tho stables; how they regulated tla'
amount of coko used for tho hothouse. In
deed, as ho wits quick of comprehension and
iu detect ing H-cuIiiirities of character, he was
in so very much surprised when, having r.
1 11 rued to tho drawing-room, ho greatly lid
mired a fine piece of knotted lace, to h.iu
that tho uncompleted piece of work was not
Miss Clauson's, but wrought by that accom
plished artist, Undo Herbert.
CHAPTER XL
"uokbid's thk wokd!"
Thanks to the remarkably fine air f O-ik-
:i:-y, and to an absoluto cessation of 1: :y
Vi'.ivx like hard work, Mr. Carruihcis so-u:
lost his jaded npi'uranee. At tho end of t 1:
days he doclaml himself to Imi in rude health,
and his looks did not belie his words. Cer
tainly tlioso worthy housewives, bis cousins,
h:ul taken great caro of him. Tin y fed 11. :
fat teiied him; insisting that l.o should t;:!:
ln-1-f tea at intervals, and that his cure i houli.
be hastened by his drinking plenty of that 1 1..'
'47 port for which their father's cellar ha-1
b-en noted. Close us tho "Tabbies" were ii;
their housekeeping arrangements, they
grudged the stranger within their gates not h
ing.
1 u less thou a week Frank hiul taken tin
measure of his cousins of his mulo cousins,
at least. Ho had even ceased to bo s izeii
wilh an nlniost irresistible desiro to go into a
secluded corner and chuckle wh-.u hj saw
these great men engaged in some duty w hid
is supposi-d to appertain jM-culiarly to women
kind; or w hen ho heard their simple consul
tatious on the jiri 'e of meat, groceries, 01
other household commodities. Being, likt
Mr. Jlordle, gifted with a vein of humor, lit
found the TalU'rts most interesting char
acters; but had ho found their eccentricities
wearisome, tho kindness they showed bin:
would havo eomiM'iisuted for tho ili.scomfort,
For in spite of thocxclusiveness which they
wero coiiiMlled by circumstances to adopt,
they wero amiable, lovublo men. So Mr.
Carruthei-s bs.k them as they were, an 1 lik.il
tho two brothers U'tter and U'tter tl.oinon
ho really understood them.
But Beat rice was another matter. Ho had
studied her with even inoro attention, but
felt that tho result of his studies was unsatis
factory. So far as sho was concerned he
knew i:o had got at nothing like tho truth,
except on one self-evident point, that sho was
Tery K-ttutiful. 'When first they met hot
beauty struck him, but it was days before ht
finished finding now ami fresh personal
charms; perhaps ho never ceased finding
them. Under certain circumstances suck
discoveries are endless.
Frank Carruthors' studies of Miss Clauson's
outward shell should therefore havo beei;
very pleasing to that young lady, had tin
result been made known to her, and had sht
cared twojs'uce to find favor in tho student's
eyes. For tho rest ho was in a puzzle, w hid
ho icnt many hours trying to solve. Miss
Clausou littlo thought, as sho looked out ol
t'.o w indow and su Mr. Carrutli.-r.s lying ou
tho turf with his straw bat tilted over his
eyes and a thin blue stream of smoke curling
up from his cigarette, that ho was neithci
sleeping nor projii-ting a new political arti
cle for Tho Iit terdny, but thinivi'ig entirely
of h- r own sweet self.
They had seen a groat deal of 0110 another
during the last week. Frank was not a mau
who loved tw-enty-niilo walks, or cared ti:
rush from one end of a county to another tc
look at a rock or a waterfall. His idea of s
holiday ho summed up in tho word "loafing.''
"A good loafer is n great rarity," ho toll
Miss Clausen. "Loafing proper is an art
w hich cannot lo acquired. I have met w ith
many spurious imitations, but tho real article
is hard to find. Show mo tho man who can
spend a whole day like this, and you sliow nw
one who can get very near to bappiiwss.''
"Like this" meant lying on bis back as do
scrilied. "But you do somethiug you smoke," said
Beatrice.
"Yes, for the sake of apearances. In
these days of bard work a mau mustn't be
absolutely idle."
Of course she ought to have laughed at tho
feeble joke. But she did not She looked
down at hira from her chair, and her gray
eyes were annoyiugly serious. In glorioiu
August weather, when the sky is a cloudiest
blue, w hen all the trees, except tho spend
thrift chestnuts, are in full beauty, when
roses are still budding, breaking into bloom,
ond succeeding their fallen fellow s, a young
lady has 110 right to look seriously at tho man
bv her side. Certainly not Beutriee Clausou,
with her Uauty and fortune.
Yet she looked and spoko gravely. "You
wrong yourself talking such nonsense, Mr.
Carruthers."
Ho raised himself on his elUw. "I don't
talk nonsense. I am speaking of my idea ol
enjoying a holiday. "When I work it ii
am tiier matter. I trust I work to tho b -st ol
my ability. When I idle, I idle to tho U'st ol
my ability."
"Your idea of human happinesi is a bum
bio one."
"Is it? Then give me yours in exchange.'
lV'iiW dee was silent. She even turned bei
head away.
"Well, I am waiting for the definition.
There was no tra-e of levity in Frank's voici
as be spoke. His manner was as serious oi
her own.
"I have none to giTe," said Beatrice.
"Noue at your agel Are jour dreanu
all gonef Young ladies do dream, I Udievo,
They dream of being queens of sock'ty, o)
man y ing rich meu; if they aro romantic, oi
marrying poor men; they dream of a life oi
religion; of havinj: a mission to perforin
V hich is ycur particular drcamT
'I have none," she said coldly.
You must dream. You are sleeping now.
and all sleepers dream at times. Only in thi
vMe-nwuke, bustling world do people forget
t'i. ir ili e;.!:n. Tl.ev Wot k o!l nil 1 11, and tC
s..i: 10 t.'e' di'.V comej on W liicilOll.J i t' the!." old
dreams is r. a'ie I. Allts, by that t:::ie they
I.. !.! aliiio't, f .igottcn that they ever dreamed
it, or tin y liud i; realized too lute."
J Vat riee tut silent with her eye i cast down.
"iVrhaps 1 havo Hot gUL-xm-d tho right
dream lor you," continued Carruthers. "I
forgot y.. u were such a learned young lady.
Your di eam may bo tho laiuoof tho scholar
or tho w ritur."
"I havo no dreams," sho repeat d. He
lookisl b -r full in tho face.
"Can you say uNo '1 havohadnodreanis?'"
fclio niii.U) 11 1 answer. As ho looked at her
he thought that even r.t this moment she
seemed far u vay in dreamland. Ho told
himself that if Miss Clausou brought herself
to assert that sho had Hover dreamed she
would bo breaking tho ho couldn't remem
ber which commandment tho 01:0 ch-nit
lyin.'s'. By tho by, is thero any commn.'ul
inent toi efriin from falsehood, except tho in
direct ouo in to "false witnei."
"Not oven of rank, riches, fane, power!'
ho said i:i a lighter tone. "Miss Clausou, you
aro incompreiicnsjblo."
iho 1 lio o to turn the subject. "I am going
to t'10 vill:e;o now," sho said.
"With your permissiiu I will accompany
j 011."
M10 made no objection. It is a curious fact,
that in spite of his glorification of tho noble
urt of loafing, Mr. Carruthers was always
ready to go walking with MissCJauson wher
ever an 1 w Ik -never sho permitted it. But no
mini is coiis.stent for twenty-lour hours tit a
stretch.
' .vl
i'U'.-N n
" have no dreams," she repented.
Mr. Carruthers, in bis attempted study of
Bcu! rice's disposition, found it very haul tc
hit u;oii tho word which would, so far as In
as yet know, doscrilw its chief characteristics.
Th.-.t 11 strong clement of sadness was mixed
up i:i it ho felt sure. It was just po siblo that
this w as introduced by tho unfortunate dif
ferences between herself audhur father. Hav
ing learnt that sho bail been a guest at Oak
bury for eight months ho was shrewd enough
to niako a pretty correct guossi uttho tnif
stato of ntrairs. But thero was more than sad
ness t account for. Thero was apathy. How
ever tho TalU'rts viewed it whatever high
bred charm they fancied was vouchsafed tc
Miss Clausou by tho bestowal of that reserved
calm luunuer of hers, Frank knew its true
naturo was apathetic. Itsojineistrango that
an intellectual girl like this had no desire, or
no revealed desire, in life uoombition, social
or otherwise. From tho very lirst ho judged
her character by a high standard quito as
high as that by which ho judged her lieauty.
As their intercourse grew more familiur he
found ho had no reason to abuto either. Nat
urally, Frank Carruthers, follow of col
lege, Oxford, was a clover man, nti.l cl'tei
taking so much trouble aUiut tho matter,
should have been able to sum up a weak
woman's character correctly.
So, after n great deal of reasoning, he camt
to tho conclusion that ho had found tho word
to suit her. Beatrice was morbid. Every one
knows thut tho liest euro fur morbidness is tc
awaken tho patient's interest in his or her fellow-creatures
iu even ono fellow-creature
will sometimes do.
'Therefore, it was very kind of Tr. Carru
thers, after such an cxhaustivo diagnosis, tc
set about endeavoring to effect a cure. A
good action will sometimes bring its own re
ward. His view of tho caso was greatly strength
ened by noticing that Beatrice never ap
peared to better advantage than when she
had her littlo boy with her. It was tho in
terest sho took in this tiny fellow-creature
which made ber for tho timo display those
qualities which all unmarried men, with
right ideas, so exult in a woman affection,
kindness and forU'aruneo with chddrcu.
ISinglo men, if they aro good aud ixjeticul
synonymous terms, I hope are apt to think
that 11 woman never looks more cliarmmg
t hail w hen she has a child or children w ith
her. Sometimes, after marriage, they have
lieeu know u to express a wish thut tho asso
ciation need not lie so etcrnul.
But although Mr. Carruthers decided that
Bcatrico was morbid, ho had still to account
for tho apiiearaueo of tho disease in n mental
constitution which ought to have been the
lust to havo succumbed to it.
Tho more ho tried to account for it the
more ho was forced to accept, as the primary
cause, ono thing a thing, even in these early
days, most unpleasant and unpalatable to
him. But ho could not ignore tho fact thut
young ladies who aro victims to whut is
called an unfortunate attachment do some
times grow morbid and try to make their
friends believe thut life for them is ut an end.
So ono eveuing, shortly after his arrival at
Hazlowood House, Frank a.kod his h ists, oi
course in the most casual, disinterested w ay,
many leading questions aUiut Miss Clausou
why sho was not married, or at least en
gaged, aud so forth. The TalU'rts returned
their old answer that it was tune sho thought
about it, but perhaps she took after them
selves, and was not of a marrying disposi
tion. This Mr. Carruthers ventured to doubt.
"She may have been disappointed in love,"
ho said, carelessly. All tha sanio ho refillsd
from tho claret jug tho glass from which he
had Uvn drinking H7 port.
"My dear Frank," said Horace, with grave
diguity, "Miss CTauson would never liormit
such a thing to hapjien."
"Certainly not," said Herbert
"Permit what IV-rmit herself to fall in
lovef'
"No; permit herself to be disappointed in
love. She is far too too well bred for such
a thing to occur. 'When she makes hi r choice
it will lie one of which we all approve; sc
disappointment is out of tho question."
"Tliat's highly satisfactory," said Frank.
"A well regulated young woman is tho no
blest work of well, of modern times."
They were by now getting accustomed tc
him, and although rather shocked nt Bea
trice's U-ing called a young woman did not
show it.
"Then her choice is not yet taadef con
tinued Fralik.
"Not to our knowledge, anil, I may add,
not to Sir Maingay's."
Mr. Carruthei-s asked no mere questions,
lie strolled out into the garden and talked
quietly to Miss Clausen untd the. stars showed
themselves iu the sky.
Having ascertained that Miss Clausen wai
under tho charge of no other amateur doc
tor, Mr. Carruthers could, of course, svt aUiut
curing h.rdLsccse without any fear of oufr
raging pro Vstdoual eUuuette.
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