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Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 167, 17 July 1888, Page 7

J llis Honor : Well, I really cannot see 1 fcliafc it. was possible for Mcbbib Hoi-por a.t.«i f AlossrH Aciand and Barm- liud been paid in / to await tbe result o£- the decision. Alr I Joynt under the circumstances submitted j that the Courts -would nob interfere, but I permit the shareholders to deal with the J matter. J Air Spackman in reply said that an afii- | davit fifed by himself, which he contonded I had nob been -< denied, stated that the present application was set down on the ■11 th June, the oHer of Messrs Aclaud and Barns not being m-ide till June 27th. The affidavit set out also that £1,000 had been paid to Messrs Harper- and Co., and £1,000 to Mr Barns, when Mr Maude, a member of the former firm, was Chairman of directors and Mr Barns the Secretary to the Company. The learned counsel went on to submit that the shareholders he represented were entitled to have the money refunded free of any condition. After some more argument, His Honor pointed out thab all the present application made by Mr Spackman amounted to was that he should order the money to be paid over bo' the liquidator. '- Now the affidavits read by Mr Joynt stated that the money had been paid over en certain terms agreed to by a meeting of the shareholders, to abide the result of certain considerations as agreed upou. It would, therefore, be a farce to' go on with the present case till the result of this decision of.the matter was made known. He had no hesitation in granting the adjournment a ked for by Mr Joynt. The offer made by Harper and Co. was as fair as ib could possibly be, placing themselves as they did, as to the matter of remuneration, entirely in the hands of shareholder?. Mr Barns also, though, not going so far as Harper and Co., had made a proposal which had been accepted. Messrs Maude and Barns, he was bound to say, had acted in a perfectly honourable manner in the transaction. The whole matter svoultl stand over for one month.

\ VttlrtVi between, ilraKßing Ferol by tho 1 a.v\». »v>cd toward fcUo cnlVinf- IVLavtUa. \ * 1-vv.i-y .VJt.*?^ y,. ,^*\". __g_____£_____j . / a/,ev.*/« iiacl, .-*,,<* r fcjjffiic it mojv Jj«v© noon, r / ixijk mamma,-«. »<*.;, . < - I ' 'Oh, • what hnvo X clone ! What a deI testable little wretch X am. "Darlings I'll / advertise for it. *' - - , I -'.Never mind,' said Ferol. striving to, j [ calm hersolf. j Meanwhile Lady Grace Derby made her I cull, and remained to luncheon, and Lois, | all her frills in order, behaved like a (rood. I girl. Lord Guy Herncroft repaired to tfa© 1 chambei-s in tho Albany, where lived his 1 uncle, lately his personal guardian, Sir 1 Lawrence Neville. j He found his relative surrounded, as | usual, by bric-a brae and tobacco smoke. 1 ' What now, this warm day, nephew f | said Sir Lawrence. j ' I have come to answer, according to | promise, your frequent question, ' Am I 5: likely to fall in love ?'' , * What!' cried Sir Lawrence, dropping j his paper and cigar. In love this hob 1 weather ! Have you fallen in love, made j offers without warning me, Guy V > 'No, I'm not in love; but I have seen j one with whom I could fall in love. One I whom I shall search out and pursue with j that very intention.' 'Bless my life ! you don't tell me so 2 You're not far gone V - Well, I only saw this face once, this very morning, flashing out of a mass of morning-glo-ies, as I rowed up the Thames. She lookid, and m> fate was in her face ; heaven shone in her blessed eyes, and all the oest joys of earth seemed to smile about the sweetest mouth in the world. I looked, and as I looked, I worshipped.' 1 Why, man, this is madness ! Who was she ?' | ' I do not know. Fair maids do not carry j their names written, like an aureola, about j charming heads.' \ ' And you have no trace of who the lady ! may be ?' j ' Well, yes ; I wa« dazzled by her beauty, I my soul was in a tumult, my heart all \ aflame.' \ ' Guy, you arc je.-ting, or mad !' ] 'At lea-t there is some method in my i madness, sir. 1 did not mean that that- j face should fade out of my life a-< the j track of my boat vanished from the water. ! I drifted alone; by a man who was fishing, ! within sight, and I asked him if he knew j whoso place it was, where a grey ttone wall j abutted on the river, and a curtain of morn- j ing glories drooped over tlie water.' ! 'And he said?' cried Sir Lawrence, with; great interest. ' He said ib was Cameron Lodge, and Lady Cameron lived there. I say, Sir Lawrence, were not ray grandfather and Lady Cameron great friends ? Were there not Cameron letters and nvniatutes, and all that, among his things when he died ? Don't you know Lady Cameron ?' But Sir Lawrence was on his feet, grasping his nephew's hand, as one pours forth congratulations. ' Guy ! The face, this girl's face !— was it very young, very beautiful?' ' Young as a Hebe, and simply heavenly !' said Guy. ' You saw it in Lady Cauier ; \s gai den to-day V ' You slate bhe facts exactly.' ' Did ever course of true 1 >ye run fo smooth f cried Sir Lawre-ice in high dcliglib. ' You have found the ray f/irl you were destined to mu> ry .' You have ft-und the wife chosen for you since her b'-rth. You aie making a choice in the Very line and letter of your grandfather's sccrH mil. I c ngratul.te you.' ' What do you mean ?' said Lord Herncroft, looking grave tor bhe firsb time since he entered the room, and sitting down before his uncle. ' This needs to be explained. ' ' You kniw your grandfather was second of three brothers. The eldest, Lord Hern croft, had a 1 the property, the twe , younger ones nothing. Your grandfathei ! loved passionately* a girl as poor as himself, i the Honourable Lady Louise Gage. Ilei , family violently separated them, and aftei a time succeeded in marrying her to the , Earl of Leaswold, Lord Hugh Cainerom a widower, with one child, the present earl. i After several years of married life she had t l son, Colonel Rcnald Cameron. Meantime r your grandfather acceded to the estates bj s the sudden death of his elder brother married, and your father waa born c Your grandfather early became i f widower. He lived shut up on hie estate cherishing the memory ef hie idolieec

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