LITERATURE.

Bush Advocate, Issue 353, 14 August 1890, Page 4

LITERATURE.

DAUGHTER £j. :-«aM:l?sgMv,r ft; li catiWb^Mtl -flforied me yquknew^Mrerftly well thatyoi were bidding taweU to your olc life for ev?f Jj t! *IA$l(I 1 Aye ! But I never bargained forj such a life as t-lii^yshe retorted. j He shrugged his shoulders. ] &ll^s4^s'l^its*s to make; 9 ybV life happy,' he replied, sadly' open, An^ j-X^Mitow novv I wa£ situtated ; you cannot say I ever l&^&fl&nfrilM •■;■ f.TK.a ■»'<!/ ,( j •■' Aad what do you mean to oo ?] she persisted-, I , Jfirttjly. 'You raustj do something for me. I * He&y^njhe^tn.e !' bb <?rled, im-! patiently. ' Whatcan I do, child V\ ' Either me orfpther^f the thingsj Ihavement|)no^shß^iplied. j 1 What ! go to the Priory and tell .I®s tf atb<|r tfMarjthing^ get! «tuon£d out-of-dqtfps ) arid allowance stopped ; or else allow you to appear before the!^*jsifc)|v«f|' night, to associate fyielrpeopld y°" oU S nfc nofcsltftßs3 Miri^sha,!.! Apita,;!,/ toll; you once for, ajll^.n^y. dear, I can doj neither one thing nor the other.' She turned very .white, a dangerouse glitter came into her eyes. 1 Is thafywmr final d^rasion ?' she j said in an^c| tvm t f\ j *It is.' Oh ! dailing, why makej #n<> SPiig^e|9ib|ft' > ?Mli^^or,«0 !{ [n|Q « tp ?.ypu *«ftw,^%yl •4*PnPMOt#Bifel3W*iWi^ni s-.Jnsji* He looked ia^ r! h-er appealingly, his handsome, honest face full of grief jttft4itiiUo tofpjijb. hkaj-mv^ound her. She pushed him away violently, mw-x \ •Go— go!'Bhe cried. 'You arej a coward and a fool, Geoffrey. If} your father stops *j our allowance can not I eara the double or treble of it in a month's $uyK?<>^ l ?'s ! > ashamed of me ; yoVdon t love me,) 3 r ou don't love me, that's w^at it is. Oh ! I WSsjh^'JXM^JliW^ Anita! the actrks again, my own mistress, j instead of benig* Mrs Hetherington, ; a lady whose "husband's relations' would i refuse to know her.; o&6ffrky\>idr\t,he last time I ask ( you— will you not go to your. * I will not— l cannot,' he replied, » sullenly and bitterly. *So be it, then,' she answered, \ turning coldly from him. 'Then 1 1 rausf Vse what Fcsta dq U Jibjp! by ; self.' T J> ""■'■ '■'" I * Ah ! that I shall keep to myself. ; It is eleven o'clock. Goffery. You ; ought to be startmg. You'll miss your train,' she answered, coldly. < «ve&l o'b'io'cfc! ! I>'4ust be off. Don't bo angry with me child.' And he took her hand. * I'll try and get some leave, and we'll go bit, if you like.. |orgive f me;'dear it rww cross. And he kissed her. Sho took the kiss very coldly. saicP, '*>$■> M^ manage • 16 • £d 4§ somehow, I suppose. Good-bye, Geoffrey.' ! I gßa}vp%J3aJb)^ see you to-morrow, then V ' Yos my darling,_unless anything out of the way happens. Good-bye !' And g^'i'JS^^.'W^P^-^V B^^ 0 Mt.heV. -^Sfie yaft.'|edjjmj^ tip |ac way-out oi' { signty HnWj*-ViOT strange cunnmgArail<? f ,on her lips, went upstairs 'to "her 1 'dressing-room, and t jpEoceede4» ,tp t imakeQ an olabo/iH wifctt.£. iU.hWA * I never told him what I intended doing today," she* mattered, as she put on her bonnet. pine woods, a broad { placid stream stealing silently*' through the park before it, and the remains of^ a^ i uined ecclesiastical edifice picturesquely out hero and.,tjhere from the groups of elfli^ <? and oaks that studded the greep s>yard, stood Hetheringtion Priory r ; n; behind it rose the long line of, Surrey hills, knows as the Hb'j^s-back, looking grey and .peaceful in the subdued light of a'clb'u&y Juno morning, the blossQQi^of the heather on these sffiifeiPtinging them of a deeper purple wh.«n the sun shone out for a few morSen^sfeom behind tho clouds and the yellow corse gleaming like gold as the'fign't 'fell on it. In the distance rose a th.in.^l^e. haze of smoke, betraying the presence of a considerable town ; anrl, the shrill scream of the railway' whistle, the dull roar of tho passing ,ii',a,in}; showed that through the picturesque valley passed the great iron road leading from the metropolis to the sea-coast. ■f#he".Briory~itseTf *»«rs&* a {l Wfgc, gtdy, i!.'old^fas(hior»ed; ! kwV [Viilret gWomy«lbokfn"j(mknßi^h kltete was'd 1 , certain cold, almost dismai' 1 a i ir !l afodlib it. Albeit, the giounds and gardens were well kept- and in excellent, order, and the house itself showed no signs of dßkpjdatkma One might have fancied ; itfVas fl> cMcnanted, so silent and [grim and quiet did it . srf«m r 'aS e onoappibadh(i*lt>a\Vd r i\vftyf; at the great .front I 'fckib'rj <th f e' |! !jreir echoing with a startling clang through tho building as it was pulled so that one was almost snrprised .tpjs^e^thfi jdoo^onej^a^v an^'.a ;da.p.per fp,Q^man jn,,^,,rich, thresaoid. '• It would have scepiejl/ more natural, more appropriate, to have had to repeat the summons, and at length to have seen the portal slowly unclosed by some ancient retain^' flavin .a' 'uf\ slja\>\p hue. ' " Sir Giles Hetherington sat, in the. lib^tty this' Juno ' 'mbniing tWtrfin^ ! over various papqrs and letters, aa.s

with !>. ,&sk>of iexpectatfiy on his -face. More than once he consulted the huge gold watch ho carried hi his waistcoat pocket and compared it with the old-faahioned Louis Quarjtwm»,olqck ron v the/, .manteknoc*? rather impatiently. ; 1 Past one o'clock.' he muttered] ' She mig|H| jfifveN pen here by this time. So "like si woman not tofin^>-Vy^yh|ch train she would arrive. Sir G-iles was a small, slim, greyhaired man of about five-and-sixty years of age ; his hair was white and his eyes dark and piercing ; his features, shrunk and wizened as they were, were still haiylsom^ ftpd hie teeth, when a cunnings sneering smile parted his thin lips and revealed them, shqne, white and peri feet yet ; his hands were particularly fine, and , well-shaded, small as a «w.b^at's'"yitoos'6, ? .and with delicate, aristocratic filbert nails, on which in truth he prided himself not a little. His dress was rather old-fashioned in make, but carefully arranged and of the fines'- materials, and on his .right hand he wore a diamond ring Ahatv Bij|rkted-/and' f glittered? W (s,fk|#eM. i "' The library was a large, lofty; roojfy^in.edv t0,,f&4! ,ro.ojt with-*, bopkjsnelvjjs | ,;',s] jejfi ( witli,,^weil-b6und volumes' w^itt^n.in many languages. ,sjr| JQ-j^les, ui'e'^rj jgr; , .days . , hapl, , T been in'tne'iliplomatic service, and was maste^oij several foreign, tongues,' and njjjn|s9<} anto^tyhisf ppquaintances many illustrious and wellknewn foreign notabilities. He had the reputation of Doing a thorough man of the world, as welJUs afirst-: iaEtffitiJfot 1^ 1 ' 8 (..'.;/■•.•'. A'!--' •■' j The furniture of the stately apart-j meutfjmas '.ancient' and ; 'massive ; at huge carved oak mantel-piece ornampnterl: one s^defof it ;vbhe : arm-chairs I Ijesiclo the hearth were of the same the centre ot^jtlie^ap.a^tyient,, and the smaller one oh whic(i lay many \etters and papers, together with, the b#i'qnptjy / and; writing materials. Heavy crimson! curtains of some old brocaded stuff; hung beside the tall windows, par-; tially obscuring the light, and cast-' incf;!^ ri|h| yiid&g- sliacje\ jpy.er^the. rooni and its occupant. Suddenly, .Sir. Giles, laised his' head. The' sound 61" wheels on the , carriage dr'r>a witlioat,had reached liiseHV."* Th'^loii^ldudclan<jin'g of the door-kll '4\M't tie Hall: : { Here she is at last,' he muttered, with a by no means amiable smile; ' Her ladyship, my good niece, must be made to ,untler,stand that even she cannot be permitted to-' He stopped as the door opened and rose to his £eet, and. for an instant a look' ; o^ftiten3e astonishment filled his eyes as they fixed themselves on a , -small; '■ fair-haired, elaboratsly-dressed woman who entered as the ioqtnipn opened the door* announcing in a low, respectful voice — .r ((li; " ' • Lady Soi&ia Hopefcon, Sir Giles. * The devil it is !' he muttered, with a glanc"e n at the servant that withered that individual on tiie spot — he Jnie-wrVat why —and sent him from his master's presence conscious tj^.fh§i;J?#jdi. com uni i tod a great, though unknown crime, and then |witha courtly bow and a cunning ! smile to meet.his yjsitor. ; (To be continued.)