CAPTAIN DANTON'S DAUGHTERS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 2415, 31 May 1876, Page 1 (Supplement)

CAPTAIN DANTON'S DAUGHTERS.

Author Of "One Night's Mystery," &c, &c.

, had vacated, rose at her entrance. *!£ r #9fy !; §ti!lr^un i^sjiftnti, , donbt, nmaze, delig.hfe her faoe, .i^^i.iFJ* . a^ ory <>fj ««,Bronfc,'!" , she .•. s PAi«flg<pr. war< ?' .ca.agh:t va^Q f taUfitraTjg^r'satuis. \ „ .!;.-■! "I/thqpght yoa would jfQcogpise me, in spite of the whiskers/ SRid the r»,strapg«|r., "Here, stupd off and let •j^nfi.joqjc.at ypa.; left me seethe changes t ,,»ijqiy t 6»»rs baye vyi-.onght.ia my .sister ,oQ,ijace."i ,..,,,' ,;,.,, . „ _„, „; -, . _ ,>. ; » He. held her out, at,num'B length, and .; surveyed he? smilingly. , " A little older,, a, s littlq ffraver, but •;.ptbev,wise the )Bnme, i .^J\LyisbloiDn Gracie, you will , lopk like your ovyn j grandmother at, thirty." ,' • "'%Weli, -I feel, as if I ; had, live^ a century or %vro now, When did, you ; ,Con}<J ?". *.-'.... •• • . 1 - „, .J' Froni, .Germany, last weeic ; frQin Montreal, at noon." "'>.,,.. j " You bare been a week at Montreal, „tbep,?"; ...,. i. „ ;•• - f " With uncle EooseFeH-ryes.', 1 f , : , ; " How > good iy, f seems to -sec • you again, Frank. How long 1 >viU you stay here in St. Croix ?" ,40 ' / < ' " ' ' w , , " Tha,t ,depej)dßr-rutjlil {.get tired, 1 •icfi n BBQBfI.i 1 . 1 -:Sq Captain, .Bapton and his ,! daughter ,ato.h^re from -.JJpg--Jw4."«ui H , „,. ,v - ,v . ( ,v.,,i ', , „ . r ,"How.idid ypa (learn that ?". • , . i „ .., " Sftw^eiq a^a^attMqntreal duly "chronicled,,, .W^«#t>Q Kko,.,Grac©?" . ••rt"Mfs^a[te x l?aßt^u.^,; l) j. ; v.\ „-.;. , '„ V «'MC'. <)pn\s rn ej:pectM(ttiein' Y^ypny, MWR«»fi- y 4bey came by the s^pa^ trftio^ yoftididwl ;,. ><' Perhaps ;80,r?rI rpjdeijWcopd.' class. Jt .got; talking, to an .old; Canadian, .a»d . : fcm\& ;i him, Bi\ch; a 'capital:' i old /fellpw ..tljatj Jxept, b^i^o/bim ajl. ithe way. By the by, Qrace, yon've got into. ,yejry , j coinforljabl.p quarterPi, hay'n't you ?" - f '«s'?^ s i Canton ,HaU ia-a yery.iine oJßlMfin''.ii;-. ..).-. ••' •••• ' How long is .it. you have beon nihwsjv.i) i. ." • '}>. ■• ' ■; ».j; _cl*9ar years.^ , j , .. : , } . j' c Aod; 4 how.., often bas the^ captain -been i,ath:i.b fcjmef" ; . -i; " Twice ; but he haS giveri tip the sea now, and is gtjing to-selfyleddwn." •rSlt I tboogbt :bis eldest} afan'gkter waß a fixtnre in England ?" '(!>,.' "So did I," said Graco;- Hut the grandmother, with ,#hona.she IWed has di^d, it appears, consequently ihe domes ' to her natural home for the first time.. That is her n pictnre.'V , t ,-« '!...<,, ' ,;, Miss,, DaptonVt, brother raised bis , .rbandsope,, brown ayes to tho exquisite - |ace, ,apd topfe a long rsurrey. . .' . i ' • >,"She,oqght to bo; a b'eanty if sbe^ •, Jo'ol^s like, , that. . Belle 'blonde, and I ;! ftdn>ipe [blondes soim'nch, do you know,. . Grace, I think I shall fall in lo^o with her I ',; .-■,.. : „,;>„ „ . „-- .jt "Do^'v. Ifc<mU,bebf nonaej". ; -„ [ v , Why ;not ?,lam a Danfon, ajgeri-tlem-jn, a member of the learned iprdv;fession of .medicine; and -not so bad looking. rf Why not, .Grace ?".;: ,: ■» .' ,-v, . Heposdupas be- said it,; bis btfown eyes smiling. Not so bad looking, cer- '. ta^rjly. jjA-fine looking fellow^ as be • i, loaned •/ against ihe-j marble mantel,' • ; and) bearded, and a thorough - igmthmxi. - „ /,, ■ - .... . „, " It's all of no use," Grrieo said, with A- qn anfiwefijig smile. " Doctort Datto< ton's nnmberless, perfections will be qalfaj lost, on < tho) heiress of Danton Hall. Sho is engaged."- - i ; " : \Y-hai a pity. , Who is the "lucky, , * ,nian,fV : ' lf ! :-„ -s; '■ „.,; ■ > * ■: /'TbeHonoarable Lieutenant Reiji^ tiald ,Sfcaufor:d Royals, Northumberland,' England, yowngcßt'son of Lortlßeeves.", t, .., r"T-bfen mino is.indeed aforlbrh hope. ■c>What chhnce has an aspiring 'yoxing doctor against the, son of a lord ?"■ ? ; ,'-/, • *' Yon, would have no. chance' 'in any; „ ( case,"said Grace, ,with suddori seridtis"PnflK .-' I pnee asksd ihep, father which >• , lysj eldest ndaugihter ' jiiost • rosdmblefl,, , jßft^!Oß;Eep,yj ' Like udith,ery"wa3 hia, . iVSpty. „/My,doqghter I^ate is -Ueauti^' , -//(W/ agcVst&teiy, an.d pfoudas a queen.' .;.<l.-«hall oeve,r fprgethisown.proud smile „j£»,hH said, it*" o> : : , „„ „„, y.'F.fi "jSTqu infer. tbatM-iss Danton, ifj free, would be too proud to mate with ambre * professional man,?" .' Is it improper to stuokoiiin this sacr6d' >! of.fihflmberj Q*fwo\?i.,l injustrhaye^ou^. ( tufk\Rg .^>po«Jgolfti.me rf; j.}qi w ij ( ci r agr»^d „

alliance for Danton's? daughter, is it not?" .. s .

",T|iey do not.'seeiri to think ;,BO.\ -i beard her father say he would not consider a prince of the, blood royal too good for his peerless Kate." ' " The deiice he wouldn't. ' Wbafc an aplifted old fellow h,Q must be." " Captnin Dauton is not, old. His age is abopt forty-five, and'he does npt 'look forty;" :! : • '" "'' " ' 1 v ' "'^b'en FIT tqll yon what to do, O>ace —'marry him." '" Frank, dbn v t be absvirfl!" JDo yon know yon will have' every i\\mg in this room stnellirig of tobacco for a week. 1 can'fc permit' it, sir.*' . ""'TOJ.Tfl'be oflj" saicl'iier'brQther, looking at hiswa'tcn.. "" I' promised' to 'return ih half an honr to supper."" /' ''"^Promised who : m' J ?" j','! ' "Monsieur ta Cure. Oh, yba, don't know I am stopping at the presßytory. I happened to meet the' curate, Fatlier Franqis, in Montreal— wVwere schoolboys together—and ho was 'about, the wildest, most mischievous; fellow I ever mefr.; v ' ;' •- : _; ■/, ; \ ' u t Dr. Danton dfow on his gloves as he spoke. ' , " His' wet overcoat jiung a chair. Ho put it ,611 while wal.k'iug to the door, with Graco by his side.' ' '' ''.Whoii shall I see yqn ' again, 'Frank?", 1 ;; ", '^"^'S ' ' ■, " v Td-irjnrr'ow. I want, to have a look afe our Kuglish' beauty.. By Jove !it knows how to rain in Canada* • The cold November blast swepfcin as Grace opened tho" front door, and the rain' fell in a downpour. \_ tn the' black darkness G race' could just' discern a white horto fastened to a trde. '"^This is ominous, trr'ace," said her brother. ' M "Captain tiantoti and his i daughter' come heralded ,by wind arid £enipeßt:" ' f f ake eaten is npt prorihe£ic 1 c?f domestic squaflp.' 11 ,/; '[' ,'' He ran down' tho, s't'ejjs'j but' was back agdin .directly. ' '' ' ' ; , " Who' was that pale, blue-eyed .fairy I mot when I eiitere'd' ?"'""" '] '," \ "Eveleen Dantoq t " ./ ,''/," • j" Give hor my (iesfc regards'— fioctpr Frank's. 'She wilf' be rather pretty, I, ihink, and if Miss s"nu;b3" mi)'perhaps I s'hal^ fajriiack' on^iiss.'Evelej^n. It seems t6 mcl should HkWto eet'm'to 'so" great a 'famifjv,' ,''Qnce more, good night, sister untie, and pleasant ilreaiiSs." Me was gone ,this tirao for croon. His sister Jtopd ia. the dgorway, and [watci|ed'tl)B wliite horse/md itsia]lj dark rider vanish 'tinder the tossing trees. ( , ;; , r [TO BE CQIfT^NUBD^,." '; ' :! '

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