Waverley Library (Quarto Edition) (no. 90) (1881 08 02)
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. ‘The Only Young Ladies’ Library of First-Class Copyright Novels Published! Price, but 5 cents each. ae ees, PARASITE a $2.50 6 year. Entered at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., at Second Class Mall Rates. Copyrighted In 1881 by BeaDLe axp ADAMS. August 2, 1981 No..90,. VoL.IV, PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY BEADLE AND ADAMS, 98 WILLIAM ST., NY. PRICE, 5 CENTS ’ ‘ very model of and wisdom; he was an oracle. at quarter The Anthor's {er scasous whore'his law knowleage really stood bit stead. He wen counoclor . both to old and young, and soon found not quly did Be tans Men Seng 6 fathers and unc! pot ee eh eed J ow, © Bama hie yt mq Wee os MENTE inthe athmbeted te ton = ¥ io be — ye a to by hearing one certain May morning no less than Ma. Seuichaet tie teasing ty ns tins. He turned auth Four ant cee ef te ance Mice Ratherford, the belie of the ob Faaxx Lawrorp yt t e or; - one the ve J + he adopted Hberal opinions in 8 Sw, NEE, ns caches etee: | about Winns hedun boon thiaking these last four years. Without exactly one of those would have bad enough, according to the hereditary | }nowing what was his exact train of thought, we can only that upon that ete Levtard Sonsty; bee ot wien combined in one person was an | very morning Peter rode over to the Rutherfords to ascertain fate. unimaginable delinquency which the Lawfords could not fo: . But in order e found the brother of the young lady at home, and asked immediately that our reader may havea more definite idea of this fi , which had con- vy eed. fe I es was really true. sidered itself, par ércellence, sans reproche, we must go back to the time of | Mr. Rutherford replied that he so, that so, but that the Peter Lawford. the old — Sa pein oo penny toy Fors were not yet drawn. Peter Lawford, and ancestors before him, had been_members of the Lawford walked up and down the room, as men do whose minds are agitated, squirearchy of Le:cestershire for some hundreds of years. The chancel vault | made one or two ineffectual attempts to epee Sel en Sei) aaais was full of the bones of the Lawfords, male and female; and the church walls | his feelings, begged that Mr. Rutherford would never the emotion whic were covered with monumental tablets in marble and commemora’ } he f the bottom ef his soul be wished but the ha: their virtues and their greatness. The Lawfords of the fifteenth century | piness of his amiable sister;. that he bad wished to clear entate of the endowed the grammar school; the Lawfords built the Law- | incumbrances with which his unfortunate brother had burdened it—he had fords had and still gave doles of beef and food to the hoped in a year or two—that it was a very painful thing to him—that his friend pes p= ways sat on the magisterial bench; they were in all trusts of bridges | would understand him—and now the of Miss Rutherford's tumapike, reeds for Whar past of the county Lawfords also had satin mm He had ridden over to ascertain the Partiament: they had served te Fe ag Dm y and on now, of course, he had more tosay. He offered his friend his hand, and, according to their belief, they served God also, by out of their | and apparently much was about to leave the room. own a Lawford to occupy the living of Lawf which, of course, was | “My good fellow,” said Rutherford, “this is unfortunate—but you in their —@ comfortable way it was of serving for the living had | must not th Sit down, I will a word to in confidence. always been a good and, at time of our story, amounted to £300 a year. | Of Colonel yon I little, of bis family, still teas: hé i at ac Bul whatever the wiords of former times hed beep ad to wealth, | qusintance | which my) wile sud . Alco’ made dust winter 90. Beth, Peter Lawford, when, he came juto m of the estate, found that | You, om the contrary, are am old friend—our families have been con- its revenmes were some t en- Ms poet Fey and I will can- cum! Peter was the second didly you that ¥ would rather son, brought up to that Alice had married you than the law, for which he alw: eater- 7 ee enh lee. tamed eer ee #. gag ape ey as t ‘ate “ 4 ‘ .” to bis own sated, “thet, fe penne nas her- bs =; - te Bk subertaines oXg Some of made a coun ss ards gectiemain of wand est ia Rutherford refused to give s uch eacier and safer to Te definite answer to that question, the leas of te pee cee oe Es were achieve it, Peter sat down tent» foctined could & pods A aes we honestly tell him that all his fc to try to rid himself of the beart he wished him success. ineumbranges which he never ex- Da Sat er Say ae © matter of ted te find, The older Lawford course, Mr. ‘ord offered hand ae a a speculator before the and heart to the fair Alice Ruther- true time for profitable jon ford. The blushed, re, bewan, ore for bim- looked lovelier ever; spoke sit the of insanity, be the awkward position of her affairs; couse he wn in his park an of Celone] Wynn whom she esteem- railroad, on which he had ed as a friend, of his violent tem- meee eee manana Aer one ety e v , Weptaga’ D 3 © Se ae ns, Sealy, and confessed with maiden ' shame, that. Mr. Lawford was by F 8. i & 9 3 i As she had anticipated, not many & is pre to receive i days elapsed betees the: wanpese ursors of discoveries on the very ous Colonel Wynn made ap- verre of their birth. Had Mr. Law- pearance st Lawford, the end of ford lived fifty years later he wou which was that two = have his fortune and bene- were sent by him in one day; ited society; a8 it was, he impover- one to her , the other to her ished his family estate, and new lover. duels were fought the reputation to himself from which . Rutherford and brimful of crotchets, if not - the colonel came Off scathless, ly insane; and, what was still more while Mr, Lawford received an in- disastrous, lost his life by the fall- jury in the left elbow, which after ing of a heavy beam, had confining him for a few weeks left been inadequately fastened for the him with a stiff joint for the rest of support of some ponderous machin- hisdays. But affair brought to i i “The world said that Mr. Peter Lawford, now the head of the os = ily, was a strong-minded man; believed HH gree ul Fe ute in a sling, and as the affianced Possible idea of = bridegroom of the beautiful Alice the estate resolved to clear off all in- Rutherford. | . cumbrances, and never to marry CHAPTER IL for bi: im the world; he was the * PERMIT ME TO BE YOUR ATTENDANT, AGNES,” 64ID MR. LATIMER, TAKING HER HAND, All went
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ed great things D py exponen. yherself.-on , her} we grew-gray, and his | nt, and in order, }wifé lost her cheerful looksand her placid ‘tem- |-- establish- | per, and it almost seemed to them that they . in | Would die.themselyes. before this old incumbent who was now ninety-two. TA} One, two," three years went on, and wi ; | School that the poor curate had now kept for some years, ebbed and. flowed with a very un- certain current, till, inthe very half-year when Peter Lawford’s parliamentary life came, to a close wifhout any golden sunset, a little scholar |. brought into the school the scarlet-fever, and one cease tae son of his oye. she died }i together youngest own children, praiseworthy the pet and darling of his cheerless heart. The ¢up of their misfortune and their misery seemed The last drop was in and it already flowed over. The evening, however, on which the child- ren were buried, a post letter Poongee Se, eng arte news—old, Humphrey was Blessed be the Lord, inasmuchas his hand is'yet stretched out to save us!” ejaculated the heart-stricken clergyman, as he laid down the letter, feeling, nevertheless, in the sorrowful depths of his heart, as if the time of rejoicing was gone forever from him: ; ‘*Oh that Jeanie had but lived !” eZ Mon her 4B see hie ips mother, as she read the letter w) u had laid down. Her eye cau | husband’s ; heart understood h an wh other in a long embrac 7 ee un a fous thing toffee. to his ry tla taere vis [his aia A ie : : own ; in- to the Rev. Mr. Colville, who, ten years before, ‘niture, and all his personal property to his! sition, youth, and
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THE AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER. an Systt set : - : 7 : - ft gt wel t ‘ ised to be very. hands as a man.,;his whole soul wasa fountain of deep love ;) son under the rector’s care, instead of sending Srelet he ah et 2 neither was. he and even the stax prod Camille appeared be: him at present to any public school. be Sage. Vanity, that ill-weed and that} fore him softened and glorified. Tn this way Frank knew the e family, weakness, Was fostered in his na-| Weeks went on ; and during this time, Frank | old and young, and used to amuse at ture, and, thus more mortification, and a se- had adyanced in knowled r ; , ; after life. said before, there existed a coldness, an un- | rector’s lady, Had his sister Camilla been of a nature less| friendly feeling; rather, however, it must be|/ dren. He cut mice out of apple pi dominant, she p might best, have man-| confessed, on the side of Mr, Lawford than the | swans out of a) Phokaeteck Y tke Camilla, who, among her other | ping-t i rolled. u ; FE il Fi it al FEeees aged a. tior her yo' brother's. | clergyman’s, : jer with, her keen insight inte character, | Characteristics, was very polemically inclined, | chief, and rabbits on the was aware of the fine talents and nature | 5000 discovered that Mr. Colville was not an! He was a ‘most am com of the boy; and, as was natural, took upon her- Wr tepin’ preacher, and therefore gave her- and nothing delighted more self to school and train him, never concealing, | Self the trouble of going five miles every Sun~-! him between the garden-trees by th i re ree E i however, that. it was rather to gratify her own| Tay, to attend the ministry of a neighboring | The one, however, who evi ost pleasure Joye of power than anything else. .Hence, be-| clergyman, with whom and his family she form-|jn hig society, though that not with the yocif- tween these two, there existed a continual spe. | &4 4 close intimacy." This new ‘acquaintance, | eration of the younger children, was that fai cies of warfare, a strife for mastery,.which was|*0 the comfort of poor Frank, occupied her | slender girl who had first made the rectory-lawn conducive neither to their own nor the family mind, and rémoyed her from homea good deal ; i : ; ' E happiness : desire 80 that he ‘was left, ‘in his turn; ‘so make’ ac-| things for ical a ge one pga CP quaintanee, which he very ‘soon found to be as | eis atta and $13 lhe es conversion. s the other, and always without success. much to his taste'as his sister's was to hers” » “Frank was seventeen, a tall striping, Ex “Now, Frank, my L” hisamother would{|. . Within‘the*park of Lawford, or rather atiits |... 9 year his senior ; on his part, at least, it say, stroking the beautiful cheeks of the hand- ae ai My eat a mt was a yery tender and a yery warm, flame. some youth, *‘ what is the sense; of opposi b1F id ulabeitie! Vidi ts Saldana reed ig een From Emma he. soon. heard, as well as from your sister..in this way? Sing this duet with) > ¥P Anand aueiaete ofan poe the younger children and their parents, of John, her if is but a small thingy and if yon,lave,. me} oanded by ite litte quiet ‘feld-of ‘gemves, tr eldest of the family... John was ,tarned. 7 will do.ast s : y ‘ Frank found much to interest and please him Haree-qadyenity,. Sn "a SF Salada ee, A... If it were for love of you, I would do it, and in this sacred little spot ; and yet, when’ there; |e college where his own brothers were. It ten. times more,” Frank would reply, * fe oe was never 'so' much ocotpied by: his postie:mu- | ®°emed to him a remarkable coincidence. |The you say, it is not much, but, then Camilla has sings, ag not tohave'an eye to? spare for the | Whole family, old and young, were enthusiastic said that I shall do it. Shall isa law with, Ca. 7 in his ‘*Brother John,” said the chil- Sho J * to) ds, which bounded one side of it; . - milla, and if I. submit,once I must-submit.a ~ SN pape ma = jertibalsr ant oe aul dren, ‘gaye them this book; taught them that h times,--it is not.‘as you. will,’ bat ‘as ian : -" -actomplishment ; devised for them ; pleas- I will,’ with Camilla!” Oe iy Retain ee Sethe or By Tnpsvectoiis!stwaphten | Sh oh, there was no one in ‘this Pak te And ‘How can youybe so,tyrannical with, a fair, slight girl, walking in the sur-)Prother, John!” Emma joined to Oe same rounded by & tribe of youinaf biothets dalla wean to his praise. Johm had been the asso- ters») His first thought was, whatva large fam-}-Cite of all her pleasures, the consoler in all her ily:the rector had;»his second how - interesting |#foubles. He was so clever, so. gay! athey, owas: that fair sister, who, all unicons¢ious ofa} ae ing Saag such delightful times when ohn st er’s observations, seemed like the spirit ; oi 3 to meas of affection and tenderness... Day after slag, To hear Emma and the younger ones talk of Frank. visited (that. particular corner of the wonderful brother, Frank fancied a I churchyard, sometimes seeing. different mem-| } merry peony full of fun and fre bersvof the family, sometimes noti..He was re- | Side whom he be a very monk for markarbly regular in his attendance at church, | 2¢Ss. To hear the parents, however, s of though his family was not so.;nor did heallow | him, a very different idea was sted. John himself to be the least in the ‘world prejudiced | had been his father's pupil, grave, and steady, against their new neighbors, even though ‘‘poor| and precocious. Latin and Greek had been t Adolphus,” through them, would stand in want) him mere child’s in He had been in of a home. , his father’s school w fifteen... will y Pp tin of at steadily The | rector's. young people, however, like |lived with his parents, not as their tas Tight Frank, soon Gisconeaed tant there were very | their friend anc satlede But, great as had mn charming dingles, where primroses. grew, in var | been John’s virtues at home, his eollege-life rious parts of the park and hills in the, neigh-| had even exhibited his character to ad- ith her daughter, and from such | borhood,., where fine views might be obtained | vantage. He had struggled verty controversy as this she mostly retired, to per-| over.the counts band tee eet Tesy long and hardship; had been untempted by 5 suade Frank fo com jance, or to be witness to| fore some or other of them met with him, or} and now, by great ability and most of 5 Z 3 | Eg : i i : F macy grew up. Frank undertook. to be their pg the regard of the heads of the baie ere and there ; and they, in their turn, ;and the esteem of his fellow collegians. made him soon feel that, withont him, a rural | had now taken his degree, and had won excursion could afford them very little pleas- for himself a fast friend and sure patron ure, ; son of Earl ——, a young man of great The rector and his lady, who, afterso many | and yirtue. Frak thought of his years of waiting, anxiety, and pete Ba now | whose college-lives had caused his ae ah : = : cf s : i f 4. E 3 i ; ? F E 3 Ei é John Colville would be at home—at negligent of his ioners in their attendanos | hom, the prosperity of which was the more at church, and their daughter had, in the most eaiiete hae oad Leeson malt gg inted manner, withdrawn herself from under; Frank thought of John Colville night and day, ‘his pastoral care, yet that was no reason why aid fot bibs, up 9A 0 Se odel to him- ‘the rector in his office of pastor of his flock, h i should send out, as it were, the sheep-dog of | himself; he, too, his anger, barking after his likewarm or even | pri
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THE AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER. John Colville was to him the name of a dear friend 5 he felt already to love him ; he thought how.he would freely open his heart to him, ask oan an an him of many things which ¢ , to the. Earl of ’s son, with whom he was, recalling to his mind the repulsive sentiment [about to set out as traveling companion. /heat first had felt in the pattern Jom Colville, ” ‘Adolphus might himself have won’ honors had''and thitking that he must be contéiited to give | it not been for this young man, this son ‘of the ‘up his’ friends’ and to endure the blighting of yet layin dim perspective before him. His idea ‘very person who was keeping him out of “his his first’ love, and that ‘was all: ot ean Colville was =. of intellectual force ani Ve ual beauty. é. thought of Milton, and Philip “Melancthon, and felon and Lu- ther, and those fine spirits who were the idols of his heart's worship, whenever he thought of him. " He went, not expecting to find him arrived, but merely because his heart impelled him to tell his friends that he would think of them on the morrow. Scarcely, however, was he within the garden-gate, when Emma Colville came bounding towards him, exclaiming that John was come; and then out came rushing the heritage ! Camilla took the part of her brother ; f To no soul but to his nother didhe open his — her inveteracy against. the rector’s family was ‘heart, and that only So far as regarded’ his fa- hotter than ever; and then it came out that she | ture brother-in-law. had not been in ignorance, but had only con- ** John Colville is a clever nian of the world,” nived at Frank’s intimacy there, illa had | said she. ‘‘ Camilla and he are admirably suit- her way. Frank’s little friendship on his own | ed for each other. If John should ever ‘be a account was thwarted; but, as was natural, his es Te he is likely enough—Camilla will little love affair grew only the more interesting. | put the mitre on his brows : atid, thank God, ” Emma and he exchanged locks of hair; he| between them they will take care of * poor | wrote to her the most touching little poems; | Adolphus!’” | and after Christmas he was sent toa great pub-| The day of Camilla’s marriage arrived. The | lic school, preparatory to his college life. children of the newly-established schools scat- Twelve months after this time, when Frank | tered flowers in her path; and the bride and children to tell him the same thing; | came home for his vacation, he found very ex-| bridegroom returned to the Hall to partake « younger and when ‘he suid how glad he was, how de-| traordinary things going forward. But these lighted they must be, all their faces grew seri- ous, and said, “Oh, but John was going away on the morrow, was going out of England, for imew not how long!” head, thi covered with short crisped black hair; a fore’ of strength rather than beauty, Sag ve a pair of deep-set, small, dark eyes, of a grave, intelligent, rather cold ion; a remarkab! any formed nose mouth that looked as if chisel- € force to this remarkable, but not t countenance. The dress exactly suited character of the face, there was no foppery or nonsense of any kind, about it. and in excellent keeping. He was , #8 Frank saw at a glance, one aa i c F : sist i & £ F 4 got Jobn among us at you see!” J E 3 E . ; Q wedding-breakfast with the united families. require a word of explanation. After Frank left, as was ouly natural, the coldness continn- | bells ringing, sun shining, and the various ed between the families at the Hall and the| members of the two families exchanging con- In a while news came that the earl’s eae At the “head of the table” sat . Lawford, smiling and gay ; she had excited! | been delicate, had died in Italy, lea to his | All at once she was seen to make an attempt | Sriemd and dais com panies a lenacy of ve thou-| rise, and then she sank back into her chair, and, — sand pounds; and that the earl, his father, had | laying her hand on her side, exclaimed, ‘‘ Oh, © given him the next presentation to @ good liv-| God! my heart, my heart !” ing, which was expected to fall vacant almost; A for one moment covered her coun- daily, ‘That man is bound to be for-| tenance, and then a change passed over it, ané tunate,” said all the world. a paloras of death. She was a large, heavy His return to his family made quite a sensa-| woman, and was with difficulty rémoved to the tion through the neighbor and eyven|sofa. A physician was instantly fetched ; he among Oamilla’s e’ ical friends. Camilla) attempted to bleed her; but human aid was - herself, it must be became interest-| vain. She died of an affection of the heart, edbyall she heard ; the sake of consisten- | under which she had long labored, in the fifty- , she was very bitter in herremarks npon | seventh year of her age. No conception can be Now Camilla was a clever diplomatist; and formed of the effects of this chock im the midst | John Colville had not been long at the rectory | of bridal festivity and joy. with his grave, self-possessed manner, his inde-| ‘* Oh, my mother!” exclaimed Frank, falli pendent ing, and his deep mourning, be-/ on his knees before her, and clasping her fore she found herself animated by the most | with a convulsive burst of sorrow, to his lips, parish educated. This could not be done with- | mourn for you as I shall !” i ; Frank said no one mourned her so Ba AD ech ema ier mares advice | deeply as he Years did not remove the and Nothing could Abert hers from his it; nay, his whole life bore the rector more: he and Camilla wor hard traces of it; like the seed atthe school; and from this no one was | sown in a harvest for good more intimate at the rectory than herself:| She | the garner of heaven. e it’; pecans, be she could do was too which time they hoped the living destined for much for her new, friends. She talkedto them would he samy: i however, © them of “poor Adolphus,” and they admired | promptly, find at that moment properly, decid- hersisterly affection, her spirit, her candor, her | ed that the tour should be pera “ee good sense, her decision of character. They/she could not leave her family in this endden’* saw nothing but virtues in her; and morethan| distress, At first. her father, thankful for the” this, it wasnot long before John Colville was| assistance of his stro: pegrecathsn: 2 ain mi i ing to management ; but - the Hall, before he and Camilla were seen| when, as his mind recovered its usual tone, he ~ walking together arm in armin deep confiden- | saw how completely Mr. and Mrs. John Colville i ped to no false were the masters th return home. Why was he somehow vexed | wrote about it? He co not satisfactorily answer living John, he eould never occupy the he had | nothing of what her fath had done. — done. Even Emma seemed and | father and son met with the utmost affection him before the assembled with | and confidence; and from this Camille under-
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THE AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER pro- vided for ; and this made her family regard her with unbounded gratitude. “‘ She is & wonderful woman,” said her brother George. “She has the eredit of the family so at heart,” | said. her father—‘‘has never let the world know of poor Adolphus’ deficiences; and even when he married a farmer’s daughter, took the young woman under her care, and made a com- plete gentlewoman of her!” character ‘s Aunt Colville,” said young Mrs. ‘Lawford to her children; thinking that, as Aunt Colville had none of her ‘own, her sons and daughters could not do better. than be such toher. ‘‘ Never fail in deference to your aunt, and only try to be as clever a woman as she is?” Dr. Colville was now an archdeacon. All the world bore testimony to his talents and his am- bition. Churchmen said that he was fit to be an archbishop ; that his controversial writings Placed him at the head of all polemical writers Whatever; that he was one of the stanchest Pillars of the church and state; that he was proud and ambitious to be sure, but then he had the zeal of an apostle. Dissenters and radicals, and such like people, said that Dr. Colville was the most bigoted zealot of the present day; a proud, hot-headed churchman; an upholdér of every corruption of church and state ; a man no nore fitted to preach and teach the doctrines and practices of the humble, self-denying son of the poor ter, than Judas Iscariot himself, who sold him for money, as Dr. Colville and such mien did! Frank Jaw-reputation. ed old Mr. Lawford of his eldest son; and his ai he turned? A sliopkeeper? No! th t cat gee No; worse even than hat— d turned an author! An author! ‘wel Gee all that’ might ‘nde 6 to’ very bad. usage of lav tS bh I ‘ora Me it tooks have ge of law; whole es of- ve been written about law, and all books must have No, no! Frank had not written on law; had written a poem—and a novel! these ymously. No wonder he got no briefs! now he had come out in his own name, as of some strange book which nobody : and yet which every- rightly at Lawford re, an an- tho foe a of a disreputa’ x bert abi of extra} : vert, Authors wer: voles who never had a ahlling to bless t es with; who sat shivering in garrets, with pinned round them, writ- for er | which they were never able to win. Mr. in in days, had read Johnson’s “ Lives of the Poets.” ‘The life of Savage was the one he distinct- always were in debt for their ‘f i roceries, Profession county families, — not bere authors, penny-a-liners, and poor devils! George, who never had been a reader, adopted notions, and thought, of a truth, that ‘* A really noble | ry | that his course would be a brilliant one; and } est and single-minded i Garant OF fie Whily’ Ven, | pb ; | turned his back on the path of honorable inde- . | pendence, if not of distinction, which they had g | chosen for him, he must never look to them for leasure Prank might have served them just as well, had Frank! no doubt he would embrace, with joy, “T shall never show my face again in pub-| such an opportunity of reconciliation w.th his lic!” said old Mr, Lawford. family; and then, when his brother was in “Frank has disgraced us all!” exclaimed | parliament, he might be able to do somethitig George, in a towering passion. for him; and, as this unfortunate cacoethes seri- By the next post letters from Lawford reach- | bendi seemed natural to him, they must have’a ed the author, expressing the family displeasure | little charity towards him, just as they would if at this his unimaginable folly. Inreturn Frank |he had a crooked spine. ‘‘To be sure we sent them reviews on the other side; but these | must,” said Mrs. Colville, who had come ‘to the they never read, He knew whom he had to} Hall for the occasion, ‘we must all remember thank for the invective in the Quarterly—it | that Frank is our own flesh and blood!” ~ was Archbishop Colville ; but he made no re- 3 Of his having run f father, of the grief which = e serving 2 His were misapplication of Scripture; it was an abuse of | willing, the letter said, to make this occasion holy things; it was almost blasphemy; and the means of family union; the past should be while her brother remained in that temper, he } forgotten, and good ‘henceforward | must take his own course and the consequences | €xist them. The whole affair was then | of it. explained to him ; and he was desired immedi- |. Frank was not much surprised by the letters | ately to come down; so that, onthe spot, he |from his family: he knew that this, his new | might employ all his powers ‘for the Service course of life, involved their displeasure, per- | his brother. haps. entire alienation from him. This, how-} Instead of ever painful, he must bear. Frank saw many i things te: Bey sabrgg from what they did. At the same i neil gam i Pc ces Ow ig any. Pha sonal ri vocation might be by his family. Nevertheless, | like every young author, he doubted not but | that he shouldachieve fortune at the same time that he achieved fame and honor. Ah, poor days ; and, him P} brain, nxiety that would not be allayed. Of these it told him n : his sister Camilla was the raven that croaked of all these things; and his father, to whom she sent copies of all her letters, repeated the dole- ful note. But Frank Lawford was igible ; and, after some time, the family made up their in Macro Selhg Cato wie a | e race of being conn a poor, thriftless author ; ivleg him, as their parting words, the intelligence, that having willfully | rank This was what his abandonment Le countenance or assistance. Time went on; and then it came - the heads leomiena en yt wford, uire, would most — liament; and ac- icited to allow him- George was not. unwill- ing : Dr. and-Mrs. Colvillewarmly seconded it ; lic speaker; the election would be contested violently ; there was a soy Co popelandouenias eee ready in Dj must have som one <5 ys who. . . - for him. “ If I had only Frank's powers!” George. thing, and so had her husband; and then, as
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THE AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER. by. her executors to attend her funeral and be present at the reading of her will, There were present, beside himself, the executors, Mr. Mor- tyre was an old man ; he probably, how- ever, looked older than he really was, from his tic weak- feebleness to . - u cireumstances;, told. him that she had no im- connections in the-world, exeeptingan | 8now-white hair and a degree ofp ith a iid, she | Ness, which had given a beliin the | his whole person, He entered anid 40 coupant hte he hiieetan She | ioned chair which’ had been provided for him. emcee) sent sinqtoeeesid) he | near , lest he should (seem | -. - - ; ;. | priticipal person there. “He had already acted thy be ere would a as chief wibetrhel ; and having now arranged his whole petson to his mind, he remarked that . | nothing, he believed, ‘prevented their proceed- ” |ing' to business: nodded and said, that |. There seemed some little hesitation and un- er have reason to regret |. certainty among the executors, every one of himself to.save her... There:was )}¥20m saw a some one. else there in that char dial and. maternal about this |acter whom they did not expect. At len; in reply to all. her in- however, at a nod from Mr. Morgan, which i £ i orang family and his. prospects é internally called impertinent, the he frankly told all—that be non Foe seals were broken and the fining of the will his family;,and why, .Mrs. Vaughan . |commenced, , Frank glanced round the assem- self a radical.in. politics—Heaven help her! AE ae Bs ac itd it nme hin efrae 37 She went a long beyond ; advocated |! : wm flushed, x mani retin r Sag ae ga oe qu sagen movement Gr whee aa 7 a r. Ow he fuary legatee, and Frank Teetord bad a few books, ‘This is not the will!” exclaimed Mr. Macin- fac 4, sallow-com lexioned yo man, ies wid, deferesit Rane *€ This was not the will of five years ago, in and inion: which Twas an executor!” . ed one or Rata: displeased ; he felt that had thus lost the twohur pounds left to each executor for his trouble, felt himselfalso an aggrieved party. ers bearer ne ie mangas as. / mney more | « most, fiercely, as litely offered six months he stood very well in Mrs. han’s will; and now the very mention of like an instlt.” Vang- him fs Catherine prayed him to return with her ; but he was already in fierce contention with Mor ot will remain with your fathér,” said Frank, | handing her into the coach, “‘ I will not leave him; and with your permission I will accom- | pany him home.” > From. this day the fates of Catherine and | Lawford were bound together. : As Catherine had ‘feared, “Mrs. Vaughan's | From that time he never was well; | he came into ion of the bequest which She had feds hin his was beyond tlie power of enjoying it, had it been ten times the amount, He was gone, where the want of money can hever give pain, nor the possession of it pleas- ure. In process of time news went to the Law- tie Sind tact Gite otek ‘was married toa poor Scots gi ithout ore B iakeonl 4c recommend her. t ty tae time Frank's actions had ceased to ise his: ‘family ; ‘‘and yet,” said Mrs. , “this last act has put the finishing stroke to his form- er € ar grave 0 fathers. at the time of his father’s aa. mes Cake his tien the til mah “troubled however, had so long been used ment trial, that let it come how it would he was found, like the watch, ready to meet the enem hether fortune
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Agnes and her their clustering berries, peeped out from above heavy frame of their father’s portrait, that beautiful portrait painted by a celebrated paint- wreath.of bay encircled the, noble brow f his. marble bust, which Chantrey, out of love the author, had presented to his wife, and which stood among his books, those household gods ofhis, in hislibrary, But it was, in, the dining-room that there was most show of fes- iyity;, @ garland of evergreen wreated_ the chandelier, and at four o'clock, the window- curtains; were .drawn, and the lamps Jighted, and the side-board shone ont, with its glass and plate, and verdant evergreens, , The, table was for :twelye.;. five individuals composed the family ; the father and, mother, Agnes the only daughter, and the two boys, Arthur a tall manly fe! RS th am expression of tender beauty to his whole person.. He: a St. John in i i i BE ‘ . a e i FTE Fee ine Harry exclaim: red. 1 Te aly cased Be wel- i iu they came in, and then conducted you, madam, how good it is of ZF fl Hi is E ES i a BS, in ie E # £ Fils ie 4 LED i i ce L : “and were received at the dining- | spec THE AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER, however, an expression” of earnestness and "| heart about the lower part of the face, which somewhat neutralized the stern severity of its upper features. “The whole head and face indi- cated a character in which two ite natures prevailed, and left the beholder in doubt as to which would be the domimant one. His dress was that of a well-to-do artisan. A well-worn yet not by any means thread-bare suit, showed that he was one that, required its duty from everything that belonged to him. He. looked like a.man who had money for a new suit when it was needed, but who would not buy 6ne until then. With him there entered the room—siot | i leaning on his arm, although shé looked as‘if she knew that to be the mode in genteel society —a young girl of perhaps twenty, his daughter, and the apple of his eye, whose trim‘and elegant figure gave to her otherwise plain attire @ rather modish and—if' one may be allowed the word with reference to a poor girl—a distingw’ air. Her countenance was’ soft and remarkably | pleasing ; her fine black hair was smooth’ ‘and glossy assilk; and the distinct penciling of her exquisite eyebrows, which in color exactly ré- sembled her hair, accorded beautifully with a rich and h-like complexion. ‘The ‘eyes, of & deep yiolet color, hada laughing ‘and rather cognettish expression, to which a “littlé rosy month, ‘with its curved and pouting lips; was made to match. At the back of her as if with the design of concealing as little of herfine hair as possible, was set a jautity little’ cap, modestly but trimmed with pink ribbons. Her dress was black French merino, made tight to the bust, and up to the throat, where it was by a very small, white, fine linen collar. She looked, ‘but ‘for a certain and were received by them all with bows and ness. Every one would have given seats to them, more especially old man who sat by Agnes and the half-blind old needlewoman. But the Jeffkins’ had or most attached to Jeffkins : their acq) before, and. a reform even those whom law These his poor guests, his humble friends, some of them of many years standing; had been raised; by his Christian love'and goc from misery and depravity, either in themselves or those with whom they were connected: ‘They ré- membered him in their ‘prayers; he was their friend and counselor in all-their Other friends of this class ‘he had: besides these seven guests, in the same class of society, but a not here;, some, means, brother... The man.was of -a w ture, and had been beguiled intocrime 5am remembrance of /Frank Lawtord’s pity and for- giveness, .would work. a surer in. ae than. his, seven , years’ exile, saan were. th pa bed acts of this good man’s Chri be nevolence ; they were seen and blessed by angels of God, rather thantrumpeted among men. Of ail his humble friends, Frank Lawford was ford was passing, one summer noon, down a wretched street in hood of Spitalfields, where he. pepe pera bleeding elled by the d ity. i etter dye thet was taken ; her “hus From this unpromisi fortunate results for the lowed. Lawford soon of those whom an unha; ged down into the erne isery. sormuaiang vetwae Bn a little gleam’ feeling bri ing, like the ray of a winter's sunset, the heart of heaslt snd he husband. The day was over; and the morning dawned w Yen @ more vernal season, of which it might ‘said, that Mr. Lawford ee ep om | ee had burst into his joyless heart but that hitherto
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THE AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER. t 9 De aeet f apbioe {panion ; 6w-_what a’) ‘*T ain ashanied, yo TT Spice nice, Sey sat A ie = , Pehl | ‘she, | I am sshamed to look Fy “ete im, was Saas nothing wntil it | also’ waaay her eyes’; “we iti 9 tee whiat we ‘what has “happened tad received. her can do f in her.” you weré’ Moa London tareye d Ife tas ~~ “Without™ notin ey fathers emdtion—how ‘The old gentleman wrote’ ‘a very “kind letter'|af P miist 8ée"you again.” °°" feat often she thought of it afterwards '!—she linked |'back, offered his house “to atly of them, re-|" "Have" you “seen “your father ?” maf ‘her arm into to HS. and accompanied ‘him into questéd to know of their circumstances, ‘and | Agnes. the’ library, tri Bahoved room Which seemed “a | regretted that his own’ indisposition ‘prevented | The girl burst tats ‘Sell, and epported’ her. part of her father, and “where she," too, the his Being ‘uble to attend thé fineral’ His‘ son, ’self against’the table.’ | so'99 > Eide dea companion of éyen highoursor study |howévér, would go as’ his’ representative.” In|" ~** Sit down; Fanny,” said Agnés, a : nt and wrote, too, without interrupting. him; | a postscript he’added, that ‘if his’ brother had'| chair towards the fire;“arid‘near ‘er own” nay, pe father said that it did hint good to cast |Jeft them i ‘any pecuniary “entbarrassment, ‘he | ant glad that ‘you aré come—what, now, cant i up éye8 from his book and see her form begged that he “might be’ applied to; ‘aid for- do for you 7” 9°" * t vi emno'y oe near him. . They sat down at his table, he with |thernioré, hé Gésired to Know “what family his’! '“P‘cannot sit in® your? présetice,” ata the his lanip before ‘him “and” his manuscript, and brother had left; and'what ‘prospects they “had | girl, after the violence of her emotion was over. she on a low.seat opposite, to him, and * just at | inthe world. {“*F am very uthappy,” She said? “T ama} or, "his Knees: Mr. ‘Tom Lawford attended ‘his uncle’s’ fune—} fallen creature, I know’ anid! it “has cost “*T must read you the whole Of ‘nly last chap- | tal, arid’ carried back the news that men’ of Yank ! great deal to make’ up mind to come I dd ter,” said “he, laying ‘his hand om her “beautiful land distinction attended it Hkewise. Of about /n6t know how’ you would receive mei" “head. la dozén'pooy mourners “who followed the” pro-/” “TT have'dlways wished you well,”"Said Agnes, Tt was a long chapter, sid on “a serious’, sib- | cession; ‘he ‘said“ nothing, for ‘he“knewW’ not’ of | wiio ‘had risen, ieee Yeast “they ight ios Jeet; it contained a summary of ‘his ‘views on | them ; ‘they, however, next to his “own ‘family, ; séeny équal’; ‘but; oh} Fanny, you must diswer man’s duty to man——a'subject’ admirably sited most bitterly bewailed his loss. | me one question why do you a 4 “rehiifn ‘to to his pen. It’ was written fron his heart,‘and “Make way, will'you ?” said one’of ‘the ‘sex- your father?” ; was the concentration of thé whole’spirit of his | ton’s' assistants to a “poor matiwho stood’ by | Agaiti thé girl burst into ‘ears, ia remained works, and of his life. Agnes” tng glowed is | the ‘giave “after the company’ ad moved away, | silent. he Weilt On; ‘she responded ‘to, every noble sen- | ““let’s get this earth shovelled in.” THe pérson |" ““Am T ‘to understand,” Conti ned aah oN “timent, And’ their eyes often met, With an ex- | addressed was standing! With “his ‘arms folded, - “that you do not ee as pression of unspeakable affection and tnidn of | his hat pulled over his éyés, atid ‘was Iodking | so, why, then, are you Heré ?” ih Tt yi fea ‘soul. “It was the young disciple sitting’ at the | thto the grave where the coffin lay’ barely ‘cov- / | Bivens for you? If it be that," r a ly feet of the mastér, and heariigfor the fast tinie | 'éred with a few shovel-fulls of soil. ©“ By “your | will I do it.” “ She inade no f ‘the words. df, love and wisdom from, his lips— | leave ?” said the man, again putting forth ‘his | continued,, ‘“T'do not Know gt Lt ate “Oh, what ‘lessons Were. théy ‘to be hengefor-| spade. The person addressed heayed’ @ deep | of crime and wrétchedness may “ward tT ~ groan, and then moved ‘slowly ‘away. od | your heart, but I Or oe x tae “When man’ has veer! fulfilléd ‘his ‘duty |help him” said the nian, Tae after hiny) and | falleh past Prey ce not till ‘then, has | touched by his’ manner; “‘I do bélieve "that | of you; by all that is ‘to. his féllow ah Gon nil ani “he a right to call God his Father!” || here Hes somebody in this coffin that. he'Toved,” | return to yo our father ; crt "Thebe were thie concluding wOHIs of Khe ar-|" ‘Tom Lawford returned” Hone,” and br of pou, I know w eee eee get gument; and his daughter, with tears of | es the ésteem in which’ bls nncle lived: “of” his !account——we even’ dhe toh midst of our sorrow, “emotion in her eyes, g lovingly into his’ respectable home; of his i valuable ibrar haye had tears to pie for him, and he has “At be" gay a an came oyer his piney fine picture and bust; ties chthion's the only wept apd ig Sf an, alti 1_he ote ning ee his. in the latge Setihutseh Wibod itd 39 er seemed 80 | may be APs cies 3 ; , What i rnich t, he laid hand upon his | excessive ; of her othe, ne was a| Fate 0 —his a nd §0 as you a short conyulsion shook his frame. |'gentlewoman ; of ‘the two 'fine” and inter- Teal him |” ; ob made no . : Her scream brought in ‘her |-estitig boys. eae ice oy snerally, girl sed, aped ie Topol, no Ages are Here omni which fol- he regen feo ; ‘they were pia te : a oer gi rom, lostaiaai offers of his father, but wh “Do not close. ur heart £ oe hoe eis lowed, we cannot describe it if we would—the | by the kin husband, the father—the noble author, at the | they werenot too proud to ‘accept of them ‘it tinued dike | of mén of his work’s completion, was dead! “He Was difficult to say. poor pr in the; ssoepel ie hen was entitled to call God his Father; |" 'The’head 6f the family pede two |arms to emb you; for if you do, you. Father } : was. departed! © thousand pounds left—what was tobe done ef ime yo fr y for bf sorrow, almost of despair, settled | for the family ? i ta and her nak mip em ‘with | your future horrerer ek 9 ut ; BEY Bohs Poor | heayy, but yet fe be; nor if_your life be the house to fae together. : a Yow day a Teter fr the | some sar are 30" Fight to intrude, youre 4a that Mtr 1 ded | Rev. Mr. Mi urs. 1 ‘d's “brother into this 4 tole poids us Law- (Scotland, arrived to deterthiné their’ plans: He The he eng Wiles ee eet ‘advised that what’ ‘little Incomé "theré “was | ing, cant @ quick, glance at : BC; ts somebody saw should be devoted to the tee rt ing, ta te so7 seddind mid yar 2 Whe note Sop the gal , | bE the at the school where it was their | ‘\Jf.1 od IY oak a my et arberag. [hero Giga ioe Tiresehhne. |weltare and hapaiapnp, “on woroaree hers for : apers, of dll creeds and parties, aii-| advised that Agnes should, for the pr ac- |W piness; . Xi come within a few re and with honorable |" of the iran eo ‘her father’s family | some, purpose—what is it? ‘Lam sure it must intellectual worth, the freely. his mioral of b THB Lawford! _**Poor Frank is dead !” dectabenod his BAe zeorge See 1S he for many years gout-|to him. hs Witter tread fi = _ 8q family at ata. tion. . Macintyre had been’ thé dear friend }cast you off, although you zhay have sinned ; or Frank ! etek elated fendi of ‘her usband ; e fancied now that, could he we are all. sinners one way:or another: before laid doy: have ‘spoken, ‘he would have advised the God—He knows what our temptations have or Fr, FEARS ister Colville who sat |‘samie. m ac ‘TL wonder how he has | “And now’ the’ time came when ‘the ‘happy | «| wi if “aa: J to do something to a} was her last évening in’ the home oe woritahs | were, Miss’ A: tee in a tremulous their grief. A few words she tng hap act re Sorrow. She was seated | voice, a it best of fathers, on the noblest of human beings apres wHich hee talbor had Gi; eats [ak I kaw, Be -kow wxwevtny fw —but as she wrote, her tears blinded her eyes, |in deep thon ht, and with her eyes swimming with you. “ You cannot despise me more than I rag ye PP The squire wept as‘ the } with tears; w cterteet tree beet ms oma despise myself; my father cannot love me more c. “We ought to have done! of a woman in a large and with her bon- thanIlove him! He thinks I have forgotten poor Frank,” said he.” “T have net drawn over her face, entered. Agnes /Iiim—-ohy no. I would lay down myllifefor him. satin fr late partici, been sorry for started. | How have I wished that I could see him in dan- ny debe we should have re- The woman advanced astep or two, ‘and’then | ger of ‘his life, own, ervehis--hae'? eould hear that he was our brother.” “The stood with down-cast eyes, e Sa eriminal be- e Wept bitterly—he had hardly wept more | fore his ju . Femi Wife Gad y “Fanny ne tkins |” cxcined Agnes, with | eeryone fom him) so rena t go and nurse We will do something, * said Aunt Colville, ' tone ialwhich surprise and pity were mingled. 4
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1s THE AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER. love! Does this look as if I had.no love for, some of my thi him ?” asked she. set off to La ‘* Fanny,” said *‘you wish to show your affection and otion to him in some wild, improbable way, and such occasions never will occur—but in the simple, easy, common- place way of going to’him, and proving to him your you will not show it. This is no true affection! What days and nights of unspeakable anguish, worse than any peering of body, you might spare him, and yet you wi not! No, Fanny, deceive not yourself with the idea that yours is true affection—it is selfish- ness—it is pride—God forbid that it should be ever worse.” “Tt is an easy thing to judge,” said Fanny, in a voice of —“‘it is a bitter thing to suffer! and I have suffered !” “Then your child also,” continued Agnes, “where is it? These are the thoughts which wring por ua father’s heart—what is become of your chi Sep have done very wrong, Fanny, you have y deceived us all!” «Misa Agnes,” said Fanny, “ you and your family have been very good to me, and how much I have loved you, I have no a, oh say, ued she, as if impatient to proceed, “I came here, as you say, for a purpose, and that I must accomplish or die. I have heard that you are ing to live altogether at Lawford—that was a to me! and there are those yet at whom I would die to save. You will see him, Miss Agnes,” continued she in a hur- tied, agitated voice ; *‘he will love you—he cannot help it—and you will love him, there is no helping it, and oh, when you are his wife,” said sheclasping her Hog Aneesh ved done to my poor child. It is there! I was not the unnatural mother my poor father im- agined me-‘how could I? I> loved the child too well to have done it any —it was dear to me as an angel of heaven, for its fa- _ ther’s sake, unkind as he was to me! At first ‘the was bitter to me, of you being his wife—but I am now satisfied: I know apn cHFE. ett 5 i eg ® ;} me! but oh, Miss to raise alittle money, and My child was beautiful, I eee no one could have the heart to cast “And yet you could,” interru Agnes. “That was not my ee ee Fan- ny, ‘‘I told his father, in the bitterness of my desertion, if need were, I would send it to him ; and for my part, I meant to work hard for it. I hoped to get a wet-nurse’s place in London when I returned; but I took cold, was laid up with a dreadful fever, insensible for some weeks; and, when I recovered, it have no mercy and whom law could I wassold, body and soul. I had no hope, no power to rescue myself. Against my will I was now a sinner. Remorse and i took hold on me ; I felt that now I wasa loath- some sinner, and the punishment of sin was on me. I seemed to myself not worth saving— m p six was R pony and my self-respect ; and L longed for was revenge on my oppres- sors, and death for myself. I saw my poor fa- ther’s advertisements; but he had thrust-me out when I was comparatively spotless—now I was not worth saving—it was too late! Nothing but death, and the pity and mercy of Pat pa redeem me, and I only said let me ie! ” Agnes wept. “Oh, Miss Agnes,” continued Fanny, in a broken voice, ‘‘it is a lamentable thing to think of a human being made thus hopelessly forlorn—made thus ——. thus worthless, through the villainy of others, What islaw for, if these things are to be!_ The queen isa woman like us, and yet there is no pity for us ? Great and good ladies, en’s wives and ters, are women. like us, and yet on us they have no pity! We are down at the low- est turn of fortune’s wheel; and yet, such as I, the betrayed and the unfortunate, are prop- erly objects of pity, and not of anger and scorn.” ‘because the us willfully wicked, fas Pentel gto pene Oem Lpens Se ares ae wicked. I loved one too high for me. - I was beguiled and deceived ; and loss of my good name, and my father’s favor, andthe having ruined hi peace, was my fitting punishment. My after intention was to be and blameless. I meant to work hard for my child and tosin no But a power, irresistible as death, took hold on me, under the guise of friendship ; and, weak in body and mind, I was —let me see you ask his forgiveness—let me see you be “We shall, we shall be reconciled!” returned Fann pepe. ““T will go to my father m: know parable of the prodigal son, I have often thought of it—of going too to my father. I have thought also of putting an end to my own life. I must be grown very ry | wicked,” said she, in atone of the utmost an- guish—‘‘yery wicked indeed you will think Agnes, this is the last time we shall ever meet, the last time you will ever hear my voice. I shall never again see my child: hear then my prayer,” said she, sinking on her knees; ‘‘ when you are yn Ee Do not be ashamed of the of an unfortunate mother! You are good: he will refuse you nothing; and so, may God Almighty always hear your prayer; and may no child of yours ever want a friend!” “Rise, Fanny! rise,” said Agnes, ” me. his | kind intercourse which painful his wife, have|and the sad and strange la dark cloud over the mind of “Do not nee me,” poor young woman, with eyes ‘of tears, ‘‘or I — indeed doubt if there be a God in Heay- en!” ‘‘All that I can do I will do,” said Agnes, tenderly—‘‘ but for your child "—— “Plead for it with its unkind father,” said Fanny; ‘‘plead for it with him as you can: and keep my ew from all the wees ‘* Promise me, in return, then,” said Agnes, ‘*that you will go to your father!” “Twill! I 1” said Fanny, rising from her knees. ‘“‘It will soon be all one # me, whether he is angry ornot.” “This night you will go to him!” repeated es. ‘“‘T will! I will!” returned Fanny, hastily, and rushed from the room. Poor Fanny! It was a wild dark night; and, gathering her cloak about her, she ran through the streets, and onward through lane and alley, in the direction of her father’s house, which was several miles off ; through that vast ocean of life she went, of which she was but one drop of misery and woe. On she went, now feeling as if the pardoning arms of her father’s love were enfolding sustaining her; now, as if that fearful and heart-rending scene of repul- sion and outcast, which had thrown her, a wreck, upon the sea of infamy and sorrow, was again to be acted. But a strong resolve drove her on. Now she thought of the woman whose victim she was: the the unspar. ing! now of the man whom she had been tempted to murder ; and, like le aa ape “ will go he wept tears of love and pity. ‘Better haye ab ed he, have been thus deserted so. proud as I was of her—thus to have ote thot ht on thi of ought onthe years perity which had been ; on his Little on hi mame; on his the little set of whom he been the of the days when he had y the country, and his little him: he thought of Mr. J E | Ege e neh i E F itt eee Sy lowed to exist between and his friend; of the yearly his little shelf of books, at the little chair in which hh wi Fanny bed child ; and, all at once, a overflowed. his heart, and his his knees, he sat and ~veptlike a bila But r Fi came not. She her father’ door, then turned oo ra She £ . ; | went far off. It was deep ; NO one saw she, | her, or heard her, eecepting fee who neither ba tempests hol funeral pall ad waenall ly e! the gray over her! and the strong ice enclosed her in a embrace. ——_ CHAPTER VIL interview with Fanny Jeffkins, . history which that poor and unhappy girl had told her, hung ike the next morning she journeyed to- f as the next mo é journe te- Ie Yims th i pode, Her * you | ever, was mingled with sympathy for her poor hanble—friend,
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THE AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER. Agnes was never more this moment. The belief of agony pleading with her, ‘‘ Bea my child, and keep my secret from !” rung in her ears and in her determined with herself to wait pa- rayed earnestly, though Bae God, and ability to é going from home in a day or two on a long and therefore she was sent to meet her. avery cordial welcoming of them, Agnes thought, and the her. now, while with a dejected and anx- poor Agnes is making the last ten her journey, let us say a few words on the exact state of the family, moment, we understand better i E E i it i i di father had been now for some years a invalid, who rarely left the house. His sister Colville fancied that she saw in him traces of an impaired intellect; but in that she was i It is true, however, that the more ent of his affairs had now been, for some time, in the hands of his eldest son, that Tom Lawford, of whom we have heard ie i something already: still that ed nothing the sound state of his however in- firm his health mi be. His sister Colville, of her husband, the learn- ed archdeacon, and of his wife, had resided with Poor man, he required now also much and con- stant personal attention, and that of a kind which his grown older, not of est of Sean aca uaa nt destined to the church from his infancy, the ap- pointed future rector of Lawford, when he should haye taken orders, and death should have removed the present rector, now well advanced in years. Nobody but the really clever widow of Archdeacon Colville would have known how to manage all points so as to make every one a gainer in this family game at chess. Nothing, however, was more easy to her than this. Her own brother-in-law, Sam, the present curate of Lawford, should marry her eldest niece, Mildred, and thus, receiving the living as a part of his wife’s fortune, two per- sons were at once provided for. Mildred and Sam Colville had been brought up, as it were, together; the only wonder was that anybody should think of anything else but their mar- riage. Mrs. Colville had always prided herself on the success of all her schemes; therefore, nothing in this world seemed to her more natu- ral than that her dear old father-in-law should quietly drop off just at the right moment for the young people to have a home ready to re- ceive them. Mildred became Mrs. Sam Col- ville and a little marriage tour of two months sufficed to put the rectory-house in good order for them. “* What is to become of Edward ?” asked his father, when Aunt Colville first ss ae to him the marriage between Mildred and her brother- in-law; ‘‘don’t let us have another ‘ poor Adolphus’ in the family!” But the warning was hardly néedful. Aunt Colville had managed all that. Years before, while Edward was but a boy, she knew that his inclination turned rather to the army than the church; and-when Edward, with the quick eyes of youth, saw a lover-like spring- ing up between the Hall and the rectory, as it had done in the days of the last generation, he opened his heart fully and freely to his aunt, | and besought her influence with his father that his destination in life might be changed. The omnipotent Aunt Colville managed all according to his wishes, the young soldier embarked with his captain’s commission for the East Indies, f unbounded gratitude fond, | to his aunt, and evincing its continuance by sending to her Delhi scarfs and Indian toys. ed | His career so far had been a brilliant one; and in the world for two unmarried daughters. "had done in former She had been a mother to Adolphus; and now. it was with no little gratification that he heard of herself as the mother of his chil- As a mother, she had already been look- ing outin the world for suitable settlements and alliances for them The Lawfords, however, were not alone the objects of the diplomatic lady’s ambition; the Colvilles were so likewise : for ifshe was a Law- ‘by birth, she had become a Colville by }_ and though she had no children of her own, the family of younger brothers and sisters of her husband had, ever since her marriage, been objects of her care. All had, one after another, been well settled and well disposed of long ago—all, excepting the young- his aunt’s, favorite phrase was, that ‘he had en et ot thilitary glory upon the| tions of family tree.” Edward, from his boyhood, had been much attached to his young sister Ada, to whom he now wrote of his splendid life in the East, and never ended without saying that should her course of true love not run smooth, or should she find no one to her mind, she must come out to him. It was a favorite joke of Ada’s, that she would go to India to her brother; but it was only a joke: neither she nor her Aunt Colville had any ideas of anything but an Eng- lish husband in an English home. Ada was the pride of her aunt's heart: and, from the first moment of her becoming the head of her brother’s household, she resolved thas Ada should marry well. She looked round among the county gentry for a suitable husband for her, and none seemed so desirable or so suit- able as the one whom destiny, it was believed, had appointed for her. This was their neigh- bor, Mr. Latimer, of the Hays, a gentleman of large independent fortune, who, having now, for several years, been his own master, established for himself one of the finest and most unexceptionable of characters. Mr. Lati- mer was one who, both for his worth and his wealth was universally courted. Any one would have been proud of his alliance ; many had striven for it, but he seemed hard to please; he required much, very much in a wife; and, quite aware of his own desirable- ness to some half-dozen at least unmarried young ladies, still preserved his own unspoiled | facilitate that pacts 5 sincerity of character, and would neither be| markably easy ones. Mr. Latimer’s only sis- wooed, nor flattered, nor coquetted into com-! her on the conquest which her niece had made ; and she began, even spite of her usual tact prudence, to speak as if it were as E ii E Q 3 i 8 E i ht FF iu ae Ada might be mar- Could it be i and annoyed at her waywardness petulance in his presence. Had, then, . two years’ absence anything to do with this ?, was it intended to bring her to her senses, or; to wean him of a passion which, he t hopeless! Mrs, Colville tried the ques- tion in all ways ; she redoubled her own atten- tions to him ; talked seriously to Ada ; besought her not to let such a lover escape; spoke scandal in the neighborhood, of the triumph of this and that lady ; and remembered, with this, and was now deserting the field to prove himself free, and leave the lady a free course with her other lovers? Never had Aunt Colville been in such a dilemma before. That. no enemy, however, might triumph, she as much S , pemiiie, the. ott appearance of things,—spoke of “dear Mr. Latimer’s departure” as » patie .& mity ; cout pomihly gare’ wtih: hate, Soe cae co y. CN ene Se Des Pek, As a declaring himself to Ada if vere his. wish. It looked well Mr... Latimer spent his at Lawford. ought tobe; but Zor all thet what aid’ he ought to ; but for what. f ony AE pietig? Bist he hed na Bat a) finding her Miss Lawford on his return. And thus he left the house, and the Colville was exceeding} angry said not a single word either of her Ps her chagrin to Ada ; that she for breast and for Mrs. Sam_ Colville her e, had risen very high in opinion. Ada was too proud, Latimer as of the dear friend of 4 of one who had quite a fraternal regard the young people ; but for Ada she now to look out fora new connection in the world of London, to *which now, for the time, they went during the season. great change seemed to have come over young beauty. It was the working of a deep, earnest love, her aunt imagined ; and after having again unsuccessfully schemed and : ; f i qf PriPace a i i ae z . e had | planned, she thought it wisest to leave things pet nena ian gonad ee Aad pe her former wishes regarding Latimer. She was convinced that he would not marry whilst abroad ; and, in the meantime, the bent which | Ada’s mind seemed to have taken would only {on on are her more com to fascinate him is return. All would bewell, she doubted fot, in the end ; butas diplomacy was her pas- sion, she could not taking some steps to those steps were re- ter, to whom he was greatly attached, and some,
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v THE AUTHOR'S. DAUGHTER. —< —<—— — —————— ———e g en. mar Se t..Colville had said ;, ‘tare wil, sep if ,) he. went cand came, and thonght his ‘own poor he Seat acted just as e pease, without ton, canno’. do something ;for this. Fas lly has written such a very proper. | body wondering at anything he did... - Ta ng E vf hate : na 2 i ifs « ; —_—— : o} B | “She said this, at first, as the thought of the : nienaded teas 9 ppt ‘ $ spon ate yea boeing 2 eft fend ening . or dn2T at latge party at. thing ; but on after, consideratie | “Ed atnow at Lawford,” wrote Agnes: t0dhert Which poor Fanny Jeffkins had ~. " j especially after. Tom had. returned home, and; mother, ; within ik dress and fiara .of. brought word that his; cousin Agnes, whose, ‘at the eof my father's. youth... Ah bso Sidi % ; a { Mrs” Acton perhaps thought that Ada hardship, and living here will be quite an. fied by the “holy. spirit of love and, death. «My: ye itable wife for nee ike, she in. advantageous. change to. her,” thought she ea a \ 4 Pst Place ha appeared charmed; by her | herself. - ah : | he was born where he passed. the -bright-daps:: eauty, and ni ‘acquaintance seemed notte, - Mr«Lawford, who. like his sister, calculated, of his childhood, and that happy. youth,-of, oe ete ed the effect. Mrs. Colville “con-| certainly upon Ada’s marriage, conceived, as which he retained such delightful remembrance. aa red t at sean Of her inviting Ada to! she had already done, the idea of his niece sup- ; Thank God that his youth was -happy,! jo5 oy ; rs ong and intimate yisit, to_ be | plying: to-him the ,place of a daughter; ‘and| . “On Sunday, we were at.churghl, Ifancied | root that she ‘was tacitly forwarding the | then,” thought he, ‘there is this advantage in. to myself the comer of the «pew wheres my( a eee tet i ily went | v. mes came to! me to get married. , Ada has so POASY AGRA | there; and when he ,sab. apd, watched the rec- ba returned | tances, and b sivars going out, y ime; thérefard, whe A resi ees tht Colville Cie Joptii ms, and regarded / tid to’: at bly a thé future Mrs. Latimer, She began’ hour. _ Poor Frank's daughter will be very dif- | from. aboye her prayer-book, sly glances.at,liex» 6 a Most lively ifterest again in the Hays, | ferent; she will have no acquaintance but us, , young lover! And just aboye. the. pew is(thty 1 fe that She had not ‘obtained a/ and we will make her happy amongst us.” } marble tablet to the memory of his mother; herself, for to her shé hinted n —was | brighter prospects in_life we can offer her; , blended in one;..I lived over again their-whole» Mrs. Sam. ¢ a Aah ta tal hoe sat eae Easy, peeettewioan, ” a | marble aig gph esd igned and. executed, » s in the churchyard, between two, dark,» rown cypresses, in memory of her, ‘The: ise : ne ofmy un: themselves of Ada’s marriage as of a settled ter provision for his children! thing, and never did the the gate of the | 5, oe oiné even within it Ags chim- ithout feeling as were already xtremely good, Were I rich, I would, laps, however, the only person in ‘the | h all have ; needs none! _ hom Mrs. | earts 5 Mr. the hearts Yentured Eg tot ‘‘ The weather, when} “Amen!” said Mrs. Ar sas for the : : hin y of himself, | objection at all to 1 goss with we: the pe : ER gs thea hr gh toes session at part- and I ; : ¢ an on with my f ond 0 and that was one reason why at : society ; hi éral offers— | I was so willing for her to go to Acton's; ‘me Acton; a great} awd therefore if my pieR 4 to, Frax (’s through, a. suce Jover her; she was no longer | daughter, and od turns out tractable 0 aver, sadder, per-' ful, nothing ; and she’ Kely must | ‘ than when he | to marry; and as she is not and ha d read i1 oe thougiit, that | no fortune, there- and n even to t fn this state of affairs came the news of Mr. prs &) satisfying confidence. | 80. often; bag Rett rene in London. ‘Little as| “‘ And we atéd,as I dare | many _ “the - between these two | say she is,” continued Aunt Colville, ‘in course | and piceneee, of time, if an; might have rae ey a Here, too, must be that copse, 2 ; wich rw. 7 Ada is married,” said she, wii 2 Ver ‘a senti-| look, “one may reckon the Actons as 4 part of | for here is the rookery, and, + by , mT be. " the rooks, as you re- Such w member, with his Greek Homer. im his-hand. | the ews dame of | and) such were their sen 0 ““*T cannot tell you the effect which these old’ poor wy L with | haunts prc on my mind: the spirit of these * His} quiet, sylvan scenes, breathes. inien iauch hss art yearned and he meant, in | my father has written, and it makes me inte- showing good will toward to satisfy his | scribably sad; sad, when I think how he, whe, soul, if i "The | of all men, loved nature. so truly, and was so two in mt ; attached to this place, was an outeast from it. is ye I think of the ent it-would have been nor ac’ 1ythin to have come here and gathered again ‘these . | Ada, it might be supposed, was so much | primroses by the river's brim ;’ and those to of at a) ae the now approaching return of whom they belong have let them bloom and Mr. , and with the visit she was about | die, year after year, and never have drawn from to pay to his sister, as to have no thoughts to them a holy or a sentiment. Poor for any less interesting sub Teens Lone, See he, who bring my father ubject, to was by no means w far called a spring flowers: who would walk i hd kept many of her panty seas, topmther bie the early violets; how
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s THE AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER. Ee e a . page to the last. So she re. w w s or dozed; and when he was tirel—and st say a word or two; for instance, | Agnes; but you ought to know, that your poor /‘was very often as tired ofdisténing as» she ae peg the rich ‘a6 not bind” tHe poor to | fathér ‘separated*himself frond his family, and /reading—the book was laid down, and they n by deéds 6f kintiness; what “is this very }cut off ‘his “own means of ‘and ‘his -began to talk, which he-very'soom had found to eat B_You (are wineseing? ‘what! was ft /own-advancement in life."by “abdndoning-the |be a plédsant wa of i en Heben- at T did upwards of thirtf years ago?’ 1 8- fold hereditary opinions of his-famil and by couraged her to talk of her parents; of her broth- tablithéd Sunday and schools in this par- adopting others which gentlemen ers, of her former home and’ofthe people she ish, T took care, at Teas éxcellent not hold; therefore you niust consider how | knew'in Her ‘uncle tool’. a great de- ©, thi ‘ ; be able al, how unpleasant, how’revolting it must light’ in her’ society, and missed her when she hould Know its Catechisny tho- | us to have such ‘opitions ‘broached in our was absent ; he called ope: — ed tracts; put down -presence’; and especially by on’ whom we have “her ‘attentions by a kiss, said blic-houses,. arid bowling-greens, “abd § Mg ree grt dn honmwe wish | his youngest daughter, and that»her -very pre- hich are uented by the lowést entertain favorable sentiments I ‘hope, hetthde wok tiem soukined thistpatar ind hie i ters ; he éxpelled Metho- therefore; that you will never let Mrs)Sami hear ‘tion. Poor Agnes, she did not easily tire of of @ parish,, apd establish ig aitything of the froin ‘your lips {"o ing to her unelé of her home and her family, rs.and the more, Tespectable inhabit- | ‘Agnes made’ no reply; rt or a te me ater Be me t© weep when aD i . for en g none fown dépendenee. - A othousand contradictory | 80; but then the old man grew irritable ed: church re j, and sent |emjotions ‘agitated’ her'sdul ; ‘but her heart was | if she wept, and therefore she soon learned to their. sehool. Bu these efforts too full of words, and aqptiet tear fell from her ‘On painful subjects, for both their were vain. Vice and prrgein g gherm abe he wwe od ai 1 Lotenag sakes; and ‘iter the warning cher aunt mere increased; the use that was made of ed-| AuntColville saw thd “tear, and’ was touched |‘had ‘her, carefully a ‘touching i hole | by it “es amod I rues (or’the virtues of the:poor! © or 2 La AVe will drop this subject now,” the shid:; : Ht bE saat i i ts faa gi “ pat wher I have leisure and tat Tne at Lawford, ‘was taken mostly im the little « relate much istanoes ot depravity which Morary whery the ol gentleman sat, that be - manties sentimental way, only shows your | have ¢éme* tndér my" own as are really might enjoy it with the family; and on these total i ants pet ee ings . ‘have Geour-| oeeasions it'Was, de'the reader knows, the duty a ag ha oy ad rh le) bel evento lee apa eebed teen the emer eae in 80 many other places: even in Law- lighter news, police report, i 2 [Radon their ows childrn'"" At Hawiond | "One of which he-was very fond. 2 abandoning ir own children’ « Lawford morning while reading Hall, not so very Hong since some wickéd an-| oa - ~ mother her child but a few weeks ti nt * C bring the judgments of Aa y whew bee boot cwe ai od doistw 3 re oat wiplauant wabect,” mid her | “<T cannot ro on Not an-| the word about it j “for I see Mrs. Sam ’ pan , 4 a . reeks - as: tne uh bt Se oS pees a ne ey had desired that Mrs. ly father was the friend of the poor c ‘fneee sacks’ Oy sal thar copa es cuered fepgaisay Sa” hi ag om Like t i : 5 $e ih iii 28 an : ; : f i
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THE AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER. 6 —cenens Maton, 8 Sits Det ten omy sie tape tee 2 Ee oe y ene one present !” for though Tom was there, she | been a sinner, I knew also the intense 0 d, and considered. him like no one.. misery which she endured. God is merciful— ertain whether Agnes Tom éat with his forehead on his hand, his | let man be so too! And for my part, I again | li becoming of coffee untouched before him, and seemed. beseech of you. not to ascribe or impute evil to spirii ” Ate: v to peng Soe book which lay open on me. I believe i m the . table. . y he seemed an indiffer- | to pacieceeng nets : ent auditor_of what passed, but in reality, he | he felt as much agitated as Agues herself. | Y “Not exactly a friend of your, father's, my dear,” ‘said her. uncle, if possible, to and sinners, and permitted his feet to shield her from her aunt’s dis e. .. | by the tears of Mary Magdalene !” “Yes,” réturned Agnes, firmly, ‘‘ he was so, | one whem. my father , and. per- | with ‘increased P o) -im the truest. sense of the word,” replied Agues, aa A and ina voice of deep sorrow, | went out, , witan = perhaps was. 1, at least, may say truly, * Allow me to leave the ie,” that Lowas her friend ; and strange as, these | rising, and with tears in her eyes. words may seem to you, they are capable, of i such explanation as I believe would satisfyeven hurried but gentle voice, SoMfile oe all along that Es tad- | the next monica | idealism, this sympathy and friendship with.the | his hand, said, in a peculiar voice, ““Do not, ; ‘ depraved lower wae could not: possibly lead | Agnes, Jet anything which my Aunt Colville | eative.»:- tbyif , | Said distress you. We all know how, good you ‘ ormal, old and ro x ndshi for aban- ie. os “a Snnct oititin’ Agnes,” Hy . har d . h fT 4 ' /ords ' alae some re ei oa pions 9 i o ties ee u t ¥ her aime in look cok indie Met a ia Lal with | si se ee wa) faisrighe ‘heal Bas $2 et sergeiptincaet ata Mn a ee > tobe, as one. may, say, d | he went ow! iat, ; ~ in ri 6 sounken, ks ~~ The | the park, where the appniccs 9 spring distinetions. of society must ae : rich | were Visible after the dead sleep “of winter? ordained by h ; ind talk of of our Christian duties of sélf- her: it as something qui accusatio _and sorrow. His feel-} At length spting i ‘ him, or to any else; that he in requiring ray “im the affection of my uncle. ‘loves me; “he | Ber pes (xii father: “and” tow ‘that~Anni ; “Wars went ou! and Atnt Colville and Mts. | fies soni es Sd Sees oon. See | ior on in poor Théy talked to her uncle about the distress | 6f mind which she still manifested ing | pass to Sid Oe ks acti off’ guflieataa tat iacaa i a ie \f ins ; but old gentleman astonished Poor old i. wford perceived, by the tone | them by er part... { 3 my of his sister’s voice, how angry Sie wag ; |. It showed, he said, her goodness of heart, : pend, wishing to his, wlnoe, EES mer uninnity, her Clann charity; and be | he S eee te hes, the ost tryin could have | sides this, the. conversation he ad with) servants, ¢ ian ne this infortinaté girl thorough gentl wen 8) Ea ee nee tee eee a 1,“ And when did you see this unto i ewoman not exist. was few. wi ‘ i : ae last?” asked be ‘Tow started as he heard it, Archdeacon Colville’s works | great deal said on. this subject. 5 : ts _ e subject, uncle,” said Agnes. rational as their own. ‘ and to-morrow a = : ag ey, conceive 1 Ask me} Aunt was not at all either or} sister of Mr. Acton, and a young lady, as T nO. it! But ob, for God's sake,” | com and anxious for gf Mrs (told, of great fortune and_beatty, comes aa sping her hands, and looking implor Sam's es We = ej, op & yisit » = toy cae See ee: that ingly into his face, “do not Haptite evil to mie! u third ly at the ig OF her late ' Aunt Colville, in flection,
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THE AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER. ~ tone ea party wae fo ais if, with : nfo ES eee snares SS. el, “Ae sptiovingly, © i ET . who scémed not to hear what to ‘ber favorite niece, andask- ‘Her * 0 ae Gr the Be DOO ‘sar Brees a, Ye Bink dee p Cousin swe boqtw D7 paiyee ds pe aunt and Mrs. Sam,"said he, ‘5 Ha tioer Serve On this oétasion. ~ [aidern: ee looking at him oe tp pm _ = venye> ? . : ¢ stg ‘ if reckénéd it aly ag 4 tie 2 See ye teh t 3 i nt wad ig Ela m fe dat Bae co ore ow i% Te. Dies Oc ig ; y nove 8 finds Soom sile Ly qarvena cals obsi ecmoo vs: pee dns ee is ae ‘dieres a
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THE AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER. in an evening. You have often me at home; and I know that Agnes would Snot dndirapeapernpeine aie tines ei-thee There isa large party, t ther take an additional but nidateipenee as Went wees kept A ; to her it seemed as if no one wished her to go, and with an agitation of voice which she in vain tried to repress, she | that she would stay at home. * Well, I eee no great hardship init?" said Mrs. Colville, ‘ should.” Noawbore was said ; visitors were atinowneed, | and the subject, as Aimes believed; passed from | ‘and Ithink it better that you every mind but her own. ll The day of gant atthand and news came.to the Hall that Mr. Latimer’ had arrived | They expected Sto nice? himefor thé first ‘time at Merley Park! -A stilinés® andre pose seenied, Fane Yael ma to have fallen upon the household’ at Lawford; as‘of intense and almost. ae Sra | Ada ‘was pression of intense love. " Mrs) Sam hadlong Interviews With Mis)-Colville, but about what Prd mere tiao sal wdzemids for the pidije cimp | gn a, Tce apes place, and’ with | sen. locate owas one She had brother ‘Mr. Latimer, filled her’ with: @ quiet: animation which gave ~— @ new expression il eee eonupareeling ‘eeaaame otlabzag of bewolla Joc Mg dt ‘interpreted asthe ex | | “She is my niece!” said Mr. Lawford, in a ft cae goes tt sci st snort mw getoone shail not take her!” said the lady, with godine The two might have proceeded to even fiercer contention they not, ‘at this moment, ‘been interrupted Sg Agnes herself, who, still in her new dress, with eager ‘and hted aston- ishment in her countenanee, & | fact was, that when she returned to her cham- ber,‘and ‘was about to-take off etsy packet | eye was caught by a carefully. | on hertoiletts table, addressed |Bponad'ty nat oland 2 Sarees to contain neal a ments. Who had-given them-to “her? was her first | question. How kind and generous eve was to her! thought bie; ana: believin ‘the | @dnorto-be her Cousin Ada, aheent | Qrenainge oon with a* “treedow which hay ma 7 | mewdr ised before! Trev ota Sok |e Cp how/dearedt ‘Ada ielerd- Uae | bave given me these |= ‘How beautiful ‘they “are | awexnetly the Ornaments Swank 8 “Wow yon a | inake me love you !” ‘siiihel { bas maint “T have not: vestmant spon? "replied Aasi as much <@ ae het cousin. saw'them before?) %! ; ane + ag am 1 obliged” asked rates hy sigenibobeos net dthad nt e seen, in the niidst "of con: herself. In a moment, she countenances her relatives ; biding the her hand sccube nouns eetithots was. ealled her back,’ “Agnes” ihe eer ak with a set || of splendid jet ornaments in her hand. ‘The | i “TT ewer | ave wee heat! trepes! ‘ = : ae ; Mrs ‘Colville had prim-@ her cries Sei of doing 90% “ahd éotld evén flatter © T fist say, bs a “a Phases deed "a gt Pen setditned Ada, thinking itig | Gnele rag ey an was not’ Wea * T camé'to ‘A
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THE AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER. ‘‘only for the present, put confideice:in God, Legige pba 92 Siggsbite 2p idad e434 aig 4 ‘1; ij ' 3 i 3 jal } ak a ie i, aft HE uate i ail ah Hal flee nif an ‘i i) iy Hee at Petiuiel aouanahs 3 Hn 1 atl ay fe Ril inh Ce patniely HUE Hit ky iq alba at: HF ii (ue nL lata ee | ta Hla TAL RT at i chal "ue bi iad ieee rt TRAE 4 isi TIER HUM RT er ee aH ayy ih Rae HF rut iti ie ine E i it i dif iit fi f i ip AEE ik iti! +H ni tee EF tua f su ik ale utd Hib it i de di ii Hane? flopudtle edi EL pes BL TE ue aly Has if eH Harada He ETH TLE 1 a ae eit fa tint tet wai Ht F cone elite ay fii fal at Hie fas fii ii i i us ree ned aa iii a i it i re Pye Ry : i : 3 5 ij ie eit ee Lai He baat | Hn! an F ist ful el ae eH ra fly i anit bt dig ul a iii aa ht ras i ne HE i bi i 4 fret aly Pee ae eit
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THE AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER. Before, she a few ininutes, by the old man’s could not help being infected hte = other, with thelittle tea-eq when the door was flung wide | open, and a an air ofthe utmost importance, the footman announced “ Mr, Latimer !” “ God Bless my soul 1” eXcliimed the old geni- tleman,. rising trom his chair, and seizing in come over her but a. few. ininul Mr. Latimer,” said he, again raising himself, “this is my niece; Miss Agnes Lawford. zor’ daughter—you have heard of his death Latimer tered his hand’to Agnes, and veid that Mrs. Acton had mentioned her being there. © Yes,” said the old gentleman ; “‘ poor Frank has been dead these six or seven months—per-| more. glanced beseechingly «t her unele, for | her ‘father’s death rede which it was | painfa) for her to hear spoken of. She felt Lat- Imer’s eyes upon her, and blushed deeply, shé knew not why. >: Hy Never was old Mr. Lawford so merry in all his life before. It amused him d meas- tre, to ' Mrs. Colville, and son and ble charm and all was so perfectly "| i Fest lid : E = Py i E efit if one of hte he: whether he had: ever ‘read her father’s works ; she passed themi'in review through her mind, and dwelt mentally upon the icular passages and trains of thought, which she would have liked to read to*him or hear him read. She thought 6f\Ada, and ‘of the ideal; which had always suggested itself to her mind,,, that this was the husband her family desired: for her. She thonghtof Ada’s céld, reserved)! ,/ and haughty character, which, until this very) evening, had evinced towards her go little kind- ness and sympathy, Ada’s conduct'to her was in- explicable; but then Mrs Acton, that worthy sister of such a brother, bad spoken of her witl: the warmest affection. ‘Yes, there was no doubt of it, Ada would be’ his wife, his beauti- ful wife ; and in spite of coldness and haughti-, ness, there was true womanly noble feeling in| her soul, and, being there, would not a life-long companion like Latimer, foster it and call it} forth in the most beautiful bloom as the sun! calls forth the flowers of summer? ; Such were the thoughts which passed through | her wncle had asked for information. } ° E i st time that she had and she i E i EF SHE ; E E uf I ak her the ‘ladies iat if he would, EERE ae a he an ne nis r Tose to take his could'the "glentlémast periuade ney woud n that of alf things the shou Agnes Lawford sing, yet lie would not stay: *"He is a |. perverse ‘féllow!” said the’ old geritleman when “hé “was “gone; “* but’ bless my soul! “what 'Jaugh we Shall hive against Mrs. Colville and the others.” CHAPTER XII. Agnes was in her own chamber, ‘neitherone nor, the other hadany part in. sri) Jeff kins; it was a difficult to her, and w thus doi ae ceo ~ - | ens eg: Lame in eae 4 — here ?” be re Ser at oa seated herself on a sofa, before which stood a Writing-table, and motioned to Agnes to do the same. sub “No doubt, Agnes,” she said, «iy copdtiet uct this. moment I Hi £7 46 i Bal 4 BE i il i a risks Z fF if
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THE AUTHOR'S DAUGHTERS’ —-— ——— — - _-- b,;cémaéat! sada y letter, 3 miled and a eae pet tea eee ie to pile 2 ir: ogethe: others. — So ies ‘wa Sealey am It se to he ‘s wish to delay, their re = ¥ long 45 4 at oe was by to ieteia., felt told ti in sann| ] , the 6f His visits to : — ik ice he : iphedh. B04, the dev which, on the ot-y¥¢ ‘beged Hay titing from Jetfkins. ‘She ai) —o Spies, every drawing-room wag strown. Mss E og to the woman In the carayan, in this very vinces us, not wrohg when she said that our hap? } “Where is Agties ? itiquired Ada also, as laden “ , and Row the éafavan was gone. To inqtire } piness was influenced by, trifles.. The merest feather! India iivslins® and , Some Fesembling in it im the peletiahoet seepied to her a ¥ery nat ‘ shows us which way the wind blows. ~ —— opal » ; woul reakfast two events occtrred which Wad"refer- dragon-fly's wing, . was quite anxious on the subject; and how, at several | etice to Agnes. ont ee first place, ® note wae brought, | But Agues was not at home. Some one had seen her % herself the back-gate. —A little girt “ye rk wud! nearly an hour before ‘waiking throvgh the shrubbery a, is . adark figure was seen | had given it to a groom, with tle uést that ifmight’ towards the park. ere was no doubt, therefore, but \ heraay walk ad vith a Heels ber to” adsist ii putting aside the splendid eastern gifts, with *’ She a the sane instantly to bé thay bouddir, + the ‘note consisted of but afew words, * es was punctial to'Jefkine’s appointment: ‘The thie road, Closely Gon- trees an@ underwood, * ' nates ; 4 here presented ifse}f'a difficulty: how was it posafble! which misety and sorrow had madétn . His thin- b Be wrinkled. them. ’ that she could be With him ‘at @ingle, néeariy 4 mile | ned avid’ whiteried ‘hair > hire and care-worp, throbbed | ftom the Hall, st four o'clock, for ‘perha poe an ; his stooping, enfeeblad ig i the voice of her | at all eveuts a palntul interyiew, and yet be back again i Strong- { in time to dress atid go to the rectory for dimer at sixty limbéd Jeffkines of former years! But she was Hot - uestions were set- | It was impossible! @ turned it over all ‘ways in her | sorprised at all this; she had seen the te woman,and be bad faken be} mind, and nothing bat pérplexity came ont or ft. “In : pulling down of bis human strength aad 1 : Thank Goa! Te : of she Was Summoned down Stairs'to | she left London; end the sad terminating’ scene of the se Mrs. Samm so small “ioe my vabe « i," interrupted the old ] reba noted al toot | Tehtaes PR Seat tke . | Hi i a F i i [ & LE 8 red 3 3 g i ‘ BY 7P5f iE akty Fie !
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THE AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER. nm ne ey ll toe Her Th i iti i Hae ti a a i Hi et ia ah A ih salitie ae ain jen PEER RERO BE Terie mn i uit fe nin ina i H Ha ing Ue ne ae He ui A mh ee inf! : alte ‘tla ee ie ut ed E | 8 si? a F rE 3 P ano lal i Fi A t psig = 4 3 : ea a ie ct vasa i ; ie ae i i is o a Ed fil b fae agai tanta! 3st) Teagan tae U0 a qs fans qt Usa tartye abt dldees tiated ay a TRE : ta: HB ‘333, see ieee a na Fe Pisce eet iri feline lene | ute i HR ll inland Lae Pale ee Pe i i FE 235 fle Bly He a +i ihe eI #2 4 i i Phe ME ip ue i a 4 2. a4 Bae A 3 nae BF 3 « tt lata b inti tral aie ‘ial He ia lee i Hil i ri fh HH i ab 54 felvecectecad, (2. gendegse*s i Oh sit : | FEe aed i ‘ : 3 satneaes pile - i aft e tlilia me teal if rH a 334 ih as iii if: a5: : Te moat re beer HIST Hil ha i id i a i al Let ia i fn HU retro ep ie ie intiity ust ie al i i | Hie ea a He ae We . LB ax a2 % 3 ; Sigrid temere PH a drat tink
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oo THE. AUTHOR'S ‘DAUGHTERN . _#ew her beautiful figure in dteeclegant)drese floating) Agnes hoped to herself that neither he nor his sister ee oe ee — ‘ ; she , but when that | on that first’évening of their meeting, when she so un- | © “It is possible,”"sdid Tom; speaking “the idéa which bargain was ended she determined to dance no more | wittingly revealed to him all her domestic afféctions | had occurred ‘to himself, “that Mr. Latimer paid aD night: | ed and sorrows! — Yes, between then and now a very dif | that attention to her because’ she was not remarkably paayenomem shen ihe finished, offered them- | ferent feeling had sprung up; eh different too was | well dressec— and yét, after all, she really did not look Selves aa her partners, but she resolutely:sat-downito | it now_to what it was only couiparatively a few hours | amiss!” : L . the instrament to: play. Brom a cause which was, |. ago! It Was love which she was admitting into her |" “For oursweet Adajs sake)" said “Mra. Colvilie, “We le believed, easy of explanation, the next | heart!) And this love, which was 80 in pegs 80 &e- | cannot have this going on." It'is wrong of Mr. Latinier, enetdhian who had | and it is still worse of Agnes; who owes so much to her confided so much to her keeping—wk9> had suffered al- | uncle ; it is perfect Ingratitude, I can call it oe 3 feady so much from*them. Ita peared to her at that | else; and she shall leave ts, i! as she is alive, é € neg! she stole away Lati- | she set herself up a8 a rival to “‘And) by-the-by, the least enamored | of: whom. by: no | ‘mer’s héart, however rich the prize, it could only be at | who was it'that walked home with “he last ht? I around Better ten times that | hada mitid to dk “her point-blank oes at man 4 and ¥. sat on the other side of the maene War Se hed cca Bridport, were: the purchase of Ada’s ess. Be ber; but forall that, Agnes. never lost. the: thoughtof | I should suffer than do Y¢aid'she. “The true path | breakfast, but T'thought the very its being her. for het to také, however, seemed hidden from her. e | Mr. Latimer would be so unpleasant _ “4 I could: transport: you «to ‘thevacant chair | prayed for aid, and all seemed darknéss and uncertainty | “I don't’ kuow,” said Tom ; “I did ; she Ada)” thought-Agnes,.as Mr. Latimer'’schand | around hér. She" knew not ‘that which was right for | was gone‘until supper was half over. T kn ae bg tu over each hernrusic-book. | hér'todo. For one moment it appeared better that she | that Was not if'when supper” oo Mrs. Colville was winning one rubber after another shotld leave La Ina m if not alto- took in‘Aghés /"I almost ES r s0.thatehe saw mot what was going forward, | gether, her mission as J : 3’ |do it oiyself.’ But Icannot it, ‘that but Sam was busily riqcking after-the dancing, | child wad fulfilled, if not to thé letter, yet" as to | walked home with her.’”" tnd Bhe noticed this -apropos adjustment of per-| the spitit;" and ‘how she hud dutits to to |, “1 asked Sykes" this " said Mrs, Colville, with “ oth . “but she could not tell me, No! was with her at se | thedoor, However, I'll find it out! ,And thet there is another thing,’ began Mrs. Colville, evidgntly this? it “who was x. (that ‘sent her those:jet-orns- Ta ipod | na ref ee ig of the could ‘ “Well, Lhaye spoken mind to you,” suid the old ‘Tady,,‘ and we must c what is tobe done. We cee wadtobe dope wn, ap tte oth as tow 4 | : E fue 4 i as if rs hér soul ; scen. coming down the Seon cepeme eae ~aenmes and then frente heh: It was no use trying slid in # soft, persuading ent Reedy saw each other at the first cao wouth Wehin soa tent tad , eoling suanthig in Bin vite &h ve 269 to’ thi \ ested in ; 4 ) candid pels Royce telecast tate | secinsetane ta ota RS | i ' er } ove you, to ‘know that his favorite author was hers also | aware of it— Agnes, most desperately; miost “eta they hal tastes, and r nays its in ‘ " : Pe =f common, | might win him, =a “For ven’ , do not say so,” returned said Mr. Lati- ne i ee — 1 In the morn- rs an earhest voice. “It will bring ‘mer, in & voice which to Agnes seemed cool and mea- ing she awoke with the feeling that it in vain to strive ' to us both, and much in sured, * and I know no ome more capable of developing, against the natural character. Reserved and proud she | your 'y, and much trouble.” herself nobly than Ada. There was time,” continued was ; reserved and proud she must bap 1) ¢,”” said Tom, Ana. beld and he, after a pause,“ when I tried to use my influence | to'be. could not, in the state that he now yoice, taking ae ans but Ada is ome of those who must find the | was, lint to him even, of what she done for bia which she did not iw. who is a ee petite ger sake; Not even if by not so doing she must die! If, on say that I do wrong in marrying you? I am my wes found it already,” ssid wastlp toulls tal wove been told ; thee heart Would Mave | Amu lovesyou like’ cistcesomy Nes wnot of @ bas found ft A wi e ; : ve esyou & nister; m i a lh is beautifal. | responded the consequence fencien hers we have make you think as highly of her as I do myvelf,” added a8 my own dear little wife, a. she, reeling almost desperate in her cousin's cause. then the old lady may look out «home rs ~ Weare nearly st the end of our walk,” said Mr. Tom spoke like a lover who has no feat of unsuccess; | in fact, he never dreamed of it. , : “It cannot be !” returned Agnes, im a voice deeply Agitated. ‘ “And why not? asked he. “What can possihty vent it? - 'y whole lite shall make you ai than. Agnes,” said He HH nl
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THE AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER. a7 “ I believe ofa truth,” Agnes, “ that a.very noble t my heart safe while it seimouladers native } tives; she ait nature lies within you., 1 eve you to be eof pt aoeligee at gm weg ys lhe geen w being. kind: to avery dificult and panied duty. Du J pam srecngenhoatineg. I bless God, indeed, if I have | me—very kind, when others were not s s at GRC 225 poy Siw yigne + omeg 1” . been eens eee eekenae nenaes 1 pele tent ey hae Seaham bay Gone , ment ‘ ame, ine in. -her dressing. room; and jto ber ns ° le ye always Agnes went a ae — “ And why y’ demanded he; ‘there are no diffi- | for you,and these I.shall always ieel; andIcoujure you,| ‘‘ 1am come.to announce to you, dear. ” she said, fortune,” said | by all. that is sacred and dear to. you, to listen 4o°the |“ that Iam shortly about to lcave you. My another er mind, ‘I | better voice within your owmsoul, which even now re- } and. my. uncle, wish me to go EA tI shall as h muah bab 2 spe eS you. Iwant you and noth-} proaches you for having treated that as a trifie which | never forget your kindness’"———. more she could not aogacenineen 28 dearer to. me.than a million of | was a great and an awful sin !” say. P ‘ , hinoga bs money; as to differences of opinion—there-are | _Heknew that every word which she said was true,|. “IL know how it is,’’said Ada; “1 suspeeted.as much none. I think as ve never uttered one | but pride and. an eyil spirit warred yet against the pena went away so suddenly—you. haye retused amontcry about it, that ‘has not had a response in my |. >“ If women,” continued es, “would but be faith-| Agmes was taken by surprise; .she colored deepiy,,and own heart...Yousbave beenslike the light.of truthto | ful to virtue, not only in = Own persons, but for | then turned pale. ad} a wile,it | yirtue’s own sake, and would feel, as truly is the case, « He loyed you very dearly,’’ continued “and, me; i As my will be my’ to’ make, you happy.) Where,then,jis | that the whole sex is injured if but one womanfall, | spite of some few drawbacks, he is avery no fellew. i if then how differently would men treat women |" I think that you have acted very unkindly by, himsor truthfulness of character. seem—oh, so my , say, Lmean; and that 1 would not willingly sayanything | newly awakened and better nature silenced the spirit; | thingsto you both. Professions, when the. actionaedo which should deeply wound you, without having grave | his answer therefore was of another kind. not seem to bear them out, are quite insults... iy.there- and ol ing proof te myselt ofits truth « its |. “Agnes,” said le, ina, voice which wrung her heart | fore will make no: professions; but, He who, z me/then when I say, it is impossi- | but to hear, “is my crime, then, like Cain's, to make | heart, and knows.every secret action j Pinte mat Gbaeemc sour Wite: Llove you as, dear }me an. outeast forever: Does my error, which may | that1bayenot been actuated by _ unkindness, jor \mere friend ; You are’ more interesting to me j haye its palliation, exclude.me forever from hope? | waywardness,and that L feel nothing but the most-dis- than Desn tell, or you can. weli conceive. God knows |-Gannot sincere repentance,cahnotan afterlife of purity | interested regard and affection for-youd” = jasw at how y I would serve.you;ibut in this one par- |.aud truth atone to your sense of, virtue for one trans- |. The owith pwhich Ww en, ticular [ cannot)» That:you love me I sincerely believe, m?. 1 acknowledge that I have sinned. ;1-will | carried convietion, with theme: “1, will. believe . said Ada, “I will give:you eredit for actingtrn y, cam require from me. I will acknowledge the of be the qusrest yeAgnes,’’ »said.he»im-/| that unhappy girl. I will do all you sak, all_you.de- pene svhateds love either asa friend.or a aaiet rane refuse:me not your leve!’’ and perhaps, though I cannot see it, wisely, im refusin, Agnes felt thet the time of trial was now at hand. She is one conplusien the conlec- | the paradox a in his,tavor, F. 2 love ta i q tures ofmy Aunt,Colville,”’ said he ima tone of biiter- | of deep compassion for him ; entire trustim.her power | warmly, “it she would make your brothenhappyse I ness, “may not, alter ail, beso very w mg—it | overshim ‘for je for much kindness all | am deeply interested in a more than you can . may be true, that you are placing yourself as.@ rival to | pleaded: him; bnt. still there was ano voice, or than anyone can. Yb inaug strong in its sense of truth and right, which said mo— }..* foolish are Io “ Does Mrs. Colville, then, say 80?” | ed Agnes, | and to that her toa accepting him? It it be fear of my Aunt@ol 5 Ry pe words. ‘‘ Ahy no! Godifcrbid | hard task, 3 ‘ that is the idlest thing in rid.” ww beecd that I dosuch a thing! LIwid.mow be caudid| “Speak, Agnes," pleaded the young man, ae mgen decision, dear Ada,"’ said * % that no 8 Mr. | that Lhave is yours!” ‘ } how | “May God in heaven strengthen us both?" said Ag- | served. oa wer 7 “* That we shall see,” said Ada, with a-yoice and man- ner which showed her to be both. wounded and dis- #4 of (Rag ‘Mrs. Colville and Mrs.Sam had come 'to the firm de- earnestly, _with you, because 1 he igi you. deserve that | “say that yon will not cast me off, and my life and all - ht ‘8 side ! }.nes, ina broken voice, “but we must part !’’ F : i , over my : er ee betes ni tothe = think, will | prove to you that I wish not pad wi onhenetnes centeracts Spe men ran res “ is no need for you to leave us,” said he, “and a ee t she 3 oe d ik i 3 F FLEES Hy Gee peigE A tb Au Ft ; if my suitd, ** there yetrémain an; Tom came not. back to dinner; but hewas often 80 * asked he impatiently, as he yet saw | very eccentric in his movements that but little notice = g i ie , E F i <E g 8553 ; E Pi : & fF , “an evening which terminated a short afternoon in Woodbury Lane, but she did career of sin and juisery, intrusted to me, upom her | to trust her voice in speaking of him. . bended knees, the child . At length when it was concluded that the servants | the other; the same sentiment was in : on, her an sbe had | must sit up for him, # note was brought in. It had been Misi Ganseese dv hanasnten init . Tothe last am convinced that | sent froma roadside inn,where the cosch sto afew | she said—“ I think it very strange We ‘you were dearer to her than life. miles off, and was to say, that important had anna ae aa his hand upon bis brow, but made no | unexpectedly taken him from home; . his -port-}mncie. Iam sure that every has avec) by : mabteau, with such things as he en should | been paid to yon; you have been treated by useas one ak merest chance in the world, yet1 believe | be sent to him at Leicester the next day, and that the} of the ; but if you think thatyou eanumend : chand of God, I found the child, uncertain. yourself, of course we can have nothing to say, except poor Marchmonts who were his nena re it om your own accounts’, © « “lL! he But you know the history of the poor Heaven knows, what; 50 “But 1 think,’ said the elder lady, without:giving saidishe “us well as I do.’ caused no astonishme: Agnes time to reply, ‘that your uncle will be \yery “ And whatis this that you have here plotting, Mirics agoeki hunt top voun conyiete ‘He is very much attach- ‘with those . hed people?” ed to has been quite a father to yousand you “ stat rood ty widiy the secret wh CHAPTER XVIII. consider this.” soc 5 Son gnt 8 6 pn that ee to.me, has never passed my} Tuage, four, five days went on , and then a segue ecm sense yin yyws own woman, however, was at the point of from her mother. It was such &/¢o me- but cireumstances cannot control make death ; the chill about to be abandoned asecond time now her kind it very desirable for me to leave. My it Fans (ope tay ger eg oe Br — mehtencliagunleeeltaieneaean it pr ely flag ented =e Eecw, he hed inveterate hatred sgatuat Me. Gsirilie how.and when. she was to come. jr buch happiness.” Wise t F : s and one whom my father knew well—the es sai the door. o wr. © qrod mies, re A _. that you could see those dear boys: before atime Ae . Paha ~ “And for what is this wretched history now brough: a health, and are doing ; : tenance. was a up against me?’ demanded he, “ these aro some it very hard to spend his B had been in conclave t Seats prslerenec tan fog agonng lias“ oo entices Boaene tis ices ia] moc ened troduce toa gentleman !” and.-with Seooktele n; and the Ridleys have the scarlatina, so that dared : wae an attempted jeer in his countenance. is nothing for them but to submit, and be as con- 7 me very closely,” returned Agnes, “or 9 eoour a ane 4 = of it. You may treat it ‘so soon reunited aes ce nas tan ves i you do, a over the Fa een So. oe id aseba pe meatieetions herruin; but, believe me, in the eyes of God, of | way; truth,and justice, it is netso. Tb‘s it is, ' eandidl whose | confess to you, outre as my notions may appear, Was Row time toanuquuee her intentions te her r |a-
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THEY AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER, apyayags aaj f i on i i tte ri i FE 4 her brothers; in In “the e and | an 0; ute life; when \" exclaimed Ei again smiling, 2 cs) 3 s a a 3 5 DEE i erie cot ot Bek aL EE it 3 these brothers of Agnes. would ; at all, is it not ?’* please Mr. Lat- | at the same moment, whether they : fal S33. : | wale aa 33 : ij 4 Sut i g Bain: 4s spagy qe 448 ) f Lech Sy ar Fae AS acl Bn ia I = HS ii 3 A Hl ma ia | wy claimed § “ Never mind books now !"’ said Arthur ladies went up to dress; the and dear old Mr. Lawford, . Ro t,. You you. “Let's have There's a sweet sister! Now you them.” was ve ite telkad mart gh PCL EE: bonnet off! 3 ¢: t to hear about the Harry 2 if a think we saw, last nigh Tom ' Le ' fp Fe - 8 re Ay oe 5 ‘posi his sister no chance of sending for you Mr. Jeffkins—; i by i they “I wonder what Latimer means 's luck ; » a i 2E5 ne fi i 3s Ae ri i f ~ nds that surrounded the then, Ait does,” rétdfhed Aghed, “but we ate friends for- * e gates into . Um thiesey wassomething like that of a | “that you in a3 hi > did,’ returned Harry, ‘we told him all. hing.” Thned pohnd dsddenanet iabantentctin ene en gt ey eae a “ Now, don’t let us sit here “Nes, we F of it. This. about it, and eve: i F Fs E a: know opens—I ¥ garden,” i af i _ |“ And it is such alovel uncle and i £ et eae iy," ES ee ae bat alter ge8rs shh ee ne i rt i Ee bhiie. bas oar i alate litt LEEpEPEEH BELT EERE ssgie 8 34 Hd 5 me cousin Ada ; spolb mound sah r indif t., toward jeourteous or even, frie! be lovger some i no. the whole pa! with eeded—t © boys at once caught an hee of this?” said everyone wh 1e8, who, more was n ; 3 ar “again sald Mr. Tattieds fs bad —y ‘alk FE |
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possible. THE AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER. have somet With somew 6 cottage, nd to come and spend some time the country; f it they time pass jeasantly. might be, ia Rt not fear it. Mr, be; to hand her to the was to Mr. and Mrs. Acton.| of my confidence ; pe never betray! bg with kindness to her. It | feasion even to Mr: Latimer. I thank if Agnes had sup! self planted, her with Not caused me to lose my own character, with your genérous roved yourself worthy my former con- you! you have Aweak ee, NO cc of any have been ieee as it did not, such. a,confession , to me. - ‘ r ry, where, without preamble of any |: od, he,bad made such a straight-forward, candid,and | the pun’ namly declaration.of love as left the question for | deserved it. ome gm were his attentions no longer in doubt. you have desery: RA ments; and I say nothing but the truth to- ple: have as much upon my heart as it will bear! She hesitated; she would not speak a,falsehood; she| “I have for some time ”’ continued she, fH not speak the truth. She felt exactly as Mrs. “that I had no longer any hold upon Mr. Latimer’s lle had always done, that Mr. Latimer was not a heart; but that which we hold dear as life, we part) : trifled with; b how was she toexplain with reluctantly. To-day has set the question at rest. (betraying her cousin ? Mr. Latimer bhasdeclared his love to yo do not deny ie said, “even before I cam: ts absence from England omens" still more opinions. ‘ing, +I returned d of my passion, which, for be ots before I left, t reason to consider hopeless. Lreti , and two yéars in d almost I had never come to dark cloud between you and your happiness. feel as if it my Hopes and hes never wavered, nor | choice. I knowmyown | believe also, that Lknow bate ad views in life “my answer fs not You not you are about—much, very is yet to be thought of. Icannot tell what my would say—I know not even what he ought to'do it. No one, not eyen myself, has been pre- ih an interview as this might well make i Mr. Latimer silent in a EB i é i & F eh a using.to help ber up to her seat =) hin hand at parting—the very touch now am; atime when ed. her & met” ‘ cousin, ia her arms, apd wept om : a «ode £ Oe arbhbbhidyve’ Te baarieras® be A a Ww | schbewl A Ey n” 1 ve ery re eS et Lavad F “I shall not leave you,” said Agnes, | Seen your head upon your pillow. : | Ada consented. Pena im ool Be Nes The pillo | and laid her throbbing temples upon it ; and the | Grawing ‘the curtains; sat down ‘beside her till sh kness. nade the answer which her heart dictated im-| night. Let me speak, and:do not interrupt me, for T | she It was not known, beyond the immedidte Miiniees t it was that it was quite y: . at grea news went abroad when Iam g sures ; and my Poor man! he ee & ym Gd
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