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PUBLISHRDJIXCLUSIVBLY BY THR GUARDIAN IN THIS PROVINCE.
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` CHAPTER I.
Between tho leaves of An old ro-
mance I found one dsy the shadow of n lily And A song. The lily grew forty yearn Ago, the song was sung as it. was gathered. The flower is nearly dust, the words have nearly faded away, but the story they keep is unforgotteii. For in becoming "Life" it made itself oternal.
Before thc flower bloomed, before
the song had found a voice, Fran- cesca Atherton had dreamed of love. as saints dream of heaven-wonder ful, mystical, far off-An object. both of fervent desire and of wistful fear unduricertuinty. For her young lite hadwbeen pt-opled from noble books, and Il! Was int their pages she had met her friends and companions- men, romantically honorable and loyal; Women, faithful in love, even unto death-both alike doing nobly with this life, because they hold it. as the gage for life eternal.
And Francesco. believed these shad-
owy forms to be portmits of the people whom she would one duy meet. in the world. No one told her dii'ft-rt-iitl_v. Her aunt-the still beau- tiful Loids Vyner-held the same opinion; .for sho' had only made lit- tle holiday visits into the world, and she wal quite ignorant. of all that was menu or selfish in the pumps and vanities she took part in. Gentle und roiuuntic, carrying in her heart. the "hush" of u great sorrow, Miss V_vrn»r had brought up her mo- tliei~l.~ss nil-co in that sweet, pious simplicity which irmkes a tvuniun riot. only i'liiiriiiing in good fortune but pntir-nt and strong in the days of
In this exquisite schooling of A
young soul Squire Atherton had lit- tle part. I-Ie distrust..-il himself en- tirely where Francesca was concerned. He would hnve taken A son to the kennels and the ferret hutchcs, made him wise in stable lore, and taught him all the mysteries of Woodcraft. The little maid, even at nine years old, puzzled him. Her eyes, full of solemn wonder, gave him an uncom- fortnble sense of incompetency. Her hnnd had but. to clasp his nnger, and he felt. under an irresistible su- thority. And when her small face lay against his large, sunbrowned cheek. -he had neither wish nor will of his own to speak of.
"She is just g. little lady! God love
bert" he-said to his sister-in-law,
the ti-Ample of -horses' feet, and the sound of men's voices, and that lit.-
‘-tle flurry of formal welcome that
marks the unexpected yet not un- welcome visitor. For visitors t were rare nt. Atherton Court, And the lquire was glad to talk to those who brought to him for. awhile tho Atmosphere of the busy world.
To Francesca their coming was al-
lo A little event. She felt A kind of personal interest in tln-so strangers, she had seen them before any one in tl\e'liouse; And she was pleased when the ostler took away their horses.
-'.‘Thc.V are going to Stay to din-
ner," she mentally eoinnicnted, "and I wonder what 1 ,shall put on!" lt was is delightful uricr-rtuinty to her; she opened first one ,und then anoth- er of tha wide drntv..-rs in her ambry; and stood 4 looking down at their contents. The scent of lavender stole softly out. of them, and mingled With the sweet uir of the rooni. And the sunshine fell on several pale-colored gowns, pink and`amber, and blue und white. Sho could not. tell which one wus thi: prettiest, but, it wus quite an important question to set,- tle; because a stranger was such it rnrity. Oni- of thi-so might, be A lord or or lover; might hc the prince of all her fuirylike lov.--dreuimi.
In the twinkling of rin eye A girl's
bright. glance can see a grunt denl; and l<`raiici-sua in n rnomenl's space, from out of the green shadows in which she stood, lmd noticed the tail, graceful man who hr-ld his bridle so lightly, und who turned s hand:-rome, diirk fitce toward the dim beech alley, through which he must have seen her i~iizuiiti_-ring.
The dresses, crisp and fresh with
the clear sturching now gone out of use, lay across the coiintoi'pnnc, Sho considered their eliiiiiis with n divid- ed heart; none pleased her above ull others. "l shall have to shut my eyes and take wliiit, fortune sends ine," sho said, with a low luiigli of satisfaction. "We have to do that about many other things, I uni sure."
Then sho lifted her watch, and naw
that it was only ti little after elev- en. "And dinner' will not_ be served until two-perhaps hull’-past two; for Ann Pierson will have to innkc A syllabnb, of course. She ‘thinks visit- ors como to Atherton to eat. her Syl-
labulis.”
This primitive toilet divination
was obviate-d by tho. decision of Aunt Loidn, who iminediutcly on en-
“and she must have A lady to guide her. As for me. Lolda, thou knows, I would lay my hands under her feet." And Loida, looking up at the man standing firm .ns nn oak before her-massive, tall, tough, fearless- felt All the wonderful surrender in this frue expression of love, and of love-'I service-"I would' lay my hands under her feet."
If this wus the lquiro's feeling
t _ _When Francesco was nine years old,
when she was nineteen it was tan years stronger. For he had then bc- gun to realize that his child had be- 5 come A woman, and that the high park walls of Atherton Court would not, much longer keep awity fi'om her whatever Fate was wnitirig.
"And I'll tell thee what., Loidn,"
he said one duy, ns they hat. talking, "if anything goes wrong 'with Fran- cesca, tho world will be just. four
bare Walls to inc."
As he spoke he rose and went. to
the window. The leaded ashes were open, und a robin-redbrcnst, singing on sn ivy branch, was sjmgsf, in the room. 'l`he squire chirrtnped to the bird, but kept. his eyim upon hi; dntlgliteiu Sho was coiuing slowly up the stone steps of the terrace, lifting slightly her long; white dress with one hand, and scattering wheat with the other to the many colored Iiigeons, who placed And pluined and bridle-d their opal necks, and "coo,
coo, coo’d" Around her feet.
lie culled to her, because he wish-
ed to hear her voice; and sho lm, the wheat fall from her hand and lirftcd
hor :rut with u joyous upward move-
llll~ll .
"\\ln-ro have you been, Francesco?"
he uski-il.
"I \v.~nt to the south walls, to nnk
the uprifots if they were ripe. And on.--like i-uses and amber-told me
to ti'_v it." f
W “Was it good, dr-ni'ie?"
"lt was like sunsliine And wine,
and musk-rosi-A ond-one of your kisfii-S, di-ni' fatlii-i'." She was by this time ut tin- open window, and nln- s--nt the coinpllina-riit xtrtligiht to his In-nrt, with n sinifle as ravishiiig
MH |~\~"lLml beauty wuld make lt.
"Bill hui. thy words ure like iiriisilc.
I duri't, wonder the vi,-ry birds love to hcnr them. Robin was sirnrlng till you came; now, like A wise bird., he
is listening to thee,"
,"I have .lUBf.' becn listening to the l\turliny,~s. They have been holding s, large public meeting. Ivo you think,
a fill-hor. that they are addicted to
p_ol‘iUics? Nrz, it mum, have been A ro-_
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with no im-<1. rv. or ..E‘.l}`f“J\l.i”..,'".E §°..`2'.§`$`oi.’,‘.".‘i'.’.`.§"iil’.f.
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“ 09)' '°°m“k° 811011 bfud Ill ln tb# an s'Able;’ he is unite A ru- I
on the topmost stone of the highest chimney gszo the green eartluand up st the sky?,“and than clap his wings' , softly( to the most joyful
. . _ , long Ybu cu# Imagine. He was sing-
, Ing to God, /I am sure he wan."
"I wouldn,"t wonder, denrio." ."FAf-hor, ,I walked through tlll park to the great gates. Aiid I low
. f, , two gentlemen go phat them. Ono
Y6u'll have no trouble. Try W" 0m- *#14 °¥\0 Will YOUDKL i-hlf»
is, one ws; much older than the oth-
()u|- nick ('|¢,||,e,y mag, er; and they looked Ao happy, out.
~' 'ig lgie fo, M to ,end ‘I there in Ulu world. I wished ‘I was A
orderson time. Coll to-dAy.l m\\:;~l¢ I would 011|
An own
STEWART 81. .SON' ....., , V .., ,Q.`”| sine, them
tcring the room perceived 'the dl- lernrria, and met it.
"I would wear the pink muslin,
Frances," she said. "It is lheert-r and smarter; and you can go to the garden when you are dressed And gift some myrtle leaves and white clerrin- tis. And black lnce mitts, my dear. Be lure of the black lace mittl! They give an air of modesty to A young girl. They nay to A gentleman: ‘The tips of my flrrgc‘i's" only, liir.’ " ' Francesco looked, with a smile, A!
the tips of her fingers, and said:
"If you please, aunt, for whom Am
I to wear pink rnuslin, and white clematis, And the limiting black mitts?"
"Our visitors are Hr. Stephen
Leigh and his son.”
"I have never heard of them be-
fore. Did you? I hope they have not coma About money. Every one now scnms' to come about money."
"They Are very rich, and we own
them nothing. Mr. Leigh is a loom- lord. He lives to make woolen cloth. But. that is neither here nor there. The younger man is extremely hand- some, Arid, And-I am sure, Frances, you will be careful. I mean dear- you will not let him make any im- pression-you know what I mean."
"Indeed, Aunt. Loida, I do not
know what you mean."
“Young people sometimes fancy
they have fallen in love, when they have not."
"Why should you warn me About
falling in love? Have I ever dons such a thing? Is ft A common trans- gression of mine? How many op- portunities havs I had to be so imprudent? Is 'iinprudent.’ tho word? Or should I use A stronger one?"
"I see that I have been unwise In
speaking to you, Francesca."
»!'You should not have spoken on this subject. I Am nearly nineteen
years old, Aunt Loids."
"It, is such An important subject!
U Francesca, such A fateful subject! It makes or mars human lives in _A few moments. I am ‘one of those
who know/ my derir.','
Miss Vyner's still face flushed, And
sho dropped her eyes, upon her gray dress And ninootliod out A fsnciful
crease. <
It was the tlrst. Appronch to confl-
dence ever given, And Francesco went. to her aunt's side And took her hand. Soma, vague trndition of holds Vynei-'s disappointment in love had floated into her conscious- ness almost imperceptlbly, but the idea had Always been pole, remote. And without much rnenning. At this moment Aho hnd' A revelation that troubled And restrained her, And A spell of Andncss fall between tho two
women. »_ ~
It llugered~ln't.bo room'Aft.er lllss
Vyner had left lt, And Francesco was A llttlo impatient of the feeling. Sho began to ning softly. but ere she was Awsrs liar voice had slipped into A monotonous Air, full of old world ssdnsss. Then Aho broke it. od lud- donly, And, in A quiet. hurry, finish-
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mirrors the graceful swoop n
muslim Across the dsrkpsll door; to notloo the gloom of B01’ Will" Um' .And throat; tbs heavy bnldl 3 If nuyfm-gyn hgh; the role tints h 112°' ““’ "‘° """“i’I.% ‘.‘.“‘.‘.l.°‘...1'.
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these thlngili in thAt. flnA1 tivo mimi*
tes before nner.
A. sh. p““,d_¢|,,-,,,,5i, ¢h¢ ball, sho . uma har rather tations. H18 "°‘°° hd _gn argumentative ring; it "N , elsgr and positive.
':Naw I imow what time i>e°P\°
have eorno for,"- sho said to herself; "polities. 'I dere any Y-lil S.*"°PI‘°“ Lslgh in A Radical. for father never talks that way but when somebody is saying something “Kiln” W’ Conservstfvo Government." AB 500° As she had settled the visit uP°l1 ° political basis, her spirits rose: Y-hi, decision put Away some unncknow-
lodged money care.
With n light step she went down
the terrace into thu pleasant stretch of odoroun Ahrubs And bl0sS01l\ll1K flowers. Hem thers were all kinds of shady Alleys; rose hedges Hhtll- ill some, and the laburnums’ rum Of gold and tho' climbing l1on€y9U°kl° others; and lower down toward tho steps of the second terrace there Wa! A thick screen of white clematis. It covered also a. little summer-house overlooking tho steps and the hilly award in which they were set: 'ind lower down, tho place of B\1l1U“¢\` fruits. The desire to cuter the sum- mer-houso was irresistible. It WEB so cool, and then the light was B0 green there, And her pink dress ulutds such A charming glow in its dim shadow. She spread it out with an obvious childlike pride in the con-
trust.
Oh, the stillness! Oli, the Sweet-
nmcll of growing wood; of the soili of the flowers; of the ripening fruit! Youth has A sensuous hunger for such alluring odors, and Francesco sat. And closed hor eyes, the bel-ter to enjoy them. The chnir was her fat.her's choir; it was large and soft; the Air was the nountido air, it was warm and sleepy; her SOUI was in the mood of a truant. MH-l it slipped Away into £110 land °I
dreams.
She Awnkcned suddenly, as if she
had been sharply called. All i-ll! lower space of the fruit garden WHS
full of’ sweetest melody:
"I dreamt that I dwelt in marble
halls."-
Thnt wns very like what she had been dreaming. Sho rose q\1iCkly £0 her feet, A warm crimson \vuvc-rush- od over her throat and fnce, her 0Y‘=5 grew larger and darker, she ported the clsrnatis vines and l0_0k=d
through them. _
A young msn was slowly walking"
between the plum and the APl`l'~'0'- standrads, and singing ns he wulkcd. Hia voice had magic in it. The ten- der, ringing tones, now sharp -and clenr, tlinn loft and lingering. Call" ‘ floating up the terrace and WGDV straight to her heart. She had heard the tlrst. verse of the song rn her sleep-never before--'and thc se- cond vcrse had An insinuating famil-
iarity sho could not resist.
The singer came slowly onwutrfi.
taking thei terrace-steps with ;s charming deliberation. He held Bn apricot, and he threw it lightly from one hand to tho other, making the oct. as rhythmical und graceful An ` the melody__ hc sang to the move- ment. Ha was bare-headed. Sl¢l1d¢\" sndtall, and carried himself with s roynl air. As he camo closer, she saw that he was very handsome: that his mouth was sweet. and smil- ing; that his clothes had the gloss of fashion. He stood a moment. on the top-mont stop; stood in the Aun- shine singing, serenely glad, And wearing the look of A man who had always lived in the sunniest. places
of human happiness.
Francesca would have fled, bint
night: was now impossible. She forgot even to sit down, and thus i give the idea, At least, of indiffer- ence. Putting together the parted vines, lhe stood Vtiry \lP\’iIlhl». 10.0- ing the leafy entrance. Her left hand was dropped, her right hand rssped t;l1o'bAck of the large chair
her fncc; hor eyes shone like ltars; her manner expressed forcibly the confusion of A soul surprised in lt-I very citadel. .
For A moment the singer and the
'listener looked straight into each other’l qysn,I Something im`pe'lled them to this rscognizunce, 'Then Francesca said: ‘ -“I Am Mins Atherton.” I
And the stranger said:
"I Am Lancelot Leigh.” l 'And sho gave him just the tllpn of , hor fingers, And they wont through ' the garden together. And the ‘white clcmntis were never gathered, which was A fortunate thing, for the free flowers of the gndding vine hold no love-spell in their wide-open ciups. There wA| one hour before dlmnor, and love for an hour ls love forever -if lt be true love. These txwo souls had just found each other, and they had so much to say, and sueim- ed to choose such unmeaning words that Any one not of tho faculty ‘of ,
lovs would have been puzzle? At their satisfaction. A few syl nbles And A glance-A glance und A flower -one step At A time, and tho touch of their hands-these simple vehicles of understanding hold A measuroloss contentment.. And when they took the terraced stops together, the tips' of their fingers had A language _All their own-mysterlcally sweet n,l,t.he influences of the Pleindcs, mysticrtlly binding as the virtues of Grlon. They were talking of names mt. thot, time, And he sold, softly: ' ,
"I sm called LAnoslot.'-'l- ` ` .
"I nm called Francesca." .
He repeated the word slowly-
"Frnnoe|cs!" And every letter. was vivid as light, And the nnmolwont.
to his brnln like wine. »
Whnt did ft matter to them* thst
they wore into to dinner, ondiohat the squlro, with A slow dignity that was Almost A roproof, told the »so? Whnt did lt. lnAt.ter t.\\At he lakld ' Annoysd, and Aunt holds Anilous,
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