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RPT 0, Lat JEP mer rete e | wf ff Cet & as as rn eek ne ; aoe 3 a eS , = u » > LS D8 Cite Net | ee gr ee es , es Segoe hE gl soe : a= i OR ae ) a. > whe” io) - _ (Continued.) SYNOPSIS. Peter Clephane and Andrew Kilgour are consins, students at Edinburg University, betw-en whom is a better fued. The former is the son of a rich city Jaw:er an his cousin is the heir of an estate in the Highlands that has almost pasced into the hands of creditors After a bitter fist with his cousivn, Kilgonr is on his ways home when he falle in with company at the “Hound and Stag” inn at Perth. home his companion on the Journey turn- Out to be his uncle, Peter Clephane’s father CHAPTER IV. THE ELMS—A MOMENTOUS DE- CISION. Youth has an enviable knack of turning its back upon the troublous bast so soon as a blink .of hape shines out of the future. Next day I had forgotten my woes, and was as snugly in conceit with myself, as ardent, as ful) af preposter- ous schemes as if, instead of being the footbali of fortune, I had been | her first favourite and vrand vizier. I passed the day zealously cultivating those aerial estates which make Arrived ; SO ; fine a show in the eye of imagination | and promise sc rare a revenue, and waited with impatience for the even- ing. Yet when the hour came, and | i found myself at The Elms, some- how my elation forsook me, and with | self-possession. | it my confidence and The ordeal of the introduction to Miss Gordon was irying. It left me with | het gills and an uneney foreboding | that I was going te make a fool of mivself. When we sat down ta dinner, I was | stili haunted by this fear, Sequently very flustered. have been unspeakably slink into an obseyvre corner { could watch without attracting at- ‘ention, but a perverse fate placed me fiisconcertingly close to the radiant being who presided as hostess. st may seem an odd thing, but in the Gistress of the first fifteen minutes, had there been the choice, I gladly have resigned my seat beside the beautiful young mistress of The Elms to charge upon a blazing park of artillery, and I would sooner have fought ten men than address a volun- tary remark to her. To find her so much as looking at me was to be struck with a ridiculous palsy that Sent a nervous tremour all through me, as if there were an electric bat- tery in her eyes; to be directly ada- dressed by her was total overthrow of the wits and paralysis of the tongue. That was during the first half hour of “ur contact. By degrees I came to feel it was good to be near her, and Listen to her wondrously vivacious and penetrative talk, and watch the flying shallows of thought on her superb! mculded and expressive face, and the gleam of her raven hair, nd the sunshine that rippled in Gimpled cheek and chin, and the sparkle of her dark eyes, eyes which were equally ready to iaugh in joy or melt in pity or flash in stern indignation and rebuke. fam not goinry to attemnt a de- scription of her surpassing beauty, a fermel portrait being to me a thing clean out of the question. ‘She was twenty, a child of the stn, and the peer of any queen on earth—fair as her whose face had launched -a thou- santi ships and burned the’ topless t@wers of Ilium, and if he caused me @ flutter of fricht it wes .a species of Geliricus eestacy, a delicious pain, that Was the very essence of diicht. Dinner had not long begun when my business was introduced. 't is not a thing to be Tigttiy de- e'cccdl upon,” said Sir Thomas, sericus- ly * You are at a time wf Hfe drew, when every act, is momentous. Qur and «ce is'*+ns indeed always ‘mo- menteous, ‘ut they are’ pecuriarly :and particularly so in youth, whea we give the terne and bias to our whole ate: life. A hasty or an unwise dec {in early years, ioo, often inwohves lifelong negret. I hope yor have wel- considerel with your father and mo- ther.” “ As to Ghat, Sir The my father, ere I couid “his mother and to no decision in perfectiy cxndid, and con- It grateful now, every acts Mr. decis are igion : mas.” chimed tn speak a sword myself have came the matter. To be we have not been consulteri. But he is free to chease. if he thinks it will be to his adwan- tage to xo tm India, let him go to Iu- dia. He wifi be the likelier toe suc- ceed if he deekes for himself.” “My sentiments ” satd Ver 4 . exactly, Mr. Clepbene, emphatically. “JT have a son of my own, and I say: ‘ Peter, my boy, cheose for vourself. We are all endowed with different tastes and dif- ferent faculties, therefore choose for yourself, I make mo doubt thet An- drew is quite competent to select a ca- reer for himself.” “Probatly he is, responded Sir Thomas, quietly. “Yet most of us are wiser at sixty than at twenty.” “And [ndia is so dreadfully far away, Sir Thomas,” put in my mother, tremulously. “Why, as to that, cousin,”? said the lawyer, with an unctuous smile, “ coe- lum non animum mutant, qui trans mare currunt’”’ (crossing the seas does mot change a man’s nature). No notice being taken of this speech, I stammered what I regret to have to confess was hardly the truth—namely, Ladies wishing hats or bonneis trimm~ ed for Euster are requested to leave their would | to | whence | would |} orders as soon as possible at F Perkins & Co, Sunnyside. > = = "eo 2 - ‘ are aS Ie emt 1893, by John Alexander Steyart.} that I had given the matter careful consideration and was fully resolved to go to India. My mother said nothing, but it was clear the dinner had little relish, for she and Isabel Jett the table. early. There was silence for a little while after their withdrawal. Then Sir Thomas said: ‘Since you have decided then, Mr. Andrew, if it would not be prying tco much into private affairs might I ask—if I am impertinent pray tell me so—what your Plans are after vour arrival in India. I have a special reason for asking. To this I was forced to confess that IT had noi thought out my plens, that, in fact, I had no plans at all. “ Youth trusts to luck,’’ said the lawyer ever ready to thrust his tongue in where it was not wanted. “Fortune favours them who have the pluck to show they don’t care a rap for the jade.” “s trust, Sir Kilburnie,” s2id ; Our UNceasine per } ; ; Thomas, turning to my father and ig- | noring the lawyer’s remark, “that when you have heard my reason you will not deem me tolerably selfish. I wished to ascertain that Mr. Andrew had fully made up his mind before in- truding any personal concern of my own, lest his generosity might lead him to neglect his own interests.’’ ’ “You are quite incapable of doing anything from selfish motives, Sir Thomas,” returned my father, quickly | ** Whatever be reasons, I am ready to wager they do you honour.”’ “You are extremely good to express anl cordially. such sentiments.’’ said Sir Thomas, “but I am afraid my motives in this instance are selfish.’’ “Then, Sir Thomas, I shall be very much surprised, indeed,”’ father, promptly. “You are too said Sir Thomas, ter able to judge when ed my reasons for } ‘he fact is I am anxi trustworthy friend going to India who would—well—who would undertake a delicate family mission for me.” My heart jumped at this. could the family mission be ? would Isabel be interested in it ? * There are those in India,"’ continued Sir Thomas, after a short pause, “ of whom I should very mu li} to have intelligence.”’ He stopne? noment, fingering his glasses absexniiy, lifting it to his mouth and putting it down again without drinking. Then he went on, While we all listened intently : “I think rally supposed by my friends and neighbours that Isabel is my only child, but that—I speak in confidence, gentlemen- a mistake. She has a brother Donald—Donald Gor- responded my Kilburnie,”’ will be bet- [ have expiain- eine inquisitive. to find some generous, but you pus What And ° it is gener ~is don—-and it is of him 1 would fain hav news. The young man himself is not addicted to letter writing, and my cor- respondents fm the East seem somehow or other to have lost sight of him. It may be that he is dead,” and there was a quiver in his voic "ao, 4 would be some satisfaction to know it. And, to be brief, I thoucht were to India ‘ that if A ( possibly he able to look AT~ mieht Donald up.’’ ire poing he “Gad, Sir Thomas, Andrew jis just the very man to do that,” put in Mr Clephane. “TH warrant he'll fing your son. It ts a mission to suit o of Andrew's adventurous spirit. I only wish I could substitute my son. 3ut Andrew is not to be superseded. J envy him his opportunity.” ** We all ervy the own onnortunitine ne > Ci youth,” said Sir Thomas. Then turn- ing to my father, with a smile, “ Yo, see, Kilburnie, my motives are selfisi after all.” ae 4 was ready to wazer, vour motives do you honour, answered my father, fir Thomas.” stoutly, “and he were no son of mine, who, coins toa India, would not exert himself to ée Vhat you wish.” With that mv father looked at mea es if to say :—“ There, now, sneak There’s something to your taste ner haps.” ; “I need hardly assure you, Sir Thomas,” I said, eearing my thronr. for my excitement was ati “ET ne hardly assure you that if eyer foot in India my first business de to find Donald.” “Thank you, my dear boy,” respond- ed Sir Thomas, while his voire shaok and his eyes glisteneg’. ‘Thank Orly pray remember that should change your mind yen will not this generous promise ‘to me in way hinder you. I wll not accent wour service on any ether condition.” “Never fear, Sir Thomas. Never fear,”” answered my father for me. “Make vourself quite at ease on that scr re. If he changes his mind, he wil} tell you sa frankly.” My hkeart’s thanks 1 you, Kii- burnie,” murmured Sir Themas. “.Yoy Lave made me fifty years younger. My spirit—ah, me! But there, there. ory a sre { 7 will you. you lot any Shall we join the ladies ? [ daresay they are feelirg rather lenmely.” Ang we rcse and left the room. “My dear Isabel,” cried Sir Thomas. with the glee of a boy, as we entered the drawing-room; “ come here, chiid. I have news for you.” She rove stantly, and met him with a pretty leok of expectation cn her face. “Mr. Andrew is goirg to India and will search out Donald,” continued Sir Thomas. “Therg’s news to gledden your beart, mv child.” Isabel turned toward me, her eves gleaming with a dewy. wistful bright- ness, and her hands shuking with a sudden tremour, so that I would fain have taken hold of them to comfort her. “Oh,” she said, advancing a step rearer me, and speaking in a tow voice which I fancied was meant for my ear alone, “if you could only get tidings of my brother 1 cannot tell how grateful I should be. But the news that you are even to try seems tco gcod to De true. How can we ever thack.vou? Whot can we ever in- your ~ nw we — j ve Ana a, Witn My to muepey sou :* kot face and leaping heart, certainly cculd net tell wer. The joy that gave Sir Thomas and Isabel new life filled me also with an exquisite delight, but when they were radiant with nope and happy by anti- cipation, my dear mother’s face blanch- €@ so that my gladness was checked by the duty of comferting her. In this office Isabel came to my help with tke sweet words and winning ways that were all her own, ard by dint of severance in looking ai the sunny side of things and keep- ing the dark out of view, in a little while my mother smiled through her tears, owning, with a fervent embrace, ! it was good for young men to go into the world and try hazards With fortune. “Few have such friends, Andrew,” she said, looking toward Isa- bel, while clinging to me. * ian 5 would het stand between you and ‘distinction, far icss would I hinder you from doi:.g a worthy action.’ And then she and Isabel laughed and cried together, while I chewed my thumb ir a corner, and there was an end of ob- jJections. It must he understood that I was not ts go solely as Sir Thomas’ emissary to seek out Donald. I was going prim- arily on my own account—to push my own fortune—and Sir ‘Thomas’ mission was, as he was pleased to put it, “a mere act of charity done to a stranger out of the govdness of my heart.” Yet in truth the charity and goodness were all on the other side. Sir Thomas that oat to mind ve of old friends, and when ye come back ye’ll can march to your OWn quickstep, and maybe Donald will be there to fling his bonnet in the air. Hooch aye! God bless ye—God bless ye!” and a tremulous hand pat- ted me like a baby on the back. Then Dunean leaped down and stalked back to his horses, daring any one to say tears were on his cheeks or that his hands were shaking as if with a palsy. His was an odd gifc, hut I took it, krowing how refusal would hurt him. In another minute the driver had gathered up the reins, touched the Prancing leaders with his whip, and Wwe were off. 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