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' CRUEL" ; f \ < THE GRAVEi - ; * The Secret of Dunraven , Castle. '; I1 !j 3Y ANNIE ASHMORE, 1 Author of "Faithful Marsraret," Etc., Etc i | ] ( HAITKK 1 X.| - C on tinned.) ' < I!.- retincl from that presence a dis- 1 ria cd man. A (treat trust had been ! I confided tn him. and he had betrayed it. ; He had been powerful?his power was ( overthrown; his had been a busy life and a useful?solitude and shame wcro ] to be his portion henceforward. < Fresh from this blow my lord wroto me: he pronounced my doom. Wo must ' t part: never again should lift take into ] ids daily life the wife whoso heart had j strayed to such as Richard Accringt n. He would not divorce me, because he deemed mo guiltless in deed though not n heart. 1 should >till bear his name if j 1 (hose, and reside in ono of his do- > mains, but never again should he look upon my face. This was your fiat, my | lord, and 1 submitted. You never had 'o complain of rebellion in poor Engetlnnde. had you'* And though you put ( me away from you. you cannot prevent inc from lo\ing you still, loving you forever. i chose the place of my exile myself; ( tuy lord off. red mo other homes, Ituror and more cheerful. But a repudiated wife could find no room for critical?omparison in her crushed heart, when her | young, sweet lifo lay in ruins around her. A lonely islet in the Hcbirdean Stas, far from a sterile coast -a fitting retreat lor the bruised spirit that lias no more /est for life. You grieved, they say, my lord, at pcor Engelonde's choice, condemning her to worse than death you i still could spare a little pity for the trivial discomforts of her situation. : Perhaps you read my motive wrpng, and loomed it the self-mortification of the ; , remorseful. Ah. no, my lord, I am guilty of nothing in the eyes of Hod save of j loving you too we 1. One precious boon you gave me, which proved that, say what you will, your instinct bade you tr..st ino Jesplte your J cruel . calousy. , in my third yea: of exile, hearing that . the starved life forces wore running low. , , and-that Eugelonde might die, you sent my sweet Uiva to b > my consolation, my treasure, niv dear savior from madness. ?>f t':at other inmate you placed in my homo I disdain to complain: you judged , it be>t for me, no doubt, that the director -of my hou-ehold should bo that devoted ; fr>nd who had clung to you so long, and who already knew something of our , , painful -ret: but John Mrcomoc is no ( counselor or friond ol mine no slimy j repti'c is more shunned or loathed by , me than lie, the wret h whose baseness , , ruined me. My Lord Inchcapc has brought home his heir to him, a distant cousin who was > , -till at college when I married. He is a noble youth, I hear, and my lord is . , warmly attached to him. I do not ' grudge Edgar Ardeu his splendid prospects. yet often the heart-piercing re- : flection come? to me that it might have 1 boon my son that Lord Inchcape loved 1 and took j ride in, but for the treachery of lib-hard Accrington and the falsehood of John Mr com he. When these two confess tbo truth, my Jove will take me back to his heart and jnto hi- life. Ah. who will wring the truth from them? who will break my i mwl eft mo free? who Will WiDO the imputed dishonor from Lord Inehcape's joame? Ch, !or deliverance, deliverance. CHAPTER X. _ THAT HAPPY IIIUD. Ldgar Arden laid down thft last pago *>' my lady's story with an air of inetf- j able r??vcronc ; his whole manhood rose t uo in indignant protest against the cruel wrongs which had been heaped upon that sweet, d. voted woman: ho longed to be up and doing in Iter defense Who will break your chain and set tui fi'ie, sweet soul?" murmured h" with generous emotion. "1 will, if man can do it." H< rocnl ed the long kept mystery ; which had hung at out his kinsman Inch- i cape, thought of his friends kept at a distan ? , his noble aspirations laid down ' all unfu filled: how the proud man liad Mill *I'Oll III llius v\ IuiJ.jiili; ii:-? iiuiuvviit wife. ']'? br'ng back happiness, honor, a pr ml name vindicated?would not that be a triumph worth stri.ir.g fat? And the young man's heart glowed in her. iu inipulsa. 1 or he loved his kinsman, as the young French soldier loves the lirst Napoleon, for the traditions of hisgr. atjie<s and for tho pity of his downfall. Yet. in forming this resolve, Kdgar was not blind to the difforenco it might J make in his own fair future. As long as j my Lord lnehcape livrd in cstrangem nt 1 from his wife, Kdgar Arden was his heir; for live yc.r* he had believed himself the j inevitab'c successor of the oar!, had been fitting himself for his future station, and | unfitting himself for a life of labor and j obscurity. A1I this passed clearly before him, vet 1 with undiimncd onthus asm hesti.l went back to his lirst dazzling impu s?"i ^lial! be that guiit'ess lady's champion? I 1 shall bring back happim ss to h r. and t ? tho husband she loves so well!" i When Edgar again sought the ladies, ? * they were scltlod with their work in tho summer house of thucourtly old gardon, ^ Mr. tsircomho iu attendance with his fcyok. Edgar was forced to ?>ut a strong constraint upon bimsolt to hido the scorn lie telt for the caitiff hound, but for Lady Inchoape's sake he was enabled to trcait him with nothing worse than irrim civility. Still his private opinion found ampY expression in his Byes; end fh's stirred up Sircombe's secret animosity to co d fury he could have poiso.ied the supercilious intruder. Lady 1 n 'h^r^c had caused a fur rug to be s pro a I for the couvaWont in a pleasant no >k. where he might rest and receive the strengthening salt breezes, vs hile gazing on the fiee sweep of the ocean, dotted with distant sails. She welcomed him to her side with a clo?e elasi) of her nervous hand, ana an ?./%?? ah 1 w.r f o hut. riJKi u-MIU r tuu* ? v?? < < i iuw. ...... they could not converse contidentially then, and he only gave her a truehearted <rai e and pressed her hand. Beautiful I'lva was peculiarly radiant today; sho was innocently elated by the triumphant recovery of the stranger (vhoin she secretly claimed as her own peculiar protege, because as Kenmore aad said, she had given him back his life. And Kenmore's prophecy stimuated the joyous young creature's interest in Edgar: though bcr womanhood rt as as yet unawakened, she wove pretty Fancies about the handsome stranger, md loved to see him happy by the side sf her darling mamma Engelondc. Edgar thought he could fathom Eord Inch cape's morbid feeling about his laughter: that ho could never permit inv honorable man to marry iho daugh [or ol an attainted name: so ne nau sent lier to lonely Dun raven to be a companion to his wife. What a cruel future for I'lva, if this were all. The lirst moment that Ladv Incheape and he wore alone .-lie tuned to him eagerly. "You have read It?" asked she, tremulously, her sensitive face burning. "Every w. rd. Lady Dunraven, and with such reverence, such conviction, as i nly the truth could inspire." he answered. Ho could see how his words soothed and comforted her. and how her wrung and tortured susceptibilities rested in peace upon the welcome belief that he still reverenced her. oventhouch she was a repudiated wife, with a d sgracef 111 stigma upon her "Would it convince my lord?'' she whispered witii brightening oyes. I'oor Edgar dared not reply, for ho knew the indomitable pride of Inehcare. "Ah. 110: \ou think it won d not "said she, mournfully. "Jealousy is cruel as the grave, and estranged love is haider than inrliffproneo " She sank back sighing: she wa? very grateful for his sympathy, but she lud ao hopo. "My who'? ?eart is in the matter," said Edgar. humbly. "When I leave you it shall be to do what I can to obtain justice for you. Can you trust in me so far?" "I believe in your loyalty and courage," said she, giving him her hand with one of her old-time fascinating smiles: but I cannot see how mortal n an can wring the truth from those two cravens who lied my happiness away. " "Let mo try," he implore 1, "1 may succeed." She looked at him with starting tears. "Noble heart!" she murmured. "I do think you might. Very well, I make you my champion, and bid you Cod jpe- di" Ho solemnly kissed her hand to seal the contract: he felt it binding as a sacred obligation She little dreamed who this champion was who had undertaken to restore her to her husband and home?that it was that very Arden whose solemn rocogni t ion at lncheape Fosse as the Karl's heir had so wrung her poor heart, and em bittered her recollections of that stately home where one? she reigned supreme. lint Kdgar exulted over his unknown relationship: ho felt st ong to work for her with such a right as that, and h <w could Ineluape hold out against his wife, whoa the very heir, whose interests wore naturally antagonistic to hers, vowed that he believed in her wholly. And st 11 he hid his identity from her, fearing to ehill iter faith in him. A few days restored Kdgar almost completely, lie yielded to his friend's earnest desire, and did not leave her tho moment he was strong enough to travel. ' Think what a toon it is to me to have a friend on; o more," she pleaded. 4,lt is liko cold water to a pri. oner perishing of thirst. May but a few days longer and let me grow strong by seeing your strength and goodness. 1 am so weary of sorrow, ah, so weary!" But he trembled for dread while ho a ,i*k-o },?ri tt. ,lnn all his heart. 3?auu, iU. *>HU W. , and what if ho should b tray this to her, and disturl) her peace? Uha was proud to lead him about, showing liitn ai; her haunts inside and outs do of the tower and tip and down the island: wherever her dainty caprice I ointed, she was sure of a oonipanon. docile and trusty, whose interest never liagged Of course they did not ramble about tans en toto-a tet in the American mode. England, like France, sets up many barriers between the S(\\?s, and the young lady's rank added to these. Sometimes it was the grave and reverend Mr. Hrronibe who chaperoned them, sometimes ilea's own middleaged tnaiu, o ce her nurse, who carried her wraps after her, and sedately sat behind whenever they stopped to rest lJut no tinra person couiu inierpusu between these two young spirits, which day by dav drew nearer to each other, drawn by mutual sympathies When L'lva took him among the Highland people who lived in the tiny hamlet by the shore, and supported themselves by fishins, and he saw how they loved their Colava. and how she loved thorn that was another fascination to draw him to her And when she perceived how simple, kind, and compas"! ni, ? < in hr>r mmr ronn!e. iinw eager to cheer the sorrowful and help the iceble, how untiring his interest in their picturesque daily iives?that wooed her toward him, as personal flattery n ver con d have done. Then they would find some silent nook amid the silver-gray rocks, on a divan of red-bal! heather hedged round with the fox-glove standing high, and a carpet of bracken, cold and emerald, embroidered with hair stenimcJ blue-Jbclls, and the led erano's hill, and what ho Uc read so well she drank fn with every last feeling charmed, and that, drew them swe very near each other's hearts and J Ah, yes; wherever her fearless, dainty ; his feet could go she had taken hitn: and in j ; j spite of the boding watchful eyes of my | *0ft|) lord's secretary and his heart-hiding ; 0ff,. I smile, they had been happy, unutterably I . hanpy together, these two. ' *1 think Mr. Edgar has trot to the end I of my repertory." laughed l.'lva to her j V, ? stepmother one gloomy, gray afternoon j . ' as the three stood on a small stone ter- ! c?!p race which overhung the scarped cliff on . the inland side of tho tower. "Even 1 w" Mr. Sireombe has nothing left, I can j ;T 1 see." That gentleman stood, as usual, j '' a little apart in secret-forced deference . to Lady Inchcapo's lierce repulsion. ; y0" "Between us," I'lva went on. "we j ?r have made him acquainted with all our j Daroioan. ourapmi-iuin:?, uui icuc-picm. our dungeons, everything that wo have " 0 ^ "Our small island holds few attractions to detain a stranger long among us." 's said Mr. Sircorabo from his distance, . ow ! with a serious air, "but I could direct f)a(' Mr Edgar to some noble ruins on the Scotch coast, far more worthy the ex- "V1/" plorcr than our comparatively modern ' i Dunraven Tower." a!l. "Thank you," bowed Edgar, sarra>tic : ,10, ally, "but i shall not thoublc you yet." ' ^ "Ob. Mr. Sircomb*." erled ITlva look- anj ing up with sparkling eyes "the undis- i sj10( covered cell under the southern bastion! ' froI I have just recollected it Jf Mr. Edgar ?.| ! and you were to find tliat mysterious my entrance, that would amuse him. The 1 ^ cell has been sealed up for a hundred 1 years, they say," (this to Edgari "think i what interesting antiquities might he lying there waiting for a discover. No?? < nn lir*/l tltn nntrnnpp ^ As ho said this rather eagerly. Edgar ^ could not help gazing curiously at him, ,.j and speculating as to how far a mutual ; saj(| sentiment might carry those two towards j on , becoming accomplices to got him away as l lrom Sleat-na-Yreckeg. sj1(. Kenmorc and Sircorabo, banded to- j j j gcther against the unwelcome guest, t might very j ossibly proceed to tako high ! ^ ground to get rid oi him. might even , ^ | carry him off in spito of his retnon- \ < stranccs and land him on the Scottish TOj' coast j sat! I Edgar laughed at himsof for this ! for wild lancy; yet Sircombe was strangely | E pale. be ; Ulva's thoughts few to Kenraore and ; wal | his vengeful threat, and, womanlike, [ . she did not laugh tho fancy away. She said objected to the trip j whe "Too cold for an invalid," said she. : *] Merely bracing," smiled Mr. Sir- son ' comoo. "i am sure ,?r, r-uwai i? uul i afraid?" and he darted a taunting glance I Uj{u at hi in. i _tl i'oor Edgar! that settles it j "Afraid of what, or of whom?" asked i 1 he, haughtily, and so little did he relish the taunt that he did not even inviio Ulva to b* one of the party, lest Slrcombe should think ho meant to shelter " himself from possible unpleasantness mcr i behind her presence. And she waited, lr(" wondering and disappointed, to bo asked, and could scarce endure to seo , him go without her. i ! Mr. Sircombe disappeared to make ] s"# ! the requisite arrangements with Ken- ! c"*' more. ) ^ idgat seized the opportunity to,ask , mar , I'lva t > walk part of the way down tho I clift with him: and so. with a sweet, : r|>ct kind smile and "bon voyage!" from Lady j ,'10, 1 Inchcape, they started. Oh. lirst love! what sveetest poet ! " ver could paint you sweet or pure j '1('a enough? ; - > t-t I t on They wanaeroa aown me precipitin:* i pathway; they were soon out of sight of ,,nJ* j the Tower; then tlnj way crew steei cr. aru and what tould lie do but take her litt o treJ hand and nest e it on his arm to sup- ?* port her-' And wheu. with a wliirr and m-v a triumphant bird-scrcatn I'lva's little y?rJ) ; pet lark dropped down front neaven into her bosom, and she covered it with t0'J iter lovely hand and railed it her darI ling, true heart, her littlo constancy? ! wliut lover could have Resisted the cx- her i quisite delight of uttering tho words cou j that tilled his heart? l,,c "That happy bird!" murmured Edgar. dreamily. "A thousand times a day I v'm ! envy him. Our stories are so like each ">'? j other at first: you sated bo;h our lives, v0" ; and we both return you our whole souls, I3^! ! full of gratitude?and love. But you '-or ! have taken the bird to tour heart, and w1^ "And you must not quote unknown Pos authors on a steep path," Interrupted acl : I'lva, at last finding presence of mind corr to stop the passionate words, without i owning that she understood them. She s' 0 iiad grown very pale and the tears were to 1 , in her eyes, but she smiled for all that, * j and be was actually deceived. As she |,us j ran on a few steps with her iark flying ,oa' i by her shoulder, Edgar almost cursed ^ur j himself for the mad impulse which had ' caused him ;o to forget duty ajid Jionpn aftl "Sha'l I search for it?" asked Ed par i ^p^ charmed with the idea of do ng any- j j"] thing that might gratify her. 'Mj "Yes. and be sure and discover it, tlien : we shall always <al it 'Edgar's cell,'" i for laughed l iva. with innocent e'ation. j cj "t They explained thdt the ancient dun-' J . ( peons of Uunraven liad been hewn out . . of ti:e solid rock foundations of the I w j* towor. the entrances so contrived as to ' be dillicult to discover. All the other , Prf ro.k chambers had been found, and j cleared of debris, but the entrance to J ?*! the dungeon of the southern bastion was j *v\ yet a mystery. ; J" "If I may utter an opinion," inter- ,, posed Lady Inchape. anxiously. "I would ,j, say that Mr. Edgar is not yet quite ro- ( bust enough to undertake anything so ' laborious." I'lva's anxiety awoko on the instant. "Let in defer the search then." she pleaded, "but you must not go without . J making tho discovery." ' 1 "There is ono thing you have not j eimwn mp that 1 dare not ask to see." 1 said Edgar's eyes, "your own sweet J ""Jj i heart " ; thoi "We have not shown Mr. Edgar Sleat- | ^.uj ! na-Vrecken from the sea." said Mr. Sir- ' combe, goaded by that too eloquent J ov#,j glance, to interpose his word, at tho n]0r j risk of provoking one of Lady Inch- ! jj capo's involuntary Icy looks. "The (| water looks so calm this afternoon that : I am sure it would be an agreeab o time s, ( , to row round t ho isle. And Ken more, I n, know, is disengaged." fJ looked so pale And grieved when at , she turned, found, that her heart i died with sudden tender remorse, i i she went back, and laid her b[rd in ( hands, very trustfully; then moved i ind gathered a little knot of blues and white heather, which she | , red him next. V'ou must fasten it into my coat for i then; you see both my hands aro . i aged m forming a nest for True* ; i irt." said he. almost humbly, for his i 1 science smoto him again, hey stood to perform the operation, happ>, absorbed young creatures, j 1 iftg for the first time the most deli- 1 is draught this eartli has to bestow. 1 hey had reached the base of the cliff. 1 were iri the edge of a thicket of the < dy Scotch fir whicli girdled the rude < k; still further down, but invisible n their position, tne lew nuts clua- ( id on the edge of the beach. j < l\a's wide sleeves fell back as she ed her lovely arms to fasten the wild .*ers on his breast, and as she threw ! k her head, her deep, velvety.eyes ted upward?the most beautiful, the it dangerous look a woman's eyes can ?; while h r milk-white throat and j i the melting undulations of her sump- | us bust were seen in iheir most fas- t < iting attitude. dgar stood motionless as a statue, i pale as one, till a visiblo tremor } jk him Then these words burst I , n him: L'lva! I'lva! If I cannot win you for | wife, my life will be a curse t > rac!" ; lie started from him with a stifled j and stno^ ofT, gazing wild-eyed at , like some beautiful, startl.u creattoo proud to fly; all her woman's ! Ij was up in arms against this ab- j t. unceremonious woe in sr. and her j id fired?the blood of the ancient licapes, thaf, never brooked insult. [?fear?you?have - mistaken ? the' ' irson!" gasped she. word by word, with all her wrath, something scem,o be wringing the blood out of her iring heart, and to he turning tho ; : > e world sad and du'l. \li! i;o not if ok at me with that ex sion?yon torture m.d" cri d Edgar, , : assionato grief. '"I deserve your in- : iation for daring to speak of love iiout Lord Inchcapc's permission ied first: but I do n t deserve yo :r i n and loathing; oh, no, sweet llva, ; ' t lie sound of measured footsteps put nd to the scone, leaving the pairdis- j ted.'Kdgar with remorse and grief, i a with amazement at his last words, inting above her other emotions, e knew that she was I ord Ineheape's 1 ghter! Who, then, was this who 1 ie to their asylum knowing all about j I secret which even she bad not peno- : ed! . was Mr. Xircom bo who strode upon . n, so grim and ghastly that if either ' been capable of examinfc? him they ild have seen at once that he had j rhoard the last speech at least, if 110 f ft. and that his mind was made up. c made no comment, however, ex- ! j ; to announce in a toneless voice I I''..' -??? ?* u-AM /l follow to the ' i I\Ullilluii: huh u iv?<v<> vw re at once, and that ho would | .inmiM d .Mr. Edgar to put on ono of : inr coats which ho had brought over > arm. shall leave yen here. Mr. Edgar." i L'lva, in a low voice, with her eyes he ground. And although he felt | f he would commit-some madness if left him without one sign of softened < ing, she moved away like ono in a ; tm. h r lark flitting about horgaylv, climbed up the steep without oue J kward glance. S'ow." said Sircombe in a tcrriblo i e. when she was quite gone, "are you I siicd that your honor is no safeguard that defenseless lady?" ! I dgar turned a gaze upon his wouldjudge that chocked him like a stone I.. 3eacc! defamer of the innocent!" he. "You babble of honor? You ? betrayed Lady Inchcape by a lie!" Iush-sh! M ho are you that knows j I tuch of the secret history of Inch- ( u?" whisper* d S rcombe, aghast j t not another word here?follow me . lis way, Sir Spy; and. now, please to ' ! lain yourself." < CHAPTKK XI. ' 1 ?wnv CALL XT MX BDEIi?c had ltd the way round an abut- J :t of the cliff, perhaps ? score of feet j n the path: they came to a halt in a ow, close under the cliff, in a curious ie, protected fr. m inquisitive oyes 1 i great granite boulder perched on iv j ht elevation opposite tho cleft in the ' wall. mass of wild honeysuckle and ivy ) itiod far up the rugged crag; glanc- ; upward one saw that th y stood di- I ;!y beneath the southern bastion of tower. \"o?v, sir, I demand an cxp'anat'i n of i* words." sa.d Sircombc. at white ' I 1 Mr. Sircomho. Io^c you no oxplana i of elthor motivp or meaning; but, of own fre will. I will teli you that I on? who knows the faet of your icherv l<> Lady .11 heapo in In r hour need: and that 1 hold the power I11 hands t) liavo \ou driven fr on under der roof in merited disgrace." he director grew ashen pale, and reed in dismay. Then it is as I feared." he muttered, ween his teeth. "She has made you confidant, and you believe her, of i rse. Hut you may not find that Lord hcape is equally credulous." Jh, J intend to cause you to con:e him," retorted Edgar, quietly: u shall repeat the conversation which overheard that night between tho f and Co onel Accrington: and when d Inchcape compares your testimony u ulc truth shall Drcvail." And what power do you imagine you so^s over rue, to force me into this of self-destruction?" demanded Siribe, his hollow eyes flaring I make no threats" replied Edgar, I rnful y. "I shall give you a chance | ict like an honest man. " or a long pause, neither spoke. The h of death brooded around thorn: no f stirrel nor nird >ang; the heavens lg low and gray. ohn Sircombo was looking this cality which had. befallen him in tho face, and the longer he looked the more? appalied he was. Lady Inchcape had rebelled at last, and ^ad chosen a champion who seemed '? r^ofiite to succeed in riirhtia? her wrongs. And her vindication'mean^ Sircombe's ruin, for he had not only withheld the testimony which would havo saved her hut he had skillfully kept alive the smoldering tires of Inchcape's suspicion and jea'ousy ever since had. in fact, done his best to keep them es-, t ranged. At first he had done this through the love of power and an important placethut since Ulva came to grow up under his eyes into a flowSr of all mastering loveliness ah, since then it had grown tieath to be discovered and east out in. iisgraee! Anri now this man had come, vonnr rare-free, pitiless in his insolent powers of fasc. nation, and he loved her! "^ou give ine the chance to act like an honest man." rope^tcd Sircombe, bitterly. "What, then, if I should propose to buy your honesty with mine?" J"Ah. you mean " "Yes, I mean Lady Ulva. If I f>romlso to make reparation to Lady Incbcape, ivil! you Dromise to leave Lady Ulva torover?" "I shall make no such compromiso with you," said Edgar, s owly. "I love the lady, and I believe 1 shall yet receive Lord lnchcapc's permission to woo hnr n "AIj, you say this to my fare:* cried Sircombe. fiercely, and ho made a gesture so full of maddened fury that Edgar toot an involuntary step backward from the distorted visage that bent toward him. As he did so the tangled vines parted beneath his weight, a dark apertura yawned 1 ehind him, and the next moment he fell headlong backward, clutching wildly at the vines, which broke la brittle handful* and then closed over the aperture as before. J Sircombe had uttered a yoll of warning?Edgar was silent?and started forward to aid him?but he was too late, lie gazed at the leafy screen with dazed senses; ho put out his hand to tear it apart, but paused in the very act, and for a Jong, lonR minute considered, with lixed eve and hands outstretched. There was neither voico nor movement within. 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