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A BACHELOR'S SONG.
fig I am a stera old .bachelor
p*- Mr age is forty-four,
I'do"declare, ?'ll never lire
With women any more.
CHORUS.
Little sod shanty,
Sod shanty give to me,
For I'm a stern old bachelor)
From matrimony free.
I live upon a homestead, claimj
From women I aro old,?
I do not have to-dress a wife,
Or take care of a kid.
I cook my .little, dirty bite *
Three times or less a dar ;
I lick my plates,to keep, them,alean,
And just sboVe^mn?slawayi ?
I have a stove that's worh ten cents,
A table w o nh 'fifteen-,. =>
f? I cook roy grub in oyster cans
?ndra?Ways have tilings clean.
On Sunday morn I go to church
Without a wife to storm :
My latest paper is. not rolled up'
To beautify her form.
I go to bed whene'er I please,
And get np just the same ;
I change my socks three times a year
With no one to complain.
And when I die an? go to heaven,
As all-old bachelors do ;
I will dot have to grieve for fear
My wile won't get tbece, too.
Coitess Naroaa.
By "WTLEXE COLLINS.
THE FIBST PAKT,
?COXTIXCED.1
* CHAPTER III.
There was a time when, a mari in search of
the pleasures of gossip sought the society of
-^adfegf^^ftternai* knows belier-mu*^' Et?'guee
to the smoking room of his citlb.
* ;Drv Whybrow 'tfehted: his-cigar and* looked
round ?inr at his brethren -in "social-'co?ciave" .
assembled. The room was well filled, but tho ;
flow of talk was still languid. The. doctor !
innocently "applied the stimulant that was
wanted. When he inquired if anybody knew
the Countess Nardna be was answered by %
something like a shout of astonishment.
Never (the conclave agreed) had such an at>
surd question been asked before 1 ~Every "!
human creature, with the slightest claim to a
place in society, knew the Countess Narona.
An adventuress with a European reputation
of the blackest possible-color-such was' the -
general description of the woman with the
death like complexion and the glittering eyes.
Descending to particulars, each member of
the club contributed his own little steck of
scandal to the memoirs of the countess. It
was doubtful whether she was really what
she called herself, a^Bohnatian Jtfdy. it-.was
dOTbtfu^T^ether sbeiiaet ever been married *
to the count whose widow she assumed to be.
It was doubtful whether the .man who ac
.cojnpanied ber in her travels (under the name
of Baron iii var, and in the character of her
brother) was her brother at all Report
pointed to the baron as a gambler at every
"table" on the continent. Report whispered
that his so called sister had narrowly escaped
. being implicated ia a famous trial for ppison
" ing at Vienna-tb'at shehad been known as
a spy in the interest of Austria-that her
"apartment" in Paris had been denounced to
the police as nothing less than a private gam?
bling house-and that her present appearance
^"E&lIa^wW'tn^^
discovery. Only one member of the assem?
bly in the smoking room took the part of this
much abused woman and declared that her
character had been most cruelly and most
unjustly assailed. But as the-.man was a
lawyer, jhis int^ermce went for n?thinjf'j. it .
wm* naturally-attributed to thospirit of-"con- B
tradiction inherent in his profession. He was
asked derisively what he thought of the cir
cqmstances, under which th e.countess had be- ..
: came engaged to- bo married, andi he / made v
"fne ch?^ct?^ti?^answerVlShaViie tSoughfc4*
the circumstances -highly creditable to both
parties, and that he looked on the lady's fu- '
ture husband as aimc^enyiable'ipaat- ~V
Hearing this the doctor raised ^aiKjther -
shout of astonishment by inquiring the name
of the gentleman whom the countess was
about to marry.
.*B3s/irienas^n the- smoking room1 derided':;
. unanimously-." that ? tfcff e?J?.rated-pKvsician I
that he had just awakened from a super?
natural sleep of twenty years. It was all very
weil to say that he was devoted to his prof es
?ion, anw that be had "eitherrt?me-:nor indi- /
nation topi<*^.fra?ineat??/"' gossip' at din- ?
ner parties ands;ba?ls, A'man whb.d^npt -
know that ?StfCotP?iteas Narona had borrowed
money^^^n^afeof n<Jja>sa periw^tha?J'
*^?ft? f^^?^h^^^tp^SS^T marriage, waif
a man who had probably never heard of Lord
Montbarry himself. The younger members
of the club, humoring the joke, sent a waiter
for The Peerage. ond: read af?ndala m?roorr
of ^the nobleman ?nxjuesiion,. i or. the doctor's
benefit-with illustrative morsels of informa?
tion interpolated by themselves.
"Herbert John Westwick. .Jjtat.. Baron?
Montbarry, of Montbarry* ?ingV county,
Ireland. Created a peer for distinguished
military services in India. Forty-eight
years old, doctor at - the present; time.
Hot married. "Will be married next week;
doctor, to the delightful creature vre
" haveToeen tal king about. Heir, presumptive,
his. lordship's next brother, Stephen Robert, .
married to Ena,.y?tmjgest daughteriof the^
Rev. Silas Mardeu, rector of Runnigate, and
has issue, throdaoghters. . lounger brothers
of his lordship, Francis and Henry, unmar?
ried. Sisters of his lordship, Lady Barville,
married to Sir Theodore Barville, Bart., and
Anne, widow of the late Peter Norbury,
Esq., of Norbury Cross. Bear his lordship's
relations weil in mind, doctor. Three broth
^.er^. West wick, Stephen ..Francis and.. Henry*,
and two sisters, Lady Barville and Mrs. Nor
bury. Not one of the five will be present at
the marriage, and not ono of the five will
leave a stone unturned sj stop it if the count?
ess will only give them actiance. Add to these
hostile members of the family .another
offended relative-riot mentioned iii The I'eer- ?
age. a young lady "-7
- A sadden outburst of protest in more than I
one part of the room stopped the coming dis- |
closure ami released tho doctor from funner '
persecution;
"Don't mention the poor girls name; it'i ]
too bad to make a joke of that port, of ths I
business; she has behaved nobly under shame- !
ful provocation; there is but one excuse fot j
Monibarry-bo is either a roadman or a fool." j
In these terms the protest expressed itself OD
all sides. Speaking confidentially to his nvxt
neighbor, the doctor discovered-th at the Indy
referred to was already known to him
(through thc counted confession) as the lady
deserted by Lord Montbarry. Her name was
Agnes Lockwood. She was described as
being the superior of the countess in personal j
attraction, and as being also by some year*
the younger woman of tho two.' Making all !
allowa nee for thVfoliies that m^u'commitied ?
every d:?y in their relations with women, j
M6ntbarryrs delusion was still tho most mon- j
strous delusion on record. In th? expression j
of opinion every {man present agreetl-:.the .
lawyer (.ven included. Not one of them j
could call to mind the innumerable instances ;
in which the sexual influence has proved irre* j
sistihle intiio persons ot women, wit bout even j
the pretension Lo beauty. -Tije" very members
of the .club whom the countess (in spite of her .
personal disadvantages) could have most
easily fascinated, if she had thought it worth
her while, were the members who wondered
most loudly at Montbarry's choice of a wife.
While the topic of the countess' marriage
was still the one topic of: conversation, a
.member.of the cltfb entered the smokiflg?
room, whose appearance instantly pr. xl aced
a'dead silence." Dr. Wy brow's nexfricighbor
.vhispei-ed to him, "Montbarry's brother
Henry West wick."
Th? new comer looked around him slowly, i
with a bitter smile.
"You are talking ot? my brother," he ^said.
^Dotft TxAa?x?e. *Not one of you can dfespise
him more hf artily th?n I do7 AGo on^genfto
men-go oh"*?; ,
But one manfresentiiook the speaker-; at
his word. That man was the~Jawyer who
had already undertaken the defense o? the
countess.
"I stand alone in my position." he said?'
"end I am not ashamed of repeating it ia
anybody's hearing, I consider the Countess
Norona.to be a-cruelly treated woman. Why
sbouldn*t she oe Lord MontbarryV wife!
Who can s&y she has a mercishary motive in
marrying him?" ?
Montbarry's brother turned sharply on tho
speaker. "Fsay it!* be answered.
The reply might have shaken some mem.
The lawyer stood on bis ground firmly as
ever.
WI believe I am right," he rejoined, "ia.
stating that his lordship's income is not more
than sufficient to support his station in life;
also that it is an income derived almost en?
tirely from landed property in Ireland, every
acre of which- is' entailed. "
Montbarry's brother made a sign, admitting
that be had no objection to offer so far.
"If his lordship dies first," tbe -lawyer pro^
ceeded, "I haveibeen informed that the only
provision he can make for his widow con?
sists in a rent charge oh the property of no
more than ?400 a year. His retiring pension
and allowances, it is well known, die with
him. Ec ur hundred a year is therefore all
that he can leave to the countess, if he leaves
her a widow."
?Four hundred a yea. is not ally" was the
reply to this.^ "My brother has insured his
life for ?10,000; and he has aett'ed the whole
of it on the countess, in the" event of his
death."
This announcement produced a strong sen?
sation. Men looked at each other and re
ipeated the three startling words, "Ten thou?
sand pounds!" Driven fairly to the wall, the
lawyer made a last effort to defend his posi?
tion.
"May I ask who made that settlement a
condition of the marriage?" he said. "Surely
it was not the countess herself?"
Henry West wick answered, "It was the
countess' brother;" and added, "which comes
to the same thing."
After that'there was no more to he said
so long, at least, as Montbarry's brother was*
8fyeaeMjfc??jEhe^^^
and the doctor went home.
? But his morb?d.cuxioa?y. about the countess
' was ?hot-set at restyetj In his-leisure imo
ments be found himself wondering whether
Lord Montbarry's family would succeed in
stopping the marriage after all And more
than this, he was conscious of a growing de?
sire to see the infatuated .ma n himself. Every
day, during the brief interval before the
wedding, he looked rn at the "club, on the
chance of'-"hearing soma news. .'Nothing-had
happened, so far as the club knew. The
countess' position "was secure; Montbarry's
resolution to be her husband was unshaken.
They were to be roamed in tie chapel at
Spanish place. Sd much the doctor discovered
about them-and no more.
On the day of the wedding, after a feeble
struggle with himself, he actually sacrificed
his patients and their guineas, and slipped
away secretly to see the marriage. To the
end o? his} life ba stas .angry with anybody t
who reminded him of what he had done on
that day!
The wedding was strictly private. A close
carriage stood at the church door; a few
people, mostly of the lowerrclass, and ntostry
old women, were scattered about the interior
of the building. Here and there Dr. Wy
brow detected the faces of some of his breth?
ren of the club, attracted by curiosity, Uko
himself. Four persons only stood before the
altar-the brideand bridegroom and their two
witnesses. One of these last was u faded
looking woman, who might have been the
countess' companion or maid; the other was
undoubtedly her brother, Baron Rivar. The
their ordinary morning costume. Lord
Montbarry, personally viewed, was a middle
aged military mau of the ordinary type;
nothing in tho least remarkable distinguished
bim either in face or figure. Baron Rivar,
again, in bis way, jjvas. another conventional
representativo^ of Smother well .known type.
One sees 'iris ifmerr painted nrastach?/l?s
bold eyes, his crisply curling hair, and his
dashing carriage ^>l--4be head repeated^tun
dreds _*o^]tin^>oyer |pn ?tbe^^ulgvat??s of
Paris. The ?nly note wort nyj^ft.a'oout him;;
was of tbfe negative sort. Ile was not in the"
least like his sister. Even the officiating
priest yvas only a harnjlesa^huinblc looking
old _nia^. :Wb|9 went ^atjgT? his duties re?
signedly^ an?T felt .visible rheumatic diffi?
culties every time he bent his knees. The
one remarkable person, the countess herself,
on^^raised herryeU^at^JjboJ^eginning of^
tb? ?c?^mon%j? an? ,^ese?tedrc nothingT
loJSherJs p"ain/^ess|^ ifl?t j^as S^dL^Ja?
seconaiook. "^Kevef^n^^
there a less interesting and less romantic mar?
riage than this. From time to time the doc?
tor glanced round af?_the door or up at tho
galleries, vaguely antiquating the appear
?nee of some protestirjjjjgstranger, in posses?
sion oi some terrible?j?cret, commissioned
to forbid the progress^ the senrice. Noth?
ing in the shape-pi anbeut oqa?red-noth?
ing extraordiniag* notl^g^ntts?tic. Bound
fast together as man and wife, the two dis?
appeared, followed by their witnesses, to sign
the registers; and still Dr. Wybrow waited.
and^uVhecherh>b*?d too obstinata- hope that,
son^th^g-wdhh set-ing m jstf certainly hap?
pen'yet
The interval passed, and the married cou?
ple, returning to tho church, walked together
dowur-the-nave totbe-door. - Dr. "Wybrow
drew back as they approached. To his con?
fusion and surprise, the countess discovered
him. He heard her say to her husband,
"One moment, h seo- a frieral;" Lord. Mont
*6aWy bo wed-and waited. ' She 'stepped up to
the ; doctos; took. )?? liand. and* wrungT il
'hard.i 'He felt her overpowering *black eyes
; looking at him through her veil. "One step
''more, you see, on the way to the end'I* Sh?
whispered'those strange words, and returned
to hey husband.- Before- the- doctor "could re?
cover himself and follow her, Lord and Lady
Montbarry had stepped into their carriage,
and had driven away.
Outside the church door stood the three 01
four members of the club, who, like Dr.
"Wybrow, had watched the ceremony out ol
cwriostty-. Near^enr?ras tbewide?? brother,
waiting alone. He was evidently bent on
seeing the man whom his sister had spoken
to, bl'broad daylight. -His bold e\*es- rested
on tue doctor's face, with ar j?oment?ry'ilush
of suspicion in them. The cloud .suddenly
.cleaved away ;. the baron smiled witluchann
iu{< courtesy, lifted* his hat. to his'sister's j
friend, and walked ott. f .
uOnc step more, yon s???', ou thc tern/ tc j
the endr
Tho members constituted themselves into a j
club, conclavo on the church step*. They |
began with tho baron. "Damned ill looking j
rascal!" They went on with Montlv.rry. j
*"Is Ito going to take that horrid woman wirb. :
him lo Ireland?*' "Not Ix-! ho can't face the ,
tenantry; they know about Agnes Lock?
wood.*'! "Well, but where is he going"*' "To
Scotland." '' Docs she Kko Abatf fill's only ;
for a ."fortnight ; they como; Ixack td London,
and go abroad." "And they will never re?
turn to England, eh p "Who can tell? Did .
you see how sho looked at Montbarry, when
she had to lift her veil at the beginning of I
the service? In his place, I should have
I bolled. Did you seo her, doctor?" By this
intime, Dr. Wybrow had remembered his
?patients, and had heard enough of the club
gossip. He followed tho example of Baron
Kivar, and walked off.
"One step more, you see, on the way to the
end," he repeated to himself, on his way
home. "What end?"
ii I CHANTER nr.
Ou- *ha Any -?f-j j'^rriage A gnes^T/v-kr
wood sat alone in the little drawing room of
: hor London lodgings; : bun?ng" the fetters
which had been written to her by Montbarry
In the bygone time?
The countess* maliciously smart description
of lier, addressed to Dr. Wybrow, had not
even hinted at the charm that most distin?
guished Agnes-the artless expression of
. goodness and purity which instantly attracted
every one who approached hen" \ She looked
by many years . younger-thai* sftereaHy wa* .
With her fair complexion and her shy manner
it seemed only natural to speak of " her as a
"girl," although she was now really advanc?
ing toward SO years of age. She lived alone
with an old nurse devoted to her, on a modest
little income, which was just enough to sup?
port the two. There were noue of the ordi?
nary sign's of grief in her face, as she slowly
tore the letters of ber false lover in-two and
threw the pieces into the small fire which had
been lighted to consume them. Unhappily
for herself, she was one of those women who*
feel too deeply to find relief In tears. Pale
and quiet, with cold, trembling fingers, she
destroyed the letters one by on? without dar?
ing to read them again. She had .torn the
last of the series, and was still shrinking from
throwing it after the rest into the swiftly de?
stroying flame, when the old nurse came in
and asked if she would see "Master Henry"
meaning that youngest member of the West
wick family, who had publicly declared his
contempt for his brother in the smoking room
of the* club. . -
Agnes hesitated. A faint tinge of] color
stole over her face.
There had been a long past time when
Heury Westwick had owned that he had
loved her. She had made her confession to.
him, acknowledging,that her heart was given
to his eldest brother. He had submitted to
.his disappointment; and they had met there?
after as cousins and frienda. Never before
barrassing recollections. But nowv on the
very day when his brother's marriage to an
- other Woman;had consummated his brothers
treason toward her, there was something
vaguely repellent in the prospect of seeing
him. The old nurse (who remembered them
both in their cradles) observed her hesitation ;
and sympathizing, of course, with,the tuan,
put iiifa timely word for Henry. *Hejsays
n?? goingiaway^my dear; .?nd.he only^ra?its
to shake handsrand^say goodbye -Jtlus'plain
Statement of the case- had its effect. Agnes
decided on receiving her coUsiu.
ne entered the room so rapidly that he sur?
prised ber in the act of throwing the frag?
ments of Montbarry's last letter into the fire.
She hurriedly si>oke first.
"You are leaving London very suddenly,
Henn'. Is it business? or pleasure?*5
Instead of answering her, he pointed to the
flaming letter, and to some black ashes of
bmned'p^r lyfhg lighUy^n the^lower p?t^
of the fireplace.. ? ? ? $ % | % % %
"Aro you burning letters?"
"Yes."
"His letters?
????T?ti oii- -
He took her hand gently.
"I bsd no idea I was intruding on you, at a,
time when you must wth to bei?ona. For?
give me, Agnes^-I shall see you when I re
turu.*! , # '? ?
She signed to him* with a faint-, smile^to
take a chair.
"We have known-? one anotner since we
were children," she'.said. "Why should I
j feel a foolish pride about myself in your
from 3'ou? I sent back all your brothers
girts to me some time ago. I have been ad?
vised to do more, to keep nothing that can
remind me of him-in short, to buri the let?
ters. I have taken the advice; but I own I
?.shrmik.A ??ttieJrom destroying the last of thu
^le^rs.r'^?>-^ot?'becOTse it was the last, but
because it"bad "this in it." She opened her
hand, and showed him a lock of Montbarry's
bair& tied wi tia a morsel of gohlen cord.
' ^V*e^,yell4Vt?$t go with the rest!"
: ~ ^hewopp^?'?f into the flame. For awhile
?'sh? stood with her back to Henry, loaning on
the mantel piece and looking into the fire.
He took the chair to which she had pointed,
with a strange contradiction of expression iu
his face; tho tears were in h?s eyes, while tba
brows ?hove were knit closo in an angry
frown. He muttered to himself:
^.t^ui^hjun?" ; ???
;- -Sue rallied bor couran looked at him
-..?aiu ?hen ?he. k>$&&
"Well, Henry, and why are you gotn?
?way?"
"I am out of ?pirlta, Agnes, and I want a
J change?"-r - -
Sl^^used^lefore she spoke again. Hil
factoid ber gainly that he was thinking of
berchen heonade that reply. She was
gratefnl to him, but her mind was not with
jifiixn'j^Bjcjmibd. was still with the man who
^ad?d?<eiaC?u%M She turned round again
to tue fire.
"Is ic ti-ue," she asked, after a long silence,
''that they have been married to-day?"
He answered ungraciously in the one nec?
essary word: "Yes."
"Did you go to the church?"
He resented the question with anjexpression
of indignant surprise.
"Go to the church?" he repeated. "I would
os soon goto"- He checked himself there.
"How cnn 3-ou aski" he added, iii lower
tones. "I have never spoken to Montbarry;
I have not ?eveu* seen lum since he treated
you like the scoundrel-and the fool that lie is!"
- Slie looked jathim suddenly without saying {
a word. He understood her and begged her
pardon. Butiro wasfstill angry.
."The reckoning comes to some men," he
said? "teven in tins world. Ile will live to ruo
thc day when he married tiiat woman!"
. Agnes took a, chair by his side, and looked
*at him with" a gent?o surprise.
"Is it quice reasonable to be so angry with
her because }*our brother preferred her to j
nit^r sue asked.
^J^nryftuniedjOiirher sharply.
"Do you defend tho countess, of all the peo?
ple in Lite worl.?"
"Why nut?" Agnes answered. "I know
nothing against-her. Ou tho only occasion
when wo nrct'she'anpeare. 1 to be a singularly
timi.!,, uer vous persoi?'looking dreadfully ill; j
" ?nd befii^ indeed-striil that she fainted under j
the lieal'of tho room. .Why should wo* not do
lier justice?7 We know that she was innocent j
of any intention tu wrong me; we know that
she was not aware of my engagement"
Henry lifted his hand impatiently, and
stopped hex*.
"Thon.- Lt s?chel thing as being too just and I
loo forgiving!" he interposed. "I can't bear j
to hear yo 1 talk in that patient way, after j
tho scandalously cruel niau her in which you j
have been treated. Try to forger, thom beth, j
Agu.-s. I wish to God 1 could help you to
doit:" :
A'.;nes laid her hand on his arm.
"You ?re very good to mo. Henry; but you '
don't quite understand mn. I was thinking j
of myself and my trouble in quito a diifctvtit
way, when you came in. I was wondering j
whether anyt bing which bas so entirely lilied |
my heart, uud'sO absorbed all that is l>est and ;
triK-st in inc, ?awry-feeling for your brother, |
can i-euHy paraway aa if ic had never existed, j
I have dest royed tho hist visible things that .
iVTinud-ine of him. In this world I shall see |
him iiq^upre. ?Jut is the tie that once bound
us completely broken/ Am I ns entirely
parted from the good and evil fortune of his
life as if we had never met and never lovel?
What do yuu think, Henry* I can hardly j
believe it!"
"If you could bring the retribution on him ?
that be hus ' deserved," Homy Westwick 1
answered stern! i*. "I might bo inclined to i
agree wit ii you."
As tiiat reply passed his lips, the old nurse :
appeared again nt tho door, announcing i
another visitor.
. "i'm sorry to disturb you, my dear. But j
here is little Mrs. Ferrari wanting to know
when she may say n few words to you."
Agnes turned to Ib-nry before sha replied. ,'
"Yon remember Emily Bidwell, my favorito ;
pnpil years "ago at the village school, and 4
afterward my maid? She left me, to m
an Italian courier, named Ferrari-and I
. afraid it has not turned out very welL
you mind my having her in here fe
minute or two?"
Henry rose to take his leave. "I shoul
glad" to see Emily again at any other th
he said: 1 But it is best that I should gox
My mind is disturbed, Agnes; I might
things to you, if I stayed here any lon
which-which arc better not said now
"-"shall cross the channel by the mail to-:ui
<ttud see how a few weeks' change will ]
"nie.*' He took her hand. "Is there anytl
in the world that lean do for your he asl
very earnestly. She thanked bim, and t
j- to release her hand. He held it with a tr
I uious, lingering grasp. "God bless -3
j Agnes!" ha said, in faltering tones, w*itb
I eyes on the ground.. Her face flushed agi
and the next instant; turned paler than e1
she knew bis h sort as well as hs knew it h
?elf-?he was too distressed to speak,
j lifted her hand to his lips, kissed it ferven
! and, without looking at her again, left*
room. Tiiue nurse hobbled after him to
? head of tlie stairs; she had not forgotten
feme when the younger brother had been
i unsuccessful rival-of the elder for the hi
of Agnes. "Don't be downhearted, Ma?
Henry," whispered the old woman, with
Unscrupulous common sense of persons in
1 lower rank of life. "Try her .again, wi
you come back!"
Left alone for a few moments, Agnes t
a turn in tho room, trying to Compose 1
self. She paused "before a little water cc
drawing on the trail, which had. belongec
her'raothur; it was ber OTO portrait wi
she was a child. "How much happier
should be," she thought to herself, sadly,
we. never grew upi"
The courier's wife was shown in-a lit
meek, melancholy woman, with white e
lashes? SJ jd watery eyes, who courtes
' deferentifL?ly, and was troubled with a sn
chronic cough. Agnes shook hands with 1
kindly. "Well, Emily, what can I do
your
The couriers wife made rather a strai
answer: 'Tm afraid to tell you, miss."
"Is it such a very difficult favor to gra
Sit down, and let me hear how you are goi
on. Perhaps the petition will slip out wi
we are talking. How does your husband
have to y ou i7'
Emily's light gray eyes looked more wat?
than ever. She shook her head and sigl
resignedly? ?
"I have no positive complaint to ma
against him, mks. But I'm afraid he does
care about me; and he seems to take no
terest in his home. I may almost say .h
tired of. his home. It mig?t bc better ?
both of. us, miss, if he went traveling \
awhile-nat to mention the money, which
beginning to be wanted sadly."
She put her handkerchief to her eyes, a
sighed again more resignedly than ever.
"I don't quite understand," said Agnes.
?bought your husband had an engagement
take some ladies to Switserlaud and Italy?"
"Th-it was his ill luck, miss. One of t
ladies feU ill-and the others wouldu't
without her. They paid him a month's sala
as compensation. But they had engaged hi
for the autumn and whiter-and the loss
serious."
5~ 44I am sorry to hear it, Emily. Let
f hope he will soon have another chance."
..It's net his turn, miss, to be recommend
when tho next applications como to t
couriers' office. You see, there are so mai
of them out of employment just now. *If
could be privately recommended"- S
stopped, cud left the unfinished sentence
^speak for itself. ,
Agnes understood her directly. "Yon wa
my recommendation," she rejoined. "Wi
couldn't you say so at oncer
Emily Mushed. v
"It would be such a chance for my ht
band,9 shs answered, confusedly. "A lette
Inquiring for a good courier (a six month
engagement, miss!) came to the office tb
"morning. It's another man's turn to 1
chosen-aud the secretary will recoramer
him. If my husband could only send h
testimonials by the same post-with jost
word in your name, miss-it might turn tl:
the scale, ;as they say. A private recommei
dation between gentlefolks goes so far."
She stopped again, and sighed again, an
looked down at the carpet, as if she had soir
private reason for feeling a Httle ashamed <
herself.
Agnes began to be rather weary of tt
persistent tone of mystery in which be
visitor spoke.
"If you want my interest with a friend c
mine," she said, "why can't you tell tb
name?"
The.cou rier's wife began to cry..
"I'm ashamed to tell you, miss."
For the first time Agues spoke sharply.
"Xonsense. Emily! Tell me the name di
rectly-or drop the subject-whichever yoi
like best."
Emily made a last desperate effort. Sh
wrung her handkerchief hard In her lap, am
let off tbe name as if she had. been letting o?
a loaded.gun:
"Lord liontbarryl"
Agues rose and looked at her.
"You htve/lisappointedme," she said, veri
quietly, bat with a look which the courier';
wife had never seen in her face before
"Knowing what you kuow, you ought to b
aware that it is impossible for me to com
municate with Lord Montbarry. I alwey:
supposed you had some delicacy of feeling
I ant sorry to find that I have been mistaken.'
Weak us she was, Emily had spirit enougt
to feel the reproof. Sh* walked in her meei
noiseless way to the door. "I beg your par
don, rah?. I am not quite so bad as yoi
think me. But I beg your pardon, all th<
same."
Sue oponed the door. Agnes called bet
back. There was something in the woman's
ajxdogy that appealed irresistibly to her just
and generous nature. "Come," she said, "wc
must not part in this way. Lot me not mi*
understand you. What is it that you ex?
pected me to do?"
Emily was wise enough to answer this time
without any reserve. "My husband will send
his testimonials; miss, to Lord Montbarry in
Scotland. I only wanted 3'ou to let bim say
in his letter that his wife has been known to
you since >-'ne was a child, and that you feel
some little interest in his wei fare on that ac?
count, I don't ask it now, miss. You ?have
liialleino understand that I was wrong.""
Had .she really been wrong? Past remem?
brances, as well as presen t troubles, pleaded
powerfully with Agnes for the courier's wife.
"It seems only a small favor to ask," she said;
speaking under the impulse of kindness which
ivas the strongest impulse hi her nature.
"But I am not sure that I ought to allow- my
name to bo mentioned iii your husband's lat?
ter. Let nie hear again exactly what he
wishes to ?ay." Emily repeated the words
and then offered one of tho.* suggestions,
which have u special value of their own to
persons unaccustomed to the use of their
pens. "Su i ?j ?ose you try, miss, how it looks
in writing'" Childish as the idea was. Agnes
Cried the experiment. "If I let you mentioti
nie," the said, "we must ut least decide what
3'ou are to s:iy." She wrote the words in tho
briefest and plainest form: "I venture to
state that my wife has been known from her
childhood to Miss Agnes Lockwood, who feels
some little interest in my welfare on that ac?
count." liedui;ed to this oi\e sentence,'there
was sun !}- nothing in the reference to her
name which implied that Agnes had permit?
ted it, or that she was even aware of it.
After a last struggle with herself, she handed
the written paper to Emily. "Your husband
must copy it exactlyv without nlteriia^any
thiug." she stipulated. "On that condition I
grant your request.? Emily was not only
thankful->he was really touched. Aga.?
hurried the little woman out of the room.
"Don't give me time to repent aud take it
bael; again,* she ?ii.!. Emil;, vanished.
"ls the tie that once bound us-completely
broken" Am I as entirely parted from the
good and evil fortune of his life as if-wo liad
never met and never lovett?" Agnes-"looked
nt tho clack on tho mantelpiece. .Not ten
minutes since those serious questions ha 1 been
o;i her lips. It almost shocked her to think
of tho commonplace manner in which they
had already met willi theil" reply. Tue mail
of that night would appeal once more to
Montbarry a remembrance of hoi - in tho
choice of a servant.
Two days later tho post -brought a few
grateful ihics lYcmEiuily; Her husband had .
i
i got thc place. Ferrari was engaged for six
! months certain as Lord Montbarry* courier.
THE,SECOND- PAKT. y
CHAPTER V
After only one week of traveling in Scot?
ian!, my loj-d and my lady returned unex?
pectedly to London. -Introduced to the
-, mountains and iakes of the Highlands, her
j ladyship positively defined to improve her
acquaintance with them. WJien she was
asked for ber reason, she answered with a
j Roman brevity;, "? have seen Switeerl?nd."
For ? week more the newly married couple
remained in London, in the strictest retire?
ment. On one day in that week the nurse re?
turned in a ?tate o? most uncustomary ex?
citement from an errand on which Agnes had
sent her. Passing che door of a fashionable
dentist, she had met Lord Montbarry himself
just leaving the house. Tbe good woman's
report described him, with malicious pleasure;
as looking wretchedly iii. "His cheeks are
getting hollow, my dear, end his beard is
turning grey. I hope the dentist hurt him:""
Knowing how heartily her faithful old
servant hated the man who had deserted her,
Agnes made duo allowance for a large infu?
sion of exaggeration in the picture presented
to her. The main impression produced on
her mind was an impression of nervous un?
easiness. If she trusted herself in the streets
by daylight while Lord Montbarry remained
in London, how could she be sure that hie
next c?ance meeting might not be meeting.
With herself? She waited at home, privately
?shamed of her own superstitious fears for
the next two days. On the third day the
fashionable intelligence of the newspapers
announced thc departure of Lord and Lady
Montbarry for Par's, on their way to Italy.
3Irs. Ferrari, calling, the same evening, in?
formed Agnes that her husband had left her
with all reasonable expression of conjugal
kindness, his temper being improved by the
prospect of going abroad. But one other
servant accompanied the travelers-Lady
Mojitbarry's maid, rather a silent, unsociable
woman, so far as Emily had heard. Her
ladyship's brother, Baron Rivar, was already
on the continent. It had been arrauged that
he was to meet his sister and her husband at
Rome.
Oue by one the dull weeks succeeded each
other in the. life of Agnes. Bhe faced lier
position with, admirable courage, seeing her
friends, keeping herself occupied in her
leisure hours with reading and drawing,
leaving i>o means- untried of diverting her
mind from the melancholy remembrance of
the past; But she had loved too faithfully,
she had ?een wounded too deeply, to feel in
any adequate degree the influence of the
moral remedies which she employed. Per?
sons who met with her in the ordinary rela?
tions of life, deceived by her outward sereni?
ty of manner, agreed Iliac "Miss Lockwood
seemed to be getting over ber disappoint
ment " But on old friend and school com?
panion, who happened to see her during a
brief visit to Lindon, was inexpressibly dis?
tressed by the change that she detected in
Agnes. This'lady was Mrs. Westwick, the
wife of that brother of Lord Montbarry who
came next to him in age, and who was de?
scribed in The Peerage as presumptive heir
to the title. He was then away, looking
after his interests in some mining property
which he possessed in America. His. West
wick insisted on taking AgnesJback with her
to her home in Ireland. "Come and keep me
company while my husband is away. My
three little girls will make you their playfel?
low, and the only stranger you will meet is
the governess, whom I answer ftr your liking
beforehand. Pack up your things, and I will
cali for j'ou to-morrow on my way to the
train." In those hearty terms the invitation
was given. Agnes thankfully accepted it.
For three happy months she lived under the
roof of her friend.. The girls hung round her
in tears at her departure; the youngest of
them wanted to go back with Agnes "to Lon?
don. Half in jest, half in earnest, she sail to
her old friend at parting: "If your govern?
ess leaves you, keep the place open for me."
Mrs. Westwick laughed. The wiser children
took it seriously, and promised to let Agnes
know.
The girls hung around Agnes fe tears.
On the ver}' day when Miss Lockwood re?
turned to London, she was recalled to those
associations with the past which she was most
anxious to forget. After the first kissings and
greetings were over, the old nurse (who had
been left in charge at the lodgings) had some
startling information to communicate, de?
rived from the courier's wife.
"Here has been little Miss Ferrari, my dear,
in a dreadful state of mind, inquiring when
you would bo back. Her husband has left
Lord Montbarry without a word of warning
-and nobody knows what has become of
him."
Agnes looked at her in astonishment. "Are
you sure of what you aro saying?" she asked.
Tho nurse was quite sure. "Why, Lord,
bless you! the news coma from the couriers'
office in Golden squar*-from tiie secretary
himself!" Hearing this. Agnes began to feel
alarmed as weil as surprised, it was still
early in the evening. Sh? at once sont a
message to Mrs. Ferrari, to say that she had
returned.
In an hour more the courier's wife ap?
peared in a state ot agitation which ic was
not easy to contro'. Her narrative, when
she was at last able to speak connectedly, en?
tirely confirmed the nurse's report of it.
After hearing" from her husband with toi
?rable regularity from Paris, Rome and Ven?
ice Emily had twice written him afterward
and had received no reply. Feeling uneasy,
she had g? mo to the office in Goldeu. square to
inquire if he had been heard of there. The
post of the morning lead brought a lotter to
tile secretary from the courier then at Ven- "
ice. It contained startling nows of Ferrari.
His wife hail been allowed to take a copy of
it, which she now hanta-i to Agnes to read.
Tho writer stated that he had recently
arrived ia Vouice. He had previously heard
that Ferrari was with Lurd and Lady Mont?
barry at ono <<f che old Venetian palace?,
which they had hired fora term. Being a
friend of Ferrari, he had gone to pay him a
visit. Hinging at the door that opened on j
the canal, and failing to mr.ke any one hear j
him, ho had gone round to a side entrance |
o]n'iiiii;c ou one of the narrow lanes of Ven- !
ice. Here, standing at the door as if she |
was waiting for somebody-perhaps for the j
courier himself-he lound a pale woman with
magnificent dark ?-yes, who prove? 1 io be no i
other Than Lady Molitt?arry h.. rscif.
She asked, in Italian, what ho wanto?!. Ile
answered that he wanted to see tho courier
Ferrari, if v. was quite ?-0!iven:ent. She at
once informe. 1 him that Ferrari had left tho
palace, without assigning any reason, and ;
without cwr. leaving an address at which his
monthly salary (then due him) could be paid; :
Amazed at this reply, tho courier inquired if
any person had offended Ferrari; or quar
reled with him, The lady answered, "To my !
knowledge, certainly no'w I am Lady Mont
bury, and I eau positiC-ly assure you that
Ferrari was treated with the greatest kihd
ness in this house. We aro as much aston?
ished as you are at his extinordiiuiry disap?
pearance. If you "should hear of him, pray
ht ns know, so that wo may at least pay him
the lumiev which is duo."
After ono cr two more questions (quite
J
reaauy auswereu? rciauug vu uw cuue ona
the time of day lt which Ferrari had' leff tho
palace, the couriei* took hisjeave.
He at Onc? entered oh thc necessary hi
restigaticns^withehtthe slightest result so,
far as Ferrari was concerned. Nobody had
seen him. Nobody appeared" to have been
taken into his confidence. Nobody knew any?
thing (that is t > say, anything of the slightest
importun?e) even about r^rsci?i Sc' dist*;
guislied as Lord anti Lady Montbarry." It
was reported that her ladyship's English
? maid had left her, before the disappearance
j of Ferrari, to return to her relatives in her
i own comitty, and that Lady Montbarry had
J taken no steps-to supply nw place, ffirlord-"
ship was described as being iii de?catV?
health. He lived in the strictest retirement
-nobody was admitted to him, not even his
own countrymen. A stupid old woman wa.-*
discovered who did the housework at tb*:
palace, arriving in the morning and go?r13
away again at night. She had never se^?
the lost courier-she had never -even seen
Lord iloutbarry, who was then confined to.
his room. Her ladyship; "a most gracio:^
and adorable mistress," was in constant at?
tendance on her noble husbands There
was no other servant then iii the house (so
far as tlie old woman knew, bot herselrl
The meals were sent iii from a. res?
taurant.- My lord, it was said, dis?
liked strangers. My lord's brother-in
law, the baron, was generally shut hp fa a
remote part of the palace^ occupied (tho
gracious mistress said) with experinients in
chemistry. The experiments sometimes made
a nasty smell. A doctor bad latterly been ?
called in to his lordship-an Italian doctor,
long resident in Venice* Inquiries being ad
j dressed to this gentleman (a physician of tax
I doubted capacity and re?3>ectability), it
turned out that he-also had never seen
Ferrari, having been summoned to the pa]acr>
(as bis memorandum book showed) at a dat<
?ubsequeut to the courier's disappearance-.
The doctor described Lord MontbarryY
malady as bronchitis.. So far, there was nc
reason to feel any anxiety, though the attack
was a sharp one. If alarming symptom/
should appear, he had arranged with her
ladyship to call in another physician. For
the rest, it was impossible to speak too highly
of my lady: night and day she was ut her
lord's bedside.
With these particulars began and ended
the discoveries made by Ferrari's courier
friend. The police were on the lookout for
j the lost man-Kind that was the only hope
I which could be held forth, for the present to'
j Femurs wife.
"What do you think of it, missH the poor
j woman asked, eagerly? ''What do you ad
t vise me to do?*
j Agues was at a loss how to answer her; it
was au effort even to listen to what Emily
I was saying. The reference in tbe courier's
letter to Moutbarry-the report of his illness,
the melancholy picture of bis secluded life
had reopened the oki wound. She was not
even thinking of the lost Ferrari; her mind'
was at Venice, by the sick man's bedside.
"I hardly know what to say," she answered.'
"I have had no experience in serious la&tters
of this kind.5'
"Do you think it would help* you, miss, if
you read my husband's letters to mo? There
are only three of them-they won't take long
to read."
Agnes compassionately read the letters.
They were not whitten in a very tender
tone. ^Dear Emily," and "Yours affection?
ately "-^these conventional phrases . were th?
only phrases of endearment which they con?
tained. In the first letter. Lord Montbarry
was not very favorably spoken of-"We
leave Paris to-moiTow. I don't much like
my lord. He is proud and cold,<T2Hi, between
ourselves, stingy in money-.- batters. I have
had to dispute such trifles as a few centimes
in the hotel bill; and twice already, soma
sharp remarks have passed between the newly
married couple, in consequence of her lady?
ship's freedom in purchasing pretty tempting
things at the shops in Paris. M cant afford
it; you must keep to your allowance.' Sue
has had to hear these words already. .For
my part I like her. She has tile niceje?sy
foreign manners-she talks to me as if I wai'
a human being like herself."
The second letter was dated from Home.
"My lords caprices," Ferrari wrote, "have
kept us perpetually on. the move. He is be?
coming incurably restless. I suspect he is'
uneasy in his mind. Painful recollections I
should say-I find him constantly reading oki
letters, when her ladyship is not present. We
were to have stopped at Genoa, but he hur?
ried us on. The same thing at Flo wee; 4
Here, at Borne, my lady insists on resting:
Her brother has met us at this place. There
has been a quarrel already, the lady's maid
tells me, between my lord and the baron; ?
The latter wanted to borrow money of tho
former. His lordship refused in language
which offended Baron Rivar. My lady paci?
fied them and made them shake bands."
The third and last letter was from Venice:
"More of my lord's economy 1 Instead of
staying at the hotel wc have hired a damp;
moldy, ramWing old palace. My lady insist*
on having tho best suite of rooms wherever
we go-and tl io palace comos cheaper for ?
two months* torn?. My lord tried to ge* it
for longer; he says the quiet of Venice is good .
for bis nerves. But a foreign speculator has
secured the palace and is goiug to turu it into
a hotel Th? baron is still with us, and there
have been more disagreements about money
matters. I don't lite the baron-and I dont
find the attractions of my lady grow on me.
She was much nicer before-the baron joined
us. My lord is a punctual paymaster; it's a
matter cf honor with him; he hates parring
with his money, but he does it because he .
has given his word. I receive my salary reg;
ularly at the end of each month-not a franc
extra, though I have doue many things which
are not part of a courier's prop-r work;
Fancy tho baron trying zo borrow money bf
me! He is an inveterate- gamhler. I didn't
believVit whoa, my lady's maid first told ma'
so-but I have seen enough siuce to satisfy
me that she was right. I have seen other
things be>ides, which-well! which don't in?
crease my respect for my lady and the baron.
The maid says she means to give warning to
leave. She isa respectaide British female,
and doesn't take things quite so easily as I
do. It is a dull life hero. No going nita
company-no company at home-not a crea
tur? sees my loni-not even the consol or tho
banker. When bo goes out he goes alone,
and generally toward nightfall. Indoor* ho'
sauts himself up in his own room with fair
hooks, and sees as little of his wife and the'
baron as possible. I f r.ncy things are coming
to a crisis here. If my lord's suspicions am
once awakened the.consequences will be ter*
ri hie. Under certain provocations the ?ohio
Montbarry is a man who would stick ai
nothing. II- ?wove:-, the pay is good-and I
can't afford to talk of leaving the place, like.
my lad} *s maid.r
Agnes handed back the letters -so sugges?
tive of the penalty paid already for his omi
infatuation by the niau ?ho had deserted her
-with feelings of siiamoand ?ustr<*s. which
nir.de her no lit counselor foi- the helpless
woman who depended on her advice. *
"The one thing I can suggest,3 she said,
after first speaking some kind words of com?
fort an?! hoi>e. "is that we should consult a
person of greater exi>erienco than oura. Sup?
pose I write and ask my lawyer (who is also
my fri>ud and trust?e} to coxae and advise US
tOrniorrow alter his business hours?"
Emily eagerly and gratefully accepted the
suggestion. An hour w as arranged for tile
meeting 0:1 tue next day; the correspondence
was toft maier the care ol Agnes, and the
courier's wife took "ncr leave.
Weary and heart sick. Agnes lay down orr
thc sofa, to rest and compose herself. Thu
careful nurse brought in tho reviving ?np ot
tea. Her quaint gossip about k-ia^^nd ?
ber occupations w hile Agnes had been, away v
acted as a relief to her mistress' overburdened
min?;. They were still talking quietly, wheu
they were startled by a loud knock at th?j - 4
house door. Hurried footsteps ascended the -
stairs. The door of the sitting room was -
thrown open violently; the cxmrier^ wife
rushed in like a mad woman.
"?He's dead! they've murdered him!" Those
wild words weie all she could say. She '??
dropped on her knees at the foot of she sofa- *
held out her baud, .with something clasped hi ?
lt-and fell bark in a swoon. '
The nurse, signing to Agnes to open the .
windows, took the necessary measures to re?
store the fainting woman. "What% lids?*
she exclaimed. "Here's a letter in her baud, . ' vX
See what it is. miss." . ??* "
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