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Whitby Chronicle, 5 Aug 1892, p. 7

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Jiarving- done with thi. arny vianm mis l iii inLondon lodgings, Marks to Ugii bear& ad beguw o ibow aignof aotenibeg.,After aïl7Kwg hud lbeen a.,unfortunt. as it vau possib for.nen to e ; Ehie's latter t6<>Uéý Mark" vau vory tonphingt , dEWai iuother';b.d bot brokan bvery tieak bolind- ber to the ld aârin among tbe, bille. Bo fari; bad irit&Moa -a etý no * inolosiing something for pesn needesand invitizig ZIsî# to pybïm- s visit at once. ItwAS -nota eood, time î# the Yeau for travelling,, be*n* 1ate ini November but Elsie b.d been iepn uthe. aiok- room, and change of air- was desirable. So she b.d writtien to Uncle Mark by return of poat a.nd patefnlly sccepted .1k'fter ber lust traveling companion hadgot ont Elsie bad bgu to notice that the country was cbanging. Dusk wau comîng on ; gray billa b.sved up 1aInst the horizon ; gray fields str.tch- eldaway into vast tracta of moorland. Preaently ber eyes closed, snd when sue open.d th.m agalinthe. twilight bad deepened and dsrkened ; lasheï of ram aÉmotie windows, an lights ver. glesming fantly tiirougii a thick miat. The. train vaualakening speed and'rnnning into a station, -Stiff witb long uitting~ and half b.- -wiIdered with un e l e, eh. bèen to tremble from huas to foot. -The. train stopp-1d; a'harali voie. abonted "Moore Ed"Ye and in another moment ah. wus ont upon the. platforin. Gatbering ber facilities sud reaolutely pnlling "hese1f toitether ah.e limed ber anail bov,, and then asked if any one bad corne to meet Misa Ring, Y.. ; a- carrnage was waitlng outaide the station. -Bain, vin nduddarkness filled the. air; nevertbeloss Eloie dimly disceru. ed a brougham and got înto it without th 1ea7 hesitation. »The, door vau 8t as elea.d bock in the coin- f ortsble oonveyance, rather incdinod to, Wonder at -tJnole Markfor'ed sncb a, vebièe,. er mother,bâd ro.- resçuted hlm as a plain, -oldl.?fssoned farmear, littiedisposed toue rh wvit the. timbRi and pridig himself onu nnt.itiospa . t h patho 01 bis:(o, .ra at last. The drive vas -long enough t-*oiV- ample tirne for, refloctiou. Tii., rods vere heavy -tii. ýnigIIt zisty ; but once viien the Ion 1travelIer v.ntured te let dovu the;*indov for a moment tii. rush of dsm P air vas freah sma sweet hore u otbb %4ob. seeu, nothng ý b, hud ut e rol cf the. cafig wls, and KIsi vas juat wondeing -ho* mmci longer this monofonous zrumble would -a"t vien i stopped short. A gate was op.nuid >y some inviible baud; there va#sâ f oIM of obserfulbrightn.ss fom . #à âge vindow, and ah. fotnd th&$thes ýWBapprogiiig a bouseWhicktusen>. %ed Mrs. hommei by Vr.attrèOI4 MMKing IWsd cten famm at Broondda, 7uId a>pen onrïoet ip t a tG hér d.selpouns St' the i 01* long aysdv~.~w h kew; her »pitri imrromdings that a dream ua i mothprwuildthe a hwo nar byeyou botht FM. UncleMark's rm foriË wu tevs as ke 1 .possile for a dsuî Ç,3a * Rin pn g i lstely," a h. vent»r Bitev.ryone aaY$ '~onseribe." Ti vas te.ty. 461.kn" foré onu dia. -Heî as a $urqniMeAil vas, too-not that3 charma, my dear-i yet been able te de sud fair -beautie., niad Inutut: #"a. aen thats bst 0 Meet iu ber qoU,

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