Flesherton Advance, 21 Nov 1889, p. 2

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A Boll on the BÂ»ck of tliB NÂ«ck. Bacli heart taa iW uiuEMuU of ptouuro auj pÂ»in Tliai Jiillow tliu (hb ftud Uju !low; K&ch Â« lul liKHitH portion of fiuii>UiDÂ« ami raiu, Hop* clawiiiDKH and Hiuiuts ur woe. Hut tUtri- re few utlmr evils (o which (IubIiIb hi That with torrow onr joy can bo rlnek, Aud till oiirwljiilu tjuihR witU Â«o much deninlr, Aa a huilou tUo back ul tbu uu(k. may tell him In tone* low and A mÂ«i'i wife â- weet Her inuthir is comluK to stay, He luay tread a tiauaua pool down iu the Btrt-ot And BWuar iu a diiiuinitd wny. tioaiel>ody may walk on liin favorite corn, Ilu may hiulmlily cash a Huidu chock. liut the out) tluuK that luakua Lim regret he wan boru Is a boll uQ the buck of the neck. The bro(Â»klet c'un binRB in a sad undertone, I'he HkieM arc uU clouded w>tii care, And natUK-'B voire eehocK a Hadilcuin^ moan, The hreereB conn; freighted with care. The futuri- ih iiaiiKii' but a dtiHert ul night. The iirebeut a uiiaerabie ureck. Witlio'.it oven jiiBtono faiut KiiHrk uf duU^lit, For vhe man with a IjmiI vu tiia ueck. CupUra Coniluerclal Failure. NegotlatiunB now have ceased, the game is called a draw. Miss Caldwell with her mllUoDB failed to capture l^ritice Murat. He brought to her a title ef dlBtiuctiou to l^e sold. She waa to buy the bauble and to pay for It in Kold. While there would bo no limit to the title he would hrinx, He Hoon diBcovered all her gold was anchored to a Btriutj. The titleof " The I'riucesB,' which nubility huldn dear, Bhe wished him to bestow for juet a paltry BUin per year. While she woold bear the name which bis nobility confera. The l>ttuk account, aa heretuf..rÂ«, would still be kept iu hers. In beireBu whc^ will titles eBtiniate so very low Deserves to Iluaily hecooie plain Mrs. Bo-aud-so. AN AMERICAN GIRL. I.olll) 1. IN1..-,1.<|W.SK. One tnorniht; in the toUoviian week. Mrs. Burnliam itttirud hemeK in licr seoondbest black silk, and, leavint{ the Mii'sca Burnham practiHintl ilili:ieutly, tamed her aiepe to. ward Oidulouifli Hull, .\rr1viuj4 there, blie Huh ushered into tlie blue dru Â«io)4 rociii by Uobsoii, in liiu ci iiractir u( (ooliintn, nad in a few niinutiB Lucia uppeared. Whiu Mr.'. Jinrnt lun saw her, she 113- aamcd a sli^hl air (<f surpriite. " Why, my diur," atie aaid, aa Bhe ehauk huDda, " I should scuruely have knowu yoQ. ' And thout;h this Â» iii soraethiiiK of an exu^^erutiun, there Â»;id H'tiau oxousu tor the exclainauon. Luu'ii wss lookio^ very chiirmiD|>, and Scveiul uhiuiKCB iiji;{ht be noted iu her ii'.tire iind appianmco. The ugly twist hill di^upp* iired fruin ber delicate hdtl.and in its \t',ar.v were soft, loose waves and li^lit pufis ; she had even veutured on allowii't; 11 few rin^eii locks to stray on to her foreh' a i ; her while inoruiiiÂ»{.dreHu no longer wore the tradu-mark of Mine Chiokie. but had beoQ remodeled by soiriu one uf more 'iiste. 'â€¢Willi a pretty ({own, my d< nr 1" said Mrs. liurn) iiin, |>Iitrioiiii; ai it curiously. "A Wattiiiu plait down the bÂ»r;kâ€" isn't it u Watteau plait ' mid little ruJIlts down the front, and (ale pink bows. It ia <|uite liki- some of Miss Ojlavia Uasstt'a dresses, only not floovertrwnmud," " I did not think O itavia's drcauoa would â- eem overtriniined if she wore them in London or I'aris," aaid Lucia bmvley. " It is only beriiago we are ao very cjiiiut, and dreeH ao little iu Blowbridge, that they eeiui eo." "And your hair I" romarkod Mrs. Burn- bam. " You drew your idea ol that from some atyle of hera, I auppoae. Very be- coming indeed. Well, well! And how doea Lady Theobald like all this, my dear .' ' " I am not aurethat " Lucia was begin- ning', when her ladyship interrupted her by entering. "My dear Lady Theobald," cried her visitor, rising, "1 hope you aro well. I have juat leon complimenting Lucia upon bor pretty dress and her new etylo of dreaa- ing her hair. Miss Octavia liaasett has been giving her the benelit of hur experi- ence, it appears. Wo have not been doing her justice. Who would have believed that she had oome from Nevada to improve us ?" " Miaa Ootavia Baaeett," said my lady, sonorously, "has come from Nevada to teach our young people > great many things â€" new faahiona in duty, and demeanor, and respeot for their eldora. Let na hope they will be benefited." " If yon will oxcaae mo, grandmamma," aaid Lucia, apeaking in a soft, steady voice, " I will go and write the Utters you wiabcd written." "Go," said my lady, with majesty, and having bidden Mra. Utirnham good morn- ing, Luoia went. If Mra, Burnham had expected any ex- planation of her ladyabip'a evident dia- pleaaure, ebe waa dcomed to disappoint- ment. That excellent and rigioroue gentle- woman had a etern aenae of dignity, which forbade her oondisceuding to the eonfl- dential weakneta of mere ordinary mortals. Instead of referring to Lucis, abu broached a more coinmonplaoe topic. " I hope your rhenmatlam does not threaten yoD again, Mra. Burnham," ahc remarked. " I am very well, thsiik yon, my dear," â- aid Mrs. llurnham,"ao well, that I am thinking <jaite aerioualy of taking the dear girls to the garden-party, when it oomea off." "To the garden- party I" repeated bor ladyship. " May I ask who thinks of giv- ing a garden-party in Hlowbridge?" "It is no one in ^ilowbridge," replied this lady, cheerfully. " Some one who lives a little out of Hlowbridge â€" Mr. liiirmiutone, my dear. Lady Theobald, at his new place." "Mr. Bnrmiatone!" " Yea, my dear, and a moat charming affair it is to be, if wo are to believe all we hear. Harely yon have heard something of it from Mr Barnirt?" " Mr. Harold baa not been to Oldolongh forfeveral daya." â- â- Then he will tell yon whon he oomefl, for I aupposo he baa aa much to do with it aa Mr. Burmialone." â- 'I have heanl before," annonnoed my lady, " of men ol Mr. Burmlatom'a olassae- curing the aervincs of persona of established poaillon to looiety when they wished to ripend their money upoo entertainments, but I should auaroely liavu iuiaginod that Francia Barold would have allowed him- self to be made a party tosuob a trans- action." " But," put in Mra. Barnham. rather eafjerly, " it appears that Mr. Bannistoiie ia not such au obscure person, after all. He is ao O.xford man, and cume off with honors ; be ia i^uite a well-born man, aiid gives this entertainment in honor of his friend and relation. Lord Lanadowue. ' "Lord Lanadowne!" eobued her lady- ship, sternly. " Bou of the Marijuis of Lauderdale, whose wife waa Lady Uonoro Krroll." "Did Mr. Burmietone give you thia in- formation ?" aeked Lady Theobald, with ironic calmiiei>a. Mrs. Burnham colored ever ao taintly. " I â€" that is to say â€" there is a sort of ac- ijnuintanoe between one of my maids autl the botlcr at the Burmietone place, and when the girl waa doing Lydia's buir, Hbe told her the story. Lord Lausdowoo and his father are quite fond of Mr. Burmia- tone, it ia i^itid.' " It seems ruther singular to my mind that we should not have luiowa of this before." " But bow should wo learn '.' Wo none of na know Lord Lansdowne, or even the nianiais. I think he is only a eeiiond or third cousin. We are little â€" juat a little â€" tâ‚¬t in Hlowbridge. yon know, my dear â€" at least 1 have thought ao, sometinieb lately," " I must conftsB," remarked my lady, " that I have not regarded the matter in that light." "That ia beoanso you havo u better right to -to be a little aet than the rest of aa," waa the umiitbleretponse. Lady Theobald did not disclaim the privilege. Hhe felt the sentiment an ex- tremely correct one. But she was not very warm in her manner daring the remainder of the call, and, iucoDgrnoos as such a state - mt lit may appear, it must be confessed that ebe felt that Misj (lotavia Baasett must have something to do with these defections oil all aides, and that garden-parties, and all such Bwerviuga frQm established Slowbridgu luidtom, were the natural result of Nevada frivolity and freedom of mannera. It may be that she felt remotely that even Lord Lanedowne and the lUanjuia uf Lauderdale were to be referred to the Fiiino reprtheu- aiblc cause, and that, but for Uulavia Baa- aett. Mr. Bunniatone would not have been educated at Oxford and havo come oil with honor.4, and have inriied out to be rulutr-d to respectable people, but would have rti- mained in appr> priato obscurity. " I suppose," she said, afterwards, to Lucia, " that your friend ^liss (Ictavia Baa- sett IS in Mr. Burini^tone's contijence, if no one tlee has been putiiiitled to have that hi nor. 1 bnve no doubt Wu- has knowu of this approaching eutertaiunient for some weeka. ' " I do not know, grandmamma," replied Lucia, putting her letters together, and gaining color as she bout over them, htie was wondering, with inward trepidation, what her ladyship woulit say if she knew the whole truthâ€" if she kill' w that it waa her granddaui.hter, not (Jjtavia Bus-iult, whoe>ji)ed Mr. Biirinistuuu'a coulidencu "Ah." she thought, â- how oould 1 ever dare to tell her?" The same day I'lancia Barold Kaunlered up to pay tiiein a vImi, and then, an Mrn. Biiroliani had prophesied. Lady Xhtobald heard ull she wished to hear, and, indeed, a great dual more. " What is thi? I am toll of Mr. llurini- atone, Francie .' ' she iiii|uired. "Tint he intends to ><iva a garilen-party, and that Lord Lanedonnu is lobe one of the ijiiL^ts, and that be has canted it to be circulated that tliey are cousins." " 1 liat Lansdowno has oanso it to be cir- culated or BuriiiiBtuue V" "It la scarcely likely that Lord Lana dowDC " " Bfg pardon," he interrupted, fixing his single glass dexteroHsly in hia right eye, and ga/.ing at her ladyship throu;;li it. " ('au't seo why Lansduwne should object. Fact is, he is Â» groat d> al fonder of Biiruiisions than rrlationa aaually are of each other. Now I cfteu Hiid tl at kind of thing Â» bore, but Lansdowne do< su't seem ao. They were at school together, it seema, and al Uxford, too, and Bunniatone ia supposed to have behaved pretty well towards Lans- downe at one time, when he was rather a wild fellow -ao the father and mother say. Aa to Burmialone 'causing it to oirunlateii,' that sort of thing ia rather absurd. The man isii't a cad, you know." ' I'r.^y don't say ' you know,' Krancia," said hi r ladyahip. " I know very little but what I have chanced to atie, and I must confess I have not been preroaseased in Mr. Bnrmiatone's favor. Why did he not ohooee to inform uh ," *' Tbat he was Lord Lansdowne's second oousin, and know the Manjuis of Lauderdale, grandmamma?" broke in Luoia, with very pretty spirit. " Would that have prepossessed you in his favor ? Would you have forgiven him for building the mills, on Lord Lansdowne's aooount ? Iâ€" I wish I waa related to a marquis," which was very hold indeed. 'May 1 auk," said her ladyahip, in her most nionuuiental manner, â- ' when yini be- came Mr. Burmistone'e champion ?" CUAPTLK X.MI. " VOi: ll.WK M.^iiK IT I.UK.l.IKll." When she had become Mr. Uurmiatono's ohampion indeed ! Bhe oonid soaroely have told when, unless, perhaps, she had lixed the date at the tirst time she hoard hia name introduced at a high tea, with every politely opprohriona ephitet atiiixed. Hhe had defended him in \u.r own mind then, and felt sure that be deserved very little that vraa said against him, and very likely nothing at all. And the flrst time rihe had Been and gpukon to him, ahe had been oon- vinoed that she had not made a mistake, and that he had been treated with cruel injuatioo. How kind ho was, how manly, how olevor, and how well he bore himeelf under the popular adverse oritioiam! Bhe only wondered that anybody oould be so blind, and etnpid, and wilful as to aeeail him. And if thia had been the case i 'boae early days, imagine what she fc'U now, whenâ€" ah, well 1 â€" when her friendship had bad time and opportanity tobeoomeamnoh deeper sentiment. Must it be (loufeaeod that ahe had seen Mr. Burmistono even oftener than Ootavia and Miss Belinda knew of? Of ooorse it bad all been ipiite aonidental ; but it had happened that now and then, when she had been taking a quiet walk in the lanos about Oldolongh, she had enoonnteied a gentleman, who had dis- mounted, and led his horse by the bridle, aa he sauntered by ber side. She bad ulwayg been very timid at oaob timui aud bad felt rather like a orimiaal , but Mr. Burnii- atone bad not been timid nt all, and would, indeed, as soon have mot Lady Theobald aa not, for wfaiub courage his companion ad- mired him more tbsn ever. It wa-i not very long before to be with this hero ro- as- sured her, and made her feel stronger and more self-reliant. She was never afraid to open her soft little heart to him, and show him innocently all its goodness and igor- once of worldlintRS. Bhe warmed and brightened under his kindly iiillaence, and was often surprised in seorel at ber own eiinplea readiness of wit and speech. "It is odd tbat lam such a different girl when â€" when I sm with yon," she mid to him, one day. " I ev> 11 make little jukes. I should never tbiokof making even the tiniest joke before grandmamma. Bomebow, she never seems quite to understand jokea. Bhe never laughs at them. You always laugh, and I am sare it is very kind of you to en- courage me SO; bat yen mast nor encourage me too much, or I might forget, and uiake a little juke at dinner, and I think, if I did, she would choke over her soap." I'erhaps, when she bad dressed her hair and adorii>)d herself with pale pinit buwa, and like appartenanoes, thia artful young person bad privately in mind ether behold- ers than Mrs. Barnham, and other com- mendation than that to be bestowed by tbat moat e.xuellent matron. " Do you mind me telling you that you have put on an enchanted garment," aaid Mr. Burmjstone, the first time they met when she wore one of the old-new gowns. " I though' I knew before how ." " I don't mind at all," said Lucia, blushiugly brilliantly. " I rather like it. It rewards me for my industry. My hair ia dressed in a new way. I hope you like that, too. Grandmamma doea not." It had been Lady Theobald's habit to to treat Lncia aeverely from a tense of duty. Her manner towards ber bad always rather the tone of implying that shu was naturally al fault, and yet ber ladyship oould not have told wherein she wished the girl changed. In the good old school in which my lady had Dueo trained, it was oustomary to regard yuunt{ people aa weak, foolish, and, if left to their own desires, frcijueutly sinful. Lucia bad not been left to own her desires. Hhe had b.eu taught to view herself, as rather a bad caec, and to feel that she was far from being what her relatives had a right to expect. To be thrown with a person who did not find ber silly, or dall, or (ximmonplace, was a new experience. "If 1 had been clever," Lucia said onoe to Mr Burmistone, â€" "if I had been clever perhaps grandmamma would have been more satisfied with me. I have often wished I had been clever. " " If yon had been a boy," replied Mr. Burmistone, rather grimly, " and had squanaered her money, and run into debt, and bullied ber, you woald have been her idol, and nhe would have pinched and starved herself to supply your bi^hness'a e.xtravagance." Wiieii the garden party rumor began to take detimtn form, and there waa no doubt as to Mr. BurmiBtuuc'siiitf ntions, a diauus- Hiou aroBe at once, and went on in every genteel parlor. Would Lady Theobald allow Liiriu to go, and if she did not allow her, would not such a cutirse appear very pointed indi.-eil ? It was iiniveraaily deoidad that it would appear pointed, but that Lady Theobald would not mind that in the least, and perhaps would rather enjoy it than otherwise, and it was thought Lucia would have reinaiiied at home, if</W