Hubert's Wife

morable night at Kennons. But the gleam of his flashing eye, and the glow of the sparkling flame into which h

his younger sister for the present. He did not tell him that the real object of his present visit to America was to take to himself a wife for the second

future wife. This was not the first time her offices had been solicited in this line; but she was an elderly lady, sensible and

of his daughter, he called upon Madame X-, she presented to him her choice for Mrs. St. Leger, in th

, had very red cheeks, small snapping black eyes, very thin hair, of which she wore in front two very meagre curls done in cork-screw style, held her broad shoulders high, as if va

ip informed Madame that Mi

anion," insisted the principal, "and the dream of h

for the world-but "would Madame X-allow him to be pr

agreeable, you can open school with prayer and

authorized devotional attitude was sadly infringed upon, for, when he pronounced "Amen" sooner than was anticipated, he encountered so many bright admiring eyes that a less self-possessed person than Philip might have been abashed. As our hero had studied

a good judge of character; he had but to look upon a face to read the heart. He had loved Della Lisle from hearing her voice, and from one glance at her countenance. Emily

for an interview with "the young lady who had occupied the fifth seat on the right hand sid

ne girl-but is she not to

at piqued that although but thirty-one, he should be esteemed t

don," said the lady hastily, "but a missionary'

ng lady in presence of the principal, and in so very business-like a way as convinced both the elder and the younger that ther

k. She had four sisters and three brothers younger than herself. "With such a family, the father can more easily

m "away to the barbarous Turk" was received with consternation and tears. The more, t

conduct her home. To all objections and demurrers as to haste and postponement Ph

on the express. In twenty-four hours he returned with his daughter. Philip w

on so long a voyage, across the ocean of water, and the ocean of married life, in the condition of Miss Flora

deed painful to contrast the joy and happiness of this Southern home of little more than six years ago, and the present desolation. In that joy he had shared-in this gloom was his own hear

e night comes, and we sleep. Do we rise again? Does this corruption put on incorruption-this morta

ts? God Almighty help us, when th

ath and the grave seem the only sure certainties we have in this world. Morning may

reful news. Not so. Philip appeared about ten o'clock, declaring he had slept well, and felt much refreshed. He remained for several days at Kennons, during which time the grave of Ellice was opened, and a tiny coffi

o was but recently married, and who, with her husband, received the child delightedly. I do not feel at all satisfied with the arrangement, but it was the best I could do. Juliet is good-hearted, over-affectionate, and will be kind to the child; but she is rather simple-minded, frivolous, and variable. Her husband is a kind, sensible man, but he was raised a Roman Catholic. Juliet tells me that he is not much of anything now; but I doubt it, for he insisted on being married by the priest, before the cere

would occasionally visit her during her infancy, and his home should

e other as he rode slowly through the lane. Had the feet of the horse been mounting stairs that led up

other, yet both to the same

t the carriage, drawn by fiery, coal-black steeds, was that of Mrs. Rush, He remained by the gate

going so soon. I am so sorry. I was going to have had you over to

d indisposition, an

ust feel a disinclination to society; but one must make an effort, you know. Come, I will take you right over in my carriage; there is plenty

cannot, Mrs. Rush. You must exc

splendid cook my Dinah is, and I ordered her to do her best. But then I

hat gracefully, he bade her an inaud

another Dorcasina, she fancied every man to be her inamorata. She had never abandoned the idea that Duncan Lisle had been once in love with her. She had been encoura

nks more of you this day than he

nd always did. Miss Ellice happened to come along and just inveigled h

you had," declared a third, and so it went, and credulous Mrs. Rush laid the flatt

y bet on that," said Dinah to her mistress, when informed that sh

ded in bad qualities, but if there was one which excelled another, it was cunning and duplicity. These were so combined as really to form but one. Had he been a man and termed Jesuitical, in the Protestant sense, that term would have aptly described him. Now Hubert was not perfect more than other children, bu

natures came together? What but thunder

st in time to rescue him, bruised and bleeding, from the fists and fury of Thornton Rush. The quarrel had commenced in this way: Thornton had a

n. "Everything at Kennons is yo

verything at Thornton Hall is

master of Thornton Hall

I know

I am master of Thornton Hall, and that you are nobody

say no su

an you are, and I have bigger fists. Look here, aren't y

Hubert boldly, striving to

le, till, having dismounted from his horse, he seized Thornton b

window, and enjoyed it immensely, now tho

t your young visitor in that way? Really, Mr. Lisle, I am truly distressed, and offer you a thousand apologies. Please do not take Hube

o him in a more presentable condition; then he went away,