East Lynne

ble for him to move away from East Lynne. Mr. Carlyle assured him he was only too pleased that he should remain as lo

ing on the invalid earl, and occasionally carrying off Lady Isabel, but his chief and constant visitor had been Mr. Carlyle. The earl had grown to like him in no common degree, and was disappointed if Mr. Carlyle spent an evening away f

id Isabel. "I like h

I like half as well," was

ame evening, and, in the course of

tune that it is not pleasant to sing to it. Is there any one in West Lynne w

ane would do it. Shall

that tuning will benefit it greatly, old thing that it is. Were we to b

as Mr. Carlyle's, and not hers. The earl coughed,

courteous and affable-she was so to every one-and the poor music master took courage to speak of his own affairs, and to prefer a humble request-that she and Lord Mount Severn would patronize and personally attend a concert he was about to give the following week. A scarlet blush came into his thin

ght the earl. "Oh, papa! I have to ask y

don't ask them o

ke me to a concer

el. "A concert at West Lynne!" he laughed. "To hea

, papa! And if the concert does not succeed he must give up his home, and turn out into the

myself," sa

and white, and catching up his breath in agitation; it was painful

f tickets, Isabel, and give them to t

st Lynne will attend, and he will have the room full. They will go because we do-he said so. Make a sacrifice for onc

sional beggar. There-go and tell the f

g. She spoke quietly, as she always did, b

as consented. He will take four tic

all, thin, delicate-looking man, with long, white fingers, and a long neck. He faltered forth h

if, as you think, it will be the means of inducing people to atte

the earl was temporarily absent from the

observed Mr. Carlyle. "I fear he will only

fear that?

Lynne-nothing native; and people have heard so long of

so very

starved hal

to her face as she looked at Mr. Carlyle, for she scarcely und

nds, and he gets a little stray teaching. But he has his wife and children to keep, and n

ht a bitter pan

to order him a meal in their house of plenty! He had walked from West Lynne, occupied himself an hour with her piano, and set off to walk back again, battling

king grave,

mind, it cannot now be helped, but it

t is

. "Never mind, I say, Mr. Carlyle; what is past

is love of music-it prevented his settling to any better paid profession; h

for the world. Here is a young gentleman struggling with

tickets-I, for one; but I don't know about at

ry and show West Lynne that I don't take a lesson from their book; I shall be there before it be

do not thi

goes with me-I persuaded him; and

on to Kane. If it once gets abroad that Lord Mount Severn and Lady

nages Lord Mount Severn and Lady Isabel seem to be! If you had any goodn

I will,"

Lynne. If you proclaim that you m

ill be all sufficient. But, Lady Isabel, you must n

think of poor Mr. Kane. Mr. Carlyle I know you can be kind if you like; I know you would r

l," he warm

at Lord Mount Severn and his daughter would not think of missing it. Mr. Kane's house was besieged for tickets, faster than he could write his si

ets! Archibald, you have n

he known that the two were not

afed Miss Carlyle. "You always were a noodle in money matters, Arch

e, Cornelia, and Kane is badly off

s own fault they came. That's always it. Poor folks get a heap of children about the

and paid for, so they may as well be

ches, like two geese, and sit staring and

ing after tickets. I suppose you have got a-a cap," looking at the nondescript article decoratin

h white satin, and a gold opera-glass, and a cocked hat?" retorted she. "My gracious me! A fine new cap to g

Severn's carriage was passing at the moment, and Isabel Vane was within i

Lynne on purpose. I told the coachman to find out where he lived, and he did. I thought if the people

e, as he released her hand. And Lady Is

g him a gentleman-as he was by birth-others a mauvais sujet. The two are united sometimes. He was dressed in a velveteen suit, and had a gun in his hand. Indeed, he was rarely seen without a gun, being inordinately fond of sport

ourself?" exclaimed Mr. Carlyle. "

Man likes a change sometimes. As to the revered colonel, he would not be incon

yle, dropping his light manner and his voice together. "Ta

ried Mr. Bethel. "The remi

h it did not appear at the inquest, that Richard Hare held a conversa

that?" inter

estion. My authorit

ant to make the case worse against Dick Hare than it already was.

ertain lover of Afy's fly f

horn was the name he mentioned. My opinion wa

estion cannot affect you either way, but I must kno

orn, and I saw nobody but Dick Hare. Not but what a dozen Th

d the sho

ss the path, bearing toward the cottage, and struck into the wood on the other side. By and by, Dick Hare pitched upon m

ou had

Locksley. My impression was, that nob

Ric

re an injury, even by a single word, if I can h

and my motive is to do Richard Hare good, not harm. I hold a suspicion, no matter whence gathered, that

inquest to give evidence against Dick, and for that reason I was glad Locksley never let out that I was on the spot. How the deuce it got about afterward that I was, I can't tell; but that was n

"I do know it, and that is sufficient. I was in hopes

y Thorns having been there, were I you, Carlyle. Dick Hare was as one