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She kept me laughing nearly all the time she was here telling about the fun she had at 'Gladswood'." "Ah! the ferns are from Jennie Montgomery, I presume," said the brother, giving them a second glance of admiration. "Yes, and the sweetest little letter you ever saw beside. Isn't she lovely, Brother Phillip?"
Three days at "Gladswood"! What a world of thought it conveys three days to revel among the beautiful glades and linger among the bewitching groves of graceful elm and tasselled pine! to hear the lowing of herds and the music of the winged songsters blended in one exquisite harmony.
Groups of merry, rollicking youths and bright-eyed maidens lent a charm to the scene, and reminded one of the revels held in classic groves, when each sylvan deity, at a blast of her silver horn, made the wood resound with the voices of her myriads of subjects. As the sayings and doings of all pic-nics are much in common it would be wasting time to describe the one at "Gladswood."
Suppose you're practising so it won't be so hard on you when the time comes?" cried a genial, hearty voice from the open door. "Glad to see you, Mr. Montgomery," said the occupant, offering a seat to his visitor. "How are all my friends at 'Gladswood'?" "Have hardly time to tell you, for I'm in a hurry. I promised to meet several of the sports at Breeze's Corner.
There is a lack of shrewdness and an utter want of that keen discriminating power, which can give at first glance the full numerical value of all exterior objects. The owner of "Gladswood" belonged to that "come-easy-go-easy" class, who, unless circumstances come to their relief, are ever being duped or made a prey to the avaricious. But Mr.
Listen to what Solomon says," and going to the book-case Phillip took therefrom a Bible, and read from Proverbs xvii. 9, "He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends." Lottie saw that her brother did not wish to hear more on the subject, and she again took up the bunch of pressed ferns which had arrived from "Gladswood." "I wish that I could be as good as Jennie Montgomery.
It was just what was necessary to the lawyer's existence. A day or two at "Gladswood" was panacea for almost any ill that flesh was heir to. The self-reliant matron, with her healthful, stimulating advice, and the bright, merry-hearted girl with her vigorous and true resolve, were indeed incentives of good, and none could fully realize the fact more than the young lawyer.
He always went away from "Gladswood" with a high and lofty purpose and firm resolve to tread the path of duty. And this occasion proved no exception. Jennie Montgomery's happy face would put to shame the most inveterate grumbler. Her buoyant spirits were infectious. Her ringing, merry laugh was cheering to the highest degree.
"How noiseless falls the foot of time That only treads on flowers." "It is a fortnight to-day since I came to Gladswood," said Marguerite, one bright, sunny afternoon, as she came up the broad avenue, crowned with lovely wild flowers and such trophies as the neighboring wood afforded.
And the stately manor-house, for such it much resembles with its quaint wings and irregular outbuildings. Its old-fashioned windows, tall chimneys, projecting eaves and arched doorway have an inviting appearance and impresses one with the fact that there are still some substantial homes some reminder of the past. And now we come to the mistress of "Gladswood."
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