The Argosy — page 173: what you’re looking at

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THE ARGOSY. MARCH, 1875. BO@= ©£e=——&o — ow oe i eel A SECRET OF THE SEA. By THE AUTHOR oF “IN THE DEAD oF NIGHT.” eum QO sees CHAPTER VII. MISS DEANE FINDS A NEW HOME, HEN Matthew Kelvin reached home from his journey he was certainly surprised at the budget of news which his mother had ready for him. ‘ Where’s Olive?” was the first question he asked, as he sat down to his dinner, after kissing his mother, and satisfying himself that she was no worse ir health than when he left her. ** She’s gone to see the Leightons, and won't be back till to-morrow, so that I shall have my dear boy all to myself this evening. It was very considerate of Olive, I must say.” Mrs. Kelvin was a handsome, stately old lady, with silvery hair and gold-rimmed spectacles. She wore a richly brocaded dress, a China crape shawl—even in the house she always wore a shawl—and a black lace cap of elaborate construction. To see her sitting in her easy chair by the fire, no one would have suspected her of being an invalid ; but for many years past she had suffered from a spinal complaint which almost entirely disabled her from walking. “ But we shall soon lose Olive now,” added Mrs. Kelvin, a moment or two later. “ Indeed | how’s that?” asked Kelvin, indifferently. ‘“‘She is going to Stammars as governess to Lady Dudgeon’s two little girls. At her own terms, too: a hundred guineas a year.” “Well done, Olive!” cried the lawyer. “A clever girl, very; but I'm afraid that she and Lady Dudgeon won’t agree long together.” ‘She may perhaps have a private reason of her own for so readily accepting Lady Dudgeon’s offer. Mind, dear, I only say she may have ; I don’t say she has.” Matthew Kelvin knew that it was expected of him to show some VOL. XIX, L > —-— & = —_—_——— oe eee ECOMRRIC OOO Ss (GO)