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lelholce of lovers." "I wish we cone see the dean" boy
"I have made My cl;alee.'" before we cross the ocean,"
Miss alalvina"s face was fairly 11- .And Miss Mlalrina, always lying in
ftl laminated. With that flashing ring wait for her opportunity, deet"echoed
gone and Westover eliminated, was the wish with such fervor that the let-
the road "lade clear for her dear Torn? ter Tom called "formal' and 011ie
almost involulttarily, she called the "bolts" was the logical outcome.
name aloud. Olivia recoiled with a MiA ss` Alklafterina, i sed beeg n
frown.
"'Don't mention his name. 1 have library with her arms piled high with
chosen you. You and I are going to 5111) covers to shroud the parlor furan-
live on just this way until you get to tore, halted to rouse the girl from one
be an old lady ihobblinl; about with a of her somber reterles,
stick and I atu \1 earlug nose glasses. "Has 'Tole sent any.answer to our in
'You will have to wear a mob cap, be. vitation yet. dear?"
cause you won't have any hair at all, "011, yes! 1 meant to have shown,
and 1 will have just a few gray wisps you his note. It has just come—very
left, I'm never going to marry any- short. I. am glad he did not make his
body." stenographer typewrite it,"
- ."You ridiculous child"" said Miss Said aliss alaivina with ready chain-
Malvina and fell tto crochetlug again, pionship, "No doubt Thomas is a very
;with an inscrutable smile hovering busy man, but 1 am. sure he could
- about her thin lips. never do a discourteous thing."
The first snow of approaching win- Olivia read the short note aloud with
ter Was powdering the earth when iter pretty head held at an angle of re -
Olivia, dispatched a letter to Thomas sentiment; -
Broxton. She wrote: My Dear Little Friend -1 am truly glad that
Pear Thomas—bliss bintvina and t start for You and Miss iltivina are going to leave Mande-
Mice In about two weeks' time. We will spend vilte for a change, bat am sorry to think you go
the winter there„ She has a cough that makes on account of her health,
It you will let me come to you on the sunday
but very ill Dr.sGovan recommends Nice, before your departure, it will give rue the great•
she will not consent to go without me, Sed est pleasure to ditto with my old friends on that
t
has been everything friends
n mo stoke me. father died 1 promise to be punctual Taking your
day. l
and all begs
other friends fif youk consent for granted, 1 atu faithfully your.
She begs me to ask you it you cannot and time Tro,lAe nitoxvoN.
-to spend one evening with us At 0 we start. She There were two red spots burning in
;gays 1 urn to ask you to come At ease. She espc• p
•ctahy wants to see you, and a refusal will give Olivia's checks as she flung_ this note
to see us some time without waiting for a formal
down 11)0)
her desk. k.
"Could
anything -
her
great pain. We had hoped youwould come
invitation, but since you have
not we are shading be more iIIStlffel'able? Be graciously
the invitation. We ur,lerstand that you are one accords us an hour or two of his vale-
•ot the busteat men iu the world and that you able time."
have
anddfamous.ltrComeat is and tellusall to nut • MisS Malvina looked imploringly at
it for nuld tang syne's sake. Your friends, the dashed young face over the pile of
1LALYINA SPI.LMIAN AND OLIVIA MAMMA. covers tshe was resting on the desk.
With the pen suspended over her aDisappointing, 011ie, decidedly, but
.own signature Olivia fell into a sem- ' not Jnsufferable,'c
bee reverie. Quite a year now since "1- say insufferable,•and abominably
her father with his last breath had . patronizing, His dear little friend, and
bldden her marry this man. almost as he is glad 1 am going away: Not that
long since. in the spirit of compromise, I wanted or expected him to be sorry."
she had sent from her the man she "I think he meant he was glad on our
loved and declared her intention to accotmt, dear- Perhaps he think—1
marry no one. Surely the hurt she mean be did not think be had any
bad inflicted upon herself might be right to—you know he don't I•'erbaps
taken as expiation for lack of obe- he thinks you are—you are"—
dience. If she had dented Thomas , "That I am what, Miss Melvina?
happiness• she heel also denied it to Please do'finish at least one of your
herself- sentences. I don't know anything more
Would Clarence come back, as he trying t.hau such verbal Cout•nl5io
Its.'
had said he would? She doubted it. She "I meant that perhai)s he thinks you
marveled languidly at her own utter are moping about Clarence Westover,
lndltl'erence to hes coming. \Cas. site or perhaps he. don't know about the
becoming. like Miss A:Ialviu:t in her breaking off.. Rut. yes. he does."
frank indiiy'erence to all men? She •• "Yes, he does?' What does he kuow
knew that the Westovers had come about Mr. Westover and myself?"
to
Broxton Hell, for Jeanne had Miss Melville. blushed guiltily. "I am
I"'Nora saw you eloso the door„ Sher
total me hili; afterward, 1 ~s'ti'nt to
know, ¶sigmas, bow on you • had
been there"
ale "loved restlessly In bis cllalr.
Per her salve be tiled be "night evade
the truth. "Not very long -1n fact,. only
a second or two: "
"Were—yeti-t-thet't ••-long enough to
hear my father's last word?'4
IIe remained stubbornly sllent. iSbe,
raised her eyes in desper'tltion. lie wits
looking at her pityingly. It was in,
tolerable. She lifted her head defiant.
ly,
"You will Blease newer me, Thofn,
as. It Is. ueeessary that you should.
Aid you hear my father's last words?"
"I board him lay a eomuland 'Open
Yuri," came with slow relnetanco in tut-
sever.
"M1(1 1—am—ready—to obey the—
cotnmand: "
The words es.eapccl her In a husky"
whisper. Ilei head drooped as if
weighted earthward by the drea(1fut
humiliation of the moment. 'Would he
never Say anything to ease the smart
of those words?
rite darkening air was beavv with
Ile noose a chair ricer the soot on which
she leas sittt»r!,.
et. =pelt ou. the sofa try tier rola Iie
would have done so once. Sae lifted
shy 'eyes to his as he ahld easily:
"And so my little sister le going out
to see the great world? Tell me Some-
thing of your routs'"
She was so intent upon Chet: own line
of thought that she did eat answer.
How (Amit and self possessed he loot;'
e(11 Wbat a stroug, roreE!t'ul face itis
had becomes Scarcely a vestige was,
left of the shy. bashful boy she used to
Patronize and torment, sure of his al-
ways. loving her. Tom had grown
away front her.
"Or perhaps." said Tom, tilling In
what threatened to become an -awk-
ward pause. "you have not atttrked
out any arbitrary route. So much the
hotter. Are you going direct to Nice'!"
"Yes,. 1 • suapoc a so, l don't know.
it will -be the innocents abroad when
1111ss• alaliina and, 1 still our anoola
nags." •
She laughed hysterically- How could
she ever say "It?" Flow could She g(1)
away without saying It':" She felt
like it leaf In a winter atone, • How
cool and steady bis voice was:
"You will tweet with agreeable sur•
prises in that respect. lvcl'ytheug is
so simplified and tiysteuuttized lo\ta-
clays that 'women can travel over the -
world with Impunity. 1. am sure yeti
will enjoy it."
"And 1 am sure 1 shall not- 'never
expect to enjoy auything again, Tom.
as tong as 1 live, never—any thio;; at
all."
Her eyes were wet with unsbed
tears; her. cheeks were hot ,with un
bidden blushes; her clasped. hands
trembled visibly; her exc•Iteme"nt was
getting beyond, per control. Brenton
looked at her in ;rave surprise. Then
a simile of pity cause into his tine face.
"You are young yet, 011ie. so. young.,
and • to the young sorrow h isltut it
dreadful, finality to seeuting.
is only In seeming. little friend. we
can outlive and live dowu about all
the troubles a mn1tei0ne tate tau con-
ceive of for our torment if we' wilt
only believe in ourselves, be true to
the best in us." •
She looked at hItn with the ghost of
a smile on her lips: ."That sounds
dreadfully experienced. Tom."
"And am 1 not e&porienced? Not."
MoMULLEN'S POULTRY NE IN
"Ys ; VA F E N C ' -
the fragrance of the flowers she had
plucked for him, A boy's shrill whistle
citrate through the window to Iter cars
discordantly. She could hear old lieu -
hen call the dogs to their diener. Ev-
ery sense was on ,the alert, It was.as
If her nerves bad been told bare by a
surgeon's knife. She had tried to ful-
fill the command of the dying. She
had offered herself to Thomas. Broxtof.
She was vindicating her tardiness and
questioning the cruelty, that kept him
silent in the same breath. Tom's voice,
entirely unshaken. • by its burden of
feeliug, brought her back to the mo-
ment she had to deal with,
"Poor little girl! My poor little 011lei
And you thought so meanly of me as
all that?"
"Meanly of you, Tom?" she nhattaged
to ask.
• IIe went on rapidly, as .It mistrust -
Mg his own strength or purpose. "I
1w•:1S very unhallp;; when 1 heard you
lead broken with Westover. 1 was
H
a an
it'throuh
afraidyon had done
mis-
taken sense of duty to your father.
But I could not help yon nor tuy
friend, The dying often hamper the
living in some such cruel fashion, but
1 do not bold that one is called upon
to sacrifice happiness to any ,such
deathbed' ,mandates. Westover is a
splendid fellow•, and I know that he
loves you deai'l"y. If it were not for
the pain that 1 know „you have endur-
ed In the effort to'obey your father's
caminauci. 1 would be'iglad of this op-
portunity to free you from • your fan-
cied obligation, Now, with a Blear
conscience. 011ie, dear•, you can recall
Westover."
"1 shall never marry Clarence West-
over, Tom, never!"
• -He seemed not to hear her. "Once,
when 1 thought 1 could support you
es my wife should and must be sup-
ported. 1 asked you to be my wife.
All through my early boyhood 1 cltYet•-
tainecl a sweet vision of,. a future
blessed by your love. 1 loved you
and asked you to Marry me. You
•{ back
1 ace to see her only once, to up- afraid 1 did—I. did -1 wrote to builI he added. with quick thought for hen
come o
braid her for per maltreatment of about the engagement being broken,
"poor dear Clarrie." But from him new- Olivia looked at her icily. but the bot
er a word had come back. Of him the blood of humiliation dyed her cheeks
papers kept her well informed. and forehead "Ch, you did: And per -
NOW he was in St. Petersburg, again haps you also asked 'him to come and
In Florence. Then a woman's name assume the task of consolation?" ,
crept in, and the Mandeville, Morning "Olivia. you know 1 did not."
News informed Its readers that ru- "You have covered ine with cenfu-
mors from a reliable source announced sion. 1 am sot•ey that invitation ever
, the pleasant fact that when Mr. Clar- went to him. Ile has only accepted it
ence Westover did .return to America because he could not. refuse. 00. it is
Broxton Hall would become the home all horrid. just too !torrid for anything!
of a lovely Parisienne. The lady was He has 0 right to think ale a bold, in -
the foreign born daughter of a one time delicate wretch. 1 don't doubt for a
American ambassador to Frame. moment that he docs."
011ie had read this item among the At which 'Mitis Malvina famed up.
local brevities and had passed the . "You never were just to Thomas Brox-
mornlug's paper across to bliss Mal- ton, and 1 suppose you• never will be.
viva. Miss Malviva had read it and You. are always judging him by com-
looked at the girl so timidly that 011ie fltonpla.ee standards. and they don't tit
had laughed aloud. "You are watching, him at all. He Is a, 001u incapable of
to see mo swoon? I am wondering my-• harboring a mean. thought or commit -
self why I don't feel any of the proper ting a mean action. If you lied ever
emotions on the occasion. It must be been worthy of him, Olivia. you never
because I am so much 'more interested would have played at being It love
In Granny Maxwell's winter funnels." With a man not worthy. of breathing
'Ali of this came back to her when she the same air with him." .
wrote that note of invitation to Tom With which buret of eloquence: Miss
Broxton. Malvina gathered up her chair covers
"Could anything be bolder?" she ask- and went about her business, She ob-
ed, blushing a vivid pink as she affixed ever, ' hated tas the timeisfaction, hew -
approached for.
`she Stamp. g' arrival t)llte s spirits rose
lEt
-that 1 ant 'quarreling with dPStinp.
My philosophy is that all that is is
right."
.-That is fatalism. and'1 do clot think
fatalism is bealthy. espeetelly for so
.young a man. Yon see, 1 have not for-
gotten how to tiud fault with you,
Tom."
"No. Come, now, this grows prones:-
ing. I lived in Germany just long
enough to acquire a moo for meta-
physics end to rnlscali myself a patios -
Wier. We don't Indulge along that
line tit the works. Lot tate hear yeti
'define fatnlistn."
His cool acceptance of tate existing
status of things a taspet'ated her most
unreasonably.
•You are turning my ntea•ning into •a
jest. 'Phomas. 1 suppose I ata not
north a serious thought tiowadays, so
you ore obliged to Oleic of me as a.
good joke- No; I don't mean that et
all, for that implies that you do some•
times, think about ate."
"i• ani glad you do pot mean lt. We
have been good friends too long to
quarrel with each other lust as you are
:tght to put 1 Oheillt between its, and
tet' would 1111V0 no rhtllce to 11111ke up
1(151(10 of it whole vealra'
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"Could anything be more studiously .black
'polite?" nim asked himself pocket as^ he made her leekeuntabpal id Her always dresses no v, 'enti' tet arittr from the moment of his
crenated the letter in les
but on that Sunday tlloruing the soft- '! arrival. If Dully she could think, lie
was acting 0 p 1 gal(]
reread after business hours.
A letter from Olivia was not initself s skin, of
apd ke flushes
guile her
dell ate
h
They ' R.he-
t.IIt
`rC 1C ySa
Cnlchi
a disturbing oc t , favorite shade of 3
er ceased writing to each other In a Toni's fa\ of
desultory way. The total tack of men- mums, a rich mahogany color, was
tion of W'estover's•name, especially as piledi hi tl In a great glass bowl upon
he Toni l
•
always made free use of it hitlhsc'E, the a his arrival Carefully, just
struck him as a piece of uncalled for "o
consideration for himself. Somewhat in
times for dinner.
buit t when
sudden-
him
in the old time fashion she tvrote
him about lea work. He dwelt upon it ly developed an amount of guile no one
rather lengthily in reply, as much to would ever have credited her with•
toyer space as anything else. The line "I've gots ton ch to 110. Toto,
that
Sabbath1
was comfortably taut beta een friend,- cant alfor<
ship and the old disterbing sentltnent. day to keep It holy.. 'i am going to
i and
' !'noel
this alto
silver Miss ill:atvina considered It a bad cot.nt all the q
sign that 011ie always passed o interview
us toeuben le ye in about
t e caretaker 1 Will
letters over to her to readTogether
they rejoiced over his rapid nsceut of have to leave you on 011ie's hands for
his chosen ladder, but she mourned a tittle while, but don't you dare to run
dm
private
in•
tin p
men .•e 1 y
Sentiment. hat
of s l 1
piece the absence alt ay until '"Olt, 1 always knew," mitt r, "that. terview. There are some thiugs I want
would say after every letter, "islet. you tO 'do for Me about the Lodge."
,•you Could not down Tont Brextont Ile y She nodded for stet little the
curie
Is Ids father all over ngaln,hand When , gayly and trotted away, leaving Olivia
that is said all is said that need be 'almost gasping for breath.
tO describe a grand man. 1 wish he It teas pit to Tom to relieve the
%yenta merrysome goo(!. sweet girt Strained situation. 'fie had been !n-
I .
that would make tt real home for eplya had ,r reply spading tt nett'1y executed portrait o
"So d6 1, 011vla Would p Ids t uardiati while alis llalvin
part. if onld s to c
think he felt its he hind once felt to-
ward het, wanted what be ones want-
ed—het—it
tC
easier
would matte it
til•—her—it \von
her. Before he had toms sts', standing
before her father's poetreit. Thad te„ ts-
tered a silent platniee.
"'i Will try to do your bidding to the
utnhost, father, ne tli'ore 1 have only
which
Cil
refrained from doing that t
would mites come between rue nn(1
I aut gotog to marry Toot ote Broxton.
Then your sad. pleading voice will die
out of my memory perhaps."
But Tom was malting It so dread-
+ - plunge
it
- tit. F
1. t
She
too 1
"it.
fully difficult.
presently. ITer voice trembled at the
start.
"Thomas, I ani going to ask you a
question before we part. \t•i11 you an,
s\ver it very honestly?""
down
"That depends. [Ie Smiled ( o
calmly into her troubled face.
Her eyes fell before the cool steadi-
ness of this. She Clasped her bands
tightly two., her lap.
"1 waist to ass; ;yon how long you
Were standing in the doorway of fa -
titer's room that---night—before ye
Closed the door so softly that 1 thought
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iTer hot cheeks'ue'c lhnricd'tnthc cushions
o)• the sofa.
did not love mc. and you refused to
marry me in terms which 1 in my
boyish sensitiveness called merciless.
1 could not now accept, either from a
belated mercifulness or an 'overween-
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"In that letter"—a bitter curve
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He stood up taut hold out his hand•
She made ue respouse. Her hot cheeks
u of the
1
hies
a the
ClS
buried
in were
b
nr
sofa. Only the coil of her golden hair
was turnedl :towar(I him.. He lett her
so. He thou; ht of her tenderly as the
tiylug landscape shot past the windoty
of the ear that was hearing him a\vay
from her.
it
, 1 in
her
:how that she had done al
power to obey her father'S command
site would feel at liberty to recall the
nes" she loved. Mi, tv(tlll Thnt was
just as It should be, but She Would
never know what it Iuul cost him to
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promptly rattled off her apologies. Olivia had i it 'lyes the eight tvin
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tut asthe mouths rolled by 011to's asked his opinion of the painting,
('So do 1" grove less and less emphatic, I he peel given it, lie calve oter now
tend when the prospect of a long ab- 1 and toot chair near the softs on
Once from Nemo stared per In the , which she was sitting. It was as If ha
face she was distinctly cottsetOus of a had pttt Up a bur bete "een diem Sim.
16tlgtng desire for rho dear old dom.i Tao as the net was, it laude it ',roil hard
Dation of her Cii11d1sTr dstgs,' l+oldtng for bird meto to holdfast
islryt�d to had seat
"111 his latest letter; thio lotto g' 'haci'
a, reeolve she
hound tvisttn1 utterance.
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and i A troubled toots tante into his eyes.
lie had not espeeted this direct eate•
chlsing. lie answered ineonsequentlyt
""Reuben Is It bunting Old Idiot. He
told me Ids orders were to send are tai*
met tO toy gtrardtatt. When 1 got there,
1 found y+ou Were With hint, and it was
no time tor me to intrude:"
CI;AP'r1.It XIX.
fAxn'rut wnOLIt wtntt octAN us'rwtt>;.i
At a foreign resort Where her shy,
tttltiatee1ed Wnys sttbjeett+tl her to un'•
friendly continent and ell of her tuost
cherished domestic traditions Were vio-
lently set at uattght Miss llltlelum nee -
enmity eXperieticcd the desolilto sen-
sations of ti cat in a strange garret.
011v1tt had a much better time of
She Was seen to be beautiful tend saki
to be Wealthy, It combination Which
mattes for popularity ttuywbere and
everywhere. Nara wealthily net Wulff
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