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The Huron Signal, 1888-1-27, Page 2•••••• 41. • „or •- onsteTra. 7"-.7 • • jm 7.1 'HELEN LAFONE TATA ES OF 4 rALI HOUSEHOLD. OP ffriieLalltLIPL • CHAPTER 11. Mama her bend and tech what he gave her SAA W Wens. 111611 I er Why ars you in the der f" ed, le the low voles M Ma Imicsoltlamod to asp la that roost. "Goe$ light, please, otal a light," was bee OMIT earletee. a• went Aowustairs ip. to the ha% en Oa table of which hi knew h• should fineeendIss and esoeobs, 11 made a lobe Sad went upstairs again. "Till OM hes happened r he bektei. M tie* Ordered the row ; Ithh 47.. ( upon the dud seasta's ace, le w cittpdokly - pea child, tiara yk , beim words and presence, perhaps, ton, the light he brought, woke the giri from the kind of trance in which she had bees *x She woke to the fact that her fried was gone from her let ever, dui shehol beard ha tyke for the Nat time. Her tettot vanished, leaving only grief and a holing of utter loneliness. leased her head upon the bed and horst • fate all agony of tra. Though Percival had all a man's dread oi such things, he had penetration to se• iremething of what she must have been enduring, and that to cry was the best thing she could do for herself. So he let her alone while he examined the 1 the dud man, lying so close to Atle shivering, sobbing figure. Then loocked the girl on the shoulder, say - ••1 " (illowe4 WAY 1l.Isn; let toe take ycn to tae other • dere, Pereia alias span." She wised her the kok in tis Be raid nab' I dare nut be as she spoke, and smote Percival's heart. but took her up in hie her downstairs to the , where he laid her on the lit the lamp. She laid with es, and he stooped to kiss her, saying— "I will be back in a moment, and thee 1 will net leave you &rani." He scut upstairs and knocked at the door of the housekeeper $ room with such effect Oat in five miuutesshe was awake, and steoding hall dreesed before hies. Mr Moore, is at you, air T. abe &sled oaring at hien. -Is the master wools He told her briefly es hAt had happen- ed, and his fun and v...ice were very stern u he added • few words of blame for the way in which both the servants had gone to bed without making any in- quiry as to whether Helen wished for or seeded any assistaoce. "Now go into your istaater's room and do what is necessary," he concluded. "I sai going back to Miss Lifotie ; she is sot tit to be left." The housekeeper prepared to do hie ding ; she only stopped to ask, 'lure ia Miss Lafone, sir I" the dining -room. 1 will stay with hairift nwilling. She is very ouch upset, and I half fear she will he ilJ ; if she doss, it will lie at your door.'' He went back to Helen. She was cry- ing again, as though she would cry her strength all away. Ho felt furious with the circumstances which kept him from her side at such a time, and he wished she would reproach him, bot she only said — " W did you Lot coos sooner, Per- cival 1 by dear, I could not. I had been a • r 7 dry on business, and stupidly the last train. I was deteriniaed May away all night, because I UkilhEiould not last much long - so I rewired te walk the fifteen _ truly gut home about three o'- , this niornin,o and came straight fear reading your note. 1 hoped time yet —1 vain hope, as you ire/M-le heard hie in silence, only saying re sod, 1 son sorry you did not see him a." Now,' be raid, "tell me all rollout it, bent will not distress you too much." Mg No ; I want In tell you. If I tali it,II may thin: of it less. At pr. - it is lik• an awful nightmare, and 1 . deloppot bear to feel 11110 that about his who A. I have such • horror of it." li"erfie had got her some wine when he night her down, and he pot the glass Tyioin")glor him, and gin o to the sideboard. ge„ s piece of bread from a loaf whieh bet iod there. Il• dipped it info the wise •••• I gave it to her saying-- °"1116 • `Feiethis first, then begin to lath." , Albeihrturned away het hmd, bul he woe kegs. 11.1 trill not hear a word, Holes, ki 1 s hare eaten this. See." speaking to almost ss if she wen a child. "I will a bit first." r pet • pine of bread isfm kis sad ohm let hum est sines; but Ile lege Iff the Mimed pima she • "Now, lie still for Ivo jai„Las,.- hs said when she had buished eating, "then you Shall talk. He drew the woolen tufa blanket over her $$ be stoke. It was a pretty thing, iu a shell like pattern fo wools of shaded brow u ad red. Helen kieroh- ed it with her hand, seyieg-- '1 made this for hint ; he wee always tie food of it, and amanita it Ito When she bad reseed the required taws Percival let t.er la, and she tom him the history of the whole day from the inoosoleg, when Dr. Smith her told her the invalid would probably not through the eight el the short beauty of' b. Novetuber am 9t sysaizi, u p to the and. g% tole] Lim how he heti wished to we the ensest, how they had beard the mend of the warm, of the poem she had repeated to him, and of what he had said. Ole ems spoke, though with bated henale and sone diffi- culty, of those lad heed been so terrible for her. Percival listened in WPM He was mimed at the staningth she had shown. He thought et what the doctor bad said that summer eves*" on which he bad made up Ilia 'Mad to sled, Helen's char- acter. "You are a brave girl," he said, when she had finished, ar.d he kissed her with passionate teadernen. "Many • man would have failed to do what you hare done. I thall never forgive myself fur having been so careless as to int you go 1 through this alone. " "It ia over now, and you could not help it. Rot be wanted you so nisch he - tote he died. Hs wanted to talk to you, I think." "I can guess what he wanted to my to me ; be wasted to remind me of what I have won ha winning you. There was no need. I trust you will soots be my wife, my other better self, who to Wee would be to lose all 1 hold dear in the world. He held her clues to him as he spoke, looking down into her beautiful dimmed eyes, sad feeling at that moment un- worthy of the love he had won. "While I love you," she mid, "I do Dot core what may COMO—poverty, sick- ness, even death. Had I not had you I could not have borne that death op - stairs ; it would kayo taken everything from me. Let se love with all our strength, Percival, for there is nothing else that is stronger in the world." They had &knout begotten what had brought this Lusting, tiU in this silent* which followed Helen's words they heard the slow measured tread of the woman aka was moving about in the room above radorming the last services which the man who had brought them two togeth- er would ever require. A shiver ran through Helen as she heard it, and she whispered,' "He brought us together, and now he is dead." "Do not led this make you supersti- tions,' he said gently. They remained in this way for a loog time till Percival, ',fencing dome at Helen's tam, saw eh* was asleep. He smiled aa he looked at her. Hot head had fallen back upon the cushions and her face was termed upwards. She was strikingly pale—even considering all she had gone through she was strik- ingly pals; there were dark shadows under bee *yes, and the long, curled lashes rested upon theca. The corners of her mouth drooped sorrowfully; Ike lips just parted showed a glimpse of small, regular, white teeth. Her facie looked almost childlike, it was so small, and soft, and pure; thianer them it had bees, yet neither haggard, see older, only finer and calmer. Percival looked and looked, he could not take his eyes away ; it seemed as if the intensity of his gaze must hays wakened her, Nash* slept on, never moving, her chest hardly stirred by her light, even breathing. She looked almost as lifeless as the dead men upstairs. Presently be felt sleep begin fo weigh down his own eyelids, a clock is the hail struck six, there was jud time for a dose before it was time so begin the day s work. Ile threw himself into a large arm chair standing by the fireplace, and was asleep in • fur minutes. A carriage wee sent foe Hales poem alter breakfast, and she left the house which for the last six weeks bad been her home. She paid • visit to the don for's room before going. The deed stell tam was in perfeet repos, and elle swept the think ;trey hair of the loved in crier, forehead, and kissed Semi Hist and the sold rigid lips. She wee AIM; at list moment she Forint Pereitred, and felt in losing her old friend she bed het all that was (to ilicr) worth leek* he dm liar tail 111011111 fest derleis UP shed '50 rOO HURON 8I0NAL. FRIDAY, JAN. 27. 11188. delve. hen she was gaits bal...hiss she 'cached hone. The esevant who ad- mitted her kioked seriously at her pele few and teer-dissamd *yea. Pat she passed stre* tato her troom without miming seines nor did she leave it agais that day. Ohs seem down to breakfast en the followieg mornias, sad um emmiacred by that time to hays been taloned °Lent thee* to isidele• her grief. Ma Wiese sante • goad mooy imptirlse, thaw k she said lb Moore. who hed called lie aftersoes before to inquire after Helen, had tarnished them with way partieelara. Still she underslood be had not bees present at the time of the astral death.. Helen, she supposed, had Leen aloe* thee. (It did not stem to strike Ler what an awful experience it was for a girl at twenty to go tlaraegb, nor that it might be palatial to bee to source any gemlike. on the subject, She was • woman with a natural appetite toe such details, and with the easympa- thetio mature which such an appetite im- plies.) Hideo, who though elyeedingly pale, was perfectly composed, answered her question. faithfully. "What time did he die 7" she asked. 'into tie *breakfast cups as she spoke to see that they were prepared to the taste of each poem. "1 think it was about two o'clock." "You think? Yon ceekt Uwe/6 lo b. sure of the exact moment al death cr anything of that kind ; it is mad irisProd- ant. Why did you not leek .01 pew wetei 1" "I did not think of it," replied the girl, who would hare died noose: than speak of the dying lamp, the awful still- ness, and the stiffening grasp upon her hand. "Then how do yco know it was about two o'clock r "1 heard the clock strike a little time afterwards." "How did he die I—quietly, or was there any straggle 1" "Qaietly," was the reply, in a scarce- ly audible voice. "I wish you world Nun to speak up yeti always mutter so. 1 am glad it was quietly; it is so shocking when old peo- ple like that seem unwilling to die. Lig OW see. You hare been away so Ione, I have forgotten—but you do nut take user, I thisk" thank you.' "What was the last thing he said, I wonder." Helen took advantage of the words be ing rather a remark than a questioa to make no reply. "Can't you tell .t.?" asked her step mother, turning to her and speaking rather sharply. "No, I cannot." "What do you mean by that 1 That you cannot or wiU not 7" "I will not," driven to ley at last and looking steadily with sad dark eyes into her adversary's face. Ides Lame sat petrified, with a cup in one hand and her other just ready to torn the tap of the eaffee-urn. "Yoe are very disrespectful, Helen. May I ask if there was a secret r "They were addressed to me aloe*, and 1 shall tall them to nc one." Her voios was slow and steady, and her face went whiter than before, as she again seemed to feel the slow, soft touch of the doctor's hand over her hoe, The subject was tie evidently painful to her that oven Alice was moved to in- terfere. "Really, mamma," she said, "how you do gloat over them things; it is not the most serembh subject for a breakfast and I should think you might '1 siereld theik he had assail' oftepetive at home to got him over* wet day." "Oh, het ho Likes to come, and he is e arti Su when b. knows 1 want him." Hetes said methane; she began to thhat thee the friendship hotness Aliso 501resoled had metre esseidershle pet - nom dories bit_', hose hems. Al let she asked— "Hoer will he k...—hy Waked r "Yee are reviving, Rase; Mit VFW mid quits in your uld euttiog way. Hs L oewe there is so one staying Imre at presoak and that 1 hate beteg atoms, so that nataral amiability would brieg hist, if there were nothing oleo But I Le - Bests there is some Weibull mixed up with it, fur we are great friends." Helee's head was perfectly study as she threaded her Roane afresh with .ilk, and her voice did not falter as she ask- ed— "Sines when Imre you begun to pre- fer friends to 'oven r' • I never prefer," said Alio. serioutler "where there is choice between two thato thaws. I always like get both, if I can. I should ciertaisly never think of pestering one frlind is many lovers, liut I like W hare both Selpither." "Combined in Ole 'moo r asked Helen • tittle dryly, hut before Alice could reply she was called away, and the cooversation was not renewed that day. Helen was careless *Dough Lot to Ore it a second thought. She returned to her work anti her vadat for Percival. bat he did not 001100. ID the evening his negligence was explained. Mr IA form came in and brought the Intelli- gence that Moore bad been soddenly called away on Wawa and would pro- bably be detained a few days. Helen said scarcely anything. It was Alio* who gave utterance to the *epees - N ies. of surprise and regret. Helen thought that Pareival would regret not being at the funeral of his old -friend. Her father was going and most cf the neighboring gentlemen. A distant ocusin of the ductur's had anne over and made all the &nano.- manta for the funeral --a hungry -looking man with whom the doctor bad had a quarrel sines his youth. He came with the feeling that, being the only relative of the dummied, it was possible he might profit by his death. He tots destined to be disappointed Dr Haslitt's will dated some years back, and though one or two codicils had been I added to it, the hungry cousin s name was mentioned in now of thew With the exception of one or two remem- brances to personal friends, the will do creed that everything to which the de- ceased died possessed should beeDme the absolute property of Helen Lafone. There was no great amount of money. Dr Hszlitt had no private fortune, and he was not made out of the stuff out of which rich and prosperous men are form- ed ; bet, in addition to the property, there was s letter he had written only a very short time before his death, and which Helen io her impulsive way felt that she valued far above all the rest. It was a long letter, and she instinct- ively went out of doors to read it. She went down to the shore, sod stood for a few moments looking sorrowfully overer the grey watwhich came stealing up to her feet. She took a boat and row- cid herself across the bay to the island. An:unutterable sadness lay upon her soul; words from a aourre which she did not trace were running in her mind-- "it seemed 5.11 all the joy had vanished from the world never to be restored." table; know by this time that when Helen gets self. She mode her boat fast, an& ;holt that look oe her face you will r ing over the rocks found' her favorite make bet do anything she does sot seat, were she sat down to think. She As usual, she had the island to he want. Mrs Lafone generally yielded will of her daughter, so the dropped and Helen was allowed out the remainder of the meal in had never been here alone since the day to the on which she had been detained, sod subject rescued by Percival. That thought to sit lion* would hare bran sufficient food pestsfor meditation once ; now something of greater nuenitudel filled her nand. heard There was nothing to take her thoughts ore no away from the subject ; she sat with her back to the mainland looking out over the open 1014 which lay wide and blink before her, not even the sail of a fish- ing- boat broke the monotonous expense. The air ass perfectly still; though she did not feel cold, theare was a touch of frost in the air, and from time to time $ golden or crimson leaf came flattening AN that day she paged to see 54, and he did not come, but she great deal about him. There w visitors at the Therein jest then, and Alio* was oedema to her own remount, for samsessent and oocupation. They appeared to be soon exhausted. In the after000n she came into the room where Helen was sitting and began to talk about Percival Helen also felt listless, weary and unsettled, but because of the 'hang. from the regular, well filled life she hal been leading for the last few weeks. She took op a bit of work, more for the sake of appearing to be oecupied than anything else, and .4 .11.01 in the library. She could not go out. She felt tco tired to walk hr ; the beauty moil peaceful inineet of the day Wore hod beim succeeded hy a cold misty ram bed ate hoped that Percival would WSW Before lose Alice tottered her, throw herself fistlesaly into a rocking desk, and swung herself backwards and &cereals owe* or Prim before speaking. "I wonder if Kr Moore will come to - Amy," etc mid at loan "Why shoelil bib" asked Helen hypocritical. "It m not a Oswalt Iter ries about." "Ob, bus... needy every day, mid ihe heifer wet is tether aa edditiosal mesa 0. 1. sure to weal erospasios- dlip. He will mem if only for that." Balsa ball soiled as same said - t down to her feet. Ono fell into her lap on the letter, which she held clasped in her hand, not yet hairier looked at it • more then to see that it was of tome length. She picked up limiest, smooth• ad it, and Blipped it into the envelope, feeling somehow comforted. Theo she began to read. The letter contained meek that perhaps her friend had not felt strong enough to speak, there were sapressions of deep regret at beteg compelled to leave her, little bite of ad- vise melt as he had bees used to ad- minister in his own quaint style ever sines she could remember, aed some directions as to what he thought she had better do with his home and (sent tare. Helen shed no teen as she read it, not even when she had mem to the e - asters "year faithful friend. Reamed dearer them he lied hem taken fres her. Bet the tide tweed, sad she had Ito It home. Ifni* said teloneetly she roae and looked mooed. SU fat as if su many WAIF beg hoPPestfid so lasi to this little spot if grouted. that it woad always, us her eyes, he invested with • settees easiedatars. 1111.gailteredessi little beach of attunes leaves, and away with her awriper, if sot '-'"sed, yet lighted. Agate atm 'remiss atoned ARO Pt alone, and again Alice Imps t. tak about Percival "Mr. Moore has non hien again," *he said. "What did he come 1- halted deign her heart giving $ leap which sent tk colour into her /sr. "This afternoon. Papa saw him et the iitetioa. He said be should come u this evening ; eu 1(54 in bettor spirit& "Yue speak as Omagh you could tett live without a man to talk to," said tu, a little iiiipatieolly. "Is this CYO the man is rather of • special kind," she said, smiling gra Seedy. "You remember what we liege almwkiiir uI kw' oilfht 1 Y°G. granted to know I liked Io s..ave a friend and a lq•er umbised tar ens person 1. this case 11* willing to put up with the one for the sake of the °Bier.' "Whet do you meso 1 You express yourself so vageely f' said Helen, put- ting down her work and looking fixedly at bar sitter. A half -defined fear was growing io her heart, whish yet was not strong enough to shut oat the curiosity she could not help feeling. "How you stare at sae !" said Ahies $ little pettishly, and nct meeting Helen's eyes ; "if you had had the least experi- son in seat matters you would know what I 034110 without asking such gler- ing point blank quetions. Have 1 net told you I luite plainly what I seam 1 I am willing to put up with osirtair the sake of the other." But which is which ? I doe't under- stand, and whether it is the friend or the lover with whom you ars willing to put up." "I thought I said yesterday I sht uld 00V111t think of preferiag a frieod said the younger girl , $ little impatiently. "That is tree, but I was in doubt, he - Mlle I cannot suppose Mr. Moore has given you any reason to think be will ever he more than a friend to you Her tone was*, out and positive that Alice flushed with indignation slid wounded pride. She drew herself op, saying— "Dr you mean to say the man whose I Could MA make fall in love wink me it I chose 1" "If you take that tone it is different I don't know how successful you may 15 io that way. But I &nil see what satis- factioe you can get out of having made • mad desperately in love with you, what you care nothing in the, world for him. I should think be becomes rather a bur- • 1' Her tone irritated Alice more *ad more. She spoke and looked as if she had suddenly came in contact. with some- thing which she hesitated to touch even with the tips of her anew.. "It might he so I11 did not care for the man," she repliecqunguardealy, "hot in this cue you see I do." 'What do you mean 1" asked Hole., growing paler and speaking oddly. "Having said so sock you most go on. How do you care for Mr Moon—es a !timid or • lover i" "As it is only a question of time cm hie side," speakieg with a snide *Melt was almost insolent in its assured triumph, don't mind telling you that I like him bettor than sny man I ever met ; and sines he likes me. I am only going In improve the opportunity. That ia," she went on more to horsed thee Heise, "I thins sometimes he likes me, aol *NI erste I feel sure he does not The odd thtng ie that when ha likes me hen, and when he pays me compliment* that he dose not mire for me . and the prettier and finer the compliment the less he likes me. He is different from all the men 1 have ever met, and I believe that if we mine to understand one another we might be very happy torther. Only shall we over undentand one another 1 I oannot teil. I could make him love me, bus as yoe say it would be more dig- nified to let him take hie own Gowen and E time he menet see—he teest." Helm had listened to all this in a- line* ; surprise, ineredefity, dimmer and indignities all kept her dumb. Bet at aid, when Alit* 12.4 .0 plainly even bar to undentand that the holies was *11 00 her side fur Petard, abuse for her sister restored her veils. and A" 41i *taigas& 'Alia. r There was each • leek ea her hoe that Ades' shred. saying. "flow yen loot end would suppose that yes were in love with hies your melt" As she spoke • servaat opened GM door, sayiwg. "Kr Mogen" (To ea oomperwe, ) MAIM" ff/i• est still, feeling ail if bitP°111 'vsIter Wein,* Te --Pee Plimpfen Riotehen Ti. earl a unit world break with sorrow, as too Atm, goe hvi toes Media alaPhor them th, despite bet lom foe Pasha, • Soap la Th.First Symptoms og ail Lime theineimi ere hod/ the seam seviernhoole. 4111 appetite. sere areas, pains la dist china sad tracer, headaelee, me. la a leer days you meg oc well, or, ea tb l,yen row be Iowa wit! 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