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VVAL RNITUR1L tXg •otht Equirmse A ONTAP.10 Nish. :rir'a 4i1 .141,4,111411#W#61.14,o, By BERTHA M. CLAY Authci of 'A Sinful Secret," "A Golden Heart," "Love and Husband," "A Gypsy's Daughte.r," Etc. riro In tit her aark hair blew across We lips, while the beerilderine perfume he knew so well was ft stealing Ms senses, and weakening all his fine resolutions. But directly she reeovered her foot- ing diseugaged herself, and chauged rapidly from wbite to red,, and then from red to white again, ntile she thanked him, in a constrained man- ner, for his assistance. "I ant not accustomed to these high -"tiles," she said. Awl then she added coldly: "What brought you here, Colonel Daere?" "Isn't the country worth seeing, Lady Gwendolyn?" "Quite; only people never do eome here to see the ceuntrn." • "There is 'metal more attractive, perhaps." "Perhaps." ...1.nd she looked into bis eyes unflinchingly, while her ceder wavered again. "Although I have retired front the world I have taken no vows, and am, therefore, still at liberty to 'weleome my friends." "Then I am forced to conclude that you do not look upon roe as a friend since you refused to ase me laSt algiatM "1 Was no able to do so," she an- ewered coldly: • --e a- n' know; you were better em - "Was I? You seem to be wonder- fully well inforined as to r,IT move- ments, Colonel Darn. - "To o well, Lady Gwernicialn But allow me to congratulate you upon having so quiekly recovered from your sprain. Yee seemed to be suf- fering so -much that afternoon I Ie_ft you on the couch in my mother's bou- doir I almost feared you would not be able to walk for some time?" The mere shadow of a smile hover- ed on Lady Gwendolyn's red mouth: but she suppressed it directly, and said: "A woman can generally manage to do anything she wants to do." "And you walked back to the Castle?" "Really, Colonel Deere, you are exceedingly curious!" "I must confess that I am. :Nobody likes to be deceived." "It isn't pleasant, 'certainly," she answered, with a bitter smile. "But •vomen are quite aeeustomed to that sort of thing, you know." • "Accustomed to deceive, you mean, elf course." Lady Gwendolyn turned from him "You, at any rate, ought to be in- dulgent to a failing of this kind, Colonel Daere, e•ince you have lived lie, so to spea.s, for a great many years," He uttered a sharp exclamation of eurprise at such an extraordinary ac- cusation, "What do you mean?" he inquired at last. "You are surely dreaming, Lady Gwendolyn." nI wish I were!" and there was a ring of passionate XV% ins bee nub& 'II all the world had disaynonsted .ne, I would atilt have sworn that yoa were true, until—until the day before yesterday." "And then?" And then I knew the truth." "What truth? Upon my word and honor, I have not the least Idea wbat you mean?" "Come, Colonel Deere, is it worth while to deny anything to me? I do not accuse you, remember, I have no right; I sinapiy state a fact, It is a pity you aought the meeting I would have avoided, for it inust needs humiliate you as it pains me." "There is nothing in my past that humiliates me in the smallest degree. I have had great sorrows, but they were not brought about by any fault of my tem 1 eame here to seek you because eonsidered that you owed me an explanation and 1 did not choose you should be able to say that I could not defend myself againat emus1nIIsdleceutation. But what I saw last night has altered my feeling in the matter, and It I sought yoU this morting it Was only because / am a miserable, weak stupid, and wanted to ase your face once more before we patted, never to meet again. I trust On this side of the grave." ar de Gwendolyn bad turned very, pale, but ber pride sustained her still, or the statelly bead 'never 4oWere•r!. e glue her tu1 under ale curled in a disdainful amib,, 71;a •moat bave seen snme ztrange, • isnt night tet enange your to- nalnnx !nod. 1,,Via.in ;TT, e H1/41•'(;:nizri tontery ,nrtnn.:s tinin 1t seetreed aid the neeteerie • tte 7,,,,f.'47,tr that citiki, L le,nn izza tat ,te!earet s:eet ee, leetree,ey • tat.: E,9 e the reete arid vi new?" abe eehed softly a nem I * le nene and ?4i.i.Lelitia. ifalit", 'Ittes are enorei eanrftd th iltat;r„ Celortel Teacre11: "Perliff ;Peal tannot flatter," • "It would be almost better if you riod tO eteenire the, acce)mplieltraprit," a velar:tied haughtily, :41%,3414.7 "4°,at V&Pult UmME. It aro enceedingle bad compaey "At any rate, 1 r„ha'xi't be in your .ray long, Lady Gwendolyn •I leave Vuree la a couple of hours." "For Borten Hall?" And if he had been a coxcomb he %end have detected the ring of sup- eesstO eageruess in her voice. "For a couple of days only. I am •rotten abroad, and shall not probably urn for three or four years—if lien; so that I have a few arrange - cots to make with my steward. 1 •Itall let the Hall, if I can get a goud • t neon" -You cannot do better," :she said, „vitb sudden., almost stern decision. "You have no right to live there, as it were, under raise pretenCes." "I really don't understand you, Lady -Gwendolyn, and must beg you explain," "I did not understand you just dow, Colonel Deere; but I did not demand an explanation." "You had a perfect right to do so." "Possibly; but it is not my habit. If people take a pleasure in misjudg- ing 'A pleasure?" he interrupted ve- hemently, "Oh! if you only knew what it cost me last night to believe what I saw." -Wray did you believe itt" could not help myself„" "I make it a point of her believ- ing allYthing I don't wish to believe," she =nen; zlowly aard determinedly. -"After all, it is so Very easy to make. 41*Cledst, telat.c dalniainataseses. But if you actually see a person—" "Then, of course, you cannot make a mistake. But people sometimes fancy they see things, you know. To be absolutely certain myself I should require to look into another's face— so elose that I could not be wrong, otherwise I would not allow myself condemn even my greatest enemy. I have a great many faults, I know, but I always strive to be just." "And yet, you condemned me un- heard, Lady Gwendolyn." "When?" she asked. - For sole answer he took from his pocketbook the little note she had left on the table of his mother's room the day of her pretended accident, and held it up before her eyes. "Well?" she said half defiantly, "Was that either just or true?" "It was true, anyhow." "You cannot prove it, Lady Gwen- dolyn. I should be an idiot, indeed, having a secret to guart--" "Whieh you admitted, put in Lady Gwendolyn. "Or, rather say, which I did not deny. But I repeat that I should nave been an idiot indeed if, under these circumstanees, I had introduted you into the very room where you aeaild find something to betray ma" "There was nothing in that room to betray you." "Where, then?" "I am not bound to say." aze are, for your own satO 1 axe aeire won would not like 027. t.45 think that you had taken any ,,e/valatsge, filth; small courtesy n was such a great pleasure to me to show you." "Hon can it signify to me what eou think?" she flashed round upon him,to say, me silence was • a rebuke, and shamed her as no words could have done. She colored hotly up to the very Mots of her hair. "I mean," she added, "that you would be sure to misunderstand me." "On the contrary, Lady Gwen- dolyn." "Anyhow, I will tell you nothing. I have a right to my secrets as well as you." • "ntist as you like," he said, bow- ing coldly. "It is better so, perhaps. But I am keeping you from your walk, Lady Gwendolyn. Let me thank yott before I go for the many pIeasaut hours you have allowed me to pass I in your company. The memory of : them will ewe itoth a Pleasure and a pang.' He could almost have vowed that he saw two large tears in her dark eyes; nevertheless, she said, careless- ly enough to outward appearance: "It Is not very probable that I shall ever eause you another pang, BO that you can afford to pardon me. I have quite made up my mind not to return to Teignmouth, "I suppose one may expect to hear of your marriage shortly?" he ob- served, conscious of another pang at tilts moment—a pang so strong that it whitene.d his very lips, and made his heart trerable within him. "My marriage? No, thank you. you are rauch more likely to heat of my taking the veil." "You aro the last person I know to do melt a thing as that, Lady Gwen- dolyn. You are too fond of the world to deeert it." "You think so?" she aterwered, , with a gravity that aurprised him. 9 cuppose the kind of intercourse you and I have had makes It impossible tet yon P'enuid understand rae. ' I ”And you think that I was flirting 1 with e Isatly Gwendolyn?'" he said, esente • :tililannttra= 14% 704 tter 3 abon/d it be dneaired Of be Ziting youthus, The whole aim and mbition of my life was to win you or my. wife—that 1 evsear." "And yet you say you would not eve dreamed of insulting me." "By profeeeing what. I did not,feel, meant " er,LeItitileerpleing what you could not "I never did sub a thiug in inn e, Lady Gwendolyn," "According to VOur (Pan aetouut WI4GHAIV1 ApVANCEsTI1VIE tyOrr, cat crre urmit While ago. What right have you to ask any vtomaa t� be Your wife? And, suppoelug elm accePtod you, what, twirtinl? a;:ii,yienvieigmeLuaadey, '•Gwendolyn., "Wily, then, we should marry, Pre's'IrowCoUld you?" "I seeno just cause or irapediment, Lady Gwenclolyn!" "Then I am sorry for you, that is all. I can onderstand people's doing wrong from the evil impulse of the moment; but it must be a very bad man indeed who would, commit a de- liberate fraud, and ruin the woman, who trusted in him," "I don't understand why my mar- riage would have such terrible conse- quences, Lady Gwendolyn, One would tlaink that I was e monster in human form." And then, in spite of himself; he smiled to think how completely Lady Gwendolyn had turned the tables upon him. He had joined her, in- tending simply to bid her adieu, in order that he might look once more on the fatal beauty that tad stolen his heart away, and if any coenersaa tion dtd take place he certainly pic- tured himself as the accuser, where- as he had done little else but defend himself, and had only been able to get in his own complaints edgewise. Decidedly Lady Gwendolyn under- stood the art, and also the advantage, of carrying the war in to the enemy's country. And yet, though he had seen her in the arms of another man, and knew her to be an unprincipled coquette, how he yearned after her, his mad infatuation increasing as he gazed, until he felt as if he could not give her up were she twenty times worse than she was. He drew near to her with a look in his eyes no woman can misunderstand even when she seee it for the first time. His lips were trembling with the eager, passionate words that flow-, ed up from his heart; his face was ae white as death. "Gwendolyn," he said hoarsely, "you must despise me as much as I eleatinse myself, but I cannot let you go. The hour of her aupretne triumph had come—the hour she had panted for, and longed for even in her dreams. This man, who had resisted her so long, was at her feet now, in spite of himself, and for one moment her victory seemed very sweet. Then a revulsion of feeling came over her, and she hated him as in- tensely as she had loved hien bbfore. If he despised himself for falling into her power, if he was only in love with her beauty and would still win her for that when he deemed her un- worthy of any liner sentiment, her victory was no better really than a defeat. She drew away from him quickly, and burst into a passion of tears. "You are right," she sobbed out; "I do despise you; but I despise my- self still more. How horribly.I must have lowered myself to inspire such a feeling as you have dared confess. At least, you might have spared me the knowledge,•Colonel Deere, if only because I am of the same sex as your mother." "Gwendolyn, you don't understand me. I am asking you to be ray wife." • "Whichis the greatest insult of all," she responded. "Oh! go away —pray, pray go away. I would rather be alone." "Give me my answer first, _Lady Gwendolyn?" "You leave had your answer." He opened his mouth to reply, when secldenly Lady Gwendolyn's face assumed an expression of stolid composure, and she added, in a loud, formal voice: "I am afraid you will find this -a very dull place, Colonel Deere. Be- yond a little fishing, there is really nothing for a gentleman to do. Oh! is that really you, Captain Wynd- ham?" holding out her hand cor- dially, to a tall, pale man, who had approached them without attracting b.er companion's attention. "Allow me to introduce you to Colonel Deere, —an ear neighbor of my brother's, —a near neighbor of nay brother's, The two men bowed to each other coldly. It.l odd how quickly lovers scent a rival, and no very friendly look passed between them; although, outwardly, each assumed to be grati- fied at making the other's acquain- tance, But Colonel Deere was to agitated to be able to keep up this farce long, and, pleading business, left the two together. But instead of going on to the station, according to his original intention, he returned to the inn, and took Possession once more of the little parlor he had oc- cuPied the day before. He cursed his own folly bitterly; but even if this woman destroyed him, be yield not tear himself awaY frora her now. The very air she breathed was sweet to him, and yet, poor deluded naortal, he bad fancied it possible to escape from her toils. That day Passed like a dreana. In cOmpaanson with the agitated ones that followed it seemed so vague and Colorless to Colonel Dante that it slipped from his memory later as if It bad never been. He saw no sign of Lady Gwendolyn agaid, arid the Grange windows did not betray her presence. At dusk he ventured out for a stroll, and me- chanically—guided by fate, no doubt ---be crossed the stile that led into Turoy WOod—a pretty shaded walk In the sunny part of the day, but al- most dark now. • Ile walked on steadily for about half an hour, finding It a relief from ibe worry of his thoughts to be mov- ing, arid minding little where went. But preaently be came back to 'elm - sell with a start. He distinctly heard, a few paces in front of him, the voioe of the man who had roused all the Cain in him, and made him afraid of himmelf. And he know, by the sud- den wild riot in his pulses, and the mad jealousy in his heart, titat he was no better to be trnsted than bee fore, and so, to his infinite regret later, he hurried from the spot, and made his way back te the 'inn as feet as he could. Ile did not even feel Safe until he had bolted the parlor door, although Mr. Wighiton distinctly said he did not eXpeet atother customer that ktuilt And tiht ne the 120Uffe at s: V WI U534 V C44, 141b 44 44. , Colonel Deere went to his TOOM then, even undreeeed, end lay down, altbough be . knew sleeping wee out of the eueetion,„ He beard an the hours strike up to three o'cloce, end then he fell into what seemed like a dose, Although all his senses were ueuaturally acute. So acute, incleea, that when he heard a groan present- ly, he knew what direction it heti proceeded from, and did not wait for a repetition to spring out of bed, and hurry into hie clothes. In another minute he was down the stairs, and, unbolting the door softie', so ao not to disturb mine host, lie feuud himself in the garden. Another groan, fainter though than the first, guided him to a little copse by the roadside, where lay, ap- parently in the agonies of death, Lady Gwendolyn's "brow wooer," the man whose splendid privileges he had en- vied the night before,: For one cruel aoment Colouel Deere rejoiced to see his enemy laid so low; but better feelings biter- vened, and he remembered nothing but that the other was 1n a sore strait, and need'ed his aid. ' He knelt down beside him, and said quite gently: "I am afraid you are hurt. Have you had an accident?" ' The dim eyes unclosed, and the blue lips inuttered a word faietly. But althoUgh Colonel Deere bent close down he could not catch it., and he shook his head expressively. The dying man made a great effort, and repeated, in a loud whisper: "Peisoned." "By whom?" inquired •Colonel Deere, resolutely but reluetantly. But the poor creature's mind had wandered off, • and he babbled of "Mother" incoherently, as if be fan- cied he were a child again. Colonel Deere would have fetc,han some brandy from the inn, but as tic saw that no human means could avail aught, he considered it bettee to reniain where he was. Almost involuntarily he began tc repeat the beautittil prayer with which most of us begin and end our day, and when he came to `"Forgeve us our trepa.sses as we forgive them that trepass against us," the dying man raised hiraselPon his elbow, and said, loudly and distinctly: "Tel her I forgive her, and—" But the sentence was never finis1i. ed in this world. He fell back heavily on the turf, and when Colonel Deere looked into his face he saw that he 'was gone. . Cl4PTER VI. The Last Waltz. For fully five minutes Colonel Deere knelt beside" the lifeless body, then he rose, up stern and resolute to do his duty, First of'all he roused Wiginton, and had the dead man carried into 'the inn, and laid on the bed he had occupied twenty-four hours ago. • Viliginton evidently thought that it was a ease of suddev death, for he said, with real feeling: "Poor gentleman! And he looked so healthy, too. Hadn't 'I better go for a doctor; sir?" "Perhaps you had; although it will be of no use," was Colonel Deere's reply. "I dare say not; but it might have an ugly look if we tried to hush the thine up, sir." Colonel Deere saw the reasonable- ness of this argument, although it had not occurred to him in the agi- tated preoccupation of the moment. He promised to watch beside the dead man while Mr, Wiginton went to the village to fetch the doctor. But it so happened that Doctor Dale had been up all night with a patient, and was just passing the house on his way home as Vviginton issued forth. His visit was a mere matter of form, naturally. As there were no signs of violence on the body Doctor Dale drew the same conclusion as Wigittton, that the man died by the visitation of God He put a few ques- tions to Colonel Deere, as to whether he knew the deceased gentleman, or had any reason to suppose that he had been the victim of foul play. And on the other replying in the negative he seemed perfectly • eatisfled, and said he would go home and get a lit- tle rest, and send round to the eoro- aer later in the morning. "He probably died fromheart-dis- ease," he concluded, moving toward the door. "But that we shall ascer- tain, I have no doubt." "You will have a pestnaortem ex- amination, I suppose." "Certainly; at least, I have no doubt of it whatever." "You are not prepared, then, to give a certificate as to the cause of death?" "Well, not exactly. I like to he very careful iti these =deka as one's reputation is often at stake. Tien gentleman's family will invettigate case thoroughly we may be sure, and I think it is better to benmforeleind with them. You say yeu bave no idea who .,the poor fellow is?" "Not the faintest I3ut he may have I.etters hi his pocket that would null eh ten us." "Possibly," replied Lanier Met. wining back from Ole done. "It would be as well to loon." .3ut save at, erctelaryntionint eigar-ease there 'was notilleg nbat ever in the dead etan'e Pt,Caets. X almost seemed, indeed. as if this wer. a precaution, and nut an •.exidem o r the mark on h is pocket !lane ita eltief had been cut out and the MO :tale on the cigar -case defaced. Doctor Dale was not a suerdolons ran, evidently, for Ole did not itP- near to strike him as strange. He Amply remarked as he moved away again: to trace him. It would bo as well if trace him, It would be as well it were to eoMintinleate with them ;,t once. NI/Iginton, I think. 1 must tet home to bed or j shall bo good for nothing all day,"' he added halt e poi ogetically, "and I am nearly •'lora out, I owe it to my patients as welt as to myself to take rest when 1 can for no doctor can trust to Ms head when it is confused for want of Bloc P." "I have no doubt you are' mine lignt," answered Colonel Dative, with r. secret thrill of satisfaction, for he :vented, above all things to gain time. 'eft is often necessary to toneider one - Thursday, Aril ath, egeti sir tor 'Me *awe rr etnerer , "I shall tie° you later, of course?" int Debtor Dale, as he departed for s well-earaed repose, and Colonel acre nodded. . He had no, wish to shirk any in- quiry, so far as he was Personally concerned, but he meant to shelter the guilty, wretched woman whom he loved still, M spite of himself, and then forget her—if he could! If he couldAlit that was a pain- ful proviso; for, somehow, he could ozaly think of her even now—stand- ing oven her victim—as he had known her in, the early days of her innocent girlhood, wlaen he had be- lieved her to be as tfue as steel, and its worthy of his worship as any saint. And this was her work. How thankful he was to escape from its contemplation, and lock the door on the white face, which was fast set- • tling into the solemn calm of death, bo words can tell. He followed Wiginton down -stairs, and when mine host, who, looked thoroughly overcome, suggested that a glass of brandy would not , come amiss, Colonel Deere welcomed the suggestion, and felt much fortified for the task before him, when he had taken a good dose of the stimulant. Then he went to the Grange. • He de- termined thet he would dee Lady Gwendolyn at onae—even if he had to steal into her house like a thief— for lier only chance was to escape be- fore the • post-mortem examination made the cause of death evident, and set the, pollee on the track of the murderer. ' The dead manes presence at Turoy mice traced to influence, and their liecret meetings known, there would be no hope of her getting away; and though she deserved her fate, as he Was fain to confess, he meant to save her, even if he perished in ber place. But as he was leaving the inn, Wig- lnton said rather dubiously: "It's no use my going to the vil- lage after the, police, for Lady Lenox faent for the inspector over to her place last night, I heard them say. At her last ball some thieves got Into the house, and stole a good deal of plate, so that she determined to have somebobdy to watch the house this time. . I suppose I had better go there' sir, hadn't I?" "Ifyou are sure to And him." "There's no doubt about that. I saw him outside the fty that took her ' ladyship to the ball, It came from the George, and. I suppose the driver gave him a lift so far on his way." , "Do you mean that Lady Gwen- dolyn St. Maur went to the ball, Mr. Wiginton 7" "I believe so, sir. The two families were always intimate, and it isn't likely they would leave her out:" ' "But she would surely have re- turned by this time." "I think not. Lady Lenox is noted for keeping up her balls until six or seven o'clock in the morning, and those who can stand such hours have breakfast before they go home. She Is a very excitablbe person, and al- ways turns night into day,"• Colonel Deere looked at his watch. "It is not ten minutes past four," he said. "How' long would it take us to go to Lady Lenox's house?" "About half an hour, sir. But I needn't take you—surely?"' , "I should prefer to accompany you, ! as I 'want to see somebody nrnota I ; am likely to,find there. 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