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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1903-07-17, Page 9szginta There is only one way to make a. good Cop, v£ tem,—add fresh boiling water to ibb eylort and allow to steep seven minutes. The tea that one ;'.'ritish Colony gr; ws for another Black. Mixed. Ceylon Green. Ask for Red Label, leChiterer CENTS.-S1-14DUY.D BE FILE'Vei 11 The Rose and Lily Dagger A YALE OP WOMAN'S LOVE AND WOMAN'S PERFIDY el ,gR of a..1a../m.ir.1a,...r.. N44.11 .9a.00:-.9.4:-.A..1a.... .4a0,.,1� ,Ndh..O ,C,H'AP,TIEee X.Y. Elaine moved forward, but as sh .gat a step beyond him she pause :She would not run, would not sho .the slightest sign of fear befor this roan, for whom she had noth ling but • profound dislike and con tempt. But he misunderstood he hall pause, and caught at it. "That moves you, does it ?" h said, tauntingly. "You don't wis to see him injured." Elaine flashed round upon him, and drawn to her full height, pointed t the sky. ' Those stars might tall, but you— it is not in your power—Lo injur !Lord Nairne !' she said, with bitin scorn. .He bit his lip and glared at her " Are you sur of that ?" he re torted. " Go and marry him, and you will learn whether I can or cannot.' Then his snood and manner changed suddenly, and he stretched out his hand toward her. " Elaine! for God's sake, stop and listen to me. I will show you some- thing, I will prove to you that I have not been lying, or boasting without cause I have the marquis in my power yes ! Look at me ! Do I look as if I were lying? By heaven, I epeak the truth !" Elaine looked at him, half fascin- ated by the evident earnestness of his voice and manner, and yet angry with herself for stopping. " I do not believe--" she began. " I do not expect you to," he broke in sullenly. " You have called me a liar and a coward often enough for me to know that. But if Imp prove It to you, if I show you something that will, that must convince you?" She laughed. Show i to the marquis," she said, with infinite scorn. "Very well," he responded, with a *aimness which astonished her. "I will show it him—you shall show it to him if you choose, hut I do not think you will. There would be a scene, a scandal. If—tif I prove to you that you should not, cannot, marry hien, you will keep the secret for your own satke, for the major's; you'd consider him." He put his hand in the breast pocket of his coat and brought out a sheet of paper, but held it as a man does a treasure he is loth to part with. Elaine half turned from him, look- ed at him attentively. She had no wish to go now. The moment she bad the least cause for believing that this man „ad the power—as he certainly had the will—to injure the marquis, all her thoughts were for her lover, and her spirit rose "with the keen maaseh:cr, of love in his de- fence. She watched him closely. "Will you promise me," he said 'huskily, "that if you believe me when you have seen this letter I hold in my hand, you will keep it a secret and break with the marquis?" ""I will give you no promise, Cap- tain Sherwin. I will make no coin- • pact with you," she said calmly. "I do not care whether yon chow pie this letter er not. 1 do not care what it contains. I do not be- lieve--" "Then take it!" he said, with a n sudden burst of passion. "I have is tried to break it to you, I have tried t to prevent even:lel, but you— Take n It 1" and he thrust it forward. y Elaine took the letter. It was scorched and singed at the edges, h but every word, excepting the leig- nature and the formal terminatiou, Was intact. t "Can you see ?" he asked. t Elaine held the letter in her hand a and looked up at the sky ; a light h cloud was passing. She shook her head. d "Wait!" he ,said in a tremulous ye and held it o errthe letter. "Now," e he said hoarsely. In the flickering ��light Elaine read the note ; read et twice, then she uttered a cry and shrank back from e him—from the letter itself. But the next instant, as if ashamed of her weakness, she looked up de- fiantly. o "It—it is a lie !" she gasped. "A foolish, wicked fie." Her hand went ' up' to her. eyes as if to clear away a mist that had fallen before them. and she pushed the hair from her g brow. Then 'she looked at him steadily, bravely, unflinchingly, and ' forced a laugh from her lips, uthat had slowly grown 'white --:a. , laugh of unbelief and contempt. "It i•s a forgery, a clumsy forgery," she said, speaking calmly but with dif- ficulty. He shook his head. He was• trete- bling with the excitement of fear and passion. "No," he weld sullenly, doggedly. "It's genuine. It's not a forgery. What would lie the use? You would find out for yourself—anyone could find out—in a few hours." She drew back against the rail and grasped it with her hand. Her breath came in tortured, painful gasps, sho'w'ing the fearful nature of the struggle that was going on within her /;rain, the terrible agony, dark and dread, that was racking her heart. What are you going to do ?" he asked, watching her out of the cor- ners of his eyes. She did not speak, liut a heavy sigh broke from her parched lips. "You helfeve it," he went on. "You cannot help It. I see you believe it, however much you doubted it at first. I doubted and disbelieved it at first. There is only one thing you can do. Go and break off the engage- ment with him and go home tomor- row morning. If ho asks the reason stopped, for it was evident to hint that she was not listening, and did not hens him. She stood, the note clutched in her hand, her eyes miter/ ou vacancy, her face white, deathly white in the moonlight. Lot's wife at the moment of her transformation into the senseless salt could not have been more sta- tuesque, more deathlike. He took advantage or her mental paralysis and drew near to her and touched her. Elaine i Elaine ! For heaven's sake, don't—don't take it to heart eel After all, it—it is not too late. If you had married him--. Well! But it isnot too late. Listen to me. I have always loved. you, I love you still. I love you better than my ,revenge. Let—let by- gones be bygones and—and let us be friends." Sim her toward him,, at first a ase -white 11 she f di i not comprehend; then she shuddered and put up her hand to keep him off, "Don't—don't touch me !' sloe mur- mured ,hoarsely, not passionately or tuporclomadespaaibut wit""I)olinots dolt speak o me. From—from this night— ever speak to me again. I—hate ou 1" lee winced as if she had struck im, and his hands clinched. "That is to be my reward fat say - ng you from—that !" he pointed to he letter. "Very well ! I was a. fool o expect anything eLse from such ,s you ! You—hate pie ! You shall ave cause to do so! By heaven, y to -morrow morning every soul W H AT liiOTHEIt SAYS. in Barefield ,shall know the story! Yes, I'll publish it far and vide 1" His face flamed with the evil lice of a e. 3'ees, I'll let theezorld,elfish know what a coundrel he is. And if at the same lane it learns, what a victim you rive been—well, that's your own cult ! You hate me ! You—you shall eve cause. Le:oi'e the week is out, the story of the marquis and his dupe will be in ail the papers, I'll--" $e stopped, breathless with rage. "I'll never forgive you 'for that speer, /fiefs Delaine, never ! Hate ! If it comes to that, I can hate as well as lover ante I will prove that I can!" She stood until he had finished. It probable that she did not compre- end half of the hurried;, passionate heat—then she moved away. At her cerement his mood changed once r k ore, and he sprang after her. "Elaine-Elaine—I—did not mean it! 1 you drove me to it 1 Come bank.— op... listen to me ! Give me back the d to I. 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As the lights of the castle win- dows came in sight, commingling with the rays of the moon, which pierced the leaves of the shrubbery, she felt the earth shake and reel, and with a cry too faint to be heard at even a few yards' distance, she fell prone to the ground, CHA.PT1l R XXI. The billiard room contained an ex- ceedingly, merry party. The major was in gay spirits, pitted In a match against Mr. Algernon. The marquis was a witness of the con- test, and had made a, bet in favor of the major. He waited until the game was finished, took up the sow- ereign which Sir Edmund had laid upon his son, and then, leaving the major to the fresh game, 'went back to the drawing room. There were only two ladies pre- sent : Lady Scott, placidly asleep in her chair, and Blanche Delaine standing by the mantel -shelf, with her small, daintily shod foot on the fender!. "All gone to bed ?" he said. "All excepting two; and one of them is asleep, and the other wishes she were 1" said. Lady Blanche. seenie , tochavel. Ho had a awo hoped -one little word—with Elaine before she went upstairs. "And ith a smile that only thinly ive ed his e said, dis- appointment. ""Oh, laine ; no, she has not gone to bed,"said Lady Blanche, regard- ing the sharp point of her Turkish slipper critically ; ""she has gone into the rounds." "Into the grounds!" he repeated, glancing at the clock on the mantel - shelf. "Are you sure?" "Quite sure," she replied, lightly. "It was a lovely night, and I suppose she felt dull." "How long has Elaine been gone ?" She looked at the clock. ""Oh, I should think half an hour." "Half an hour," he said ; "and alone!" "Quitlangnide asmile• she retorted, are ith a not alarmed ?" "Alarmed ? Noe' and he smiled, but as one smiles whose•thoeghts belie one's words. "But i think she may catch slid. She is on the terrace, did you say ?" "I said nothing of the hind," she replied laughingly. "I think she has gone to the bridge." "To. the bridge 1" lie said, with sur- prise in his voice, and his eyes, "Are you sure ? That is seine dleeance from the house.' "I know, she said, stifling a yawn witim her lace -edged hand- erehief. "I begged her not to go, L she seemed resolved to do so, and"—fabs shrugged her white shout- ers -"I daresay you know Elaine y this time, Lord Nairne. Opposl- ion only makes her more deter- mined, it Pa , „ Seems, 'But why should she go to the bridge?" he said. Lady Dianclae shrugged her shoul- ders again, and surveyed her small foot languidly,. t "I really, cannot tell you. One would -have ,thought from her per slstenoe that she had some reason —yes, really, some reason for' go- ing But don't be alarmed, marquis. She will return ;• she will return.", He smiled rather grimly,, "I have no doubt shee will," he said. the cue rtain to e ndelet tow he moon- light flaw into the room, which was now only dimly; lit. "It is a lovely, night, is it not?" she said. "Lovely,," he replied absently, "Yes, lovely!' Lady. Blanche yawned delicately.. "I half promised to wait up for Elaine," she said; "but I am wo- fully sleepy. Do you think she would be very angry if I went to bed ?'i' I am surd she would not," ne re- plied, Promptly. "I will tell her—" Lady Scott woke as be spoke, and mechanically stretched out her hand for her needle -work. "Let es go to bed, dear Lady Scott," said Blanche. ma I must haave all lhave falle en nin o a?doze," said the old lady. "Yes, we will go now. Is that you, Nairne? Where is Elaine?" "In bed long ago, I hope," said Lady Blancbe. The margtris had not' heard the question nor the answer. He was still looking out at the moonlight. The two women left the room, and he stood, with the curtain in his hand, irresolute, undecided, until they had got half way up the stairs, then he dropped the curtain and strode quietly from the room. Elaine, his darling, was out there in the moonlight, beside the bridge an which he had first seen her. Perhaps she was waiting. for him. He might snatch a few moments with her. He took a soft cap from the stand, and, going by the smaller hall to the entrance, opened the door with his private key and emerged into the moonlight. .As he did so he saw someone stand - ng against the wall. It was Luigi Zanti. He laid his hand on Luigi's shoul- der. The"Lui Italianehis How did turned/ came here?" sightless eyes toward him. "Is that you, Nairne? They told me it was a beautiful night, and I roped my way down here. Some - ow I fancy I can feel the moon - earns. But ,what are you doing out ere ?" "Elaine is here—out here," re- lied the Marquis, simply. Luigi started. "Elaine — I heg your pardon, ohne! Miss Delaine. Impossible 1" "But she is," said the marquis. The beauty of the night tempted er. She has gone to the bridge. Do you remember, Luigi, that it was on he bridge I first saw her ? I don't hank I told you. It w'as a romantic eeting. I nearly, chucked a man — nth Captain e riverNoSherwin, an matter I awful ead — don'lt ear him any ill will, and I hope e can say, the same oe me. Put your rm in mine. 'We may, as well walk oward the bridge; we shall meet er." "Captain Sherwin," said Luigi. "I on't know him." "You are fortunate. As I said, lie a dreadful cad, and I have always d a troublesome impression that ought to have thrashed him. But ough of him-- What are you tening to ?" for the blind man had opped and held his head on one e in an attitude of attention. 'I heard voices," he said. Voices?" the marquis laughed. oleos out here, at this time of ht. Those acute ears of yours eive you sometimes, Luigi mine." h b h P N li t t in a b h a t 11 d is I en lis st aid V nig der The; blind maxi shook iris head. "Not often," he said gently. "I tell you I heard voices, and one of thein le Elaine's." The marquis frowned. "Nonsense," he said, sharply. "To whom could she be speaking? All the rest of the women are in lied." "I don't know; I cannot teI!," said Luigi in a troubled voice. "But it Was she who spoke. There," he ex- claimed suddenly, and stopped short. The marquis stopped perforce, and at that moment Elaine's voice was heard. No words, no single Word could he head, but it 'was bar voice, as both men knew. The marquis .stood as motionless as a : statue. "She hate taken arse of 'the Iad:ieel with her—May, I should say." 'Yee, assented Luigi, but at that • moment tile tones of a man's voice reached their, ears. The marquis started, and his arm' gripped the blind mean's closely. "Whose voice was that 7" he said. "The major's—Bannister's ? No!" The blind man shook his head./ "Neither," be said. "What is thei matter, Nairne? Are Zou frighten., ere by a 'voice ?" and he, sullied. The marquis laughed. • "Not by twenty voices," he said',' ".But whose is it ? I tell you, Luigi,; that she is out here alone." Lugi listened intently. "Not alone," he Wel,' quietly;., "There is some one with ,her." "You think that ?" said the mart quis. "Your ears are keener than! mine. you hear two voices; a strange/ one--" "Yes," said Luigi; "but that Is easily explained. Iii'y; dear Nairne,e and he smiled, "what possesses you?! Mr. Bannister, Mr. Lulwood, anyone may be with her. I may; be mistake en and fail to recognize the voieede The marquis laughed lightly. "Great Heaven, Luigi!' he paid.: "You don't think I am jealousel What does.it matter to me who le with my, darling? I will join them., Will you come? Yes, come/ She isl always glad to see you." Luigi Zanti drew back. " No," he said, "I will not go. I am not In the mood for Mr. Ban- nister's persiflage. r will wait 'here; There is a seat near, isn't there ?" Yes,'" said the marquis, and he drew him to a• bench under an old elm. " e she was in. Wait here," he said ; "I shall The air is hit y, and It is ismhie might catch; not he cold." He strode down the path, and the blind man sat and waited. Suddenly, a few minutes after the marquis had left him, there smote on his ear a strange, weird cry— the cry of a human being in mortal agony. Ile rose, pale and trembling, and stood clutching the arm of the rustic seat. As he stood there he heard the rustle of a woman's dress close ,beside him. All was black, the blackness of a blind man's perpetual night. A subtle kind of horror set- tled upon him, and he strove to call out. As he struggled for articulation a faint perfume wafted past him. It was the scent of new mown hay, which Elaine used. It had been a present from her father in one of his flush times. He called to her twice, "Elaine! Elaine 1" but no answer came, and he sank back on the seat again, the echo of that sharp, awful cry ring- ing in his ears. A minute, an hour might have passed—in his condition of mind he could not have told—then the voice of the marquis broke the silence. "Luigi, are you here 7" he asked., "I am here, Nairne. Well ?" he re- plied. The marquis was silent for a mo. ment, then he said hoarsely, in a voice broken and strained: ""Hae you seen, have you—heard, anything?" (Tri be Continued.) An Earnest Drinker. St. Paul Globe. "Talking about moderate drink- ing," said Fatner Lawler of the Cathedral parish, after he had ad- dlressed the delegates at the meet- ing of the Total Abstinence Union, and walked down the street to- ward the parochial residence,. "I know a physician In this town who ordered a patient of his to take a glass of Swine four times each day. Thee patient is a well-known male 1n Sit. Paul, noted for being a street abstainer and a temperance work, er.. One dray the phcyeloian called, and, seeing little change, asked the wife of tide patient : "'Doers your hasiben'd take four glasses oe wine regularly?" "Oim, yeas, doctor, he is Very strict about it. 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