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higher areCoitare- --that t am sorry to' 1
Out one.: .. - ' ' . . . - ' - -
KIS Kate at Hastinga,thenl" --
"Yee'. ' .1 hope she may be back:bet
Life'0•.•Mitat;OH-r- V.. *eleavatownagain," replied- Ziora, .-
• -Liilis-Wist silent -sk• Moment,' and turn
.-t . . over a page -of the- .catalogue abstracted
-Thou : she said- thoughtfully,--turiiing h
• zill ioola iiitbei 'have.. :been bin to Iss.gelzen*neet. eyes on 2orn;siitb- a -h
' -.t)004?,erself atone; _but _she:accents the ".i wish you would come aid seelne. -
.inqpiring, half -pleading look:. - .• - -
:.satnatou • with ber-- acorkstorneci -01tiOnitY, are in a gigot -little country _ place, y
and reileete,_that it is ther ' duty to do her know, at present, and r date sal -Yell be
- heat tcraratisq---,90, Mr.. 'Orifftthei-ana the enough Of the. cotintry now -, that y011 li
, glance 'Ofrelencairn timed- beak tO-• therfx -there.: But are not far from town, a
- frohilhe--dOer. ShOw-.8 hiel that .they are -I wisli, as you have. plenty of leisure no
bending -the* 'headEL_together _ over the: that-Nou_would come. end, pay be g giej,
' Matked'Oata4egeet and penciling it further, .19,14 obouhl he. •tielighted,"- said . Zeta,
-end- apparently chatting congenially and first Medhanioally. repeating fretn me
Pireatat-417:, -- ' . - - - - force- Of -lialatt the -form of . -speech wi
Consequently he. is ourprised .where. on _which she-PA:ma: baye• replied to 4iIS' etli,
lie retorn fr.oin the. further gallery, Ile die, such •invitatiOn from any other person,' an
90*.ereln the room adjoining that which :smiling the -stereotyped smile. Then s
-:_lie had left the Other 'two • Mr. Griffiths: ',rinsed, and „an earnest, tlioughtitil loo
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' .81101aet: conternplatin& a• masterpiece of chased the•sOft•itaciety smile from her foe
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Zdillaistra, and. looking- neconsoionsig die' shevast one haif-inquiring, sad, scrutinizin
"-Where's -Luit? isn't she well?" .glance at .Inill, and her. eyes :sank fro
• beforeiLull'a clear, gentlemn_auspiciousgez
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." She has._ met, a friend," ,-explained Mr, `','"-t should Into. to • come- and see you
- -„ , 0, :a young lady; and I tholight your home," Zorn, said slowly and ba _
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they - Weald- like_ to_ have a quiet chat .besitatingly„ but POI sinoerely.
them awhile." . •
. _. .together, so I thought: it as Weil. to leave ' For although the bight of iLnli was. a
sharp pain to her, yet in the very stinging
' "WhaVeillig./ady ? who was it?" asked of the wound. there was a keenuess more
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- 'Giant:mire; - •
el:tamable-than-the long- dull acithenf ever,
-The vague answer, "Oh—a•nretty,look- lading Suppression. and. isolation."' ef soul.
._ bing. gild With dark early hair, • informed Storm and -. tunitilt by their very nature
ib" itt, once, * . • - .- • . - - • .
inspireand excite, even though the thrill
was. quite prepared to - see :Jhe not they -.Cause . is . Pain.' .The spirit: - sinks,
very- welcome sight that was:awaiting him, drowned 'and, -stifled. in. the black, donne,
of Zeta, Brown in, tbeplace of Martin Grit' bitter waters . of - some unstirred' eternal
iitha bad occupied besideLuli.,-- 'twine:my. where in the tempest of winds
• Zora, WOO More bOaatifiti thall; evert and waves, of 'clanhing. .fragments of the
althottglishe looked, as if more, than a year shipwrecked past, and conflicting :ourrents
_ or two had passed over her headaince- the of plosion, it _arises strong fo clue and to
i -Itallansun had bronzed her cheek, -Except . elidtire. , , - - . • • - .
for this look as of ,added years; and a oar, : Aseurious as itis irresistible. and univer-
. . Wm undefinable .coMpletion of her beauty .iiii,,in all created tliiiissof. however Opposite-
:: that admen; Only with the initiation -401e natures., is the longing' to flee -away into.
love • and Suffering, she seemed quite solitude from suffering, - all if by ito•- fleeing_
- nnehanged, Tile excitement of this meet., the sorrow Might' be. -enosped ! When Zeta
:• ing had, brought a bright color tO Luirs ,gothotne, to bertainporary homethat dey,-
- -• Cheek.- :The two. girls Were talking in_ a ,she: fled toher -room and shut her door as
:most ' friendly way, and regarding each :thcnigh she could : bar ;out. the haunting
• ' o_then-with unmistakable interest,' - thoughts that tricked iler up the_ stair.- -:.
" How do you do, Miss Brown?" ' said, "Ohl if 'should .shriek it all out in My
*j .elencairrkWith stiff ceurtem and Withal:- a dreams some might I" she thought, with
}:- Certain hitting intareak that- although it . passionate trembling and horror:. " In- my
might hitve-been rather of reptibion than . dreains. I -Was it not „-all a dream? all a
attraction,. Was. irrepressible_ interest still; :hideous nightmare? all that terrible time?
. Zora was too good. an aatress to betray Yet, if it were all a dream, where is 10 i
-rimy agitation, With the ready sweetness He wotildbaly her side,,intl'Alie would, not
- - of *spew* :AO as of old, and lust as of bell:Mourning and &loner' ' . • - - . • -
- Old, too,: the shy:modest drooping of the Then idle filing up her_ hands to bide her
- egenthorigli .perha.pa they drooped now . face, although no -eye was near -to see, and
- lower that . the long lashes might veil the heavy tears welled through her strain-
_ titeirexnression of shrinking and pain and ingly-clasped fingers as ohs cried,
fear,ehereplied to Glencairn, though ber . "Dtdre-I Duke! How- was it - that :I
• calitmess, coat her a struggle, and her could hear the touch of:the-hand that. dared
fingers won/4 tremble, as they touched hie. to take Mine to day! as was no
Lulidnowever,_ happily for Zora, had.no blocid upon it!". -.
'mind_ that her father and her-tieWiy-met
. , friend sho.uld have ranch- -to- say to, each-
- °Wet; she arranged thatthe quartetsliould
• pair off otherwise; the two men together
and the tsva girls,' She wanted: to have
Zeta- al/ to herself; - for tbengli Zoralf
- appearance was that of Ett ghost of the past
-to her, the gliost.of the beloved, amass no
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Nnsoccind Morn has_ ever shone for me •
- a bliss trourtny dear life was g'iven,
Miro lire's -bliss Jain the grave with thee -1
• • • •—Bitax..nnortru,
That evening after-dinner, While Glen -
cairn stood. stood.. on the threshold...of the long
• :French Window 'opening off. the verandah,
And Zora.- was not sorry to see.--.142Ii leieuxeiy picking_ a -cigar_ out of a full ease,
again, though in her heart one bitter "ploparatery to a Walk and a etnoke in the
thought was tingling even ski she smiled.' garden,' • and Lull, tired with- her .. day's
. "You haves; right to wear black for him!: exdursion, leant back in, *low easy- clitur„
• row havea right to mourn!" Martin Griffiths, who , had, returned with
"Ton. are living in the country -With lirathem to dinner, sat 'opts:rate to her, With
Alderney now, 'hear?" said Luli- his tong legs stretchedacross. the. hearth
44!Ires, 1 have ended in that," replied rug, apparently deeply engaged in contentger& pleasantly enongAibUt with aixtinder. plating* small speo of Mud on . hie boots;'
eurrent of. glopin in her tette.: • really enjoying the consoiousneee that Luli
. "gilded" echoed Ltili, looking on herwas so near to him, and that every tune he
companion's- poling andlovely feastwith a raised. his eyes they must naturally. fix
sroiteilhat inyoluntarilyfaded in, a Sigh. , upon her face, andinthe lazy bunging Of
- She talks of endi4who has yet her life: his attitude tacitly' postponing the moment
to live l" thonglit Lull,. whe was in this when be Must- arise. and join Glom** in
case guilty of the prevalent error of judg the garden. - - • - • '
-ingly whatshe aaw as exollisiVe/y mit -Lull was -looking thoughtful as well as.
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nothing existed that she could, not see; .` :tired; . They .cotild _neither of them,
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(4- Yee, endedi'r repeated Zora, ...1 see- all the keen insight of affection In their
nothing else before _itie; r'roit- know I.have eyes, diadem how under the _sfirface she
- made various attempts iOther „Ways of kept so calm and "serene, one thought was
and finalit :Settled- down in this. You ever and always working; The chords: of
- beard of My trying the, stage.?" -. one memory were never still.. :Like the
• "es, Katetold me." --. Bonen harp m the lightest breath Cif air on waernadatnthe-dateof tbiEu the stillest day they throbbed and quiVered.
• experiment -by :either of . them; for it had And this day_ they had been additionally
followed too •cleeely upon, that. autumn in stirred. blot only ,Zora's face_ had axiom
Italy for them both not to be -aware of the :before her like e ghost of the deer; dead
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deflating of the -ground, and eb skirt round .ptisti. but the. very piece where_ the two
• itcautiously. - • • •• •. - , giris had met was one °obviated to arouse
YOU dad not like the tftagei 1 Rupposer the same train of ideas iti heat. '
continued X3ull conversationally,. • The thought that :reflected, its. tragic
.• " I.liked it well .enciugh,. X -should have shade* now in Lodi% dreatny ogee,' the
• liked it better if 1 lurid ever had apart,- I 'thought angtteesed and undreamed of by
• auPpesa I Was • -fortunate, .in getting the either of two men who cared for her
chance at alI„ and I: got' paid for at, which regardte any physical fatigue doatutionsly,
'• after all was the chief thing. t balm:014 was, "1 shall never see hie picture:hang
.to. do but Walk on and off the stage 10 a ing on those wallet That was our dream-.
Spanish- Ceetunie, very unlike, I imagine, hreVer, never now 4h, if- ib had been,
what any Spaniard :ever Wore r might ebould bars been far.prouder:thanhe
bavahelpedta fill up the back of the stage . She was drifting: -amity into. a amain of
as one of a crowd of peasants or one a p.ast. possibilities -evolving from- that great
crOWdof masqueraders, up to this day if when llfr; Griffiths' voice' broke up the
it,had not been, for iny _getting introduced dream by a well-intenticined, though:. far
to Mrs.- Aldereley." fret:Lori:vial, inquiry as to her -ettreferti
"But you. weal& not. always have-- been which he had 'repeated', several tithes • fa
• *aback of the, stage?' you would have got various forms since ii -had wheeled the
•..rartio some good part?"-anggested Luli. • arm -Chair forward for her,- :
'Zoraehookber head.. - ; - Lttliainiled gratefully; andthen preiently
" Thetis eager hoped for thandone'going .off into another train -.Of- thought,-
- ebositid. Th
"ere Were girls there ..wheliad looked toward her .father's- tall', dark figure
been ping On at it fOryears and never got as be stood apparently mounting sentinel
higher- than a lady -in -Waiting with nothing by thewindow.' and observed rather hen!
to Say and ' nothing to do but to hand the ,
Princess'or countess' fan.„-AndI unluckily • "Papa; dear."-
110e.. not got the ,Voice for the stage, .I "Well ?" - •-
found that out when I was there, although - "Was it not odd,_ eur. ineetine-ZOke
had- only one exclamation. „to Make. I Brown_te,daYl" •, -
• • thank.Nrs,- Aldersley, for reading me tho "Was It? - •
_ lessonehe did.: She took & fancy to ineend- , "1 enjoYed-ot nice talk.Withlier. I think
• talked, .-to me Ono day, It -waa rather -an she 18 so charming. ...Might na ask her
unpalatahle. lesson but it was aline- and a to come and spend a day Or two, with.me ?"
useful ,oite„ :She is very good to me, and Gleneairn was eilent. a• -Moment or two,
She is a Woman to love and admire,. -She -strikinga Match- and- -Shading it with his_
-10 blind; you -know, and herSient-sed! story -fingers, and Watching it flioket and sputter
life of brilliantpromitelblighted by one lute flame. "-
' - illnesa that ended in this afftiotion.. So "What do you. want thegirl forhere?"-
-, now, -being with her, my lite is oi Some he then said,.as brusquely RS he was ever
' Use, you seer -not Dutch, but atilt a little." luioWni to, speak _to .j Lull and - shedid
• - "Of a:great:deal, I am sure," said Luli, not:.instantly reply, he flungdown the carel
symPathetioallY, ." You mustbe an lava- fillly,lighted Match, turned -away .withlut-
uable-heip:and comfort to lie4.• You live looking at her, and, went -across the -oar*.
inthe country,,do. you nett -areyou upin dab -into '.thegarditil; -
ten% atone to day ?", - Martin -Griffiths -saw a shade of din;
lars.Aldereleyliatiltondonfora -rmtment cid-ale-trees; cloud. over over Luli's
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ndasshourstayingwithfriende, of perplexed wonder, .toe, for
-nr zt wasrareIy ant wish of here was thwarted
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e is in a house full oE. a' ram
4 be.ve plenty of time unconscious of ;the attentive way N.
\ she likes me to have belitd been regarding her. -"I don't like 1:iiatee
a pity that Kate is to see you lea disappointed about any. sight.
portunities of See- thing. Are you. dull ixi this quiet place ? •
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Do you.,W nt some young friends around ?', a few moments, "and you have never men, ed and overstrung by the daily and nightly
Luli looked up and smiled gratefully, tioned Miss Glencairn. Ter name is writ. gnawingof the wolf at her heart, whiclishe,
appreciative of -the kindness of her lather's ten in that secret corn r of your 'heart not so much through Spartan 6ourage as
good old friend. ' ' which you have never iunveiled to me. -through a, shrinking terror and liorror of
"tam not dull" she sold, "but I should And," she added slowly, as she felt a •the biting secret, may never uncover, under
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have been pleased to have 'had Zora here. ocarcely perceptible trenaCr stir the girl's *hose fangs she must never cry Ot. - Still
I like Zora. , But does net matter:" She !rime, "her name is u t written there she is a better woman now than before the
could tot repress a little sigh, however. atone. I have guessed right, Zora, BO farstern reality of agony had seized 'upon her '
Slow witted Martin Griffiths did not at Do not tell me so I know t---" t . soul, and in her weakness and her secrecy
raellasohnusfpoerchv etrhalkithgarze Zora, and
aanndy his es pheeoai rat, said, Dzetra, dimeaprnetstivietaz uess no more 1„ 'she is yet stronger and truer than she ever
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wa,,swquoiuteldmneolttedhbeyr thyeournepgrelsasaeyd sfirgihe.na,s yhloguryg,ulifting i guhpther r b 0,wwr oell r ne mde B.t I 3r, ‘17iventreathethe; was
Now fsohreelias left that t 'old, softipleasure-
think ..sn this sub jest no ; beseech you, seeking self behind; purged awayike dreg*
society be good for .Luli? he ventured to ore i promise -;in the furnace whose cruel fires have found
us apya,npdredsoewuntlyihaeeghaerdaennd,tGagleetehoearir.n walked pure,slonsahtedycriatiinnguiendg otre ulously, almost her purer gold than those who _knew her
prayer, "never to think o r friend as if in thoroughly in her earliest days cOuld have.
"Good for her!" echoed Glencairn; withit again I 1 do hoped
a short laugh. Why do you think she's
bored by us two old fogiesr., - nmnint etboegi thYyitolluk.-7:1:faotvret°yaoal always
y? eeso good to and Zora know the change in e h tiler,
" No," said - Griffiths, hie honest face me—but-.1 beg you After twenty-four hours together, Lull
" but I suppose it's natural girls shOuld iirn'enet;sblee,opb.est 01 all n.o.w. 1 a :gill:: :la: rffe:: penadthugrencinfit°irnYgetahregm' dIrall'we sfugireem";:useltr°shYomuti
falling a little under- this %classification ; and feelas-if this new intiinacyliad already
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Zors, trembled in her i
dreaded the piercing intui
Mrs perceptio
scrutiny . of any seeing ' ey
like a littlegirl-companienship." ' •
by hour.- Equally soon Glencairn pereeives
for a moment, the iniptilsea. Of confidence anticipated-1Ln influence over Lull- and
and reeerve warring in his mind.; then the
influence'that led him often to choose the that it is not thsdepressinginfluence which
most hazardous course, partly for the sake of he had feared: Ho thinks that Inili Seems-.
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•eiperiment, swayed down the balance in. the better and stronger for Zora's enmpatty„.
the danger -seems_ no nearer now that Zora of & certain measure of confidence.
"-This girl Was with Lai at the tinie le Po near, the 'Past is Safely sealed ; she
Will never dare brearthe selernii seal of''
when: --that man whom she Was engaged to
an oath set On the deed that is done and
=died," he said, abruptly; -flint with two •
buried. Sineethis is so, and her presence
pauses in the sentence, not as if helesita-
seems a gratifi.cation to Lull, let her stay!
ted at a stunibling block brit as if hegath-
pred his forces to charge it, • • • One evening he and Griffiths go Out for a,
"And it recall: him to her Mitid-;,•natu- ivalk, leaving the two . girls alone1 _They
saunter" newly bat* before the der/Mese of
0-lencairn frowned and lOoked irresolute
two things, that Zen:8 presence has, as he -
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treaty; for she
•ve -keenness-. Of
,more than the:
s. - Zora knew
well before What •natures safe to drop
your weapons, and sectire y • tirself by fling,
big away your.shield, • ,
Zora,.• Zors.„- so it as se ious as this ?"
-said Dtpa.2:41dersley; tender y. "I :fancied,
-something Of this from th moment you
_mentioned her nance but Will fancy:n-0
Mere. I:will net ponder er it nor try -10
fathom your tiectet you eonfide _in
itioef yourown free, will.. rust 'Me, dear •
ohild, I will newt eeek. to": -O* thiS story
-yeti conceal- from me.,-.-neV you give.
me leave!
• " That will never be,". sal Until
;unless",alit-3 paused as •-a ew - thotight
croeseillier mind, -that diet only, and not
the death ofonealone, ceu ever -remove
the -teal _.froin her lips, T en • she :added_
.braVely„:"-But I knotv-tioW hit am 'safe
with yen:- for you will :-keep:' our.word."
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laccbut unlike, the sun t at Shone,
. The WaveS that kiated-th Ore ; - •
The words We Bead:, the son s.we sung,
• Llikei,-linlike 1 atm more 1 '
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rallyi'i said Griffiths,leokingdow-n along the
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path very gravely . . ' _ night has fairly closed.
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Any further question of his on the sub .
It is .11, •osIM. night 9f early • a mnier-; 1
jeep would, probably have ermined- Glen-.
is. .11, night which makes the prdeent a
a night' for memories and dreg a; It
was a half saVageimpatiencelin the. tuove-
cairn's never very placid temper, for there
dream, -the past a reality, the . future a
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_.mirage clime at hand.
ment with which .be struck the ash off his
. Gleneairn *ncr Griffiths- pace! -14olig_
ciger and tossed it: aWay. But Griffiths -
:silently nuclei the starlitSky.,. They bear - -
:made no inadiry. , He . Only I paid, after_ a the whistle of a t.rein ; and then its they
short siilpice--,.. - • : '•
, ; .4 arrive close to the °boleti:a sweeter sound, -,
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4..." If t e child- has a strong wish,P—halt
comes to. thein onthewings of the laintly-
. 90 if 'speaking to _hinieelf, his voice quite
-hreathing breeze that barely stars, and then
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micouscuously and involuntarily taking a sinks into sleep again 4 girl's voice' ki sing -
tone as -if it Were fie who Id a tiaorifice
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big, .Zora's voide„ as Gleniairn - rece eizes ; -
asked of him and was willing o make it, • • , then it '-ceases; a few wandering chords are
Glencairn glanced- .at bini under his -.1
. For unseen crept in etWeen, ' itruck on the piano, a different melody is
hrOWO, and laughed again. his short, hard,
not very pleasant laugh. ' , thing,diseords-inan undertie *617iii in, and Lttli's voles uprises clear and
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; And when otir (1°146.110.w' d free, .. . . .
.- Thatinatted vat hatmou - low and sweet, but distinctenoughlo every
. " A- wdman will have ' her Way, I sup. - - - . •
_ The pad ii ours, not yorirs, heisaAd ; note to reach their ear; at :they are by this
pose," he . said. "And if it is to be, she time at the garden gate. - . '• - .: . . - - '
may.as well have her will first as last." • ' - -• The waves that kiss the sorett_e1 -134ine '
Though' like the same aX8 A 1-. Glencairn stands eta and lisiene...with
Theyitaid nothinemore about it in thegar--- . o nev.er, never Morel hishandon the liith. Whatis itthatshe
den; but Glencaira was _More than zonally , On the first morning of ors% vinitto in singing ? It - is the melody that :lie '
elient during their smoke and stroll, -fimd Lull, as the two girla are -sit ing in a 004 reitembers well; it iki- *hal Zora's -Mother '
. he Said to Dili-- ••
when they relentered the drawinglootti,. noek of the shrnliberg-41ay- g with a lap.. *iced tolling- in the .daysWhen first She led
ful of kittens, while the td ..:cat pars at timeaptive,_.before he learned to knevi her: .
their .feet, -half-flattered: and lialt.anxions,
stretching her whiskered tab1y heed up to
7asiuro herself of . the WeLtbei g of :.her oft-'
mind." - spring-.-Giencairn looks . at them, and:
• thinks (as Zoe, :has though , - "Cali • the
"Pislike-her ? WhY ahould-t dislikeher, past have -been all a dreard- " But With
"Well, child,;y.ou...want thiti.-girl—Zori,
as she was; whiletbeglainotir was:blinding. --- -
Imre?" ., . • - -- - ... -- '- -- , ..-
stilthis eyes,:znore than a -000re Of ,yearsagc;to '--
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' " .1 should like to have her, papa,: it you It --its- the Melody that in 'Zora'at- void-A:first
do not dislike her—and if you... wettla not .Woke the .echoes of the -past and se! them: '1
ringingthroughlie inind,.in thegardenely,-
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thei„litke of Coma)
chi 1. Jibe ie a nicegirienough, I daresay" thasense of reality ofIthe pest there Comet. ''':•Zora minat have taught it to Lull i once
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"r- t wOuld2be so- nioe_for we to have her to hint the senSe Of 'assurance fthatthe pre: Or twice he has beard his daughter, in
here,":itaid Luli, with pretty,- timid, coax - sent is safe., : -: • -, : - • -utter unconsciousness of the associatiOns it, ..
big accent "She . ia se soft and gentle,' ;Zero, ie_Oesh.juid Igor as:m iniitglo- her -.bore to him, casually Strike-. a Mite or two,.
and so kind and so pretty 1" ' • . '. ..• ' nriiple, but 'becomingdress of pale cambric, or singly- snatehee- a few- bars: ofit.j. But .:
-"Potent -reasons 1 . :Well, ask ler - to witb. a black velVet 'ribbon -re d her neck. .She:ltabituallY only sins to him .. 6' nein
OOM8." .,:. ' • : . '• ••• - ' 'Tier soft dark hair is pnehed-be indber ears* !favorite Souge Of his; be bes.-..never., heard .••-
n.vite Zora' Brown to - spend ._ a .fetv days the. dimple that :Perfekt* -her hectic, , She .,-eld meineriee, 86 _ .strongly,- as . the,oder,Of
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gunpowderia Safer under olose watah and shoulder.- Herlair :and. spotl ss complex. .‘. He bears the old -words the: old aim; -:
ward thanif it . is left unguarded and -neg. ion: 'Warms into. a, -,pile. and - d licatel_pitik, repeated in her pure - -soft _voice; the WV
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looted, and the sentinel's eye is • far off. : like the heart of a white rate, nd herlittle- dietinotly on his par in the evening silence. -...
So Ifuli lied her wish.- She wrote to White -teeth. gleam as -she--emil i and phOWS ._ 'IS there anything in thisworldthat stirs. -
with her; and Zcira accepted the invitation; demi - not look like one %the an "suffered some :certain flower ? - One. breath of Pape, •
- She might hate - and fear Glenoairn; htit mtich, unless -'011$04.0.h- the d pthaorber jean -line will-photograrih on Moab' a iVven.
he neither feared -nor haied•taili--indeed; eyes. . 'Yet . she has sOffered-
he regarded her now with only kind and bitterer, because .mote coinple
ender -and pitying- and . alt reproachful Lnli.eVer has But her More e
belingti ; and -as the ingth - with scorching although -ib • never -i wholly-th
hags lovers, Ettill around the 1 flames, So burden-, •and :bows, °robed . to
oradrawn by; .iin irresietil?ie iropubte times, yet never loos -Nita Wen
: renew the .assoonitien that „ pea -401y of 'rising and rAiiiiug•
one , • • - - - . - • i - . - -. - . Luli, • too, this morning' Rio
"-gen are sure you will not Want me ?-- bright,. and as Gleziiiiiiin- step
ou can spare me well/ ihe -said 'affection, his. friend: drifatha _ill!. the _lie
tely.to llire. Alderney, tia -she I sat at her yet. keeping an attentive' reget
et on a- low tot:40604 -..Witli her letter- girls, he .hears:-Znra laugh gal
accepting..Zull'a invitation in her: hand. 'soft laugh join in ehortie. '.• -
I . will not : send nig letter- to .the. peat !. It, is sweet- to. hear; but et
nlees- you are guile Certain." .. i . -_,.•.-- With 'Sudden and startling t
"1. am quite certain,- my . dear," replied- same united latighter under th-
eblind lady.- .4. noble andinajestie look- • -
gwonian she was., in the autumn - Of a
atity that, must have been- glorious .in its
bile, and was • faded ': more -lay 'Suffering.
an by -age. : "I. have not heard you: Men.
on- this -young: lady, 'Nista - Glenciairn
fore," Mge.•.Aldersley oontinged-. - -
"Who is she?" • . - ..- ' .
"Tbis -simple question Seenied unaa-,
entably difficalt-toora-to.an-swer, - The
ly reply that rose :from her heart iitia
She is .thegiriwholoved and waft engaged
-e ended in replying vaguely. - -.-1
hint 17. and that reply. mint not rautterd.-
" She Is -*friend 'of Kate Cre,Yen'e.."- : --
' She .1003. -in bid -health, yon tellme ?
she an orphan:?" -- i • . -- . . ' - • - r.
' lres--no. -I., She hasno Mother." . _
' And:yen are very, anxious :--te go and:
end a :few_ days wit.her. said _ .Mrs.
dersley gen y.. ' -------------- -- 1" - - -
-- .1. -
', yid if yo could not spare • me Well." -
_ .
' - can spa .yott.• „tint you are anzionil-
go. .uss: isyounglady a brother ?,' •
'No, slielian only child."'
'Then Wh. _is the -attraction, Zoral ' Is
her father-- ' 'asked Mrs: Alderley, who-
a-
plain..sp en, but with whose, caltft,-
ve inguir ',.- far 'removed from -• vnk:
-goemp- and springing from . genuine.
emit, no Ogense-, could 'be -taken, --and
oh -generally 'by its own simple ..outd-Po,:
. Sincepty drew a responite as- Siniple
..
-since - • '
„ He did not see on reflection any reason and priscmed back by a tortOie -:shell comb, her sing that song beore as she is si ging
for withdrawing his consent. A. train of but two or three loose curb '8 ray over ber it now. . $ •
to
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gra
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and
harper and - g-yearti -past scene,- will bring beforethe -
,pain than naind.'S eye the living smile of the 10c4 the ---
stionature, 'coffin -lid hid away half a centurYago. But
CeAS off the second only; to this power of certain frit- -
he earth at granees, there is no force: like mufti& for
eiturpower - breaking open thesealed doors of .hannted
- chambers in the past: All= the speltres
_
well and he ' has locked away- froni, his pre Mit
s talking to lite . seem t�- be let loose - upon - en.'
andah, and Cairn Ws the old tune rings in his ' ars,
On thetviin -sting in a v.oice how different 1 This m kes, -.
,and
-Liiliesital.l the more ghostly.. " SO like the Bernie,.
- .
yet not the Same." But he Will not let the recalls memories master him; He will be lord, of
"amass' the them, fad quietly and steadily he lift* the
olive treeslatch of thegateand 'walk& down the /lath
. • '
on theterracein those iniforge ten days of. to thayerandsh. - Griffiths, fOfiews him,
Italy1.
treading-. softly so as not to disturb the
. _ .
Glencturn El titern' brow. cent; ts with a Singer. . ..- r . .. : . - •
OUrfotla" ROTUtilly as he looks at &mai; and Zara eau sing that song. exquisitely and
...
his lin curls in &hind of.licorni :bitterness the compass of her voice perhaps suits.it a •
Which PiiMartiGriffiths
zzles n . trifle more .pefectly than Luli's. .. But Lull
. . . . . .
"So runs -the world away " observes sings it now as Zora hasTnevergutig it. -1To -
Glencairni as if speaking to-hiisrta lf.. her too it is full- of Memory. As she sings
eTiriffitlie
18 not any the less uziled on it she as leaning back in a boat*the lake,:
account of this remark.; he do a not -see of Como. drifting :sloiiiii past-the.twilight .
only
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with
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Mrs
nervo
face.
her e
down
if to
could
No, deed. Miss Glincair , is the
att ction to ' tne,-“ repli cl Zora,
tIy, 'the only attraction anybody -
d b likely to -find' there, I should
k. •• ti would not wonder at it if yeti
he she is so 'sweet and gentle and
min•• • ..
nd have' never heard you mention
am before,"' said the blind lady, qui.
" e is a friend, of the Misal Crayon'
W1 • you travelled in Italy r •
.- . -
as
es.'
ou
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. ersley's eyes Could not see the
us arinkthg look -come . over 7.4ora's
Pi she ltnevi" as .well as if, she had
ight hat Zora had, had, bent her head
low Ili an instinctive_ movement as
onoej her face _ from the flies that
not si it. Mrs. Aldersley laid her
une4tlralnd of mesmeric touoh
soft curie steadily and
a
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.s....r. . 1
t)
lin - - '.'
, .
1
e in Italy to atlhat time ?"
-
ve seen much Of her since then?"
any especial. appropriateness a4 that con- beauty of the shores, gazing dreamily
venient quotation which is so zniversa11y the red sunset, listening to the -low p1asb '
apposite to anything, from a f4ncy dress- of the oar ;---and he is by her --side 1 All
ball to a funeral. - the love, all the longing, ail the faith And
They stroll across the lawn to j in the two all the passion of her soul, burst forth Jin
mi
girls, and aleneaire's hard sl softens as the outpouring of. the song. that was Eii
ig
he rneetti Luli's upward look at tm, that night. The immortality of the past
" Well, child Of mine, and ho many of it is that fills her voice with that sti:ange.
•these kittens are you going to commit to
the deep ?" ••••-
".0h none of them • they are ch pretty
little darlings!" says soft hearte Luli
" It does seem cruel, doesn't i ?" agrees
amiable Zona, •
"}don't believe you would set foot upon •
a worm," observes Griffiths . ddressing As -she finishes the last line a shad iw
_
-lull with more affection than riginahty. -falls across the win • dow, and the two rtir
remarks shade of the corner, with her head bent
ClOW/1. They. ,cannot see her face. Luli-
looks round as she becomes conscious Of
their presence;• and the lampliglat shines
full upon her face in its pale, spiritual
,
•
beautySiaf- titre inn. igiewiansdespardoaundd7agrir.and
thrill as if the very heart of love beat in
• her tones - -
- -
- what day shall all the dead arise, '
Those moonlit waves closed O'er r
Wke:n shall iny dead who with them lies
Como live aud love once woke ?
What hour shall to these exiled eyes -
Their Iott—their home restore?
: She would not have made a dod-provi.. stand ou the threshold. Zora is stting in 8.-
dence, would - She Would . liver the lowchairhy the piano, drooping hack in: the: -
wind to. the unshorn sheep 1" •
Glencairn...
• Loh and Zora, now for thefirst ime (since
the days of that sad journey sfhen they
were in -too sore soriovi to be companion-
able) thrown together upon- ea other's
sole companionship, liked each tiler, and
were drawn together by a dee, -longing,
unuttered sympathy. Before o day -of
this new intimack-had past, t ey Were
"You sing that welI, Dili," observ s
. '
each beginnihg to realize thGlencairn quietly
at the ther was " Thank you Miss Glencairn thank you,":
, - ,-
not the same as in those Past alit nin daYb SaYs Griffiths earnestly. •-.
—that it was a new Lull end w Zora,"Do yOu like it?" responds Luli, looking -
who had to make acquaintance 'th each • up_at them. It is Zora's song; but -sli
other now. will not sing it to -nig
open, pure, and free, whoe sorr ht."
' In Lull, whose love had bee simple, 4‘ will she not? asks Glencairn, politely
simplesw was a enough as to tone, casting a glance at the.
and natural and pure, t e ohan dr000ing figure and downcast face in thwas evident and simple too, a Ilattlf I change shadows.'
change as -great hid worked itself. ' . . the keys as she still taros her face upward
f
froin hope to memory, from gla nese to a "1 suits your voice beautifully," says,
mourning that though, unselfishly e lent and Griffiths.
serene, was mourning ever. " I am in a singing mood to.night,"'
- In Zora, who '• seetned leas _a tered, a responds •
I,u1i, her fingers straying _over -
I
-Whoever him Once stoodPg,he to face toward the listeners in the lamplight.
'witty& tragic t,estiny can rinVer be qtnte
- (To be continued.r
the same again. Whoever once is forced
_. . ,
•
into contact with the terHble realities• of 111r. Jenkinson, who succeededf_Colone
life and death, has crossed a Rubicon: ,Brackenbury, with a salaryof $7,506 a year,
of spirit,. IS a little shaken. • She is gen tie epartment, distinguished himself greatly, when very Young _at the outbreak of the
1
„ So Zeta is altered now 1
. Her Ifiranquil as head _ of the Irish Criminal Investigation
nvireetness of temper, bee bright equability _D
and amiable always, but sometimes unnerv• Indian mutiny. ,-
. „ . _