The Huron Signal, 1888-6-15, Page 2o.
2 THE HURON SIGNAL. FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 18S .
44 HELEN LI4FONE
01 1 .e
THE FOES OF A
fOUSEHOLD.
TAM •' MOUS LIPS.
CHAPTER XXX.
aacasoe. ('tet alarmed .t the change in Pereiral'e
"Nut at all. 1 have plenty d time. '' Lace belitat e most staeao 1 T - i. sy
To himself be was thiokiu*, sits'• you
••1..n homes tier, Helen, you will same 1. she alive! 1s she
repram
nob y eelt bitterly fur your de here r'
lay.' i 'Rhe is alive and she is hen in this
Thea he teat ea— bow•
"Oa that tame day time was. ,ivbtHe tbsht for a moment that Perci-
sseeMmat cm this line, jest amide the eta- I att
ym'somld have fallen ; he atagirared, lou
tin. Tb. tram rem of the bra. N. oo•esame brokeisly,she struggled m
was mach hurt except nee young lady, �bill!" .aa 10 speak. Thea word• sure.
he
who bad sestets/id serious injuries eo r _M*, Helen, Helen ! ' be coed, "what
u
bead amuse to a fall. She was •000- •hone 1 dose t'
emaree, sad as then was nothing about' sad he tank into his chair and drop -
her which gave any clue to who ate was!pLhead sato his anus, which lay
or where rho came from, my wife badslat upon tau table beforehim
her brought to this hoose. I was away I Lomgworthy stepped to the bee-
troot ;home that day. She was ill fora P'Ms nod rang the hell. \t ben Fauuy
long time, it was a tory dangerous moo teems ate found her master standing in
d auoemmioa ;the be in ; bot ale had I tat hall Rohl* the handle of the study
a marvellous constitution, tied recur/it.- dam.
.d womderf.11y fast with the eeoepoo n "60 tato the drawee,/ room as quickly
that her memory did not solar.. " a' you seas" b. said, and ask Jin
Be Maimed at how companion, who had tions to mem here to me at urns "
listened et firgt with aortae item of le. t Is [doh a moment •Helen was with him. He
tared whish had partly roriosalsd lull --
hit blood aateeal iodiference. Now, however, be! "Tour ka.b•md is hen, go in to him.
looked really interested, suit he surd ' 1 said I nomad being him to you, bot,"
his head thou the clergyman paused, sa' math a mode, "you ran away from him,
though wistful for him to go :,n. 1 you know, sad it m oole fair that you go
"It was very uofortunat " want on bask to kis"
the rentor, "fur we were still prevented Then he held the door open for her to
from gaining any information about bee. its leo, elated it gently atter her and
She made ao attempt to tell us even her Joined his wife to the drawing -room.
Dame. She appeared out to have thee I What made you send for Helen 1
.lightest recollective) of how she cam* to WPM Yam I.-ngworthy.
be here. She showed no curiosity about I . 'When k awe to the point I found
anything. She lived literally from day at we0Y be better. He was au oter-
te day, fall, aline to everything that enure, I meld not possibly here sent him
happened at the moment, but as each iD hws�^
day passed it became a blank to her—it . ' Wr he at all gooey "
w lust she remembered nothing morel 1 No. 1 fancy he is more
about aa" to blame himself than &ayo s
"Was then no name on her luggage. else Net Dow."
had you no clue f' salad Percival, Did you tell him everything 1"
wham interest was now tho,••,.tbly • "�, ealy hew Helen Came 10 h.
sowed.
Mew I jest seeniioned that she knew
"Then was nn name on the luueee, of kis sassed marriage in order to pre -
no me on the linen, or iu the . ue or Pare him. I think she will tell him all
two books ; tanto tuitiaht that betters them I could."
•'What initials r' "1 ao 501 u al! sure of that. They
"I will tell you presently ; just sow will be is such a state of oxafusion and
there aro things of more depo•rteecr. gssetioas and answers that anything like
Zhu went 00 for some month. ; my wife • coherent, explanation will be imposi-
and 1 hoped ooeiatantly, the doctur pre ! hole."
us every rasps to expect that she would "Well, they will cow to it ,a time.
completely recover. At premnt 1 think they only want v°e
"And you kept her all that time ! et."
M•7 I ask if she that of gentle birth'' "Aod 7tel tbi0k he seemed entirely
''albs Ria geutlewon ao, aiid long be- glad 1"
fete tont we had gruwu .o fond o1 her ' "Ah, yes, then will be no reeoncilia-
that it would have been s great truuu'e : uon seeded, His face and voice were
to us to part with her."
enough to show that he in 6u life
He was silent again, apparently 1•4t an grad for as other woman."
thought, and Percival Inked at num ''It will be an awkward thing break -
with • new lutenist. He had never be aid it 10 Alice," aid Mn L.ugmortky
fon some across a man who had harbor- , ratio., appiwhtnsavelY•
td an utterly unknown young woman
"very, unites my theory should tura
iu kis home fur eoliths, and been can oat to b correct."
tent to grow food of her without know "Which theory 1 I never knew auy
�usg ever her name.
cote .0 fond of mysteries . -
tog
"Is she hen now t" he asked.
Di time they were calmer. They eat CHAPTER ixil
dowel and beast to talk, m d Parental
said—
"De you know what 1 ha,e dose,
Melee 1 Qom pm .set homes me I '
"It is1 she tied f sgimeima.l ebuok,"
she eipewwd. Bet I know. Percival ;
tee, 11,00. Met foe abet 1 aboaki bar•
ours heed mouths NRo •'
Yoe `� Meer desisted m•, Helen 1
an aloft that I did out care
for �Tsige 1 kw{ nut least I.eppoe•d •o,
bat Meese es suddenly ; It was reel •
shuck, and I was act well It wee all
•lash • pseudo, I did not know what to
think. It w.. out •w e,ch to hatter ;
and tion 1 thought I was Ruing out el
m7 mind, so that it was better to keep
biddeu. 1 snout explain it to you. Te
u0derstaad what I felt you tout have
felt as I did, and I bops -1 b ops -70S
Dever may, '
"My pour darling." kinin her • eu,
"whet you must have suffered and atone
uusr.
..wail. Alive sad iter Cuthbert
11.• ••16106•4‘ themselves Is • 007 44whish Porgies) little dreamed. Quaid
he have tullowed theta and overheard
thesoevureallw, b gonad prubsbly be
streak dumb with awasrwo•.ir
Sir Cuthbert, who always .peat ib
Rrese
•ter part ed every .rnIistt to wen-
iaft loiters, had Lashed that uevupation
thea Persist stet of oo his panto). 10
IIWss'. Hate. After having shakes
hands with km boot, however. be 1111110retired to the library, and did not leave wended until the tong ended for luuch.
At leech be, of course, saw Alva, whobid spent her morneoo iu solitary 5041
tmMterrupted r..ct loo ; perhaW '1
was this particular occupation which had
brought such a cloud over her face and
made her look so bitter and unhappy.
at K Naturally she did her utmost to otter-
leave
fseli0g in the ptrw•em'+ of hair
through. It rakes my heart ache to Cuthbertand the serwanta Sb+ 0017
think of it. But teal toe why did you parially •uoteeded Ser Cuthbert's in -
leave home .t all 1" staoct was tau keen to are deceived se
"Du yort nut know I Can you not easily
guess i What made you marry Altos 1" During the mowing Cie mist and
"Bemuse----. You don't mean," he dump had cleared away, about mon the
went on atter • sudden pause, "that it rue came out, and the afteowoa protest -
had begun then?' ed to be exceedingly flue.
"It had begun before we were married. When lunch was over, Alice returned
it bet•. long ago, when I was uur.iug t., the drawing room, and. taking uP ••
Dr. Hsalitt." hook, bs,•n listlutlyesslyir over the
"Good heave° ! and I never mw, pages. PrweSCtouthbertturn p•iasd
never even dreamed of such this,. How her, and, after standing • few minutes
blind I was ; but how oould I imagine et the wiudow, he turned round and
such • thing unless I had been the vain-aa•d—
••t puppy in creation. \Yhy did you not
"lt u •Will beautifcome fo•r ul aftrr• waapwilk, 1 Mr.
telrme 1 you had given me one hint all M.,ore, you
Se
this might have peen prevented."
"How could I, Percival r' the cried in mumeheolat'aid ounsiJduanerahtrron Msaond—
k,said after •
a voice of misery, "Yon forget how "I think I should like a walk. Yes, I
things were. Huw could I have betrayed will cow."
her 1 Was I ever to gun that things She left the room, and presently toile
wouldopine to each • pass as this 1 ed him agaiu almost clad in furs, and
Could I tell that, seen if her way was with a curious foreign cep, which became
dear, she would Oh, Percival, do her well, upon her flaxen hair. 1 hey
not blame me. I have [lamed myself went out of the house and through tb•
very bitterly, and 1 had no use to ask garden in silence.
for advice, no one to help me. 1 meld "Which way shall we g o ' he asked,
only do as I thought bestows' I have as, having von. through the lodge gate,
suffered more than 1 can tell." paoaed fur • mumeut on the high
Her voice broke its a sob. Percival road.
looked very white and angry se lie ''If the hill will not be too much for
answered— you, I thueld tike.tu p to the felL It it
"Blame you 1 I do nut blame you ; a favorite walk of mine," she added iu
Lease. kaon. I am in • pos[tseu to •apleuatioa,
blame pubudy, but abs was"—cleuchinR I will follow where you lead," said
his hand while his voice choked with Sir Cuthbert, and turning to the right
anger. "Whose fsu�,lt is it all, but they tock the road leading to the Filth
hen r' he west on. "She sent yrs It was scarcely mon than • lane—steep,
almost to yuur death ; she fooled amend narrow, and very rough, bordered 0o
not made me believe she kred a 1 as each aide by • high wall grey stone, cuv-
never forgive her, never. T.. -marrow steed with moss and common ferns. They
she shall know everything." went slowly, as much for Su Cuthbert's
"Ah, no," mid Helen ; "you will rot sake as for Alice -a.
he bard un her ; think what her position They walked for eons di,tance without
must b. wise dycu say no word of exchanging many words. tben Sir Cuth-
bl.me. be,
me, Perti.sl, that you bert said,
will not reproach her. Do not think of "Thu is very beautiful country ; it
her ; think of the Longworthys and their goes straight to 'mei heart."
goodness, their inure than goodness "All strangers fall in lows with 0. -
What should I have been without them 1 sotherley. 1 was burn and have grown
In that awful illness, who would have up here. I suppose that is why I do not
nursed and taken care of mei But fur feel Its charm. Indeed, 1 duubt if under
them 1 must have died.- i any circumstances I should do so. I am
She won his promise from him, and ; nut a lover of Nature."
then they sat talkie, until Fanny knock- 'That only means that your nature is
ed discreetly at the door to tell them tea I not yet wholly developed ; otberwise you
was ready. could nut help yourself ; it must steal in -
When Percival and Helen came in'o to yo•Jr heart unawares just like any
ani H 1 I ked f h thea I
"My dear Hebei, you made it a re- had undergo ne some transformation ; 'That implies that when people do
"Sher in the dra.ing room with my Preach only • few days ago that the never had they wen such a deep, eft ,nut lore it m because their natures are
wife." simplest child could read me like a book. color in her cheeks, ter such a happy ' Dot wholly developed. Do you really
"Hare yeti nctrr to this day found Yoe will very boon bud out what m I brilliance iu her etre. She came m teeluove that
out who she u t" , theory is It ie very dreadful to thio I her hand slipped into Percival* arm, and I "1 think se.
"Yea; iu time the recovered )ser I of losing Helen. She will leave a bur- I amber ever met those of Mr. Loterrorthy, i She said nothing, and for some time
memory, and expressed a wish t, Neer ribfe blank. How shall I get on with- she said— neither sp,:e. Sir Cuthbert again broke
how the mute to Imp in this house with out my secretary and companion 1 Doo't
people whom she had never seen before Lou think we might have some tea now,
the aceide°t but to w6 .m she Babel 1 Not o•° sy account, of Hoarse,
Neve, Demme atnosely attached,• Sud but I fancy these two would be glad of
ng -room a en „u as i • e u ore.
had. I be
Mr Lougmurthy with a.'wet swtle.soma
"She would have 'flown a wonderful I "Poor old matt,- said his wife, mailing
degree .4 ingratitude if she had nut be rind patting his arm. "You hero waited
coxae attached to them, I should say. very' patiently. Ring the bell and Fanny
r•turucd the you°ger man. "You will shall tab it it in and ;o and telt them
excuse my saying that she might have R is ready
wet with an accident at almost any otter "Wa& Rulers very !Harms! i"
railway station in the world without re- '•I tuink she was. 4If rnur. aloe "11calving such sitrsurdivary tininess and loOse
ging 10 e hint, but I think she was
bo�pitality." a little afraid of herself."
"1 am the clergyman of this place,'
replied sit Lon*;worthy, and havin_atd
that be appeared to thutk he had said all
that war necessary.
"The day came,however," he w"rat on,
"when she asked auy wife to tell her
about herwelf, and my wife, having had
bet instructions from ttie doctor, told
her everything without reserve. the
was very much shocked and upset, but
what surprised me more than anything
slaw, when my wife told me about it, was
that move allusion having been made to
that other .ccideut, she instated upon
Mario, all about it. Strange to say,
that .tory seemed to affect her almost
more than her own...
"Del she give no reason for that ."
asked Percival, who was now listening
with the greatest attention, and del not
lose a surd of the stun'.
"She said," wes.t rat the :ferryman,
rather iloely, "that having just heard of
her own railway accident, as one may
say. aid u.,t mina r ery strong, yet, she
oould toot help ianatiueng hetaelf to nave
been is l4at other train, and picturing
to herself what her horrible fate would
have been."
Wu that not rather utranee 4
"I thought so ; my wife, on the run -
teary, eonsidered it quite natural, l..,k-
inR at the circumstances under which
o0r friend had oriole into our house. It
VOA exon explained. On the following
day she told us not only her name,
bet her whole eery. it appeared
Ikea when she lett home she was in that
train, intending to go to lontif ,, but
else ehanged her mind, and at ik.tunt
got into the train th.t brought her
hers",
He paned, isvolemarily .nested by
the look on P•eeival'• (see. It was se
pale as Beeth, and then was s o..k al-
most of eatrgety in hie eye Ha rose
!rose his shear as he aaked --
"Why did you sot c,smunamte with
her hiked. the. r
"Bemuse ie the m onf ime 'emptier
tines had arises. Iler husband, bolero
tag her to be dead, Lad married sods ;
she saw the mmrf*0ge on a newapeper_"
"Bert o1111b.," said Percival, "what wee
bar [some? Ya do not lemur what ease
*Mae yen ere .tatting.'.
"Tia initials ou her Immo were '1111.
111 ,' and her same aha tnld 0a wee Hales
11111~11."
He too roes es he spoke, ledieg al -
When Helen had received Mr Long
worthy's wtamco• she had been feelins
very nervosa, but when the decisive mo -
asset ease, all her tremors vanished and
she felt perfectly calm ; she had even
moiled is rather • pale fleeting fashion
is 'ser to Mr Lnngw•orthy's jesting
little speed about the propriety of her
seeking her husband since she had left
When the door had closed behind her.
she stead for a moment in the mte.dle of
the room, unseen and unheard by Perm -
ma The lamp was not lit, but the fire
bopped brightly, and she was perfectly
well able to dsstunguialu her husband by
eluant in that mule an item of abandon -
meet into which he had fallen on first
bearing that she atm living and in the
gagas home with himself She looked at
him for a'moment with a wonderful ex-
pression entering in her face, and at tirst
ker lips treb.bled, •o that she cneld not
epee -k. Thea she toot • few steps for-
ward, ostial she was standing almost clam
to hive, end in • kw voice she said,
« Percival ! .,
'1'hesooad of bee voice, which trembled
a little, oee0-ed to arouse him. He look-
ed op and saw her standing beside him.
Ile did not speak all at once and she
said no more ; they reamed •o, looking
intvi one another's eyes, for a moment.
Then he stretched out his hand towards
bar saying,
"Hetes, is it trolly you ; it is not •
dream r
"It le really 1."
"1 hews so titan fancied 1 had you
hook main. seen yuo, spoken to you,
alaao•e toothed you, fret it was always •
deism from whish 1 woke up when i
tried to touch yon. it would not be
safe t9 tnee with me sow."
"This time," ehe mea, holding ont her
bead, "yon me really touch nee, and let
that Ito • proof I shall ant melt awe,
tato • dream. Take my hand Peewteel."
Thole Inde tenet, and then, eat knew
sot bow, she wee in hie arse ; he had
gathered her does to him• as if he never
meant to lel her go again : her face, her
hoods, her hair wen covered with hie
Mmes. end ell the ria he was speaking,
halfletiehist, half-eryint, ealltn, epos
her mese, selling her all the sweetest
mases he knew ; and .he leased her
hood against hie shoulder. •a f with
domed gym wnwdevd how she bed lived
through the pent our.
"Therejis no need to male you twc the silence.
known, you contrived that without my "You are not happy, Mn Moore."
intervention." i "I wondered if you would find that
Then she went on, turning to her . out.,,
hostess— I "I know it by a hundred signs and
"Hen is my husband, Mrs. Long- i tokeos, which are no doubt invisible to
worthy. 1 have had sone ditiiculty to !the world at large, which even your Into
preventing him frons rushing to yuur ! bend does not see, but which are v
feet king ado, but 1 thought you would , clear to my eyes.
prefer • lees irregular way of meeting.' I "You came cut nn purpose to talk
Percival and Mn. Lougworthy shook about this, I think, she said.
hands, and he sai4— I "1'es ; have you any objection ?"
"Helen's desoOpf is truer than you " None at .IL Why should we not
. oppose. I •m utterly at a loss to ex• for once try to make things clear 1"
press my gratitude to you. ' " If we go w far as that I shall pro -
"1'. u spoke of the doctor, Helen, b•b1y say things and ask questions which
said Percival at tea "tie meet be • ' will give you pain. Cao you bear
splendid fellow. I should like to call 012 that •
him a lisle later." " 1 think 1 am proof against any pent
"\1`.l1 he be at home tonight, do you you can give me : in that way, I mean.
know ?" she asked looking tether be..eth• ' Say what you pleats
sw,zlat the rector. I "When I asked yam to marry nee be-
" I fancy not tonight. I met him rid• !fore I went to Inds, you refused me be
ing this afternoon, and he said something cruse you loved another man. is that
about having to go to the next village . men your husband 1"
and nut being home till late.'' I "Yes '
"Riding i" mid Percival, "I wonder I " Ile doei n, t love yon.'
if I met him this afternoon. Just after' 1 " He scarcely takes pains to hide it,
bad left the station i met • lean on burg' +doss he 7.•
back, and he directed me to your home. I " I think ynu are unjust. Few pet pee
What daces your d.,ctor look like 7' ; would have found it out. Yoe are con -
The rector described him. mono "t it, for your own ress,ns of mine,
"Yes," said Percival, "that was the ; but I do not suppose one of them people
man. 1 noticed him, because after who have been staying in your house die•
answering my questions in the shortest covered it."
possible way he asked my name. sin " 1 clammy it is .o."
hearing it he looked, I thou,tht, even " How came ynu to he married 1" he
sourer, than before.-
said, more to himself than to her.
Helen Sala nothing. Mr. Langworthy I " 1 am tempted In tell you the whole
chanced, story. ' she said after a pause. '•I think
"He is very taciturn fellow. you would find it rather interesti0g as •
And Mrs. L,ngworthy seed- study of character I know."
"•1 hope you are rut obliged to leave " Whatever yon tell use about yoer•shf
us t get, Mr. Moore." must of necessity interest
"Not if you will be kind enonrh to " 1 raw will see my character in • new
keepp me. Hut—in that car T must send i light' am sun, you 'nil prohabiy NIT
• telatram," ha wetted slowly, the ex- '; when 1 am finished that you did not
pression of his face changing a little, ! think •n7 one eagaUe of •och madness
while his own careless wend., spoken to ' t1mted.
Alice only • few hours before, shot 1 " bet me (incite rine of my favorite
through his mind, "111 find I cannot authors, and reply, 'That's as how it may
iatbeck tonight I will wire."
" be.
Remote though Miller's (:ate is,• " it bas turned net .o (ddly." ab.
said Mr. L•mgworthy, "a few of the went on with half • smite and as theasth
results of ciwiliratio• have penetrated to eke had not hard his. "i Dever
o. 11, after tea, you will write out's thought it would torn oat like it hes
telegram, it !Sall be taken to the poet dune. It would really be Interesting It
office.' we could w into the, future, may, I
After teaTercival was provided with •apprise, if we eonld, we slsoeld ant he•
writing iastertals, and he wrote • few Neve it ; we should believe rather is the
words which he showed to Hetes, say pettier d our ewe efforts to sheep it"
no•• ttfill that dor " very pt'ob'lay' and a god deal of
They were as (.flows : the Ks
aitmewt and Wean* would he
Mks, from lifer"
"I .s kept here all night by i..lnese ...mare 1 do not wee nit% yew. I
Shall be home tomorrow night,'wheo I thhk k woad be is aha highest deers.
will explain."
"Ton Ssant to more is • talo r ss " mat b .roto tp to • given point.
7 `m Mem ri•eU of the trey balani is.
.b. aid, "and ewu'7tb1.g mad fakir."
ftlrmetieses w� I wasted • Amen lo
Flawed potentially. ' oty novel. I Item read Mesa fe thee way.
"' v Ib 1 keew how .he will take N. kiend set the end,
mid Him Wpm M
masa., k
Her asaa. been so stream lately,, begioniug sad obeemed bow Om
I should be prepared fo, slated any• ðer worked nit
N to IL 111 the
t►img." was welt written, was mane as fit•
Mae. se resolve ! *ssdisu! raps
Toe see when a tbieg h•ypeeld, k
MI ave eau) is has happened that we W
kip he of a•y tupurtanue, said whoa urs
Mee back sod try w re0s11 °has lad 1.
!ti we forget w assay thirt fie- obese en,
se M,7 11ap.- fbmt is spate of eumeirM
we lose our tittered in it. Now if we
male see • Misg us the foaore, know,
sertaiely, That whether K were geed ee
64, .eery .asp we took Loggia es ae.t-
er to it, Lod that we meld ewe escape, it
'.0141, I [bink, be tar mere eacauug
tis ppe•evrsmg law the darkeest."
• P«,p15
"add probably Mt down is
despair, ut go mad uniu sheer tmpaa41-
iag doom.'
"1 thtok that would be [arch wiser
they could go straight on, isateed of bas -
►ug 10 take .nosh roundabout ways as
they do Suppose num we ked hoes
made ea 111.1, ani.ta.d of bsi.g able to
look bask and torment ourselves with
the r arrl.ot[uo of chances throw. aw•7,
sad • vast amuuat of energy wowed
spun uodertakiog. which resulted in
t utbtog. we could gee before us, .tad
e ach event as it Imppuaed was forgotten,
should we be auy happier, do you
think 1"
Why waste your time in each epecu-
lations ; 'bah, by the way, would never
have uncured to you before I went •way.
How do you account for the change 1'
"1 wee reading the other day, and I
caw scrums line from Wordsworth. I
do nut know Wordsworth. I have Dot
read • due.eu lines ut ha in all my life ;
but I liked this "se. 1t was the head•
loft of • chapter in • novel, .ad res
this—
'A deep deep distress hath homanieed
my soul.' That se the reason of the
cboste in me I have bad • 'deep dia-
tribes,' sod I suppose it has 'humanised'
S SC Wh.o 1 look back 1 tsocy that
when yon knew me I was out Duman.
That line roused ry curiosity, and I got
a copy of Wordsworth out d tat library.
1h1y hatband and has first wits, I mot
tell you, read him more than auy o•
poet, and there is every edition of his
works which was ever published in the
house. 1 wanted to sad theae words
again. As you may suppress. I dad Dui
tied then, seeing that I had not the
faintest idea when to look for them, but
I found these—
'The man whom eye
1e ever on himself. doth took u0 one
Tb. least of Nature's work..'
" That was what I did My eye was
ever u0 myself. I doubt whether I had
a cool. Now my goal his boom burn. -
"
urn.'" The birth of • soul is • very painful
proems. Yuan, no doubt, was bora
with bitter pain and suffering.''
" In deep distress," she said, and thea
was silent.
"• Yuu promised to tell me what this
'deep distress' had been," he said pre -
seedy, as .he did not speak.
" I have wandered a long way from
the point. It is a Icon story, and you
must not mind if I tell you shines yoe
knew cr guessed before."
" You remember," she went on, "when
you first asked me to warty you, I re-
fused because I did not lore you, and I
thought • marriage where the lova was
only on one side could nut fail to be un-
happy. In addition to that, I did nut
want to be married, I was in my first
.mon, and 1 never could understand
girls who thought it *triumph to be
married in their heat season. So 1 Ai -
fused
►
fused you. I ante home very soon al•
ter, and ,n the very day i got home first
met my hoebaad. I did not think much
of him at first, though even on the brat
evening he surprised me. 1 saw him
look at me often, and knew h• thought
Inc beautiful, but he scarcely .poke to
Ice, and what he did say were the very
barest commouplaces ; be csrtaiuly did
n ot exert himself. This went on for
about a week. during which which I
deeply, and is en Ito ISM tit • hat she
had just said, that bus iatetr.la was slat
lammed by his gearing the ea 11
w hish she .as Imaa.R hien
•'Thea it •11 eerie out, . eh• emit on.
"Bel•s and he were ...g.ged, bad been
emg gd bettors 1 owes Mare, sad with
that 01iotw wars .d eusu,sou-se',a.-1
ime call et netbs.g also—whish 1 believe
only lovers ahem, had zeroed w keep
their engage/emit cerivete. 14. nos
ku um what 1 felt when Helem tubI ene—
my head me w fire. I remember ebe
w ent on preaebiug about waut of self
respect, and the euurm►ty ut loving •
moa who dad not love yea 1 did cot
hear more than halt of it. I meld have
.erua•-:.d. 1 ma only c•seuuuus that 1
hod fatted, and that I had cuoleased wy
failure to tae very last w...••• to whom
1 would have chose W make such a con-
feesaw. I left her and went upstairs,
and fur . ab.•rt time 1 amok I tweet mad_
Whoa 1 could think again, my one wish
was to he revenoett °t ' ber, to make
her feel et possible as I had felt Just
then, and trot Ohs' day, instead of try -
tug t.. coequal' my lows, I did m7 best
to make it grog. I knew sty time would
cone if 1 waited. You were at the
'eddi•g, tied the nest day you again
asked use tarry you. I reused agent,
this time because 1 loved eu.u.u.e aka.
Yuu did uut oak who at war ; you would
have been surprised, would you not, if I
had told you it was the WNW who.. had
just warned my step ester 1'
ARato abs paused, this time to ask —
"Anyoubrad1'
"Yost story u 0104. interesting than I
CSO say.-
"They
ay. "
"•They stayed away for more than .
year, and when they ams hone, mam-
ma and I went to call. I cannot tell you
what I felt when I thought of seeing
Percival again. it was the old story I
& oppose, a women's unreasonableness. I
'muted what I could not have, and
merely become I could not nave it.
Percival scarcely ,poke to ins, he was
entirely occupied with Helen. I might
have seen it. I tbiuk I must have seen
t. tot I would not accept It. I ams
leers, invited myself here—I want to tell
you everything —a0d set myself to tout
Perctvl'a affection from his wife. 1
might as well have set myself to resist
the advance of the tido into the bay, or
tarn a river from its coar0e. It is all
au dear ac ie - them my eoe tbosgbt nem ----
b reveap the confide000 which I felt
had base cheated from w, and to
wort m7 own supremacy. There u -
O o need to go over the whole storg ;
Helen saw why 1 bad cow, and we had
• ' psmage of arms over it. I thought
thee that alto was already guarding
against danger ; now, 1 give her credit
for wishing to save me from myself. She
was afraid every day led I should betray
myself to Percival, far I was b.comiog
lase and leas able to control myself.
Then she went sway, as she said, for •
few days, her object Witte to fore. me
to return bout*. She intended to qo to
Lootton. Un the way • bride. by which
the train crossed the river fell in, and
everyone was drowned."
"What • horrible fate," said Sir Cuth-
bert in • low tone.
"Her death made Percival the man he
is, turned his Bair gray. and brought
that stern look into his face. He will
n ever get over hie loss, nothing will ever
make him forget her ; and 1 was out of
rely mind, as mad as any lunatic in s0
asylum, when I thought that I could."
"He was free, and I bent all my puw-
b*• to win him, in vain. He never saw
my besuty,it or if be did, moved bim no
more that, the busty of • picture would
have done. People began to talk, and
be never heard them. I was in • fever ;
with every check, every failure, I loved
him more. I had an indn►tinct feeling
that there was • life better worth living
than the ogle I led, and I thought he
was the msu to show use that life. 1
never ceased watching him. I scarcely changed se that everyone nuteetd it.
took any notice of him, but he did not Sone outdated why it was, others
m at all disturbed ; he appeared to smiled and uuided, and yet he °ever
d everything he wanted in Helen's eay."
e neiety. Just then she went away front Her voice was low .rad full of passion,
home to nurse • friend who was dying, bee f o. was pale, and her mouth hard
and I made up mind to conquer Perot- sad steady as she went p0 --
val. I saw that be preferred Helen, bat ",1 thought i should have died ander
I had °o idea bow far things had gone it. I feared 1 was going mad, and at
between them, I Dever suspected that last—I told him."
at that very time they were secretly es• She stopped almost u if the expected
gaged. In those days I thought only of bar companion to speak, but he said
myself, I was accustomed to see every 0otbiu` His dark eyes looked straight
man at my feet, and it hurt my pride before him,snd his lips were • little coma
premed, but he said nothing.
"I sent for him, and hen, within •
fee yards of where we are, I told him
evsrytbing," she went un rather drearily.
"He did his duty , without hesitation
be did what 1 asked him to du. When i
look back and think of the look upon his
tam u he tried to calm me and called me
hie wife. I know what it meant to him.
We were married, Iadmad .,f marrying
the man who lowed M, I married the
man 1 loved."
"And how r
"Nov s Is one worse than the other 1
Thank Leaven night amid day that I did
not marry you. I spared you the great-
est torture that a human soul an be
made to know—that of seeing heaven
changed to earth ; knowing that life will
anon be no better than • waking death :
of seeing the empty days stretched into
eternity, and knowing that you hat*
nothing to put Into them ; that too have
thnown away every chance of being
happy."
that this one wan should refuse to come.
1 do not think my determination to con-
oononer him had anything to do with
Helwt's going awry ; If I remember
rightly, that was a mere coincidence "
She paused. They had been walking
slowly on all the the time she had beau
speaking, and had sow reached the top
of the Fell. To Alice this ground was
fraught with associations of common
order.
It was here eh. had met Percival and
given her lave unasked. Looking back
to that time she warmly knew whether
to smile or nut. But she .food still, sad
said—
" That was a lone walk for you, i
know. Suppose we rest • little, and 1
will go on with my story."
They leaned against the fence in nearly
the same place as that in which 1)r H.a
litt had told Percival the story of the
first Mn Intone and her daughter.
They looked out over the seine hills, the
sem* bay the same village in the valley
below. fleapits her denial of a love of
nature, something in what she saw smote
Alice's heart and filled her soul with
s.laucholy bitterness.
They both stood biking for BOW link
time, and ST Catbbert main .aid—
TA most bewails' °pantry."
heo Aliso wont roe—
" At that time I bed re idea of fall -
tag in love with Percival. He intawest•
stem strays, b.eaeme he wee different
frees the *thee teas I knew, mad he irri-
tated me beea0se he world not .show
led/' my ..,--Si, end I resolved to
make him. Bake wee away for six lfi WORTHweeks, tied whom she sem. abask i was
In love with lake, .ad miposed to wiz
him Imo beat Wats- i do stet know—to
this day I d'ar't know what made me love
bin, owems M wee what Melee told vine.
wpposiste a, sed Memel) he did not Bare
lee ora I eek as 'ends, of bis as d
gayest( 1 did cot lids v. the Nan hired
ISM weld MS ewe whoa 1 sailed him,
and oaths mins dobedmiettlit ham hag.
WO thee when Reiss ammo hest. 1 told
hoe' e
she wield yam, sad Rh Catbbe,t
egas mea . :hes stow iaMeMmd his oak
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