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t THE ONE WOMAN.
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he Mesta mew &ALIO.
Tbs. bed drawieg-room uI * sty
%cam, fentiated me nowt of them
ars, with two or Ouse great easy
chairs, • Menu, cabinet aud noload table.
A bewailed bled hearth and lirtenintko
and, on the moons piece above them,
a clansmen placque, some pieces of hem -
altered braes, and two Vseetian images,
in btilliant colors. The lour wee strew.
with rugs, and ha fot• the blase of the
bright coal tire lay a large white bear
akin. The walls had the usual cumple-
spent of paintings and engraviegs, and
some amateur prodeettons in venom
shapes and shades of plush and velvet
blossomed with oomations and wild roa-
m There were boots and magaaines on
stand in cute corner. and heavy
portiwne, with their dell reds and blue.,
veiled the arched doorways of the room
and shut in its occepante to the
privilege of an uninterrupted tate s-
late.
These occupants were a man and a wo-
man. Not long age, when etiquette
permitted, they might have beat men-
tioned as s gentleman and lady, or lady
and gentleman, as it was evident they
belonged to the climate so designated in
former times. There was "an air of the
great world' about theca both ; an in-
definite subtle somettiog which is not
altogether the result of familiarity with
"mcitity,but which, when "native and
to the moots born, ' irnoreves with
one s social opportunities and expert -
epees.
The woman wan, evidently, at hero..
b. sat easily, and as if she belonged
there, in the arms of a large maroon
chair,and put out her foot to the fender,
turning it contentedly before the fire as
one dces only when sesinat a familiar
background.
She wore s dark bine dress with a rel -
vet collar out )1 which ante an almost
invisible rim of white linen.
The lines of her drapery were long and
full and plate, and her bodice was a
tnotoph ot art, attested by the fiet that
while it followed every line and curve of
her supple, graceful figure, it did not
limit or prevent ber treedom of motion
the hand bung over the side of her chair
-a long. smooth hand with creamy flesh
and oval nails, whose thin, pink lamina!
was noted in a "silver half moon.. The
other, on the third finger ot which was
a plain worn circle of gold, lay on her
ap.
'Ile man sat by the table. He had
passed the "tree in the hall, abstracted-
ly, and was still holding his bat in one
hand. A nervous looking hand -dark
and thin. He bed the cast of counten-
ance we call "aristocratic. ' Why, it
would be hard to tell. The old world
aristocracies, leading off with rryal pre-
cedents, produce 'clew* of • different ilk.
His face was close shaven, with the ex-
ception of a dark moustache which droop-
ed over his mouth. This gave him a
'melancholy eapreesion, or, in. other
words, "romantic.
"You weren't out tithe Freuch opera,
last niebt, Laura," said he.
"No,' turniog her feet a trifle, and
then withdrawing it from sidle
"You missed semething, then. They
are tine singers. But I don't see hew
they make up so well f ir the stage. I
declare I never saw such a rough lotting
set in my life, on the streets."
"Indeed asked Nfra Thornhill, In
a tone which gave evirience ef • de-
cided lack a iuterest in the French
opera.
Mr Eugene Hilliard recognized the
fact and changed the eubject.
•'What are you reading now, 1.,tire
ih, nothing special- a lite. of every-
thing. '
Then she went up tL the w in.lew
where a gilt bird-car.fe was hanging, and
picked up and put between th3 wires a
eiece of cuttlebone that had fallen to
the floor.
"I wish you would talk, Lura -yon
don't seem like youtself."
"Don't 1'' She turned on him, smil-
ing. "What shall I talk &beat The
cold May and June that as been prophe-
sied ? Give me • clue, 'non and I
will follow it up. I fear I .m getting
dull, of late, in the noble •rt of ciinver-
gallon. Help me to retrieve my lost
vantage ground. lee us make this room
sparkle and scintillate with witty foe
mots like the Penguin er/eio 1.-f ye olden
time."
He shrugged his should. re.
"Don't be fecetious. You appear best
as nature made you. It is thus that
you charm me 111,01. Why do you maks
1190 difficult fer um to toil what I came
to say te you ('
This.riestion was asked impulsii ely --
in a •1o,ck, passionate manner, at var-
iance with the remainder .1 his speech.
Mrs Thornhill realized that • criais in
her friendship with Mr Hilliard had sr
rived. She walked hack to her Chair
and sat down, facing him.
"1 shlll he very glad, Gene to know
what yeu hare 1,1 tell me. Hire you
made a successful deal in real estate, or
hare you fund wine fifteenth century
volume with illumineted testa, the only
elP7 PItanto 10 *MMe eid eirreisity she's 1
Or, have you bought • each., and will
you sail away.like Lord Ea eman,'strange
countries for to see 1'
"feomething better than either wr any
of these," answered he, *oh a burst ..1
enthusiasm.
"Better] Hnw lovely lt.„.is certain-
ly the philier,phees .erne ' Where did
yen find it I -
"oh, Laura t How very high your
imagination is 'marine teats, Please
drop three airy nethinge,and coin. down
to earth. Although it is the phoineoph•
er's acme- in a way..
"And. nn doubt. in a pleasing 'way.'
1 can dieeern as tench by your eager
"And 1 want ynur sympathetic appre-
ciation. You kr , w los•• been mob
friends for years once p
Thornhill was eat MI so suddenly."
At this reference to 'Pier Thornhill,"
Laura looked down and sighed and turn-
ed the nag on her finger
Titre years s4 elapsed sine* the even -
ten referred to : met. year committed .A
three hundred and slaty five days ; in
which time Leers Thornhill.* nand mod
emotions had betimes semoMented to the
situation. If she gav• "poor Thorn -
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"Yo lt karset„" said Mr Hilliatd, set -
Ilea Ale hat en Me Sour set drawieg
his chant nes, te here, "that I sever
llonsidera:d44:reelf a Nampo, man.".
ISbs• her head, mak set waitiag
beehive to
"Well-t7t, I'm aught. "
"No r
"Yes
'And the lady 1 The 'not impormible
she r When have y..6 been hiding her
all thm tosser'
Laura Thorehill was mill smiling as
she asked the question. The cauary bad
:moue to mug ; the firelight danced over
the blue and white tiles, and Mr Ballard
thought that the room, full of music end
lies, with Laura sitting in the deep
red chair. mailing at him, was use
uf the pleasantest plasm he had ever
been.
"Site's • new acquaintance. lt was
love at fiat eight."
"How delightful And who is *be
A Roomovelt, a Quechee busk,Stuy verisot,
or Van Itseaselaerl What is her Osumi
sad hoofs loag I For 1 know her
blood meat be very blue, or she could
not hope to wed the &stadiums deemed -
ant of the-"
"Hob. Lora! Don't laugh at me.
I expect I ha.. talked about blood and
birth like a conceited popinjay. But
I had it drilled into me, you know,
with my A. B. C's. 1)o you thick there
ia anything in 11, entre r
••The alphabet 1 Yes, millions in
it 7'
"Somehow we can't seem to get on
common ground today. You're perverse
11111-111111--.'
"4 woman 7 Well, tonnes me. Who
is she, Gene I I do not need to ask
what is Me 1 The fact that a mao of
your tote. and culture has chosen her
argues well fur her graces ef mind and
of person."
He sat for a moment, weighing her
words before replying, in a sort of depre-
cating manner:
"She is young yet, you know."
"We outgrow yowls," replied she, a
little sadly, putting her foot clICO more
toward the fire, and turning from him
as she spoke.
"She's eighteen," said he.
Laura Thornhill was twenty-eight.
"She is one of the two young women
spending some time with Mrs Bseelow.
The blends I- she- "
Mrs Thornhill had turned toward him,
and was listening so intently that she
discencerted him. A faint dull red
came into his cheek, and he lau.hed un-
1*1117.
u se. I don't understand this scrt
of conodentM1 talk. I never had occa-
sion for it before. I always imagined I
shiuld live-'
"In bachelor meditation, fancy free 1
Yes, 1 uuderioand."
"And Ire raid that to myself and you
so often, you know, that it scents very
odd to be telling you • different story,
now. You know I was Damon tc Thorn -
hills Pythias before we took you into
the partnership, and theo after he went
it has *leafs been you. Aod I never
should have thought -You will confess it
1s st range.
He leaned over and took up the hand
banging by the chair.
• She waited a moment, then withdrew
it inditlereutly.
"To be original, I will tell you, 'it is
the unexpected which always happens.'"
"You are original, Laura. Very dif-
ferent from the rank and file."
"Thanks. And Mrs Bigelow 's
friend 1"
"Oh, she is original, too, in a way.
She Ls wonderfully pretty, I thiuk. Bet
1 haven't told you her name. It is
Whilleck. Mrs Bigelow calls her Dolly,
but she has the new fad for a stately
prienomen, and writes herself Dur -
°thee."
"Is she a Middlemarch sort of Doro-
thy r'
"Well, no ! That is, I don't know.
You see it is all so new. We must
find out •bout- well, all that sort of
thing about Dorothea, and --guide her,
you know."
Leant smiled in • non committal
soy.
"1 fancy she may not care for all the
things that 1 have bees used to liking ;
but, as 1 said, she is young. you know,
end can be trained to assimilate. I
think you and 1 could educate her tio,
eh 7.•
"Most 'rung women of eighteen are
already 'educated up' to tastes of their
own ; and you clay net find her plastic
clay. On the other band, she may be
disposed to du a little 'guiding' on her
own account. A woman 1.1 spirit might
object to being married for the express
purpose of being assimilated. tehe might
argue that if she didn't suit as she was,
why did the man choose her. It will he
'nice' for you if Dorothea is • Middle -
march Derothy, and marries you, as
she did Casauboo, for your 'beautiful
"
The red grew hotter in the tnan's thin
cheek, and he pulled his monetsche with
a sort of sullen petulance
11 are Ilseglorg at woe; h. said;
"but ;Laura," and hos woke grew pi roes
sive, "let me bring her up to see you to-
morrow etening. Won't you 1"
"Limes what emoted., Genet Is she to
he presented to nes, or rather am 1 to be
presented to her as a female • entoel"
"Noosense, lours; why continue to
harp on my present inability to express
the contenonest idea 1 1 know you gel
the girt t my thought, thriewh I quarry
it but crodely. And 1 &peed upon you
to much, and shall need yea ni the
future perhaps more than new "
Mr H aimed had risein,and stood before
her, hat on hand.
"You are very kind," she mut
"And I may Ming Dorothea op 1"
"If you like to do se
. -
He reseed her hand and kissed it in a
profoundedly respectful maromr. sad
these knowing Ib. •ays 01 the tonnes,
and being no stickler for conventionality,
he 00t0. hie way, and the pertiere fell
behind hies.
The smile le Laura" lope hardened a
toile, and then dmd out.
She sat down in her dark reel coheir,
mei nal very still low • time Them. as
if ohialtieg &lordshe said: "It seems 1
love been euneiderable of • fool. -
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".4.4 .10 is Mrs ThorehillT• asked
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Degialime Whillesk, is assess to her Ise- And her dowager geteste, *Ways •
bathed hohouset's invitation Is "saline RAW !gleeful of her inteefeetemie in dna.
with how, end .9104 .s aces it lel anstela'-"1 arreseentents fur Men
her smisty. "beds,* eachataged aunteee to the
"Why, surely yea remember heels( Abet that she "didn't seem hearken -
met bee at Mrs Ougostehle's reseptioe. I hearted, and they preeemeed it was malt -
saw Mrs Benton Miro/lees you. The keg alto all bet • plutons affair with
lady is amethyst, with a buoaM like bee Inseam well as with Iona"
sett, and • feet stagy curly looks of nod- And so the weeks glided on, entil final -
%moat hair sbost her him I'm enre I ly Mn Bigelow "speeded the carting"
dole' see hoer anybody who ever ewe with the same savour fain with which
Laura could forget her." she had intimated "the ratting guest,"
"Laurs !" repeated Idles Whitloek, and *omens Hilliord was called impost to
straightemiog her slim, pretty bask say geed -bye to Donithea.
some het suddenly. Mn Thu:akin drove down to the
"Yee -Mrs Thornhill. We're old station wit!, a trilling little basket over -
flitted', you know. Her husband and I lowing with white nexcissi and • box of
were great Means" choice his hone, which she left In Duro-
"And he f''. tbea's lap when she kissed het good -
"Dead, three years ago." bye.
"Tbm 'Laura' is • widow, I presume." So life hew% spin in • new groove. Zu-
"Yes, • widow. You surely recall gene wrote to ha bride-to-be three Limas
• week. He told her how lovely and ad -
"I was introduced to so -many-all °ruble she was, sandwiehoog it in bet -
*image. Yes, I will go with you, 17 you limn 'doge and ideals of the future.
like." He was thirty and assumed that she was
Is • few momenta abs presented her- young. His letters,like kis conversation,
self as ready. She was simply dressed were oonstently beckoning her to it
as to materials (mooing from • family of "higher plane.'' He wrote out lists of
straitened mesas); but the cut of her books for tier to read, and reouteniended
cost was uh. very latest, her ha. just be- certain papers to be perused, winch she
eame her, and before drawing to her threw oro the flour, and set her heel upuo
Suede gloves she bad settled on her than, before she began to trust over bit
bosom the generous cluster of long•stem- hats.
med pink rims which her lover had Her epistles to him were on thick.
bought with him. rough piper, or it h the letters "writ large,"
It was evident that Eugene Hilliard and were out lengthy. Some people who
was either • pour ()beerier or that he talk well cannot express themselves with
knew not much of the moods of his 11- pen and iuk, sod Dorothea was one of
anion. There was • little compression of then.. She fell back into the simple un•
the hp. and • slight quiver of the nos- conventional pleasures of the country
tril, which signified that, like Jobs war- town iu which she lived, and the memory
horse, she "scented the battle afar off." of metropolitan splendors faded gradually
The Laura of the amethyst dress and sway.
bonnet must be,usetaphorically speasing, She found )lr Hilliard's long letters •
"sat down upon." She would "give this little dry. She sang in the choir, and
widow to understand-," etc. the tenor's eyes were handsomer than
But, when ushered under the portiere Eugene's.
into Mrs Thoriihill's back drawoug-roum, She often repeated tier soliloquy in -
she met this widow at her bravest- not dulged in the first night of her meeting
in areethyst this time, but in black, with with Mrs Thorubill; but af.er • time ahe
daffodil. to relieve 11. In her hair, wuro lei& off the first clause of it,and only said,
high, was a butterdy, that glittered woman like. '11 it wasn't for -her."
whenever the light from the tall we: 3Ir Hilliard naturally gravitated to -
candles struck up3n it, and there were ward Laura Thornton's back drawing -
diamonds in her small pink ears that lay room once more. But the trim, smiling
back close to bet dandy, well proper- maid met ham with many ferrets that
[wiled head. her mistress was out, or indisposed, or
Dorothea Whitlock took in the sites- particularly engaged, and received hie
tion, and circuinstauces seemed unprie card on • small silver salver.
pitious just thin fur "sitting down' up- After awhile them ifaalures to see
on Laura. Laura began to worry her friend. tie
Eugene Hilliard beamed with delight would go away pulling his moustache and
as Laurs greeted ber guest. Her man feeling MIXT, at first, then anxious, and
oar did not suggest patronage oor condo- ended by being down -hearted.
snook but it was so cordial,so frieod- Then he would write her a letter and
ly, so magnanimous in its endeavor to she would answer saying that "it really
put Miss hitlock at her *see ; it said was too bad, but, etc., etc., none around
so plainly, like the Sheik of the desert on such • day at such an hour, she would
to the traveller who stumbles accident• be at liberty."
ally upon his tent amid the mud dutmes, And such a day and such an hour
"Come in ; my aoode is yours,- that he found the smiling maid ushering him in
looked at their charming hostess until to the fans:liar room, where Ite found his
his eyes became dars!ed, and the glitter- friend awaiting him.
ing butterfly txpanded into something But whets he attempted to glide into
that seemed • cross between a moody as- the old ways, that cream -white hand,
reuse and a queenly crt ern. figuratively speaking, peened his effort..
But, between the hospitable grace of Laura talked of society and of Dorothea
the one aud the admiring appreciatiun of and how busy she was, and how she was
the other, Miss Whitlock" wanner, de- going to spend the summer on the coast
spite her rtlurts to prevent it and her of Maine She felt no interest in Tol-
consciousness that she signally failed,be not, and warded off a discuss. on of his
came crusted with • thin film of Ica merits. But she seemed to grow young -
She, who was usually at ease and er and prettier every day. He wonder-
issuer:Want, felt cc/entrained and awk- ed sometimes about tbe young English -
ward. man. but rhe reserved her contideuce.
Laura took no notice when the con When she bad really Ronson her sum-
straint gradually estenlled itself tc Nt mer'. outing, Eugene Hilliard felt more
Hilliard as well He started topics of
conversation with which Dorothea took
issue, and Laura came in, to Dortottea's
vexation, with theair of one trying to
support her sister woman's position.
And then Eugene Hilliard uolortue-
*illy suggested that wheu he and Doroth
ea inc.Ieach other better, as they 1114011
would (with • leek at the nog on her
6oger), she would endorse his °pillion
more fully.
Llorothes Whitlock made feint of
lonely and out of harmony with himself
than for many years. He sought con/bo-
lsters in his letters from Dorothea, but
"mourhed because be found it nut.'
Her letters, always bnet, were now be-
coming formal.
- He sat one morning with me et thong
to his band, reading and re -reeding it
tor scrnethieg he faded to find, when k
suddenly occured 1 him that he would
go to see her. He would take "a week
off " and see if he couldn't come book
acquitniceuce, but she bit her hp to feeling more like himself.
keep back the repudiation r.rf such an1 It was a beautiful summer evening
idea. when he arrived in the loon where abe
And Laura smiled upon them both, lived, and, and after • hasty meal at the
and changed the subject deftly, s, that little hotel, he inquired the way to her
by and by the youne guest was seated at home.
the piano doing mechanically the one It was • pleasant cottage, and in the
thing she reality knew bow to do well ; large lawn at the aide $ game of tennis
half forgetting,under the soothing...snide was in pie grew. Aiming the players
which caine from beneath ber fingers, were Dorothea, in white, and the tenor
the evident fact that it was she acd singer.
not Laura Thornhill who had been sat Of course Mr Hilliard" advent inter- .•Certa nly " Then she rang an elm- aenalitan%i sh'otihr heeiniade by roet-011106
yr i set waiti •.beg. lose.
untied the game, although he begged
epos rhe n o prod the tire to be built Moser
inc d d or
Meanwhile, Eileen. Hilliard looked at that it might continue. Dorothea felt ' 0r4er Drun• "°4d ehamc• of
Lew We, sod that, mad the ether.
had seikkei 14.10 or mid *AO 481/11. bs-
epees11 witee't like Lama. 0 1 had
hese is km with ye. ----"She Mapped time, myna oat :-
"Whet have I said 1"
"Tket's all right, Dully -if yee had,
whet thee r
"7 shiceld have bren too jadeiteW
have heed. As it wee mi made rue fieri
ores. But I dsdn't memo to tell 760 it
was your money ; I didn't indeed.
Here she burst into tears.
"But you don't know bow noiseratibe
it is being pour -you don't, nodose Aud
Mn. Bigelow said you were "such a
catch.' But I didn't waist te liv• on
your 'high pieties; sod 1 can't •114
won't. 1 just want some owe to lord
as Loa does. And 1 ma make soy owe
dresses and save, and help boot along,
and I'm sure we can ha, on his rotary.
"Yeti good little Dully! 1. sere
yes an, mid 1 wall give you a house and
lot ler a wedding gift."
"Oh, you are like a fairy godfathee
and I don't doers" it."
"'Yes, you do, Dully ! Yes, you do !
No ; keep the ring. You deserve it for
showing me that 1 do and altraga did
love Laura."
And whore he was out el the homes, he
kept booing the sweet thought to hie
heart that Laura, mid she alone. was
"the oim women of the world'. for hies.
"1 have been blind- -blind and • fuel,
to pass by such • Fru:elms gem fur •
glittering piece if pmts. But it Wall 50
much' part of meta*. I Lever meld con-
sider it -thia love fur her -as separate
from myself, until pour little Dully
showed me how it was." MENT ft. he used (reel) 3 bottles
ALd, thinking in this strati*, he mop. cored bee. I hear. mad your MIN-
' ped to inhale the fragrant ruse -laden air, A RD'S LINIMENT fur • lirokeil breast;
look at theff far osky, brilliaut with 0 reduced be tun suiteatiun and cured
eters. listen to the stir and chirp ,r1 • me in 10days
nird in some near nest ; and, lifting up flantspon. Im Mae N. Snout.
his heart no Heaven. in the el ioisite.
blissful simony of its first, grim:, only
love, he cried "Thank Uod !"
Oho (4. • eseee•15 hive • Nos oohs
tote to -'.'r ••••• with eke ides that
Ilatimately 1 wemieredwe the low*
el No 2 s feed 16100/11 why .10 .10.14
lake ply ali mid many hiss.
Sege= looked eseedelles, bet did 001
She wee "Ohm, korai" 4.1 hie%
$ demote, bet thee he deserved
it ; sad he was tabus* to neve aa Jamb
Id Reshot 11 he eel, meld get her at
leet.
Re a year west by, ie shish he ad -
deemed fusion to the liwisraise of win -
D ios her. His hoe grew glimmer, and
he looked more nettlaseholy and runientac
than ever
When Laura at lot sapi•ialeted and
n amed the day, Eitecos clasped her to
him, end milled her the mob creel but
dearest creature mao this face of the
math.
"1 samba te pmns7* you, Geom. seed
Lairs, besetting • laugh and • my.
"Weil now," used he, "you fulfilled
your intonation
'Ate you sure woe woield rather have
see- very sure --than IL/Ionthea Matbil-
de 1
itod mumbled her white hand an&
covered •i• Liens, beteren whack AA
muttered. **dent D melte.* M.ibild.'
C. C. RIYHAIIPY CO
Gritts,-- My daughter had • severe
*old and injured her opine ito she could
not walk, and intl.:red very much. 1
called in ton family physicten ; he pro-
urrunced it inflammation of the spine
and rtiminimencied IIINARDS LINI.
Pr a,md
When, ellerTin aIwayTePit., mIfeutroon rhenePer.ionaulodnenMtilrfee
bernalts
maid received bun. Laura was still wet
urani.dith _Aromatic q.
trave"tainedliollosoandlurrel;
1.
heat and dust. E
to the city, Ilia Linn act, after a complete
change of dress, was to took Laura's re- f'
sedence.
But this tient not even the smiling
of town.
He bunted among her woolen friends
for some 0110 who knew her exact address
All be could learn was that she was not
now in Mane, but somewhere among the
Catskills.
His trip to the monotains was Recces -
ful only in the discovery where she had
been • short time before.
He went home mod went down to his
office, but he wo too restless to attend
to business. He wondered where the
young Eugluohmen wo @bowie g up, now
-wondered why he didn't go back to hie
castle, if be bad Doe, which he douoted
Then he speculated as to whether Laura
might not be in love with the elan, term-
ing it over and over in his mind until he
became wildly peaks&
Agniu and again he rang her door -bell
without somata It was early to Septette-
'her when the rico Was finally answered
and he WWI again shown onto Mrs Thorn
hill's presence.
She •as on ber tailor-made traveling
gown, and the chain were to bulky grey
wrappones. The rugs had ,pot yet had
the camphor shaken out of them, and the
d k I hed w t ve
A little blase burned in the fire -place,
but it had a discouraged and discoursg.
ung dicker. There was an air about her
wLich we oillen see in those who have
_boa away end, after seeing new p.m
pad new seises, have not yet adjusted
themotelve• to the old surroundings. She
met hirn pleasantly, but her greeting wee
like a sunny day in which then is still
"a nipping ond an eater air."
Eugene the 'elf satisfied, the dictator,
guide arid counselor. felt chi:led
'And Dorethea !' asked she, kindly.
"Oh, that is over,' he replied. een-
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her back, which had • dehant, proteet- vexed, and dud not entirely conceal it,
tug air about it, and the thought noes. when, one by one, the party, after •
ed het mind that she ought to be more little desultory talk with the new wooer,
like Laura ---that it would improve her went away, the tenor singer last.
Mrs Thornhill loam(' Donohoe' when The situation was new to bit Hilliard,
they parted, and said she had "great and be did not fit it well. Dorothea had
hopes of her -she would surely make grown stouter and was not so pretty as
Eugene happy •' formerly. She was also somewhat em -
And boob these women soliloquized in borrowed. He was taken into a study
their rooms that night.
One of them pierced her Gofer with •
thorn as she unfastened the pink roses
from her b..diee. and threw them down
with • petulant, "lf at wasn't, for his
money aiid-ber---"
The other smiled at her own reflectiue
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difference
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emote with Dorothea. He would fain
have introdeced Lawn into the most of
them, that her "influence might be felt'
upon this pretty, r plaza*, unformed
eighteen She should go with them
the galleries to guide Dorothea's taste in
pictures. kihe should take Mr. Bigelow'.
Mime as chaperen, when her atteutinas
fell undividedly to her brunette guest.
She most drive with them behind hie
lible parlor and introduced to the fami-
ly. They were cordial and he was polite;
but there was no point of contact in all
the:r interests, Unlees, indeed. it
might be Doeithea. And, somehow,
that interest seemed smaller to him this
night than ever before since he knew
her.
Ile noticed that she war not wearing
her ring, and when the household,
onuntry fashion, had retired, leaving
them treether, he said :
"Where is your ring. Dolly r
"1 det..t wear it always. It might be
lost." she answered.
He took op her hand and held it •
moment. but was conscious of thinking
it very manlike Laura's.
Mr Hilliard spent • week in the coun-
try, and tried. with commendable pa-
tience, to enjoy himself -in Dorothea'.
new team, !moans* ale knew an anceh way ; mime it was evident that she
better than he how to tell "who was who couldn.t or wooldn't ini.mt his At the
tho old famine. that loved in the ion- end ni it. when she handed him his ring
poles houses, end give little inendents with biter rears, and proton prayers to
nI their Intro, and how they made their he forgiven for loving another mars bet -
fortunes, Me Beentme. really, if Dore ter than him, he was heert• whole
thee Res commie there to 11011.410 (Haight to enough 0• stroke her Meek in a fatherly
hew., thaw things, am a eleven widnan"in way. and say :
the swim" alone oroul.1 tell her. "Never mind, little girl never mind
But Lees sassily lied peewees. She As Leers wooed to say, the unexpected
had eet up • phaetow of her own. with a happees” •
"Seer:. ires was overview with spring "Laura !" He Matted at the amount
shaman, : she was attswebile Mks .4 ortorgefia enema she pot int the
enelhing woe; she was dos al
her dressmaker's. sad positively eneldn't.
lithe eutertained for Mn Bigeolow••
young lamina, and was so radiant in WOMB
adored faiths, with Cornett* Cook roses,
that she y nem Intuit catch el the sem
son was at her ethos. throeglient the
weenies. and prepared to her two days
Mtn.
• '
n ano.
"1 weal(' 1 see told you sooner 11 41
bade t been for - her You loved her all
the Imam: you know yne dol What
god. you ever think yne roved ms r
Engem, felt hie shooks and forehead
peeing red
"What maks. you think So, Dolly r'
"Why, bonito it was se. h wag
Her manner confused him. She was
so cool and aslf-poised that it seemed
like addressing a statue. 1
He told his story and told it badly;
and while he was pleading his love, acd
declaring he had always felt for her -
eV!? 51DM-well, eve, sine. it would bsve
been right -only he didn't reeegnies it as
love and thought it friendship, she sat
elope, with the little gold charm dang-
ling from her bit of watch chain, .with
smile on her face.
It seemed to him boot he had never
seeu her amile so moeb as during the
past few moment..
"Stop smiling," said he, "I eantilt
bear it.•
She left off playing with the charts,
and, risme with much dignity, left the
r grated for her to reture-tm,
fifteen, twenty remotes ! He looked at
his watch ! It was half an hour.
He goo up and walked about the room
in a sort of frenzy. She was not come -
hog back. Then he went out into the
hall sod kicked a little English pug that
rot under his feet, which immediately
was in full ery, and left the house.
"Brute exclaimed the maid, who
ran nut and, took it op in her arms,
He heard the epithet as if in • dream.
It made no difference. Mho woo. in love
with Laura and had made her &eery.
He and his love were mointemptible to
her.
Where did that dos coo. from He
would iik• to wring hie mil, Enema
neck. And he tierosly oroncleded that
he would learn to hats Mrs Thornhill es
mach as he bad loved her.
This lasted two weeks. Thee he west
aroundd anspolcessed to her, egad
showed her Dolly's nodding cards re-
eeived that day in whioth she &rend 11111
Dorothea Mathlide. lams VS'
roesly fog -cooing ; Ant when he tried le
tits her head sod greeted her beset the
day, she informeel him that the man who
wean hew meat prove that he pommelled the
power of being faithful That he might
est know it, bet it wool meetly eines-
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