The Sentinel, 1885-01-16, Page 2t.
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• ,--.4,)1/1tritoVer bi Ileit=i-ls..liestio -
(By ijlH4 Wheeler
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know t as, toy life gi,owi older, • .
• And niinti- 005 ia-aya Krer sight,
TWA 'maps' ottot rt' k Wroug, somewhere,-
---Thore lies tate root or aight, •
That etioh oadow halite purpose-- '
• • lie the tiorrOwing oft Onguessed, -•
- but -allure 011ie still brings morning,
Whatever is, is•best, .
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knoW that each sinful action,
• As Sure as the night -brings Shade,
L e some timei-motnewhere, punished,• . .
Tho'- the' hourbe long delayed, - -
tknow that the soul N aided -
Some thriewhy theheart's unrest,
- And to grow Means often:to aufferi•
TAN Whatever is, 4 best. .
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1 knOw.there (tre no errors ..
In the greatiiternal plan, -
•'And -all thiugitwork-together
For the .final good of man,
46-d I knew when tey Joni -speeds onward.
• • - lit the grand, eternal guest, -
tidied say, rook Peek earthward, -
•.Whatevert N hest, • •
DLIT BEAUT
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UL RIVER,
OHAPTEB XL
Vithe wee thuudersittuok At the
• uueupieted ciltt dig* villain who had io
deeply_ lesulted• -bet helpless, inneieeeth in-
. New York, Role ;Rowell on thieOther -hand
Was • 'deligh*d.. Hie held. , eyed gliettoed
*its eviljoys bim thin- Hp. eitried _.Inii.
:wookIu mile-•. . •
Veins," beit P014
• .eible..thet 1 find yoU alter alt
,fttillilekesehroh.? But Might heave knot*
diet soli angel Would fly to Eden I"
• Herter unutI.rsbie hid sailed -Upon
Late'. The Rope bed died ou her liple the
ookie Aid from her fame:the- :stand 6ibee
foe with 'parted lipe,.from_Whieh the •briath
mime in palpI.ttu gaspkwhile. kir Wide,.
-. terrified eyes ked the" anguished . look of
some hunted oriatilte.
He bad 001211 to betrity. her, the Geld tO
himself. ; All wth ended-now...He bad bland
•• her Ott.. He -would :tell :the. Li Reis who
• she **and hew elie had deceived them:
'SIM could -buoy ?des, :Le Roy's. teething
•. Windt of Ministunotioii:-. -She oould.inies
.gliie the lightniog *wain 81 LeOleitproOd,
aold'eY.04e . „: : . . , - • .
8111144 .the moan upon bet Hp. site:Wed
eut.in- gemstone*. des r .
T 44 Rees PoWelt, W et .has *ought: you
•- ben?" - .
T " 1 Might 'ask you. .the setae' coastline.
2 her retuned, It �irtsIl7- lister
• Mitered my_ mita that 1 shOuld lind- the
-d•iughter Of ;olds Vent a:Viettor al Eden:
: _He hadapoktne -unwerily. ' HisWorde let
• a sedden light upon bee -mind. .•
. Ile had not Maud her -here thee.' Whitti
hat'beoitebt bhn to Eden it had been,
.!Ilienth Whet clause theu tee Idietuiotation 01
BeMri Gordon.% .* •
•- Hu heat% bis_ped, With hopes:then sunk
heavily -Hewoe heti Wad he:Would
• find ter out Gould trial AO liitheile
lead hie dodge -foe vengeance for:that.;
• -- 'Obeying• 'a': sudden, deeps/ate impahee
- eheiptiehed'Open.:•the gate and Mopped out
into the .road. • • - - • .
" Yen..0.0 right." 'she seidsloitteely.- "Do
you think -that he *gond, doh Le .1tOye
would have Laurel. Vent for their -en -Mt
-MY -ereaud at: Bain .k done, !de•PoweU
Let me Piteesiit you please." . • '
He stood woo-- duintifOundiel at
;. her- coatiese, glancibig from. lier :041.6
agitated.face 'tutee- &Wets :thiemieried itt
bet even with .ostentatious Tone.
•• 'Tour errnnaill ethinineeed.. :The
flowers r .
: 44-Tattiniv
- shanitrared,.. oalnily. . 41.1 lust
take Sheol hetes. Will yotepleese to 'Amid
of 04 Way):',/driP00.111” - .•
"Pile. moment," be asid, /till hindering
beg waY.•--44-„Whero le our horn.? Whete'.
Mei 1•41.44..Youil"• " - _ "
Her !yea flashed sootufiillysueou him. -
_ Tat West oan it matter to ytitil" she
"Do you thiek I would- rieeive you ht. my
? Yetitthe clowardly-fusillter of be;P,
- less girlhood? Neter 1 I -::.hate you `-'48 '-
hots the Blin-iY• -okawling aorpent. You
heve'notbing * do with inc. Qut of my
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Ho caught-"iiev. fiercely by the erni and
• blued: : , •- - '
•- ;Isbell -lied You bet!' - Be sure Of that,
-wy ingerneitien of ba.dieliithe Nittne
'• -wben 1 dos...Laurel Vane, ; you shall /hid-
- that the -serpent you hate can -ating?“--
She erkd.tti elialie Off the bruitalgraeri•Of
-his fingers.but be *heldher in ..4 grasp of
.-steel.end would not let her we'
Tow hurt ._!ine," ;she-, said • desPeretel:
BeletiMi •My Rossll;
-„PoWeor w.1
• aoreaut for holp. 1 beer eitirriege.Wliesile• :
Owning. f-Whooter it is 1 will :eppeal-. for
.; .prOtecition." -•- - •
Theihreat liailibe.hoped-for effete'. -.He
thee,* het ion from hi-nevi-11re ikmothered
. oath. Laurel plashed quioklypatt. hint and
waked on down the Feed: A oar:isle, rate.
ided pail.; and. undo ; °over of the ciond,of.
'duet
-it raiced the-loeked furtiveI beoltat
:her -worsted .foe. Rebed entered the gok.
...of Eden ••c: and. woe Walking slowly u,e the.
-graved.. smith te the, house., ._: • • - •
"He Ia . gong theta," she said,
• Mentblipik "and, 0 goaveei -upon ' What
missiou4 He Is Mr. (Ogden% clerk, and-
eeteutatione front gete, With its irepostug
keepieg, sit in • watob--and ward. .
loomed ber arms en
theloW fence. Red: gesed'iit..the °eel light
bd elitiebithet ltakered on the gestin grim'
belieeth..the waving boughe of .tbo trees:
'Tlio. hot.: duety-teed wad dieiterpoithle. She
louged.to-go. blade and throw berse.lf .down -
10 reit, Nocuelrete -the houee•tver came.
bore -exotiet..Leou Le ROY,'ited be buesela:
dean,- _It was: fevorite haunt of Latitel's,
atuek her now thatIt would be ma
expellent hidiniepieoe:
• Sigeing at- its --loacessaibility: Laurel
bowed her heed- ou - her -blinds, id the
firet: ebiug • :that- eight of ;her
•dOwnalist oyae we the .'glitter Of the steel
key otithe leildeof tee, gets_, whers'iMr.
Le ;toy had it/adverbially left it thet
reorelog. - •
Ott, of joy Letirel blipped her -heed
throtigb the igen:bait Of tile gate, tiolocked:
it, _end iinteted. ••• : - -
. Thou she . Thienened. ..-tlie reniotest
retreaton- the grouud., little. - natural
bowie, brined -.- by the _till*: interlaigete
battik* Of Abe -treeslaid vines...•:thieegrew
InaUriaelly- Oloth• by & oiler
Meendering. stream tippling.: on with
plemnint. murmur. -Leuze' *IOW; --herself
.dOWn at the • feel: of .me in- thli eylvan
retreat, and lea:tier her head on her heed,
listened ptheivelY• to' -the song Of. the birds
.autt _the . *mica. :roirnthe of the :litik
Her -heart :beet mere calmly
ie.the tolithdi and stillbess-ililieitwitt.Ooly
brokwa by %be •sweet.soithde of netUre. A
Html. liepe ilioketet'leebey to iife. her
-"mut - . • . 7 .
" Olaties 1640 Mk* me
perhepe," shewhispered SO huailf•
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. 0114P. TER, XIL.
Itt be meautisis- Roes with his
-mind full Of his Trenetitutter- 7Leerell
and-bia. palish* .Tell With love and
heti 'coleuniegled. wended - the.way- to the.
'Welt home: of the Ls ;toys, . • ; • •
-Iewas true ;eel Laud- had itonjectueed
t bat he- had.conie On. Wtik Ileatrii
..Gold(ni. but the sudden, exciting. Meethig
witlithe deigl aiitherl-da T bier had alMost
driven..hiii employees" bu nest -out of his on hie nses, hut. ever .sfserwerd v
mind. detenninedto "get -Ulundi' this oonneoeed.in hes' mind ;Wish A Deno* 1
interview:With Mies Goedon'alsoMi.teleme; Deli.' .* - : •. _ -
tliet he *night- gain -.duo to Uses*. i• Bee -1*, Seatolir he -called .0.1**
nonfat -Laurel $ het - _ !eloon,II/ eigerseauth, but no sweet- Voir- e
dioappOintment - Walt eseavletegly: replied, 1•••• . slender, Whitleoleid t.!
at•lehen .Wth...infOrinediliket...-Miss hounded:anti-Eel: :wow ehe dark
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intiolation; that be :had but an bone to_ nets in hii . 'h for .0yril-W.eneer
. 8611001* Mak. - 94.01 Polite trees. ai. stomp. setiee•-etrY
remain-. Clerk* -.Was: tent out 1,0 bring her zoissfog love. - • 7
T.• • - .44 Iiihewati. very iitihaepy-4.hadtifituti tlef
•-Petty, Olitroe:hatiag.ieforriled forget. elistir btaAid himielf.
herself as to. the-1614Ni of -.the Visitor, ehimiged to MuChil- theught she •wae b-441
&Parted On Mr errand,- .het qui*. brain ping to. forget ..that opeode woki, ,
tilollog.wish.thhos to:av.old:thothroot000a Wentworth. Wu .,her apparent ff
- - - •enot otkly a M8ver meek Res_ •dilti
Lid Real PoWell -waited his" Utile bone, with hito.?" -
aad eaW the midget .gleabis 'Medlin/ .the Re -ordshod mething: like e-bietor. Met
"Waveiief the •widi gold, and still oeetjon • tw u 'Ids Up' at the
the Camelot. :Timpatieneebtwited tofever,, :and w t -.jibing madly thtov!;. trt.1
-beet in hie Wait,- though lit Wiie outwardly obruabOys and au cam cut Into thiN2qui3
.ealm.aad -deferentially MC' Le dell whmBea had.hiddrizi that Ovo;nitt
Ito and hot steitebt • -.. in" be! tout° dreed.of Rosi Powelt.1 Tr
• inallter Of in4ieed hire With • Re followetthe.tiourtio 01 *h. tbellttAti 4
tome link ewe, :He iihrunk feowthe keens' big etresliii :th_1 ',tele& .10-* tell he0I-lia
clear glances- of the oynioal dark eyes. They .n.inooloat one nr, ehe heee::40
;seemed to elemeitheough him mid reat-his heroin 'butte wag deal to nature'M ye'
idiellow, *She oortr.. -He felt mo.heolit oep eowned • -I ; '
Lie ;Iiiitlenemi by - .contrast with.. the •- Why r oohing her here'?"
ealMilpeond bearing - Of --Elt..Leini Le. Roy, .tered, 4.1 My -,mother
-640 -melted :ie ;Wish fieneeeled Shihae ad •istuoh liberey. Ver
anger.: " .• •••,. . • .• • b stolen -liar sway." -
;While_ Iww.elted for Miss Gordon% coni Kayin- sudden.; iance•like glet*
tug*, he .ventured nonobatalitlt 911-.00 ;leak .sikery moonlight broke through
Ing • iikeing: heughis et :the • trees and tta
'Could -they tell bim- if there wati-"a young wish -*vow of ughelehitio-white
indt e4eYieg- 'the 'nnighbeghned Shied itoitiellikg _huddled .• under -the twee
Laurel Vithe ? erne. - He went Wieser* ;melt
• " Ifibarel; • Vane-T-viliat -.11b evieets• pretty ery of :joy bre frem don, nillabai
iienie,". said ?Aro; ibenot.. upc
:believe there lc' have :never heard. the
lame- • . • •
It. is Foible; thitt she may lie.00cupy
int tome • Onnerdhlf)te .P0eitid*r. 4* - gover, -bed .71iot
demi Perhaps," suggieted Mr. Powell. • . elver, alie
do-nat.:know, .1: Wivo. never. hearkof had. wronged he
heti!' :mid- the: liostese, °Malmsey e. "-then,. here:- -; Like A:,
appettlint- te :her, son, "Have you ; Sts heteelf down wi
lieee • 7 - • -• • One end,
•'And he, in Inc blindneisisuisWered
saimi!mniamOsim.,
daAPTER
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, There wee- .geeutue Quin bn tbo aid'a
pretty, intelligeet "Joao.. - Mile Lo07 %leo
etaoratle444 -y-1;:ti • b• eat
1411. -'over tbe• gi • : ecia' ?
Are, you :-eure :you hails looked vely-
where ?" -.she•beied.- . -:
Oli, nia'atii,- I do -net think i have Oissod
a siugle apot," cried' Parioei wriegOA kr
oaude. 1.,44. I have been- 411-0Ver El,f,c4p. le
•IiVert_ - tali MEMO sho bee thro.wiP)ers 12
:hAve been out into the' road, Ind-AP:ha tap,
into Vi. - water 11.,_ . ,, -
. 7 St. Lego leolted lit . tier With -hie poi
.derreyes.- - 2 .:- - .._ .•,'-.- L - : `: I,
..., Why .shoold She lo that ?" beftial; d
her, ehrtily..--- . •• ' • -
. gni Qh- sir; lively you .knoW she 71::=....p very
iitiblite she. fettered. - . . . - .
- ' "About li-a leiter ill'L- .asked Mrs.
i
- •-• "'Ye si .Madeiza," • faltered:, tli . maid;
--1 BC -1,1 Ulla. tweeted to the do. ' Pie
weakly ..- _,• '.: , 7-t:-. - , .. if
• Op* beak • and:laid:hie strong p aide&
baud gently on *his mother's -about or mil
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looked down inte•her eroubled•fiee.
• - "Mother, do DOS be frightened," aaid.
147.I. will:41nd . Bei/Mix for you. -: .feer
lights,- and let Clark* etval here'lVieht
I .will *Mob tor the•ohild."-. •
-The Weal kindled, er.gleam of br
her breiiiii.- :She did not sie. " haw.
white h.s Own litostad-groWn ..
Ho lik het; '-and Wins - Out- lea_ e
wadi ..01 - bk. aeltippiduted misffion g
edingthe. missing girl... A-neW mem h4'el .
risen; Pieronig the tielligtit. darkupg-witlif
. shafts of mellow Hawk , 14 is. inntio. rate
the "-Whitt . gravelled I walks and .grouto! '
Marble •-1 otsittiary glimMered ghosikly - - vz
'alit wan. : Lglitirio0 apprebensin ,•wo 0
rangitillus emit .... '..i* • ..• -..
• :. 441.. -'1:afraid ale hae . thrown * oe it
intO-thi Water:" " . - . .. . -- •
h.16140. :not 1:Ith: at-...,Oli.i, .40,... ibM' :be ., o
He 1.1 Ib. pore ,opOn grounds '44
one into .the thiek thrubber4114. to dqw.
wit fall hetivilY, Mad 'the. _fragrance )2
jug
flowage: wale borne. -on InctMr. _Teel ' e
oppret _el sweitaeilei the tube rose. -
M the beight Of . Ito bloemiug, stole; ifeet:P
Rate Powell did not blow:how to believe
theta. he,..note, met her oemiug -out of.
their. 'glottides. *leaded'. with.. ilo'were ?. He
asked.. himeelf. 'Lintereet. thee. ...deli
.peOpleehed -40:Giving •.hink aboueliantel
Yrine#•._ While:he puzzled the 4nestion
eudden. solutieix presented Wig' to his
=bid. 13he Must •-:•toe: tuider an -7
_whined name.. ..These rich Le Rept oould
:haVe bed no intere.st in &Minutia*/ about
htuable little LIM*. Vane. '
!Se.did notkeow -hOW 'needy - hie thence
• onjecture :bed. hitthe .Mark. . • • -
:. Duthie ."'iitespiiiions..; glade' -hid" ill; the
more -eager to: get away. And stetter. : • If
:she had really .:.been -deter enough to hide:.
-herself under*: flooltions :iiitine,..She. Would
be all 'the harder : and; :-The die:lenity
Only made hial more.eeitiotie-hr
• aesupaed an air. of. polite regret,ond
bete* *pave hie wey to. depittnrc - •
441-are_afeeid I 'citinnot :Mies .Gor•--
don's reiturn' any . longer: thlitemining; mi 1
:hew, a•frieud -weitieg fertile- lit the hetet,"
he "lint :,indeed' -there .110 : zo,'real
he Ma peon upon some *resod to- Boatel: -necessity theat. I:should seeheretal beyond
Gordon. They will send out to See& fir* the pimiento herlother wosld exemienoe
inc Mid Inc will -lame ib. truth -I oennot itt bearingthet.1 had done mu • I will. eiell
,-go•beek, 1 sin thfrelid.!:. I must lidelnyself: spirt 14 the Morning, and .pethspis find her
tillbs is gene 1" . • •7 •• • at hone. In the' meantime." he drew two.
- Hietrenibliug•limbitietitild.:thereely.:aup,.. lettere tind-seinellpaokage.from his bread,-
port her, but elie: walked: on as fast ae the "1 am the beaeir. of : a letter- to yoU,
*mid, .her -*Mud . filled' witli'vegtie .omijeti Le Roy jean& one to Mise.GerdOtewith-ilde
three ittek-direAsitepioiOns:-.. . taOliet and Iner fabhsr'alove 1 shall be
--" Pother' Mr. Garden hail tent tor Beat- g4eaped to -,retielVe. your Answer- In .the
• elk * reinth home"I'llie *alight:dee r. .morning Were toturit NeW York." -.4-
.44.Then•-- the !Muispireay .will be He- 'presented Chem mind hewed: hieiself
disoovereid. :I -shall hi &leen away fiont. Due, so Miser . to find ‘'Llitirel, Nene that he
beautiful Eden.' :- • •• gate soiercely-a-. thought. tO .Mbei_GOedOil's
A giantlike a dag-ger'lethenet pierced her -defeetioir...._ • -
heart at Inct**tight,: She lOoltecl: -baerat . The. deepening - twibght 1.11, and :still
the -towered and: intuited menden, and neither Olatici ;or her Oiletkeisretureid.
..thiebeatidelelienelve.geounde,With Ionia! .71Ktil X.14. begitn- AO feel laide 'Hello'
en -other Most have- felt on leavbig 'se. 40 -She never:stayed -due._ like this be' fore,"
010E44 thitt• . hepatitis -:-- deepair iter -lest anxiety.' . • - • -•
.„.. The immint of the fieWere oiter ed fillet -she-- sidd to St. Leon. Oen ihe :heave
• • her Wititthe - • •- •eluded- u0;• and eloped ,withiret loirec 4m:
!'Shall. evee dere-to go book?" she thid. ;timid I have allowed het toe .mutth Wier*.
• "Am- I- going away for the last tiMe now, 'Whet de you:Munk...St. Zeteir , • .
- with no borne; :no friends 16 Tturie. 10 in There was m gloomy fimab In' hie: Om• .
roy deepaie---with nothing but Inc..tr lowers but before game
metnOty?" i.: • - • • enemieg:. in,: iermethleas teed eager,' .With
T At.she plodded slowly along :she ,eame tia genuine -Marin in .her to*
little *hide gate.iietlaitrustio lanai -Viet "Hai Inc gone?" she
imam& Eden., -Itkd into a pletueseque, 1Au bout.ago," u14 ra. L. Boy.
loolley dell', Wilk running- prawns, -.Ilety .44 W.hite Geedith...01iiritiet" •
•itiolvgteen terf, and beds- of Wild ?dn. : Le Boy, iIimunot find her
?and fern& The master anyWheth,". gaapsdthsgixl,lusfdgbt
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*Med: the her io tbk WO* ested tone. - .
011it.[-ptsictiOns4k. io the .thore
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TElt XIV.-
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thrown herself in 0
t lied with' her lotar.4. .
in his thoughta. 1 la
eary . child ' she 1244
h ter lode oheek
tte area; and waii.e*7114
deeplyi-exhanet dly, with the floWere_a .4-4
fallen !rein her &prop and etrewed iro:ift-
o ue oonfilidonjibout her. -
- Reheat his dark -head. low :ovep Wit
golden Mier-perhape to, listen if ee ' ole -O -e
-some• mOrniuted words fell-. : 11
lips.- They sounded' like - '44 My ,_
but it must have -been the wind ei
the leaves above .theini Or, puck
_minks* ritiple lif .the little stteemie S
.Leon Le1.1toy was it* proud and
nob a weeknMe.-
But he did not .0wake' her et .one1,H
• beet ovee her *Illy; andl the sliapely odd
'with ital wetly- diamond -noshing
moonlight, mov d gently over the yin -
ripples of golden tair in mute osii
thotigh.elie had been a child. ...,.. •
HOW stilitaidt-Pale elie_lay.• The hit
radianoe of the Mei/slight made her 1.__ •
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_odd •and I *hit:- it thrilled him ..iTi
. The popular oreed-why should I fry
strong. lierror.' : • :,. .. '' •i- i • ;; o fight monist it?" she asked herself, with,
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1' Whet, if it .* ere death ?!, he mufOred sinlun' g heart.. She _looked Up- into• . the
darkly, with 4 slater. 44 Death I 011! -, auk,' stern face -beside here- is :Then I need
wita a -midden, baleful fierceness, 1-vhii ,i„ never ash you to,feelmieryAR us-rryou vtill
:then ? Bette* 'death than surrender *d .ver help ne to. happiness -poor ()yid and
-0Yril Wentwoeth 1", .. . - 4 . ' dull" ehe, said. .• ; • t •
.• .. And.* redlot 'them ot "jealousy te_6 His dark eyes flashed. - , . •
heart meander- . ke l' the. keen blade?.4 ." You d'a iicii; know what you are talking
er. __ 1 - • ... i ..1 • : . - . ! 4 iibout, Mies Gordon 1" he. 'eald,... alme•ie
. . B. gamed for - naciezent it almost Vneti :Oavagely. "NJ ; never ask me *9 help you
satisfaetion on :4jiie; *kite, .•-ideepingoceji. to happiness with C ril Weneworth'. I
then suddenly :hit" ;mood changed.. r me. would sooner see .you dead II
thiug17
* ' -,teat and- dread -cable. the ' is , • She sheunk baelt appalled at hie burst of
eyes. - . •
.- " Am I mad?" hie -asked. •himeelf, ti • 44 HO ill hard and anal, proud ati-Luoifet,
. , . - . ' - : . - - i- resistlessipassion.
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bitter Aelf4eprOaoli, in- Ilk voini : he and odd as ice," she sighed, inly. ul was
Ihook 10X gently. t while •almost; ne4g.epai. if. toad to "dream that he ealled to darling in
'cloudy Inc called her ntithe aloud .: l'/:- 0 t3y sleep! -: ..eine of those 'stars willsooner
-.'. " Beatrth -darling 1" - -. . faU from the --heavens than thtit be should
. - -With &start ehe , paned her ekes. She descend to Latirel Vain. 1" .,.
saw bitn.lioidingOVer her with anineepta. •They Were at theloot Of the marble steps -
• hie expression on . his boa.. It was fgrrn•_. Aow- Znet touching her arms he led her up
ingfiereely, nimosibitterly Angry.T@-.4ital to the door, and Maned .awity.
she auseeser night around .hee, hoe twla 11 You witty go in alone and 1011 them ths.
pulsesouid he!' loeating - head, _seeRe,..4 to ridioulone finale t0. our grand tiare-that
theill and t.telio te one sweet, florae whimper, you hadiimply &lien asleep en the *awe
4.Darling- ". Bad Ishii- dreamedIt ? Was he mid, in a brunt._. air:ekes. tone. "1
--: .. - ..-- -•.-, -1:- ' • .. •.; - - - - :
it -,' but le figMent • of her altunber...ng shall qo down to the their and smoke tey,
brainV' 1 . 1 . -- i cigar. -
- - As she , struggled: . upthe put oatiir •A.ndige • wildest :etretch: of lier -girlish
to .
hands ihnt mit the sight Of his fiieii t tam could:hive niade her believe that St. -
seemed to -I from* darkly _upon her.. szy: Leen Le Roy went back to the photo Where
broke- homelier lipsaiill of fear -and 4i.)4:- he had found her -.sleeping; theat he took
Gallant .•- f -.,' • .• "7 1-'. ' into his hands ._ somof e . the •soattered
, . II Do raa' lie iiiiiii DOI lid 110(4A 0 II4 BMWS, oh which her. arm And cheek had
•gO away I,.' , • • -• ....i _ ' • - ....- „
she - wane& -"I eixi Teri e0117-17-4 him': broil thatst"heakiseedthen.ratheminas, Miseuroad hid thhinueueni In.
1 -
..••• " She bi nO6' hie , amille-she.is atom- for hie folly,
her • OW
Inc odd to
inappill. ' IOUtII4 ,proadisi' --4s' ie. BLWolnalig" rAinE°1411 Irtrmid.thsheistaireil;loved
dT.; •
,apimmumenisi $
not going to toold you, although you have
given usW1 a terrible scare falling &sisap
mi the grounds at this hour of the evening.'
•• The sombre, bleak- eyes stated at hen
'haffit4rigyhett.edly, !pie - did .‘ not •oomprebeed
16 Ohs Mr. Le Roy, has be told you all?'
she cried, °leaping her small hada tightly
ia the agony of her (molten:mit. : "Do you
hate...01e. devise me ? Mimi I go away, Ail
alone," with a shudder;:ss into the dark
night ?" ° • •
is Still dreaming," said St.`Lion Le Roy
• to himself, and with a. 'sudden 1040in Ot
pity he hent.'down, put blearing about the
small white figure, mediated her up to her
feet. Then holding her gently in the Wasp
of one erre, be egad, like one voothing
frightened child
"You have been asleep, Miss 'Gordon
and your dreams. were wild. Rouse your -
&elf now, and 00030 into the house with me.
My &bseuniotIter le greedf
! ..r.ighierted, at your:
co .
44 ;Frightened," . she repotted, 'a 'little
vaguely, and -postbag unooniciously nearer
thewarm, strong arm that held her. .
• -4. Yes, you • have been missing -..several
hours, and We have all betide great fright
about you. Cloak* searched for you several
hours, 13ut I had •the happiness of finding
you," he mild, gently. - -
44 And -nothing has happeized ? You are
Oct angry 7" she asked, the 'mists beginning
AO 0100r-ff0131 her brain. • _.
"Nothing ham happ4hed, .ezoiipt thal a
gentleman oame to see you and went ,aWay
.disappointed. • I am not angry, yet I ought
-to be, seeing whet a fright you, gave me.
Oily think of me, -Miss Gordon, riishiug
about the garden ,with •my...mitid full Oi
4 dire imaginings,' and finding you asleep,
on - *hi grass like a tired baby. Whet 'a
assent from the sublime, * the ridiou,
Mum 1" „
Shebegmnto oomprehent.all and drew
hassle, with a blush, from the 0201 that
atilt hold her gently. . • ,
"Pardon me. You were half asleep and
I •lield you to keep- you -from falling," he
said, with.000l dignity. "Shalt we return
to iihe-heuse obie ? My methee is in great
suspense." • -
• '1 am very *flys"), she began, penitently,
as she Moved on qeietly by hit side. "1
did -not meen•to frighten any cue. Yon -
yid 'wait very kind to dome tind lbok for
moo
• Liher heart she was singing Tie,Alks of
&doom She was not disooverea yet.
Her clever /WW1 that evening had thrown
her enemy:off Atm guard. :Trying *keep
the tremor out other voles, she Naked wirer,'
'platens !mammas :
Who was mY visitor, Mr: Le Ray ?" .
44 Whom do you itnegine 2" he responded.
-40:Wes-7was it Mr. Wintworth ?" she
leg -died, with artless inumlenoe 011a some-
thing in her , yoke that , be nterpreted as
hope. and longing.
• "Do you suppose • that Mr. Wentworth
-
would be - admitted inside the doors of
Eden? ho inquired, with grim angst.
. Why not ?"'said -she,
"You must knew that .we have our
instructions - from your mother," he
simmered, stiffly. '
Laurel decided that. it weeldbe in keep
.ing with her obarecter of 'Beatriz Gordon
to erne tile point a little wit a Mr. Le .1toy.
"Do you not taink that mamma is a
little harsh,- Atti. Le Roy ?" she ventured,
tiruid1W:0 W. Wentworth is good :and
nob.. end .handieme. His only 'fault is
that he is poor."
"Therefore, he is no mate for you,"' 81.
Leon answered; almost SaTagely.
"But why 2" she persilited, loitging to
hear his opinion onlhe
You aro alotoit -too youog to under-
stand these qualm', Mies Gordon; but it
ought to be partway :obvimiii to youthat
the wealthy well-born daughter of - Mr,
.6
Gordon .ehould, not dethend ta a simple
clerk without conneetiong, williont money,
and witliOnt prospeetie,•' he ansWered
alineselzu.iq aely.-
.44 Meet one take no account of love ?".she
asked, timidly. -• .
thiequal marriages Wain/ restle hap-
pily, Miss Gordon' he eiticl, his vole& full
of uaderlyiug _bitterness. '
"You would have the rich to &Ways. wed
.the. rioh then?'she *ad, ,sinOthering
long, deep, bitter sigh as ,shivawaited his
.0118W01. , =
«Oiher things being-. equal -yea," he
reaponded, 'cruelly,: and for a time they
ked on silently through the moonlit
•patha with the thick shrubberiss ceasing
fantastic, -shadows' along their we).- B.
Leon _was iniesavage mood, Laurel in a bit.
ter one. She was silently recalling bet
maid% favo,ite song::
Dimes and dollars, ;Ware and dimes
An empty pooket lil the mutt Of othrukti.
* man's down give him a thrust -
Trample the beggar intothe.duett
Presumptuous poverty is Oita °
• Knock him over! Kick him for.failing !
'Dimes and dollars! dollar* and,dimed,
An.croptp-pookst it take worst of mimes!
,
•' ".
dolt over another man's ba,Td 4anea,
ish sweetheart !"
CHAPTER X
Laurel ivent !lowly into t
Was reoeived with py by Mr
Clarice. She was touohed w
stately lady kisied her war
and when she saw the trace
dark eyes, eyes, .she fat °minion°
cued •
.aii $
she gilts All this tendon is -to Beatrix
Gordoe, the daughter of be ad iiieed,"
.ehe .thoughteadly. :04 It she ew the truth,
she would hate ras. I ii•msorr and ashamed
to think that --I heve oreete s, :seusation G
for uothiug,". she :said, with tonit ;ahem's.
41 The truth .1s, I felt •saleep elolo.ded
vett of the grounds, and do not know
When I "fib:mid liave awake .d if Mi. Le
Boy bad net found .
The meidiaid to herself
was -the meet fortnuete, :zia? her nit:areas -
had seer tam), for she bad thus -escaped
meeting Mr. ciordon% o so , She little
-dreamed of that unfor.tunet meeting at
the -gates of Eden that eve hag between-
-BM Powell and the false Be Wz Gordon.
-Laurel reoeived_the letter d the picket.
She opened the latter first, d found that
it -ooutained a beautiful set o :pearls in a
velvet -11.110d, BMW/ loather
Iy8,41:::.;u31'sialswtwimillehh:pi:hvit:wY,bve:hae-twa.ollueatio-gliii°110hv;teelauti:: 04°10661f12-,(14:tertet;tleterilreaprz-114):1141:1::thewebild:rlanse.i.
ref/option." - • .
"Oh, •pray -east on my
.aoobuitt„" p‘nted Lettrel, growing orb:aeon,
and .frightened all at once. 0 I -should no
like it :indeed -that •is, I eau Mani
would not. Items not coo out yee you
know."
"Very will, my dear, I
unless yeti wish. I am rathE
you do not care forit, I am 3
Neoluition.,and quiertnyself.-
it .must be ver dull for a pre
o house and
LO Roy end
en the proud;
y en tbe lips„
f tears in the
stricken end
hat it surely
all not do so
pleased that
ther fond of
ut I fancied
ty.younggirl
like you," rep ied Mrs. La Rev, kindly.
44 Dull!" cried Laurel, ith shining
eyes: "1 have novae b.een a he.ppy any- .
where in my life letr i
1. Butahe bald to herself .th t- she 'Would
never wear -the -jewels, the' tiful,:akin.
in% moon,white pearls, never ' She would
mud them at the first oppor _lenity to the •
tree Beatrix Gordon. .
And while Mrs. Le Boy !adored oar
her iznpilAvd words, Laurel .opened *4
read /tire. Gordon% letter.
When she had -finished, she sat for some
little time in silence, musing vely, with
-her BMW' hands looked togeth in lier .
-"Dose your letter trouble y %Dodd.' "
asked Mre.Lo Roy, seeing how grave and
anxioue she looked
The girl looked up.
"Mamma and .papa are a ut *take a
little Southern trip ler th benefit of
merlons% :health," she said 44 /lemma
dread's the beginning. ot ant inn in New
-York:, The changeable weatb effeoisher
lungs unpiessantly.- Slie .11, written AO .,
ask if 1 wotudlike to *mom yr thene.'-•
"1 have received a letter -4f the saine
import from Mrs. Gordon," shattered the
lady.' "SL. alkwe you to a your tholes
.r
in the matter -to go with her remain at
Eden with me until she return." - *
• Laurel gave her a wistf 1inquiring
gianoe trout her expeeeeive ey .
The lady interpreted it Par b.'
" I shall be hippy if you eat -to remain
with me that long, my child," she answered, .
cordially, in answer to that natie question.
is Then I shall stay with yea. I domot
want to go from beautiful
Laurel, qtuoltly. _ ear. 1
"Thank you, my d
your preferenoe," Le
smilingly
Little more than two 1310121k, 'ago /fro. .
Leroy had been vexed beyond' measure at
into . her
girl's untu-
ay into her
itethatSt. '
Os of the
intruder had given way -to 41221 d toleration ,
f
that sometimes relaxed into a genial oour-
telly. That stately lady had he own plans,
and it watt no part of them for Beatrix
Gordon to leave her now. Bit. had written
to Mrs. Gardon and welded 'her plans to
her, meeting with that lady's cordial
approval. Their mutual desitos and plans
for Beatriz boded no good certainly to Cyril
Wentwortleahappineea, 4.• '
!
Laurers heart beat with mid en hex and
dread when she heard that oes Powell
was coming again to Eden; but ()lariat
gave her, unperceived, a swift telegrePtie
look implying that she would image theit
all right, and Laurel, confident 'a the clever -
nets of the maid, felt her
grow earner and her nervous
When Laurel want to lie
..
den" .cried
gratified by
Answered,
the intrusion of this strange
sacred famiiy circle. Now th
toredfgreces had won their
heirs, and she saw with ple
Leon's first studied avoid
Ming ,heizi
ass subside.
room
night she wrote to Mrs. Ge ea*
ker for the gift of the beautiftg peak.
-
expressing her desire to tainAln at Eden
during the Southern tour. larioe, who,
iu addition to bar otheracoomplishmentar
'Wall a Clever ohingraPillet, copied this.let-
ter over into a clever Inattation, Bee,trix
Gordon', writing, mad made it ell ready for
Mr. Powell when he should Gal for is the •
teat cbty,
' Umtata pot *appear at
(Varies her
'mouses to Mrs. Le Roy wi the meet
innocient air in the world, Her 'young mis-
tress had contracted -a love
trona her unwitting nap
and dew the previous evening
very natural Revenge. * No or
-of • doubting it. A -delicate r
and toast was tient up to the Seffarer
spent tlie day' on her *ft conch in
ened room, end of course, quite
unwell to iete her itieltoe whom he WM; _
Eons Powell remitted the letters for Mi.
Gordon. and went away without giving
much thought to the Mit thst he tad net
seen. Miss Gordon. His. mind was far
more eiercised over the fait that he had
been utterly unable eo find Lam* VIM.
(To be oontinnecti [
headache
is night air
' It wawa _
'dreamed
of A011
The largest stationary e.ngltie in the
world is at the famous sun min* at
loriedensville, Pa. It is known Ss Inct-
"4 President." and there is nc0 pumping
engine in the world that can oompand
with the monster. The numboi Of 0110411
driving -wheels are thirty -live foe in dime -
of water raised every -minute 1. 17,500. -Th•
ter.`ind weigh f °Ay tons each. The sweep -
rod hi fertY feet long. :the oyliu els kW
drat and ten inches in &islet ea gm'
piston -red eighteen inobeoin with ,f
tot vainly 1" he Wed, "1, to *Ake myself se ettele400t etrehe•
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