Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-09-19

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tho picture In your trunk. and showed
u to me-" A great light here burst on
Vano, and he saw at once the thread By
~hich this preplexity was 20 bs unrav.
eied. lie now had a clue to Madalcin's
altered demesnor; with delight he saw
that she dii not suspect tho secret OF
HE accident, and remembered, with 2
shudder, how nearly he had betrayed
himself. He recalled their conversa.
ton OF the morning. and saw that. igno-
rant Of Miss Grey's suspicious he had
he eIped 10 confirm them. But how was
he to extricate himself! He could ex-
pIa,. the affair Of the pictures but would
not tn 4 involve another explanationi
for II ne informed Miss Grey what he
did not mean. he must tell her what he
did mean. and this was only getting cot
Of one dfieulty into worse Que. Mad
alein con strued his confusion Into shame
for HE error, and feeling that she had no
right 10 extort his painful secret from
him, said In soothing voice, "Pardon
me Mr., Vane, ] have no claim on your
confidence, and | should not have men.
toned the picture. had not thought
your sister had told you she had shown
Il to me-" and an impression received
from your conversations tue morning,
that you alluded TO circumstances con-
nected with that picture" 81 perceive,
Mss Grey that we are suffering under
mutual deIusion. In my attempted ex-
plsnstlon thls morning nothing was Tar.
ther from my intention. than to account
to you, for the picture, which 10 In my
possession. and en- deeply Rrisyed that
you could so readily at tach dishonor to
my conduct, in q matter Of which you
know 90 little. have been conscious,
fos q long time. Of being. for some rea.
son. under your .displaasure, but do
not know that deserved ". unless my
interference between you and your de.
sire TO ride an unmsnageaLle horse,
might be construed into an imperti-
nencs; believing you considered II such,
I sought an apology this morning.
This was simply the truth, 40 Mr.. Vsre's
spurious accident v5s Intended, as moth
Ing more, than an interference between
MIS- Grey and her desire 10 ride dan.
gerous horse." But how was Miss Grey
to reconcile this assertion, made with
such an air OF diQnifed csndof, with the
confession Mr.. vane had made. IN the
morning. that "he had been tempted.
besond the power OF resistance. to tribe
with awomsn who had loved him!"-|
Miss Grey simply suggested the discseP-
ency. III did not comprehend your
meaning MadaIein, for you said nothing
about the picture then. you remember,
and I supposed you were accusing me Of
disrepsct towards yourself. Forgive
me, hardly knew what was talking
about" Although MsdaIein longed 10
know the history Of the picture. IN felt
that there was something In their con.
OF the morning that had not
been satisfactorily explained. yet wo-
man, where she loves. trusts 90 foni,y,
hat to MsdsIeln, her lovers explanation
seemed murs than she was entitled 10
after her unjust accusations. She con-
graduated herself, that the original Of
the picture was not rival. and was no
lcss surprised than pleased. when Vaue
vo'ontsr''y ssxeo PERMISSION 70 te'' nef
all about IT, Tor she was TOO proud TO
EXHIBIT any uneas'ness OF curiosity III
was painted. he ssid." by = young artist.
who had been an unsuccessful suitor OF
my sister; and AZ. love, no less than dis
tance, ''lends enchantment" to the love-
liness OF q mans mistress, Mary's adj
mrer, accordingly. portrayed her win 2
partial pencil: but ne wisely recovered
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