Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-11-11


ough station he caught glimpse of
a form with which he was familiar;
he saw face he knew we'll 1t was
Miss Devonport. Did his eyes de-
celve him She bowed to him as if
nothing had passed between them
But it was Lionels turn this time
And he remained still and mo-
tionless as marble.
Two years had passed away Hen
ley had reached his father just soon
enough 10 be at his death-bed, and to
catch his dying words. His two sis
ters had both married. and he had re-
turned to England the owner of his
fathers estate, Wickham Manor. As
for the Miss Devonport affair, he had
striven hard to forget it all but, in
spite of all his efforts, he could not
banIsh every remembrance of it. He
was not the kind of man to carry
about with him the traces of an over
whelming sorrow. He was still young
had wealth; his digestion was unim-
paired, and he en- njoyed life keenly.-|
But whenever his thoughts recurred.
as they did often, to his hunting
days at Marlborough, Miss Devon
ports image was never far off He
could not forget 1t, brave and resolute
though he was. Great as was his
selt-control, there were times when
he showed that he carried about with
him traces Of a life.s sorrow. There
are some men who can love but once.
although their number is extremely
small. Oliver Henley was one Of
these. He had loved Miss Devonport,
and he did not feel disposed to love
any other woman. That was all.
About two wears and a half after
the Rattleberough affair, Henley was
staying with some friends in town.
There was to be dance in the even
ing and the party assembled at the
breakfast-table were full "F the com
ing event "By-the-bv, Henley" in
quired his hostess, "llave | not heard
you say that you were at Oxford with
Mr.. Hughes, the gentleman whose
mining property is so immense p
! es, Of course. Henley had been
anu " iirIb w SiS hIOtt- iIE LOlNi Ltl' 4eLAl
though not without a pang Of regret,
he knew Mrs Hughes-a little. Per
haps he should hardly recognize her
now.
Then, Mr. Henley, you Will see
two old friends of yours tonight.
Oliver said nothing beyond that he
shonld be very glad. Nor did he
e Il I l. i
whose mining property was so i'm
mense - but he wondered how he
should meet the Mrs Huges, who had
done him what he should ever think
so grievous a wrong.
The evening, came and when Hen
ley entered the ballroom the greater
number Of the guests had arrived
The first person he caught sight of as
he entered was Mrs. Hughes. He
recognized the Miss Devonport of 9th
er days at glance. The face had
changed little, perhaps, but very lit
tie. And, as he looked, the hair did
not appear quite so black as it had.
While he was standing looking at her,
she (Mrs. Hughes) came up to him
'Hr. Henley" she said . ] cannot
say how glad, how relieved, / am to
see you. for more than two years
nave Ionged to 90 So IAN you Tor
give me for what passed between us
when last we metz No; l am sure
you cannot. But when you know ey-
erything, | think you viii. There
was mIsaPprehension between US
Dut YOU snail near everything by-and-
by.
But Mr.. Henley could only make
some lame remark to the effect that
by-gones were by-gones. w ould Mrs.
Hughes give him the pleasure OF
dance by-and by: Gladly. And Oh
Iyer duly lndorsed hIs name OH the
programme OF the wife OF the wealthy
Mr.. Hughes.
The dance came it was a waltz,
the same tune as that TO which he
had danced with her when then she
was Miss Devonport, more than two
years ago, in the ballroom Of the
Egerton Arms, at marlborough.
" hen 1t was over, they strolled into
a conservatory adjoining. Henley
longed to say something about the
old days. but she had promised the
explanation, and it was for her to