, 1869-03-21

EAE uANC ulE4 ACAuUh 4G4AE W A{lQ5E4l n0H
great would be ,he pity OF such failure as
would 10 his. he was quite as alive as
she could be to the fact TINT work at the
bar. either In London or In Dabltn, wonld
hare po charms for him now. The pros
pec: Of tnch lie Was very dreuy 10 him.
q life Fould be very dscary to him. And
then be krcw, he thought that ne knew. .that
were he 10 offer himself to Madame Goesier
he would not 10 truth be rejected. She had
told h4n that poverty was a trouble 10
hi@ ne neea be no longer poor. OF course
h!s service II he should choose to stoop and
pick 1t up. And 1t Was not the only money
That such marriage would clye him. Ue
had acknowledged TO himself more th N
once That Madame Goesler was very loGe!y,
tnat she Was cleScr, attractive in every way,
ana, as 1ar rs he gould see, blessed With
the world that would help him rather thin
mar him. What might he no. do With an lu.
dependent scat In the House OF Commo.s.
1uo hs Joint owner OF the little house IN rark
Lane! or Ill careers which the wcrid could
o.! oi!sE to man the plsasanteft would then be
telnpier," be said at last q Lady Laura,
IT Is unklLa Of you to say that, snd un-
grateful. l would do anything on earth In
my power to help you.'
Nevertheless you arc temptes."
~ know how IL ought 10 hare becn," she
said. know very wetl how 1t ought to
have been. should have kept mgselt free
s1ll that time whea ne met on tho bsaes Of
well with us.'' e''
III do moi know how that might have
ocen, J." said Phineas, hosrsely.
You DO not know but know. OF
dagEers when you have told me, from time
10 Time, Of your lore for Violet You have
been c1ucl-neejlcBsly cruel. Men are 80
cruel! Bat for I'LL th1t have known that
! could have kept you-had 1t not been too
la.s rssp = aes SSn :Raas ss.t = me- Will you
ul courac you would have been every
Of Violet then"
"That Il the only kind word Jou have said
70 NE from that day to this. TRY to com
been 60. But iii That /. past - aud % zone S1s ans
done have had my romance and you have
bad yours. ~ you are Z man. 1t Is natural
that you should haye been disturbed bv a
double image. II Is not 20 with me-"
And yet you can advise me to o1er mar
Fiaeo to womeu-a woman whom am to
seek merely because she Is rfch.'
"Yrs, do 50 advise you. You have had
yonr romance, and must now put up with
reality. Why should so advise you but for
the interest that have in 5ou: Your pros.
pctity will do me no good. shall not even
be here 10 see 1t. ! ehall ncar Of It only as so
many woman baufshed out Of England
hears distant misunderstood report OF what
Il gong on !o the country she has left. But
still have regard enough-t Will be bold,
and, knowing that you Will not take It amIss
rot say love enough for you-to feel desire
that yuu-should not be shipwrccked. Slnct
We ftst took you io hand bet ween us, Barring:
ton and ], have never swerved In my nnx'
iety on Your hehaN. When resolved that /,
would be better for us both that we Should
be only frieEds, did not swerye. When you
you'd talk to nc 50 cruelty Of your love 70,
| Violet, did not swerye. When warned
! you from Loughlitnc. because IJthough'
there was danger, I did not swerve. Whe1
| cause Of my husband. / did not svervs
When 1nT father was ha1d upon you, dlt
| not swerve then. / have ever been true Il
| you. And now thai must hide myself and
.,,,s, e ,a,sx,as' aud be seen no noFs' am sra
"Laura-dearest Laura" }" he exclaimed.
| All, no" she said, speaking with e
touch Of anger, but nll in sorrow. +" It mus
not be like that. There Is no room for that
Nor do you mean 1t. do not think 50 III o
you. But there may not be even words q
! affection between us-only such as ma
fIiend.''
You are my itiend," he said. stre.chto,
out his hand to her as he turned away hi
face. "Tou arc my friend, indeed"
Then do as would have you do"
He put hls hand into lis pocket, and ha
port Of showing !: to her. But at the me
Incni the thought occurred to him that wcr
he 10 do so, then, indeed, be would he bouut
forever lie knew that he was bound foreve
bound forever TO his own Mary but b
dtsred 70 havo the privilege CT thinking owe
| EY1~t JNun 0y1rA YyYerS frfSr4 NN n11Su
ed 1t even TO his dearest friend. He had tol
her That she tempted bltu. and she stood b
, fore him Dow ns q temptEess. But It coul
: be possible that ehe should not tempt In raj
;. then that letter In his pocket must new
, be shown to her. In that case Lady r.au
!. must never bear IRON lis lips the nam:
!, Mary Flood Jones.
: He left her without any assured purpo o:e,
without, that Is, the assuranc. 10 her Of AZ
nsd wSrh hSFe M Ses T:nea ht weee
: reAc-or not to be 1ead-the second TIM
: and he had SIN that Interval before he ne
= decide He went 10 bis club. ard betosc
5 dincd be strore to write line to Mary b
!, that II was impossible 10 do 80. Though
y did not even suspect himself Of an htent1
= to be false, the idea that was In his tnl1
: made the effort too much for him. He p
= the paper away from hun and went dQV
:. aud eat his dinncr.
| ~ wills 5akulu0Sy au4 tuttC NAS uu 0Uu
/ in the evening. lie had remained In Por
= man Hquare with Lady Laura TIL near sew
: O'Clock, and was engaged TO- 20 out Ia Il
. ereDlng to d gathering At Mrs. Gresham
!, huuse, Everybody III London would
.. . there, AID Phineas WAS resolved that IS 10.
as be was ID London he would be seen
, | places where every body wRs seen. He Tou
Certainly be at Mrs. Gresham's gathering
: but there was an hour or two before he net
40 home to drrss, and Is he had no,hit
To do, he went down to the smokiae-uo
, | ofhls club. The hcats were crowded, but the
was one vacant and before he had look
about him to scrnt}nf1e his pelghborhocd,
found that he had placed himself With Bu
teen on his right hand and Katler on his lc
There we're no two men in all London who
, he more thoroughly dislikcd; but 1t was Il
late for him TO avoid them nov.
They instantly attacked him, frst on 0
siio end then On the other "91 am te
you are going 10 leave us,'' said Bontecn.
{ "Who can tare been 0l.natuled euonsh
whisper such thing :" replied phine IS.
II you," said Ratler. ~ thi1k know aires
{ pretty nearly how every man in the Ho.
b WIN rote, and have not got your mai
n down on the rIehl side"
a Change 1t, for heaven't sake" said Ph
u ~ viii, if you tell me seriously that
b. may," said Ratlcf.
7 my op!on.on is" said Doutcen, I" thu
- NAn E0Cutu DC knOWu Cl&QET Us IrltQ4 o
I foe rcspec. declared fo:."
u . Know me as declared foe theu," s.
- phincas, !" and respect me-"
"Thst's alt very wel1,' said Ratler, IT
i means noth1re;1 Eve always had a sort
very grand thing 70 be independently
H "The finest thing 10 the world" said B,
Id tccu; "on1y 80 id useless"
Is But man shouldn't be indenende1t a
an stick to the ship at the stue time. You /;
set shs t1G1 DE Eou cause ana how sca up
" ~ hadn't thought OF The calculation
"a "The lact.is. Finu," eald Bon.een, "y
Id arc made Of clay too lite for otacc, l
In yonr couutry. You arc the crAndest hor
In the world to look at ont on pra'ris, |
10 you don't like the slavery OF harness."
ne And, the topnd Of whip oyer
Of shoulders sells us flcking-does 1t L
= II shalt show the list 10 Gresham to N
row." said Ratlcr, !" aud Of course he eau
as hs p1ea.es bnt I don't understand
kind OF thing
"Don', you be In q hurry" said Bonte
ur "l'tl bet you soyereigu Fun ro.es With
=. get. There's nothing ike being little
ay eretgn, Ratlcz, that Finn gocs ont into
lobby With you aud me against Monks BIZ
Phlneas net being abe to stand aug N
OF this mcss unpleasant ratllcry. got up !
went away. The club WAS dsstasteiul to hl
s. and he walked of aud sauntered for a VT
ct about the park. He vent down by the Dr.
Of Yotk's column as though he were going
th h!s oRce, which OF course was closed
m this hour. but turned round when he 1
ry beyond the new public buildings - bnl
ou inEs Which he Was never destined
ut use in thcIr completed state -
ntcre the gates OF the enclosure and va
dy dered on over the bridge across the wat
a. be vcnt his mind WAS foil OF thoug
IT. Could It be good for him to give up eve
q thing for fair lace He swore 10 him
lat that Of all women he had ever seen u
.as Ket the hMtttcxt md The deares4 md