The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-01-21

or NOT think of her face. Well, she should
have boon my wife, and IL might have been
a different world to both Of Us; but there
were meddlers. I punished one Of them:
he'll at least do no more.
'Torimer was a scoundred and a coward
by nature; he was q %favorite with the world,
for he had what the world approves OF I'M
limited wealth. They toadied him at Elton;
and when he ought to have been expelled
from Oxford he found some internal tool,
who for a good round sum Of money took
tho whole matter on himself. Perhaps you
may have seen the man in tow some ten
years ago-a huge hulking fellow with al
unhealthy countenance, lips full Of lust,
red hair, and eyes like n fish, II so you will
remember how mothers and daughters used
TO run after him because he had eighty
thousand o year. But the man was full of
cunning, and was not so easily to be caught.
The first time l had seen him for years was
in the Nevilles' drawing.roonl. He had met
them, il seems, abroad-at Florence, i
think, I could see ut once that the fellow
came there because Of Sihyl-tEere was no
mistake in that Neville himself was q
s%pendthriit an men are beginning 10 won
der how loug be would hold out againstthe
Jews.
'0Of course, twas the old story. Yes, l
told the child Iloyed her; but she could
only cry; so I kissed her sweet lips. and
she chung to me rs If her heart would
break.
go Guy, she said, they make me mar
~ him"
"a poor weak fool" continued Guy. Il
daresay youll think, to be persuaded. But
what is q girl to do against the designing
of a shrewd father and a mother who is the
incarnation Of cruel clevernessY Mindyou,
It's not with a woman as with a man; the
one cannot, the other can, set ut naught
the command Of parents. And they had
tried TO poison her against me. Perhaps
in some measure they had succeeded; but
II nothing else did, that parting--how
plainly / can see Il all, and feel her cling
ing kisses ~nowl-showed me how much she
loved me.
"'Guy, pity, pityr she said. Yes, l did
pity her, for / knew the sort Of future she
might expect with LOrimer. knew, from
the cursed look Of jealousy which
%oyeispread his yellow greasy face when he
saw the terms on which j was with the
whole family in the drawing.room, how
he would watch her footsteps and dog her
doings; how there was no trust in the mans
love.
mo use TO think of that now. They
were married, and Neville fully attained
his object of freeing his estates from the
descendants of Israel. About the same
time I went Of a long yachting cruise mp
the Mediterranean, and then in and about
the coast Of Palestine. Thought Of Sibyl?
Yes, poor child, often enough, But what
good could that doY / met ONE men Rt
Corfu, who told mo that Mrs. Lorimer did
not go out n great deal in town, hat Lori
mer seemed TO keep her in to an absurd
extent, and that they were now staying at
a villa which Lorimer had bought on the
Adriatic side Of the Italian coast. As l
say, ] was beating about with no particular
object IN view, and il Was accident as much
as anything else which Induced me TO sail
the yacht in that direction on hsr home
ward trip. As luck would have 1t, we had
scarcely got farther then the Calabrain
coast when q heavy storm compelled US 10
put in. A glorious spot, aud a perfect nat
ural harbor. The high cliffs, blooming
with citron and orange trees, surmounted
by q lonely looking house. / asked its
name: The villa Of the English signor
Lorimer.'
"'Kismet once more l whispered to
myself. had not been an bour on land
when / met LorimeT. His manner towards
me was entirely changed, No trace ofsus-
picion or reserve; his ait wa that OF gem
uine hearty hospitality. / must come to
his villa at once; they were quite alone,
aud Mrs. Lorimer would be delighted to
see me. Well, / went; nor do know
whether ] ought to be glad or sorry that
l did.
Poor child! how she trembled when she
saw mel how her hand shook! how i'm
ploring was the glance Of her eye, as /
praying me 10 save her from-what, or
. vhaV,g L 40.V1l 1NuaF Toe "a 1..HG ga. 80
two days, would / nOtG That sue said when
Lorimer had left the room. l noticed that
in spite of his eiTusion of manner towards
me, she scarcely dared look at me when he
was there. The evening explained his
change Of demeanor. the brute had taken
to brandy. That night / could not sleep,
or il at times / vent of into an uneasy and
ftful slumber, / fancied / could hear the
sound OF moaning, which disturbed me,
and would, were | other man than | am,
have almost terrified me.
"Well, the next day Lorimer had 10 look
ut some horses at a distance, and Sybil
walked out into the grounds with me-
There was q kind of arbor in one portion
o fthem, almost oyerhanging a sheer preci-
pice of several hundred feet, n lonely place
enough. Beyond and below was the sea,
and u little out in the ofing was the yacht.
Great Heaven, how altered the child wasl
All the brightness in her eyes had gone
out, and | could see as 1 looked at them
that they were red and heavy with recent
tears. But l saw more. The breeze blew
back n portion of her light sleeve, and there
across her arm, was a livid blue mark as of
"A blow with n whip. She saw that / had
noticed il, and the tears came.
Arthur, if there is one moment in my
life which / AVE wished to live over again,
it is that. She told me everything. And
now, she said, that he has taken to bran.
dy, / sometimes think in fits of mad jeal-
ousy he will kill me. am sure he would.
if he saw me here While she was speak
ing, the child cast u glance of feyerish
longing upon the Sea Fan, my yacht. in the
distance. | knew what il meant-knew
that hut a word was wanted from me-
Great Godl what wa / to do2' and a look
Of unutterable anguish came over Guy
Gervayse's face, Had / said that word,
It would have ruined her; yet / would now
give worlds to have said it. 20 Guy Ger
vayse,' she cried piteOusly, who will help
mer And her head dropped upon my
shoulder.
"There was q step at this moment on the
pathway. 1t was Lorimer. 80 | nave
found You, madam that was all he said;
but the look Of iendish hate and he glare
of jealous rage which came over his bioat-
ed countenance, / shall not forget.
Something impelled me not to leave
the villa Frontign0that evening. At night
Lorimer resumed bis former g~ood-humor
towards me, and finally drank 80 deeply
that his senses were ~overpowered. Well,
the fellow went TO bed, and / to my room.
l had not been there a dozen minutes when
there was a light tap at my door. II was
Sibyl. There she stood, with those long
golden tresses floating down over the robe
of spotless white, Guy, she said, Il have
stolen away for a minute-he sleeps 80
heavily now-to implore You to leave here