The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-24


the speaker-the more SO, as he was bronzed
Not know me, Walter ?? asked the man. is
Cousin Reginald quite forgotten 2"
Reginald This is indeed an unexpected
meeting = replied Walter.
'On both sides said Reginald, for l only
landed this morning, and have not as yet re-
Then You have not heard of our misfortunes?'
asked Walter, one subject being uppermost in
his mind.
Let us go to the cafe at the corner where
have ordered dinner, and came out for stroll
whilst 1t was getting ready
Walter made no resistance as Reginald placed
his arm in his and led the way to the cafe.
When they we're seated, Walter told Reginald
all that happened-how loss had followed loss
during this terrible panic until the house of
Manwaring aud Company had fallen also.
Reginald would have been harder man than
his long residence abroad, and the sensual life
he had led there, should have made him had he
been able to have listened uDmoved; and he
either affected to be touched, or he was really
So by what Walter told him. But he declined
to accompany his cousin to Charges Street when
Walter rose to go there, after pleading want
of appetite as excuse for not accepting Regi-
maids invitation to dinner.
Shall you be in the city tomorrow asked
Reginald.
will be much to see to- replied Walter. Good
bye-I wish l could have welcomed you home
with better newsl And so they parted.
Reginald fingered long over his dinner, and
drank freely of champagne He was evidently
h-s- --ith thoughts that troubled him.
walter saw nothing more of him for some
days, and not until Cedar Lodge had been adver-
tised for sale under the bankruptcy.
Walter was engaged with Mr.. Macpherson in
his private counting-house arranging deeds and
payers, when Reginald was announced.
- Mr.. Macpherson rose to leave the room, but
Reginald stopped him. Don't go, Mr.. Mac
phersan; how do you feel-haven't forgotten me,
! la hope as my cousin had! Well. Wnlto- -
AS well as can hope to be- replied Walter.
Such business as l am now engaged upon is
neither conducive to health nor spirits.
Well, when things are at their worst they
must mend, folks say. have been down to see
the place at Kensington. Nice place-cbarm-
ingly done up. have called to know whether
it must go to the hammer, or whether it can be
had by private contract
perty by yalusat6Gf2 luat 6Gf2urt can dispose of the pro-
deeply. 1T would be something to save ~
! those brutes, the brokers'
Well, Wen see, said Reginald, curtly. Sad
affair this, Macpherson. Plenty to keep yon
! company, however. Well-good-day, Walter
| l see you are busy. Good-day Macpherson;
! something will turn up, I've no doubt, when all
! this is settled. And so saying he walked out
whistling as he went, but not from want of
| thought.
The failure of Mainwaring and Company had
not left Its unfortunate representatives without
| friends. In less than twelve months Walter
was engaged at liberal salary in a house of
repute. His father had never recovered the
shock of his bankruptcy, and was content to
wear out the day in futile calculations as to the
cause of his ruin. Mrs Manwaring had u set
tlement from her father of some i've hundred "a
year. and the family was placed therefore oe-
yond the reach Of want. Walter had small
house at Hollaway, and though 1t might have
| been put into the conservatory of Cedar Lodge, 1t
was yet made sufficient by the love and con-
tentedness to be found within. Emily did not
accompany her husband TO the city as here
tofore In a brougham, but she walked with him
| tn mOunt
omnibus, and met him again on his return Mr..
Ralph Mainwaripg had lodgings near them, and
managed wonderfully well on an annuity of
fl56 which had escaped the wreck in Sago
Lane.
Cedar Lodge and its belongings had been pur-
chased by Reginald who, more than once had
| invited Walter and Emily to visit him in thoir
| old home Bat Il acquired more resolution than
either POSSESSED at the time to look upon the
scene of the happiness they had KNOWN and the
invitations were declined But as time v ore en-
Emily and Walter upbraided themselves for this
weakness, and felt that it betrayed an unthank-
fulness for the good that was still about them,
and the next invitation was accepted
As truthful chroniclers it must be confessed
that the old happy home was not revisited With
out some pain-some regrets. 1t would have
been strange had it been otherwise. Reginald
received them with great show of kindness.
am glad you have come at last. You will
find little altered all was so perfect, he said,
leading the way to the drawing-room. Emily
was struck to see how all the old arrangements
customed place; almost the same flowers in the
window-stands. One OBJECT however was
wanted. and marked the change of proprietor
her pet canary! No, he had shared her expul-
sion.
After luncheon Walter went to call on lady
who had been very kind when the great trouble
came and Emily proposed 10 look through the
conservatory whose treasures had mostly been
nuTtured by her hands. AS she was about to
leave the roSm Reginald said,
''Stay moment, Emily want to speak with
you.'
Emily looked somewhat surprised.
i saw he continued, that your quick eye
noticed that you had beenSpresent here though
absent. 1t is true-I have disturbed nothing.
Eight years ago you sent me into exile
T. Reginald?
Yes you-you rejected nay love, and-as
still believe-because l was poorer man than
Walter. l am not so now Emily. j know that
You loved me better than you loved Walter.
never have lost that conviction. l remember a
hundred evidences of it. You married the
richer man.
4 married Walter because loved him, said
Emily, warmly.
Il do not believe that your love was all with
him-I cannot, will not believe it. You see how
| have thought of you; here is a home worthy
of you. 1t Is yours whenever you like to claim
it,
God forgive you, Reginald, il understand
yoH--God forgive me if l mlsinterpret your
meaning;' and she went towards the door.
Hear me to an end" said Reginald, his face
becoming dark again as it did at Stanford Halt.
Hear me to an end. / said this house is yours
whenever you like to claim (which implies q
condition which l did not care to name to you
when your husband can buy it of me =
Il am glad that such conditions were in your
mind said Emily. With your permission,
will visit 10y old favorites.'
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