Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-07-06

.,,.,,sd from Wednesdays Commercial
'V,.,,h,Ie there was another person be
MEAL" LsrasIf whom indecision and conflict
sIuV9 'takeful during much of that night
HcP' oftpr Roses eyes had closed in slumber
Lone In,rlesby still paced her room, with |
li.. ai,s' sIrI,pey set and brows strangely KNIT
IaIS i, IL evident that she was thinking |
leu' and truly she had cause enough for |
uecp9 In the course of our lives IL chances |
llo"s s,,net nf lis influence directly or indi- |
l'a. ,,,, In n greater or lesser degree, the lives
y, ,tners But, as a general rule, we 90 not
Uicn,rnize even this influence until after Tue
y Mai has taken place. We are rarely CON
s'iois of il ut the time, Tor we walk ever IN
mist aud the day OF our uea'n Is NOV
,,, etfectuay hidden from us than the
ll','s m,conrnces of our least actions. Yet some
'"ss Ills veil of ignorance is lifted-par-
ir at least. Sometimes we are able to
,"I,,JJ in "A mirror the direct results OF GER
,,n ar. :. and beholding them, we must he
','ar,,ry reckless of things present, and
Iinys t1 come. if we do mol pause-awed n
i,,I' hv our own responsibility II was such
,,,nrnt lust now, with Alice She was
nsintnly conscious that she held in her hand
,I, thread of fate for three lives besides her
avn She was oppressed with the sense that
nm her decision rested the future OF three
N
+ n,i.rrh of human life-seemed for Onee
,'D..fyrly awaiting her command. All day
i,,. sense of this responsibility had been with
her and all day she had rebelled against and
,,rnri it. II am only one Of the actors,
.hr thonrht. "l have no more control over
,I, drama than they" But tonight this
FL insy sell-deception was at an end. To
nn,bi She saw before her the stern array of
imNtable consequences, and since they were
inevitable, faced them steadily. "Once for
MI will weigh the matter in every aspect,
M, Ihourbt and rs the hours Went on, she
,i.l paced the floor, and still weighed 1t.
She had summed up the whole case in its
prr,onaI application to themselves, when she
smoke to kennOn in the morning but there
MA, the other side, the side nOt personal To
themselves to be considered. When She said
d Ia him, "You have lost an inheritance
B. am wholly without fortune We should, in
r,cry ,r4sr mar each others lives if we cast
Il Them together she stated Il truth which he
,unld not gainsay hut when she was called
uoon 10 decide tur DeyereuX and Rose, it
4 aa, not 50 easy They go into the matter
Il viii their eyes open, she said. Rose loves
II krnon and Devereux loves me-is not that
f rluugh?' But then came the question did
lley 20 into il with their eyes open? Would
Fl Ro,, he likely TO marry kemon if she could
one woman, and she the woman who had
uyen him up ten years betOreI Would
lhyeleux accept even her hand if he could
read her heart, and see how persistently it
rnng lO the man who had first wakened its
romance and passion? Yet what of lhesc
things? Was it once, in thousand cases OF
II marriage, that love was equal ON both sides
1 Ind moi hundreds of men and women marry
tom motives more unworthy than kennon.s !
N Ul her own, and yet make excellent husbands
MI aud wlcss She could answer for herOwn
atpr.C0nduct, she was sure. She liked Dey'
n rltiX Wcll enough 10 do more than tolerate
him. Ills character was pleasant 10 her, liz
manners suited her, and his tastes agreed
# with hers This was good foundation, and
U hcIselt she had reason to he confident.
But hennon There indeed, Was cause fol
hesitation. What his life had been she knew
u what il would he she had sufficient eAper
81 lare OF the world to tOresee. Knowing tn'
oDc iotcsc,ing the other, could she stant
4 aside and let kose rush headlOng ON her fate
In vain She thought that ii was none OF he
affair that the girls self, and the girls par
tnio were alone concerned. Conscience rOs
up in reply, and said; ''lt is you alone wh
can save her "But why should say
hrr;' she Vskrd ''She is nothing TO me
White kcmon- whose interests | am serving
is very much
She had scarcely asked the question whe
She stopped moment, and her glance, b.
some Strange magnetism, was attracted to
nlualure uat lay ON her tOilet-tablC AlmOs
hnronscluusly She took it up and opened il
" hen the liu of the case flew back, the fac
ul young man looked at her from the ivory
1t Was the likeness of her husband. For
second Size was startled, since usually th
miniature remained in her writing-desX, an
she could not think how il CHANGED TO /
u here, until she suddenly remembered thi
Mis- lnglesby had asked for il several day
before, and that doubtless il had been n
turned that day during her absence. Blu
however the 1act of its presence might
explained, there was no ignoring the eife
Witch this presence produced. She locke
stidtaslly ut the bright young face, uni
laFge tears gathered in her eyes, and mistt
her sight she had loved this dead man vel
rhdery-mOre, perhaps, as she might haV
~ loved tavonte brolner, than as WON'T
usually love their husbands-but still with
depIn and paIhos that could not but rush bat
N over her when she gazed thus ON the shade
ol lhe lace that was forever gone from cart
my poor darling my poor, gallant boy
she thought, weeping softly, and wiph
away the tears as they fell. He loved Il
II very dearly, and l can never prove my 10
i"f him - can never repay the tendernt
Ne gave me. She said this half aloud, al
Sle mad scarcely finished saying ii, when 5
started Were her eyes bewltched, or d
ue lace bear likeness to Rose which $
hau never noticed in il before People spo
Il VI Iht resemblance, she knew but she h
never been able to discover il until no
Now suddenly it flashed upon her. Tho
No'l eyes, looking up at her, were strange
@o'' ana wlsllul iOr mans; and how Ii
u'ty were i'll form and tint, to those she Ii
Scl Sccl gazing into Kennon's face that nigl
most lips, 50 softly curved and clearly c
wore Roses own smile-the smile half arr
n@Il sweet, which she 50 well remember,
lH'h II came back to her like forgot
u'eah, how the dead brother loved the lii
ss'rr VINO had been his pet and darling, h
"nueriy he spoke of her, and how often
Mshed that Alice could see and know Ii
lou would be able to do her SO mi
good, he had said and now-it was
Wonder Alice closed the case with sh
pahS, and turned away. Was it good
was about to do this sister OF her dead Ii
band
CHAPTER vi.
L may he imagined that with thoug
such as these for her companions, Mrs.
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