Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-15


guilty about letting another day pas without
Perhaps Eve m.suses later we haze started
on our walk "B yonr a.int's house more
| than mile from herr, Mrs. Cameron"
want to know, while We are yet inside the lawn
gates.
She answers With . lox laugh. that jars on
question. nv dearY Are you afraid that Mr..
4 too long?"
ihdcen, hidden az all. feel myself color.
81 haven't the vanity tn believe. Mrs Came
ron" make prime prelude.
! Pray don't hni>h Your sentence, my dear"
1 she breaks III, with cold, curt tones ~ knoo
perfectly well that, like many another Young
girl that has met that man and received his
valuable devctionS, you have tho vanity to b.
ltyve ailsorts Of pleasant things ss their po.,i-
bic result. no doubt should have wa
! you sooner. knowing him 20 be 3 thorosgh
| past tcw DAYS have felt my conscience nrirk
me for not Speaking out promptly and point
.'You kRew such bad things OF him, Mr.
| Cameron l am very sorry 30 hear it. or
course, though, could not but feel snre that
sythes character. 0 Let l it bs hong ar I rgi
knowledge hiss not been derived fror, any too
painful personal experiences"
/ eve bsye reached the lswn-gate by. this
tine. She stands quite sti!l as the last word
leaves my lips. her hand on the gates edge. her
eyes flashing irate FIRE at me- and her moutl,
| slowing on its piuk-and-,s lite pscttincss a
| herce, uishguriDg change. Ii almost seems as
| Ii the debouair mask she had been wearing
ought to be lying like ascast-of thing some
where OH the soil at her feet.
| You sheer at me, Miss Charlotte Forbes be-
| cause you believe that you hold a firm enough
place in tia. man : regard to treat NV words /,
mere Jealous faisshoo-i. All, II you really knew
| lilni! He viii have forgotten YOU in wec K,
| time. he has been making complete fool Of
You. II he ever maTries at ali il win be som"
woman IN bis own sphere Of hfe-as well
| POSTPONED rs ne, and perhaps rich. Yon
| MAKE one OF a long dynasty Of deceived
inaiiens.' Here she laughs with hateful
barslnCS-.
| / am ready with my answer, IN spita OF
choked-up throat and leaping palses. "l.et
him marry whom he pleases, bIrs Cameron
po,mt Just the same"
Your point? What do you mean"
o. ~, rms: ! shall have shown you that was net
me. Please Understand that l am aware of
| how gross a fasehood you told when Won reu-,-
sentgd your husband as 'o' having been clerlrIy
deceived before any arIiyai with an tis.. tl,tt
| Mr. Eorsyehe and I were friends J learned
tins much on The very ~ sAf OF NV 5IT-y al, alf
! l have acted According, Nh. Ea-s1.f, > I,
| not made a fool of me- IL Is yo-, sns f.,-. -.
DC ivOred to do il. Ask youTsa,f SIR rt.r.,..,.
| now the stilfui plan has succeeded. Y.-.r
Jealous husband has not had startling cause lor
JoaiouSy during my VISIT it is tru,. bJN for
reasons, L think yoU will admit. which ar.
eNplainable by the fact OF NV having playe.I
me part designed for me only little too we'll"
IL ever human creatures face was literally
iivid with fury. that face i Mrs. l.emuel Came
iol ; now, AS turn awaS from her and hurry
BACK toward the house. And as for nav own
face, 1t Is doubtless showing something very
similar IN the way of agitation: since Mr. For
sythe, who meets me on TIA, piazZa-Stsps lust as
an rushing indoors, stares upon u with
Saucer-hkc eyes of anna cement.
''Graciors, Hiss FOrbesi' he bursts out. s'llas
anything happened?''
stop, meaning only to stop Cor moment. and
m nt lrf In.
Just this has happened, Mr. Forsyt.e: the
ridiculous masquerade has ended. Mrs Came
ron has shown herself to me in her / -ue colols;
ana have shown myself to her IN mine Now
L am going 10 pack M. nv trunk
. on are going home? Then Lam going with
.Pshaw!" I almost ieer. "Don,, va, tbi,t
YOU have played the traitor long enough? Go
and make friends with Mrs Cameron Bad a.
sle Is, you deceived her shamefully. Honor
among thieves coesn't seem to Nc your maxim
all along"
He sstoniShes me witt rich. hl5rie rar!h.
'And ! have more than .n>utrfs.i tL,f v.,r
knew it, His hlue eve. are spif,iiaa lairt1-
Iuiy while he goes on That AS what frst
MADE me iIko you. | have tlWav- sJiuire1
NOEanlN shTcw0Hess- I hru eel IN i.i,f-,e Won
Tor other reasons;" and now nis'tara -isifaaIy
sToNs serions, his brow dark. ssB tie more
i Tx YOU, The more despised Mrs. Cameron
Tor having presumed"
stop" ! command, right here, s.You are
eIuaily 10 blame ON consented TO the fraad
'h Secohu rlought, must pronounce YOU more
10. biaine than Mrs. Cameron"
''tan ask Why"
''becaus" you are man.
Stlti looking serious, he smiles. "ADt pray
what will not a man do when temptod bv a
pretty woman vino has pleased him for the
M D'nenH You must not saw that I am half "a
cuilabIe as Mrs. Cameron; and for a superb
reaSon"'
For what reason" snap.
HIS words, when he answers are low and
slow ana soft. Il had never met YOU before
She had had never known how far Won
could Outshine all other women into whose
company Fate had thrown me Tell me- have
not tried hard to prove, since or meeting
TOOK place that her judgment was the opposite
Hc has gotten my hand, somehow; and some
now, too, am trembling. Presently he zoos
on, IN sweet, Meet words: 'sWhen YOU leave this
house to-day, shall leave il with YOU How
strange If should do 30 as the man YOU have
promised to marvin
VERY strange" culver, trying TO draw nv
hano away, But he holds ii tightly, for he
wants my answer to be something a trife more
to the point.
''would il be too strange to be truee'' he ques
uoils little latter, with my hand still secure in
"AitogetIer," whisper beginning to crv.
Then he releases me and tries to snatch "A Kiss
from my forehead: but I elude him, and dart
upstairs TO pack my trunk and to wonder what
Leo VIII say wien we both pounce upon her
that afternoon, a. Mrs. Pettypenny's.
EDGAR FAwCETT.