, 1873-08-31

Is muBt put lor out Of tho wayl''
se we on d mike .sn Srs e. h,t,,, tho thing rs
ii am ongaged to arr. isonton," answered tho
triumphant giri, With t1cop poft blnBh.
III auppoao mood not ask you, tlion, II sou
llavo hoard from him ninco ho went awny2"
good to mo il Ihoro wae something appealing
IN tho girls attitude; sho was quiso nonora'a
ayo, and was llor teac1er, yot eomo1ow ueomeu
worry r1tc!, weaker md younger; aho wna half
rda RSr o osr as of Dff fno ave Of ill.,
time she aeonoa almost to ash pardon 90 s'lo
stood bcado !,or, with hor down-dropped hands
claspel together, and her down-drorped oyolids
voiling, tho dcptlt Of hor oycu, as If thoy might
lilo IL SO good to mo" said Amal,ol.
u How Gun 1lo holp 1t ?" said H0norn, brlotly.
And sho loohcd ct the girl in her indigo-huod
dress, with tho rich carnations and crenns Of
over her bliss, ind Bho admired her and hntcd
hor togotlor.
!" 4 must put hor out OF tho wny," repeated
Honora. And aho ant repeating IT. long after |
Anlabol had gono. "sLo has no friends to ln- |
HIM. he % vii present M s fosst 90 III i can only T 'D be-
tho infatuation Of q 1non1ont that Is conQuering
the purpose OF years. We're sho but removed,
ho would return to mo and bc aa lo was before.
Why should lot her rob nc? p, she crio1 aloud.
glamour Of nor colors and lustrea, hor lovely
ilesh and blood, Tint obsourcs our 1oyo. 4 year
with hcr placid stupiditics and siy minaudericn
would yox his soul out Of his body, ana Hhe too
harm, indoed,h she nldod,. presently. ar
I uhut her up half dozen yoars al,o
will po In no worse slayo1y OF prison bounds
than sho Is now, as she goes through tho drudg-
sho is froo-I an rioll-sho shall bayo IN annuity
awaiting her that will Hocuro hcr forever from
cnro and work, md Bho will DO still young, and
she will t3nd other lovers. What can sho know
OF loyo7 What 10 her passion of two months
strengthened with my strength? Aud BY that
time lis fato will hnye boon settled. Ilo will
have soarelled for hor 1ittlo While, will hayo
failcd will lnve come to Mo for consolation. will
have found it. nnd will hive my. own again!"
ahnll bo 1ninol" Az She atood thoro in tho a'l.l-
Bhino, white, and with radiant eyou and force,
strong smile, sho vas the picture OF triumph and
defiance.
Wealth r., can 90 - many things in gres9t; and nd
wicked city. It can hire strong arms md hard
hehrts 1t can hive coaches waiting in tho shad-
ow Of appointed places tonight, if yesterday
n.isaol, md tomorrow If to.daY nliaHcs; it can
purchase certificates of physicians; it can aec'lro
tho silence and tho services Of the keopcra Of the
insane. And it did all That for 1Ionora. And
when tho irou gates had clangod lahind hor rival,
aud Hho know that till slio spoke tho word tho
girl would 800 no sunshine save that which foil
through CRATE, sho a9t down aud awaited to
lover to retain whom abe bud wrought such evil.
Tie wild wrotcholnoss and woe Of tho waing
girl within thoso cruel walls, tho gtruggleH, tho
appeals, tho fruitoBs efforts, tho despair that WAS
akin to madnesa-all these things mattorea not
to Honora now. Bhe would not bo troubled BY
them. !" It may as woll bo she as T." she sad:
a. 1t Ind to bo QUO Of us. What will he think Of
.or {? What want him to think OF her--that
she is false and yio as sho is fair! Slo ia out
H. Al Ia, ,4<~rn ~
But Amabcl Durnoy, In saying eho had not o
friend in tho world, had reclionod without her
host, ,--or, rathcr, aB VIC should Say, hor host
egu for tho person with whom Bhe had her
homo had not eoon the little maiden going in
and out always 50 happy. 30 industrious, 50
| BRIGHT without giving her many a kind and low
| ing thought. And now when tho Guild did not
come honle but her music, her drcsaes, hor lot
tloln, day after day untouched, tho good woman
became alarmed, visited Tho Clief Of Police,
| turned ovor tho letters till 6llo found tho ad-
| dress, md Hroto to Andrew Ronton, md then
went on tn,aLlng tho white silk wedding g-dross,
though abe dropped many tear OIL tho seams.
Aud 30 Audrow Ronton came-ca1no sooner
than l1o was expected, and unknown ut first 10
any but tho Chief and the porson who lad Hent
for him, while NIL hiB hcnrt wau awake aud alive
md a1lnnlo. It Ilad nodded but such n thing to
n.aAu him a man; and now, fixed Of purpose.
sleoplcss aud tireloss. md rackedwitll Thousand
raugH, llo waS working out BY day aud night tho
salvation Of tho lost girl. It ii true, the Chief
had u suspicion, for lis own pnrt, TINT it might
nwny, and was quietly wording out tint littlo
problem in tho dark, Dnt Autrow know moth
lug Of that, nor would ho havo carod if ho had
| knowu 4 elloson friend was with Linn now, Z.
and III the nights when Honora i'll her whito sat-
iBlied sleep 10y dreaming Of lin still far away
in tile Western SHOWS, le was, perhaps, passing
| under her window, US ho dclyGd End wrought
11n,.1t1 ffe
| crime.
| THO two months Of Mr.. Renton's promised
stay in tho West had expired ut Inst. Hs astcr,
quite ignorant Of all tho coil, Ind told lloilora
that telegram from his agent Ind prepared her
to expect him NOW on any traiu, md size had de-
cidod not to POSTPONE THO great party gho had
announced for his birthday. lilo may come, II
slle said, "bcrore it is over. And shall sayo
tho now waltz Tor the last. 50 that sou may hayo
it with him, my dear. L'Amou', es La Abort
| this way!' aud With TINT the gddy young ,natron
had watzed herself out Of tho room.
lIonora won't lato to that party. Lie was COM
ing! Her hoart boat 80 ut the thought oil day
on her rouge, lost tho flush that grceted him
| should be rcdler thG,l rouge. But at night sho
WAS wlito nnd calm and statuosquo as Bhe had
over boou. No Quo that looked ut l.or would
have guessed tho riot about that hoart, and not
| 4 line upon her perfect face showed tho con-
nciousnesB OF any OWL, told that crilno lay be-
hind ils mask, aud that Hho carried about with
ller Aho foul burden of murdered soul. clio
10 coMing," Bho wna thinking. "uo will Hco
mo boforo lo knows the thing haa gone; md
tho nbseneo nay hayo ruined oil that. I ahal|
Presently shall hear Lis stop, I shall hear lii.
dear voice, shall touch his lland Hlall 500 his
faco!" siio Bat just little Withdrawn from tho
full bln2o at the light, refusing to dance with
my, though uho 1opt tho .gayoat group in the
room about l.or. Noyor lad any, Quo sccn o1
heard hor Ho brilliant but blo hnrdly knew what
tho momont Of his coming. Tho music wont
sounding tloliciouay, tho tlowera gayo up thoi.
Intoxicating o1orH, tho glean. Of jowols alld tho
sheen Of gatins moved boforo hor, all uncon,
seloua Of thom; Bho aaw, nothing but the dool
through which Androw nenton vas to pass. al
eo mt thorn OIL tho low ottoman, hor whito hro-
cndo, with tho palc blooms swimming oyor It.
Bproad around her. with tho steady glow OF lci
carbunolos, with tho bandoau Of deer-red roBeE
in lor hair, slo VIA as s.11nptuons and euporb, 0
creature US oyor waited for u Hultor to troad q
mcasnro, and Hho know it.
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