Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-08-14

: of the fair widow. bu. refr. s..v;,
to do more harm than good.
Neither brother nor - .s.l. !.
they we're halfway home. : esen n
: Devine reused himself ffour !, .;,s..
J and said
"By Jove r.
1t did not seem as II g. See1 n
heather deity was dictated hv 4,
voiion or by renewed paesie1 - An
Hassan ventpred to ask him : y - -
ed of Jupiter.
4 LOOK here. Csssy. said yan<v. Mi
sudden esrnes,ness. do tell me; v.
she always like this p
Mrs. Hassan drew a subdued lon
breath of intense relief, and answered
With studied quietness:
II do not see much change in her
She is as pretty as ever. and her manne
IS much the same as when used to se
her,"
"Cassy," said Mr.. Devin.. after an
other silence. Il hate been q tremendou.
fool"
Indeed" said Mrs. Has,an. wv,
are all that. more or less. l suppose
poesnt Mrs. Armer strike you as un.
changed 7"
"As the same; and ye. there is the
wonder. Classy; If you saw her as do
now. Why didn't YOU tell me y
Il tried to. Sydney; bat you said
was jealous of her beauty" sad Mrs. Has.
san. betraying a little thor, that had
pricked her at intervals for yars.
well, well, l cannot see What 7 WAC
thinking of" And then cane another
sigh. as of mingled relief and rczspt. and
then he discovered that his site Tsas cry.
ing little. -N
why. Classy. what is thai Tor ~ be
said. gently.
II avn SO glad. u was so afraid YOU
would fancy her again"
"Cassy.' said Mr.. Devin., speakin,
with great aelibcration. as tie carriape
drove up to the door. Il shouldn't fancy
her if thsre wasn't another woman in
the world"
Mr.. ilassau had come home on the late
train. and his mother had little sumner
ready for him. and instead Of going back
70 his solitary den behind bis ,ffice, Syd-
ney stayed to partake Of the little repast.
or neither he nor his sister had taken sup-
per at the Presidents.
A cloud seemed in some mvsteriops
manner to have lifted from the face of
'rea''on. and to have dispersed itself in
Empty air.
How pretty his sister looked in her blue
i!k. Cassy was an uncommonly elegant
soman; he wondered he had never noticed
before. What an excellent fellow was
rs brother-in-law; what a charming old
ncy was Mrs. Hansan. the elder. What
delightful family circle they formed
ie imagined the delights to De enioyed
the familiar room. with the visionary
bad left behind in the land divisions.
Sefore he went away he had promised
think about an oft-repeated proposal to
lake his home with his bro,hsr-in.law.
lie thought to such good purpose ,ha, be-
're the week had come to an etd he WAS
'tablished under his sisters rod. to tba.
idy's great conteniment.
lie saw Mrs. Armer two or three times
etoie she ended her visit; indeed she
'mc to him to consult him about a law.
mt in which she was engaged With her
nsoand's relatives. but Mr.. Dexjne in
'rmed her that the matter was out dhis line
practice Once and again be ncoun- ,
red his old love. but with 70 N le dan.
'rous emotions than cver-increas3 dis
hst. Ihe once sweet. unconvention nal ,
iiessness was vulgarity; the grace. afFec- s
ton; the silvery laugh. sounding brass. q
With delight he felt himself a free man 6
I'd he threw himself into bis profession I
lth renewed ardor. and each new dav :
emed revelation of life.
Mrs. Armer did not prolony her visit. :
ID in few days fitted away, to the un. I
sgulsed relief Of Mrs. Vale. a
As for Mr.. Devine's long cherished
E". the angel of resurrection might have i
lied TOR 1t in vain. The craven image. q
Ter reisnins for years in a temple meant a
h"lier worship. crumbled into dus, h
the irst sunbeam # reality that sbope h
70 the shrine.-''Aldine" for August. $