, 1874-05-30

She wont onward b few htepaand she tarhddt
to'1ook back at ler lover. She could NOT nndor-;
stand him quito. uo mado no objootion to :her;
and perhaps would toll hor hb still loved her.
Wonld sho be- like! that IL tho onses uero: re.'
yersod.f Could ho caro- tfor hcr as slle,
ala t,5ff aGf i r. M tFut sho Tss rgi
Lord vcreker. Eyon she had moi got to know
| trust he had: In tho woman;w whom hc hnd :on-
ehrinod IN lis heart as tho trucet and noblost In
"Arlhtr," sl1o .uatd, returning tic faw btoph
go with Your lonyo'' - :
"ao, my darling hc hnid, and he prcHsod hor
hand, 81 sha1l not bo oit Of hehrinG.
IF You wANT NE, UAt1i."
10 encouraged Bho won't forward into tho
dnrknesa Of tho wood t reaching more md moro
into Its stiffness urBod TO- ootipllsnoo with tho
with Unwilling stops, nowphnsing, not duitoto lose
thefaintor-grown sound ot tho m,tao md voices,
now going forward in the deeponhg' shalo of
hanging boughs., :, 4 quaint sight IL this English
STEALING forth alono; tiny, trembling SO That at
ttnloB sho would hold 1or hand on brato9,
| TINT CROSSED the path to. stoady herself, with
pale face, looking, i'd hdr strangely ifashonetl,'
trailing gafm6nta ct rich ni1kpu Htllr Of dim, dol
icato ooloring, like ao1he fir painted maldon In
| ptotnro.-
stoplion Goodialto was 1oaring againns tho troo.
sho raisod her oyos to him, anl hho did not know
bis face, but hla eyes aho knew him by atm6at
in1nodately-tho gront 'lntonso, durk oyos which
sho had onco liked to 1ookinto.'l
There was not tho angry met,aong oxpreasfon
at alghk OF hor, which shs had Boon once or twice
| before, and which wns whit chiotly uho ronlorn-
bored stephon Goodlako by, aud what In truth
Ind got to c1othb him In her moinory with vague
| mir uT,},u Ida i+y
aco7ards ehc could raise hor oyeH boldly enough
to tho 'level OF any moro bodily l,oril, but sho
| dreaded, na women will always dread, tho un-
known. Blio ha<l formed aomo quito ignorant
1 who stood before her could work her II ho should
choose; in plain truth she foarod TINT he could
erosa tho grcat lovo botwoen Lord ycrckor and
| loraelf.:
| THIS EPISODE IN HER rAsr LIFE,
Of Stephen Goollako md lis love Tor 'hot, had
at one time gono nearly out Of her momoly. II
was moro than four yoars ago tint ho had come
to- BeechWood, the college friend and compan-
ion Of her brother. She, half child and llalf
his handsome face, and believed in and half
responded to tho love ho had told her Of with
such strong, :.aemblanco Of passion: Thon he
had gonc.. Then there had como to Doeohwood
stories OF hla miBconduot; OF some great dis
graco that 'ho had incurred Bomo stain ,on his
| honor that no time would remoyo; 80 deep q
STAIN that oven her brother, his own familiar
friend lad spoken Of him with contempt. Then.
It WAS known that ho had been compelled. to
ieaye England, md after that his namo, had
never beon heard ut BDechwood; and Mother
then. nor ut any tnc, 'had It boon suspected
| that between Stephen Gobd1ako and ,Eugonia
/ Bandon unwilling Ind passcd. -;
. Aftor this Ind como for llor the paaBfng into
tho noW busy 1ifo OF society, which our English
! girls ontor at astop from out Of tho narrow
round Of tlor ohildfBh exfstonco. Thon had
i grown up tho lovo botweon her and Lord Voro-
kor, and that love had quito filled life; thon
her only brothors death; and now D yoar or
moro had passed, md the timo Of her marriage
waa drawing near.
It had boon latoly aud for tho flrst time that
| takon her. At moments when tho viaiou before
| her seemed at its most golden, whon. lor enjoy
,nent Of her youth md hor great loyo mndo e1-
iisteneo bright. lolighttq! dream for her, whom
! quickest, thdn auddonly vague dread would
| nsizo and benun1b her 6enBos; for Homo instinct
told her to Hut1ntso that the mans nature that
had made him fnlso to othora would mako him
| PLAY FALSE WITH HER TOO.
Needy and uuactupulous as ho was, ho might, 1t
had one day occurred to hor, Hoe his advantage
1 In torturlnE into promise on hor part that
which lad passed. botwoen thom, and: tho ro-
de1nption OF any such promise, now that she
waa q great heireHs, might be- worth such q
man's while to hesitato at nothing to bring
about.
Bio had told Lord Vorekor everything he
would listen to about this event In hor life; It
was indeed but q half confession, for ho would
henr Of no full details; aud whnt II now this
man, driven to desperation, should, either In
revenge Or to gain bis ends, partly .roycal, and
partly exaggerato, and purity invont some such
htory as Should be a slur upon her that oven lor
lover could not overlook7 -.
"Eugenia," said Stephen Goodlahe. sho
looked full at him. md la could not. 500 In hor
faco how full Of terror was her hoare. II. am
come hero, at no little dangor to myself, to see
| you onco more"
1t was tho old voice which she remombcrod SO
well, aud which onco eho thought so eloquent,
but now thoro waa ring in 1t which grated un-
pleasantly on her our, an unreal Kind OF oyer:
1t seemed to herself odd that Bhe should notice
this now for tho first ttmo.
| She mado him no ansWer. :-:
! II TAs compelled to write to you as did, he
| said, "that might bo' auro you would come,
Eugonia, tell me you have sometimes
LET nrr IMAGE unoHs Youn MEMoRYl".
She drew back, for; ho had Htoppod forward
from the treo ngainst which no had boen leaning,
| aud would have taken her hand. i
j Mr.. Goodlako, hayc you anything to sny to
mo2" She spoke In voice that was hardly
more than whisper. ...,
!" "Yes,".' no said, in earnest tones that seemed
I to troMblo, or TINT he made to Hgom to tremblo,
!"yes have this to tell you, that never once In
the four long years that hayo passed since wo
parted at this tree, nosor onca since the day you
! sworo to mo you would DO mine"
"Never for day" ho wont on, "nevor for An
| hour have ceased 10 think Of, to hope for you,
to wish for you, to long for tile time to como, Al
! ithas now come, whom tho cloud Tint has hung
| oyer my name SHOULD be romovcd, when I could
como to you, Eugenin, and remind you Of the
! promise you gave mo-"
Tho false note i'll tho mnn's voice struck hor
| more and moro us lo went on, and stronger and
stronger Was the feeling Of repulsiou 1t roused
in her.
"You nro stating what you must know il not
i trua Wl1ar, 3za mai lera f0nr