Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-12-07
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1TierdS either could he boast of but two he
had, both sincere and one powerful. Mr. Man
ley, q lifelong friend OF his father. had pro-
cured him his present appointment in the bank.
or which he. Mr.. Manley, was director; and
Mr. Turner had known him from boyhOOd and
cCunselled him on all important matters.
Willie said the latter, '.what IS this
whisper which reaches me that something more
Than klnd feeling has risen'up between you and
Laura Naniey?n
A question OF this kind put TO youngsters Of
three-and-twenty generally discOnoerts them a
mite, Dut Willie replied pretty readily:
There NAV be people In the world 80 clever
that they have penetrated both into Miss Man.
ley's heart and my heart, and there discovered
secret" he answered.; ''but that one single
person ever saw the smallest outward mani
festation OF affection between us. | most posi-
lively deny.
You viii see in a moment Mr.. Turner how
awkYariiy have been placed. confess II at
once, am strongly attached to Miss Manlpy.
and do not thnl am uncared for By her; bat
what an outrageous thing for me to entertain
the smallest hope OF any useful result, Here Is
Mr.. Maniey, VINO was my fathers friend and
has been mnc. no doubt He is man OF great
wealth, a1d OF lign position and influence. He
mas one ONLY child, Laura. How do you think
ne i likely to view any advances towards her
by his humtie proie5e-the clerk in the bank
al fl1e year? You will yourself say, Mr..
Turner"
THAT YOU hal better SPEAK less exctcdlv,
willie. That vehement temper OF yours does
not show signs OF mpn1ing.1
1t lever Will, Mr.. Turner" continued the
young gent eilan, land, what Is more. j do not
rather SPEAK out. and 70 the mark. Wen, you
are quite right" he added, in a sOftened tone;
81 have no wish 10 conceal anything from YOU;
but this feeling between Laura Ndnley aud M
self Is q thing ! do not venture 10 think of. The
moment my thoughts turn that way wrench
them In another direction. Every feeling OF
duty toward. Mr.. Marley requires me not 10
see Laura Nancy, not TO think OF her. not to go
where sh. j.. never 10 let any association recall
her; bur. oh. Mr.. Turner"
.'Wcl " lllie?'
Ct loyr bs- Z. nh All nv heart
Rather an uDfJrtunalc enlng - yo1r long
sTeeCh. ard not suggestive of much hope OF
imagine Mr. Mauley has any suspicion of this
matter"
NO. He eln7ot have the slightest"
:. / fancy he has
sWhat. Mir. Turner. forgive ms being 50
warnl-tempeTed-I will be as calm rs possible.
II any dastardly creature if any deSpcable per-
son. man or wOm3n-but no, NO. | am wrong
do ten me, ny kind, good friend, why do yod
SurmiSe-
'sThere pray LET it rest IQuite understand
Souwin no.. on any account. seek to deepen
the present mischief-for mischief il is you
Know, Wllle-but VIII do your dtniJ5t % enace
sMr Turner, look here. this is the PRINCIPAL
reason why am doing all | can TO induce the
bank TO give me an appointment just vacant in
India. MY application Is To come before the
directors Tomorrow. Mr.. Manley, as You know
has been in the country for months. i have
written to him. begging him to support mV re
Iuest; he does il is sure to be granted, but
wen why 10 YOU ncSltaIe!f
"Why. though Mr.. ManIey IS nv very kind
friend, he - such an Odd-tempered. impIlSiva
man. that | never can rely upon him in any
particular manner. If ne should refuse me- in
this, shall lot hesitate to tell him frankly that
VI VIII ic . proceeding, so inc0nS1eratC. show
ing such a thorough want OF real interest in my
welIare-such . complete callousness-''
Mercy oil iuc. Wiliie-Spare me another out
bur,t. Lei Us wait events"
These soon revealed themselves The speak
ers were IN willie Stansfieds lodgings when
the above conversation took place. and Mr.
Turner was leaving when the pOstman brought
q letter. StanSield read it and then flung il
into the corner or the room.
Il thCu-ht Is much,' he exclaimed in a
Jury -'b1 course he refuses. Read it, Mr.
Tur1Cr. Just tell he what YOU think OF that?
MT Mah!eT PTetendS TO be my friend He once
tod ne That he assured my father, when he
was d. iI@- tiat he would never lose sight of
me. And what deeS he do? lie gets me
frluapc:E berth in a bank and invites me nov
and tnc;i IN lis house: but the moIaent | ask
hut which would give me something like
chance ia Life he turns away Oh, hate such
hyPOcTitcS I Ill write and tell him So"
II wish il had been otherwise said Mr..
Turner. and own do not altogether under
stand it,, he added. as though some special
thought Itrplt Ned him: but, Willie. 1 cannot
pose-ii would DE both foolish and wrong
MAJ be. hut shall do it,
Then yc1 quarrel With me also, StanosieiO
= shall l1 very Sorry. but my mind is made
up"
$50 Is mine, and If you send this letter YOU
Will not see Ire again for a long time"
And Mr. Turner left. Then the letter was
written. and vastly stupid letter it was, of
course.
In fact, Willie Stansfeld was slightly de
lnented n this time. His love affair." his desire
TO act hOEorably TO his patron, and even TO go
abroad as help TO himself to do 50: then Mr..
Maney throwing him back as it were into the
meshes from which he desired 10 escape; and
finally, his general discomfort at his present
life and the prospects OF his future, all these
things brought about degree of mental efTer-
NeScence hardly consistent with perfect sanity.
He did not stop at writing the letter To Mr..
Manley. He must needs go head over heels in
TO mischief. into almost ruin, it seemed indeed
He saw the secretary OF the bank and spoke in
such unrieasIrcd terms that the secretary
plainly tod him the board would not improba-
bly, thinl. he had better leave the company
That Afternoon StanSfieldwent home in a worse
state OF mind than ever.
IL was two days after this that Mr.. Turner
hearing Mir ManIey had come TO London, went
10 see him at his club. They were well known
10 each CtLer-
IL am glad to see you. Turner" said Nj.
Manley, more especially because you perhaps
can throw some light on the movements of that
stupid boy sfansfield. Where's he run Off to,"
Run of, Really. / don't know / haven't
seen him for couple of days. In fact. quar-
relied with him over a threat Of his writing You.
in what 81" would be a most unjustifiabIe
strain. about you not supporting his wish to be
..UnJlstiIi,bie. The letter came. sure enough,
and was simply abOminable. one would think
had dOLe hum some deadly injury. Now Just
see how Ie,lng this affair is to me. c0niidnl
10 YOU that il had crossed my mind there was
some feeling between this lad and my daughter
Laura When Stanstleid'S letter arrived asking
IN" to support him for the Indian appointment
Laura ala were at breakfast and after read
ing II i said. Laura. ycu will be glad to hear
young St@H~teld Is Just OFF Ia India. He wants
10 make Ills fortune in q hurry. Ii il q good
berth he Is gong 10. and the only drawback is
that both TIE previous occupants died Of yellow
fever, but Willie may be more lucky Well
after bad witnessed the effect OF my little
speech, Rad no doubt how matters stood, and
Thought. We'll. suppose | ought tn b. very
angry. I0u@ht to denOunCe these two young
people, AID threaten them with INV bitereSt
anger lftfcy should for an instant think of one
another 2gain. But for once in nv life | viii
take time IO consider. The world would speak
out timely Ii IL knew what Is in my mind at this
mOncnt. What do care for the world! But
at ell events Master Willie must not 90 To India
and 1 viii Write and tell him so. Yet must be
cautious do not let him see what is In the
background and which may never get to the
front. must simply decline to aid him. and
he will well i-Low have his interest AT heart"
But now it's all over exclaimed the old
gentleman. with heightened color and flashing
eyes lie has gone his own way, his own head
strong, foolish way. and he has ruined him
SELF
Did | understand you he Is not forth
coming" aS. Ell Mr. Turner.
just 50. He's made OF like a scamn-nOt
that he IS one. but what Will people think, The
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