The Morning herald., 1878-05-30
YER FREE
BY
pARRErE SYLVESTER.
urHon OF "cTouDs AND SUNSHINE" eEs
E1ILE's ERROR" ETC.

T.. saw Mr. Gibbs, the lawyer, on the fol-
h,Vi,,g day, and at his wish telegrap,led to
syil to come up at once, as there was q
Iod deal for her to do that it was almost
.onossible for her to do through the post
jhen, with light heart, he went to take
omfortable rooms for her in Suffolk street,
ordered her dinner, and was at Euston
SQUARE Station when the train steamed slow
u up to the platform.
Vtry pale and tired the two travellers
looked as they alighted, and very thankful
%tbyl felt for Geofreys help, as 'e hailed
cab, arranged for her luggage a'a getting
il beside her, took Cecil on his knee
"You had better have left this little man
at the Abbey" he said. 'London air will
10 him no good, and he will be very much
in your way in business"
He would not stay--he was SO anxious
TO see you,' answered Mrs. Elton. "Be-
4 aides, they are in trouble at the Abbey.
4 Miss Dayrell- l-Eva--is very i'll indeed.
4 met Doctor Bell IS WIS driving to the sta
4 ton and he had just left her. She caught
\ a cold, o chill. sitting odt-of-doors yester-
1ar, and internal inflammation has set in.
4 She is in terrible pain, and they are most
1 anxious about her"
u Il am very sorry to hear it, '" said Geoffrey
d quickly. sWhat sudden thing She was
quite we'll when left the Abbey"
"Yes; it came on only yesterday evening
Toor Lady Temple is SO fond of her that I
4 hope for her sake she will recover; but I
cannot like Miss Dayrell myself-she will
4 not let mo-"
"Ah, she is quite different girl from
what she was when | first knew her. Some
thing has been going wrong with her lately
I do not know what"
Sibyl Elton-for so Godfrey would still
call her-did not answer. She had very
shrewd suspicion as to what was the matter,
and would have been sorry for Godfrey to
guess it.
"She could not help caring for him if she
has been much in his society,"" she thought,
rs she looked up and met his dark eyes
smiling down on her
Everything was ready and comfortable at
The lodgings, and Sbyl, with full heart,
realized for the first time in her troubled
life how the tender watchful care Of man s
love brightens and smooths woman's path.
Geoffrey saw mother and child costly set
tied, and then was walking with light
heart toward his chambers when he ran up
against Captain Lee.
''Tom, old fellow, how are your" be ex-
claimed heartily. "Wlat business brings
you to town in these dreary months? With
That long face you look like mute out for
holiday"
Don't chaff, GeoG--Im awfully cut mp, u
answered poor Tom solemnly, "Ot course
you have heard all about it. ] felt almost
sure she wouldnt have me; but it has made
me utterly VIZ tched to know it for certain.
I'm going to exchange and go to India or
the West Indies at once, in the hore of some
beastly fever putting an end to Me. wish
there was war going on anywhere I'll vol.
nnteer"
'Nonscnse, Toni returned Geonrey
Sd0nt be so weak. There are plenty q nicG
girls left in the world, even if she Won't have
you-and she may change her mind yet
III thought she would, Id STAY and Waj'
for years; shall never care lor any Other
gill--neyer. I wish you would marry.
cat help having sort Of idea she cares 81
ytn."
s'lIumbug! She doesn't, and ncTer did
Tor the rest, am going to be married q:
soolI as l can possibly be. l am engaged
and you may tell h,r 80 If You want to SC
rn~r mind at rest; but dnltt w@it Tax
1,yrid and his wife to know it yet"
by Jove, that's good news, Gecf y crlec
Tom, aud his face Frightened. - wish Eo'
joy with all my heart. I'll wait and see /
he comes round at all when sic hcori it
Is she with the Temples YETI
"Yes"; and Geoffrey hositated oS t
whether he should say more
Something in his manner made Tom "sl
quickly:
Is she quite well?'
emo. not quite. That is, Tom, my Goot
fellow, don't know whether ought to tcl
you Or not, but I've just heard that she
very ill"
Every ill2" repeated Tom faintly, his fair
good-looking face paling vislOly' ''Evi
very i'll? Thank Heaven l met you!
shall go down by the next train. Goodbye
old fellow if it's anything infectious, Ii
catch it and die, unless she gets well.
He turned away to hide his DrlmmlnE
eyes, and hailed a passing cab SILENT,
nodding to Geofrey, be was driven OH at
rapid pace, and Geoffrey, with " hoaNe
heart, continued his way
''He is as good-he0rted, loving fellow o
ever breathed, though not CLEVER d
thought sadly. "And 7 believe he realI
will break his heart if she dies, Wh,
doesn't she care for him? All men like hin
poor Tom But that generally seems t.
be signalvto women not to like man
And vet some selfish, cold-hearted, disSi
pated brutes they will fall down and wol
ship by the dozen. They certainty aE
queer cEeaturesp r