The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-16

forty, though his face was dsil5nred with
lines and seams, the signs of a disspated
life, and his hair was premnturel ly white.
Take a chair. my friend, lie said, sol
omnly "Sorry you would not join me at
linner always ready for friend or Zoe Is
Dick Lenuy Don't recognize yonr lace at
all, so am anxious to know to which class
you belong"
Neither one nor the other, replied Geof-
FREY. taking chair, but refusing the WINE
that the other pushed toward him; "a his
is our first meeting, and will probably be
our last merely came to get any pnrticu-
lars You can give me OF Mr. Llwrells ueath'
as | understand you we're with nm.
'.yes | was with him poor Jack!' re-
turned Mr., Lenuy refllng his glass.
.\yhnt n night | had of it Worst fit of
inmns I ever saw. 1t ended in a jump, too,
ihot ended Jack. Hell him as long as /
could. but lie was too much for me, and he
fore the waiter could get to him he was
across the room and out of the window.
,Thoupbt the waiter was the old Gentleman
come TO fetch him."
Were his watch and ring and all he had
about him? HIS widow requested me to as
certain for her" said Geotlrey, trying to re-
nress the disgust he felt for the man.
The other laughed.
Oils widow All, remember Mrs. Law
rcll! Deuced pretty young thing she was
but SIZE left poor J ok couldn't stand those
little attacks. Qnite an amicable arrange
ment, believe, though never could under
stand his letting such pretty woman go so
easily However, Jack hated bother
never saw fellow sh TX every worry as he
did-nnd he kept her money, he told me;
Nh the LAWYER took everything he had
,bout lim-old Gibbs, of Lincoln's Inn
Fields! He was here next day-heard OF
the affair, as lawyers always do hear oi
ayorvtbino took lis effects, rs they call 1t,
so,c moor JacE, or the smash that had been
lack, rather, for hewas awiully damaged
cone down on his head and SAW to the iu-
neral and all the rest OF it. You must 60 to
him for Everything worth having"
"Thauk you. That was all | wanted TO
know aud Geofirey rose, bowed and LETT
the room. Hell sit there and drink TIL he
is carried to bed" he thought, as he drove
nway to his chamb, RS. "What an awful
sconrge drink isl Where is the fascination
to induce men to make sots, brutes, and
sclf-murdercrs of themselves for the sake OF
it?"
lie saw Mr.. Gibbs, the lawyer, on the fol-
lowing day, and at his wish teleSraphed to
Sybil TO come up at once, as there was
Good deal for her to do that it was almost
| impossible for her to do through the post
Then, with light heart, he went to take
aa,l,rorIol1s rooms for her in Suffolk street
ordered her dinner, and was at Euston
Sauure Station when the train steamed slow
ly up to the platform.
Very pale and tired the two travellers
looked AS they alighted, and very thankful
.o'pS l,ad !.i, lUi for Nv lna1,oa and Getting
t"G' ~ ";i"I Lar tonL Coc;l on his knee,
nynu bod better have ], fl this little man
-. ~ ~ albor hI,o !" bo ta,d "Iondou air will
~ Nv ~ 49, l,,od and ba will he very much
Nv nlul ,,t no eOI' ~, i'n.;noss
IN ,ro,,ld not etov--h he was so anxious
l., ~ ,'o,, . onev,rad NTrs Elton. BE.
oI'1's w. oe ,Iou I' orc in trnnhle at the Abbey
Ms ,IiNs na,,.,, w. Fra ia varv i'll indeed. l
w.. 't'1' Da';a. u n ,s 7 woe dr;vino To the sta
~. ,'I i,a l,5 int Iaf, her She caupht
o'Dn nli abiI s;,t;na of-doors yester
Ja,. a,,S ;n+arral ;nG,n,meiion has set jn
| ~ -; .n,.;lIa mn, and tLav are most
anvians ~ obout her
''', ar sor,, IN bo.r soid Geofrev
| o,,;alI,- .iyIot q snddan thino, She WAS
di,;ta wel, when left the Abbey"
4'.Sy ..ye" ~ il cam came on only Yesterday evening.
Poor LADY Temple is 80 fond of her that |
hosa ool i[r tnr bar ska she viii recover: but
ronuot like Mss Dayreu myself-she will
,,n, iat mo
| YAb sha ia orita q different Girl from
,.,,nt lho Voc ,ylen ,rst knew her, Some
n,ing Los hcen roinr wrong with her lately
| T a. not 1,no,y vhnt
| Sihyl Flton--for so Geoffrey would still
| coll hor-d;d NOT answer. She had very
| hrev,d srsniciop as to what was the matter
ond n,i would have heen sorry for Godfrey tc
r,nass
~Sha cou1d not hclp caring for him if she
bos boon n nah in his s,cety," she thought
as as she Looked ND and met his dark eyei
snoilinp down on her
Evarv,hinp was ready and comfortable a
tbe lodginrs' and Slhyl with full heart
realized for the first time in her troubled
life ifih, how the tender, watchlul care of man
love hrioItens and smooths n woman's path
Geofrray sow mother and child costly set
ned and then was walking with a ligh
henTt toward his cLnmDers when he ran III
oTsinst Clntain Lee.
7.,Tnno rId fcllow how are vou?" he ex
c,oireJ bear,ilv "Whot business bring
vnr to town in these dreary months? Viii
;hot lana Inca Won look like mute out for
Loiiiov3
"D1nY cbaff. Geoff--Tm awfully cut up,
answered poor Tom solcmnly. 'iOf cours
Won have heard all about it. felt almos
sure she wouldn't have me; but it has mad
me- me- utterly wr. tcbed to know it for certain
I'm goi,1 10 exchange and 90 to India G
the West indies ot once, in the hope OF som
bens,lv fever putting an end to me. wis
there was a war going on anywhere I'd vo
mteer."
{ "Nonsense. Tom p returned Geoffrey