The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-12-07
HIS MISTAKE.
BY J ENSiE WREN.

Arnold Wint"n. strolling up and
down the upper deck of the steam.hi
B,tAnsa. with q fragrant Hsvana held
between AS :i,s. Was "a must unwon,
Ell exercise f.r HIM thinking deeply,
mr. Judging from the smile piayi.s
aoout has nou'r ani lighting up the
dark. handsome face. Was the suffice,
"a: thought AT all disagreeabls.
Il Ms. IN fact. no is. a sahi-cl
than represented some i've feet nv.
iuch.s 1T blonde humanity, in. th.
snap =: Mrs. RAYS governes.. Mr..
R,y herself. had not. during the fiv.
DAYS they had been out ut srx. b-e,
sen above deck. but Miss Thorntor
bSved .."'', wind aud weather. and,
~i'h -. without her little eight-vear
I'D rhsrce. bad sought every oppor
tnni'v To escape from the s;ifiinr
cabin into a purer atmosphere.
Li:e on shipb,srd had promised {,
b, monotonous to Mr.. Winton. until
n kindly fate and q chance introiuc
u ~ threw him across Cecil Thornton
path.
liz hal amused himself with
sonen all his life, and. Of cnnrse, q
g,v"rnsss was fair sport. She shollt
D. very grateful tn him. that he. one
of the lions of New York society,"
c,uchsa;-d his kindly attentions. o.
c..ur>,. it was psur passe Ia temps. She
rust understand that-iil"ush CO.
tainly ucthing Of this or hi, foregoing
musings wer. apparent in his manner
-. Just a they reached this stage, a
.iigh, figure. enc ised in waierprnof,
appeared at the other end If the deck
but out ut the waterproof pee?ed 8
b.wiId-rirg!y lovely face aud over j.
broke n ravis:'ias smile. as he came
eagerly forward to meet her.
Il arm SD glad you have come" bs
ssi.l and alone, ton. Nee.i | throw
away nv cigar. Nav l sm.ke."
''CsrainIv. Ike. you know. the
'~ior Of tobacco. Oh. hos good ihi.
air feels! P.r Mrs. R,y. she ha.
been 80 very sick to-day"
And YOU have been 81 much with
her, leaving me dependent upon my
own resources. They are such .,upi,,
p.,op!., tor. on hnsr,l. But FIR The
hippv accident "f meeting vou. I t.-e;
] should ere thi. have grown de>per
ate and buried mv sDrrows beneath
The waves. Nnw I only dread the
dsy when our vessel shall ride into
port"
Sae raised to him then great hawil
derrd eyes.
You mean" she said with uncon.
scious pain IN her VOICE, "iba; then
will he the enI-thst shall seq you
no r,nrey"
Ma. no." he answered quickly,
striving tn di,sipste the impression.
II meant that l should not Ia e the
daily. almost hourly. opportunities III
meeting YOU that We have here. DE.
the thought give you no pain ?"
He bent his head lower n he spike,
and somehow hi. hand hill from view
the little white fingers which Law upon
his arm.
Cecil. will ynu remember these
diys-ihese nights"
She started at the sound If her
name.
MIR. Win;op. YOU must not -
she murmured. "H,v did yo kuo 8
it 2"
Il think | should have known i, by
Instinct" he repli Il. lin reality. |
hesr,, :he child one day saw "Miss
C-cii, when she addressed vou. II il
ton sweet a Dsma: | was glad TO find
il yours
The moonlight; failed To- hide the
blush his quick glance noted. and the
LITTLE hand on HE arm irembled.
Wins; matt-rei IL! Another week ou
remained to him. A week
was an eternity without .ome love
ard once on shore,
with his feet ON Sniid ground. il she
had made a mistake she wou;.i not he.
long in discovering II.
Yet. a. the DAYS wore on, he began
IA realize that it would COS, him. tns,
.u,.sl,n., g =. ,.....L 4, l.. :.
rich msn-if he cru!d
aft ,rd tn folio. the ben, of his own
free wili-he would b- almost tempt
ri 10 link this girls fortunes irr-vo-
c .bly with his. Her beauty thrilled
him There WAS about her a subtle
charm un other woman hal ever exer
ci-ed over him. IL wss Gpm him
in all Its force on tho last night they
were tosP-nd together on tn. vessel.
They had been talking long and earn
sstlv. AMI the night wac g,o~ing late.
81 dread to. morrow :" said the girl.
.hivering.
"And why?" he Questioned. "Be-
.ause it separates us!"
She nPIiited to his sight the pale,
face, with the answer writ
en- there.
the temp.s'inn was strorper than
'is strength. He st"ped aid pressed
J fervent kiss upon the ripe rel lips.
The girl lay pas i've in hi, embrace.
At this instant Mrs. R,y. unhap
lily recovered from her recent illness,
topiei in front at them.
Miss Thornton :" she said in tones
4 iIcredulous amsz ,ment.
Then she waited FIR an explanation
{ the scene. Receiving m,.ue. she :
nrned silently away. in evident dis /
'lea.ure.
Cecil drew herself away from Ar
old Winion's side.
"You sail nn,hing!' she half as
.rtei, half questioned. "Why uid
gu not speak ?"
There was nothing to saw" he re-
lied struggling his shoulders.
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