New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-15

I SAW, -NFTt,
things b1acker than they are. This fellow iieaTn-
hc-there's no reason TO suppose he's been LEADING
the life OF a saint in those parts maynt Janey De
able to get rid of him ell dont you see y
Yes; | see said Guy steadily; but that would
be no GOOD. In James eyes nothing but death can
dissolve marriage, and think the same. This man
who has made her life IN the past so wretched must
stand between her and me fOrever-as long as ne
lives NV GodP he broke out wildly, losing MS
calmness for one mad moment; do you not thlnS
see and feel the horror of 1t all My Darlington
my darling! which of us can comfort your
Listening TO this burst of anguish the colonel ieit
sadly that he had spoken unadvsedy that he had
far better have left well alone.
If find it nccessaTv-I may do so-not TO return
here said Guy, recovering himself, Will you send
my trans down 20 the station, and Tell your man 10
give them in charge 10 the station-master -,
The colonel nodded. He dared not give that
tongue OF his chance of doing more mischief
Another moment, and Guy was out IN the calm,
beautiful eventide. The cleaning gently
stealing over the world like sleep over tired child:
The shadows were purple on the sea here ana
there a star shone family overhead the sbrown
dead bracken. dropping against the rocks along the
shore. was mirrOred in the uuiet water that washed
Their feet Birds sang, but softly, as though the
hush of the coming night over them, and the
lazy waiting of sea-g1llPs wings now and again
shOnc white between sea- and sky. peaceful,
brooding spirit seemed abroad The summer was
past but u harvest of content had been garnered
H. and autumn was fair with a calm AMI mature
beauty all its own But of its sweet rlpeness OF
perfection the man hurrying on with eager strained
eyes and pale set lips VOTED nothing. The rocks
dappled all gold and ruddy- Thrown with the dying
ferns the lovely purple shadows sleeping on the
sea the watt OF white wings the faInt star-shlne
above ii G gently sobbing water below what were
they all to him Eager, mad, craving tor the slght
of Is woman's face tay. though II might be the last
time he should ever gaze upon IT, he SUN longed tor
the sight OF it, agoniZing. quck-cOmng question:
ngs as to how best he might spare his love all pos
sible pain IN the telling the terrible story such
were the thoughts that suTged like the waves or a
troubled sea III Guy Chaoners mind. FOR hIm
all the beauty of earth and sea and sky around him
might well have been but dcsolation, storm. and
Jane did not expect hIm-he had thought TO come
upon her as a sweet surprise. All the way on his
Journey down from London his mind had been full
OF anticipatiOns of what her oy.would be IN ms I'M
looked for coming. That last letter OF hers. 70
ul of. all wOmaniY tenderness, or passionate ueV0
ton of perfect comprehension OF his aims ana eh,s
III life. his love and his ambitions, was sui IN the
asl-pocket of his coat. IL seemed Ike carrying
some murdered thing about with him.
What would Jane say when she saw MINI HOW
should he meet her; how should he greet her-hIs
lost Ove-h's darling-tOrn from his side by cruel
fatef In time To come, doubt hot Indignation
against Waiter Hearn would take possession or
Gnv's soul. At present there seemed no room In
b heart save for thoughts of Jane-rOom Tor no.
thing beyond unutterable pity and tenderness to-
ward Jane.
At last. inst at a turn Of the shore he came
in sight OF hey. She coming slowly homeward
a few yellow fern-fronds and a scarlet bunch OF
orchld-fruit in her hands. Catching SIGHT OF Guy,
Jane let ferns and berries fall TO the ground as she
ran TO meet her lover. How Cften how often IN the
weary DAYS to come did Guy ChaLoner think OF hls
lost love as he saw her then her dust-colored
dress blown back the slight graceful form running
ON To meet him; the Outstretched hands the eyes
at once soft and eager; the red lips parted, ana
the gentle breast painting little, for she mad run
quickly along the sand, wondering, as sne ran, at
Guy having come before his time; 49,,
The shore was a quiet, lonely place indeed,
there was. absolutely no one to see what went on
except the lazy sea-guLls floating IN the 0nng ana
a robin singing sadly. as II Is his wont 10 40 az
eventide IN ibIush ,hard by. so Guy caught MS
love in his arms, and their lips met III long long
DIT T.Va fastf gTH -
that happy moment of greeting The lips that
pressed hers so madly were cold and trembling
Guy was deadly pale. too and his eyes had look
in them that she had never seen there before
What is II she said, the soft rosy color dying
from her cheek as she clung TO his arm ana she
looked up into bis face with eyes full OF fear.
Then az he did not sneak, only catching her hand
in his and holding II tight against his breast, she
added: Have they ordered you away at one
Oh GUY tell me, are you going To leave me before
we are married llare you gong at once-to-morro" ;
perhaps Tonight
Are Won going TO leave ne p His heart echoed
the nitiful question q question TO which he might
well have answered. Aye, my love, forever and
for aye THAT what he Thought. nat be
said was this: There are no new orders dear.
found could get of a day sooner than expected
and so | came that is all
All = she said wlst1uIly. He Conld not meet her
gaze He felt as If he we're sitting, though the
breeze blew softly in from the sea and the freshness
OF an autumn evening was IN the ar.
Isn't this the path that leads INTO the plhe-"oou
-our favorite walk'G he said presently. ,
And Jane answered Yes. She was awed by the
snre iutnjtion of some coming evil she felt like
child whom some one was leading INTO dark room
full Of mysterious horrors Guy had some IreadllI
thing 10 tell her. OF that she was sure. Wen, she
was no coward, and would show hlm how brave sue
could be- Linked hand IN hand the two followed
the pathway that led into the woods that were now
gray and ghostly with the gathering shadows
Robins sang no more. y thousand stars N place
of one here and there shone overhead the sea
sobbed against the rocks more Loudly, IOI Ine "Lu
was rising the night Lell.
Colonel Daubeney looking Ike silhouette
against the dusky sky. paced. Iestlessy up ana down
uD and down, the garden. n those TWO lor who i
Toner and Jane lbsarn, he might have thought mat
passion and despair had won the day and That
never more shDuld he see his wards sweet race or
listen to her geIftle voice AS things were, uic
colone knew that though sthe !part4nB between tle
one-tme lovers III ght be as the very Dia"hhess ana
bitterness OF death ITSELF, Guy wouiu stIYhT.Hcil
the woman he loved 10 do the ught, ahd shrink
from the thought oil seeing her far white lie SUI
lied even for his sake, as from the touch d a
red hot iron. lie trusted Guy utterly but this
waiting tricd linn sOrcly. How WOula Jane i~oh
when she came back from lthat lateiul Walk alOhs
the shore W hat should he do TO try ana comfort
herr Would Guy come with her, on would she
come alone widowed and desOlate indeed, even
thouoh still wife. Just before she went out she
had been singing; should he ever near hST sing
againi What was TO be done aDou1 w fi
IIearn Doubtless he could oblige Jane TO go back
to him. and then there her incOme-the residue
OF the fortune that had been so mi-crably squan-
der,d We that would be a temptation 10 tic man.
no donbt How the colonel wished that Walter
Uearn were one OF those men. actively cruel re-
pei emit gross, from whom tie law can easily pro-
let anv woman As it was. there was no Law
against a man slowly breaking his wlies heart by
neglect and Indifference no law aglhst man
trs,tinr his wife with rather less consideration
than he would an article of furniture IN hts house
hold; nor yet, if a woman were fool enough 10
leave her worldly possessions unguafded, cothu
man he prosecuted los making away with them.
No; there was no appeal against Walter hearfi-
none-uuless he had led "A disSOute life under cover
of a false name and false position. Granted tins,
y1hat end was TO be gained by dragging Jane
name before the public, and giving that unright-
eous critic the chance Of saving that there had Decn
woman's wCmanho0d would be dragged through
the mlre by staying with "A man whose only Riear1
ure j. 10 degrade her there are still found crucl ana
uuriphteOus ones who via say that be Things now
thev may, her place is by her husband ; slac WINE
hands are not wanting to cast stone AT Der poNea
head. What chance then was there Ior Jane. " no