Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-22

aglned that Birdie, being the daughter
OF great house, was fouting him, and
he resolved to be revenged.
Poor Birdie! OF tie social chasm that
lay between them she never thought:
only Of how utterly incapable nanlike
Percy was to supplant Lucius in her
aching heart.
Bitterly angry with himself for evok-
ing it, and with Birdie for Offering what
he was pleased to call an insult, he left
the arbor without another word, walking
rapidly along the path toward the house.
When he was about half way some sound
attracted his attention and he looked
around. Lucius, strolling back, gun in
hand, and alone, had reached the arbcr
and stopped; another second and he had
passed inside and out of view.
5000, my lady PLEASE leave
me; would rather be alonep Of
course you would. But you will not
carry on your little games at Abbots.
craithie if I can prevent it"
In less than five minutes Amelia, fore
warned by Percy, was creeping along
through the bushwood to the back of
the arbor, in order to learn, if possible,
herself unheard, something of what was
Birdie Verulam.
| 81 would never have come if I had
known; but, oh, Lucius, I thought T
could have borne it. Why did you let
her invite us?'
my darling, I did my utmost to pre-
vent it; but she was very positive, and L
| well, you babe me marry her, and L
well, you see, 1 did not think you would
care SO very much.
"Oh, Lucius, I should have made no
sacrifice for you if I had not really
cared, but I thought 1 was drawer. If
only Lady Constantia would be persua-
ded to take me home"
My poor, poor, sweet love, Birdie p
was all the man could murmur.
There was no consolationt to offer now,
"You must not kiss me, Lucius-
only this once, my love. Now go. I
can not stand it if you stay longer-I
can not indeed. Beside, it is not right
to yourself or her.
He took her in his arms for moment.
left on her lips one more forbidden
burning kiss, and was gone-not toward
| the house, but down the hill on to the
moors. where, with nature reigning in
wild beauty all around him. he could
fight unchidden with his raging love.
In the arbor, for long space, the
soft, buzzing, lazy summer sounds were
disturbed by BRIDES sobs; while out
side, with nothing between them but the
thin. bark. covered wooden partition, sat
Amelia on the ground among the under
wood, her head on her knees, which
were surrounded by her clasped hands.
She heard it all and was thinking itover
bit by bit.
What should she do? The future.
which but an hour ago seemed so bright
to her in Lucius Fitzgerald's love, had
suddenly become dimmed by mist
which looked eternal. She could not
see through it; it was thick as that
which gathered about the summit of her
own north country hills. Still she must
try and see through it; and as she sat
there motionless, listening to the sobs
within, and thinking more earnestly
than she had thought in her life before,
depth of feeling was awakened in
Amelia's heart for which no one VINO
knew her only in the light comedy of
life would have given her credit. She
was the first to move--very carefully
| lest Birdie should hear-and go slowly
to the house. She met Percy at the
door.
"Well, what was up i'll the arbor?
Nothing. believe you purposely
sent me on o wild-goose chase. Lucius
has gone down toward Reburn's farm"
What an Invaluable article is stupidity
in the proper place
Two hours later the husband and wife
met at dinner. Birdie had one o. her
usual bad headaches. No one could have
guessed that Amelia had learned the
truth only, perhaps, Lucius noticed
that She was even more tender and
womanly in her manner than she had
ever been before.
For many days Birdie lay i'll upstairs
In darkened room. Amelia never in
truded herself unbidden into the sick
girls presence, but all that love could
think of aud attention carry out she gave
to Birdie, and will, no demons.rative
outbursts. Nor did she ever tell Lucius
that she knew aught OF. the past, but
helped him quietly with soothing tender
ness to bear the anxiety and irritability
produced by BRIDES illness. Amelia
had seen herway through the mists, and
the road along which she had elected to
travel was that of patient sympathy.
AS months passed on and time
cicatrized the wound in Lucius' heart
that destiny had made, was not much Of
| Its healing due to the woman who loved
him we'll enough to bear silently and un-
mnrmuringly her share of the burden
with which he was so heavily weighted?
Birdie Verulam had never married.
She went abroad with Lady Constantine
for while ; on her return she studiously
avoided all meeting with Lucius, and
pointedly refused to pay another visit to
Abottscraithie; but she is always on
friendly, almost loving, terms with
Amelia, who scarcely ever undertakes
any scheme Of importance without first
consulting Birdie. -TInsley' sMagasine.
| If Nearly Dead,
otter taking some highly pulled up stuff, with
long temonials, turn to Hop Bitters, and have no
| fear Of any Kidney OF Urinary Troubles Bripht's