The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-07-14

n Immed aiely This Fahfleman, I
haYe no inubt VIII ~ what he fhh i1f
Mrs " lfJan's son
w. handed ~ Tho wd0w Tie pIeea
n tafsf on whlfh he had Wdilen The
s0llofhfs Aldfaa fha good woman
EXPRESSED her gratitude WITH uhefnihn
wafmih prom sing ~ return soon 10 70
port progress
II can phly thank you aRaln, Mr. Cal.
thorpe" said Misc tuihhsr, calmly
They bowed be- opened tho door " N
tho same %p0liteness which be- would
have shown ~ q perfect stranger, aud
sho passol out
Tie door closed II was MI over. 50
quietly. 40 politely they had spoken 10
zach oihe again aud there bad not
been ono word more than The business
In hand demanded
Their lives were indeed divided
CHAPTER XVI
ms wAr oTtr.
We'll OF al the csld.bloOded pieoss
Of cruelty be had ever heard or read of.
this was The most atrocious' To come
70 him while The breath announcing her
engagement was still warm IN the mir;
10 stand here and speak 10 him "a calm
lyW V he wcrr no more than q respect
able man 81 business who was 10 DO
PAID for bis seryiccsl-it was the most
deliberate and heartless insult that could
be offered 10 any poor creature
Good God what was sho made OFF
I Could she have any feeling at allP And
did shr think that he had none that ho
was as cold and passionless as herselip
Yet she could not be passionless either;
be had good reason 10 know that. But
then. her disp a. Of pasSlon had been
the pitiful outbnrst OF blended vanity.
not offended loye. without q doubt
sha bad eome there, moved by some
vicious curiosity to look once more at
/ the man she had thrown aside so CON
te%mptuously. and to prove TO him that
she was quite indlHerentabout the past.
How calmly she spoke, how calmly she
looked and how beautiful.
yes, he She what she might, In soul she
was still beautiful. and those eyes were
TO him still full Of q soft light which
seemed 10 be the moon-rcflection OF o
z orious sun within.
Curse III Why was this ~sickening
ycarning taking possession OF him
AGAIN. Why was all life sinking away
from him and he, without her. only a
worthless atom floating blindly, aim ,ess-
" about In n world OF dense iogP
But IL was unpardonable-her coming
there nj such n time: coming az the
very hour when he was ~fattering him
self that II was possible to accept the
dull round Of the humdrum existence
she had left him. lilo had been vague
ly sensible that he was falling into his
dull groove and was beginning to have
some glimpses of that peace Of mind
which is obtained in n state OF sheer
stupidity, and which was worth hay-
ing, although there are in Il no days OF
great hope and happy endcavor. She
ame and again arose that terrible men,
tai frankenstein. called "What-m might
haye-beenl'
But he had been calm, too, through
out tho interview, he had been bust.
ness like and polite; nothing more. lie
hoped he had been polite; he meant to
be so-perfcctly polite. He meant To
show her every possible sign of respect.
and only 10 hide from her how every
nerve was thrilling with the wild erav.
Ing merely 90 touch her hand. She had
not seen thai and she oould not feel Il.
Yet the longing had beon upon h m all
the time, and tho effort TO conceal II
made Il hard TO bear. There she was,
standing before him-Lucy. Ho heard
her vol Q, and no matter what ia tone.
something modulated the soundinto tho
sweet voice of Luoy. II
II was uscIessf striving with this
thing which had not only taken posses.
sion OF his being. but was MS being.
lie hated TO calfit love; the meaning
Of tho poor word had become so ds,
graded by its application to any pass.
ING within of n boy or the fancy of 4
| Rirl-hayinp AZ much bearing mon Tho
actual business of their lives ns tho
Temporary mama Of tho ono for 4
bicycle and OF the other for a new
dress This strange Thing which held
h m. like Victor Uuyo's devil.6sb. wa,
his life. He smiled At the droll smile.
uQtlltsl WAS As 0OOi n unlnf
a. conld lie found for tbis ,nysterion.
Something which gave main ne Mon,
AZ its pleasure.
And 40 she was IN marry Sir Frcder
lex Powell. Of Woodstow, a was n good
match. lie was a sensible fellow with
NO aha "A vIcws abont an,,hinc, =,
e~ssy.gcjng mortal cooa .ns,,rrd AND
happy. because hc was eontent "a foi
low the Main benten naihs heiop him
ana neyer had n thought NJ stepnins
aside 10 seek impossible HOVER
through i'm cnetrabIe maze. sh,
would be happy with such A mnn-tha'
was something. Maurice conld fame,
her in the first welded wears ,enioyin.
ali tho pleasures w Io6 wealth eoul,
obtain. and passing on TO contentc,
round ~ sI%pls Sn,iss wbieS won9d sal
10 har lot. And ibfos,vha i thls powc,
would be nv her AIDE, Then he eoul,
see Iucy sharing The druJgery of /,
hardworkinv lIIo with himsei1 Tho Ion,
nath made thornv Inv malt oarss NM
nerhana falIum M the cnd. N WA
wen she was shared that trial: ther
was no question. she had chosen N,
right course and he ought TO be elal
Was thai sharp twinge Of pain only N,
sting OF. reeret2. lie hoped IL was ma
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