The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-10-27

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er saying mo to anybody. You yoursel
haye frequently told me had the sweet
est nature in the world, and it is quit,
too lnte TO alter Lady Rodney's arrange
ments now"
"No doubt you are right, as you Away,
are. I'm sorry / can't be present on The
ninetee,h, but it is impossible, as shall
have business that will detain me abou,
that time"
"Very pressing business7"
"Yes, very pressing business"
"Ahr' says Miss Bohun.
When Disney has been absent two
days, his thoughts undergo decided
change.
To have left Dorothy in the manne,
be had, seems to him now, to have been
not only an unmanly, but most IN.
worthy action.
There is only one way out of it He
will write to her, and humblY apologize
for his conduct.
The night passes wsarily enough, and
the morning brings him no relief. He is
still indesoribably miserable, and sinks
into the belief that there is no balm in
Gilead for his uneasy spirit.
The next day he grows even more des.
perats, and finally decides that to.mor.
row, como what may, be will-metspbori.
cally speaking-throW himself at her feet
and implore forgiveness.
How slowly the train seems to move,
and how intolerable seems the delay al
each station to Disney. as the next morn.
ing he travels on his way to Brompley
One half hour more, and he is fulfilling
the guards demands for the shattered re.
mains OF his m mutilated ticket, and awakes
to the fact that he has actually arrived al
his destination.
Hastily procuring bis baggage. and
engaging the first car convenient he i'm.
medistely proceeds TO the hall. Arriving
there, he dismisses the man, and. giving
his luggage to the incstimable Williams
he enters the house.
How good IL seems to him being bac
again, and how small by this time have
Dorotby's sins grown in his eyes! After
all. how could she doIit9 He is sure she
hated having to do it. And how could
she refuse Lady Rodney. after promising
to play her part9 Aud, besides, how
many women act in private theatricals
and why shouldn't Dorothy, who is evi
IDENTIFY fitted by nature for that sort o.
sport? And when one comes 10 think o.
it dispassionstely, there are few thing,
$3.50 innocent as little tableaux, anc
little drawing-room pieces, and all that
In fact, when they are married. b,
doesn't see why they shouldn't have pri
vate theatricals once o. month. That
green room at Kingsmore is Just tn,
place for q stags-footlights and droI
scenes. and so on.
He is getting positively enthusiastic
over the theatricals, which subject ha,
carried him as far as the drawinR-room
when it suddenly occurs TO him thai
Miss Bohun is not there, as the man ba.
led him to suppose.
No doubt she is in the conservatory,
which she so much affects. He pauses.
He thinks be will give her a pleasant
surprise, and cautiously moving aside
the curtain, that ha may not too rudely
break in upon the reverie that is doubt.
less filed with him, he gazes upon the
little perfumed paradise beyond.
At first the light dszzles his eyes, Hs
draws his breath quickly. end then-whAi
is it he seesf In the distance stand,
Dorothy-her features eloquent, her eyel
alight, her lips parted. as o smile fond
and tender hovers round them.
At her feet kneels Ponsonby. his hands
tightly clasped, his whole attitude be,
traying devotion the most intense.
Even as Disney watches them, stricken
to the heart by this cruel picture OF
which he has been SO unwittingly intro
duced, passionate outbreak OF wordl
ONES from Ponsonby's lips.
Darling" be says, "a appeal to yor
for the last time, and implore you 10 lis
ten to mel Do not, beseeoh you, let th,
alteration of another" That's me,
Disney says, between his compressed
lips)-"blind you to the undying love
Offer! On you are centered all my hopel
Of future happiness! Do not sentence m,
to lifelong despair, but say you viii
be mine!"
Disney waits with maddening impati
ence and beating heart for her reply.
1t comes very nervously from Doro
bys pretty lips.
Her head is bent modes.ly, aud hei
hands lie passively in PonsoDby's.
"How can answer your she says, il
distinct but wavering accents. Aud ye
why should not unburden my mind
Truth is always best. Ny heart har
long been in your keeping. and If yor
wish it. it is yours"
1t is too much! Sick at heart, Disney
turns away. not caring to listen to wordi
evidently not meant for him to bear
The dreadful awakening has come! Al
his dreams of bliss have been shattered
by this sudden and painfully unexpected
blow; and Dorothy, his love, whom b,
has believed as true as the angels, il
nothing more in his eyes now than 4
practiced hIrt and beartless woman o.
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