Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-19
-Four days had passed.

perhaps little more with q shy young
fellow of eighteen, who was in the COM
pany, than with any other, because of
his youth and shyness.
Arthur Austin had begun the day in
his usual good spirits; but as it went on
he grew gleamier and gloomier, and at
last relapsed into perfect silence. In
vain did his betrothed endeavor to cheer
him. He scarcely spoke or looked at
her, and at last his manner began to
have effect upon the whole party. One
after the other grew dismal, and the re-
turn home was as solemn as a funeral
procession.
At Sybella's door Austin lifted his
hat coldly and bade her good evening
without even q pressure Of the hand.
You are coming in, Arthur" she
said, softly.
No. he answered.
Are you Hip"
At that he turned sharply upon her
and said aloud: NO, 1 am not i'll. I
am not blind-that is all. Nor deaf,
either. I have watched and listened
today TO my cost. Good evening""
What did he mean, aunt?" cried
Sybella, when the door had closed.
What has been done? 1 saw moth
ing"
He is pretending to be jealous of
Young Mordaunt," said Aunt Margaret,
quietly. "Sybella, have courage. He
means to quarrel and break it off with
You, now that he thinks you penniless.
Tell him the truth, and he will soon re-
cover from his jealousy. Keep it to
yourself, and you will never be able to
mollify him"
and this time Sybella only sighed.
But she went to her room and wrote
pretty letter to her lover, begging him
to come to her, and when he came she
met him with an offer Of her lips, which
he shocked her by rejecting.
You know how have been offended,
Sybella," he said. You know you
hirted with that boy Mordaunt all
day !"
L did nothing of the kind I never
firted in my life; why should I begin
to do 50 now? No woman was ever
truer than have been to you!"
I doubt it," said he. Z have seen
much, and I suspect more; and, since
your conduct has alienated my heart
from you, We had better part. There is
only one way Of managing these
things
Sybella looked earnestly at him, She
saw no jealous madness there; only
cool determination to set aside his en-
gagement with woman whom he had
never loved, and whose fortune had
been his only object from the first.
And she knew that Aunt Margaret
had been right; but she loved him so
well, and trusted him 50 entirely, that
it seemed to her as if the knowledge
would -end soul from body. She tried
to hide her tears, but in vain.
Slowly she drew her engagement
ring from her finger and put it into his
hand and turned away. At the door
strong hand grasped hers. Itwas Aunt
Margaret's. She led her niece to her
room, and returned to the parlor before
Arthur Austin had left it.
Standing before him, looking straight
at him, she said: so, sir, you have
been tried in the furnace and found
wanting! You know that my niece's
loss of fortune IS at the bottom of this.
Don't prevaricate; you know it is true.
I have seen through you from the first
at is not your affair, I believe" Ar
thur, answered, sullily. of course,
when man expects to marry money, he
isn't pleased to find himself saddled with
poor wife and her beggarly relations
But OF course I was jealous. I've broken
it al off with Sybella on that account,
and it's her own fault"
She has had lucky escape, Mr..
Austin, said Aunt Margaret; but be-
fore you &c, let me tell you little Sc
cret. Sybella has not lost her money.
The bank that failed had not penny
Of hers in it. And as for the beggarlv
relation-you mean me, you know
poor Aunt Margaret is worth her $5O,-
600, and every shilling of it is to be left
to her dear niece, Sybella Ruthven. I
warned her that you did not love her. 1
forced her against her will to put you
to the test. And now 1 see that I was
right, and you may go, Mr.. Arthur
Austin"
Mr.. Austin departed. a month after
ward he wrote a penitent letter to Sy-
bella, telling her that he believed him
selftO have been causelessly jealous, and