The daily gazette., 1883-11-02
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nnAPrER II.

~ u.r hand was Ouey Win nc IhblNNluB VI
he' Il oit4n 20 in," she saiIl; twill
" y,N ronrd there oncc"
or ~ was something III pleading IN her
Perhaps she wished all her little
W.T. wv, -, Ir aud death 70 be forever associ.
or with him, and felt that the graveyard
en ',I he leet dreary II he had trodden II.
T9li gIa ne,rd the entreaty, but he drew back.
W. rnn he exclaimed; ''tho garden is
ss. ac1ulesced instantly, vexed with her
!, ~, ,,r haying proposed anything that could
.,l4.se hlln, aud turned hurrietly away
r,,n the little gate.
I "Hos the days shorten," he said as they
o,.eJ the laurels.
abe looked up with timid glance, "bhal
= go inf" she asked.
+, cost her something TO make the sugges-
~ for every change compelled her TO
III The too.swlft passing Of the precious
onr. But when they went indoors there
Z, vet a happy time reserved fer her In
~ rqctory drawing room, Outside the
sck boughs aud the cold green lawn grew
r1l.inyt in the twilight; but, within, the
owlpg radiance lighted their faces as they
J, hy ihe HresIde. She made his tea, and
cured it out for him. Il was like the
nnebson, only with even more Of the per-
anal service which was SO SWEET to her.
nj laucied that these moments, with a
lhslow OF the inevitable parting drawing
,tf nearer and nearer, were the dearest and
.. Of all; his voice had tones in It which
ldiled through her, his words weTe gentler,
!, ege., full Of unknown meaning, met hers
I'M fingered. The present pleasure aud tbs
souug anguish rose IN her heart ia wave
passionate feeling, sweet beyond all
Eeetness, and salt as burning tears. II
rose al last IN an utterance which was
Iuost a sob, aud the same low dry which
a beeu wrung from her by thb pain OF
hin earlier parting: "0h, what is tho uael
h shall never meet Againp
Itwas the same, but more intense, aud
here was aD appeal tO him for help in tho
r,palrug words. Mr.. Langley consolei
In sktllfully enough, Che had had practice
such cOnsolati0n;) he promised her that
bcy should meet-yes, that very winter
q rlole hO went away; ho held her hands IN
h .on white hands, aud as he took leave OF
Ier he drew her toward him and kissed her.
lbe did not resiet, and every thought, dream
Mi memory of her whole life faded, aud
Dalsd beside that r'oment wheu her lips met
I.
cHAPTER III.
4 Mr. Langley had passed wearlsome
ight, tossing and moaning in a restless
urcrs ion of dreams. Toward morning he
tlrpt somcwhat more heavily, but when the
Aryaui came with his hot water he woke
kih START and bewildered cry:
N "Whrre Is she Is she dead 20
i The man, turning away, smiled diser Getty,
or bio master WAS 10 be married That morn
BIZ
\ HYou have been dreaming. sir.o he said.
bnging up the blinds and letting In
Ruidru flood OF sunshine. Mr. Langley lay
boru 0lpute with hall closed eyes.
'i.s, I've been dreaming" he said, IN q
bic oi reiiet, slowly coming to O conscious
b., Of familiar surroundings and OF the
bp,uuor oi the August day.
"iru o'clock, sir; you have no Time to
A." said the man, "And here Is
aer"
Very well. l shall get up almost d.
bcy."
4 H. turned his head uneaslly on his pillow,
b,4'y, yet glad of the warm golden morn.
ug, and the end OF that long night. OF
kplr-r he had been MISUNDERSTANDING of
Emma Ii4rrisun. But why had he dreamed
ltllt pnor little girl In Ireland ON the
\ gA before his wedding dayf He had
kN,r seen her since their partiug at Bally-
WiilN, hlith tldh blOAGhb HhNh w hlh
mury Alter Vll, he had treated her no
For lnar scores OF others; II hll his past
8HlmYhs were to rise from the dead his
onm should have been full of reproachful
Fsians Why did this one poor child haunt
bun lnus, when the rest were forgotten
sYql 50 1t had been. He had thought he was
kaIking with her once more 10 the rectOry
eadrr, transformed in his fancy to a strange
tnl drsulate place, with gray sky above
/ anil the dead leaves dropping downward
~ The lt.aden earth below. He did not
know how long this lasted--some dim,
lmn,a urable period, as time ID in dreams.
lie woke, and slept again, md 1t still
continued. There were changes which were
nO changes, for through them all they two
Serr always together iu a gray solitude. At
ast un appalling sense OF dread came upon
bin; iii was no longer by his side, but
yIg white, and client, and asleep, and he
gould hot leave her, could never escape
h0m the horror of that stiffness, unless she
Houli upea her eyes once more and speak
q word to set him free. He stopped o kiss
her, saying to himself In his dream, "She Is
astep-she is not dead-I know she is not
dead, because If she were dead her lips
would be cold" And then with shudder
he 1t that the mouth whidh he touched
with lis was colder than stone, and he
plrssed his chilled lips hopelessly upon It,
1nd lound no answering breath, no quiver
lg str of life and love. IL was not wonder
Jul that Mr.. Langley, though he might be
btwidtred Tor a moment, was glad to have
aooi OF daylight poured on such dream
b that.
Something, however, Of ita sadness stlll
fingered with him, or he should have
Akpipl with d ltuhfnr bpa RI nm the morn.
A lug whcn marked the erowning-point OF hiI
Success. The plan he had traced for himsel
IN the autumn had been exactly carried out
except that for the unknown heiress hat
been substituted Rose Willing. The uncl
mad died Just before Christmas, bequeath
ing . Rose an even larger Inheritance thai
lsd been anticipated. Mr.. Langley, whel
he lett Ireland early IN March, found Mrs
1nd Miss Willing already established !
London
IN his desperate necessity he resolved I
haS daring game, aud win the girl whot
~ mad won and cast aside IL months earliel
was annoying to remember that he ha
eFA@h back then when success was aba(
iu'ely certain, but he was not man
vase Time ln useless regreta, aud the yer
III uly OF the enterprise, under these ue'
yohi4dnus, attracted him. II required ?
liIilr skill AMI boldness to secure Rose an
Der m'n Y. That one unlutky evening ha
made Mrs Willing his enemy: as for Ros
she had believed in him and adored hll
oonrr, but no one was better aware than n
Ian Icy that the raneor OF a emall-minde
Woman who feels that she has beC
slg linl Is more permanent tn
good many sweeter sentiments. He set hin
r!t therefore to proye to Rose that 1t was
Who had been Sighted, and not she, ar
That any apparent diseourtesy on his pa
HH . a,