Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-18


% ] am not sorry To leave YOU. sir"
said Teddy, unable To make any more
generous response, rs he quilted the
room.
Maurice requested the servant 10 ask
Miss Cuthbcrt II he might sec her for n
lew moments. She came nj once
There was mo- light IT triumph in her
eyes; they were sadder than before.
Maurice spoke rapidly and excitcdly.
Teddy has told mc what should
make the glad, and I am glad; but there
Is ~ much misery mixed up in il that
only one thing u cLar To me. and
that Is the bitter knowledge that
his petty net 81 Jealous trcachery
has done vs. both irrcparablc harm.
How YOU must have suffered!
And ! was the cause I. who would
have done anything rather than have
given YOU the smallest pang -and can
do nothing 10 make amends. am
powcrlcs- even to let you see how /.
too, suffered"
His words came like n torrent: his
checks were flushed. aud his eyes bright.
do not blame yourself. or Teddy
too much,' she answered. quietly;
other circumstances combined 20 bring
about our misfortune
"Will YOU ever forgive me?"
81 have too much to regret to have
thought about forgiving. Mr.. Ark
wood has told me how YOU tried To find
me"
81 thought YOU must be- dead WHY
did you mystify me So when We first
met nj Hollyford?"
II cannot tell. >" she answered. frank
~, and again that ripple II agitation
passed over her face. II cannot tell.
except that tho pain of thinking you
had deceived mc made mc fooliSh-mad.
/ think. Your failure to identify me
seemed to confirm all that had been
led To believe. But why do
we talk about this now? We have both
blundcred-I most-and we have to
bear the sorrOw we have made for our
selves
mo. no, no; IL was | who Numbered.
and wish | might be the only one to
suffer for IT,"
You know that cannot he" she an
swcrcd, with faint. sad smile. 'and
Ito not wish IL to be-. Whoever Il To-
blgmc, there is no help for il now"
That Thought Is worse than ALL
There might be help for IL if"
Tic stopped and his face became
white. There j. mo- help for il now. 9"
she hail said. anil so quietly that the
remembrance II her engagement thrust
itself upon him and her manner in
spired the question: WAS she resigned
To it9" lie felt chilled. as II the hot
springs II love had been suddenly
frozen. There was apparently no re-
sponsc ON her part to the passion which
be now became conscious he had dis
played; her calm sadness was inpcn-
ctrahlc. She was like one who. know
ing her fate. had accepted IL and is
ready to walk steadily forward without
murmuring.
Should he. too. bow 20 this fatee or
should be- attempt To break through the
barrier and rescue her from up He
had only to say good-byc and GO away.
She seemed 90 be waiting for him to
do So. and he was moved by perverSe
impulse To 60. but he was not 60 he
guided by impulse now. He alao was
ready Co accept his fate and To pass on
without whining; not. however. until
he had proved Co the uttcrmoSt that his
fate was apart from hers. lie should
not, u he could help Il, have cause to
blame himself hereafter for having
hcsitatcd To adopt any honorable means
by which he might secure the happi-
ness he craved for; he should not have
TO reflect: III had done this. OF
that. all might have been well.
lie was Influenced and sustained In
this resolution Nv what he had Just
heard from Teddy. The latter. in his
.despairing howl. had unconsciously
iteratcd the fact that he confessed his
treachery only because he bad learned
that his foster-sister was so much dis
tressed about Maurice. There was a
simple Interpretation Of that distress.
and Maurice seized II eagerly, vet with
the timidity which one feels when a
long-eoveted prize Il unexpectedly
pls~sd within reach.
= H. spoke calmly. but there was sub
dued passion throbbing IN every tone
and look. L-l|..|
Il ought. perhaps, TO do no more than
thank you again and go; but / can not
do that. You said you wished me TO
remember you AZ Lucy; / do not think
she would have wished me to 20 with
out At least trying TO let you understand
me fully. We seem both 10 have been
walking Ia the dark. and daylight has
come 10 us. We should not separate
now without a thorough clearing up
between VI. for We can never have an
other opportunity Of speaking freely to-
gether."