The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-15

WS<&& VI wv etkE t4t<rStt&ks A8EN tts [ Mira Tsevarroch. if she ever had them l had ou,hved ali romantic views of lifs and he represented his case to her wiil . what he called brutal valgArssy." II, told her of the extent of his income. h, ! position in life. the property he cculs } settle cn his wtte. Mrs. Trevarfuci listened wi,h every hard line of her facs shaEpened with eAgernes> bi,tei eagcraess et hfe-lonS poverty.
 She's born tool" was her comment on hts unvarnished tale when she knows n's as much as wc can do ,o ind bread \ born fool. 'TAint even as if Ten. ruddoek were alive he might have ken, her decen,ly. and he was a good fellow Io, she's nought in the world to took to now but want and trouble. l'll make her have you. Mir. Randall. hless yca.s
 Nlnccat shrAnk' with a sort of hatred rom h,s ally. but he did not refuse the offer. He wanted Mary so much the more hercely for its difficulty. Hut he was cautious, he mes her every day tor a week. but he d,d not press his suit: he met her with quiet seriousness and re- ! spcet which touched her. he looked so sadly. Her eyes dwci, on him SO v,st- fully as to be Alnos, tender almost. not qul,e. Mary seldom was tender. though her heart was deep. capable et holding whole ocean of love. Ono day he asked her blan,ly and suddenly II she meant to marry h,m. ot to break hs heart.
 Her eyel.ds aa,seted and her hps. too. in an ai,emp, ,e smile. Mems heart, don't break" she sad feehly
 Don't they y' he returned You know grea, deal ahou, them
 Il know noughi aboa, gentlemen" she answered. halt saIeas;ic.ally bu; can't believe m your remembering me long"
 Mary. don't ask you to love INC. remember. You have only 10 marry ne Ai eas, your lic won't be worse than Il ts"
 IL can't be mueh." she sad. under her breath. "only m laih to leave the shote"
 Tk.ak af all I means freedom itom care. tot you. ios your mother
 Hush she returned hefcel, that's Wha, she's pat into you. Don't make me de like that Willn make ,cu happy Even ii can't love you =
 es. hc answered. m a tone that had however. no ela;ion in i, "it IS my only ,hancc.
 Then take me fl you will. she cried. putting out her hands and never say played ,oa false NJ, he.,,s lead hu, whats left ot me is yours though lts ne, wotih youi s,ooping to puck Il oui of the gutter
 He took her hands and pre.sed them io his heart. hu, something in her pfe. vented hm from trying to kiss hct She vas hard. and hls mood was chilled.
 In tes days Vincent went to london Ia make preparations for h,s wedding Before he Jeff lenra,h he gave Mary mother notes for til, pounds. that she might make some changes m her WAY of iVtng at once. The woman who could not shed l teai fof her b,,.ei past. ,tied over the money. ln week a box ar tiAed from London tof Miss rrcsalroeh tnll ofdfesses. linen and oambtis. ii, for lady Mary tossed them over with scoin. My ptiCe, she sald bitterly to her mother :" lie might have waited for that I'm no paupet. and hate em ?, Nah these Last words vsolea,ly spoken. Shc burst out into stotm of soba and tcsis. All the gfiei she had gone through had bat seldom drawn teat fro,a her
 Iiat her heart told her that she w4s un- grateful, and to please neeni she pu, on the planes, dress he had seni to vel come hm III, lie caugh, her to hta breast wlth rapture l. seemcd to hun that beng a1sent ffoin her brought ro her wonderful beau, mote Yis,dly home ta hum cac u HWe talA A she ~aA, she xatf ftt. | nns on hrt hagef as they sai tosethel an ,he rocks. May looked a, hinn, then al the t1ns and she iaid her hand an inc back oi hlAts~''s! sses 'hete. sii ahe sad Wlih a fsissous -smlie did you cYer see any th.ng look wotse. ih-rcA my hand brown hand. ppot woinans wotsinx hand, wfih a tnc lady's rng upon IL l. only makes Ii look hofnet and uglirr. Please 70 take t oii JeNels on me look ike blue sa,,n furniture would ln out ki'' hen. I'd rather nDt wcaf #, thanking yog alJ tue same
 lou are figk;. nce1; said quietly. dta~ing oii the nng The deal hand does not need ' a p.s,a gold 6ir le wlll look inter And he klssed the ih.td finger winch he stripped of lu ofnA. nen,
 Ai the moment he kissed her hand he ieli |, suddenly ,~ttch and struggle with < kind of eonyulslve mosemen, which released !. from his Mary had ris~n ,o her feet. Her face vas q yhasily white hef eyes, vide open. were hlied with tcrrof. ilnf en, toslowing them .au that they we're fixed 8pon boat whit Ii ~as nearing the shore. \ man in sailors dress sith red caD iii f. Vincent thought that the boat had cosae from a bns winch vas anchored A mule qf t~o oa'. He had scareely tune to f5im or co!irc, thought &hen Mary uttered a cry
 Il hardly rounded like 4 henan soie .. more like ibs scfe4m of A ~Ild brd
 Come back, come back ,on the dead, ID curse me
 These words, somehow. shaped them selse. A the boa, grated on the shore she turned, flung up her arms. and rushed