Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-07-27

The movement brought him to his
senses.
NO need of summoning help. | may
BE- rs they say, the worst OF the 'dour
Dalrells.' but | do not hurt IA woman.
Oh, that man were in your place"
he added savagely.
Perhaps Miss Ashley did not hear
that last muttered wish Had she done
so she could scarcely have hoped to
conclliate him.
Indeed, il isn't my fault. | do not
want the place Can We not be friends"
She Iobs me Of my aunt's affections,
Of her fortune, OF my fathers home,
and offers me her friendship"
Helen colortd at the emphasis, but
veEturcd ouCc more:
i am the most unwilling instru-
ment Of injustice TO you. Can You not
forgive me"
II is too late now TO repent of your
work. Am "A saint, that ! should
forgive YOU: Never, while You rule at
DaugeItield in my place
lie flung open the window, and van
lshed into the darkness out of which
lie had CONF.
Mr.. Darrell" Such pretty voice,
thought Hugh Darrell. Clear, full
toned, melodIous and not too loud ::
and although not absolutely familiar,
lie faucled he had heard 1t before.
He turned. Helen Ashley came to-
ward h!m through the woods, her hair
rufl'ed, her sweet face flushed with
the haste she had made. All his old
bitterness revived at tie sight Of this
prosperous beauty, framed in ty the
noble oaks which, he now rccollected,
were her own.
Mr.. Darrell. | wish TO speak to
you, she began timidly.
Probably to remind me that | am
tresrasslng. ! had forgotten these
woods are DOW Your property. Believe
ne, shall never offend again, Miss
Ashley.
You know ! did not mean that
How uagcHerous YOU are. cried Helen
indignantly. You will not come under
my rooE 50 ! am obliged TO ask You
ont here.
Why need there lie any communi-
cation tetweer US" Darrell Inquired,
cold.y
because demand IT for this once
a. at act f justice. Yen will not re,
!u.s ue that
She bad touched tie right cord
Darrell told himself he certainly
sO.lld not refuse justice even 10 this
"a! usurper. He bowed Jelly, and
sifss ashtiy proceeded.
In your opinion, ! am successful
iutriguau,e. loa think that crIng-
ed aud ,eadlcd Miss Darrell for her
money that my Wills aud BATTERIES
managed TO suPplant yen. Answer
ne : lou think this, DO you bot.
'PUi.tertss :orbld> me TO contradict,
Miss Ashley.
'FcihaIs yru even credit me with
suI pressing lour letters 10 her, Per
! LaIs iou ttiuk the Will IS Il forgery -
we'll, On my Iart lad always heard
If Sou as iieIce, quarrelsome, uudis-
|cjpiined, the terror Of the Ieighbor.
heed, aud BY 40 means source OF
unalloyed comfort to Your aunt. That
was my opinion Of YOU. and, while |
/ Piticd you-oh, you need not scowl, !
do pity you-lor losing You inheri
larcc, stl!i, / thought you had brought
/ 1t upon yourself by your conduct, and
particularly by iooIishly running away
+ 10 sea-
Gently, Miss Ashley. Allow me to
remark
'oh, YOU are going TO tell me that
you had your auut's permission. Lis
ten to NE, aud correct me il | am
wrong
Hugh shrugged his shoulders and re-
Ialsed into silence.
After one Of your frequent quarrels
with your aunt You went to the city.
\ short line afterwards YOU wrote her,
saying that you had fallen in with one
Iol your fathers old seaiaring friends.
/ and that he offered TO take YOU a vow
age with him, reminding her that YOU
had always longed for sailors life,
and begging her consent. | suppose
at that time her hands must have been
more than usually crippled by rheu-
matlsm, 10 which she was ALWAYS sub
jet, and, If she refused, to write the
single word, No.
May | ask how Miss Ashley is 50
acquainted with the contents of let
ter addressed to Miss Darrell"
1t was singing irony, but it fell
polntIess before the girls simple recti.
tude.
Her eyes net him so honestly that
Darrell felt ASHAMED, and she an
swered:
Your letter was open among Miss
oarsells papers, and | read others,
because tie lawyer told me it was nv
duty. What | want to tell You is
this: Before your letter reached her.
your aunt had heard that you were
starting for three years cruise. She
immediately made IL new will, and
your letter, when it arrived, was laid
aside unread, us were all subsequent
ones
When do you suppo Sc she read tn, M:
asked Darrell
In view of the girls candid face, he
felt it was needless to ask who had
opened them.
TO my certain knowledge, they
were unopened two weeks before hel
death. think it must have been one
of her last acts while she was able tC
move about Der room. | think she
wrongtd you, for she WAS very fond Of
you. | fancy she lay brooding over it
wanting strength to do more thar
that. | am sure she meant to change
her will-perhaps she imagined thai
she had already done so--ior her las
words were My boy Hugh--after all
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