The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-02-27

lhefe was Angela, SLOWLY auNdnClnb, |
and that man who carried her roll OF
music and looked earnestly into herlace
was Mr.. Fordyce. Certainly thore was
no possibility of u mistake in the mat
ter, They advanced slowly, paused
at the gate to exchange some parting
words, when there was shake of the
hand, look from the gentleman, ac-
companied by bow in which there was
more of good intentions than of elegant
performance; an appealing glance from
the lady
Mr.. Fordyce walked briskly away
down The street, and Angela rang the
front door bell.
"Why, child, you are almost in the
dark; can't see my way" she SAID as
'she came in. "Do let us have the gas
lighted, and some tea. ! am dying for
a cup of tea.
"Anrela, was that Nj. Fordyce who
came with You to the gateE
"Mr. FordyceP' repeated Angela, in
a changed voice, which strove to break
into an Indifferent laugh; "yes ma belle
it was. Dear old thing he is! What
thenp'i
"Had he walked far with you?"
"From Carlton Road, Just above the
Berghauses. 1t there met him"
"And he turned back with youP"
"He did Really, have had enough
Of this catechism Youare not cheer
full sister. Here am l. half dead with
cold and fatigue, and you beginto cross
question me as if | were witness sus-
pected of dishonesty. You do forget
Yourself strangely, sometimes"
She rang the bell sharply and desired
the servant to bring some tea. Then
she lighted the gas with her own hands,
and when Mahelle looked at her, she
saw flush on her cheeks and light,
as of triumph, in her eyes.
The words of the verses she had been
reading seemed TO ring in Mabelle',
ears. Was her sister without it-that
moral quality which holds compacts
sacred
"Vows once made, kept evermore;
Truth maintained twixt friend and foeg"
Or was she one of those women whC
will pursue any by-path through lif'
which promises most ease TO the feet
and the pleasantest banks to rest upon
even though to do it she must go foreve
:. with "a lie in her right handP"
: The tension of doubt and distress be
a came almost unbearable to the youn;
:. girl. The cloud which for few week
4 had been lifted, settled more heavil
. than ever over her head. Perhap
= Angela might not suffer, but she did
Whenever she saw Grace, she felt a
:, impulse to cover her face with he
. hands; she wished she could sink int
!, the earth and be forever lost to sight
, When she saw the letters in the thi
% foreign envelopes, with the outlandis S
!. stamp, and the round black address t
= Miss Fairfax, and saw those others wit
y the small, clear, delicate tracery, aC
D dressed to ''Phlip Massey, Esq, II. !
! M. Consulate, Y, China" Mabel
J. 'elt as If the world were upside down
: were one vast, black, hideous lie, an
4, she part of it.
=, 30 For the first meeting between Nj
'V Iordyce and Angela, which had shocke
, her and sent chill foreboding to hC
!, heart. was not the last; but, warned
- = the result of it, Angela had never agai
: allowed Mabelle a chance of eXpost,
lating with her. Her affairs We
49, cleverly managed. The girl could no
=. =, only guess, surmise, suspect; wear oI
u her heart with conjectures which 81
a could not substantatc, and rack h
~ ~ brains with consideration of the pro
!" lem whether she must icaye Philip
>, his fate or betray what she thought
az a her sister, and possibly be found wror
" after all.