West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-08-22


blushing, for she too had n lover, and
these evenings out meant the Joy of the
whole week.
Somehow Miss Ranley felt that she
wanted the letter out of her reach, and
va illation out of her power.
CHAPTER II.
al have come to make things right.
/ can do without you, Mary; YOU are
my shcet-anchor; j have felt adrift since
l lost you
SO Tom Dauvers spoke, hurryng
after her rs she came home from after
noon So DOL.
There was n drilling rain falling,
and the landscape was blurred. and the
heavy clouds hung low, and the woman
knew that the face she turned to her
lover was pinched and white.
81 thought you had gone, Tom, it is
so long since heard of YOU.
at is n week, and perhaps YOU did
not ask about me. | never thought of
going i'm any mad hurry like that.
There is nothing decided even yet
els there not? | thought had an
idea there was" she answered falter-
ingly.
"Oh. no. Stephens only wrote to
Offer me the appointment, and | went
20 consult you about it when you took
me up 50 shortly" There was n tone
of rcproach in his voice, for he fe,t still
that he had been badly used
81 did not mean TO hurt you," she
protested, meekly.
"Wel, perhaps some fellows don't
mind being thrown over after seven
years waiting and lust as there is n
prospect of something definite at last -
81 he prospect seemed very vague TO
me, ~ smiling family.
''Uh, because You would not listen.
Stephens offers me either three hundred
a salary, or share in the proceeds,
VIII cheN er like and he saws the eli
mate is good and living not very high,
and l had almost persuaded myself,
Mary, that we IN ght 90 out together
married. ut. still, ii you prefer me to
grub on here l shall do il, so a; YOU
continue TO love me.
he had stopped, and they faced
each other, and he saw now how pale
,he was.
IL would 90 with you to Rangoon if
| could; it all seems so easy now, when
it is too Late she answered. with n
break in her vol e.
"And why is it too late?"
because l have promised to marry
another man
"You have? Well, certainly, YOU
have not lost any time"
II have not
She could have laughed with the
dreariest, most dismal mirth She was
SO contemplate i'm her own eyes: all
she had done looked so strange and I'M
called-for Why, that very n ornino
her senses had returned. and she knew
that brave, strong hearted, successful
woman for she was successful i'm her
own way has no right TO throw her
self on any mans charity lust because
he loves her and because her life-stOr.y
has been mistold. If she had ONLY
waited TO post her letter next day her
self it would never have reached its
Destination. Now John HAYWARD had
her promise.
There was no escaping from the pos
on in which she had placed herself;
there was no possibility of showing her
self even cxcusable; she certainly had
hastened with all speed from the old
love TO the new.
81 had thought you so different from
that, Tom said with bewildercd i'm
credulity; Il thought you would have
been faithful to me even if we had
parted for a while, at least.
'But ] was weaker and meaner. Won
see. / wanted some one to keen mo in
idlcness and buy me fine dresses and
treat me well, and, when YOU could not
DO IL, ] closed with the offer of the first
man who could" She seemed 10 fake
a certain bitter pleasure in her selfac-
cusatiOn now.
ooh. Mary, I cant believe it. it's not
possible, y on who were ALWAYS so high
and far removed from The temptations
that bcset ordinary women" he burst
forth grooming.
You overrated me. ] overrated my
self You see now ! am ma, wor n
taking 20 IangoOu, not worth loving
or thinking ABOUT
But is it really truc2 Are YOU not
toriuring mo with cruel icst2''
"lt is quite true. J have promised TO
be another man 8 wife, and I wrote n IN
that no thought Of YOU would ever
stand between ms, she answered ar
raigning herself
Then you arc heartlrs. woman.
and shall never forgive your he burst
forth. prODounciug Judgment on the
-pOt ana then he rushed past her and
out ri her sight. while She continued
her solitary way with laggar steps
and heart that iay in her bosom heavy
a- lead
What can be do now She has soVn
The wind and the harvest Of the whirl.
wind has been cry bitter he has
daIIcd with temptation. and her moe
mcntary uuHthfu.nc-s has cost her
self respect Bufs- hc will Doe trge TO
herself 700 last she win recall The prom
i-c 'ra' houId never have been ~ ven.
d. NilI not matter as Gar her happl-
moss s concerned, buf 10 will boz tho
FIRST .cp loo The painful self restoration.
When har rncanfa'ion was written
there was load her mind but lie
was not in any foyer Of muarcnce 10
post th letter 30 would Keep 900 She
was ON her av 10 school After tho
hurried emotions o fho at twenty four
hours She was physically rad. and so
sbe Sat rocking herself ba knarl and