The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-05-22

~ must tell You something said
Thee; something which has been So
cret until now
Lilith's beautiful eyes turned ques-
tioningly upon her.
"What is it?" she asked.
"Oh, Lii, wish you could SEQ how
pretty you look"
Never mind how I look, but tell
your secrets"
"Well, when / was walking with Mr..
Swain tonight, he spoke of friend of
his, whom 1 happen to know very well
indeed. And Mr.. Swain will write
him tomorrow that / am here and he
is TO come"
st is lover of yours"
well ?"-defantly
sand you are in love with him?"
~Well?" stronger than before.
"You are engaged" cried Lilith.
shaking back her golden name.
~Well?" decisively.
well, Theo, why don't You go on?
Who Is hep"
He is very han dsome and fascinating;
he has money enough for us-with what
Jack left me. / love him dearly. quite
as much as did Jack"
"But his name, Theo?'
"His name is Richard Livesay."
| Lilith made no answer for moment !;
the brush had fallen out of her hand,
and she was stopping to pick it up.
Richard Liyesay," she repeated by
and by.
"Yes; what's the matter, doyou know
my Dick?'
know your Dick, Theo?" she
laughed, oddly. Il think not. Yet
did know Livesay once-perhaps his
name was Richard
did you know him well?'
"Theo, you are looking jealous. Per-
haps I'd better tell you my secret; it
will be announced tomorrow. am to
marry Mr.. Chapples."
90, Lilith! l am so glad, dear. II
hoped so. How could you imagine me
jealous. l do hope you will be very
happy
Lilith went on brushing her hair.
Isn't your affair something sudden.
| Theo ?"
We'll, yes; I've only known Dick
two months. L met him In Washing
ton, and we soon became engaged. No
body knows but you, Lilith.
Il Thought it strange 1 hadn't
even heard you mention his name. !"
And with careless goodnight she
passed to her room, where she stood
looking out into the starlit night and
reasoning with herself. What was
Richard Livesay to her now, that she
must feel this pang at the knowledge
that he loved another? Could he love
another, after having loved her so? Or
had he never loved her? Was she
sorry for Theo? No, for Theo was
clear-headed and practical She was
rather sorry for herself, sorry that she
must feel this pang. 1t would not be
pleasant to meet him as Theo's lover.
yet she had some curiosity to see him
once more, this man who had been her
earliest betrothed. Il shall only love
Lester the more, when they stand side
by side!' she said. He is so noble, so
tender, so great hearted. Nothing
could turn me from Lester. OF that l
am certain"
Three days later Livesay arrived.
Theo went down to meet him, their
engagement having been announced, as
had that of Lilith and Chapples.
Coming up the path with her lover,
the little widow, in her gray velvet cos
tune and jockey cap, looked undeni-
ably radiant. Lilith at the same mo-
ment rose gracefully from the piazza
hammock, clad in the palest of blue
lawns, with delicate laces and satin
ribbons, a white woolly shawl clinging
to her shoulders, knot of heliotrope
upon her bosom. Her pale-blue hand
kerchief, scented with the same hello
trope, fiuttered to the ground. Il be-
Level have met Mr.. Livesay before, I"
she said, quite unmoved at the intro
duction. Then she slipped back into
the hammock and they entered the
house.
"He has not forgotten" she said,
with a thrill of exultation at his
heightened color.
Lester Chapples came out and stood
smiling down on her.
"Mr. Livesay has arrived" he said.
~Theo tells me you used to know him.. /"
"A long time ago." she answered,
dreamily. Lester, bending, lifted her
handkerchief and held it for mo-
ment, as if he could caress any dainty
belonging of hers. She took it from
him then, and laid it under her cheek.
And still he stood looking down fondiy.
I've go sailing to-day he said.
"Your name is dry upon the boat. 1t
is the Lilith' now"
She was alone in the parlor that
afternoon, waiting for the others, when
Livesay came in. The deep blue Of
her Yachting dress intensified the
transparency of her complexion. Yet
she was first to speak.
"You didn't expect to find me here?"
NO." he said, in an uncertain tone
"You would not have come, per-
haps?" she went on, slowly. @But 1
have to congratulate you
"Lilithw
She shrank from him, continuing,
@You will be very happy, hope"
mot now, having seen you. Lilith,
is it too late?"
Hush You are wild! You must not
say such things. Go quick. There is
some one coming"
He slipped into the hall. and then
Lester Chapples came through the
long window, white with horror.