Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-10-01
study, half in admiration, half IN re-

tDOugnC IL WOIin Willie, Slc duuilttcu
later on, reluctantly.
The afternoon slid on imperceptibly.
Everard. worn out by fatigue and un-
usual excitement, laid his head beck in
his large armchair and slept. Miss
Langton smilei-a pretty kind smile it
was-and gently lowered her lamp,
then pointed to low chair by her
couch, invitingly. Imogen slipped into
it, unwilling, but drawn by the spell of
the dark, speaking eyes. She held hers
averted in silence for moment, and
then-a soft little hand stole round her
neck, and kiss from two burning lips
dropped oil her forehead.
"Y GU are SO beautiful, 50 loving and
so true; he has told me all about you,
and now am going TO make you "a,
wretched as l am myself" And Imo-
gen felt the dash of hot tears on her
cheek. Imogen sat trembling, waiting
for the next words. When they came
not, she timidly lifted her eyes. Miss
Langton was lying back on her couch,
her hands clasped hard over her breast,
her lips moving silently.
''Do you love him?" she asked sharp
ly, with glance at Eyerad's noble
placid face.
Dearly, dearly. He has been more
than father to NE all my life. l am
not his niece. | am nothing to him
but a friendless, nameleSs, little out
cast waif, that ne picked up"
''And you are ready to leave him for
/ so poor thing as Gerald Adare:"
Miss Langton drew forward small
stand on which stood a miniature easel.
A large photograph was there, pOr-
trait of tall, handsome young man,
leaning against tree, holding great
| Irish deer hound in leash.
"Yes, he is a poor thing-but mine
own-mine own," she murmured, and
turned dagainto1mogen. You know it?''
That is Mr.. Adare-Lord Adare, L
mean"
'Where did you meet him?"
''At table d'hote at Prague"
81 understand, " very dryly. "When
did you see him last?"
'sIn Paris, last month" And lmo-
gen felt the letter rustic guiltily In her
pocket.
"And now he Is going to the States?"
81 am not the ruler of his actIo Is,
cried the poor harrassei beauty, fairly
reused. 'He may go if he likes, and
dare say he will. L hope 50. 1 don't
call him a poor thing, if you do" Miss
Langton lay silent; when she spoke it
was calmly and sadly.
"Yeu must let me tell you all | can
about your cousin Gerald. He was my
fathers ward, but he lived with his
mother, for six months out of every
year. He was loveable, pretty little
man, and We were faithful allies on the
whole. l drove him to persist in going
to Eton, and he did fairly well. Then
came Oxford, with less credit. fumed
and ragged at the reports that reached
us, and at last worried my father into
taking me to see him at college, and
speaking my mind, as of yore. lie lis
tened to my eXhortationS-with diff
ference. 'Maudie,' he said, when |
had done, will you take me for good
and all, and make something of me?'
Such a happy time followed. Seven
long years ago, my dear. Seven long
years! We were to have been married
when he left Oxford with a respectable
degree-but then came my fathers i'll
ness and death. You know Gerald is
large landowner IN the west of Ire
land. Lord Adare's will had left
everything in his wife's power until
Gerald should come of age. My only
comfort was in Gerald's promises: We
will work together, there, Maudie.
Only wait till have the power and you
, to teach me how to use it Castle
Adare is a black spot on the face OF
the country yet. WeshOuld have mar.
Adare fell i'll. She didn't die, only
kept him wandering about the Cont
nent for three years. Then he came
, back to me. All was in readiness
dresses, breakfasts, settlements, every.
thing in readiness for his return two
days before the wedding. He would
hardly let me out of his sight when he
came at last, | see his face now as ht
. stood at the foot Of the staircase the
night before, looking up after me
Good night. he called, and something
else which | could not hear; L turned
, to listen, slipped somehow. and then
remember a long, long space of time
when | felt myself falling and heard
: the ringing crash on the marble fool
of the lamp carried before the SHOCK
came. and all was blank blackness
They said it was an injury to the brain
then some internal displacement; it wa:
, spine. 1ierves-I don't know what.
, only knew in the short flashes of con
[ sciousness between long intervals OF
t speechless torture, that they gave mt
very little longer to live. Never mint
, the story of the black time. L DOM
want to trade on your sympathles.
, Imogen stole one tiny hand into Mis-.
| Langton's, but kept silence. Gerald
! behaved perfectly. All! my dear, thinl
, what it must have been to both of u
: when the terrible discovery was made
: that was going to live. l forced hi
= freedom on him and sent him from me
/ | bid him never to return unless L sem
5 for him. and he has obeyed me. d.
: YOU know DR.. julius Cope? He is ;
g countryman of yours. Charletan o
5 none, his cures have been marvellous
q and L resolved to try him. In sil
months l could use my arms, in veal
he saws shall be as well and strong a
/ ever | was in my life. DR.. Cope ha
y lust returned from Paris. He met yol
: there-and Gerald, and told me wha
he heard. Surely, sad, Providehc
gives me one chance more, if | Cal
stoop to beg my lover back from her
, Give him to me, Imogen; you ar
Young - beautiful happy in you
: home"
e So she pleaded with an impetuou
| rush Of words that checked all repl
5 from Imogen. The two girls ha'
:. clasped hands and were silent for al
5 instant, Maud from exhaustion, Imo
r gen seeking words, melancholy Lit
+ tie smile flitting across her pretty lips
i s.How do 1 know that he is my lover
). He has never told me so, and shal
: never be tempted to do so. think
n could have made him love me, perhaps
| and [ should have liked to try-bu
/ Maud, l never could have loved him a
you do"
: "Sepd a letter, dear, and let me z
0 home to write mine. Here, take an
: read this; it is all that has ever passe
i between u.s." and she tossed the GRIN
: son-sealed envelope into Maud's lap.
: Everard stirred, yawned, and sud
!, denly sat up.
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