The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-05-03

prising that | should demand of You
what YOU mean by such dey"tion? -
"lhi. i. nonsense" he SAID. aud
there VA, actually ing OF anusemen,
in. his voice. Mrs. Wharton and are
old friends. and like her heartily. She
is by all odds the most entertaining wo-
man in Paris"
And YOU can tell me that, you
who" My voice failed me for tears.
II who ought to think YOU wlttler
and more brilliant than 4 woman ten
years your elder. and accustomed 10
hold her own in society before you had
your first goyerness?? Love is blind,
bat not quite so blind as that, you
baby :" and Max laughed teasingly, and
tried to pull my hands down from my
face, but | had been too wildly misera-
BE these last two days to be paciiled
ike spoiled child, with not even a
promise for the future.
Love ~ l cried, bitterly, wrenching
myself from his hands. How can !
believe you love me?"
because YOU arc TO be my wife
EVELYN" he said, with sudden gravity
But | had lost all control of myself.
"Nhat has that to do with it? When
Won neglect me so. DO You suppose
do not remember that my fortune may
be 4 better reason than love for mary
ing me -
The room seemed 10 swim about Inc
in the silence which followed, and
knew before he spoke that | had lost
my cause.
This, then. is the reason for all youl
taunts and reproaches? You pretenc
to love me, and can believe me capable
OF the lowest hypocrisy to which 4 MAJ,
can stoop. have reached the end Of
nv endurance" His voice was yer,
hard, and his eyes met mine with a look
which | told my breaking heart was
contempt He took up his gloves from,
IN. t,Ile ,nd walked to the do,r
II am ooina." he said in that strange
voice. We are neither of us fit to talk
calmly NOW. What comes next will be
for Won to decide lint & this is TO he
the end. vonr temper and no (jcklcnes,
of mine is the cause"
Then the door closed behind him
and was alone.
How | passed the remainder of tha,
cav and the night and dav which fol,
lowed has ALWAYS been a very chaotic
remembrance to me for between nv
Ionoino to send for Man and beo hi.
forgiveness and the ieaIonsv which
wo;,Id NOT hermit mo +, ca b,n,bl. NV
self 7 was almost insone Amt ate
was confined to her room. 50 that when
the second EVENING came and 7 had
promised to take mart in some tobIeauy
At TIM, house of an old friend there WIS
ro one 10 notice nv vretchedness and
onnosa nv ooing AsJwas to annea,
in only one tableau. I dressed At horne
and was dimlv conscious that 7 had
never been So nearly bcautifuI in nv
If. =. 7 wa, IN the h1acl- vel.et dre,.
Duned tuIIe sleeves hinh riff and nearl.
hordered ,on of Mary Stuart EvCite-
mont i,,I ,,;,.o, MA , col,r and ~,
hIna eves were hurp;nr and hI,cl
tbonoht with = hitter sioh IS 7 turnel
from the GLASS how unlike I was 70 the
..TIv" which bad been NJ,x,s f,vori,e
name for me Mrs R,,,ler orr hostess
met me- and we enter.I tbe Ehr,rv
which v,, 70 he o,,r ,raanr,or, to
oether All who took mart in thc tah.
leaux were assembled and 7 knew Man
could not fail 10 he there * he had
s..,er,I roles o>s;oned him n..,waa,
hone and fear T shivereI from head f
foot WoIld he come, 10 me IS he ~
way, did and with = word or = touct
make me feel that we helonoed TO eacI
other or world he Nv homes an,
f4,rs came tn , cudd,.n end =. .,n
Mrs Wharton looking wonderfully love.
" as Marie Antoinet.c. with Max lean
inc over her chair. SO absorbed in wha
she was saving that he did not even lool
M when VIC passed. People came t.
me and talked. and | suppose | mus
have talked too, and said what was cor
rect to say. for no one seemed to motto,
ANYTHING unusual about me.
The tableaux began, and still Ma,
and Mrs. Wharton talked earnestly, ant
in my agonized watching | could Sc,
that people would look 1t them anC
then at me, as if they wondered how
iancied such monopoly of my fiance
Once as he passed me muttere'
Max" and he paused an instant t,