The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-26

Luefu asleep, WCIo cNAllONHu ON the DlLileSe
sea An hour later the chill dawn broke
over the ghastly tragedy, and brought help
from the shore 70 the few survivors; but
Philip LOrimer was down under the shallow,
boiling waters, one OF that silent company
for whom help was vain.
Though deeply shocked and saddened by
it. this terrible event did not leave Agnes
crushed and heart-broken. She had her
only child, her dear little daughter
Mamie, for a comforter, and her loss was
not one that actually impoverished her life
Her husband had been kind and liberal to
her, but he was worldly man who had
been unequal TO her hopes and illusions, and
unwilling, perhaps unable, to share her no
bier thoughts of life. He had felt that his
nature was at variance with her sweet and
serious character, but had not thought 1t a
matter Of much consequence so long as he
allowed her to do as she pleased. BE was
always busy, and she carried out her kind
and generous projects alone without sym
pathy from him
She would have been really lonely in the
great city where she had found a new home
had it not been for her child, who at the
time of Philips death was about years old
But that companionship was an unfailing
pensated for what she had missed in her
husband
In the third year of her widowhood Oliver
Rae heard that Mrs Lorimer was coming to
visit her old home She was TO come for an
indefinite period, her affairs having been set
tied in a way which left her at liberty to
live where she chose. The intelligence
brought with it a sense Of pain, but did not
stir his feelings deeply at first as he built no
personal hopes upon the fact that she was
free to marry again. But there was a senti-
ment of joy in the thought that at least he
should see her again and often, for his old
habits of intimacy with the OSgOoies re-
mained unbrokeD.
"If | find that it costs me too much to see
her every day, must run for it, he said TO
himself Il am not such fool a to nour-
ish hope again after all these years. She
had never even suspicion that l loved her
in the old time, so little did she think OF me
in that light And she is beautiful young
woman and am gray-haired man, now"
But she is still Hesperus TO me-" he con-
cluded, not without sigh
So lie settled it on his own mind that there
was to be no renewal of that former misery.
But, all the same, the longing to see her
again grew more imperious every day.
And while birds were singing and roses
blooming in the long. bright summer days,
she came, with the spiritual eyes, and fair,
pale cheek, and serene forehead of girlhoo1
scarcely touched by time. Her bright,
brown hair, simply parted and brushed be-
hind her ears, had the same little natural
curling locks like tiny feathers, separating
themselves from restraint with the careless
grace he remembered so we'll
From the first day OF her arrival little
Nan took t. Oliver Rae with the same zsst
she might have shown toward a new and
acceptable playmate. She put her small
hand in his and led him about, and chat
tered to him with as much confidence and
delight as if he had been years old instead
of 45 1t was love at first sight on her part,
and never was such compliment more
warmly responded to.
But the child soon had formidable
competitor for the favor of her mature ad-
mirer. An early friend of the young widow
had been invited to spend part of the sum-
mer at Finn grove.
RhOda Leigh was younger than Agnes, a
sprightly and vivacious girl, independent
of headaches and various moods and Mrs.
Osgoode thought she would be a cheerful
companion and help to make the house
. PHEASANT LOT ueT udu8uUeT.
Miss Leigh was very handsome. as some
! people understand beauty That is to say,
she was amply endowed with those attrac-
tions Of which you can make out an inven-
tory. She had dark, dazzling eyes with
long curling lashes, luxuriant shining hair
almost as deep in hue, white teeth, and
1 coral lips: milky throat and cheeks of
bloom, with figure petite and graceful as
4 the conventional fairy.
What more could be wantedl Something
/ more and something different was wanted,
at least by some stubborn and fastidious
people; the indefinabe charm of loneliness,
which was quite absent from the beauty Of
Rhoda Leigh.
/ Still, in any case, formidable rival, one
/ would think, in spite of this intangible draw
| back. But Nan was not at all afraid of her,
only considering her rather in the way when
she found the young lady so frequently as
sisting to gather marguerites in the meadow
| for mamma or volunteering to take an oar
for practice when she and Mr.. Rae went on
| their little boating excursion up the blue
water of the lovely southwest arm. As the
summer heats deepened, they lived much
out of doors.
The adjacent villas were full of nice peo-
! pie, and there was constant succession OF
/ those small rural festivities which are so
charming when they include claret-cup and
well bred company.
RhOda Leigh the inspiring genius
upon most of the occasions, and planned and
suggested both for Elm grove and "the
Pines She had so many consultations with
the owner of the latter place, and was so
! much in need of his assistance in the neces-
sary arrangements, not only for the o.
gocde parties, but for his own also, which
she undertook in great measure TO con-
struct, that they were seen together enough
1 to make the fact remarkable
This wa, such new sort of behavior on
the part OF an apparently unsusceptible man
that masculine observers began to say, ~Rae
was done for at last; and no wonder, such a
beautiful grill But would she have him-a
man so much older than herselfP Ladies
were more critical, and thought she
would. Undoubtedly she would That
was Just what she intended, and
she worked so skillfully as to make
it appear that the continual inter