The Dillon tribune., 1885-08-01

in his life, but as all the while h.
ing how Beatrice would have w was THU
news. his communication was scelved Il.
none Of his usual -ivacity. Hor.aaos VIII
bert were mildly astonished. Th"'and h.
in that way which implies do.'iy, duy trlsts
would be for the best To give eun'-tbas
Tor an uncertainty seemed pjtv. tv..e1taiae
course Frank kne" bis own bushes. ), cut :.
remark MIA "flc'' Mr. Carru:!,.y.s n usss
agreed. '"enFs!.,
It seemed quite in order with tho
'"nts % f'" house That the hottie Of u''sfs: +:
should nave heen shaken in SOM,
appeared cloudy, not to say tbcx nTas and
nave been as thick as pea SOUP for .1' II !, nsa:
cared. all fisuE
Nothing, or next to nothing v,s
ing dessert abb ut the recent painf,1 '1 ou'
Franz sat oody and silent Ee was ,,ea ,I
ing Cut proolems; connecting Beatrice ss;' aG's
with the man OF the .afternoon and n, A'sS
to t!lt- inn. For Beatrice's sake be wa, as w!
fiy..ting for his own hand. Horace .,a a, GoS
bert hs eliminated from the INQUIRY 4 S's
Ii1s mood;,,ess affected his hosts ona
his refusal to take more wine tlsy snnas upon
an adjournment to the edrawing.roo, eESss'a
agreed readily. At any rate be- cou,a franz
there aud gaze at Beatrice's portrait N'u SIT
''Do you mean to take any fur.har s.,
he askel "e@'
II think not" said Horace. .I.r,o,.
have talked the matter over and faa ,,a aua
is no more to be done. We saw 'r
many people 'his AFTERNOON. and an ss's' s.s
have lelt general impre sSion that Ro.t' sus
has gone to visit friends" '''a
ut was most pai lful duty" sai. T..
bert, 'bu. one we felt must be nerformsa
In tact, it was due ~ ,,ir selves to foro,..n
gossip ''4
II am sure Frank quite understand. II.
situation said Horace. '"
A satirical smile curled round rr,n,
lips. 1t must have bean most painfu, "s
said; you must have felt like 'wo Sparta.
boys with a joint fox und IL .heir clothas,
Yes" said Herbert, simply; we did,
II have often hearl the simila Used ,.,
Horace, ''but its great Stranssh never strna,
ma until now" "'
Carruthers gave a short, quick LAUGH. h,
could not help it. The brothers lookpI s,,
prised. They could see no reason for .nr
approach to merriment. A biting sarcs,n
came 70 the young mans lips, but hs r4
strained it, and in a moment was ,lod i,
had done so. 1t would have wounded thu.
two kind, nild.looiing Men, who, no don't,
were as unable to realiz, tho anxiety raisaI
in his breast by Beatr ca', fight, a. he VA,
unable to comprehend III, Importance Of III.
consequences which they' We're making sucb
sacrifices to avert. Seainy things in th
same light Is matter OF constitution slun
ticn, and training.
Just then Whitaker brc,,~Et in lea, AMI
whilst he hand.d it round Frank had lesur.
to rejoice. inso;ruch as he had ke, his touy,-
in command. But nlisfort,,n. had not ,p,
dcne with Hazlewood Hous. Frans in
moving his arm, knncke1 down u cup, ami
sent its sealding contents over one OF The
several delicious li-rl, Chippendale tables
the pride Of the Talber;s' hearts and tue envy
of their lady friends
Ths simile of the Spartan boy and the fox
must have seemed even moro appropriate 10
Horace and Herbert as they smilingly assured
Frank it was of no consequence none what.
ever. They did not even ring Tor aid. Thi,
however. was because Whitaker, who had
witnessed the catastrophe, WAS ulready 90
his way to rhs scene with an armful M soft
cloths. He moppe1 and dabbed and wipel
the table as tsnderly as II Molher might per-
form the ablutions of an infant who suffered
from some irritation Ut the skin Horace
and Herbert watched him for while. AMI
then, no doub, thin sing their apparent care
'e>sn,ss hal eased FRANKS mind, Joined
*''s rubin" aud wiping. They twisted Y.