Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-12-05
CHAPTER XIV.
REMORSE.

Captain Grccn dlu lOt duuIeSo
word to his sorrow stricken oompan-
ion until the silence became unbeara-
BILE. Then he laid his hand gently on
his friends arm, saying, in voice that
betrayed his deep feeling:
Come, old boy, don't give way so; 1t
will not do any good" i
"You are right, my friend" replied
Lord Travers, raising his bowed held
and giving PIttacus a heart-broken
look. 81 must marry Hazel at once.
But good Heavens, man how can |
tell her-gentle, innocent girl her?
She will despise me! Oh, what have |
done that this punishment should fall
upoa me p cried the unhappy man.
Plt.acus no longer doubted Lord
Travers. He was innocent. His lace
had changed beyond belief since he
had made the horrible discovery. 1t
was the face of man who had some
awful terror upon him.
"Will you stand by me, Green" he
asked, in IL tone of 70 ce that seemed
to have a curiously hollow sound-"l
ask, will you stand by me ?"
Il will stand by you now as ever,
replied Captain Green, with alacrity.
Il shall neither know peace nor rest
until Hazel is my wife | think re-
morse will kill me with its pain"
"Nfy dear friend, you are too severe
upon yourself You are not scoun-
drel; YOU did not intend to wrong
Hazel" ,
"No-a thousand times no! But /
was fool-a coward Why did | not
ask YOU to come with us to Scotland z"
Il wish to Heaven you had /! A this
trouble would have been avoided:
Il ought to have married Hazel
publicly; but, Green, my mother IN
sisted upon my marrying Lady Maud
Weatherby, you know"
"By Jove, TraverS, | think your
mother has acted very strangely since
your fathers death! Is the old lady
all right in her upper story"
'Oh, she is SINE enough, except re-
p,rding Lady Maud and my looking
into the accounts of the estate. She
begged me to leave everything in Mr.
Goals hands; he always managed
affairs in my fathers iiic time, and she
preferred me not TO change anything
until was married, and went to reside
at Carringford Hall
@Strange.
aItmay be that bad health makes her
irritable and peculiar
perhaps So"
What is to be done?'
"Do Won know what | should b'
tempted to do if the case were mine?
rejoined Captain Green.
: 'Well ~
, Tell my wife at once
Green"
l ~Ialmost think / should-I am no
( ouite sure. Should the knowledg
t come upon her
2 But / trust it will never come upoI
. her. interrupted Lord Travers. his TAO
D hot.
!. cWell, it is delicate point to al
e que" acknowledged the captain. =.
i Lord Travers leaned his head on III
4 hand, as one faint and weary
Y ~Green, it is Of no use to go over th
Y ground. Ii | disclosed the Who'll
t truth TO Hazel now, would that MAX
y il any better for her would 1t No
make it a tharIsand times worse? Sh
p wo,1,d suffer untold agony until "
wore legally married. Good heaven
Green. / am afraid | shall never hay
d The courage to tell the poor girl
y II hayo an idea, TraveTs,
+ eWAat is itsa
eIeE u 20 ~ London tonight an
# find your Old college chum, Reveren
l. Doctor Howard"
You are right. Henry Howard
II the soul Of honor, cAn trust mm
aAsk him TO return with us an
IS spend few days here. He can &
acquainted with H..zeI, and gradual