Daily Republican., 1885-04-18
FOR PHYS SAKE.



"He Is so handsome" said Grace vii
lars lauRhingly, land so agreeable, and
interesting altogether. There's o half
sad look in his eyes at times as IL hi
were not wholly happy-that make
| one fairly long TO console him. l sup
pose the truth 10 that pity the pooi
fellow, end we AL know what pity il
said to be akin TO-"
Maudo Vincent's eyes never lief. ber
work. She was sewing some lace trim.
mings on dress for her merry friend,
for 1t was only upon the condition thai
she should be nllowd TO do come such
| service for Maude. broken down with
grief and overwork, bad accepted the
Invitation Cor, rather, yielded to the
prayer) OF her old friend and school
mate, to pass tho summer with her.
SO she sewed on bnsily, and mover
raised her eyes, although her pale face
grew still paler.
"why should you pity Mr.. Gray ?"
she said very quietly. "Surely he
should be cnvied rather. Rich, hand.
some, famous-his last book of poems
mas made him sO-the good things OF
life have fallen literally to his share, ]
think ; and not the least among them,
Grace, yous love, even though given for
PHYS sake"
But Grace shook her head merrily.
~ never said loved him, dear.
That would be going too far, for he has
never sa!d a tender word to me, AID
am not particularly susceptible. why
should pity him?' My dear, because,
considering that sad look in his eyes,
l believe his poems were written from
his heart. Pray, have you read them ?"
Maude smile sadly, and gave little
plaintive sigh.
had little time for reading Mt Mrs.
Smiths" she said i" aud besides, II
was an out oithe way place, and we
seldom even saw the papers. Mrs.
Smith considered newspapers immoral.
never heard of the new poet until !
came to you, nor have 1 seen his
verses"
Grace nodded sagely.
There's a copy of them in my
ROOM" said she /" read 1t, and SEQ II
you are not of my opinoin-that the
writer has been disappointed In love.
You should sympalhiZe with him,
Maude, for believe 1t is your case too.
Oh, yes, indeed ! do Don't raise
those great brown eyes 80 reproachfully
nor blush so pret,ily, dear. Do you
suppose l can imagine that such a pref
ty girl as Maude Vincent has reached
the age of twenty-five without a lover ?
And your refusal of George Allison con.
firms it,
Maude cast the brown eyes down
again in sore embarrassment.
How so ?" said she. And pray,
who told you l refused him?"
Himself, my dear. Why, George
and have been the best OF friends,
aud before ever he proposed to you he
took me into his cofi1ence abont It,.
She's poor said he. Mrs. Smith had
Ler for governess to these five girls of
hers, and the poor child is fairly wor
ried and worked 10 death. SO she fell
sick, aud the brutes let her go away to n
cheap lodging to spend her hard earned
money in trying to patch up her health.
Sho don't love me, Grace, but surely
she would in time, for I'd try to make
her happy And he wanted my opin-
ion as to whether you'd accept him"
And what did you toll him?"
81 told him what l thought-that
you would jump at the CHARGE.
pitied him, because felt sure his wife
would be his wife from mercenary
motives. OF course I never dreamed
it was you. Who could imagine
Maude Vincent as POOR governess?
knew nothing Of yCur fa,Ltr's failure
and death, you see. Wien George
came back and told me that you had
refused him, WHO Is this rara avis?'
you, dear-sick and unhappy, and
persuaded you to come to me-"
Most generously and kindly"
Maude's eyes were lifted now to her
companion'a face. "And you think
l refused Mr.. Allison becaus"-.
-" Became you loved another, dear
m sure of it. Why, it's the logical
conclusion. George was young, hand
lows, and SO rich. Yon were poor,
sick, quite alone in the world, mosl
miserable. say that if your heart had
been your own to give, you'd have
given 1t to George-you couldn't have
helped it."
You have guessed rightly, Grace.
have loved otruly that cannot take
back my heart, even though the man
ON whom / bestowed IL has proved
unworthy. I was rich in those days
or reputed so-and he was poor; but we
loved, or rather believed that he
loved me, and Heaven knows how
fondly I loved him. But WHEEL reverses
CAME
"God bless you for your sympathy
Msude sobbed, and kissed her.
Well, troubles came. First death,
then poverty. Hitherto 1t had been his
poverty that kept us apart. 1 thought,
judging him by my own heart, that
mine would reunite us. So wrote to
him. He was beginning to make his
mark in the literary world, this lover
| of mine he held o reasonably fair
position. Well, waited long for an
answer to my letter, but 1t never came.
Then went as governess. That's now
| three years ago. He has forgotten me,
| no doubt would to God that could
say the same by him."
And she wept passionately on her
friends bosom, who soothed her with
kisses and sympathetic tears.
For it is just as 1 thought" said
she, and foresee happy ending to it
after all. Why waste your life in vain
regrets for one who IL unworthy? Sup.
ply his place with truer lover and a
better man. And 1t is not George Alli-
con mean, either-it is our new poet,
Mark Gray 70
Maude started violently, but said no
word, while Grace went on:
One can see that he has been disap.
pointed. crossed, deceived, and. there