The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-09-26
A FAMILY affair.
Bv HUGH CONWAY.
CHAPTER XXXlV.
CHAPTER XXXlV.
1T WAS NO DREAM.

could. SnOtllu StulOl ullll~tll w uN''Il Wv
position which it seemed likely was to be III
for the future, lie could see no reason why
he should be debarred from enjoying every
moment of Beatrice's society, To say thai
he was resigned to his fate would he absurd
No one is resigned to fate. One Is compelled
to submit to its tyranny, that Is al
OF course Frank was unhappy, and OF
course Beatrice was unhappy, Al heart
they were as wretChed as any sent mental
school grl could wish them to b. amid such
circumstances But all the same they were
not so truly miserable rs treJ imagined.
Given two young lovers kept apart iy tate
with lookout Of eternal darknH''-wIth'
out even the hope of seeing hope glmmer IN
the distance so long as they know hat each
loves the other, even as he OF she loves her
or him; so long as they cen see each other,
talk TO each other, even if that talk must be
on indifferent subjects, they can not be- alto
gether unhappy
This morning Beatrice let her boy in
chprga Of the smiling Bavarian servant and
went for walk with Frank 1t was fair
May morning, fairer perhaps elsewhere
than in Munich, which IS dry dusty
barren land. FIR some tim they walked IN
silence. and apparently withoaa any settled
destination. BY ana by Carrnther' spoke.
"Wucn do you think you will be ready 10
return to England I" he asked. Her eyes
were cast down. She did not answer has
question
Beatrice, you will take my advice in
this 2 he spoke gravcly and tenierly.
ayes, will take your advice. Will do
all You wish--b, guided entirely by you.
Heaven knows have guided myself long
enough Sec where il has led me-
Her eyes G.lrl with tears rs sh. spoke.
Frank c'onch,l his hands b'hmi his back,
"Nhat do you propose Whot do you
think | should lof she as&r l.
~ think we should 60 straight back to
Enganl; straight to OikburE will como
with YOU, AMI if you wish IL, tel Horace
ami Herb TT cverythmg'
''What viii they say! What will they
dc! | should think they would at onca turn
me out Of their house
Frank smiled sal little .m l.. Dear
Beatrice he said, "cin voi fancy either
Horace or Herbert turning out q dog who
came TO them for protection: That l." he
added. IT the dog had not he n in the mud
"Ah. Frank, but ] h We Teen ia the mud"
sal Beltrice "a ly. Il have years Of mud
upon M 1t will never com. III. Frank
Franz, as n man shOull trIel b. console
her tried To persuade her Hat the mud
was after all neither 50 very "a. ct nor SO
very thick he shook her heal,
"Ahl' said Beatrice, ut all comes back
10 the old cry--'lf what has been done could
only be undone!"
"Y,s,7 81 d Frank, the cry Of the first
man Who developed spe 'ch; his thought
perhaps before speech came to him; and 80
il will be the Cry of the last man who
stands ON the wreck OF the world.
There was Hence once more until Frank
broke it by repeating hl, original question
Beatrice told him she could not leave
Munich until Sarah returned
'Hut she is in London WIZ not tele-
graph 10 her. Tel her 10 wait there
IL would, but do not know where to
find her. STE was going to her friends
The sY.cul who poster my letters Sarah
used to send them, but never thought Of
asking the adde's
"Ard she is making terms with this man."
said Frank rather bitterly, sis empowered
to let this ruflan rob you
"Moncy is nothing. lie can have all he
wants if he will trouble me no more"
Carruthers bit his lips. He cared little
Tor money us iiitUtN, tul ~ 'nIHScu MN 10
thinx Of this villain living in luxury at the
expense of the woman he had so wronged
However, he believed that when it came to
the Ialhers having voice III the matter
Hervey woul lind himself not So wei eff
as he ANTICIPATED.
Frank" said Beatrice, 81 will leave with
you as socn a, she reSurns, promise. Now
let us talk Of something else. We may have
but day or two longer here Let me have
those days to look back upon-day' of calm
before the storm breaks
CaIruthers understood her. He forceI
himself 10 talk to her in sDme'hn, like his
old style. The mirth, il it could even be
called mirth, was hollow. The imitation
ran falsely But Beatrice was grateful; If
only 10 have her thoughts turned from tho
one current
NO one can fully realize what q noble
thing it Is to be English sail Frank,
until he has returned To London after a
tour in Germany. 1t /, IA gratlfyin, thing
when yol enter your hotel aud for tho first
time comprehend the true MISSION of the
great Tcutunic race
"Wnat missionN
TO find" continued Frank, "that this
great nation was created apparently for the
purposs Of supplying walters to the English
speaking races. 1t is "A great patriotic
truth which has consoled me for many in
conveniences l have suffered from it's ap-
plicaton."
Then he told her about the strange people
at his hotel Ia Munich About tho smart
American girls who would call Paris
"Parrus" About all the other familiar
table dhote characters
at umuscs me most, +" he sad ito talk TO
the porieurs ami waters about the king.
Every one has some fresh tale about his
eccentrici ties. You know he turns night
into dry Starts off driving at in the
morning.
Yes, Beatrice had Of course heard that.
Floats about ON lake, on top OF the
palace, and fancies himself Lohengrin.
Hides away from every one-do you know
whyt'
IAN unhappy love affair years ago." said
Beatrice
"That may have be,n the origin Of the
tomfoolery," said Frank But the reason
be keeps himself hidden now is not roman
tic He Is growing 50 fat be i, ashamed To
show himself Fancy a fat LoLengrin"
81 don't believe it., said Beatrice indig-
nantly Most ladies look upon King Ludw wig
a. possessed of the beauty of Greek god"
"It's quite true. The other night he sent
for one Of the singers from the opera. She
had 10 sit in a punt on the lake and sing 70