The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-12-05

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"Eugcnja, look at me and say 90" ioec
mei'
His dark eyes charmed AMI compelled
| her.
81 love won't love your she murmure |.
| Her words sati.tie him; moreover she let
the Land ne graSpsi remain III his. perhaps
even re urnilg tn presSu g OF his own. 80
they stool lor moe Than an hour, whle
Gerald talked oi ,e future aad the fame he
| meant h. wln--tal6c "a one who has the
fullesv conf fence IL his own powers and III.
rectins genu.
Pr,seI,ly the, saw Mr.. Herbert walking
through til, tw lgat towards them Geralis
hand tiyhtelel on tn girls 50 "a TO cause
Ter pos tive pain.
.'R me abe ~ he whispered. Life or
death! Think OF ii while We are apar,.
: Your love means mans life or DEATH
Many a lover la, said an equally extrava-
cant thns, but Eusena IIeruerO knew that
| his words werr not those of poetical
lmarery, AMI ns she recent rel the house
she irembl d at tao passion she hal aroused
What If time and oppoS ton should woc6
change in her feclingSl She trel Ia re
assure herself hy thinking that il sac di.
not love hm in the same blind. rcck e,s
way. at any rate she would never IN 'e,
| onnt,nr man whom she could Iovc as shu
Lowell G'ra.i lie gh
The scalp or wen back to Pari,-to his
art AMI hls dire ms OF love and fame. Two
wear, slipped by wItnOutany ev Mt Of serious
import happening to the persons aUouv
whlm We are coACeInel Ihen came a
great chang
Mr.. Herbert died so suddenly that neither
doct r nor lawyer could be summoned in
time, either TO al him to live on t. carry
ont his last wshe'. HIS will gave Eugena
40 600 and an estate he owned III Glouce>-
tsrshire-- verifying else to his sou. H..
fortunately, some SIX months bofore he had
sold the Qoucestershire property, and with
culpabDe negligence. had not made n fresh
will Therefore, the small money bequcst
was all that hsdaughter could claim. How
ever this seemed Of little nom mt, rs her
brother at once announced his intention of
settling upon her the amount to which sne
was cqnitably entitled He had given his
solicitors instructions to prepare the deei.
James Herbert. Eugenia's brother, was
unmarried, and at present had no intention
Of settling down to the life OF a country
gentleman Six we.ks after Mr.. Herberts
death the greater number OF the servants
we're pal off, and Acton Hall was prac-
tically shut up Eugenia, after spending
some weeks with friends in the north OF
Eng and, came to London to lv, for an in
definite time with her mothers sister, Mrs.
Cathcart
Since her fathers death. Gerall Leigh had
written to her several tmas-la'ter' full ot
passionate love, and penned as if the writer
felt sure of her constancy and wish t. keep
her promise. He too was coming to Lon
don. Had she wished il, he would at once
have come to her side bnt, as it was, he
would take up his quarters in town about
the same time Eugenia arrived there.
The hour was at han ith' hour to which
Miss Herbart had for two yeas looled for
ward with strangely mingled feelings
when her friends must be toll | that sh, in
tended to marry the young, and as yet uu-
known, sculptor, Gerald L'ich, the son o.
her fat lcr's lats tenant farmer, Abraham.
She loved him sill She felt sure Of that
much. If time and absence ad somewhat
weakened tho spaI he hal thrown over her
proud nature sha knew that, unless the man
was greatly changed, the ma &c Of his words
and looks would sway b,r as irresistibiy a
before. She loved him, yet rebelled against
her fate
passed between his daughter and the young
artist Many n time Eugenia had tried TO
bring herself to confess the truth to him
She now regretted she had not done so Mr.
J Herberts approval, or disapproval, would
have bsen at least staff by which to guide
her stops He hal suspected nothing The
few letters which passed between the lovers
had been unnoticed. Their love was. as
! yet, secret known only to themselves.
She Lowell him, but why had he dared 10
make her love him, Or, why was he not
> well-born and wealthy Could she find
strength to face, for his sake, the scorn Of
, her friends!
She must decide at once. She is sitting
and thinking all these things in her own
room at Mrs. Cathcart' AMI in front Of her
lies a letter in which Gerald announces his
intention # calling upon her tomorrow.
She knows that if she receives him she will
he bouni to proclaim herself his affianced
wife
He called She saw him. Mrs Cathcart
was out, so Eugenia was alone when the
servant anu ounced Mr.. Leigh. She started
and turned pale. She tremblel in every
limb as he crossed tho room o. where she
stood. He took her hand and looked into
her faca He spoke, and his rich musical
, voice thrilled her
"Eugenia-Ls it life or deathf
She could not swer. She could not turn
her eyes from his. She saw the intensity of
their expression deepen, saw a fierce, yearn-
ing look come into them, a look which star
tied hr.
is it life or death,' he repeated
His love conquered
Gerald, 1t is life" she said
Drunk with joy. he threw his arms around
her and kisset her until the blushcs dyed
her cheeks He stayed with her as hong as
, she ~ouli allow. but his delight WAS too
!, delicious 20 permit hlr TO sas mrch about
his I'll a.. n ,utro Wnea 49,. shs
; mad a. 80 ner. as gave Ae i uu.
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