Los Angeles daily herald., 1885-12-20


Turning rould he saw Flora. He bowed
and. dextc'ous,y avoiding her prtirored
hand, Gel ily iephel;
"You wishc 1 TO sec mo, madam, and am
here
There was pause. You see they met I'M
dor the shadow of Misunderstanding, md
neither of ia m knaw cxnctly how to beg N.
She. OF course deemed hersal wrongel. At
ore tins she had made up her mind that
she n3ver woul never could, forgive Curly.
But after all she was woman. She was
alone in the word now, for har father had
been dead for some months Sh, did not
oven affect TO bewail him, though in defer
enc, to the praiudic'5 Of society she wore
mourning, She was now free 90 think and
net for herself If Curly could only explain
tho past. f.
or all her hopes and fears, OF the terrible
trial through which sh' and her lover had
passed, Willie knew nothing. He only know
that his friend had boon cruelty wrdnged
and then, Ne he imagined treacherously
ahnn loned by thl woman he loved On the
other hand it must he remembered that IL
was she who had NEST rca ON to think her
self deserted and betrayed Besides, she
was in total ignorance of what had occurred
to Curly, or indeel what Rad become of him
since their parting She had seen Willic's
name announced At the theatre and she felt
convinced that if any man knew Curly's
wherenb auts Willie Jameson was that man,
She romem cred, too the promise of the
latter ON the night of the elopemclt Hence
it occurred tn her rs an inspiration to invite
him to como nnl Sue her lie had accepted
her invitation, certainly, but h, might APP
parrntly as well have been in Aberdeen, so
col and distant did ho seem
mir Jamie on she said, "you once told
me that should | need n triond, l might
RELY ON YOU
II did, but many things have happoncl
sine, Il ut night You were then about TO
l. come Che wife of the man whom you have
SINCE 50 cru,lly abandoned
IS op, sir she nd, ''ona moment and
she won't rapidly to an escritore at tho
other side Of the room, and taking out tho
lata. p1ler with Cdrly's signature, she con-
tinuei, "bc' re you speak further, perhaps
YOU had better read this.h
Jameson read it, Then he exclaimed;
MY Coil What does it all meanf
"Tnnt Is tho question | ask myself-by
day, on my hcnlni knees. by night, ON my
sleypless pilow-hut answer never comes. |
thought possibly you might have been able
to explain
81 know les, Miss MacAlli5tcr, than you
know yourself Aftcr YOU left Aberdeen
together, | never evon heard from him,
until the day after ! last saw you. The
next morning brou sht me me sage from
HIM, An hour latct | was ON my way TO
Dundle, wh,r, | found him in tn, inilrmary
how, have MT tho heart to tell YOU"
and h, hok, down utterly.
II wa astonishing how calm she remained
tlll ne nad recoNer'u h'i'isei' iueh ne re-
summed and tol h1r everything which the
~. 1 4.
fea''r Knows Siteauy' II was 1er turn
theh She Mept one moment ana 'naied
tn' hcA WI" 'ill''l'l minus an stt 'oeth
sue s.fede u" ana ~" a. sue eNc'ainleI'
me Ni'alil Tue e'Nard'y' uaStar1ly
NIia'I on! .nal were man lor your
SAKE, pahi'l p'aMlS'erE
Don you w1ste your breath ON That
g'hIlenllh-,c nm 10 me- saiu jamie
SON New II You please, MISS MacAilster'
we are friends heac'iorth' so give me your
mani Sh' rA,end'd II frankly ana he
Kiss vi 1t rhNerehuy'
Sinee the liNe toli you o. ne contn-
uel Yeur name mas never pass "a hetween
u, but know The poor tello" loves you
sun dear # than III"
III lie love me, c'uid he-conld he have
done his sham ll thln = And 10 cal TOD
10 witness IL Too! uh! tue coWariI tue
cowurdt
Nv must take human nature as We find
it. Col h.Ip him' II lac Is coward, and
God help me- Tor ! can love nun none the
le s. 10 y 'u love MN less than dof
II INT love am one mors than all the
world, tut, ON Mr Jameson, she TX
claimed "'ho AacAlli'ters have hcli their
own IA II ed an9 l't'l since Scotland was a