Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-09-29

Hs t..ol hsr hsnls in his ami regariles' of
bysianders sslcl into her srsy syek for
moment h. ooui not sl-ak The sighi of
Ioatrioe. tn touch q hsr hand .rnt The
hlosi nishing thfough hs veins Days
w--ks, montls. D. hli t-rtur-i this fnf.'t-
lng. AMI nov u bal q, ui' o. pa
s5s va fairrr ihan ever-faifcr than
sverl Ihs pure classical feature. ~emei
even more pcffcc,. The CHAR Tais faoc more
d autiful the DARK gray cys- more vuuirr-
ful than q GA And. a. she had given that
u,tie cry q ~. spmeihing hai lcapi into
her eycs which Carruthrrs hal never l-forc
...n thers. or never t-fofc @e.n so CLEARLY
AMI uniszui-si'y The survriae - seeing
him hai swcpt away caution. and fur The
sraos ~ txu seronds Frank wa able o.
rsad the very -,crot q hef soul
No wonlsr b. hald her hands AMI gab.i
silently In h..r faos " hat hai D. % say-
What could h. sayf The ortaiuty that shs
loved him made hi. task no easier Tho tax
a telling her that ho knew her secret, or a.
i-a., a rrrat part q ii-ihe tax q ssking
her D. oonfle In him and lci him help hcr
s. b. rrmain-l siieui until he gently drvw
hsr hands frum hit
Tho llght hai "a lei from B-airic's faoc
] EIIM MINNN ANNI = NNNNAN ~ - -
was coming hack o. her osn norh ami 10
trouilc. Her cycs drogf~i ani Dr. facc
cloaisl
..How al y,u hnd msf sss asked In
troubled tones
ny a s,rang, c,auca l ~iii tell yog hos
-pme day
Tell M nos
Frank shook biz hsaA
"A.
| have found you.
"Butr All Bcsiric, with agitation. do
others know can other, ind me- II y0u
Ioarusi u why not an0iteTf
He sAw the display q fear. ami ha.icn'.i
to rca~urc hsr No one save myself can
learn u In the same way Your retreat Is
safe
awkward psuse. Frank was the hrt io
lrcak H.
"Brairioc,r h. All. Il have comc long
way o. 80 you. have much o. sAy-you
may have much % say q M. Can We 80 20
some Tlacc where Ne can talk
"Yos, We can 10 20 nay home.' hcatrioo
callsl her boy. AMI Prank, glad n anything
g. lFeak Tho aWkWhuincss & the mOmcut,
greeted tbe little fellos and mai friends
wlth him b. such purpose that b. insisted
upon NJ Canutbarf holding his chubby
hand AMI walking wah him.
"what a pity % cut that bright hair
sah Frank 10 B'atrica
1T was more than pity-it sas cruel, but
IA va cruel o. c'ssity.' he said sadly
Baatrice lei the way % the house 10 ~hich
she lived sbo walkei with her head hent
AMI a. ons In doep thought She could MT
make up her mini whether b. b. glad &C.
sorry at Franks coming Sbs saw. bow
ever. that IL pat an end % her rre-en, mode
| n life. That u meant cOnfe.sion. revealing
n everything That n meant return 90
England and to such frienls A. would still
/ h. Der friends That II u meant shame AMI
sorrow, u also meant safety and immunity
from persecution She tcgan q rcgrct that
abe had yislied 81 Sarah's wish b. ~ b Rng
land aud -as Hervey. But that was not n
much coa-rluncs She felt surc that a.
-oon A. Carruthers learned hsr history her
affair. wOuI pas. into hands nore oompe-
ten, % deal with them than the haniis ~ tao
weak women. ~ on the whole her feeling.
were ,ho-e a rsli.L
And yet for sons Tor one reason, Prank
was the lat pcrson she would have cho-en
b. vhom 10 rcycal her secrets She shrank
from having b. show the man she loved that
her life for years hal bcen one % dewitt
/ Now that the deceit hal 10 b. oonfes-si D.
him. u .esmsi q lo-e all the innocvnt ma
tse which she hal hitherto hattercd herself
| Il po-...-.i In -iort. II such a thing can
b. imagined, Bcatrics felt. a. Carruihers
onos felt her to b.. a. an hlol would feel
when just upon the point q being hurled
down from IL PEDESTAL
Carruihsrs. Who had his own thonghts 10
trouble him, AMI 10 whsm II seem.d that
any conventional remarks would AZ the pre-
ent juncture h. mockcry, rcspected her
meiitati0ns. 80 that ave for the lsping
prattle ~ the boy, sileno. rvignci until
bcairioe found herself In her room With
Prank sitting near her. II struck her a. -
strange that BE- q all others shOuh 10 hare.
that even nov shs wondered N she Was
dreaming she shunnei his eye. fearing %
rad reproach In them
"How are they all at homsf he askei
How are my uncles, and dear cd ilaxle-
vooir Her eyos hllsd with tesrs Her
emotion did not escape Carruthers
They are all weli,' h. said Il heard
from Herbert few days ago. lie sent mo
your letter
"wal they ever forgive NOR aid Bes.
trice. "wni they ever speak 10 me again r
II hoys So aid Prank gravely They
were, OF coure, much vexed and upsctr
Beatrice glancsd at him nervously. Even
be had but held out hope a forgiveness
and be loved her. shc wished he had no,
come 10 Munich.
"Do they know my reason Zoe leaving
Enelandf she sskei. umdly.