The Dillon tribune., 1885-09-12

1' ..W. echo. But it did not coma Fr.nv.,s.
Ia sail M ns. tnen there's nothing more I,
th; sud Ill 60 and tell my.wifa = ,,nt - !.
sas, on Which is the hest p1. ~ -
o,.,,a1 >, was q staggering shot T. w.s
s saue: !. snot. Carruthers was rirht wh"n !.
sT.,u - would take great deal to roaaa a -
| ..o: turn even dog away IN
u1ve us q few minute, To feu, ;.
s sn,,;, ,.e !, Let US leave Won herr -,
mo. I'll 60 into the garden
give you more than twenty minnto, h e.n'
growing late" ana 1t i
oelore ne left them he spoke aoo;,. . :.
! ume with all his former ea.na n. eni'
horace, Herbert" he said. turn;,,a ex x.s4e
one 70 the other. ssIn TALKING th;s Iron
member, that il you caunot foro;s s over, re.
must De strangers hereafter. Rv cas+;ns ~. I've W.
on you give the world richt II s.1 s.L ~.
tha oos s Remember, also, she is nv wiz
~, th1. 80 IVES you-that she is even now
cisiou." s4'1ae your de-
with this he left them. went into thu :. :
den. and, out OF sight of the hoa,s. '..o ssl,
w1ta MS arm around Be atrice and 80 Sea
be OF good cheer. '.sao oer
u pe1ore The twenty minutes had exn;rad
" nlttaker came to inform them that NJ
Ialbert desired him to saw that t 80 ~.
wainng in the drawinR.room FsnI
smiled, drew Beatrice's tremhi;no ss.e
wltn'n MS own and led her indoors AZ
son g Whitaker had Withdrawn after
n nas ~ souna the tea Horace spoke. He
bis calm eyes seemed to be GAZING at noth;,, .u
my dear Beatrice, he said yerv orsveIS
Il think it you anu Frank could manaoe t y
Prolong your stay till to-morrow Wet -
might ask lew friends to meet Won at dir
ner; The invitation will be short one hit
unoer the circumstances will no doubt h
v Carruthers turned away to hide a smile.
speaker was, no words coulI have been het
Yer, more Judiciously or more delicatelv
CHOSEN to express the fact that Horace GA
uercert oad decided to forgive the culnrit
ana not only to say no more about her mis.
deeds, but, also, if necessary. show Tho
triumph. was
No more was said: but Beatrice could mt
refrain from letting few tears of gratit,de
bedew Horac5s Immaculate shirt front' or
from sitting for little while with Herberfs
hand in hers
Sir Ma,ogay had, Of course, to be told all
This was painful task, as telling Sir Main
gay meant telling Lady Clauson. Her ladv-
snip mad her revenge by being able to say
the glFl had a., after all, ,done something dis
about the honor Of her husbands family.
she will not proclaim the correctness ~
her estimate OF Beatrice's character.
And others will have to be told. The
Oakbury people will hear great deal
They will shake their heads and gossip.
But fortunately, or unfortunately, MI.
and Mrs. CarruChers' future life will not
be spent among these families of position.
80 such gossip will matter little to them
They viii live in the great world of Lon
don, and Frank Carruthers may or NAV
not become famous man. At any rate h. |
will be happy one.
And BeaCricel Beatrice will make A |
circle of friends No secret will b made Of |
the facts that she has been twice married.
and that little Harry is her child by her first
husband. And ii some day it should be |
whispered in that circle that for some rear
IONS only known to herself she passed for |
years as single woman when she was Z |
will it matter Better that than |
passing as wife when q woman is single.
The world is like Z cat pleasant and |
'weet when rubbed the right way. Frank
md Beatrice are rtch-the trustees raised no
hey are hospitable, kind hearted, clever,
Ioung and good looking, and Frank seems
kelly to rise to eminence Ia such cases
friends are very good nature1 and trouble
themselves very little about idle reports.
indeed, all who care to inquire into Mrs.
;arruthers' history may know all there is to
70 known.
No-not all. Not the means by which
appiness was brought within their grasp.
hat is known only to a wild.eyed, white
aced woman whose gaunt features grow
very day more gaunt, who. day by day,
his victim to the dreariest religious creed
be world has yet invented doubly dreary
ecause it is illogical and unanswerable-
My she knows how Beatrice's freedom was
ought, how her happiness was assured.
And she will soon die and 20 to her ap-
ointed place. But she will die and make
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