Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-21

Ormsby aahsd M anSFily, -whas w. -
matter n0wF
~Oh, Nar5ary, coma to me-. could only
cry; Il can't bear t."
HStop dat, do you hsarr hsaiA avagsly;
u won't have I'll Who are you to cry aboui
her, whsn-but for You"
he got no farther; the bitter truth IN sucA
q taunt coming from him, stung me- to IN.
governabls rage I turned and struck him
| full in the mouth, which cut open with my
chnched hand.
His eyes became al pupil you shall pay
me for that!" b aid through his teeth, and
forcing mo against . desk, b caught ND q
large T-squars which lay near; be was far tn
stronger, and felt myssh pow6rlea in hia
grasp Passion and pain had made him be.
side himself for the moment, and b did MOI
know how formidable . weapon the heavily.
weighted ruler might become in his hand.
shut my eyes: think l rather hoped b
would kill me, and then I might 70 whore
Marjory was. I did not cry for help, and it
would have been useless il had done 70, for
the school-room was a long way from the
kitchen and Offices Of that rambling old house.
But before the expected blow was dealt !
felt his grasp relax, and heard the ruler fall
with sudden clatter on the floor. sLook, n
he whispered, in a voice did not recognize,
'look there!"
And when opened my eye, / saw Marjory
standing between US!
She looked just as had always seen her; !
think that even the after-life could not make
Marjory look purer, more innocent and
lovely than she was on earth. Ny first feel
ing was a wild conviction that it had all been
efr SSalr< hat Va
dead.
~Oh, Marjory, MarjaryIr 1 cried in my
joy, "is it really youa You have come back,
after all, and it is not truel"
She looked at US both without speaking for
q moment: her dear brown eyes had lost their
old childish sparkle, and were calm and seri-
GUS as if with . deeper knowledge.
Ormsby had covered back TO the opposite
wall, covering his face. "Go away" he
gasped "Cameron-you ask her to 20. She
she liked you. never meant it. Tell her
never meant to do it,"
could not understand such terror at the
sight Of Marjory, even il she had been what
he thought her; but there was q reason in her
case
.You were going to hurt Cameron" said
Marjory, at length, and her voice sounded
sad and grave.
Il don't care, Mariory," cried, mot now
you are here!''
She motioned me back: HYou must i.c;
come nearer" she said. u can not stay long
and must speak to Or1nsby. Ormsi,y, have
you told amy oneF
mo, he said, shaking al over; 1T could
do no good thought needn't"
"Tell him. said Mar5ory.n
Must I! Oh, no, no." be groaned, "dont
make me do that!'
@You must, +" she answered, and he turned
to me with a sullen fear. 1T was like this. v
ne began: That night, when was waiting
for you down thers-I had some string. ami
It struck ME, All IN n moment, that It would
be fun to trip you up fastened the string
across little way from the bottom. And
then"-the had to moistsn his lips before could
go on)-"then she came down and tried to
catch her and couldu't-no, / couldn't"
as that allf asked Marjory, as he stopped
short.
II cut the string and hid it before you came
Now you know, and you may tell, if you
like"
Cameron, you will never tell, will you
as long as he ives" said Marjory. "You
must promise"
Twas Mortified by what had heard; but
her eyes were upon me, and promised
"And you, Ormsby, promise me to be kinder
to him after this"
He could not speak: but he made a sign Of
assent
@And now" said Marjory, shake hands
with him and forgive him, Cameron"
But revolted: 1No, Marjory, I can't; nol
now-when know this!"
Cameron, dear" she said, "you won't let
me 60 away sorry, will youi and must 60
80 soon. For my sake, when wish it sol"
went to Osrnsby, and took his cold, pas
sive hand. II do forgive him, Marjory,n
said.
She smiled briefly at us both. "And you
won't forget, either Of your she said. 1And,
Greville, you will be brave, and take your
own part now. Goodbye, goodbye"
tried to reach her. Don't leave me; take
me with you, Marjory, dear. Dear Marjory,
don't goI" But there was only firelit space
where she had stood, though the sound Of her
pleading, pathetic voice was still in the air.
Ormsby remained for a few minutes lean
ing against DESK with his face in his arms,
and heard him struggling with his sobs. Al
last he rose, and left the room without word.
But stayed there where l had last seen
Marjory, till the fire died down, and the hour
was late, for l was glad to be alone with the
new and solemn joy that had come to me.
For she had not forgotten me where she was
l had been allowed to see her once more. and
it might even he that should see her again.
And resolved then that when she caIms
she should find me more worthy Of her.
From that night my character seemed t.
enter upon u new phase, and when returned
to school it was to begin my second term
under better auspices.
Ny cousins had welcomed me cordially
among them, and as mastered the lesson Of
give and take, of respecting ones self in
respecting others. which needed to learn, my
early difficulties vanished with the weakness
that had produced them
By Ormsby l was never again molested; ~
word and deed, he was true to the promise
exacted from him during that strange scena
At first he avoided me as being too painfully
connected with the past, but by degrees, a.
he recognized that his secret was safe in my
keeping, we grew to understand enc another
letter, although il would be too mach to say
that we ever become intimate.
After he went to Sandhurst lost sight Of
him, and only a few months since the news Of
his death in the Soudan, where he fell
calamity, made me sorrowfully aware thai
We should never meet again.
had a lingering fancy that Marjory might
appear to me once more; but have long
since given up all hope. Tho charge my
child friend had undertaken was at an end on
the night she WAS allowed to return To earth
and determine the crisis of two lives: there u
nothing now to call the bright and gracious
little spirit back, for her influence viii nsv0
leave me.-Adapted from B. +. Anstey.
In LII xix.S saaex.h