, 1886-03-18

said, In a quiet, earnest voice:
Heritage, l love you WIN you be my
wifeip
| could not answer. All could do was
to prevent myself from breaking into hys-
terical laughter.
He tried to al my hand.
Heritage, my darlingi l think I loved
You the moment | saw you Look up
and answer me; say you love me and will
be my wife"
His wifel After hating him for so long
after winning his love in a way the
thought Of which made me blushl Never,
never, neverl
So | steeled m~yself-drew myself up to
every inch OF my height-looked him full
in the face-triumphed, and took my re-
yenge. | hope and think ! spoke com
posedly, II not coldly.
"Mr. Hope, you honor me greatly, but IL
can not be. Please never mention it
again"
His face was very pale; and when an
expression Of positive pain left it, grew
stern, almost hard. My manner must
have convinced him | was in earnest. No
doubt, had ! wished to do so, | could have
made him fall at my feet and plead pms
sionately. But then, unless one is an ut
ter savage vindictiveness must be linn
tied. | had lone enough.
Perhaps, under such trying circum-
stances. no man could nave behaved In IA
more ~digniied manner than did MI
Hope.
Il am to understand" he said calmly,
but with a look in his eyes which | dared
not meet-"I am to understand you-you
do not love mei"
/ bowed.
please let me hear you say So he said.
al do not. Let us say no more about it.
II tlsalr IN - L-I - - "
now"
We walked in silence until we were
close to the gates. Then he said:
unless my presumption to-day makes
my presence unbearable TO you, | shall
stay two days longer, as | promised Mr..
Lighton. 1t is not worth while TO set peo-
pie inquiring as to the reason for a hasty
departure
Certainly not, y l answered. aStay as
long as you wish; or, il you prefer it, /
will leave
"That is out OF the question he replied,
as we crossed the threshold and parted.
Invent to my room-to exult, of course,
in my revenge 1t was so full, so com
plete, so exactly as I planned it. And
writer's and poets say that revenge ~
sweet. Oh yes, it was very, very sweet
so sweet, that l double-locked the door,
that no one might see how much | enjoyed
it-so sweet that | threw myself on NV
bed. ant Thought INV heart must break as
| sobbed and wept; for the truth must be
told loved Vincent Hone even as he said
and as I hoped he loved me Yet for the
sake of vanity l had to-day rejected the
love of a man. the best. the noblest. the
cleverest In the world | had hurled NV
boarded stone, and right well 1t had full
filled its mission; but its rebound had
crushed me. oh yes, revenge is very
sweet
The morning OF the third day came. and
1 knew that in a few hours we should
shake hands. part. and there would he the
end of everything. Vincent Hone was
sped away along the winding carriage
drive, and for the first time In her foolish
life, Heritage Rivers knews hat such
Things as broken hearts may be found out
SIDE romances.
something was hioot that afternoon
waking party OF SKATING party-ior II
was tine middle OF January and bitterly
colo now that the necessity OF Keeping
up appearances for another's sake was at
an end Miss Rivers felt very much like
pfeaklhB down ana ulsgracing herself
she longed Tor solitude n made some
excuse 10 stay at nome AS every n was
pound on the expedition, she had the
~
moaning her Wlckeuhess ana 1oly Tor
some time In the sanctity Of her own
chamoer' a strange craving came over
her' ohe iei1 she must go Gown ana SIT In
tne ue'ie ioo,h whieh auJoihs the nDrary-
~ a uoen SCI aPa,e i9r .he use
W. nicenu tiope' Inere ne mao mace
u euen unui . manuscript
y ''re " einie oeen sent MN
n sns sl'y, s.uPlul.y u ner ueslre
neeu not pe commented upon, as ner gen
eaiaiy iulo.ic INSURE must nave mace
a~aI nanne nan pass paoS, 9hsSn-
S a rooin anu eioseu ene uoor sotuy'
ons a uoMn AZ II ieauner-coVereu tanle,
anu+stnn s = neau On ner nahus looked
anyonhk pu' prosperous heHthy, COM
ior'aole young woman
Presently she glanced stealthily around
her, and from the bosom Of her dress drew
out a photograph of n very handsome, dis
Misunderstanding man. Mr.. Hope had
given 1t to her, at her request, some days
before. One by one the tears began to
fall, and soon came 20 fast That she gave
In altogether-forgot where she was, for
~ an = erruPoion-a laying
nel neAu gu u '@oie presented the very
P'SS.Nu,1 VI "Ue.
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M tiopes 09ou before heri Sne sprang 70
her leee, anu IN her aglthton brushed the
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eemau = playes tna' !. nave
.a"sra ila"eu i'sen' nut
s ~ arc . iopA . see sue hau 10 lace
a as oese sne eoulu, let ne
seeineu . me moment taken even more
oack than MISS flVers. lie
u sonehins ABOUT smart broken three
tnoin OF eaten
ny Tnl- pack 70 wripe telegrans,
erS- men ne lookeu IN the ground ana