Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-01-07

found out he only careA for her like broth
ef, but for me hi quite d different way. He
saws She Is very k66i but, / hdte her. lam
frightened Of her; she is 40 pretty and
sweet, ana I'm such rough, hndignihed
aD8 YOU fieas that you are going to be:
gin b5 being ealous9" asked Mary; quite
III have told him he midst never let me
see him near her!" declared Estelle pass
sionately.
Mary's first impulse was to be indignant,
but the memoty hf Estello's training came
into her mind, and She RESOLVED to be vary
patient and gentle with her. For the mo-
ment she dismissed the subject lightly.
AS to Arthur Rivers, he walked away,
too full of the happiness Estelle had con-
fefred Upon him to think seriously, OF her
confession of jealous dispositions, Id
the consciousness of his single hearted de-
votion to her, he thought it impossible but
that she must quickly learn to trust him.
There were other considerations that
seemed to him of more importance, and es-
pecialIy he nad ON mis- mind the dihicuit
letter that must be imIiietliately written to
Madame Verries. But gradually he became
aware that Estelle's distrust was far deeper
seated than he had conceived possible, and
il is hard TO say which of the two suffered
most: Estelle, alternating between jeal-
ousy and remorss, or Arthur, under the con-
tinual necessity of behaving not only to
Eva Charlesworth, but to all women, with
unnatural familiarity; ahd 6f demonstrating
with his angry betr6thed: Estelle honestly
strove to crush the unworthy feeling down;
but their deep roots In her teffiperainent
and eHucatioh, pitt forth fresh shoots as
soon as the old ones were killed off: At
last crisis arrived.
Eva Charlesworth had long ago promised
| to marry Hal Armitage as soon as he should
be able to keep wife, but her parents
would allow no open engagement, as Hal
was a harum- scarum fellow, with great
distaste for hard work, and corresponding
| ly little prospect of making sufficient in
come. The poor girl was beginning to suf-
fer FROM the effects Of long waitine fnd to
feel, though she never doubted her lover'5
affection, that he was not doing all he
might to forward their marriage; when it
was mentioned before her one day that Ar
thur Rivers had a voice in the appointment
of manager for some engineering works in
New Zealand. Eva resolved to make an
| appeal to him on behalf of the man she
was ready to follow TO the end of the world,
and an opportunity presented itself shortly
| at the Cotterells, where she was spending
| the evening.
II want to speak to you in private pres
emily; Arthur" she said in low veice; al
most as soon as they had shaken hands.
| Arthur bowed with the stiffness required
| of him by Estelle, but his words we're cor
dial. whenever and wherever you like,
| Eva"
"In the conservatory, then, while Estelle
is singing" she replied, indicating by a
nervous little laugh her comprehension OF
possible difficulties.
Soon Estelle was called to the piano. Al
the end of her first song she missed.Rivers,
but it was not till she had finished a second
that she discovered that Eva had also alb
sented herself Ina moment her indignant
jealodsy surged up, and, trembling all over
! with suppressed fear and anger, she went Il
the head of the steps which led down into
the conservatory. Two figures were stand
ing below her, half hidden by a tall palm
"You know will do all l can for you
Eva;" said the man.
II know you have always been better tC
me than deserve" said the woman, hel
voice hardly under control. "You will
keep my secret now, Arthur?"
IL will keep your secret and serve you,
said Rivers, with Just that strong gentle.
ness in his voice which Estelle thought he
had no right TO use to any one but her
The miserable girl clenched her hands anC
teeth in the effort to restrain herself, con-
scious of the unftness of making n scene
but self-control was not to be learnt in {
moment, and passion asserted itself.
Arthur" she said, in low, choking
voice, and stepping down toward him
"you are traitor-you have deceived me-
YOU" she could hardly speak, and nov
| ba ,o,,t ono haul IA bar hpa1 Whilp III,
other, extended, forbade his approach. Sc
she stood for moment, then her figure
swayed, she missed her footing, and h
only caught the words, "Ah, You have
killed mel" before she fell at his feet, sob
bing, crying, raving, finging herself abou
in violent Mysteries, like one possessed.
Eva, shocked beyond measure, called
Mary Cotterell to her aid, and, with as lit
tie fuss as possible, they got Estelle up
stairs, where she continued all night in
state of half-delirious misery and rage
The only thing she was distinct and per
sistent about was that she would never SCI
or speak to Arthur again. He left the hous
in despair, pinning his only hope on Mary
who promised to bring the poor girl to rea
son. "Leave her to me for a few days,
she said, and Rivers obeyed, 'devoting al
his energies to getting Hal Armitage tn
colonial post desired for him by Eva.
Estelle. sorely ashamed of herself b.
now, heard the news of his success fron
Mary, who added an explanation of the par
played by Arthur.
"Are YOU satisfied now?" asked the latter
with the ster1ihess she found more salutar
than gentleness.
"Why hasn't Arthur been to see me?
asked Estelle, looking down.
"You went too far this time; you forgo
that he has his pride.
Estelle sprang up and dropped on he
knees beside Mary's chair. Let me go :
himl Not to his house, don't mean that
but somewhere where / shall meet him
Oh! my dear Mary, do this one thing NOR
for me, implore you!"
II don't think you deserve anything O
the Sort" said Mary sharply, and nothin
like a promise could be extorted from hei
1t was, therefore, of course, only singu
lar coincidence that the following da
Arthur should be walking through Coppen
, ham Wood just when Mary and Estell
happened to be nutting there-or, rather
Mary was nutting, while Estelle stood b
in her Frenchiiled dress, and never so muc
rs took off her gloves. II was lucky, toe
that just when Arthur came upon ther
Mary should be high up from the groun
in a thick bush, and quite out of sight an
hearing behind the leafy screen which com
, passed her about.
Where were Estelle's low spirits now
She had meant TO be very humble and peni
tent, but IL was never any use for her
! decide beforehand how she would behave
: and now, when she saw the " dreadful red
haired man approaching her, the pleasur
, of il was so great that everything else wer
, out of her head. There was a stile be
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