Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-25

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been maVriadIv exclaimed Marion
WiIAo1Ehby, thf0wing hersed down
upoa fha a1W tastes = her own &c.
gAntiy spFoEnied dTamiaG room. sid
drawing Of the delicafely tinted
gloves which served a. 3 finish 70 the
exquisite Parisian ioilek
There was ouiy ere o1her occupant
b the room, 9 DAn, tai and hand
e0me. Standing with one hand rest
ing on he back q her chaiE. sAe
cid bot glance % e. shs sfoke, o.
nois thai Chester Th0rnieY's face had
lost color.
"Yon are speaking Of Miss Mar
Eine's wedding, be said. There i
one essential 70 most marriages You
have not enumerated n your list Of
thing lacking. Was love wanfingy
ss0h, no. / eness she lovss him
She ceTtainly must Do 50 % a. q,
mosf ahHnrd extent. They are % 20
% housekeeping in Al Questionable
locality uptown, where be must Be
away from early morning until quits
six O'Clock he occupies some sal
aired pOsition--elerk n 3 bank, ] Be
lievs-and she might have married
anybody"
Honest labor degrades no MAJ,
Marion" came the frm quick ans
Wef. zen 8 clerkship 3 not a
ways foand, and I would rather bresl
stones In Che street than live On mon
sy acquired dishonesty or doled on
Of charity, though In such case
would ask no woman TO share my
lOs.p
This looks like breaking stones
does It notf" she laaghingiy answer
ed, letting her own jeweled fngen
Gloss over The mans hand where !
rested--a hand whose shape betoken
ed is aristocracy, and which was s0f
and a. white Is Q woman's.
At her light touch his strong arm
quivered. BE bent and LEI his lip
rest an instant caressingiy on he
hair, for the girl beside him was ht
afiaDced wife.
at could break stOneA though
dear, and I dOn1 know but L woull
make me better man. Suppose
lost my money. Marionf Suppose
were ell swept away from me Ia a
hour, and | had q position offered m
la position which would enable N
70 live humbly, very much Is you
friend Ia going 10 live-tell me Wha
you would dot"
you are Only talking 70 try mt
Chester, and hate such questions
10 the first place, Il is entirely out 9
reason, for even were 10 30, paps
you kReW, Is very rich aud our HON
could always be with him"
| II said 70 you that / would rathG
starwe than eat the bread OF charity
Therefore, putting this posaihilil
aside tell me what you would DOT"
Her fingers relaxed their grasp n
on bis hand. Was there significant
| Ia the acti0nf He smiled bitterly Z
be saw Il. His face was very pa
now. Except that he stood still be
hind the chair, she must have notice
II.
"You are utterly absurd this afte
noon, CHESTER" she said petuantl,
Have net Just told you that Edit
Marvine's wedding was more like
funeral than q weddingl An
though ! presume ! shall one d.
have TO attend my own funeral, / wi
not, assure you, be vOlunRI
agent Have you nothing more agre
able that y0u can find 10 say to me-
The man threw of q certain som
thing which seemed 70 envelop hi
In an almost invisible cloud, and }
answered with the bold courteol
grace which suited him so well, an
made his power with women pr
verb.
II Money always seemed 10 belong
him by an inherent right Il was |
natural that he should be rich. n
one could have imagined Chest
Thornley, poor. He knew 50 we
how to expend his wealth. He gay
it so generously, yet without ostent
ton, that no man envied BIN.
Yet be knew half an hour late
when be left bis farewell kiss on Ma
ion Willoughby's lips. that II was
farewell 70 all hopes and happiness.
The blow had already fallen. H
was 9 ruined man. with scarce a shi
ling he could call his 0wu; he ha
had no wish ungIatified in ell b
thirty years Of life. Il had taller
too, through no fault Of his owl
though there was feeble comfort !
that There was comfort, however
in the knowledge that be owed n
man, and that he might start aires
IN the world with no burden on b
broad shoulders or his conscience.
II True, there was q deep wound
bis heart he had loved Marion sowe
that to give her up was to YoluntaFil
renonnce Gods sunlight But AL be
life had been spent amid luxury.
was 10 her q necessity. Deprived (
Il she would dro0p and fade; and be
ter any lot than 20 see her struggl
and know that be had brought Il u
on her.
nC1iuJSt ollc uHA HAoUC NGi CuUIll
To her . wedding meant flower
music, friends, the toilet Of . bird,
The future, the communion of tw
hearta, the solemn responsibility Il
CURED were but secondary considel
atoms
Goodbye, my darling, " he said
a. they parted; but when she added
"until tomorrow" be added neithe
lyea or nay.
"TOnorrow" The world knew tbs
Chester Thornley's ship had gone NJ
on the rocka Many Of his bushes
associates would have held out /
him helping hand. but firmly an
kindly be refused every offer.
| He wrote Marion a few lines n
calling to her mind the conversatio
OF the day before. and released be
trom her vows % him.
'sIf aAy gcod fortune comes {
me, he concluded, you shall hes
OF IL II ! am silent u is because n
| NE Is wrapped In silence and shadow
Bless you, darling. Tor the light you
darliRg. for the light yoa have cas-
apon Il Il win Be like looking bacl
70 heaven. ] dare not see you agail
III tested my strength 70 ils full e.
tent yesterday. God grant that som
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