The Red Cloud chief., 1886-02-05

bent her head and refns,d 10 allow him
u steal the meres, glance at her face.
but by and b. she turned "a; on him
gently and gazcd full in his eJcs for ,
moment. while ner figure yielded itself
mosc freely to his embrace. and nc
longer repulsed him by Its rgdity.
IF ! had turned out To he Miss
Churchill" she asked him. should
. you She paused. but the very
silence was eloquent
Have loved you:" said Trecarthen.
mo. could not have fallen in lo.e
with an acires-." IL seemed t. him
that there might be 4 touch II jealousy
in the appeal. and lie was in tn. mood
Ia be tender To all loves fancies how
ever shaiowy and unreal they nigh.
.e.
''Wkv not?" she asked. There are
many good women who are actresses.
surely"
! No doubt he answered. lightly.
''Many. But you rub the bloom from
the peach il You handle 1t ever so gent
". An actress gains something more
than most women hope tor or care for.
but she mus, be content TO lose some
!hing- dclic-cy-a iinencss which is
not so easy to describe. but mean
much to \ man with any rciinemen: Of
mind"
lie was far from being actually ds-
honest in saying this. AMI yet he waI
precisely honest Left Ia himself and
his own Judgment he would not have
thought these thoughts. al all. but the
fancy that his bctrothcd had that vision
airy i~ca,ou>y OF the actress moved him
10 make tie Jealousy impossible.
Bat il you hau met her. and. had
fallen in love with her." said the girl.
and then founi that she was AZ act
re,s-,hat would have made no differ
encc To yOu::'
Yes" he said. gravcly. rs If consid-
crinG the matter, IA serious diiicr-
nee
Il fancicd men thought differently"
she said. wi h somc little nat Of -orn.
Il fancied that they did not altogether
cIrc SD much for those OF Us w.O live
in the little "roy. OF household cares
and SIN Ill accomplishments. and silly
Joys 4 al Sorrows
Il shall ask you u achieve no ou,-ot-
door, greatness. iregarihcn an
scercd fondiv; Though YOU are more
tit u shine in the worlds eye than any
ether woman now alive The youay
man WAS not Il fine judge Of verse. and
il wa, natural 10 thInk the I.aurcatc'S
outpUurings infer or 10 these of the
woman he himself was in love with.
'.i,c a great a. You Will. but shine nj
home. my dear; and let me worship
you"
That was y pretty programme. and
the girl found no fault with It a it APP
piled 20 her own prospects. But she
had rathcr-how much rather-that her
future husband should have thought
better of Miss Churchill's pr feSsion. Ii
was clear that he suspected nothing,
imagined nothing. but il wa, 4 pain t .
have Il secret, though it were as harm
less rs her own. For Miss Chur, hill,
though Al actress. was D pure a Il
daisy. aud nobody knew better than
Miss Farmer how little evil tho stage
had taught her. though there are mill
ions who know infinitely better how
much evil it has the power to teach.
One unavo dab,c result m: out of
this conversation Miss Farmer buried
Miss Churchill. and resolved I ~ thc
actress should know no resurrection.
But then Gas people unfairly or secretly
cntombed with fear, and suspicious
hanging about them have u prcscript-
tive right to do) Miss Churc i'll As
sumed ghost-l Ike airs and revisited the
upper world and peopled the sections
lie with unreal tcrrorS. T~rrgarthen
t,l t..,yns tho rir' o., 1,,n Linn Sa,
had be n IN apt and willing pupil. and
had learned 10 love him well. She was
of Il large and generous nature. aficc-
Tomato rather than passionate. but in
clined TO cling to the Oh ,ect of her
affection with lifelong tcuacity. There
are few women who woIld not have
kept her innocent secret rather than
mn the risk of losing u lover. And
Ire rarthen was tn one MAJ IN tie
world To her. as a woman'S first love
always S-tae n possible idol lie
meret ought of losing him was cruel
beyond expression; the mere fancy that
she might sink his love was scarcely
bcarahle. She 50 honorei and rev
erencci and love HIM that She was
forced to deceive him. That is not
good morality. but is admirable iemi-
nine logic.
The couriship went on. and Gor5ay
and the county beyond the linn T. OF
Gorbay II ID il. AMI on the wlole
We're content with it. Treyarthen
might have looked higher in SPIT, of
thos. oil | r~cgimental csc pa les of his.
for the last scion of one of the oldest
houses n that part Of England. where
houses are % amazingly Old. might
think him elf almost any mans equal.
lie was not Il m.llionairr but he had
enough. and he was unusually person.
able. Ever, body was persuaded that
the match. from Mss Farmer 5 30 ut of
view. was al that could be desired.
Within nine months ot Their first
speech with each OF :er the Young par
became man and wife. AMI set 10
hou-,k cpIng in Gorbar. The ha | an
exquisiieiy appointed house. sand III
In the m DIST G, some eight \ res a we'll
tmbercd ground and ,uroundcd by
trim gardens. While they lived lie
the old mansion on Ircga:then Island
WAS 20 be restored 10 something f lis
for ner grande,r. and Mr.. Trcgar,hcn
inSiste upon having a hand IN this.
She insisted on having SO influential =
hand in it hat she p aced the whole o.
her .wn modest fortune in her hus-
band ; hands and Laie him max. that
suffice.
lou bring me the grandeur Of an
oil name, she sad. and | Ga M II
have my >hsre in It's honors. Ii yo,
refuse me this l only hall divide them
IreSartaen after many a~,tecUona,e
di>putes. took the money.
"What.ver is mine is YOURS" he
said. AM whatever is Your is mine.
A. IS Ike the rgas hand giving to the
left" !