The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-06

..Nov. .be reasonab ble and listen 10 me. Hou
know, Dolly. that your father Is sadly
stricken down and shaken by all this"
~Yes.r she sobbed; she looked so old
aud bent to-day. 4 could not help crying
TO see him. 700. .. s.,
We'll II our engagement is broken, he
will think naturally very much more OF. 7
his trouble than if he had as to look TO
for strength; and. worse than that. if the
world sees that four marriage does not /
take place. people viii think and say,
that 1 backed ont ~ II. You would not
ike all England 10 speak Of me as a cow
ardly cad. who hadn't pluck enough to
stand by the woman he loved 2. .......-
ooh. people couldn't think that" she
objected
But hat is what theywould think he
said quickly. lit is exactly what I should
think myself, il heard Of any other man
placed in Ike circumstances ! should
think SO. indeed"
r. Fol. some moments he lay silently
watching her. She did not speak at all.
her hand rested passively IN his, the 9TH
er wandered restlessly among the folds
Of grape which trimmed her gown; her
ewes roved YEARLY sbout the old hall,
from the fulI-leuCth portrait opposite Of
Colonel NuEe4t of MaTlburoughs time
to the gaily colored sunlight gaAy-slm-
light streaming through the painted win
dow halfway up the stairs-tTom that TO
the dog and the cat lying so amicably
asleep. and thence to her own slim little
anywhere but at the Earl Of Cul-
vcrtOn lving on the sofa
II will tell Won another reason he said
presently ''the squire naturally Is dread
fully grieved that the old name must dIe
ont. You know, Dolly. he and you are the
last Of the NuCents and, not an hour ago,
he told me. as if bright thought had
struck him. that our second son must
take the name. Have you the heart TO
tell him that lac must TehuquIsh all hope
of building the old family up -ain77
No" cried Dolly. breaking down again
mo. ! cannot DO that. l must not add
to his troubles"
i don't think that you viii ever repent
it." said CulveItou quictly-"ceItainly not
If l can help it,
why" exclaimed Dolly. turning to him
with her face all ahame. Il did not sup
pose that YOU would ever taunt me with
Culverton broke ont into soft laughter
For au instant the girls face relaxed as if
she too would SuIlCi Dut the ScaldmS
tears rushed into her eyes. and she cried
ont rcproachfully That they had forgotten
poor Jasper already.
..Do You not think that il would he best
Tor us all to Try To iorgctf asked Culver
ton yravcly. -..
If only" cried Dolly il an agony of
repentance, Il had trusted you morel
HOu have never said q word 10 me about
that If you would only scold me-only
- Oh, 1 am 50 wretch edly unhappyi
! feel as il it was all my fault
Ny Dolly said a low voice beside them
at which they both started, and Culver
ton struggled up
Come here mother, darling" he said
peTsuasiycly.
Mrs. Nucent went and sat between
them ON the couch.
Dolly. l cannot bear 70 hear You blame
Yourself she said gently. Your fear Of
that person WAS only natural l assure
You, if such ii woman had openly ran af-
ter youT father as she did after Culver
ton, it would have driven me mad. / do
not know how you kept your secret all
that day rs you did. I think l should
I have flung myself down and wept my
I self Seuseles~"
But if had not kept it." murnered
Dolly.
My darling child. if we could look in
20 the future. half Il the great catastro-
; phes which move the very world might
/ be- averted. / think. if even the wretched
! woman who has brought such bitter sor-
+ TOW upon MS. could have fOTeseen the re-
suit Of her work. She would never have
come to Deaue Ella. We all acted for the
. best except poor Jasper. Don't think
children, that / am blaming him, OF that
N'Nlil i'l S4N CiLlg vel y iAl- 20 ildNt MIN
= back again. What / wish you 10 under
stand is thiS-you must not blame your
/ self for a faultsvyhich IL not vorilS'+
That Is what l have been t"lfug her.
SAID tUlyeTtoU gently. I'VE must try TO
make MP to you and the Squire as much
4 .as we can"
B. II any me on Garth can make up to
us for our irreparstlle loss said the Mis-
! fress, with wan smile. lit WI Le you,
! Berthe. Well. what l came to tell You is
tbI--I have been talking 20 the Squire.
aud we both think that the wiscst thing
we GIN do viii be 10 go away Tor the win
ter
/ "pecidedly," was Culvgrton's comment,
COZ coureg, you intend lne TO 30 with
youY'
81. ..Oh yes, We thought the South OF
France perhaps might do You sec this
Squire dishkcs everything German ~ IN
tensely."
ve1t0n.
He understood as ven as if sho had put
it in words what the >luirc'e dislike ut
. everything German meant; for had not
he and Dolly arranged ID Ia ke their we'd
ding tour in italy ly way. OF The Rhine
and were they not 70 have started that
very day2
D"lue ELLA FOR & foreign land. there q
seek that peace which Time brings 81
surely
s. The Nugeuts recovered from the pain
ful circumstances ~ JaSper's death ~oone1
than they would have done had they re
mained at Dcane Ella, where every tire,
and stone and face would have Br0urh
their sons dead face to their
yet Dolly would not hear u her marl.iag,
taking place before the expiration Of tn,
year following Jaspel's death. And 81 il
a gloomy London church, without an
parade she and CuiveIton spoke the sol
emn vows which We're To. bind them fo
ever ...
let ms e-o TO the Opera tonight. Dolly
DEAR" said Culverton whilst they were a
dinner.
More than two years had passed sine
their marriage, and they were now i
Paris
Very wen" replied Dolly, her usua
answer to my suggestion # his.
However, "a. circumstance occuure,
which made them change their plans-4
circumstance which made an impoItau
change III the lives of tworeople.
Before the meal was ended a card wa
brought to Culvcton ou "a tIuy-a car
bearing a name which made him Jump u
from his seat and rush out of the room
drawing the owner back in triumph. Tn
name was that Of Sir Harry Travers; an
Sir Harry. having acted .s .best man q
Culvertons wedding was always a we
~Co;ne in. Have You dincd'" asse
'Yes nistthiz moment finished. hal
pened to look at the visitors hoaksquit
a by thau-e. and saw yulJI' names. {
course l ~,Ht Up at once"
.0f couz7-e.H promptly returned Culver
ton.