Evening star., 1886-10-09

| Il did not notice It..
Westhayen drew himself up sharply and and
| Miss Carlyon's cnair, upon which he mad
| leaned, rolled forward with disagreeable.
| squeakiug sound She laughed her little cut
| ting iaUgn.
| fine charm is broken" she said. "Let US go
| i'm
bade them good night, feeling uncomtorta-
bly, Westhaven gave me his hand, and we
| stood there moment looking at each other
| aud ieit great sympathy for him, Tor l
| Little by little my prejudice against Miss
| Cariyon was aiiayed. Use this word advisedly,
Tor think 1t was never quite iulIed TO rest, and
toward the last it famed up again in all its old
| intensity. she wonderfully like Westha-
| Ven. II was absolutely the same nature, diHer-
emily clothed. And, To do her justice, her views
| were as wide, her thoughts were as liberal, as
! ftr-reaching as IL mau's and she had passion
>IonalIy rose p ana struggled in her feeble little
| body and LETT her shaking. could scarcely
determine upon her feeling for Westhaven. If
| IL WAS love, 1t was love oi most unieminlne
na ure. Calm and without caprice, unexactug
! anu in ii certain sense. de,erentia!, she showed
/ with him Deither the lmpatlence nor the mock
i-g spirit which ruled her mood with others
aud accepted his utter devotion to her gently
! anu gratefully. II was great pity he had not
| married her, 1 reflected. am not restricted by
| narrow, moralstIc views, and since iathoming
| tue awful misery OF his married lie / had
ceased 10 consider his feeling for Miss Carlyon
| a. one which deserved my strict censure. Hav-
| ing mus removed the baudase from my mental
vision, 1 was enabled TO see this feeling as IL
existed, Il sei!-lOrsetluI all-iDSOrDing, unuy ing
| passion sucn as IA man of his temperament
a.Oue can ieel, ana that but once In I'll, life, Tor
Uut one woIlaI.
Miss CarIyon was certainly improving She
| told me quickly one day that the London physi-
cltn tiitu gwen her but "A lew months TO live
| "Ihey tIIed everything, even electricity,' she
sstIu laughing. ''rheys do not in the least know
| what i, the matter with me- she continued, in
her little, sharp way. NJ one does but myself
and Will tell you. i am the Nervous ENnaus-
| ZIONIST o the society novel VINO has exhausted
lie ana intends to die alter al improved
method oi her own.
| But you hot succeeding" replied, with
SOME warmth, Ior there was ething terribls
! 10 ne in the way this young gltl caimIy spoke
OF dying. y gu are uot succeeding i'll the least
| \ ou Will find that your method will oulwib
You and WORK q result OF which you have
! never dreamed"
she turned very pale and looked at me in a
! frightened sort OF way. When she spoke
| 'Stln IL wats nervously. eXcitediy and ot quIte
ai different topic. Sue seemed reiIeved, Iuo
[ when " eStnaVeu CAME into the room. and Ieit
us IlnneLiatcIy.
Il have some books from London In a box
| there "n the tssule. You must look them over"
/ lie began, and then we uri,ted iuto the semi
scIeutanc chatteT-l can give il no more uigni-
heu titIe-ln WHICH we SD often inuuised. We
| IaugIeu ii good deat! over the erri,tic, insane
/ theories winch the late advances III electricity
mad sent. ike so many electric shocks over the
World, dnu W eolhiisen drew me out
ied5tn on Tie >uuJect OF electrical magnetism as
I applied 10 indlEIdudls. Related various inier-
esth5 experiments and ireeiy gave ni.u my
! news. lie listened with .tn absorbing interest
! when lound 1ittterIug and the oid ierturiig
/ lever running strong iii my VEINS, namlnereu
away az tnis favurile theme uf mine, until IT
(
breath III ct deep. satisfied WY, and wnen /
/ bcStu to dpul'slZ ior having rIuden my nubuy
sincerity.
/ "lIave ii cigar with me, he said, lana thanks
/ Tor tne treatise, doc or Perhaps you lnink i
! dId hot enjO. Ihtt?'
! Tie io"ked about FOR his cigar and went
[ out "j tne room lo find III. After waiting u lew
| nIInu.es hi> return | walked over to the
| taO4e ~ nave Il glance ut tiie new UoJks. 1ue.e
| were TWO 'Xes upon IL, one, nearly concealed
/ by "a Pile OF papef>, aud tnIs one opeued. Be
In Itt4E, ii
iiiSuIttd wire anu portions vi lllis netU-eIec-
| trIc battery. WestnaNeu entered room anu
CaIIeu IU ulm:
{ ~ illII III the wrong box"
tie utiered ii uus,Ise cry and sprang toward
/ lhe, sudde.iiy ciI, chlu. himself auu endeavor-
iii- l" master vat tppetreu 10 nle an uuac-
eoun.a" aullatlod. III, emotion WAS too .,p-
Patnt iof eitner OF Us 10 Coin upieteiy iguore IL,
an. iett compelled To turiI away ANA pref END
10 Le eliSruS,eu i'll the conLeuts vi the oIue. uox
untli he couiu Recover niinsel!. SeiecLiug 1.
inisazinc went away immediately, consiuer-
a"iI oinazed at my stupid mI,taAe, yet more
| puLLit q over The agitation IL mad Caused uim.
/ 81 s.iipie Il discovery as that vi nud,ns in Tue
p,sSessiuu vi d Iiian wuo opeuly a>oveu MS iu-
teIeel III electrical studies, an lnstru.neut COLI
sttnt.s III Vogue among eiec.ricians, nol In
ilsel sufcleut ~ utt.riy confuse t.ie possessor.
/ Bu, tueii, Weslua. EN- WAS ii queer ieiIUW. lie
| possibly ulu not WISH me To mat he ex-
perilnented, or perhaps ne was inveniIug some-
! tnInS. Ana / Cast the whole affair OF my Iuluu
wlln d ldusn.
Ine neNl day neither MIS- Westhaven nor
Miss Iariyon Was al breun asst. Miss Cariyon
! Was NOT we'll, We>inaven said, and W tins / al
! trIouteu III, moody silence auu s,range, excited
| nanner. de dld MOI appear through the day
duu, contrary 10 my CUSTOM, went to nIs
rooms III the aiternooh 10 lnq uire Ior the inva-
Ild. IuuuuLue uoUr open and Was enteru.
the piilor bena voice Iroin the inner room
| har>niy anu rapidly:
Come. At is Time! Come, sayr'
| n woLiidns Voice, mrs. " Westhaven's fan.
| eied. Iuodned, ana Protested IaIntiy. Auotner
| imperdtis { cOninIanu rom W esLnaI Ell Io,iuwed
/ Dy ii cdrse, Ihen Lhe SOUND vi some neavy body
] al
! siiu' SHARPLY and an Was std. l turned and
iIurrled from Tue ROOM, Conscious that had
| already stayed tOU IouS, indnAIui Iuat nv pre,-
J eAce MAD hot beeh suspected by the inmates. l
went directly to my room To read aud
/ tiled to dismiss tne CIRCUMSTANCE from my
! thoughts " "estitSeus naIsn voice and lne
/ pItiiU moan HDIcn answered Il had i'm pressed
/ Inc strongly. 1 Was most unwilling ~ ueiIuye
/ nlin capable OF physical cruelty To MS VIE vet
! Low otuerwI>e tu sdt.S ..ctorIly explain tne
sounds mad heard? l realized tuat tuere Were.
otner mysteries eonnec,ed with tuIs singular
| idnliy wulcn 1 hau not peuetrdteu, aud IeiL
! an uncoInlOrtd de CONVICTION tnaL L.ley would
eventually uc IeNeaieu To iIe, aud tuaL should
| pay ioI tiein The price oI my regard LOT West
HaNtu fIoEoheu witn inyss'II IUr tue fancy
/ lay down III tLiG Vain no .e enjoying a, sesta
could noI close my eyes. Iue neat grew more
anu iiI"rc in.ense; 4 IeIt smoLuei cd. My room
Was upon tue shady side oi ihe iotel; couiu
/ not nav found "a cooler >pui. 1ue Westuavens'
/ rUuIns were across tue court and on the floor
! above my owii-tney must be iusutteraby hot
/ on sucn an AFTERNOON this. Miss Carl yon
| ttd cuosen them, sue tOiu me. Sac saiu she
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windows. fsn;tw! Wy could l no, get t.em
out OF my mead: / rose unpalient,y dres,eu
! and Went down stairs; il Was nearly dinner
| Time. Miss CariyOn w..S sitting on the yerin.
? dan sue iookeu brighter ana pretlier Than /
hdG ever seen iIer Her Improvement was d. ,iiy
nOt!cedbIc- ana tL-llS 1T ccehS were IiusIeu
/ WITH "a utiicdIe ana uecJl:ius coiOr. Sne Was
qulte uneiu DdfiStsoeu and glad Iu lalk WJIu me
-Ie >eIiU sue slept iI tue s,.teruoon and her IN
disposition Ui lne morning sInply the
result oi ii sieepe>s nignt. She ha,i not been
present, then, concluded griinIy at The wife
I beating Presently sir-. Hr,tudVcn came. ont
ana Joined u,. she seemed pale anu * uatlst ed
FOR the nrsi time L noticed II marked rs,eIn-
Ulducc between the sisters.
II Ou Ilili tue neal oppressive, do you note"
asheu Her, dnd ner fepty DE lrayeu III agitation
ana JiI e.trucSineSS Oi which | mad her
ln.t!l4tef IncdpaUle.
"On, yes. sIv said laying her hand OH her
/ hcart II size suffered taere. Yes indeed IL
I burns lne-lt burns fle ierrIbly'
I l regarded her closely. She was looking very
badly indeed.
I saw nttle of Westnaven for days after this
/ II l. possible that my manner to him mas not
! nave been cordial. could not heipa Certain
/ restraint and am sure that, for i, white ue
/ resumed ooT iorIner peasant reiations there
! beng hOthIng To excite even further curiu,ity
7 lii MS domestic affairs,
MIS- "eslh&sen steadily dropped. losing
/ He>h ana coior winch Miss Carlyon as steadily
gained Inc winter was nearly over. West
/ haven ana mad discussed the Change in mis-
wife, but IL came 50 gradually that he seemed
lot 10 notice III, "a olG. One nlgnt he came 10
my doot.
"Doctor,' he said, II wish you would come
and see Mrs. Wes thayen. She is NOT at ali
/ welt " "