New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-12

yourself three times professionally jealous OF any
Tnrss times. Eo; aS;"s" mo s 50 snseisss as
that" - "a.
al am generous you sce" said she, calmly. AS
yourself admit 5 give blush do
not wish you to fail Wcil'-No Stay Just t hess
and listen Iyoa should chance to sin mus 5nisS
for ever ali hope Orwell, of-oh, you know
she said. sOn the other hand if yoI do not sin
thrice, for my. part will promise to- Va, ;,,
"Yes 20 on" entreated he. eagerly. 70. VIII
give yourself to me as my rew ard Is that IL ,r
"Let it be So" said she, smiling prettily, Hhiist
her blush deepsne He hent or over nsr na' anu
q did not think this morning that MIDDAY "on,d d
see me SO happy man. he sa'd' WIN s'au
aDo not boast" said she, warning,y ont she
smiled as she warned, and he needed only 'ne
This is Thursday This day week shall envy
She ran away from him, up two or three steps OF
the staircase, but his voice compelled her tt TO STOP
hope and Joy and new life in his tone ~
3About ten minutes If you don't mind waiting
about for bit I'll Join So Snr th s"cb considerable
longer @bit" than the ten minutes named. tnat ne
was trfe restless and impatient when at last she
ad no.Ss SSs aIV ws her hand
SOh! 1t was that kept you" said he. casting q
wrashfn, glance at the letter. so whom were you
Miss Charters raised her brows, and then looked
amused. aWhat irgularly rude question:" she
sai1. a.,
For the simple reason that might not care to
tell N y9u" .so,,a Won not o.ro,n
To this she made TO answer Devonu ilttie sw'l 10
glance as she moved toward the post bag that lay
on q side table. By some accident her manu-
brushed against the heavy fropds OF large Iern'
and the letter fell to the ground, address upper
It was quite impossible that he cpnld prevent
himself from seeing T.. The writing was singulary
largo and legible for q woman. and
The Hon. George Markham.
was 40 clea- that it ght have been print OF good
type. His face was as dark as night as he picked
il up and returned it 10 Miss Charteris.
" 1t wasn't nv fault" he said e..u
as you know. it is an ill-wind that blows noooay
good and yon hays had your curiosity gratih t:
She was o little flushed as she spoke-a fact that
ii have seen what had no desire to see" he
well. wby shouldn't write to Georgef" she
asked, a touch Of defiance in her tone " tie IS
very old friend" She was little put out by the
aWhy, indeed am bound, of course, to remem-
Der that he was first in the teld." .,, o..
sob If voa put it IN that way !" she said; she
s saopSsd SHARPLY ni
ought to. open that letter and show you the
contents"
al do" returned he, boldly
You suspect me. them
al should certainly Ike to see what You have
written to Markham You call him an old friend
but you must acknowledge he was rather more IMAM
q Not m ore to me-whatever I may have heen to
him." She paused and then throwing up her head
regarded him hxedly. "YOu remember our com
pact of a while since 7" she asked. 1Such little
while bare half hour, think. You remember
1. ,oIod n.r,ont;h1p
is this jealousy 7" she said. :,
"You spoke of jealousy without reason. Am
now anressonablei Have you proved me- ="
al Have you proved that you are not so How do
Won know what this letter contains There Is such
thing as Time, that will prove which OF us Is
right"
him and threw down her racket upon hall chair
IA week." she said, bitterly. Il should have
made 1t day Alreadv-though but few inmates
have passed-you have transgressed once"
She cast one last reproachful glance at him,
which betrayed the fact of her eyes being full of
tears, and then left him.
Although totally unconvinced and inwardly
raging against George Markham. fear of Sophy's
displeasure had such hold on Lord Elston that
further cause for anger. Whatever happened.
whatever she might choose to do he would be
was at an end. Once bis, he Thought all would be
right During the evening ths srf re- ne go
MANAGED to conduct himself h; that MISS Cnar'er'S
The next 1av brought an influx Of visitors for the
private theatricals impending, and in which
SONNY TO bear principal part Elston
from the frequent rehearsas that after the arrival
of the last contingent. went on morning noon ana
night. He certainly objected to the absorption OF
Sophv's time, but he still so careful. to avoid
second offence that he pretended deep interest IN
the play, which secretly was thing of detestation
to him. 90
Among the actors was tall, angular yonng
man with q glowing eye, "a Roman nose
per peri born of a belief in his own histrionic
powers aud the opinion of few friends OF his that
be was the very image OF MT: Irving. lie was; at
all events the leading spirit Of the .heatricas that
Just then possessed the guests at Hartley Court.
His manner was impressive, and he acquired a
trick of taking people aside into corners ami
recesses behind screens and palms. and there
whisoeri NO to them solemn, earnest fashion that
precuded the idea OF frivolity.
By degrees it became Noticeable that 1t Was
behind the japanese screens aud branching palms.
But as the mysterious conferences were presumably
about the play in whlcs Sne was 70 t axe, t me
wonderfully under the infiction of these repeated
interviews no one felt called upon TO go to her
rescue. Lord Elston writhed beneath It oil, yet
made no sign. For two whole days Indeed, he
suffered torments, betray.ng no temper and putting
in rather mechanicaI smiles in the right places
but on the third day an event occurred that
destroyed his newly formed resolves to endure all
things rather than again show himself distrustiul
of his lady-lOve -,
fruit garden, glass house had been built that was
specially dedicated to pelargoniums. 1t was
rather far from the house and therefore, seldom
visited by any people staying at Hartley; but
Flston. who was fond of this particular flower
strollei up sometimes to look at them, although it
was growing toward the end of July, and their first
loneliness was almost at an end. 1t was the Monday
following that eveutiu Thursday, on which Miss
Charters had put him bis trial. that he went up
to the peargonium house to try and while away the
time unit he could hope again to see SOphv. Ever
since these wretched amateurs had descended upon
the house, she had been conspicuous by her absence
from eleven 10 MISUNDERSTANDING her part In her
believed. , go ,
At some distance from it, but on line with the
eastern end of the glass house. ran hedge OF laurel
coming from that side. Elston, walking lelsurely
to ward 1t, became all at once conscious that a
voice-the voice indeed in all the world TO- him.
was sounding somewhere near He looked thrOuQh
y iarna hnla In the hedge and discovered that Miss