The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-12-24

to ask you'll really for-et what now:
nothing of any inn ,rtance. daresay
when l saw. that You were sitting
just where where Won arnnnw. and that
you were c1yin9k CRYING bitterly, az
if your heart would break, on the very
day Of your marri we"
lie pauses. AS though she eynects
his eyes to DO on her, sh,. hot Is herself
erect, and dicks her fan ta,ani fro with
an air of iEsolent difference. Yet
she wrongs him. He keeps his gaze
fixed pertn1"Ous'y upon the glass
door at the further end of the room.
g crossed the room silentlv." he
goes on presently, to ask you what
whether-pshaw.-if I could be Of any
use to you; and as l approached say
| i really beg your pardon for my in
discretion, but | couldn't help it saw
| lv'ng on your lap portrait of VI ryvn.
! 'ur tears were wetting it. I ho,p it
isn't spoiled? 1t was a fauiriess
| likeness.
No answer. The fan is moving with
greater rapidity; but others se Mrs.
j. rington might be deaf to all that is
be 2. said.
ut occurred to me then. though
am generally a dull fellow, that
mi ht as well go back to where I came
from. Any conso'oeion could OFFER
would but add an additional poignancy
to your grief"
Your manner is an insult p she
SAWS slowly, turning her large eyes fully
upon his.
81 assure you, you mistake me-" he
saws Struggling his Shoulders; STE
JotctS | relate may be considered an in
suit to married woman; but l am
not responsible for them. You wrrs
so absorbed with your portrait you did
not hear me. withdrew. Could be-
have with more delicate tact? At the
door, indeed, looked back; you were
kissing the portrait then. Pah! how
hot this room tsp
lie walks step or two, and then re-
turns. BY this time she has quite re-
covered her Possession.
$50 you know Mr.. Mervyn1' she
says coolly.
"A little. 1t would take clever
man to really know him. He-it is
rather awkward, all things considered
but he is the one enemy have on
earth. One would wish to be at least
on good terms with ones wife's
friends"
"Your enemy r
1t occurs to her as strange, even at
this moment, that Randall Mervyn had
not mentioned his acquaintance with
her husband.
"Well, that sounds rather theatrical.
| Let us say that he objects to my society.
Once l found him out in but that
can't matter now. What remains is
| the certainty that he would do me a
| bad turn if he could"
"And you hate him?"
al really don't know" says George
Darlington. 81 don't care about soil
ing my fingers at any time; and at
least could hardly surpass the injury
he has done me-"
CAT least you know all now" she
says.
at is pity, for both of US, did not
know it sooner"
of had told you, you would not
have married me?" she says.
AT this he stares little, and then
says coutemptuously,
"Your affection for him must be
great indeed if you gave him up for the
mere sake of filthy lucre."
at wasn't that" she says; "and
there is no good to be gained by an ex-
PLANTATION now. When my declared IN
difference to you did not induce you to
fOrego your determination to marry
me- nothing else would"
"There you wrong me" he says'coldly.
al am at least an honest man. never
banker after my neighbor's goods"
She paleS little at this insult, but
says nothing.
MAY | ask" says Darlington pres
emily, why you did me the honor to
marry me?"
"To tell you what you already know
would be waste of time"
~ can hardly believe you sacrificed