The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-08-11


not have seen one bf them.
And vet | did not obey the first Wld
nromp:ing Of my EIeart and rush EcrSard %
claim acquaintance with her An unAc,
countable shyness came over me- dareo
not make myself known to her again hpN
could tell that she wished 70 see me ONO
more1 In her mind / must be assOciated
with a painful and humiliating incident 4
MIGHT well be that she would wish never 70
meet me again
But even as this dark Thoughts crossed ns
mind. sending a sudden chill through ny
veins, like that caused by the passing Of
thunder cloud across the summer sky, re
n,etnbered her look when she bade me fara-
well, and hope and JOY again gained tn
sscendancy. felt that there was betweel
rs link Of sympathy. the nature Of which
might not perhaps understand, but the reAiil q
of which could nbt question 39s
What joy 1t waslto stand there, unseen Dy
her and watch the beautiful facel only
now began to understand how deeply loved
her. The world tnight laugh At me IS L
pleased-a month ago should have bern
ready TO laugh at myself; but for me this
-Yas the one woman Of all women-my low,
nv life. my fate. I knew it now. il / h.
not realized it during the long days Of res
less torture which had passed since / las
saw her.
Her face was paler than It had been the i.
saw. and her whole expression was mo
sublued, more pensive than il was when
conyersed in the railway carriage. The :
was sornetbinr in her eyes which could M
understands fsr-away. dreamy look, rs
though the mind were engaged upon qui,
other scenes than those which were impress =
,,v.o,, .t,o ,-otf,o A v,ano nj faalouSy shrs
through my breast as / noticed this
How dear she was to mel That was wi
whispered to my heart II seemed ss
though had known her and loved her sii The
days of my life: and when once, " a
gesture which had observed whan sit nI-
posite to her in the railway carrisee. she al
justed one of the dark brown tresse OF her
hair, the sweet familiarity of tbs movement
made my eyes moist with sudden e'nHtion-
Her companion was a little man, pain =.
almost shabhily, dressed. whose gray iF
and bent frame indicated that he was ~ :
vanced in life. and who showed by he maj
ner in which ne used his glasses that he WI
shortsighted. could trace no resenlbiarri
to her in his features Once CT twica sh'
spoke TO him, and saw that when she ID
so he always turned toward her with gu =,
movement OF attention. and that h wither
old face lighted bp with a smile Of love
stood half hidden by pillar. feasting r'y
eyes upon the sight that was so dear 10 r'a
and absorbed in It TO the complete exclu~ "''
Of everything else
Somebody touched my arm turned n'd
saw Harding standing beside ne with
cynical smile upon his face.
"This is worse than | expected he sail IN
bantering touest II never thought that y0u
of all men would have succumbed so oquickly;
but have been watching You for the last
ten minutes, and I'll swear you have never
taken your eyes of him for the whole Of hat
time.
HHim; About whom arc you speaking l
asked. impatient at the interruption.
he laughed EWhat innocenceI " hat
bNssful ignorancel As II there could be
anybody here this morning worth looking at
save the man OF golil Your instinct did not
deceive you You are quite right in supocs
ing that shabby old gentleman sitting beside
the pretty girl In navy blue TO be Mauleverer,
the millionaire
"You don't mean TO tell me- / began in
dismay.
SThat the sp6ctacled gentleman in the ETaS
coat and the venerable felt hat Is MauleTeg>
err Yes, do But surely you knew Il he
forehand; for you have looked at nobody
else since joined You, and you were 50 com
pletely absorbed in studying him that you
never saw me till touched your arm
From the height of Joy felt myself sud
denly plunged into the icy-cold depth Of
despair. The man beside whom the girl
loved was sitting was none other than ibt
millionaire himself Il seemed as thou gh
great gulf had been instantaneously opened
up between us. could still see every fea urs
of the dear face, but she herself had beer
removed to a distance from which she wa,
Inaccessible TO me
Harding eyed me closely.
@You do not look 50 we'll as you did when
you came into the grounds he said presently.
"Are you unwelll Lei Us go back 10 lbs
seat where you met me. We shall see Them
pass when they 60 to the hotel
He. put his arin in mine, and led me away
Imade no resistance; and yet 1 felt as though
were leaving the best part Of my life Behind
me- By an effort nerved myself and aid;
GDo you know anything of the LADY who
was with himF'
II know that she L wonderfully gcoi
looking--quite the prettiest girl on ths
ground-and thst he seems devoted to her.
But we shall soon know all about their = Ia,
tionship. II there is one, and whether an. Is
or is not likely TO carry of the grand rza
trust tine matronS OF scarborough 10 nno
out everything on that subject"
sat silent and perturbed The khS u ghs
that was upp4rmost in-my mind was that ]
had only found her again in order 70 LOSE
her altogether.
And even as was chewing the cud OF this
bitter reflection, Harding lightly toiched
my arm and whispered in my ear soinr'hlng
which | could not catch. Hooked up qu ky
and there, approaching us at q rlistaare OF
not more than dozen feet. were MaIieyerer
and the girl whom 1 loved Suddenly she
saw me. The pallor which had noticed on
her face disappeared and a rich blueh dyed
her cheeks; for moment her eyes met rhine
and she bowed, with a smile thai mad. th<
sunshine itself seem dark beside It, and thet
she was gone
had seen nothing but her as she pissed
me. Her COMPANION 20 far as any con
sciousness Of mine told me ANYTHING, t,i hit
have faded Into s,Ace at the moment when
she smiled upon me. But Harding had
noticed him He turned to ms with a look
of bewiIdernent
$50 you know the young lady. do You my
quiet friendf You ought 10 be proud OF hav-
ing produced that scowl of Jealousy vi, CD
saw upon Mr.. Mauleverer's face Just nov.
1t is not every day. you know that ipan ct
your age Is aiIowed the privilege Of running.
even in losing race against q millionairss