The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-01-16

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.Euyeni,, iook at acc and say you tore
uc :"
meant Il, w.t.---t1lsei IS oae who has the
fulles5 emf fence j., his own powers and di-
recting gsn.ui.
Prose ally the: saw Mr.. Herbert walking
through til. tw ligat towards them. Geralds
hand tirhtenol ON til. girls SO as to Gauss
her POS. tive pain.
R,ms nbe'." he whispered. Life Or
death! Think of it while we are apart.
Your love means mans life or death!'
Many lovor has said All equally extrava.
eont thing, but Eugenia HerDert knew that
his words were not those of poetical
ina -ery. ana as she re-enteIel the house
she ,re.,,bi d at the passion she had aroused.
What il time and opposition should WORK a
change in her feelings! She tried to re-
assure herself by thinking that If she did
! not love him in the same blind, reckless
way. at any rate she would never meet
| another man whom she could love as sha
loved Gerald Leigh
| The sculptor wen t." - Parasite bis
art and his dreams OF III fame. Two
years slipped by WITH, v nj Of serious
import happening t. =, persons about
whom We are coacern,t. Anon came a
great change
| Mr.. Herbert died SO suddenly that neither
doctor no. lawyer could be summoned in
time. either 10 ail him to live or to carry
cut bis las1 wsi,e. HIS will gave Eugenia
1000 and an estate he owned il llouces-
,ershi' e,-averyt',ina;;r e!sa to his aon. Un-
| fortunately, some six months before he had
Slid the Gloucastcrshire property, and, with
| x,Ntr h1o Mi had ri f.o-t,
Will. Therefore, thu small money bequest
was all that histaaughter could claim. Aow-
ever, this seemed Of littlc moment, as her
brother aG once announced his intention Of
sitting upon her the s!nount to which size
was cqntrbly cutitle i. He had given his
! solicitors Instructions To prepare the deed.
James Herbert. Eu-eoias brother, wa,
unmerr,e |, and ut present had no intention
ct settling down to the life of country
gentleman Six weeks after Mr.. Herbert's
nea.h the greater nu,..ber Of the servants
wee raj off, and A:;oa Hall was prac-
hcaly shut UP. Eus,lsa, after spending
so.ue wee.ls with friends in the north cf
Il q u ID. caille to l,A.. to live for an i'll
detiuite I'm, with her hers sister, a Mrs.
Crthcart.
Siace hor fathers death. Gerald Leigh had
written 10 her several t m,s--latters full of
f'.'>" s'@ A'''Ns 'F.ib.A A> IL VIZ
! tcl5 slte nj he: con ~. lcv and wisn 10 keep
hes promise. He 100, was coming TO Lon
don. Had she wisle! it, he wo,.li at once
have co.'s 70 her side; bat as it was lie
would tn 70 up his quarters in town about
the same time Eugenia arrived there.
The hour was at hant-the hour to which
Miss Herbert had for two years looked for
ward with strangel, mingled feelings
when her friends must be toll that sh, in
tended to marry the young ana as yet u1-
known, sculptor Gerald Leigh, the son of
her fathers late tenant iarn.er. Abraham.
She loved him still She felt sure Of that
much II time and absence Lad somewhat
weakened the spell he hal thrown over her
proud nature, she knew that, unless the man
was greatly changed, the magic Of his words
and looks would sway her a. irresistibly a.
before. She loved hun, yet rebc!letl against
hcr fate
Hes father had died ignorant Of what had
} passed between his daughter and the young
artist. Many time Eugenia had tried to
bring herself to confess the truth to him
J She now regretted she had not done so. Mr.
! herbert's approval, Or ilsapproval, would
! have bsen at least staff by when TO guide
} her steps, He ha SUI 'pected nothing The
} few letters which passel between ths lovers
had been unnoticed, Their love was. az
yet, a secret known Only to them selves.
She loved him, hut why had he dared to
make her love him! Or, why was he not
welLborn and wealthy: Could she find
strength to fac., for his sake, the scorn Of
her friends.
She must decide at once. Shs is sitting
ana thlnAlns all tines. things III her own
; room at Mrs. Cathcart's, AMI in front of her
lies le5is" in which Gerald arpO,,oca. h;s
I
que Knows that it she receives MIN She will
he touni to proclaim hs:s,lf his affianced
! wife.
He called She saw him. Mrs t,athcart
was out SO Eugenia was alone when the
safvant announced Mr. Leigh. Sh, started
anu turned pale. She trsmblei in every
niho Us lhs crossed 'he room to where she
' STOOD lie took her hand and looked into
her faos He spoke, and his rich. musical
voice thrilled her.
"Enyeata-is it life Or dea.hg'
. one could NO. answer She could net tarn
her eyes from his. She saw tn, iptensity Of
eneir EXPIRE slon deapen. saw a fierce, yearn-
tied her. ''at
lis it life or death:' he remated
bis love conquered
Gerald, it is lite,' she said.
Drunk with joy, he threw his orns oro,,,,a
asr anu klssal her until the blushes dvad
ner cheeks. He stayed with her as lony rs
sne would allow. hut his delight was too
! dehcious to permit him to saw much hom,
! ms plans for the future. When, at last she
made him leave her, he gave her the nnm.
yer Oh studio at Chelsea, which he had
. aken anu she promised 10 write and 10,
"'m IN, know when be might COLL again. ~
, lucy parted. E'agenia walked to the win.
DOW ana for a long time looked ont IN t1,e
gay 'noroughfare, now full of carriage,
!. gOlnG 70 ana returning from, tho ,,..l