News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-11


For week or two Estelle went about
in frame of mind which is apt to upset
the calmest natures, and which, in GIRL
! of her eXcitable temperament, took the
shape of extreme 1itful alterations be-
tween tur bulent gayety and fearful de-
preston. She would have worked her
self into fever had it not been for the
/ sincere good sense and unobtrusive SYM
! pathy of quiet Mary Cotterell, who I'm
derstood her visitor well.
! Then one day she darted into the house,
dragged Mary to her room, and there
burst out crying and laughing wildly. II
am so happy SO happy!-oh, Mary, can't
you guess.'
''What a child you are, Estelle! Of
course l can guess, and I'm as glad as
ever l can be- dearie. Tell me all about
it."
Il was in the garden, and he came up
the path-oh, l can't go on now-rm
Just overwhelmed-fran hearts
beating all over metz
That dreadful, red-haired man?' said
Mary, miSchievously.
Chow dare you call him dreadful !.
Yes, yes, know that's what | said, but
then began to like him just a tiny little,
and then it went on acknowledgements
-forte-fortissimol"
She waved her hands as if conducting
an orchestra, and ended on tiptoe, toss
ing them high above her head.
80, after all, you can find man you
can trust" said Mary, half-jolIingly, and
not at all prepared for the sudden cloud
that settled on Estelle's face. She did
not answer ut once, and then her tone
had changed.
MARY, you told me he was devoted to
Eva CharlcsWOrth."
"Oh, did ~ said Mary, much embar-
raised. "N2il, l used to think 50, but
clearly l was mistaken"
mo, you were not. He told me
about it himself He says a long time
ago he asked her to marry him, but she
wouldn't. She said she liked somebody
else, but he mustn't be angry with her;
they must always be friends. So he took
it very quietly, and stayed near her till
| came, and then he found out he only
cared for her like brother, but for me
in quite different way. He says she is
very good, but | hate her. | am fright
ened of her; she is so pretty and sweet,
and I'm such rough, undignifed baby"
''Do you mean that you are going to
begin by being jealous?" asked Mary,
quite coldly.
Il have told him he must never let me
see him near hcrr' declared Estelle, pas.
sionately.
Mary's first impulse was to be indig-
nant, but the memory of Estelle's train
ing came into her mind, and she resolved
to be very patient and gentle with her
For the moment she dismissed the sub
ject lightly.
As to Arthur Rivers, he walked away,
too full of the happiness Estelle had CON
ferred on him to think seriously of her
confession of a jealous disposition. In
the consciousness of his single-hearted
devotion to her, he thought it impossible
but that she must quickly learn to trust
him. There were other considerations
that seemed to him of more Importance,
and especially he had on his mind the
difficult letter that must be Immediately
written to Madame Vcrries But gradu-
ally he became aware that Estelle's dis
trust was far deeper seated than he had
conceived possible and it is hard to say
which of the two suffered most. Estellc,
alternating between jealousy and re
morse, or Arthur, under the continual
necessity OF behaving not only to
Eva Charlesworth, but to all women, with
unnatural unfamiliarity, and of rcmon-
strating with his angry betrothed. Es-
tclle honestly strove to crush the unwor-
thy feeling down, but their deep roots in
her temperament and education put
forth fresh shoots us soon as the old ones
were killed off. At last crisis arrived.
Eva Charlcsworth had long ago prom
Ised to marry Hal Armitage az soon us he
should be able to keep wife, but her
parents would allow no open engage
ment, as Hal was a harum-scarum fellow,
with a great distaste for hard work, and
corresponding little prospect of making
a sufficient income. The poor girl was
beginning to suffer from the effects of
long waiting, and to feel, though she
never doubted her lovers affection, that
he was not doing all he might TO forward
their marriage, when it was mentioned be-
fore her one day that Arthur Rivers had
voice in the appointment of manager for
some engineering works in New Zealand. !
Eva resolved to make an appeal to him
on behalf of the man she was ready to
follow to the end of the world, and an
presented itself shortly at
the CottereIls', where she was spending
the evening.
II want to speak to You in private |
presently, Arthur" she said in low
voice, almost as soon as they had shaken
hands.
Arthur bowed with the stiffness re
quircd of him by Estelle, but his words |
were cordial. Whenever and wherever
you like, Eva"
Gin the conservatory, then, while Es-
tclle is singing" she replied, Indicating
by a nervous little laugh her comprehen-
sion of possible difficulties
Soon Estclle was called to the piano
At the end of her first song she missed
Rivers but it was not till she had fin
ishcd a second that she discovered that
Eva had also absented herself. In a
moment her indignant jealousy surged
up, and, trembling all over with sup
pressed fear and anger, she went to the
head of the steps which led down into
Two figures were stand
ing below hear, half hidden by a tall
palm
''You know l will do all | can for you,
Eva" said the man.
81 know YOU have ALWAYS been better |