Evening star., 1886-10-16

| 1t is not To be expected as we two hadn't
talked things over, being the friends we were.
/ We had talked them over. and how Ii had come
| about / don't know, but the time had come
| when 1t was as plain ss day 10 me that the dam
boys eyes, lille as he Knew OF the world and md
ITS wickedness. got up and took the note
from the table, making resolution all Of u
q! yopl ss stay here sir'I IL said; "f take 7.
rascal watins as Miss Rose mad ana said Iun1 s Woue she
| be. He gave a black enough scOwI when he saw
| It were :ne, and 1t certainly didn't die out when
sir says l. "rve come here on poor
| errand, and I've come unwilling enough, God
pi,ifuI lille ielIer from a trusting, innocent
| girl, to a man who, If he does not mean her
! harm, surely cannot mean her good, or he
| would not he leading her to meet him, and
wri.e to him in unuerhand ways. And I'VE
| been making up my mind, as came along, to
make an appeal TO that man, as surely he'll
listen I'd il ne has mans heart in MS breast.
she Is scarcely more than cnild, sir, aud she
| KNOWS nothing OF the world. Leave her alone,
and she may marry good man, and be a
! happy woman; go on as you've begun, and il
viii be deatn and ruin and heartbre1k 10 her,
ana her wrungs ii. lie at your door,"
He stands inere and LOOKS at me, and by the
light oi the lamp We was 8 andiny under l sees
| his hauuso,ne, devish iace sueering and tri-
| u1nphing aud scurnIng Ine, Il, II was u worm
In the dirt under his ieet
"My good ieilow.' he says, "you are a little
too iliie. Eaud Inc that letter and be OH before
! nnu ii necessary to help you. How yOu got
hold OF the note don't know. but do know IL
Was never given 10 you To deliver. and that
should bc well warranted in kicking you back
10 You quarters. ior your deuced impudence
and presumption.
Bu. mead ~ lne letter tight.
very well, sir answers, respectful, but
| firm rock. This letter goes back to the
house, and before night Is over the Captain will
nave reau IL hiTisei, ana eau judge Ior himself
| what - best
1 ddu't finish, for the next thing knew was
thai he >tfoue up to me and graSped hold Oi
lie by uiy coiiar, and the minute saw what he
iueaut 10 do l ieiL had maue IL mistake in
any appeal Could touen or move hlm. There
| Was Il -,ruSgle between Us, but 1t dIu not last
long; ne ueins strong and 1.-the, anu SO much
Tue younger man, gave me ciance; and IL
were scarcely three sec ndS before he threw me
On ,he pavement. aud leaving me there,
trine stunned, walked OF with the letter i'll bis
| ni,Ild.
Innew things must he pretty bad then. He
wou.d never AZ, e ueen 50 despei ate and deter
mined IL he h.td not meant 10 do has worst;
anu when l made my way back Ielt sick with
ie.tF. Master Lionei Was sitting by The bit Of
IRE IN the srile, wnen opened the door, anu
nc turns round and looks at me, and cnanges
color.
'h:bbeit," he says, "there is blood on your
| lace"
"perhups so, sir" says. "rve had u fall
| Anu then sits down aud tells h m all about
! 1t; about what had meant 10 do, aud what
! Had done, and eLus up by asking nIn what he
tuinks we nad better do, now tnat my plans
".,lsster Lionel" says. ..it would seem u
dreadful hard sort OF thing to DO, If We spoke to
the ,apl.In.
IL.
"on, no, ne SAYS 'Raobett, l wouldn't do
| it, lie would be 50 angry wi.n Rose, and even
With LLI;,iuIu... You remember my leIiluy you
what ne said before
IreiIelnDereu well enough, and pretty hard
timing IL was to say, even Ii it hau been saiu IN
passion, auu not nall meant. he II;tu threat
| eued To turn Miss Rose out doors / she ,poke
| 10 Ruscoe again. He must have heard some.
| thing uad enough 10 have been SO reused.
| "WeIi, 4 Ventures, ''wnit can we do, sir??''
| WATCH, says 'ie. Il can thInk OF hot hing
else 10 do just yet, Rabbett. VIII watch Rose.
! ana you snail WATCH ko>coe; and If me worst
colneS ana We niu>t leii papa, We must. sup
pUse. RapbetI, Iii.,t Roscoe viii try 10 away
I with Rose, Far4u 4unslr ran away win Liiat
| pfe,ty -h.ss Lewis
! "les, sIr, i answers, I'm afraid he will. But
lie Il Al worse man than Farquiur; ana ii Mss
Kose goes aw.y with him. l. ia All ana nell treat
| her nard enuugn when tie tires her, sucn
men as nIHl always IIres oI young iaoIrs."
| 1t wouid De better. kaLGet., says lie, fixing
hls Dark eyes soieiinIy Oh iue fire, I'll wUuiu We
better tnat Rose snOu.d uie. know tuaL."
II am aieared, Sir, says i, '.h..t you are
uod knows how he had learned TO under
sla4.d, but under, ,and he did, and he weIe that
| sad aud Wise about Ia, thdI my very heart
acneu. he nad seen All O.d ehOtgh Side Oi lie,
had Master Lionel, living among tue Set he uid,
but lie were young gentIeiiiau nothing
eouia spoil. HIS nature were that fne eraineu.
Wekept our watch faithful all that week and
part vi Tue next, but We iou"o out very little,
though We had our rsuspicIOns-Nasler Lionel
auu meas Things Was guiug On pretty badly IN
| "a Secret way. Bu. at last tue very wurst thing
as could have happened, burst upon Us all ~
| once.
| 1 was up at the house one evening. doing
something or oiher Iur .Mrs. Dalget,y, when oi
/ d sudden heard a treinenuuus iUuu RUG al tue
uoo.-oeii; and goiDs iu ii hurry 10 answer il the
SqptaIn nIinseiI stroue past tSaii all
M Il TafiIe with the wiiie ue had been drIunlng,
,t4ie passion he wei q in. 1 had MIN ~
yuweFnlS enough teinp,rs often beiOre, but
hau uever SAW him look as lie uId lnen. IL w,,s
Iuy Impression lie were pretty neal mad; indeed
| Thought 50 tneh, ana lave though sInee.
how could he have zone what uiu LnaL nRnt
| unless he ilad not been QuiIe himself?
"itaobeti," says he, "wnere's Hiss Ko,e?"
"ln her own roUm. SIR" says /, Wishing with
all my neart That could nave TOLD uiul were
not in.
.-r-obett," says he, where's Mrs. Dagetty ?'
In neT own room. nays 1-'lylug DOWN, u
trying tO get rid vi Il headache
"Ine.," Says lie, go ana tell Miss Rose to
come down TO lie once
1 lnInK / must have looked upset myself
wheu kuOckeu at Miss kv>e's door to deliver
the Captain inessase, ior The minute the words
were cut oil my mouth. sine LurLed quite pale
auu ~c.,red-iookins, duu began 10 trelu.le.
"on R."oett. sue says, t::e tears coiniug into
her great. pretty, tark eyes, ",s anything the
| matter? Dves ne look angry?
Dit ,,ore pepper,sr than common, but hope
| It's nothing Iiiucu.
"OH, k,uDett. she says, beginning TO cry. and
wrinsins iier p'or iittie ueip plesS iianus know
| II Is something dreadful. uareE't go down. /
ing hIeneu."
But sue were ouiged 10 go down, and 20 down
she did, d trembling AL over, and oul-anu-out
ialui with lear. Sne had al ways been u timid
iitle .Hvciouate Creature, and tue Captain
we've pretty hard to lace wnen his temper
were up.
l am not ashamed to confess as STAYED as
near wItnln heirIng distance as could, with.
out positively e;Ve,-uroppiug. / Own up as
au iiiy lear, i> u W nat the end vi IL all would
| Ue, Knowing the Captain were drove TOO wild To
| Ue " Use, Or even reasonable, and wanted 10 ue
| near enough to see Mss Rose when sue Came
ouL oi the room, and say Il comIorIiug word 10
ner. II she seeneu to need Que.
But she Came out OF the room In Il different
| mahher 10 what even i mad expected, Tie
| minute she Went in heard the sound Of Mrs,
DAiSelty crying, and the captain sIOrnIiug. and
iof quarter oi All hour alter the storm iairly
| ragged. i he Captain Stamped anu swore, Mrs.
Daiseity soobe,., ana trled to- put in u word now
| anu then, but NJ Is, Rose seemed 70 he too IN urh
stunned o sp,ak. never heard her voice af, err
| tiie first lew moments, and last the door
opened again, snd Sue calue running cut. her
| bcautiiui dark eyes WIDE open, her Innocent
| face white as death. Sue uid not see me bur
ran past where slood, UP To her own ed.rOoln
aud there was that III her look as brough hi ms
heart iuto my mouth and, queer as IL may seem
| W you, the nrst tnIng Thought OF, was Master
| Lionel.
| There's harm been done" says I to mysel;-
"deauiy harm, and no one can undo il but une
love, iier, aud that she's toud o. he r,el in har
/ girls way, the one As sue needs now. Ia that
there tine little fellow almost like little
| lover 10 ncr.
| Aud when she came down feels surer of IL
| Than ever; for III three minutes more she did
| come down, with her hat and jacket ON, ready
to go out And her lace Was even winter than
oeiure and when she sees Inc, siie holds out her
| hand, her eyes looking big aud bright with u
/ dangerous sort OF suine.
| "tiuod-oye, Rabbett," she says. 81 am
| going"