Daily Republican., 1888-06-16

The question was asked with drawn
white lips, but the girl did NOT see
them.
"shs was blushing WILDLY, and her
beautiful gray Eyes were fastened on
the spray OF blossoms which she
plucked nervously TO pieses.
IL think 90, Cscil. 1 never saw
any body like him, ami he 10 $3.50
hAndsomel Yes, think love him.
Will you tell him sG2"
mo, no; will not tell him 60. Go
out to him there, Inex, and tell him
yourself Twill only pray God 20 keep
do"
She went shyly out, wondering that
Cecil Crane soould ever DO 10 busy "a TO
send her from bis presence, but forget
hag AL about 10 In . moment, and
trem bling with shy delight ct the
thought that Alton Forrest was walt.
ing Tor the assurance OF her love,
Cecil, left behind, bowed his white
face to bis hands, and fought the pss
sionate pain thst smote him.
He had kept silent concerning his
Town love, thinking her toe young 10
listen; and, loi auoiher had spoken, and
she Lad gone oul to toe sunlight, to lay
hsr hand In the hand OF her lover and
b, TO Oeoil O ane for ever after only the
, fair young creature whom he had loved
| and lost
He had loved her ever since that
night, nine years before, when be had
striven with others to sava come of tho
passengers and crew Of vessel which
was flung IN fragments on the beach
below, after being driven by tho tempest
90 the reefs cruel surface.
Ha had tab Au n hEAVw huFdeO ha
wet sands and laid 1t down before the
tbropg Of women whJ were there to
aid. 1t was dying mother aud an I'M.
conscious child, locked fast In each
others arms.
The mother lay in tho gravey ard,
which he could see from his window;
tie child was grown to q fair Auo
gracious nader, and o stranger paus
isg In the tiuy hamlet beside the sea,
had wooed her, won her, aud would
bear her away with him to his home |
Afar.
A stranger had won he'll Yet to save
her life nine years aso, Cecil Ciaue
had rtshed bis own; ard q, he drew his |
hands over his forehead his fingers
touched q long vivid scar, received by
him that tempestuous night, when he, |
stffpl Ing of seventeen, had taken the |
child from the locked dead arms Of its |
mother and placed 1t In the tender ones
OF his own.
That scar be would carry With him
10 his cofiip; yet q strar gsr, who had |
only Whispered low lova words at her |
ear. had clme to him to X her handi
why did never dresm Of this 2 |
Why did not realiz, that other o. 90 |
than mine must see her bsa 1T, 2" he |
cried, below his breath, 'tSne seemed |
my own-givan me by the waters,
claimed by none for Fine long yearel
How will live without hei? What
will life be when she is no longer
heTs2"
He could not boar to dwell on that.
Setting his teeth hard, he lifted his |
head and arote to his feet. Then he |
went out to whore Inez WIS standing |
beside her lovor.
Tae handsome face of his unconscious |
rival was full of triumphant joy.
"Mr. Forrest" he esd, so clearly and |
calmly that no one would fancy he WAS
fresh from the most cruel blow fate
conld deal him, "Inez is young, and 1 |
ask you to walt . year before you claim
heF."
"a year," cried the impstuous lover,
his eyes darkening with discontsnt.
'One ID never too young to be happy,
and Ines loves me. She will be happier |
With me. l Will not walt yeAEl Why |
should 2"
"Why?' repeated Cscil slowly, with
his grave eyes en- the handsome flushed |
face, which In his sight, lacked some
wha' Of strength and truth-"Why? Be. |
cause OF your pas; I know too little to |
be glad 10 give into your keeping the |
young life 1t has been my care 10 render |
happy for nine yearf-teoause Iaez Ia |
we'll worth waiting for, and II you love |
her truly, you will wait"
"But you nave not tho right to decide
for ber-she Is not akin to you" broke
out Alton.
Inez laid hor hand on her lovers
arm, . certain dignity about her rs abe
faced him.
"You do not quite understand" she
said gently. "Oeeil has the right to-
decide for me. He IL more to me than
brother ever Was to sister, and II you
love me you will remember all l owe
Cecil, and make hin your friend. Il
would rather part from you now, and
part FOREVER, than know 1 had gone
against the wishes OF ore to whom l
owe my life and nine years OF hAppi-
ness"
Ill forgot that he lad saved your
llfe," etammered Alton. "But / will
try to remember 1t. A yelr seems go
lonsi But can come often to see you,
and you will write me every day, viii
you MOI? My beautiful love, wish 1
could take yen with me now; you have
Ibewitched mslp
"Yes," muttered Cecil, as he walked
on aud left them-s'yef, there Ia spsll
on You now, Mr.. Alton Forrest; bus I
read you Wrongfnliy II you are not
falth'ess-if you have not so loved and
80 vowed before. For enc year 1 will
keep my SUNBEAM; then, II you prove
true, you shall be- FREQ to take her
from me, and will dwell In my dark.
meas"
l A week iaser and Alton Forrest left
the village beside the $50, vowipg that
he left his heart, every hope of his
life behind him, and that he would
jBoon return; but weeks driited by,
lmonthB followed, until stE Wefs told /,
and his face had not been seen by
Insz.
rs wrote, 1t is true, at first often and
lflndly, then seldom and briefly; and
ICeoll, seeing, felt n hot resentment grow
in his sonl against the man whose In :
idiff renee had psled the fair face OF his
darling, and brought that wistful,
IwAtting look into her sweet eyes.
| Sac eald nothing, but she was no
Hon ger the merry child, aud her grey
teyes grew yearning.
Cecil saw all, and when the letters
wholly ceased, and he understood that
luck was fnrsAk en-, he wrote to Alton
IForrest himself-a letter which bore In
livery line blow.
For answer he received newspaper.
with one paragraph marked with red