Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-03-30

wneu was III, snc talked OF coming TO mel
have Just been writing 10 her--thsrs \ my
lsstsr. feel ss II could NOT bear Il; she
wae like mother to mo In Paria Oh, II
could have seeu her,n
you werc one Of her chief thoughts q
tho last, ssid Kendall, much moved. And
no won't on to tell hcr the story OF Marie's
dying hours, describing that gentle with
drawal from lffo with manly tendernsus Of
feeling and q quick memory for ali that
could soften the impression OF it 10 the lis
toner. And then he brought out The mIuia.
ture and gave 10 to her, and shc accepecd it
with fresh burst Of sorrow, putting it TO
her lips, studying IL, and weeping over it
with an absolute spontaueity and self aban.
donnent, which was lovely because 10 was 30
true.
"Oh, poor N. do Chateauvieuxr' shccrieti.
after long pause. looking up to him. "How
will he 1.-Two without hers He will feel himself
% forsakenl"
YES" said Kendall huskily, "he will be
very lonely, but-one must learn to boar Il. ~
She gazed at him with quick, startled SYN.
pathy, and all her womanly nature seemed
10 rise into her upturned face and yearning
eyes 1t was as though her attention had
been specially recalled TO him; as though his
particular loss and sorrow wero brusluely
brought home to her. And then sho was
struck by the strangeness and unexpected.
ness OF such meeting between them. He
had been to her Judge, an authority, an
embodied standard. His high minlcsiness
had won her confidence; his affection for his
sister had touched aud charmed her. But
she had never been conscious Of any intimacy
with him. Still less had she ever dreamed Of
sharing common grief with him, Of weep
ing at his side. And tho contrast between
her old relation with him and this new sol-
cmn experience rushing in upon her Hlled her
with emotion. Tho memory Of tho Nunehan
day woke again in her-of tho shock between
her nature and his, Of her overwhelming
sense OF tho intellectual difference between
them, and then OF the thrill which his YER
dict upon "Elvira" had stirred In her. Tho
relation which sho had regarded as o nero
intellectual and friendly one, but which had
been far more real and important to her than
even she herself had ever guessed, seemed to
havo transformed itself since bs had entered
the room into something close and persosal.
His last words had called up in her Q sharp
impression of tho mans inmost nature A. Il
was, beneath the polished scholarly surface.
They had appealed to her ON tho simplest.
commonest human ground she felt them i'm.
pulsively as q call from him to her, and her
own heart overflowed.
Sho rose, and went near to him, bending
towards him like spirit Of healing, her
whole soul In her eyes. ''Oh, am % sorry
for your she exclaimed, and again tho quick
tears dropped. II know 1t Il no common
loss to you. You were so much moro to each
other than brother and sister often are Il is
terrible for you"
His whole man was stirred by her pity, by
tho eager sxpansiveness Of her sympathy,
''Say 1t again!" he murmured, az their eyes
met; ''say it againi It Il 20 sweet-from
you'll"
There was q long pause: she stood as II
fascinated, her hands falling slowly beside
her. Her gaze wavered till tho eyelids fell
and she stood absolutely motionlcss, tho tear
still on her cheek. Tho strange Intoxicating
force OF feeling, set In motion by sorrow and
pity and the unsuspected influence of his
love, was sweeping them out into deep
waters. sho could hardly breathe, but as hc
watched her all tho manhood In him rose,
and from tho midst of grief put forward an
imperious claim to the beloved and beautiful
woman before him. Ho camo forward q
step, took the cold, unresisting hands, and
bending before her pressed them to bis lips,
while her bewildered eyes looked down upon
him.
"Your pity is heavenly, )" he said, brokenly,
"but give mo more, give me morci l want
your lovei'
She gave little start and cry, and, draw
ing away her hands from him, sank back on
her chair. Her thoughts went flying back to
the past-to the stretches Of Surrey common,
to the Nuneham woods, and all she had ever
scen or imagined Of his feelings toward her.
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