Telegram-herald., 1889-08-09

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pleasesd - accept Ar1ed ~Ilh has
chlrfs orders. - returned e. NeS YORK
- the nrst steamer. Aone cf hls frien3s
kne~ u his coming. he hadn't tZne u
@rile. and he theugns Is hardly worth
While 70 cable TIE ulp boza- Was a.
uneveltfal - the Trip over had been. buf
Rslshs sens1Iions ~ere iluale..sUf-bly
different
Before be lad been sailing away from
Helen. now he was sslling 10 her; ard
when tie vessel reached quarantine he
rasde rough calculation u 49, II be
would not gain tlle by swimming
ashore lie concluded. however, that
be would 0e taken for q Jhiet q luna
nc II he gave Way 70 any such impulse.
AID - remained quietly on board until
the vessel ssrived 81 her d0ck- Again
he h.d u restrain himself for be wanted
u drive direct % Helsn's house from the
steamer. Instead 10 drove II the bfe-
wort. wullL / w4s hls headquarters FOR
some time 90 come New YORK had
never looked 50 attractive 70 hin a. IL
did en- this October morning he saw
plainly enough where il fell short Of
Lond0ns grandeur; bat there was
homeAke look about the place that Was
yery grateful u = man who had been
away for Two years. Even the strangers
IN the streets looked ike old friends
Rush had learned from daily paper,
- rits "a hxy y
pilot. that the opera season would not
begin for fortnight, 50 ne knew that
Helen's time would be comparatively un-
employed lie also saw by the same
paper that ''our distinguished prima
donna, Miss Helen knowton," had ar
rived in town from Saratoga, and was
occupying "hsr charming little house in
West Twentieth street" He first sent q
telegram 10 his mother. telling her that
he had arrived, and then he set about
unpacking his trunks and preparing to
call upon Helen He dlvested himself Of
his travelling clothes. and after refresh
ing bath. arrayed himself in the latest
style Of English afternoon dress. and
sailed forth. Before he started out he
looked at himself in the long mirror in
his room and congratulated himself that
he appeared at least ten years older than
when he left The reason for this was
largely attributable 10 the imposing Van
dyke beard and .mustache he had grown
during his absence, which not only made
him look older. but were exceedingly be-
coming.
Arrived in sight of Helcn's house,
Rush felt his heart beating like trip
hammer; but it almost stood still when
he got TO within twenty feet OF the door,
for there, slowly coming down the front
steps, was the hated West Hastings.
Hastings was SO much occupied with
his own thoughts that he did not see
Rush. The expression on his face was
one Of undisguised surprise. He looked
as though it were impossible for him to
believe what had happened; but whether
he could not realize his good fortune or
his bad, Rush was unable to decide. He
made up his mind, however, that he
would know before he left Helen's house,
and end the suspense he had been living
IN Tor the past five years. He had haf
no sucE thought when he left thc
MOTEL, but the sight Of West Hastings
aroused all the jealousy in his ma
ture and made him fully alive TO
the fact that he was occupying a
very uncertain position. His mind
was now fixed, and he rang the door bell
with such determined pull that the lit
tie bell tinkled for several minutes, and
the old man servant who had been so
long attached to Helen's service forgot
his dignity for once and came running
to the door. He was Us much pleased as