The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-09-12

the grcAt urhWing room Hk0 guilty
thing.
Ethel astonished her family at din
ner that evening BY inquiries a. to the
state off I'D lsns Ne .lab6 af65 n
New Zealand. = = =
Uncle Joe, philanthropic parson,
who happened to be Of the party, de-
lighted 10 find his pretty niece taking
an interest In subject 80 little friv.
oluus, delivered himself Of o short
lecture on the subject $
Ethel sighed at hearing that there
wss vs. ss..- snaAd Tor the work Of
educated women (save the markD In
that distant colony. and began to turn
her thoughts toward Waite loo Bridge.
Ethel funks on being an old maid.
She knows that positively any girl can
Assoc a husband in New Zealand, :"
her brother Bob rcmarkedNin chal-
ienging tone, .~ NJ
But Ethel borc 1t with unintcresting
meekness; perhaps, she told herself,
she was a husband hunter after ALL
After dinner she put on her hat and
stole out into the street. She had been
indoors all day. and could bear 1t no
longer. The June evening was still as
light as day. and supplemented
couples were lettering with frank af-
lection in Regents Park. She had not
gone far before she saw large, famfl-
lar figure bearing down in her direc-
ton.
.'Oh, how l hate him i hatc HIM"
she thought again, while her heart
beat with maddcning rapidity. III he
has spark OF kindness in him he will
pretend not to sec me-"
- But Jaek,f it was he, fnado no
asaeh~ prAtenses-~9n H the eentrary,rhe
notonly raised his hat. but came up
to her, with outstretchcd hand. Sho
put hcr cold fingers mechanically into
his, and scanned his face; there was
neither ,mirth ner disgust in it, and
the thought flashed across her, chill.
Ing, whilo 1t relieved her, that he
probably attached little importance TO
an incident to which she. knowing her
own secret, had deemed but one inter-
probation possible. And then. before
she knew what had happened, Jack
was walking along by her side, pour
ing. out torrent OF indignant re-
proachos as to her desertion OF him in
favor OF Dicky Carshalton at the War
ringtons' party.
1T is. you'll. cried Ethel, with spirit.
for the unexpected turn of affairs re-
stored fhef- courage; "it is you. Mr..
Davcnant, who wee unkind.. to stand
by and let cd friends be victimized
without striking a blow in their be-
half! Pray what did you expect me
to do? Was ! tolhaye 'aid No, thank
you. Mr. Garshalton, I prefer TO stay
here with Mr.. DavenantP'
"And, II you had said it, would it
have boon truc?"
She changed her tone suddenly.
--..Dicky Is such n boro!- think I
prefer any one s society to his"
stoppct si1nrt fn=tffrc patti, sciztng
both her hands, and looking down at
her with stern and passionate cyos.-
A clio 'c-linkcl couple strolling by
rema ked to ono another that there
had been row, then refreshed them
selves with a half dozen kisses.
Ethel, said Jack, in an odd voice.
its no use pretending. You do think
of me Sometimes i happen to know
it,"
was looking up at=him,1 bat at
this allusion the sweet face flushed
and droopod suddenly.
Ethel -Jaelsss= voics sounded
stranger and stranger; was he going
TO laugh Or cry2 and why on earth
did he speak so low?--" Ethel. do you
know what signature shorld like to
see to your lettecsp" -.
This was too much. @l
mo, don tr-she lifted her flushed
face; the cruel tears shone and smarted
in her eyes.Z@-zzzz=z-zzzz.zzz-.z-.z
- Can yeu guess p, -
mo.
T The momentary defiance had died; n
very weak whisper came from the pale
lips
Cant you gucssP Then l shall tell
YOU, Ethel? Ethel Davenant'-that's /.
what should like to sec at tho bottom
Of all your letters. Shall l ever see
ftP''
-"Jackr
Further explanation is needless.
When next they met Mr.. Carshalton,
both Jack and Ethel were beyond the
reach OF his maneuvers. Temple Bar.