The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-03
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been very 1alth -iios bittoflt2A h.1 nfco
forced TO declare herself extremely tired, p
and Hrs Stuar;s anxiety aud sense Of re
sponsib.Aty about Ter had communicated
themselves 20 the rat Of the party.
1T is the effect Of my long day Yesterday
she said aDol0cet c4liy 90 Forbes. who how
cred about Der with those aGect.oRatc etten-
tons which n man on the verge o. old ago
PAYS with freedom % IA young girl b. IL
won't do to let tie public see 30 much Of no
in future. But don't want 20 spoil our
Sunday Talk - mr and shall forget Il. '
Wallace. who had had bus eyes about bin
81 aea she aud Eustacc Kendall emerged (foa
tie wood in view Of the res. Of tie party, was
res. ess and ii At ease, but there vas 10
getting any information, even by gesture.
from Keuial who SIT 100 bis corner dill
igen,ly watching thr moonlight on the flying
fields, OF making erery now aGd then sono
disjointed attempts at conversation VITA
Mrs. Stuart
At tho station Ms Brethertoas carriage
was waiting, the party Of gentlemen nw
her and Mrs. Stuart, who insisted on taking
Ler nome, into 10, the pale, smiling face bent
forward: sho wavel her hand in response o.
the lifted hats and she was gone
"Well," said Wallace with q world Of inn
auiry in his voice, ~ be aud Kendall turned
eastward
Il. tas been an unfo~'n0ate business" said
Kendall abruptly Il never did thing
worse, thiak. or spent a more painful half
hour
Wallace's face fell. 81 wish hadn't bored
Won with my COMPOUNDED Affairs he ex-
claimed. 1T was too bad"
Kendall was inclined 20 agree Inwardiyl for
b. was 10 q state of irritable reaction; but be
had the Justice 10 add aloud ut was who
was the fool 20 undertake IT, Aud | tuint-
indeed, it could have been done bur that cir
cumstances, which neither yol nor / naa
weighed sufficiently, were against %. Shs Is
IN nervous, shaken state, mentally ana
physically and before bad had tim9 20 dis
cuss the point at all she had carried D. ON 90
the personal ground and the thug was up
"Sho is deeply offended, thcnf
'Not at all, IN the ordinary sense she is
too fine n creature; but she talked Of the 'cou-
tempt that YOU and feel for herr
Good heaveusm cried Wallace, feeling
most unius,ly persuaded that bis friend had
buugled the matter horribly.
Yes" said Kendal deliberately, econ
tempt. that was IT, / don't know 10" il
came about All know is, that what J said,
which seemed % me very harm ess was Ike
match to a mine. But sue told me SO tei
you that she made no further claim on
'Elvira' 50 the play is safe
D. the playf cried Wallace vigorously,
a sentiment 20 which perhaps Kendals silence
cave consent But / caunot let il rest
there. must write % her"
Il don't think Womb, il Iwere yon,' saii
Kendall. II should LET alone. She looks
upon tie matter as finished She told me
particularly TO tell yOu tAa, Size was not
voxed, and you may be quite sure that she
isn't. in any vulgar sense. Perhaps that
makes 1t all the worse. However. you've a
right to know what happened, so I'll tell you
as far rs l remember
He gave an abridged account of Che con.
versation, which made matters a little clearer,
though by 10 means less ulc0miorta-
bio TO Wallace When IL was over they
were nearing Nigo street, the point at which
their routes diverged, Wallace iay'ngloJms
in the Albany, and Kendall hailed hanson.
"If were You" be said, Us Dr. came uD. "I
should, as said before, iet the taiag alone
as much a. possible She VIII probably s.ca1
TO YOU about it. and you viii, oi c0orsr. shy
what sou like, but I'm pretty sure She WON'T
take Up the play again, and ID sbe feels %
c9oluess towards anybody 10 won't be toward
you"
There's small consolation So tbat7 ex.
claimed Wallace.
Anyhow, make the best Of it, my dear fell
low, 90 said Kendall. Is though determined 10
strike a lighter key. Don't he so dismal,
things will LOOK differently tomorrow morn
Ing-they generally do--there's no tremend-
GUS harm done. Im sorry didn't DO your
bidding better. Honestly, when l coms TO
think over it, don't see now ! could have
done otherwise. But l don't expect you
u think sO.n
Wallace laughed, protested and they
parted
A few moments later Kendall let himself
into bis rooms, where lights were burning,
and threw himself into bis reading cuair, be-
side which his books and papers stood ready
u his hand. Generally nothing gave him d
greater sense OF bien-etre than this nightly re.
turn, after day spent ia society, 10 these
silent and faithful companions 81 his ike.
de was accustomed 70 feel the atmosphere Of
his room when he came back 10 10 charged
with welcome Il was as though the
thoughts and schemes he had left warm
aud safe ia shelter there started 70 life
again after a days torpor and thronged
u meet him. His books sm.ed a. him
With friendly faces the open page called
10 him TO resume the work Of the morning
he wac In every sense at home. Tonight.
however the familiar spell seemed to have
lost It's force. After a hasry supper he took
up some proofs, pen 10 hand Bur the first
page was hardly turned before they hao
dropped on 70 ms knee. IL seemed % aim a.
if he still felt on his arm the folds OF a green
fur edged CLOAK, Gs II the touch of "a soft
cold hand We're still lingering ia bis. Pre-
sently he fell To recalling every detail OF the
afternoon scene-the arching beech trees, the
rich red and brown Of the earth beneath
Hinged with the winter sheddings Of the trees
the little raised bank, her ewes as she looked
uD at him, tho soft wisps OF her golden brown
hair under her hat What superb, unaD
prdachablo beauty 1t wasl How living, how
rich IA content and expression
Am in love with Isab-i Brcincrtonf he
asked himself 40 last, lying back ou his chair
with his eyes ou the portrait OK ms sister
Perhaps Mario could tell mel don't un
dcrstani myself don't think So. And "
were, am HOT q youngster, and ny lio IS a
tolerably full one could hold myself in
and trampio it down If IL were best - DO So
/ can hardly imagine myself absorbed in q
great passion Aly bachelor life Is good
many years old-my habits won't break uI
easily. And, supposing felt the beginnings
Of It, could stop 1t II reason we're against it. p
he left bis chair and began % pace up and
down the room, thinking "And there is no
soluteiy no sort OF reason In my letting my
self fall il love with Isabel Brc-hertoul She
has never given me the smallest right "a
think that she takes any more interest in me
than she does in hundreds Of people WHOM
she meets on friendly terms, unless DO may be
an intellectual interest, rs Wallace marines
and that's II poor sort OF stepping stone "a
love! And II 10 were ever poss Ole that Sue
should, this afternoon has taken away the
possibility For however maCuanmOus O
woman may be, . thing like THAI rankles, .i
can't help 10. sac VIII Zee. the sting OF u
worse tomorrow than today. ana though ,ht
will tell herself that she Lears no grudse II