The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-12-15

always tits same one, IL surprised O good
many people; no one knew who or what the
girl was She was gaunt and in bad health,
she did not appear attractive, she had never
been seen to-speak
1t was whispered, to make more of story,
that she had been seen with him both at
.Folkestone and Brighton
Maj. Hcringfeld, whose wife was popular,
was under cloud
was surprised by note from Maj. Har-
ipgfeld one day, requesting for private in
terview Surprised, however, Is scarcely
the right term. Some Of these strange
rumors had reached my ears, and was filed
with indignation against tho husband Of my
dear Calista. Already this ungrateful mon
ster of 1ckleness had been attracted from
hcr by some unworthy object, who had doubt
less BATTERED that old vanity Of his; and |
was the more disguised by the resemblance
this new fame seemed to bear to the girl who
had died of u broken heart for his sake. "If
that YVES really, after all, his taste why did
he forsake herr l asked myself
! received him coolly; was not particu-
larly ready to receive him at OIL. His con-
duct all along appeared to me most des-
picable.
He came in looking harassed and haggard
I II ought to apologize for troubling you" he
began with gloomy air, "but l can bear it
no longer, and in you alone in tho world can
dare conhde." ! looked at him in i'm
measurable surprise.
eyes, you alone, for you know ALL he re-
! sumed; ''the whole miserable story
$40 what story do yon refer, Maj. Haring-
/ fieldg l asked. could not say to (which"
story.
Bending his head il which l saw gray
/ hairs coming, ho answered: ''There is but ona
whatever you may have heard. Agatha
Broone is avenging the wrong did her
! sho-she cones back"
How cold | became ell of q sudden. Her
last words, ~ will come back" hlssed again
/ in my cars.
/ tYou have heard that / am seen constantly
\ with some woman, you must have, The last
time was in my o1ico, q man from the Horse
4 Guards came ill., / swear to you as solenlnly
as man can swear that it is Agatha and no
other TINT so--haunts me. Yes, am
haunted man, and If il were not for Calista /
I wish l were dead one"
was silent; facing such an announcement
! as that, what could l sayg For this was no
hallucination, there was crowd Of witnesses
to establish tho fact while yet that fact be-
longed to sorse sphere quite outside and be-
! You'd human knowledge.
feld.n | said at length. tsHays YOU told yonr
wifeYn
SLOW could II Sho never heard Of Agatha
Perhaps should have made clean breast Of
it--before sho consented to marry an un-
worthy brute, but it is too late now.n
"Whyg'
My answer was given by the face Of the
man. 1t quivered with fear born of vanity,
PRIDE love He dreaded inexpressibly any
loss of her good opinion
''Can such things bef' circulated.
''Who can say what can or cannot bop he
replied. 'We know only that wo do not
know. Only through chink in the wall here
and there do we even find out that the wall
itself is there.
ssWe die like the dors-well and good-thap
what is the meaning of ali bv which wa livea
But we do not. then there ia n life behind the
veil even more closely hid from, ne than onr
life here. Well. we know nothing ebout n
50 everything is possible RI II erists for no
wo 90 there with oil o,r raoe about nc
hopes. fears. moral aims. failures vearnincs
mental powers. Can't exist w;tho,t tl,s
brain9 Folly-the brain can't eYist yvitbo,,t
them. We IRE j,nnerfect here. va lsa W. tto
would inrerfect and heer;,,,;,,, IN +ta 49,.
sido wa nat,ro11v +oY,S to,1e.Js ,tat 10
have left-a strong train of ideas and over