Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-03-09


derytnnd myself. don't think %. And Il I
were, am not q youngster. and my life Il Q
tclerably full one. I could hold mysclf In
and trsmple 10 down IL II were best TO do so.
] can hardly imagine myself absorbed In q
great passion. Ny bachelor life Il q good
many years old-my habits won't break up
easily. And, supposing felt the bcginnings
Of II, could stop II II reason were against It."
He left his chair and began to pace up and
down the room. thinking. "And there Is ab-
solutely no sort of reason In my letting my
self fall In love with Isabel Brethcrton! She
has never given me the smallest right to
think that she takes any more interest in mo
than she does in hundreds OF people whom
she meets ON friendly terms, unless It may be
an intellectual interest, as Wallace imagines,
and thatsa poor sort Of stepping stone to
lovel And II IL were ever possible that she
should, this afternoon has taken away the
possibility. For, however maguanimous a
woman may be, a thing like that rankles; IL
can't help It, She will feel the sting Of it
worse tomorrow than today, and though she
will tell herself that she bears no grudge, IL
will leave gulf between us For, of course
she must go ON acting, and whatever depres-
sions she may have, she must believe in her
self; no one can go on working without IL,
and l shall always recall TO her something
harsh and humiliatingl
''Supposing, by any chance, 1t were not SO
-supposing were able to gather up my re-
lation with her again and make IL "A really
friendly one--I should take, think, a very
definite line; I should make up my mind to
be Of use to her After all, it is true what
she says-there are many things in me that
might be helpful TO her, and everything
there was she should have the benefit Of
would make n serious purpose of n Sbe
shonid anJ mo a sr;an| ,rorth S.,;,as 'o
HIS thoughts wandered on a while IN this
direction. It was pleasant to see himself in
and friend, but in the end the sense OF reality
gained upon his dreams II am a fool" he
said TO himself resolutely at last, ''and may
as well go to bed and put her out of my
mind. The chance is over-gone-donew with,
IL 1t ever existed"
The next morning, on coming down to
breakfast, he saw among his letters hand
writing which startled him. Where had he
seen it beforci In Wallaces hand three days
agoi He opened it and found tho following
note:
MY DEAR Mr. KENpAis-You know, I think. that
] am OF next week--on Monday, IL all goes well.
We go to Switzerland for while, and then to
Venice wn'cn people ten me Is often very pleasant
,,,.t suS ~ vy.m. Sa 10 .neie oy .ne iss OF Au-
TINT yonr sister Msdsms da T,n,ea,,,t ~ ao.h You You
be there about the same time forest 70 esS vr
yesterday, but Il you think she would not object
vu ~" .s ~ U h.nn 1 h..rS =, ha, ,,snas
,no verv anrions 70 know her. and she would not
And me a troublesome personi We shall hardly.
suppose meet again before start. II not, please
remember that my friends can always find me on
Sunday afternoon. Yours very truly
ISABEL oREfHER1oS'
Kendal's hand closed tightly over the note.
Then he put it carefully back into its envc-
lope, and walked away with his hands behind
him and the note III them, to stare out Of
window at the red roofs opposite.
"Tbat is like her." he murmured 10 himself;
81 wound and hurt her; she guesses shall
suffer for it, and, by %ay of setting up the
friendly bond again, next day, without
q word, she asks mo to do her kindness
could anything be more delicate more gra-
cious!'
Kendall never had greater difficulty in fix
ing his thoughts to his work than that morn
ing, and at last, In despair, he pushed his book
aside, and wrote an answer TO Miss Breth-
erton, and, when that was accomplished, a
long letter to his sister, The first took him
longer than its brevity seemed to Justify It
contained no reference to anything but her
request. He felt compulsion upon him to
treat the situation exactly as she had done,
but, given this limitation, how much cordi-
ality and respect could two sides OF letter
paper be made to carry with due regard to
decorum and GRAMMAR
When no next met Wallace that hopeful,
BRIGHT tempered person had entirely recov-
cred his cheerfulness Miss Bretherton, he
with him, but SO lightly that he had no op-
portunity for saying any Of the skillful
things he had prepared.
"She evidently did not want the question
seriously opened,n he said, $50 followed
your advice and let 1t alone, and since then
she has been charming both to Agnes and
me. / feel myself as much of a brute as
ever, but see that the only thing can do is
to hold my tongue about it," To which
Kendall heartily agreed.
A few days afterwards the newspapers
gave prominent place to reports Of Miss
Bretherton's farewell performance. 1t had
been n great social event. Half the distin-
guished people in London were present, led
by royalty London, in fact, could hardly
bear TO part with its favorite, and compli-
ments. flowers and farewells showered upon
her. Kendall, who had not meant to 60 at
the time when tickets were TO DO had tried
about tho middle Of the week after the Ok
ford Sunday TO get a seat, but found it ut
terly impossible. He might have managed
it by applying to her through Edward Wal
lace. but that he was unwilling to do for
various reasons He told himself that, after
all, 1t was better to let her little note and his
answer close his relations with her for tho
present. Everywhere else but In the theatre
she might still regard him as fcr friend; but
there they could not but be antagonistic in
some degree one to another, and not even in
tel!ectually did Kendall wish just now to meet
her on footing OF antagonism
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