Telegram-herald., 1889-08-01

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seile-d, szd tbsE~ vas enc y ham he had
seen - she ps-ssed kss oecr Whose figure
haonte6 him he certainly hsd met
thai ~oEa.An sonae~ here. cut where he
could not Tell Hs thoaght Il putting
himself IL her way souls cay. 10 SO Il
sAe recognized hinn. buT then he remem-
berod thai hs do not want 70 bs recog-
niz7d. - he avoided meeting her,
though Lis curiosity Was aroused - tie
highest piEcb TINS mysterious lady vas
dressed La mourning and wore long
thick crepe vel, aad lie noticed that she
came IN q hired coupe which waited for
her few doors away.
While awaiting developments IN the
Costello Csc Rush had plenty OF time -
think tie ~ould have had time - read.
too, II he had wanted 70. bat be couidn I
bring his laind 70 Il As a usual thing
be could find diversion ia Henry Is
mond, but somehow or other be could
not keep his mind Oh the page BE could
read no name bat that u Helen knowi-
ton u the lines before him. so he sci the
book aside and thought. he thought of
tie wonAn's wonderful destinations
her beauty Of face and figure. the set Of
her head upon her neck. the round W hite-
ness Of her arms and their exquisite
texture, for once by an accident his hand
had touched her arm, and he had never
forgotten the sensation he experienced
Ii was as though he had touched a dam
ask rose Just picked from some cool gar
den SPOT.
He thought Of all her little WAYS; OF
her true womanliness, with its strange
combination OF fchildhkeness; Of her posi-
ton In the world; Of the men who. if
there was anything in gossip, were mad
ly in love with her; of West Hastings in
particular and his probable relations TO
her. Could it be possible that she really
loved this cold, selfish man of the world.
whose only attractions were his wealth
and certain polish that lorg contact
with society had given him? She was
worthy of better man. And then he
wondered at his own conceit. Wherein
was he more worthy than West Hast
ingS? He might not be quite as selfish.
certainly he was not as cold, but he had
neither the polish nor the wealth of his
rival. The polish be hangedl" he said
TO himself: "but the weakh. I'll have or
perish in the winning. Es<haps not so
much; but if can't earn enough money
TO keep my wife In the manne< she has
been accustomed to and take her off the
stage, I'll try some other business"
TheD ae would weigh his chances in
case the field was clear, and in the morn
ings, when he felt bright and the world
looked easy 10 conquer, he would feel
greatly encouraged. Other days he
would feel SO blue and despondent that
if he had not been young and healthy he
would have ended his doubts and misery
by jumping off the dock. But for some
reason or other these dark days were few,
and as a rule he looked upon his success
with Helen Knowlton as merely matter
of time. He had heard Aunt Rebecca
say that Helen was in no hurry TO marry,
and that she would not entertain the sub
ject seriously until after she had made
her career" Just what Aunt Rebecca
meant by this phrase he did not know.
but it seemed TO make his chances better.
and he thought of it every time one of
his despondent moods came on. Still,
his chances did seem TO be pretty poor
compared with those of West Hastings.
and when he thought of Helen's ap-
preaching trip to Europe with Hastings