Telegram-herald., 1889-10-28

protest.
~Is-that to-nigAg VII never come.
Was tlaere ever such long. long dsySs
.sYoa miss Frank shortly.
No - l. Perhaps 50 an not
sure. ssas neE thinking - hlH."
yet he Is Z a1zn ~ make himself re-
uaenbezed even when oal u sight"
You think soS'
II know II
.Kztharine.' ssys TIE younger girl
suddenly. "how often you get me 70
speak q Frank, Sometimes have
thought-but Of course il was only fancy.
You never did care for hin Ia that way.
dld your"
The way YOU care for him; Never
II am 50 glad l aSsed you, now. II
YOU had given me a different answer IL
would have made me very unhappy"
''That Is very kindly speech But
YOU need suffer no generous psngs OF re-
/ gret for ne. Frank is Is little 70 me as
| arn-to him" She shades her eyes
with aer hand for moment, perhaps 10
conceal q smile. for pressfsly she breaks
into lon laugh suggestive Of GInuse-
msnt 10 her listener. what put the
silly thought into your headY' she asks.
Il hardly know"
Somebody must have done IT," Again
there is the carelessly veiled insOlence Of
tone, the cOntemptuous disbelief IN her
companions sagaciry or penetration.
Somebody. dare say" says the girl
musingly. "Perhaps"-she pauses.
Was it hep The words come from
her with exceeding sharpness, as though
forced 10 her lips BY some terrible thought
/ that has Just pierced her brain and
! brought with II an agony too keen TO be
silently endured.
"Oh, no"
"You are surey'-still fiercely, with
pale lips, and dark eyes alight with pas
sionate fear.
"You will see how sure, when tell
you that Frank believes you positively
dislike him. He told me so last night
Now"-laughing- think he was right.
How angry your eyes have grown at the
bare mention Of his name!"
"Ahl" says Miss Nugent. II is sigh
Of relief that escapes her. She leans back
in her chair and a great wave of color
sweeps over her white face. She unfurls
her huge black fan with little crashing
noise.
"You haven't told me how you enjoyed
last night" she says quickly, as means
Of covering her confusion.
$50 much" says the young girl, smil-
ing, and throwing some animation into
her air.
II saw you dancing rather frequently
with Sir George Grande toward the close
of the evening"
Twice l danced with him, think
Do you know, quite like him, though
Frank doesn't?"
"Men like Frank, who have been
through a good deal, are always inclined
to be jealous. Experience has taught
them how transient love affair may be. "
"You mean" = emotionally - THAT
Frank has loved so often that
Il mean nothing. There is really no
occasion for any excitement. But of
course you will understand that man
cannot grow to Franks age without
having played with fire. There is moth
ing to render you uneasy in anything
have said"
Il am not uneasy"--hushing warmly.
"No? But Of course not. There is
really nothing in it"
Il know that" says the girl loyaly,
yet even as she says it her heart grows
heavier within her. There is really moth
ing in it; but why had he told her she
was his first and only love? Perhaps
men always said that to the object of
their latest fancy.
"Once last night, when you were dan
cling with Frank" she says, turning TO
Miss Nugent and recovering her self pos
session by an effort, 81 looked at you, and
both you and he were looking at me.
Was he talking of me then?"
Does he ever talk Of anything else:
! man freshly in love is the most selfish
thing on earth. Later on they grow more
considerate, and can afford to forget the
beloved angel now and then"
"Can they?'-wistfully VIII Frank
indeed learn to forget her at times?
''Yes. What were we saying just
then? You asked me if he was talking
of you; Yes, entirely. He was telling
me Of something you had said-I forget
what now-and he was laughing. he
called you such child. remember
1t was some silly little trihe, amusing
because of its crudity. He is very de-
voted to YOU"
Again the sting is in her tone. II
makes the girls lips CULVER, and brings
the light Of rebellion to her beautiful eyes.
AT II one is not a child. You make
me think he spoke Of me as doll, a
baby, mere plaything."
"Oh. no! Merely as a very young
girl. You are young to him. you know
he is quite ten years your senior"
The advantage there is on my side
surely" haughtily. "If / don't mind it
he need not"
"Quite 80. I think every woman
should be ten years or so younger thar
her husband" says Katherine. who il
just six months younger than Ponsonby
"And as for him, know he prefers eK
treme youth. Il is easier to mold and
form"
She closes her fan with another click
drops it languidly into her lap and
smiles family.
To moldy The girls tone has grown
strangely cold and calm. 81 am 70 b
educated to his will. you meany'
well. that was what he said
Said"
my dear child. can't remember the
exact words, but he told me last might
he had gained a treasure % thos'
rare beings 70 whom the world Is IN