Telegram-herald., 1889-10-29

II wanG -bsrrlsdly-.-t tel you
something 10 sex yo9 e. d pae 3 great
favor YoB are Us coasin a11 lay
frisni. are yo4 nog' Aud-4na must
speak q sonlebody. AID aan1ie = 50 AN
psssiale'
~W We.E7 says Miss Nagen1 again
"Nn yoa listen - las for . little
Whlleff
Certainly" Tae word IS uttered with
stu,iious pollgeness. What Is Irf'
MAat Il is-the primary cause u al
tie diseurbance. the enlargement Or the
quarrel. and tbs means - be now em-
ployed With a view - restoring tie old
harmony existing bet~ cen them lis soon
laid bare q Miss Nugent
And now l - ant Prank % know il
vas AL mistake. and that ftiA love
him dearly dearly. You kno. / do"
Il know 4othing, says Mss Augent
stOnily. Wei go on.
lie once called this flower sacred u
us-for-fok a certain reason, goes on
Alys trenll lllously. her ewes bent sadly
upon the Marguerite ia her hand. And
| thought If ] sent him one with she
loves you coming on the last petal il
would tel him everything. Would il
not. i4tfully.
you know him 50 much better than
do that you can answer that question
more satisfactorily for yourself He is
in the bin ard room. Are YOU going there
now 10 give il 10 him?"
IL can't" SAYS the girl, with
sudden accession Of shyness, colOring
violently. Katherine" desperately
''will YOU give it To him for me-
Mel You ask me-" SAYS Katherine,
growing deadly pale and recoiling from
her.
IF you will. dearest" says the girl
timidly.
ASK any one but me" says Miss Nu-
gent, in a low but vehement tone, throw
ing ont her hands with passionate ges-
ture. Then, the necessity for composure
recurring 10 her, she makes supreme
effort, and in some measure regains calm
ness. Take it yourself, she says slowly;
but her tone is harsh and strained. As
vet she cannot altogether command her
self
IL should be ashamed 20 go TO him
now" says the young girl, with blush
and an abashed laugh. Katherine, 60
help me. He is in the billiard room;
take him this flower and tell him | shall
be in the library IN five minutes. l am
| going there now"
You persist in asking me to do this!"
says Miss Nugent in strange tone.
Il don't nsist'-gently-" only en-
| treat you. There, go, like a dear girl;
ar.d-and be Sire you take the flower
with great care, as the loss of petal
would be fatal. You think me foolish,
don't your" she says. blushing again as
she misconstrues the fixed expression on
her companions features.
Il think you are mad, says Katherine
slowly. Give me the flower, then, l
will take tiff can" The last words,
uttered in falling tone, are unheard by
/ Alys as she moves away to the library,
there to wait with beating heart the COM
ing and the pardon of hen lover.
Left alone in the large hall, Katherine
stands motionless, staring vacantly at the
pale marguerite. There appears TO be
in it some horrible fascination for her.
Her eyes are riveted upon it; her lips
twitch; slowly (as though deferred by
some hidden powep her other hand
! creeps toward it.
Almost as she touches it she pauses,
and shudder passes over her. With a
heavy sigh that is almost a sob, she resO
lutely throws up her head, thus with
! drawing her eyes from the flower. and al
the same time places the hand that holds
it behind her back, as though to remove
it from her gaze.
a struggle short but sharp goes on
within her So powerful is it that heI
whole frame trembles beneath it. Then
a face, childish, trusting. pleading, rises
before her. and she moves with hurried
footsteps in the direction of the billiard
room. still with the flower hidden from
her view. But, almost as she turns the
handle Of the door. q voice from Within
reaching her, kills the good so lately
born. 1t brings before her another face
the face of the man she loves passion
ately though hopelessly-and, with Z
groan. she falls back from the door, and
her nerves ceasing to be under her con
troll. the ar.I so persistently heretofore
kept behind her falls again into IL usua
position, 50 bringing her eyes once more
on the fatal flower.
Is she TO be the one 10 give this baby
to his arms?-she. whose vaguest though
Of him contains more passion than th'
warmest this petulant child has eve
known? Again the half shy, half ten
der. Cirlish face comes before her; bu
this time she shakes the apparition from
her with frown. Pshaw. she would
forget in a month this NAV kish love o
hers. and would be ready to love again
in her poor fashion. And yet-ther
was something in those large blue eye
that
She heeitates for one heaven born mo
ment. q then is lost.
Deliberately plucking ono white peta
from the marguerite. she opens the doc
of the billiard room, and. with smil
and calm word or two to some MAJ
who addresses her. moves with hngui'
grace 10 where Ponsontv IS standing
somewhat apart from the others.
"Do YOU remember that book of James
we were discussing last nixhE' she SAYS
Il can't think whore put iG Have yo
auv ideaE'
u think YOU took it up stairs wit
you.
"Oh. di1 T. dare say. Il ia jas
the most possible places one nove
searches Thank you The fact @
. not being ablc 90 get it has made ID
hong for it with the greater intensity a.