Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-08-01
CHAPTER XIV. CONTINUED.
MABIE BRIGHAM,

thought there was sound OF pain In
the girlish voice, Once more pleaded:
''Stella, Miss Everett, excuse me-"
said, ''for troubling you, but / must know
the truth. My mother told me all she said
TO you that morning before you left Wa
verland. Did you believe that loved An
ME Wrenyn
She turned her face toward me in the
bright moonlight. 1t was full of reviving
hope as she answered:
Eyes, Sir Lloyd, l believed it and that
was why left Waverland.
80, my darling" l said, taking her
hand, chow could You believe that anyone
was dearcr to me than your own sweet
self"
81 believed it because your mother said
It was settled long ago, that you were to
marry Annie" There was just a CULVER
of pain in the voice that made this comics.
sion.
''Was that the reason that you left Wa,
vcrlandY
at was"
"Then you loved me just little, even
though you left mey"
Eyes, Lloyd l loved you," came in a
whisper too faint for aught but lovers
ear. But it was enough, held her to my
heart and kissed the sweet lips and pure
white brow. My heart uttering all the
time in glad refrain the words of the old
song, MY heart now sadly dumb shall
speak to you alone"
How changed the world seemed! had
secured the love of the one individual in all
the world that could inspire my heart with
noble aspirations. We did not need words
to tell the old, old story, for the sweetness
h. .f f1&n nm
ionship had a language all its own.
"No more weary hours, my love!' | said,
as led her to seat. did you think you
could hide your love from me by assuming
Indifference
II was afraid could not, that was why
left Waverland."
do you know the anguish felt when !
knew that you had gone? Where did You
go' How did You fare? Tell me all, my
darling"
Il found Lady Irving as you see. We
have been travelling together q long time"
she answered evasively.
"But did you find her at oncc?"
81 cannot tell you now. 1t would take
too long L have found friends continual
ly."
IF had known you were safe l should
have been happy"
II do not believe that" she said archly.
"You would have tried to find me if you
had known where i was"
"You are right. l never would have
been contented until had learned my fate
from your own dear lips. If mother had
not come to the library door just wheE she
did, | should have known it then"
Il felt the impulse. And l knew that
my life would be very dark without you.
My hungry heart was ready to respond to
the call Of joy and hope"
my hopes were rudcly shattered when
came home and found that you had gone.
What a drcary life l led for days and days.
But one evening il seemed to me you came
and said, IF l were you | would not let
my inheritance go to waste Then other
words that you had uttered, words of com
fort, and words of cheer, came to my mind.
They inspired me with courage andlilled
my heart with hope / was almost sure
that sometime we would meet, and that
should yet win your love"
allow long was that after left1"
about month. Whys"
II remember one evening about that
time l had been feeling that in all this
great world there was not one individual
living There seemed TO be no place for
me, no loving heart to claim mine in re.
turn WhileiI sat musing in that mean-
cho1y frame of mind, Iseemed to hear your
voice saying, Il need you! am coming for
YOU From that time 1 never believed
TINT you would marry Annie, or that you
loved her. | remember thinking how
pleasant it would be if mind could answer
mind. 1t seemed almost as real as life"
Eat this is real" said mind can an
swec mind, and heart can speak to heart
But how came yon hereg | never dreamed
of fading you this side of the Atlantic Or
have you been leading me on with Rour
magnetic powers, TO find you here SO far
from h0meg'
I'VE have been coming toward each
other" she said laughing 81 have often
thought of Waverland, dear old place; L
have Often sketched it for Lady Irving.
But it would not be the same, now that
your mother is not there. She was very
dear te me. My heart went out in sympa-
thy for her in her loneliness and / sought
TO make her happy"
"AnG you accomplished more than yccl
can ever know, my dear. My mother re-
remembered you, and asked us to forgive
IIcT lOS htle pam Sllc HSu us DOLD-
She gave her dying blessing on our love
and prayed that we might meet. She said
that she had missed You more than words
can tell. believe tlat grief for you short
ened her life. She had learned to love and
trust you, and when you left her ali was
gone. But where have you been all these
months:7' Isasked again.
Travelling with Lady IRVING" she an
swered again 81 am so glad she has at
last met the man she has loved from child
hood. Her father promised her hand in
barriage When she was but "a child. She
obcyed his wish and became the wife of her
fathers friend. But all the while the Duke
Of Mclvorne, On James. as she calls him.
was her hearts idol. We have often talked
of old fricnds, and how often she had
hoped for "a chance of meeting the duke
since she had been a widow, for Lord Irv-
ing lived only short time after their mar
riage; and, what was very strange, her
father died about the same time, leaving
her alone in the world, with no nearer rel
Rtives than Sir Wren and his daughter.
Her mother died when she was a little
child. And now in this far away land she