Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-06-01

yo".H lev was frightened by q dog and threw
sha axnjains. but i am not hurt.
Where WI il Bessie? Does she know anything
oaf don't known whar she is," answers
Rob. "but think she's IN de house an l
don't think she see the horse. o.,
Charlie gives sign OF reliel. She goes
into the house and IN the ooor sue meets
Bessie. ,,.sy sba osLa .r
saw BLACK Prince come home without you
and was dreadfully frightened.
Cbarlia assures her that she IL not hurt,
ord tells her that she will never ride the
treachorous animal again. She attributes
the strange. unnatural look on her sisters
face 10 the fright and anxiety which she
has cost her, and her heart reproaches her
for her wilfulness. 49,, -,
vorr bab;f y says Bessie; sit Is all torn
and qrass.stained." And then she turns
and nuts her arms about her young sister
and t,sses her with that strange. far-of
| ~ stiIt on her face. And Charlie Won
! ders AZ n Int never dreams that Bessie
has been an unseen witness to her lovers
She ooes 10 her room, but instead OF re-
moving her habit she throws herself face
downward on the bed and soos IN stormy;
tempestuous fashion. like the spout chid
~ love him. love him." she cries. but
ba sbelI never know it. Oh, Bessie, how
could / wrong YOU so? How could be so
| base as 10 love your lover de has taught
me 10 love him and hate him tor IT,"
This contradictory speech is highly char
acteristic of Charlie, but with Philips
kisses still on her lips and his tender words
| still ringing in her ears she sops tnat she
| loves him, she loves him: Az -,
10 the CITY and stay a long time, and when
am zone he will learn to love Bessie again
and then thew will be married. and as the
| books saw. will live happy ever alter, and L
| shall live and die an old maid"
Rnt she hates herself for the thought
that she does not want Philip to marry
BESSIE. and she does not want to be an old
maid. She loves Philip and ne loves her'
and she would much rather be ms wlie
than TO spend the rest OF her HE IN single
blessedness. grieving after her lost love.
For | shall always love him." she
thinks. land suppose he should marry
Bessie, then l would be IN love Win her
And "a the horror of the thought flashes
upon her she sobs afresh, and cries until
her blue eyes are red and her pretty nose Is
swollen out of all proportion.
|
| Charles loyal heart; love and honor are
| fighting for supremacy. She knows with
| but word from her Philip will proclaim
| bis love to the world if necessary, and
Bessie will have to give him up, aud then
| he will he free to WOO her. But though
she is wild and wayward there Is much
| inherent nobility in Charles nature and
| honor wins the conflict, and she decides 10
| 90 away and leave Philip to return 70 ms
| allegiance 10 Bessle-that ne wiz w oo sno
never doubts. 49,,
ale loved Bessie first" she thinks; 81 he
ia bound to her in all honor, and 1t Is lett
| for me TO give him up. l could never Oulld
nv happiness on the grave OF her hopes.
| II any ones heart is broken it shall be
mine, not hers. 1t is almost ridiculous TO
| think of two sisters being 80 madly III love
with the same man, but the fact remains,
and nothing can alter it. | have caused
aIl the trouble. and so far as lies in my
| power must remedy 1t. have one con-
ISOLATION" she thinks, with touch OF her
| old independence: he does not know
| that / love him, and he shall never know
| il. No one knows 1t. and that TACT Will
nerve me to bear it bravely.'"
| An! well for her that che cannot see
| Bessie now, as she PAGES her room WIN
young face drawn and changed by oitter
pain. ui.t at
| L
know it now-I think / have known 1t all
along. Oh. my lovel why could you not
| love mey | must give you back your tree
| dom and let you win fair, sweet Charlie, l
| think she cares for you, though she hldes
| IL SO brayely." And 80 Charles secret IS
no longer hers. oh. that could Ole ana
| end IL ALL Then all would be well"
The next day Philip does not come and
| Charlie is glad of it, for she fears the sight
of him would shake her resolution.
BESSIE. too, is relieved to know that an,
| other day must elapse before she IS called
upon to perform the hardest task OF her
| life. for She has resolved to see him when
he calls again and give HIM back his
promise.
and quiet Charlie Is.
What is tho matter, lady-bird?" he
asks solicitously, You haven't played
Joke on me for week" -,
well. don't you think deserve to be
rewarded for such unusual goodness!" she
asks with q smile. 80,
Yes. indeed" he answers, what will
you have? A new dress, aring, a new bon
net, or WHAT"
II want to pay Kitty Winston a VISIT"
saws Charlie, "she has written to me sew
eral times begging me TO come and see her.
You know we were great chums at school.
would like TO 60 and spend some time
with her and then | can bring her home
WHY. pet. y SAYS her father n little re-
| nroachfullv. " You have only been home
a few weeks and now you want to leave US
again.
going back to school again and ! must go
away sometimes and let you get a little
rest. "
And so il is decided that Charlie is to 60
TO the city to pay her friend q long visit,
and as Bessie hears it her heart leaps and
| she accepts the hope that is held out 10 her
as a doomed man accepts reprieve..
| She sees through Charities motive at
once. and she thinks that with her sisters
pretty face away Philip may return to his
first love.
But as she remembers how soon he for
got her for fairer face and OF her own
forboding hope dies and something tells
her that she will never possess Philips
love again.
Charlie decides to leave the next week
and begins her preparations at once: But
the next day she stops her work and says
nothing more about her trip. She wanders
restlessly from the house to the garden,
from the garden to the house, and will not
acknowledge to herself that she wants to
see Philip. She tells herself that she hopes
she will be able TO go away before be
comes again, and all the while her heart IS
CRYING out after him, and rising in hot re-
bellion against the path which she has
marked out for herself. That evening she
goes TO the parlor and sitting down at the
piano begins to play-she hardly knows
what. but it is something very dreary.
Suddenly the door opens and Philip
stands before her. Her heart leaps madly,
but lowering her eyes to hide the light il!
them she makes him formal bow and
starts to leave the room. But he shuts the
door, and going to her ne takes her hands
in a firm clasp and asks:
Charlie, how is all this to end 2"
How is all what TO end!" she asks
but she knows well enough what hs
means.
LET me CO." she says angrily, striving
TO release her hands from his clasp.
81 love you, Charlie" he says softly;
you know 1t, and Bessie knows it. Why
does she not release me from my promise
to her? l would not like to have to ask
her for my freedom, but il there Is no
other way il must be done, for will marry
| you. or no other woman on earth"
"You must do nothing of the kind, y
SAYS Charlie determinedly. Would
you break her heart? Your love
for me is nothing but passing
| fo,n,. Ton, rOiD0 auav and Won uvill laarn