St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-21
I cannot afford to lose both my heart

otoA GiluS. "a Otuluy, IuiCh.ooo
ing day. He was plainly clad, but there
was an honest look about him.
Ppm sorry, ma am, that didn't come
last SUMNER" he said, removing his
hat.
What do you mean, and who are
you?" she demanded.
'You told me to come. you remem-
ber," he said. "You wrote me, | mean.
decided to go with family to the sea-
shore instead, and Eve regretted it many
time since. / am Andrew Jacobs and
/ am looking for place." e.
She stared at him, the puzzled ex-
preston on her face giving place to one
Of indignation. 10
"Pll try you," she merely said. in a
depressed tone. "Come tomorrow"
After dinner she said to her cavalier
coachman:
''Sir, you are at liberty to go to-day.
Your place has been filled. Strange to
say, the mans name is precisely like
yours"
Her companion flung up his head. a
flush of shame on his cheeks, look OF
CONSERVATION in his eyes. ca
miss Cavanagh," he stammered. 81
"YOu need not explain the coinci-
dence," she grimly interrupted. You
are an adventurer. l once had much
respect for you'll haven't any now"
His face redeemed still more at her
look and tone of Scorn.
"Miss Cavanagh," he cried, "there
are extenuating circumstances. Recall
our first interview"
"Pray, do not remind me Of thai"
| she Sternly said. II was expecting a
coachman, and it was natural mistake
on my part. / led with questions and
| you were mean enough to take adyan-
tage of them. Philip will pay you the
balance of your wages"
Then she left him with the naughty
air Of duchess.
| She had dismissed him from her house,
but she had not dismissed him from
| her thoughts. He would not stay dis
| missed. Her indignation burned itself
out and love reasserted itself. She con-
fessed to herself that there were extern
uatlng circumstances, and she was
| sorry that they had parted in anger.
A week later she received a letter
| from him, written in a bold, free hand
explanatory. apologize, regretful, be-
seemingly tender. But he did not ask
to be reinstated in her conference.-the
| not give his name OR addreSS-did not
ask her to reply.
1t increased the mystery which en-
veloped him; it deepened her affection
for him. She grew restless and dlsSat-
| listed; she lost interest in her pursuits
and her surroundings.
Life did not seem to have much zest
in 1t. PallOr came to her cheeks and
languor stO her movements. The fact
was Miss Lucille CaYanagh was badly
hit. Her heart was no longer her own.
She admitted it, but how was it to be
| remedied?
She closed the house for the winter.
dismissed the servants and Joined her
brother at Florence. He was glad to
see her. and little astonished.
'Why. what brought you here?' he
demanded.
'Ralph, I was getting dreadfully
lonely" she said.
''Fretting to see me, eh?' he asked.
with hug and kiss. "Well, we will
have been lip"
'Well, no." she hesitatingly replied.
''Oh, reserve your confidence" he
said, with pleasant little laugh. "By
the by, Dupont Westcott is here!'
us he," she asked indifferently.
She had neverseen him, though Ralph
was all the time sounding his praises.
"He'll not let the time hang heavily
on your hands, Lucille. | hope you'll
take to him kindly. He is ~ T.
Drop him, please, Ralph. and tell me
something about Yourself"
Once more he fxedly regarded her.
Lucille" he asked again, "have you
been ill?" =
mo. Ralph" she replied. with an
odd little laugh. ''I've had my little
romance. cannot tell you about it. 1t
would humiliate me and provoke YOU"
Gail right, sister, dear, he cheerfully
replied. ''Ifyou are in distress, Pm not
the one to prolong it," xEs
"Lucille, this is my truest friend of
friends, Dupont Westcott."
The Introduction took place in one Of
the picture galleries.
Miss Cavanagh raised her eyes, and,
to her intense establishment, they rested
upon Andrew Jacobs!
She grew alternately red and white
in the face and drew her breath hard.
Recovering her self-possession, she
slightly bent her head and said:
81 am pleased to meet you, SIR"
His face changed but for a moment
His eyes held hers, pleading, regret
full. self-cOnSciOuS look in them.
They passed around the gallery, chat
ting pleasantly, and yet with neutral
ground between them upon which
neither of them ventured to tread. In
the course of week, however, he made
reference to their former intimacy.
''lf dared to open the past" he be-
gan.
'sWhose past?" she interrupted.
"Ours," he replied.
''Ohr' she calculated, with shrug.
81 didn't know we had anyin common"
He felt the rebuff, but returned to the
subject. She perSistently ignored it.
He pleaded but it was of no use. She
was Furnishing him for what he had
caused her to suffer.
Lucille. what is the trouble between
you and Dupont?" her brother one day
abruptly asked.
Il didn't know there was any," stam-
mered she.
ooh, nonsensew Ralph testify re-
joined. Dupont has been very frank
with me. and it would be creditable to
you TO initiate him. That little episode
shouldn't count against him. He called
at my house expecting to find me there,
and any fellow would have availed him
self of the miScOnstructiOn. Do you
know, Sis, that he is going away to-
morrow"
.Ah! I'll wish him bon voyage"
"Oh, it's all right" cried Ralph,
keenly watching her. "He'n stay if
you say so. recall that you said that
| you had had your little romance. But
since you don't love him-why, that al
! tiers the matter"
She spent the afternoon thinking over
it. and concluded that it did matter.
Was she not going too far? Was she
not increasing her Indebtedness? What
was there to forgive, after all? Had
| she not wished that Andrew Jacobs
might prove TO be rich. noble, honora-
BILE, high-bred gentleman? Her pride
| surrendered to her love.
"Ralph," she asked that evening,
"did Mr.. Westcott intimate that he
would stay if | asked him to?'
Eyes, dear. 1t was more than an in
timation. If he goes you will never see
him again. He is desperately in love
with you, and is suffering"
Ralph. you may tell him to stay" =
"That was said like the sensible sis
ter you are,' cried Ralph, with a hug
| and kiss.