Telegram-herald., 1890-01-06
MISS CLARE.
By KAEIA L POOL.

those fs~ words. l turned and looAed
f-1m TIE vlldog ny softenet eyes L
seeuel 10 ne would oeIT4y me.
y. hen 10 ths neKr train Tor Ehe north
dueg'
Tonight. AZ s O'Clock.
walked ogt AID mounted my horse.
There vas nothing for IL oa- . watt
tsruasnt shich the u8quisIfi0n would
have eKulbed IN
50 lIfaEorabie symptoms appeared in
Mf GuToys case during that day. Tell
Ia ars JeFiaa ghaE 1 should send her
nv address. that she migtG communl-
cate the state u her patient little after
uizhtfali stared again for the station.
Me4nume / had formed no definite
plans. But one idea had entire possession
n ms-to nnd Mss Clare. What |
should do then did not know. looked
not beyond that could not endure the
thought thAt Miss Clare was alone and
pursued by the remembrance of that
scene ~ifh Gilroy. Only % lind her 70
offer again the love which she only
could inspire-then eft u an unknown
future az that might follow.
As was whirled along IN the cars
tried % assure myself hat / might not
hnd her, that tho cls ~ Montreal would
enSllf aud hide heT from me as entirely
a. though shs had never existed. But
ali such contingencies melted ike snow
"a my burning heart. For love like mine
impossi6iliEies were possible.
The faint light Of the late dawn was
sast losing Is grayness when the train
reached the 81. Lawrence
did not believe she would conceal
her name. began my search by going
O. tho hotels and examining the books.
Patiently. unweariedly | went from
hotel 70 hotel | looked carefully down
the long list Of names. | was unsuccess-
fll Msanwhils | looked with half
knowlelged hope at the face Of every
~oman I met. At nightfall 1 at last felt
my fatigue. Tired exhausted
more from c-sappointunnt than physical
tzertiOn-I went q sleep, my last con-
nected thought being;
Il was u fool e expect 20 find her the
frst Jay"
Without dreams, without waking, /
SLEPT on TIL the dawn Of my second
day's search Tic days that followed
crped 90 DO sapping at the citadel Of
my life. With their harasSing vexations;
their faise. futterinc hopes; their con-
tinuI miserable defeats. There was
this moment the eager. absorbing hope,
almost a belief; then the instanta-
ncous sinking Could she be there
and not find her-I. In whom the de
sire. -ae longing had now become well
nigh ungovernable. Il is Victor Hugo
Who says that love. while it consumes,
Eliminates. At this period, felt only
tho d3vOuring; l was not conscious Of the
hight.
when I had been in Montreal a fort
night. l received letter from Mrs. Jer-
dan. SAYING that Gilroy was getting on
slowly. but safely. That comforted me
greatly.
Four weeks Of this life determined
on going 70 Boston and seeing Miss
Clarc's uncle. IL was in the afternoon
that | resolved to 60 by the evening
train It happened .1 be the day conse-
Grated Co a patron saint of the city.
N'"'''9 OK P."p' were moving IN the
streets t''at ia % '''e cAthedraI- since
MY say J.. 'lQii'' al 4 i'ad i-l''de one OF
every gathering So. saunteriuy from
my hotel joined the stream Of human
O''"7s. A"e instant l was I4irIy win
'''..4. 1 ''in. aleI1' my s-ahces iaiiiii@
I'-piily on r'ch '1iy 'hAt was near ana
p'tts "l'h peISi7'enl search over 1he