San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-17

or the composure ana selr-respecJ or a
woman, but with the awkwardness and
nervousness of an uniformed child.
"Oh, L will never do such a thing
again-never in all my life-only did
not mean it to come to this. was not
so bad-I did all | could to prevent
this" the poor little thing cried, fairly
breaking down and sobbing presently,
just from pure veXation aud remorse.
And then for all the rest of that day
she was ashamed to show her face; she
would not go out of doors lest she
should meet either of the two people
whom she most dreaded to meet-the
one whom she loved, because she could
not bear to feel unworthy when she
was in his presence; the other whom
she did not love, because she had in
jured him. II will never, never do such
thing againl" she kept saying to her.
self all day, with kind of passionate,
childish MISUNDERSTANDING and feel
ing miserable all the time because the
reiteration of that promise would not
take away her sense of guilt. For, in
deed, she was safe enough for the fu-
ture. AS long as she loved George Gill
bert there was little fear Of her treating
any other man as she had treated Leigh
Warrington; but what she wanted wa,
to undo the past-and she could not
undo it. All day she went about the
house feeling as if she could not lift up
her head.
1t would probably have been little
satisfaction to her if she had known
that Mr.. Warrington, as he walked
home after her refusal of him, did not
feel exactly heart broken. He felt very
angry, and very much hurt, but he was
indignant rather than very miserable.
If she had accepted him he might posi-
bly, have been very happy; but, seeing
that she had rejected him, it was not
the opposite feeling that was upper
most. She, of course as was natural,
self very wretched for little while
SETTLE was in earnest when was
only in play" and she accused Herself
of having been hard and unfeeling to
him, and having failed to say dozen
things that she might have said to sof-
ten her refusal; and this feeling of semi
tenderness toward him lasted more or
less for the five or six days that followed,
till he came to make his formal farewell
call,-when it died sudden natural
death.
For Gabrielle was foolish enough, but
she had woman's true instincts about
some things, and during that final half
hours visit she felt inStinctively that
the man loved himself better than he
had loved her. She felt that he had not
forgiven her for the wound she had
given to his vanity; and, to tell the
truth, when she found that out she
ceased to make herself very unhappy
about her own wrong-dOing in the mat
ter; she let her heart grow very toler-
ably hard again toward Mr.. Walking
ton: am almost afraid that down in
the bottom of it for she was vain
enough too, you know she did notquite
forgive him.
$50 that is the end of Leigh Walk
ington!" Helen said, when he had taken
his leave, and the door had closed be-
hind him; and then Gabrielle sprang up
from her seat with little nervous
laugh.
.'Yes-that is the end of him! lie roi
est mort: UiUe ld roll" she said. "They
are going to paint the parsOnage.-and
Mr.. Burton, l have" Mr.. Burton was
the incoming clergyman, lis lying i'll
with govt"
For the closing door had shut out a
bugbear from Gabrielle; and it seemed
to her, as Leigh Walkington's steps
went echoing down the gravel walk. as
if weight (which perhaps she hardly
deserved to get rid of had fallen off her
neck.