Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-03-29

versaaon for FUN quarter Of q minute
mot such . long time m itsslf, but un-
convsntionally long under such circum-
stances. Then Mrs. Waldrcn suddenly
and remarkably arose:
'rll leave you TO entertain Nr. Hayne
few moments, Nellie. am the slave
OF my cook, and she knows nothing Of
Mr.. Haynes being here 10 tea with ~;
20 I must tell her and avert disaster. I"
And with this barefaced- statement on
her lips and conscience, where Il rested
with equal nghtness, that exemplary lady
quilted the room. In the sanetity Of the
connubial chamber that evening, some
hours later, she thus explained her &C.
ton to her silent spouse:
Fright or wrong, meant that those
two young people should have . chance
TO know each other. have been con-
WINGED Tor three weeks that abe q being
forced into this New York match, and
for the last week that she b wretchedly
unhappy. You say you believe him .
wfonged and injured man, only you
can't prove It, and you have aaid that
nothing could be toogood for him in this
life - q reward for all his bravery and
fortitude under fearful, trials. Then
Nellie Travers isn't too good for him.
sweet a. she Is, and I don't caro- who
calls me o matchmaker"
But with Mrs. Waldron away the two
appeared to have made but hating pro-
gress towards friendship. With ali her
outspoken pluck at school and at homo,
Miss Travers was strangely Ill At ease
and embarrassed now. Mr.. Hayne was
the first to gain self control and to en-.
deavor to bring the conversation back to
o natural channel. Il was q struggle;
but he had grown accustomed to strug.
giles. He could not imagine that y girl
whom he had met only once or twice
should have for him anything more than
the vaguest and most casual interest,
He well knew by this time how deep
and vehement was the interest she had
aroused in his heart; but it would never
do to betray himself 90 soon. He strove
to interest her in reference to the music
she would hear, and to learn from her
where they were going. This she an
swered. They would 60 no further
east than st. Louis or Chicago. They
might go south as far as Nashville until,
mid-May. As for the summer it would
depend on the captain and his leave Of
absence. 1t was all vague and unset
tied. Mrs. lsayner was 30 wretched that
her husband was convinced that she
ought to leave for the states as soon as
possible, and Of course ''she" must 20
with her. All the gladdess, brightness,
vivacity he had seen and heard OF as her
marked characteristics seemed gone;
and yet she wanted to speak with him
wanted to be with him. What could be
wrong? he asked himself. 1t was not
until Mrs. Waldron's step was heard re-
turning that she nervcd herself to sud-
den, almost desperate effort. She start
led him with her vehemence:
"Mr. Hayne, there is something I must
tell you before go. If no opportunity
occur, I'll write it."
And those were the words that had
been Aaunting him all the evening, for
theya we're not again alone, and he had
no Chance to ask a question. What could
she mean? For years he had been living
life of stern self denial; but long before
his promotion the last penny of the obli-
cation that, justly or otherwise. had
been laid upon his shoulders was paid
with interest. He was a man free and
self respecting, strong, resolute, and pos
sessed Of an independence that never
would have been his had his life run on
in the same easy, trusting, happy-go-
lucky style in which he had spent the
first two years of his army career. But
in his isolation he had allowed himself
no thought of any thing that could for q
moment distract him from the stern pur-
pose to which he had devoted every
energy. He would win back, command,
compel, the respect of his comrades
would bring to confusion those who had
sought to pull him down; and until that
stood accomplished he would know no
other claim. In the exile of the noun
tain station he saw no women but the
merely bowed when they happened to
meet him; some did not even do that.
Now at last he had met and yielded to
the first of two conquerors before whom
even the bravest and the strongest go
down infallibly--Love and Death.
Suddenly. but irresistibly, the sweet
face and thrilling tones of that young
girl had seized and filled his heart, to
the utter exclusion of every other pas
sion; and just in proportion to the empti-
ness and yearning of his life before their
meeting was the intensity of the love and
longing that possessed him now. 1t was
useless to try and analyze the suddenness
and subtilty Of its approach; the power
of love had overmastered him. He could
only realize that it was here and he must
obey. Late into the morning hours he
lay there, his brain whirling with its
varied and bewildering emotions. Win
her he must, or the blackness and desc.
lation Of the past five years would he as
nothing compared with the misery Of
the years to come. Woo her he would
and not without hope, If ever woman's
eyes gave proof Of sympathy and trust
But now at last he realized that the time
had come when for her sake-not for his
he must adopt new course. Hitherto
he had scorned and repelled all overture.
that were not prefaced by an expression
Of belief in his utter innocence in the
past. Hitherto he had chosen to live the
life Of an anchorite, and had abjured the
society Of women. Hitherto he had re
fused the half extended proffers of com
rades who had sought to continue the in
vestigation OF chain Of circumstances
that, complete, might have proved him q
wronged and defrauded man.
The missing links were not beyond re
covery in skiliful hands; but in the shocl
and horror which he felt on realizing
that it was not only possible but certain
that a jury Of his comrade officers coult
deem him guilty Of q low crime, he hit