Telegram-herald., 1890-12-25


confess that We rather taken a0sek
and lSecame rAtasf misty IA tne mlnd
Bat tfsere could b. no l3abt a. g. what
th- glgl meant. Drven % desperation
by her forced engagement, feeling the
uaoearable grasp II a hated tate tight
enilg on her, sic was-yes, there Wa no
room FOR d0ubt-5he was making love
% met
For = second the base idea erept into
"a aiad. Reyenge, Bette Blythe, the
} !, the shameless firt, cannot triumph
over me II marry the heiress of ''SAAdy-
rook' instead Of the poor lawyer daugh-
ter. For q second | was on the eve u
clasping the White Mouse ia my arms.
and blaekening my soul with the per
jury that adored her-that never had
loyed bat her.
Thank heavenl il was only for sec
ond, when the unnatural, the frightful
want Of modesty stood nAlSed IN my
sight. Much as / had despised the glrl
before, actually loathed her now. But
20 tell her 30. There was the rub. /
appeal 70 any young lawyer who has
had an heiress make love 10 him az mid
night II il isn't little awkward to re-
fuse her?
''Miss Beiton," said at last. looking
into the tire, Il make every allowance
se~ rour trials-for YOUR unusual excite
ment that has driven you 10 say things TO
me you may wish unsaid tomorrow -
Tomorrow / shall glory in them
even more than now!"
Tomorrow you may regret, con-
tinued, needless of the interruption,
that you said them TO me-"
You are the sole man on earth to
whom l would ever dream of speaking
SOL" she broke in hastily; Ito no one else
could be so immodest az to-to"-
Here she melted into perfect cataract
of tears. don't like tears. They wash
all the manhood out of me; they dissolve
me as If were beet root sugar. | began
at once to regret the accident that had
made the young woman care for me;
and, TO try and be little more gentle,
/ put myself through strict cross-ex-
animation rs TO whether had ever given
her any cause to believe | cared for her,
any encouragement, any reason. Bu. a
hastily impaneled jury of conscience,
habit and memory acquitted me mem.
con.
Then. panoplied in the triple conscious
ness Of right. turned once more upon
the young woman before me.
Miss Belton," i said, with an arctic
frigidity in my tone, "you will permit
me to say that am astonished and
"Astonishedl Your
The invariable recurrence of that pro-
noun and the dreadful emphasis upon it
were beginning to wear my patience out.
l continued rather hastily;
"Astonished. surely; and l may say
panied at the-a-the confession of what
l cannot but consider a passing-a-
caprice
The White Mouse flashed round at me.
She seemed 70 expand and dilate in the
fiickering light, and her lips were com
pressed till they seemed very white in the
reflection.
May remind you such a suspicion is
injurious to my modestyY she said, cold
ly; ''but know in my heart l will prove
10 you by my whole future that my love
is part Of my being-will end only with
my ife,"
Did ever modest man meet such per
nstencei Icould not strike that girl and
crush her where she stood. On how
longed for a man in her place. for had
he been the Benicia Boy l should have
pounded him then and there. Morally
certain that the white haired young crea-
ture was dying Of love for me, half per-
suaded that she was going 70 marry me
then and there by force. what could
say? l stared blankly at her. while a
smile of wonderful sweetness stole round
her lips. as she murmured. half TO herself:
Let the world say what it will; love
like mine purifies all. We viii be very,
very happy"
Tender Of heart, / began 70 pity the
young woman. Laboring under terri
bic hallucination about the future a. she
was, there was still something almost
sublime in the faith she held In the power
OF her love. It's spell began TO work on
me. Rapidly ran over my chances for
the future If fell into her views. | al
most began 70 wsver. though half uncon-
sciOusly. as I said.
You would be sacrificing everything
Mr.. Goldvins fortune Is immense,
and
"Goldwin's fortunel had rather love
another with the coat upon his back m
paid for than that creature IN An empe
or's robes"
BY VenGsi she seemed in esrnest
There was that IN her eve I could not dis
believe. But how in the world did she
know that my coat was not paid for2
That it was a fact did not make II a sub
iect 20 dwell on; aud then it was 90 deuc-
edly uusentimeutal' Still the girls SIM
ceritv and evident truth 80 touched ne
that IL va very meekly returned o. the
charge. and then only set up objections
for her 80 knock down.
Bat II throwing over Goodwin. I
sad. more gently. you do not reflect
bow you risk your own fortune~--
NJ Owl fortune On. you have never
loved ~ I DO. OF yen would ses that
co1ld not weigh one grain of sand NJ
fortune, Can yo1 tank me- >elfsh bsse
enough. - sss thst trash f1r one mo-
u1snt azsinst one single iook. ons single
word. ~ love-
Nov tAat wss no doabt very noble,
vsrv heTgsc. bue then = vas a. derii-
ssilv iniis-reet Is might have done on
shs stass. but harsIv here 7 rad ncf a
iollSr. - siae vel snews and Tef this
insrruss BE vounE female could TOT