The Daily bulletin., 1890-12-20

"Yot are the sole man,on earth 70
whom | would ever dream of speaking
soln she broke IN hastily, '"io no one else
could be ~ immodest ns o -tn'---
Here she melted into perfect cataract
of tears don't like tears They wash
all the manhood ont u Inc; they dissolve
me Ms " | were beet root sugar ] began
nj once io regret the accident that had
made the young woman care for me,
and, to try and be little more gentle
| put myself through n strict cross-cN-
animation M to whether | had ever given
her any cause to believe cared for her,
any encouragement, any reason. But
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 Bclton," / said, with an arctic
frigidity in my tone, you will permit
me to say that ann astonished and
"Astonishedl Your
The invariable recurrence of that pro-
noun and the dreadful emphasis upon II
were beginning to wear my patience out
continued rather hastily;
"Astonished. surely; and | may say
panied at the--a-the confession of what
l cannot but consider u passing-a-
caprice"
The White Mouse flashed round at me.
She seemed to expand and dilate in the
Pickering light, and her lips were com
pressed till they seemed very white in the
reflection.
MAY remind you such II suspicion is
injurious to my modesty?" she said, cold
ly "but know in my heart | will prove
to you by my whole future that my love
is II part of my being-will end only with
my lifel"
Did ever u modest man meet such per
sistence? Icould not strike that girl and
crush her where she stood. Oh how |
longed for man in her place! for had
he been the Benicia Boy | should have
pounded him then and there. Morally
certain that the white haired young creil,
ture was dying of love for me, half per
suaded that she was going to marry me
then and there by force, what could
say? | stared blankly at her, while u
smile of wonderful sweetness stole round
her lips, us she murmured, half to herself
LET the world say what it will; love
like mine purifes all. We will be very
very happy"
Tender of heart, began to pity ths
young woman, Laboring under terri
Bile hallucination about the future as she
was, there was still something almost
sublime in the faith she held in the power
of her love. Its spell began to work ON
me. Rapidly ran over my chances for
the future if fell into her views. al
most began to waver. though half uncon.
sciously, as said:
"You would be sacrificing everything.
Mr.. Goldwins fortune is immense,
and"-
"Goldwin's fortunel had rather love
another with the coat upon his back un-
paid for than that creature in an emper-
ors robes"
By Venus! she seemed in earnest.
There was that in her eye could not dis
believe. But how in the world did she
know that my coat was not paid for?
That it was a fact did not make it sub
ject to dwell on; and then it was so deuc-
edly unsentimental! Still the girls sin.
ceIity and evident truth so touched me
that it was very mae1ly returned to the
charge, and then only set up objections
for her TO knock down
But in throwing over Goodwin"
said, more gently, you do not reflect
how you risk your own forJune"--
My OWN fortune! Oh, you have never
loved us | do, OF You would see that
could not weigh one grain of sand My
fortunel Can you think me selfish, base
enough, to set that trash for one mo-
ment against one single look, one single
word, of love!"
Now that was no doubt very noble
very heroic, but then it was also decid
edly indiscreet. 1t might have done OF
the stage, but hardly here. had not t
dollar, as she we'll knew; and yet thi
inscrutable young female could no
only make love to me off hand, but coult
talk of her fortune whistled down tn,
wind us if it were not ten cents il
stamps.
"But there is no danger of that" sh,
added, carelessly, 'for my aunt coult
would forget her disappointment-wt
should both be equally dear to her.
Here was balm in Gilead; for the an
cient Griffin, besides the Grove estate
was reputed "very warm" looked
thoughtfully into the fire, and the word
fell upon my shocked modesty and sor
wonderment like soothing balsam. Rail
road shares-bank shares-corners il
.. Erie-brown front on the avenue-al
, passed in rapid panorama between IN,
: eyes and the glowing GOALS There wa
half relenting in my voice as said
"Are you very sure of that?"
Very sure. But what of that2 Fl
, whom l love"-and the girl fixed he
, eyes full upon mine with never blinl
! nor a tremor-"he whom ] love woul,
value it all as trash"
The deuce he would! Then | littl
! knew myself. But the information jus
given was sufficient, and began to Sc
daylight. | actually believe for the las
ten minutes had forgotten the very ex
!, istence of Bette Blythe. had not eve
remembered the little shock to my prid
at finding out her duplicity-had los
even my ire at Tom Jones' perfidy.
was doing little sum in mental arith
metic, in which the White Mouse wa
the exponent of an unknown power c
farm, manor house and woodland.
But could not restrain my desire t
speak at least part of the truth. Sh
was leaning now upon the mantel, he
pale forehead resting upon her righ
hand and her left hanging carelessly b