Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-31

recording il here. since its only bearing on nv
life lies in the fact thai this wretch who m,rr-
dered his sister in n villa il the Dois de Bou-
iogne the night before last, is in all probability
the wretch who killed nv father. / read the
savage history, and then / thought, and
thought, and thought, but only felt so much
the more hopeless and miserable, and / saw
how futile 1t was for me TO think alone, while
the other half of me was not by TO help me out
of every difficulty. So just ran into the lobby.
put on my hat. and went out into the garden
to see If could find my dearest and best. who
would be able to give me wise counsel and
whose very voice would enable me to keep up
my courage were / hemmed round by diff
culties
1t is wintry weather everywhere in this last
month of the year. but our gardens are so
rich IN conifers, laurel and arbutus that they
never look bare or cold. and the shrubbery is
so sheltered by deodar and cuDressus that An
invalid might walk there even tho coolest
morning. knew it was Gilbert's habit TO
smoke his after-breakfast cigarette on the
other side of the fence. and that l was most
likely to ind HIM within call. Mother has
allowed him to make a gate of communication
between his shrubbery and ours not many
PAGES from the arbor where / first discovered
that adored him, l found him this morning
standing close by this gate, with very grave
counten1nce, evidently on the watch for me,
and saw at glance that he had read all
about the murder.
He had, and we talked the hideous story
over together
How will it affect Mr.. Arden?" asked
III he IL the guilty wretch you think him ii
may affect him most terribly The man Morel
has been taken red-handed and cannot escape
condemnation. If he is the murderer OF Den
mark street. If your step-father prompted that
murder, as you believe, he may. out of sheer
devlltry. make clean breast of it before he
goes to the guillotine and denounce his accom-
plice."
"AnQ then my mother will know everything
and the rest of her life will be made miser-
able" said l.
My step-father left US this evening I felt
SICK with apprehension and misery when saw
mother bidding him good-by in the hail, while
the carriage waited to drive him to the station;
she so full Of kindiiness and concern for his
comfort on the cold night journey he pale and
somber, speaking with evident effort.
You are looking i'll tonight, Ambrose"
she said Il fear you are hardly equal to the
journey, and the trouble that may come after
ward"
Il must face both, Clara. My chief anxiety
Is about you and your peace of mind" he an
swered, gravely. IF you will only be true to
yourself / fear nothing. You have your daugh-
ter and her husband to think Of; new duties,
new ties, the beginning of new existence"
1t seemed TO me as if he were renoHncing
all share in her life. all claim to her affection.
lie looked at me earnestly. questloninSiy, and
then as l made no movement toward him he
said. quietly:
Goodnight and good-by, Daisy"
He turned on the threshold and took my
mother i'll his arms and kissed her forehead
and her lips with a sudden fervor that trans
formed him.
The pallld. carewOrn face flushed and smiled.
the dull and sunken eyes frightened. 1t was
for moment only. His valet warned him
that there was no time to lose. he stepped into
the brougham, the door was shut and he was
gone.