The Arizona sentinel., 1890-05-31

ment, and his face grew pale as ne mut- tered under his breath. 'ls it possible that she can have been informed by some one?'
 He stopped her as she passed him, and forced her to sit down
 Il do not know what you refer to, he replied From the time l confessed my love for you have concealed noth- ing from you l considered important, or which could or ought to affect our rela- tions. even remotely
 Oh indeedI Have had a record of your daily Iife?'
 No, you have not, nor will 1 give it you The number of cigars smoke, the glasses of wine drink, the passages of the daily life of young man of leisure permissible in bachelor, if to be con- demned in benedict. have not given, nor will give, nor would any broad minded girl. such as l have regarded you until the past three weeks. demand them
 Passages in the life of young man of leisure-such. for instance, as strange disguises at late hours of night" l He flushed dull red through his dark | skin
 I do not know to what you refer," he replied
 You do not know," she repeated scornfully. and then. lifting her hands before her face as she clasped them so tightly as to fairly pain her. she cried in agonized tones, Il cannot, cannot bring myself to speak of it to him. My God, can not hate him? must go on loving him in spite of myseifY'
 He watched her, strongly moved him. self, showing anger and alarm He mutt tered. Some one has discovered it and betrayed me to her." finally he said with forced calmness:
 'l cannot tell what possesses you. 1 presume in your own good time you will inform me what it is, when l can defend myself as l shall repeat. the with holding of confidence from you cannot be charged against me
 When l confessed my love for you," he continued. Il told you that did not have the fortune rumor credited me with; that it was nearly exhausted When l made that discovery which shocked and nearly crazed me. came to you at once, offering you the freedom the world did not know you had given up. telling you l was illegitimate.
 When made the further discovery that by an effort might receive a for tune, but involved in the effort might possibly be the exposure of my ilegiti- macy, came to you with it and you bade me make the effort, promising to face the world with me, saying you had no property and we would fight to- gether
 These are the great events of my life Is the aversion with which you have seemed to regard me recently due to my illegitimacy2 If it is, let me say. as once said to you before-you can be free. am too proud in my degradation to hold you against your most slightly expressed wish, though it broke my heart to release you
 She shook her head, murmuring:
 Tt is not that; it is not that"
 "Is it." he pursued, 'that we are both poor, and you have finally conc uied you cannot race poverty WlIn me!
 1t is not that; it is not thac sine re- peated.
 No, could hardly believe i was, for they are to both of us now ol stories and we have grown accustomed to them Things are not worse for me they are better. Providence has removed Tem- pleton from my path"-
 Sho loo nod fN har IT.
 My God! can he refer to it like that? Is it possible that such man can liver
 She swept up the veranda, so charged with emotion and passion that she could not remain still
 He followed her, saying:
 Well, have begun the effort, but will abandon it if you wish. 1 have taken the first steps. have even gone 50 far as to inquire for certain papers and have called on lawyer, Henry Hol brook" -
 She whirled upon him, her face pictur ing the greatest alarm.
 "On Henry Holbrook? Are you madt That man would hang you if he could Great heavens! It was to take you from the possibility of meeting that man that l called you here. Do you know that HOlbrook saw the murderer of Temple ton escape into the parkY
 She had grasped him ny the shoulders and pulled him squarely in front of her Before Fountain could reply, hearty laugh rang out upon the air.
 ''ia. Ina, hal Good! good! 1 applaud! Encore! Encore! The scene is good. You should go to the front veranda to rehearse. and you would get, immediately. fash ionable audience
 They saw friend of the house ap- preaching by path some distance off The next moment he was hid behind long enough to enable them both to recover themselves. When next he appeared he was near the veranda When heard that Fountain was due here, he said, as he stopped beneath 10 talk, ''l said to Mamie, Now we will have some private theatricals. And at the first pop catch you at rehearsal. you, Flora. l was too far off to hear the sentiment. but the acting was realistic"
 Glad you like it., replied Flora. "Ill give you secret-will you keep it?'
 " As my life"
 Then it is a scene of my own compo sition"
 CHAPTER XVIII. TOM DISPLAYS THE DIAMOND BUTTONS