Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-03-06
CHAPTER XVIII.


So tendersul, so careful is Miss Cazalet's
footstep, that almost one might believe she
walks on tptoe, as she enters Delaaey's
room.
81 ear Denis, am so grieved to see yea
still so enfeebled, sho says, bending over
him, with as much lover-iike ardor as she
can manage "Ihavo SO longei TO come 10
! you, TO minister to you. But" She
makes dramatic pause.
well Katherine says he, in a most
/ uncomfortably mat'er-of-fact tone.
$50 many things were TO be considered
so many III ,ngs had happened"
Tue" says he, determined to treat the
interview as purely friendly one, if pos
sble '"There was the arrest of tho man
Moloney, for example, who, it appears,
has confessed himself the murderer of poor
Meredith-a thing l suspected all along"
"Ah! you are SO clever" interposes she,
sweetly.
Father Doolin, suppose you heard,
wrote to me about it. Good man tho is
tnatg, though shocked at tho discovery of
that black sheep in his fold, he was, l be-
lieve at heart glad at the thought That on
his arrest / would redeem my promise and
show mercy TO the rest of his flock"
"But you disappointed HIM" says she,
smiling blandly. Il know the stern justice
that dist ngushes you. You were not
taken in by his jesutical letter; you felt
that those Unconditional tenants should be
taught a les on that"
mo. / didn't" SAYS he, calmly. az
consider that their punishment has gone
deep enough; and, of course, l kept TO my
work. i RENTED all past rents, and gave
further reductions to most, and now all Is
peace and harmony between mo and my
tenants, so long as it lasts "
This new bill, " begins she, to carry OF
q certain feeling Of defeat that is hot with
in her.
60 he breakage of leases you mean.
Well, it won't ruin me. THANK my stars
l lave better irons in the fire than Irish
acres. But indeed we do seem to have
come to taat socialistic pitch in this green
est of green isles when no man may dare
10 call his soul his own, lest he be required
to divide it with his neighbour"
"True, true" says Miss Cazalet. hastily.
II was hardly to listen to uninteresting
speeches of this sort that she had made her
way to his room. but pray do not let
your mind wander to such disturbing
topics. l am sure" sentimentally, cit
must be so very hard for you; and "a / arm
here, installed as head nurse for the mo-
ment as it were, with baby playfulnes,
81 must insist on my pa lent being very
careful, lest l should lose the precious
cnance Of visiting him again Dear Denis,
you cannot con Give how / have pined TO
come to you. felt how you must be miss
ing me, but they said it would be impru-
dent, my coming, above all Others
is bold stroke-"so sure TO excite you,
and-and would not, of course, even wish
anything where your valuable health was
/ concerned -
This awful speech, so labored, so PLAINLY
prearrangei draws a sound that is sus-
, picio sly like groan from the luckless
, lenis Ee turns his head suddenly, and
fixes his eyes on hers with an expression in
them that startles her.
| ~ was right, was | not? dearest" she
goes on rather uncertainty, puzzled by that
new expression. ~ did not long TO be with
you; but-but no doubt you have heard"
"Yes, have heard a good DEAL" i2-
: terrupts he, calmly "of your engagement
/, 20 Sir Brandrum, for instance among other
thingsr'
For once her savoir faire entirely for
sakes her.
"Who told your she exclaims as ak.
lessly as might maiden of fifteen and
then, collecting herself with n very admir-
able audac.ty, attempts to give a satisfac-
tory en- ling to her dep,orable beginning.
"Ah that was tire work OF u moment %
= one miserable moment; when I confe IS it
; all TO you, Denis with deepest remorse-I
had actually dared TO doubt your-your
, honor" Immense telling stress on the
last word.) "But, come, now" shaking
r Off the penitent mood and making a heavy
9 attempt at archness, confess in your turn.
Say, at least, that | had some cause for
!. my foolish Jealousy. Though" magnan-
Il - IseAI.
a affair is of no moment really, and you must
n know, you must think, that"
"What | think and know is that you
will keep to your latest engagement" says
: Delaney immovably.
= "Ahl you are angry with mer' exclaims
q she, plaintively, casping her hands in the
most approved fashion. At this instant the
: solid coin of The Delaney seems to her in
o comparably more to be desired than the
= comparatively empty Golfers that accom-
q pany tho title of Sir Brandrum.
zone word, Katherine" says Delaney,
grimly. Ut is to be now or never, he tells
= himse,f) "You of your own accord,
smashed the extremely heavy chain that
bound us, and think il better TO let you
understand once and for all that / decline
! to forge it again"
'You meau-r' says she, choking with
! disappointment"
n EXACTLY what have said"
"a little more, thinR," vindictively.
"You mean TO marry that girl, that adj
i "Not word about Norah' interposes
v he, with frown so stern that it checks her.
~ "Nf yourself" recovering himself and
: smiling lightly, "as much rs you will.
. When," with direct glance do you
: marry Sir BgandrumT'
@ Next month, In all probability" with o
% defiant curl of the lip.
$50 soong"
"To forget you, you would sayi" with q
bitter laugh. ''But believe me, my dear
cousin, it will be an easier task than per
d haps you imagine. Oh. yes, / accept tn,
- inevitable" with a shrug az shall mo-
pose even in private as the lovelorn dam
l. selp'
y ''My dear girl! To have even doub
O on the subject would be indeed not TO know
h you. / quite understand that all through
our-our knowledge OF each other--I wa
70 regarded by you--and very properly too. :
rs one distinctly benNeth your level.