The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-09-03

pOsure irritated IN" littlel, that moth.
ing ever does surprise you. ! am very
glad that yOn are not surprised. and also
that you are not particularly distressed" l."
| That" he observed. lis merely your
assumption. am not conscious Of hav.
ing said or done anything to warrant It.
My sole meaning was that can Rppreci.
/ ate the force Of circumstances. ! hope
you are now in n fair way toward curing
/ the young Mr. LOngfeld whom you 90
| nearly killed"
| After had informed him that Mr.
Longfield was recovering rapidly there
was short pause. Then he resumed:
"You have heard. presume. that Sir
| Edward Sutt.n u deadE'
II have not" answered. 1T may be
very ignorant Of me. but until now
had not 80 much as heard that he had
ever been alive. Was he a minister or
an ex.minister. or anything Of that
IEindg
"Oh. no." replied Granville smiling:
"he was only the husband Of Lady SUIT
ton. thought you might possibly have
heard Of him, or at any rate Of her, from
your interesting patient; but perhaps he
has not been well enough to read the
newspapers lately. Otherwise he might
have been somewhat moved by the news
that the lady to whom he was engaged
not 80 long agOis once more free"
dare say turned pale. It really did
not signify whether concealed my emo
tion or betrayed II, for Granville evil
IDENTIFY read me like an open book. In
answer to my would be Indifferent in
quiries, he told me all that he knew
about Jack Longield and Lady Sutton.
II was q sad story. be said. though Of
course quite an everyday one The
young people had been neighbors; they
bad fallen IN love with each other, and
there had been a sort Of engagement
which had not been sanctioned by their
respective families. Then old Sir Ed.
ward Sutton had presented himself. and
the consequences had been what they are
In nine out Uf ten such cases. The poor
girl. Granville said. had hardly been to
blame In the matter. What could she
| do with her father and mother ag;rinst
her. and her lover so hopelessly impe.
| cuniuus?
Well" | said. "filial obedience will
meet with its reward now, I suppose.
She has been delivered from her hus-
band. and it only remains for her to
live happily upon his money with her
lover. who won't be impecuniOus any
longer"
Granville shrugged his shoulders. II
suppose so." he answered; "but lovers
are not always constant. Probably you
know better than do whether hers is.~
That was just what | did not know,
but II had known | should have kept
my knowledge to myself. Idon't think
that in any case ! should have been
bound TO take Granville further into my
confidence, and every one will allow that
was not 80 bound after the unmistaka-
ble manner in which he hnd shown me
that the rapture Of our engagement was
o matter Of absolute unconcern to him
did not love him, and ! was relieved to
discover that he did not love Ine: yet
imagine that no woman living would
feel snch discovery to be otherwise
than unaattcnng.
Under all the circumstances ! was not
sorry to hear that his duty to his party
and his country wOuld compel him to he
In the house Of commons that night, nor
did ! contradict him when he consider.
Ately added that his enforced departure
would probably spare me some embar.
rassinent Before he went away he was
so kind as to say that ! should always
retain his friendship and his best wishes.
So we parted upon amicable terms. and
! gathered that II was glad to he rid
OF him, he was at least equally glad to
be rid Of me- The truth Is that we had
never had anything in the world in com
mon
Mr.. LongReld, presume. heard OF my
6ancrs flying visit from Mra Robertson
That good soul had become greatly at
tached TO the young man. She had seen
rs together. and no doubt she was anx.
ious to prevent any possible misconcep.
tiOn on his part. did not tell her that
had thrown Granville over, nor did I
think it necessary to impart that infor-
nation to my guest. who. in the course
Of the evening. found an opportunity Of
saying:
Mr.. Maitland was here today, I am
told. am sorry didn't see him. |
should have liked to see him"
II don't think you wOuld. answered.
"He isn't much to look at. and rs q con-
versationist he cannot be called brill.
liant He had no news to give me, except
that q certain Sir Edward sutton Ia dead.
He seemed to think that would interest
me: but. as have never had the pleas
ure Of meeting Sir Edward Sutton, 1t
didn't
Well, Of course ! was watching him
narrowly while ! spoke. and Of course
noticed how the color rushed into his
pale cheeks He told ME. In q rather
unsteady voice. that ho had known Lady
Sutton all his life. and believe he went
90 far ~ to add that he was sorry to hear
Of her bereavement He changed the
subject with suspicious haste. but that
be had not put II away from his mind
was proved by the irrelevant replies
which he returned to each successive OBJ
servation that I laboriOusly made until
It WIS time for him to go to bed When
wished him good night he rlade me a
little formal speech in whi,h | was
thanked for my great kindness and hos
pitality. and assured me that he could not
remain much longer ~ u burden upon
my hands. He hoped that In few days
he would be strong enough to travel up
TO London, wliere he had some business
to transact. Did |. he inquired. happen
30 know whether Sir Edward Sutton had
died in London? Because. II 80. he
A.