The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-05-31

a. Is. aNe Sum oled eyer aaa fell To tao
no9r, striking her he;.d Vii, co,, III ~
Aole IoSee againss d small center ta1,ia'
N1saone bound Geoifrey was h. ~
sias. and lifting her IN lis a, - 'i -
cried: = ~ arms no
Ny darlingi my darlingt tell me Won
arc nor nurt. Speak to mo, Lucille. nv
ae.3fes5, tell me you are not hurtn His
VOICE was hoarse with emotion. and hot
Kisses fell upon the girls brow no he
pressed her to his breast fo.gattirsy
Emily, honor, everything. bnt that he
loved this little goyerness op he sists, -
stop, cried Lucille, when she could
speak rom aInazement and excitement:
ana sile freed herself from his embrace
How care you speak SO to me. aeof-
frey Wayne, when at this moment Won
are engaged to anotlergv
you know of my engagement. then2
But IT matters not how You have learned
q Il, for it is true. But as Heaven hears
me, love you only, and wish with all
sincerity that my hand could follow nv
heart ~
Lucille staggered back against the
wall, and dropped her head in her
haaas. One instant she stood TINS. and
n tnat instant tho knowledge came to
ner shat she loved this man who was to
DC her sisters husband. Oh, what a
cruel wrong she had done Emily. She
ralsed her face and looked at Geofrey
through her tears, SO haggard, SO wild,
that he was startled at the change in
her countenance, and then fed from the
room like frightened deer.
They did not meet again Until the next
day, and then both were calm, and
avoided being left alone together.
Emily wrote to Lucille, thinking her
stlll at Barristown, urging her to return
home to act as bridesmaid at her we'd
ling, but Lucille wrote that she could
not, and Emily was forced to be salts
lied without any explanation of why it
xas not possible for her only sister to be
with her on an occasion Of 50 much inn
portance.
October in all its red and golden beau
ty came only too soon for Godfrey, who
would willingly have deferred his we'd
ling had it been possible. But it had
been arranged to take place on the 10th
Of the month, and on the 8th he left
Wildwood Park, unaccompanied by any
one, for Mrs. Lamotte, much to her
grief, could not leave home on account
of the illness of her youngest child. And
she was faithful mother, even though
silly woman She was greatly re-
ioiced that Godfrey was to marry so
well, and talked Of nothing but the
wedding from morning till night, until
it was almost q relief to Geofrey when
the 8th of the month came, and the day
when he could leave the Park.
On the evening of the 10th Lucille
wens alone to the little arbor at the foot
of tho garden, and throwing herself
upon a seat, leaned her head down on
the little rustic table, and gave her
mind up to painful thoughts and memo
RES As she recalled Geoffrey's avowa1 Of
love. and pictured the scene in which
be was even now indulging, the wedding
display and the beauty Of the happy
bride, her tears fell fast, and sobs shook
her slender frame. A tempest of regret
was sweeping over her. and she could
not, cared not to, stay it.
Lucille" said a grave, manly voice,
Lucille, my love, my darling, look up,
and tell me if you really care SO much
for me as to weep like this
Lucille started to her feet, bewildered
as she saw that it was GeofTrey who
spoke, Godfrey who stood before her,
his face illuminated BY love.
"EInilyi'' she gasped. 'sWhere is EN-
ily9'
"She gave me my freedom, Lucille,
was the reply, in a low, almost sad
tone. "She cared not that we were to
be married this evening. She eloped
last night with the Count Lazano, whose
aunt died barely four days since, leaving
him handsome fortune"
eOh, my sister, my sisterr groaned
Lucille, covering her face with her
hands, and sobbing more violently than
before.
s.Your sisterF" repeated Godfrey.
"You do not mean" -
81 mean that ] am not the poor gov
erness you thought me, but Lucille Dam
vers Barstow.
ssWhat wonderful talei quite ro-
manticl But, Lucille, | must kiss you
once more to see if you are really before
me, that am not dreaming
A sudden cracking in the bushes about
the arbor prevented Godfrey from carry
ing out his intention. and Mrs. Lamotte.
purple with rage, appeared before the
lovers.
"A second Miss Garfeldr' cried the
widow in shrill voice. SO the homely
as well as the pretty governesses inveigle
my brother into making love to them !
thought better of you, Miss Danvers; as
for you, Geofrey, believe you would
make love to any gill;
s.Stop, JannetteF cried Geoifrey whose
indignation had prevented his checking
his sisters TRADE before. Stop, Jam
nctte; You do not know Of whom you are
speaking. Let me explain why Miss
Danyers came here and who she IS.
He then gave brief explanation OF
why Lucille had become q goyerness,
and told her relation to Emily
Mrs. La1notte would hardly credit her
ears, and almost tainted from surprise.
But when Geoffrey had finished his
story shc no longer upbraided him or
opposed his love, but offered her con-
gratulations effusivelY, shoping Geoftrey
would succeed in getting married tno
next time he invited her 70 ms we'd
ding"
And he did succeed, for SIX months