Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-01-16

81 TELL you Nov'
into Miss Cazalet's pale blue eyes hardly to
be admired She has been overthrown in
public favor by this her foe.
"You have triumphe1 TO ~ in this
matter" sic says in a soft tone looking
with n smile into Norah's large, dark eyes.
cit is sign, you think, an indication that
you viii triumph always! But tel you
no.
The delicate flush dies ont Of Norah's
ch2eis She grows very pale. 1t is i'm
20 sible 10 misunderstood wAat has been
sa d, what has been meant Has this girl
wi O towers above her like her evil gem
Jus, white and fair though she be-can she
have guessed her cruel secret; has she pierced
into her soul and read there the love tsa..
was reared in pain, and yet thrives with a
vigor that deies all hope OF death This
sudden fear b anches her cheek, but through
il all runs horror of the coarseness that
has permitted such words to lie spoken.
always to triumph Nc" she 81 s
co,dly, AMI with admirable self oss cssion.
''Ihat is given to few, TO none perhaps.
And there are days, | confess, when my
serving is a very lauentable failure"
Miss Cazalet, | think Madam Delaney
wants you-if might he permitted says
Sir Bra drum at this instant, who general
ly spoke in half sentences.
katherine moves away with him, that
curious light stll within her eyes, and
Norah feeling tired dispritei, heartsick,
turns round and walks aimlessly in the
other direction.
In the center Of the path she has chosen
she sees Denis and as he moves a little TO
one side to let her pass he looks full at her
with a kindly smile. II she sees it she
makes no response TO il. and only ac-
knowledges his presence by little faint
bow Then she has passed him. And then
second later she knows he is beside her,
bending down little as if trying to look
into her face.
MAY we not be friends my little cousin"
asks he, gently. She can see that he is
pale, and that there is n great WEAKNESS in
his miserable eyes.
''Friends! Why, that we arc surely"
replies she, her glance upon the ground,
after that one swift upward look that is
now hurting him so fiercely.
81 think not. fear not Everything"
sadly, us so changed At home, there, in
Bally hinch, where first we met, you were
so different
'Ah, there l was in my fathers house."
with desperate effect at serenity. 9Th IN
1t behooved mo to be civil TO my fathers
guest. The words fall from her like
stones. Oh, why must they lie saidl Wnas
evil fate HIS thrust this burden on her.
But pride, pride-what is it woman will
not sacrifice for that
What DO you wish me to understand"
asked he, growing, if possible, shad,
paler. That all those sweet days were
mere wearying of the flesh to your That
you suife-.d M, indeed, but that no hone {
g. r f..,.. 4. l.
feeling" holly, 'too which l would have
sworn-ever existed in your breast. Norah!
Is that the truth? Is that your meaning"
Take it as you WILL" says she icly,
although her lips are trembling. "You
should not have asked the question.
They had stopped in tho center OF q
grass plot rather deserted at the moment,
and now she looks restlessly past him, and
from side TO side, as if seeking mutely q
way Of escape.
~ trouble you, You would leave me-"
he says, unutterahle despair in his tone. AS
he speaks he moves little TO one side, Us
though to let her pass.
"No, no. You must not think that
murmurs she family. She lifts her ga to
his, and he can see that. all at once a. it
were, the comtative look hos gone from
her eyes Riyen as lie is with counter
emotions he can see that.
''Norahr - he excla ms, in a low piercing
tone catching her hand
And then IL is all over, and nothing is
let him but the remembrance Of the
frown TIE passionately contemptuous
glance of those gray eyes--the naughty
curl OF the lips. She is half way across tie
lawn now, moving qui ky, as if n little
frightened, t. where Kilgarritf is standing.
There is something in her whole air that
seems 10 Delaney standing there white,
angry stricken, suggestive of desire for
help for protection! To protect her from
him! In that lies the sting-the bitterness
1T. And TO 60 10 kilga riff of all nenl
What, after all, if that old friendship was
ripening into something warmer, if-even
as she had refused him-the divine spark
that lies in every heart had broken into
flame? How often docs q foolish child,
frightened, puzzled, ly some strange, new
exIeiience answer at random, scarce know
ing its own mind!
And yet---and yet-how could he forget
Once again she stands upon the stepping
stones-once again she sways and tremb,es
and once again-alas Mas! for the
mouInful sweetness Of past moment never
TO be known again-she is within his arms.
She lies upon his breast: willingly, he feels
beats And then the pretty head thrown
back, the eyes-such overlooking with
that swift, shy rapture into his. 1t is
momentary glance indeed-a fash. But,
OH what a world Of tender love it holds!
Yes, she loves him. That one sweet
glance has betrayed her. Though twenty
thousand demons yelled the contrary in his
ear he would not believe it So far q
building could hold within no blot, no
falsity. A thrill Of passionate joyousness
strikes him, as memory holds him captive
at her will; and then all at once she releases
him, and the present stands cold and LEAK
before him, without hope or chance OF
ESCAPE from the thrallacm into which he
has sold himself rot knowing; there is
Norah little way OF, smiling into Kill
garrifs face, a touch OF positive relief on
her lovely face. He feels stunned, inant
mate. How can he go on like this