Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-23

pph Z you tDink iNo tuTnlSDeu enough
amusement for your people to~day2"
The Colonel dismissed the event OF the
afternoon with light laugh. pooh. !"
he SAID. you're too sensitive" lie did
not pau.c 90 notice that DICKS determine
ton gave him no regret: but Dick WAS
dimiY conscious OF pang NJ his fathers
uncOncern. Ho was not pressed to go and
he had not 20 gropc in the dark for a rca.
son. On a sudden and for the first time a
draft Of cold MIR seemed to pass between
them. The chill intensified later when
they parted on the piazza.
" suppose I'll find YOU up when | got
back" said tho Colonel.
daresay,' answered Dick.
1t is needless 20 tell tho axperienced
how Dick felt that afternoon. He no
longer tried 20 disguise the truth from
himself. hut big emotions were too con
fused and conflicting 70 permit him 10
dwell upon Thorn.
Presently, as To wandered nimlo.s,v
abont. they crvstalized into despair n
sickening depression settled about his
heart; with closed lips he felt the RISING
s0bs shaking and choking him. He knew
he was unnamed aud very discreetly he
He'd 90 his room.
Once there he turned the kew. stood
irrcsoluieiv Tor IN instant, and tnen step
ped before tho mirror. Ife felt ashamed
WHOM he confronted that reflection Of h.s
brown and boSi-h face. Somehow he had
expected at tins moment to see II dawn
with pam and crossed, perhaps. with tho
ines ot Al awful anguish. Il il not
too much 10 say that he oxpected
70 500 the marks that current fc-
ton bed prepared him for. 10 was
disappointed; thore wa, not q sign
IA thr happy faco before him Of tho raw
ggos OK despair. He doubted his exneri
once. II he had passei through the fire
why was that smile chi.cled on his hpsY
lie drew down the corners OF In. mouth
md i-ownci. but evon then the image IN
the glass refused 70 he. There WAS no
thing piiful IN this. bit comical II Ger.
taluly wa. S'raightway tho muscles re-
belic0 and had their will The features
relaxed and settled again into that hateful.
healthy smile. Dlck fung himself with
mild cab upon the bed aud stirred
laughnrlT, a. tho ceiling. tut If the
anguish was not IN lass face surely h. fel,
d. Do b. -Xt ms an a pnawiug az his heart
10 wac not itr. on, n ha ha her IN hrs
arms IHe hood streamed 20 his head NJ
the bot wish lie sat up end stared into
the glass again. IT, g time Ito brown II
ms ia-a was ~ soured by the .arlat flush.
and at thought ~ 'hr cause OF 10 his eyes
suark.cd AID tho color Geepencl until his
CHECKS tlnglod and he walked NJ If in \
vertigo 10 the window. 4 sim. MOST
breeze blow IN from the sea, bathing hi-
burning Taco and touching his tLrobbng
temples like osisam.
AT his aye. of al others. tears como with
least ease and grace. Only maturity brings
o sense Of their dignity; and u Dick felt
a qu.vering ~ his lips an choking IN
tis breast ne stiheued himself in alarm
and glanced hastily round. This soma.
ton WIS tho strongest ~ All. lie had not
cried for many years. Vaguely he recalled
Coihn, Oar. waxcn face: m easer leap
anu ouis'ro;cAng If BIS hands, and then
IN passion of tears struggle
IN his nurses arms from tho pres
encc ot his mothers cay. Perhaps IL
was this romnfer memory now, as much as
tae more vivid one of GHil, that ret him
Suddenly 20 swail,wing hard and fierce.
lie contracted lis DrOws and stood there
with leg apart and hands thrust decpiuto
h~poc tots. staring hlndlv into tire deepen
lug shadow OF re quadrangle. When the
INST lifted and fell from his lashes in two
salt drops De- swept "a hand across his face
with sob. AID could have fallen biubbcT-
Ing - The floor. Jl-tthen a noddiug head
al ON" a. Che windows IN face If HIM Ar
rested his blurred vision. and ho saw the
snll :, .aucy face of Corinne.
Don't serenade Ine yet" she murmured
in mock pleading. ITS too early Others
VIII hear.
though shocked, Dicks recovery was
quick and complete. Only his broken voice
betrayed him. aud ibis no wisely trusted
with but word or two.
join me on the porch for chat" he
urged.
Corinne nodded and disappeared
Cod water was Dick fountain of youth
| he turned the spicot and let il pour upon
his head until hIs neck revolted. Then ne
hurried from the hotel and walked IN th'
Tapidly-cooling air among the pines by the
/ lake.
J. was very still and peaceful there. The
water lay ilke pol she'd steel IN the gather
ing gloom. pleasure boat splashins by
would leave the surface no longer placid
| but confusing 10 the eye. with myrlac
! flashes of reelected lights, and the shadow
/ of tic sllm bolcs on tie Ofros.n. ehnt'
would wrgg'e wildly like impossible ser
/ peuts. When al last he came back &
| C0riune there was no sign on his rudy
| face of the crisis through which he hsc
| passed.
II was not % pleasant evening for either
Of them. Dick seemed stupid TO COrinne
and Corlnno. not without knowing 1t. .pu
th" poor boy on the racA. Sne talked o
nothing hui Gail-Gail and the Colonel.
She found the lalr highly amusing
You do got a. g, young man." sad she
"wGst an eligible pnfi your papa "a. il'
may not he So tail or sooc-iooAirg or ever
SEQ clever "a ia son. but no has profes
sioual position. money, and social lniu
euce. Noici. Gail Is girl OF sense. 1Ot
must not Do jealous OF the Colonel
After this Dick caught the sense OF no
thing size said. Her pr4tfle only rrliatc,
him. He pleaded the eject OF the day 3
mi-aGventure and sought his bed.
st first Il seemed too absurd and impos-
eiL'e for a moments consideration. deal
Ous of his father
Dick put il to himself 10 this way for thu
first time. and tie settlement sounded s.
drol that II lost all meaning 90 him. II
could not ereal 1t was hls IMAGINATION
which. he had now become sufficiently IN
Prospective TO perceive. had grown ANA
giurlv luxurl4nt ia the past few hours. -
he dismissed thisevii h0ught with shud
der and said 60 himself that. at least. h'
was houelcssly in love. But the stuoOOri
fact would not down. Plainly, his iathel
cared "a much f3r GMl rs did lie. am
Gail-Le twisted his hot face deep lnt'
the bolster aud groanei.
There was I'D doubt about Gail. MAYBE
she looked uIon HIM as boy maybe sh'
io'.cd about his $40 ard youth 10 IL
ia,her. rs had C0rinne: maybe 10 q pro
no.ql If marriage from the Colonel she has
opposed tho embarrassment Of such Al
e,regious siepson. And well she mlght
Dlck. lying there, painting anu confuse :
lad fetorish thong Is of tins awful posi-
billy. But il could not be. God woul,'
not permit il. she. his stepmotbcr! Boil
up-ight IN bed he called upon God witt
fears IN his voice. laying tbs must not he
Then ne grew calmor. HIS fertile bran
fatigued with i,s mischievous fancle
luued. and the salt air tanning. bls fac
bore incOhereut messages from the moor
Az hour later he WAS dreaming. 80 decpll
fhst a light. swift shiyer Of ms LIMBS wa
'he onlv RESPONSE he gave TO the smar
knock at the door. Dick" SAID the COZ
onel eoftly. looking in; but tho Toy oi,
not s,ir. He lay sUpne n the ghostN
-oonlight. his long. straight BODY cas-
ohhalely across tho bed. Colonel DensloV
wss startled and felt faint until bendlp!
forward his strainIng ears caught th
sound Of regular breathing.
"Oc.r boy" lie murmured, casting
crumpied sheet across Dicks bare legs.
Aud the Colonel az "a long time on ~
own couch cutangled III threads OF lghtes
faucy. but tar from dreaming, as he iei
a,.ay IL last TO sleep. that DICK at tba
moment was tortured and wriihlng on TN
cher s.dc OF the partition. There the'