San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-07
make an end OF the matter.

make an end or the matter.
yes" she said, nervously, and some
what louie than usual, II will hear you,
Sir. St. john
She sat down, and he placed himself be-
side her.
"Of course you know what I am going
to say. You knOw-yOu must know-that
loved you from the first hour we met, and
that although in justice to you made the
unselfish effort to recommend your marry
ing Waring. when poor Mrs. Newburgh
met with such losses, l do not suppose you
can form an idea of what it cost me to
make such II sacrificew
81 am sorry TO have caused you pain"
said Mona in a low, clear tone. ~ am
sure your advice was disinterested."
at was indeed. | confess was surpris-
ed at the worldly tact with which you
adopted my suggestion"
al was carefully brought up in a good
school," said Mona, demurely.
mo school on earth could have given
you the indescribable charm nature has
bestowedr' cried Lisle, passiOnately. "I
never loved any woman as | love you'll
Mona, do hear me! Cast away this cold
sweetness, that is enough to madden any
man. Give me your love, give me right
to itp' He seized and kissed her hand,
which she Withdrew. "There was q time
when your hand trembled in mine, and"
MY nerves are much steadier now" she
said, calmly. at is treachery to let you
say more, when have nothing to give in
return, and it pains me infinitely TO pain
you, but cannot be your wife,.
"Then there is some Internal mystery at
the bottom of it. First you throw Waring
over in the most unaCcountable manner;
now you reject me! You prefer the awful
seclusion of this wild place, the society of
these uneducated plowmen, to the world my
wife could command? Mona, you cannot
be indifferent to such passionate love as
mine, unless you love someone else"
"That does not follow, she returned,
uneasily, and very anxious to get rid of
HIM.
"Who IS it," persisted Isle, who was
raging with modification and disappoint-
| ment. Can it be that the hero of the re-
jected addresses has found favor in your
eyes after ALA great overgrOwn school
boy, who is weak enough to let himself be
robbed and plundered by professed game
sters and designing promoters, and then
skulks off to hide himself in the Willis of
California, like other defeated desperadoes.
Your first instinct was right, when you re-
jected man who was unfit to be your pro-
tector."
Stop" cried Mona, moved by sudden
generous impulse to do justice to the man
she loved Your Judgment was right.
My instinct, if it was instinct, was wrong.
Mr.. Warning deserved my love, and he has
it! You are again right. you see. He has
shaken off the early feeling which made
him so eager TO throw himself between me
and the ruggedness Of poverty, and have
/ learned to know him when it is too late!
! Your confession deserves confidence on my
! part feel can trust my secret to the
! loyalty of gentleman; and though ! am
not the woman to throw myself at the feet
of one who is Indifferent to me, as Leslie
/ Warning is now, | am not ashamed to own
that he has my gratitude, my respect. my
heart, and in it there is no room for an
| other"
The tone in which she uttered these
words, the indescribable dignity and ten
derness of her air. of the slight gesture of
the hand with which she emphasized her
speech-tOuched and slenced Lisle.
You are an extraordinary girl" he said
at length; "and If WarinG does not love
you Il suppose you must know, it seems
incredible Well, if he does not, do not
despair. You are worth winning l will
not trespass on you any longer; but l will
not say good-bye-I shall seek you again
when the sea rolls between you and the
most unlucky dog have ever known or
heard of. To be loved by you, and not 10
know it. What irony of fate For the
present-sweetest and most provoking of
women-farewell."