Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-04-07

ling her cheeks and the telltale, down
cast eyes scarce daring to raise their
lids.
Harry"
'.Wanda.''
Yet not one word of the burning love
cac'. bore for the other. Harry Eve
sham 200 proud to claim the girls affec-
ton till his prospects were more as
sured-she. trembling lest she should
betray her fondness, for she felt that it
was almost criminal to even love the
son of her benefactress in secret. Thus,
these too, after Il long parting met once
more, neither knowing what the other
suffered. and each for the other resolved
for the sacrifice.
They strolled down the sandy lane
arm in arm sandy, ! say, for though
the snow lay like white sheet on all
the rest Of the surface of the country,
there was always bare spot near the
school house; and, for that very reason
TIE children hurried away to more
favored localities, and the road was de-
serted.
do not know that the weather was
particularly charming that afternoon
in fact | believe disagrceablc east
wind was biowing-but to this infatu-
ated young couple it seemed as if they
were drinking into their lungs the
balmy breath Of the ITesperides.
This is the last stroll we shall have
together for many a day, WaDda--I am
going abroad"
"Abroad.' Wanda says, with fool
ish trembling.
Yes, and for your sake"
s'For mine-impossible."
at is strange, is il not? But none the
less true. You see Mr.. Hardcastlc and
I have been on more familiar terms
than men in our relative positions
usually are, and in the course of our
talks have told him your history"
''Oh, Harry"
eyes, dear. and he-likc the big
hearted, glorious fc!lo;v he is-has set
his r.iad On unravrling the mystery
which surrounds your birth"
mir. Hardcastle has done this?'
''Oh, you must not he surprised. ]
think nc saw how interested | was
about everything that concerned you,
and"
500, on. Harry"
"And, g,ell, perhaps partly for my
sake. he has determined to ferret out
everything; and, with this view, is send
ing me to England to play detective"
How good, how kind" Tears we're
in her voice.
SIS ne not? So, my dear, You see we
must not taste the moments. | have
really core down here to gather all
possible details Of your carly life. Try
hard. Wanda, and think of anything
that might be useful to me"
II know what you mean-you want
me to remember scenes and circum-
stances prior to my arrival in New
York
Exactly"
And that / cannot do. for oh, how
often have l racked my brain 10 conjurc
mp the past. You see, was such lit
tie thing"
still" Harry urged, you were old
enough to have impressions, and have
read in books that the incidents of child
hood. though for years forgotten, will
suddenly flash on the memory if some
associating circumstance presents it
SELF
''Ah, that is strange, Harry, and in
duces me to tell you of an occurrence
which happened the other day"
Say or, and remember that in case
like this nothing is too insignificant"
''Wen. then, poor Mr.. Arundel was at
his worst. and that executive servant of
his. old Bladon, was standing at the top
of the stairs watching the doctor de-
scend. for he had just left the sick mans
chamber and he shook his fist 1T the
retreating figure of the medical man
and muttercd: 'Nowt but book learnin'.
and precious little o that, should say
Oh, for twcnty-four hours of Nurse
Marty and her herbs" Nurse Marty.
The words sounded SO familiar thatI
knew they struck a chord in my memory,
and sat In my. chamber and thought. |
Suddenly it seemed TO me as though / |
saw a vision of a woman's face-a sweet, |
sad face, which smiled on me-the face |
of an elderly woman, Harry. who yet |
did not look old, for all her snow-white t
hair and furrowed forehead. But the |
most extraordinary thing about her APP
pearance was patch of black silk she
wore over her left eye. 1t was very alb
surd of me to conjure up such an appar-
ition, but
''No, no, I am convinced it was
Renaissance" Harry interposed. But
had You no other day-dreamse