Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-26

require this, but softly turned the key IN
| the lock. and then quietly opened the door,
| and the cold night air at once instantly
| rushed in. d
sI will 90 at once" whispered Miriams
"stay behind the door, Ford, and keep 1t
closed until return, " and the next moments
she had passed out into the darkness
1t was starlight night, frosty and keen,
and half-moon was shedding faint
| plimmer on the scene as Miriam passed
| swiftly on. A somewhat neglected gardens
for the season was late, lay at the back OF
the commandant's house, and through this
Miriam passed swiftly, until she came 70
| the ratings that inclosed 1t, and as she did
| so she drew nearer and nearer to the sea.
| The commandant's house stood on what IN
| Newbrough- the-Sea was called the west
| rampant, below which the waves broke on
| the rocky cliffs, and earthworks with em-
| brasures, in which heavy guns wero
mounted, guarded the steep and dangerous
coast.
Between the earthvorks and the CONF
mandant's garden there was roadway, and
| Miriam having opened the garden gate
found herself on this Then she paused and
looked timidly round, and As she did so q
figure seemed to glide out of the semi
cloak, and moment later she heard hsH
name.
'Miriam?''
"Yes; ohI Hugh, dear Hugh? she whiss
pered, holding out both her hands.
The man she called "Hugh" took thems
gazed down into her face with eager eyes
and then drew her passionately to his breasd
and kissed her lips.
"Once more" he murmured, 'once mora.
Miriam.''
She made no attempt to draw herself from
hiq attau.pt to tnrn har faaA aUavd
from his kisses. She raised her dark eyed
to his full of love and pain, and for some
moments neither of them spoke another
word.
SIT is good for you to come" at last said
Hugh Ferrrss. "More than ever hoped
for"
II came to warn you, Hugh" an sw cred
Miriam, still in his arms
''To warn me?" he asked.
'Yes, Hugh, you must go from here; gq
at any cost In a few weeks General Con-l
ray will be coming here and Miriam
shivered; sand you must not be here when;
he comes
"Where can I 60? How can I go?''
answered Hugh Ferrars with a sudden
bitterness in his tone.
''You must buy your discharge, Hugh,
and leave the country; nothing else is safe.
I-I-nearly died when saw you here"
1k was uO CLOlc0 VI ulu6, anu Dut LOT
that accident on the sands you should never
have seen me. When 1 enlisted expected
the regiment was going TO India, and had
either to enlist or blow out my brains
"Hush! hush! dear Hugh" and she clung
to him fondly; "do not make things worse;
do not make them more miserable than they
are by talking thus. But you must not run
the risk of seeing General Conray."
"Did he suspect me then?"
"He told Joan he suspected you-Ohk
Hugh, what I have gone through-God only
knows what have gone throughp' And
Miriam's head fell upon his breast, and
tears. rushed into her eyes, and one fell
upon his hand.
"Dear, dear Miriam he said, drawing
her closer, sit was hard on you-too hard,
too cruel"
II have tried to bear it," wept Miriam;
''tried for your sake-for Joan's sake-buH
it has been very bitter, very TERRIBLE
II was cursed fool ever to suspect you,'
said Hugh Ferrars, darkly. "But Mrs. Com
ray held herself so high L never dreamed of
such thing-and L was mad with rage;
mad to think you were false, and he doubly
false
"Oh! do not speak of it" and again
Miriam shivered; ''but, Hugh, you must 90.
away from here-I will find the money to
buy your discharge, and you must go out of
England; go to Australia, anywhere-but 10
is not safe for you to be here. knew you
again in a moment, and others might know
you tool will give you the money, how
ever much it may cost"