Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-12

With him. They have been engaged -four yesrs
but her mothers delicate health has prevented
. their marriage. Their trip abroad sem. %
have done her great deal OF good. 20 suppose
they won't be separated much longer."
The letter dropped from Dorothy. hand.
what did Il mean Why had no one told herr
Her mother spoke a. though IL were q we'll
known fact Had they al thought she knew
Had he thought she knew when he told hor
that be loved her Insi one week agoy' A feeling
Of bitter anger filed her heart But no. she
eouidn believe that. And the loved him sot
even nov IL Was hard 60 think % giving him
up. Must she do az All night long she argued
with herself. till worn out. toward morning she
fell into troubled sleep.
sunday morning dAwned bright ana clear,
ard when Dorothy OPENED her ewes she woa.
cered Tor minute What IL was that pressed 20
heavily uron her heart. but she soon rcrnem-
eered and the wear, struggle began rg-ia. On
Their way to church Mrs Malcolm rcmark.d on
Der pale FACE, hut she said tru;hfully that shs
had headache
quieter feeling stole over her a. she entered
th' oimly lighted church and the notes ~ the
professional HYMN broke upoa her ear
| i6- Son - ood soc- forth 20 war.
M bis,l rc ,i' s5n n, Apc.m. as.r:
20 follows "a ~. trainf
| W N h--t oan frink his '-up 4 noe.
WI. al .,' 1's , ~ Z am .5,... ,,o
lie fo.l, ~ Ia III train
She tried 20 follow the drawers. though IL we
hard % Keep her mind from wandcftus. IN,
when the clefgymen entered the pulpit A. A
gave out the text, IL Hny man would come
after Ne. let him DENY him-elf and take nm bis
cross daily and follow Ne" she listened at
tentivclv. II wasa sermon on self-sa,rifica
and when II was finished norothy had made /, I,
Der mIHd Nha; e. DO N.s she would rlvc n !,
up. hard rs IL Perhaps this was the ,,ro.s
she sac a. bca;. After the Lc,icaiciiou. ulile
iLc 81 aite-rohod chCristcIs we're filing out
lfOFnfnk on NnsH nHrA a =
strength to carry cat her resolution.
Dougars Was expected back in the afternoon
ana she had promised 20 meet him in the r,atk
by the river Tho sun was casting long shadows
over TIE green grass scattered with Wither,d
leaves. when h. came upon her learing against
the trunk q an Old oak lie would have taken
her IN has arms. bat rhe sh-ank aNav He
looked al her Tor "A MON Mt and something An
her pale face startled him.
'Poro,hy. what is tho ma;tc-?"
oh. Douglas" she criod, why did YOU do
n-Why did Noa make nae love vouY"
In an instant II flashed over him what she
meant;
q did /, because love Won Dorothy. and I
would 10 il Cgain. ! cauro' live without Won .
And the other girl Douglass Won loved hef
too. and you promised 90 marry her Think
OF her; you mus; not think OF me any more:
you must give me mp and am going home to-
morrow She spike rapidly as II afraid hef
courage would fan her
Dorothy. cannot 4"
You must she answered. 1T is the oulv
honorable thing 20 do. I coUh mover marry
you nov; | should always feel that had robbed
her. Douglass, don't Try 90 persuade me. don Q
make il any harder than IL e." She turned her
face beseechingly 10 his, and her blne eyes were
full OF tears.
Dorothy, can You ever forgive neg neves
can forgive myself
'les. Douglass. ! have forgiven YOU" AMI
turning away She lefi linn standing there alone.
In after years people wondered Why Doroth '
Clenconin, with all her loycliuoss ~ lace and
character, never married. b.; Douglass NAL
colin knew. and il always maTred the happiness
| which in a measure he derived from the love Of
his wife and children. For he bod boon true "a
his word and no one ever suspected that any.
| thing had ever come between them
By NJ O. r.