Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-20

! weather was always sunny when visit be-
gan. No matter how much it might cloud
up later, it always began with a clear sky.
He couldn't explain this curious fact to
himself, he merely knew it to be fact.
The truth of the matter was, that by the
time Tracy had been out of Sally's sight
six hours she was go famishing for sight
of him that her doubts and suspicious
were all consumed away in the fire of that
longing, and so always she came into his
presence as surprisingly radiant and joyous
as she wasn't when. she went out of it.
In circumstances like these q growing
portrait runs a good many risks. The por-
trait of Sellers, by Tracy, was fighting
along, day bv day, through this mixed
weather, and daily adding to itself in
eradicable signs of the checkered life it was
leading. 1t was the happiest portrait, in
spots, that was ever seen; but in other spots
a damned soul looked out from it; soul
that was suffering all the different kinds of
distress there are, from stomach ache to
rabies. But Sellers liked it. He said it
was just himself all over-a portrait that
sweated moods from every pore, and no two
moods alike. He said he had as many differ
ent kinds of emotions In him as Jug
1t was a kind of a deadly work Of art,
maybe, but it was q starchy picture for show;
for it was life size, full length, and repre-
sented the American earl in peers scarlet
robe, with the three ermine bars Indicative
of an earl's rank. and on the gray head an
earPs eoronet, tilted just wee bit to one
side in a most gallus and winsome way.
When Sally's weather was sunny, the per-
trait made Tracy chuckle; but when her
weather was overcast, it disordered his mind
and stopped the circulation Of his blood
Late one night, when the sweethearts had
been having iawless visit together, ,Sallys
interior devil began to work his speciality,
and soon the conversation was drifting
toward the customary rock. Presently, In
felt shudder which he knew was not his
shudder, but exterior to his breast although
Immediately against it. After the shudder
came sobs; Sally was crying.
"Oh, my darling, what have done, what
have 1 said? 1t has happened again! What
have done to wound you?"
She disengaged herself from his arms,
and gave him look of deep reproach
'What have you done? L will tell you
what you have done. You have unwitting-
1v revealed, OH for the twentieth time,
though could not believe it, would not be-
1ieve it, that it is not me you love, but that
foolish sham, my fathers imitation earl
dom. and you have broken my hearth
''On, my cn1lQ, WnaL are you sdyluyt l
never dreamed OF such a th1ngp
'Oh, Howard, Howard, the things you
have uttered when you were forgetting to
guard your tongue have betrayed you"
'sThings 1 have uttered when was for
getting to guard my tongue? These are
hard words When have L remembered to
guard it? Never in one instance. 1t has
no office but to speak the truth. 1t needs
no guarding for that.
ssHoward, have noted your words and
weighed them, when you were not thinking
of their signifcance-and they have told me
more than you meant they should.
'sDo you mean to say you have answered
the trust had in you by using it as an anu
buscade from which you could set snares
for my unsuspecting tongue and be safe
from detection while you did it? You have
not done this-surely you have not done
this thing. Oh, ones enemy could not do
it,"
This was an aspect of the girls conduct
which she had not clearly perceived before.
Was it treachery? Had she abused trust?
The thought crimsoned her cheeks with
shame and remorse.
ooh, forgive me-" she said, 81 did not know
L was doing. have been so tortured
you will forgive me, you must; have
suffered so much, and 1 am so sorry and 50
humble; you do forgive me, don't you
ion't turn away, don't refuse me; it is only
ny love that is at fault, and love you,
owe you with all my heart; couldn't bear
Ooh, dear. dear, am so miserable, and
never meant any harm, and didn't see
where this insanity was carrying me, and
low it was wronging andabusing the dearest
leart in all the world to ome-and-and-oh,
axe me in yonr arms again, 1have no other
efuge, no other home and hope"
There was reconciliation again-imme-
late, perfect, allembracing-and with it
liter happiness This would have been
,ood time to adjourn. But no, now that the
was revealed ut last; now that
! was manifest that all the sour weather
,ad. come from this girls dread that Tracy
ras lured by her rank and not herself, he
esolyed to Law that ghost immediately and
BY furnishing the best possible
roof that he couldn't have had back of him
! any time the suspected motive. So he
aid:
ssLet me whisper a little secret in your
ara secret which have kept shut up in
nv breast all this time Your rank couldn't
yer have been an entieement am son
nd heir to an English earlP
The girl stared at him one, two, three
1oments, maybe . dozen, then her Lips
arted:
"You," she said, and moved away from
i'm, still gazing at him in kind of blank
mazement
sWhv-why, certainly am. Why do
on act like this? What have Idone now?'s
seWhat have you done? You have GER
sinly made most strange statement You
lust see that yourself"
swell, " with timid fittle laugh, st