The morning call., 1892-02-03

At this iuncture Mr. Dale became more
! agiated than ever. He stood still upon the
| pathway, saying in pitiable confusion:
| q trust--I tTust-that nothing L may
! say-nOthing l may do in the future, may
! interrupt a friendship which has been SO
| precious to me, and which, even though L
may leave NaTby, will be cherished In re-
membrance. ] had something to say, MISS
! ThelOn-s0mething to cOnfde TO y0u-but-
| but | Will write it. Farewell, now, for the
mament | shall thlak once more what Is
| best to be done"
''Stay stay mOmentP' murmured Miss
Thellun, and In great agitation she unfOlded
| the paper she held in her hand, her eyes
coming straight on some words Scrawled on
| the bottom OF the page:
Expect ME Thursday at 8 o'clock
! Yours. J.. LiltOn."
Miss Thellon stared at the words as if
| fascinated. The words she would have
! added died on her lips. Mechanically she
| stretched out her hand when Nj. Dale took
! hers in farewell aud like a statue she re-
manned on the feld-path after he had left
! her
She shivered, though it was a warm after
! noon, and her rich dress amply shielded her
] from the spring air; next, her eyes deYOured
! the few lines she held in her hand:
| Dear Cunningham (ran the missiye) - UneX-
peCtcd events call me back 10 England. The
/ lady was 10 have married died on tie eve OF
! orr wedding of a fever. The estate bought
! over here IN America turns out failure, and as
| my tenants lease OF LiitOn Castle has expired,
| 1 think VIII run down aud talk things over with
! y0u, and looG over the place in private.
And wish no one 10 be aware OF my coming,
! so / viii walk from the station through the
| fields 10 Tie castle. Expect NE al o'clock.
Yours, /. LILTON.
"Le is coming, he is coming back" eiac-
u,atei she. And thought l had forgot
/ ten. Come what may, l must see MIN
! again. On, l might have spoken TreVOca-
| bie words Did Providence save mc?"
And again she snlYeTed like an aspen
! leaf
/ Pretty Mary Crather, weeping by her win
/ dow, had witnessed the sud len parting, and
wondered what il meant
Soon after Miss Thelon left the meadow.
walking huTredly Ike one distracted, as in
deed she was.
He said he would never again ask me to
[ marry him; and he viii keep his word,
/ murmured she catching her breath and
Fastening on. ut is now six years since he
left me-" she continued, speaking the
words t. the still country air to ease her
bursting heart "SiX years? On! how
/ foolish was TO hlrt 50 persistenuy with the
! Duke OF IOTSlelEh AID still more 10 be will
! ful enough 20 refuse 10 speak a word that
| might have saved our happiness. Choose
/ between US now said Lilton. and l smiled a
hooking smile. and would not utter a word.
How could tell what would fall upon m8
50 suddenly? How could / foresee that
/ LiltOn was SO maddened as he really was?
on. that terrible moment when lie spoke
the fatal words which KILLED my joy. L
shall never lose my love for you, Margaret
never quite forget all that might
/ have been; but see the truth now, aad
never again, lswear it, will l ask you TO
marry me! II is farewell
The next day he was gone. Then I
/ heard that lie had sailed for Amerjca-then
that the castle was let for five years; next
that he l loved so we'll through al this bit
ternesS was on the eve of marriage. and
now he is coming back, coming back"
All that night the proud. beautiful lady
OF Ihell0n Lodge law dreaming wide awake
Of what might have been all the follow
1 ing day denying herself to visitors. she re-
malued in her own room TOwaTI o'clock
( she put on cloak and hat, without sum-
| mOning her maid, stole softly down the
/ bro staircase and out into the grounds
through the conservatory.
He viii come through the ieid>-he Will
/ walk through the fields TO the castle" she
repeated to herself, Historically.
The fields Were deserted 81 this hour, the
/ soft twilight slowly creeping over the sky,
as Margaret IheliOn, with uncomfortable
! emotion, caught the first view Of a tall
/ figure, his head bent down, walking along
the path 10 the castle, hidden from sight By
Intervening trees.
"It is lie; it's Lionel L.lton," she gasped
Leaning against the rustic s8iug-Eate. by
which be must pass, she awaited him. Sad
enough were the musings of the self
/ bauls1ed man. Bitterly enough did he re-
gret the past; aDut he had believed DIS love
false c.queJte, and SO he had left her and
MS native .aud together, taking deep oath
never 90 ask her gain TO be his bride.
But thoughts Il Ter filed his soul all ay
He had heard tnat she was SIN unWe iQed
peTch7nce she had loved him after all. Il
was bus now that he was Tree to turn his
IF 1lr.4. -f.F
bound him, but d-ath had stepped IN 10
free him. Then there was his oath, zoo te--
Tblv meant and spoken 10 be SCI aside.
eS, lie Was very sad as he came ia 5 gLJ
! OF his own castle
Then he oeared the stia, and some one
Lionel"
He looked up, he saw all the love shining
out Of her ey 5, and he caught aer IL his
arms. crying, Margaret"
"0h, my rash oath. How are we to get
over that, my darliug?' SAID Lord LiitJu, a
good half hour later.
You said that you would never again
ask me TO marry you, whispered Margaret.
mot that we might never get married
Lionel, # asked you to tell me whether-
whether l could make ecu happy, that
would MT be asking NE to marry you,
would t?"
ASK me then, at once. Margaret. and
| Will answer you yes, thousand tunes,
SAID Lord LlltUn, holding her TO his heart.
And thus 1t was that after all Miss Ihel-
! lon prepared JOyfully for her wedding wi b
/ her old love. Lord Luton, Instead OF wiki
/ Arthur Dale, the cuTate.
1t was tie next day after her happy re-
! engagement TO her first lover that Miss
| IhelIOn received a note from Mr. Dale.
Poor fellow; I'm sorry for him." she
/ muTmured as she opened the envelope. But
/ soon cry Of j1y escaped her, and a vivid
! flush overspTead her face.
How l have deceived myself" she wills
! pered to herself "Ob, Lionel you came
/ just 10 time. And so Mr.. Dale loves Mary
! CratEer, and dares not tell her 50 unless /
! give him the vacant living at Odk6orOugh.
Aud he has feared that l might resent the
! DOidueSs OF the demand. So that is what
! has made him so nervous, so unlike himself.
! And l mIstOOk bis agitation Tor love OF me"
/ "Oh, l am so glad. For now that | have
! LjOuefs love the world is all new 10 me-
! But | must fly to make Mary Crather as
! happy as myself. If | have my Will she and
| shall be brides together"
Well. reader, this is how it happened that
! Lord and Lady Lilton aud Mr. ami Mrs.
! Arthur Dale became lnSepaTaDle friends, at
/ which all the neiEhbOrhOOd wondered, and
/ none more so than Mr. and Mrs Cunning
/ ham.
Mr. Cunningham, being Lord IiIton's
! legal adviser, uttered no cOnjectures aloud,
! and Arthur Dale never knew how near he
! was 10 having the opportunity offered him
! OF becoming The master Of ThelOn Lodge
And SO much the better. 1t would only
! have caused HIN embarrassment when, next
| year, he was called on 10 baptiza Lord Lii
! loa S son and heir, and he would not have
lost Mary for the wealth Of the whole world.
And 50 the curtain falls upon the brides
and their bridegr6GmS MA
A FOUNDRY ATTACHED.