Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-13
THE SHADY FIEND HAD KNITTED HER.

But he couldn't get Hawkins interested;
couldn't make him talk to amount to any
thing; couldn't drag him out of his depres-
sion, but at last he took turn that arrested
Hawkins attention.
I'm coming to like him, Hawkins. He is
2 person of stupendous character-abso-
lutely gigantic. Under that placid exterior
is concealed the most daredevil spirit that
was ever put in a man-he's Just a Give
over again. Yes, I'm all admiration for
him, on account of his character, and liking
naturally follows admiration, you know.
I'm coming to like him immensely. Do
you know 1 haven't the heart to degrade
such character as that down to the burg
lar estate for money or for ANYTHING else,
and I've come to ask you if you are willing
TO let the reward go, and leave this poor fel-
low"
Where is he?"
'Ies-not bring him down to date"
''Oh. there's nv hand; and my hearts in
it, too.'
'Ill never forget you for this, Hawkins, /"
said the old gentleman, in voice which he
found it hard to control ''You are making
can i'll afford, but I'll never forget your
generosity, and if / live, you shall not
suffer for it, be sure of that
Sally Sellers Immediately and vividlv re-
allied that she was become new being; a
being of a far higher and worthier sort than
she had been such little while before: an
earnest being, in place of dreamer; and
supplied with reason for her presence in
the world, where merely a wistful and
troubled curiosity about it had existed be-
fore. So great and so comprehensive was
the change which had been wrought, that
she seemed 10 herself to be a real person
-bo haI 1o&a a, haa n
which had lately been a nothing: a pur-
pose, which had lately been fancy; a fin
ished temple, with the altar-fres lit and the
voice of worship ascending, where before
had been put an architects confusion or
arid working plans, unintelligible TO the
passing eve and prophesying nothing.
Lady" Gwendolen! The pleasantness of
that sound was all gone; it was an offense
TO her ear now. She said
''There-that sham belongs to the past; I
will not be called by it any more
Il may call you simply Gwendolen? You
will allow me to drop the formalities
straightway and name you by your dear
first name without additicns?"
She was dethroning the pink and replac-
ing it with a rosebud.
''There-that is better. / hate pink-some
pinks. Indeed yes, you are to call me by
my first name without additions-that is
well, I don't mean without additions en-
tirely, but
1t was as far as she could get There
was a pause; his intellect was struggling
to comprehend; presently be did man
age to catch the idea in time to save en-
barrassment all around, and he said grace
fully:
Dear Gwendolen! / may say that?"
''Yes-part of it. But-don't kiss me
when 1 am talking, it makes me forget what
/ was going to say. You can call me by part
of that form, but not the last part. Gwen
dolen is not my name"
mot your name?'' This in a tone of
wonder and surprise.
The girls soul was suddenly invaded by
creepy apprehension, quite definite sense
of suspicion and alarm. She put his arms
away from her, looked him searchingly in
the eye, and said:
"Answer me truly, on your honor. You
are not seeking to marry me on account of
NV rank?''
The shot almost knocked him through the
wall, he was so little prepared for it. There
was something so finely grotesque about the
question and its parent suspicion, that he
stopped to wonder and admire, and thus
was he saved from laughing. Then, without
wasting precious time, he set about the task
of convincing her that he had been lured
by herself alone, and had fallen in love
with her only, not her title and position;
that he loved her with all his heart, and
could not love her more if she were a
duchess. or less if she were without home,
name or family. She watched his face
wistfully, eagerly, hopefully, trans
lating his words by its expression; and
when he had finished there was gladness in
her heart-a tumultuous gladness, indeed,
though outwardly she was calm, tranquil,
even judicially austere. She prepared a
surprise for him now, calculated to put a
heavy strain upon those disinterested pro-
testatIons of his, and thus she delivered it,
burning it away word by word as the fuse
burns down to bombshell, and watching to
see how far the explosion would lift him.
Listen, and do not doubt me, for shall
speak the exact truth. Howard Tracy.
am no more an earl's child than you arep'
To her Joy, and secret surprise. also, it
never phased him. He was ready this time
and saw his chance. He cried out with en-
thusiasm:
Thank heaven for-thatr' and gathered
her to his arms.