The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-03

] He would have saved her almost at the
I expense Of his own reputation, but he had
I gone too FAR.
1T was not 1, Nelly, who ever gave
wrong word or thought 10 vain, boastful
1 Leah She only accused me to spare her
| real betrayer 1t was not kind, but these
sort Of ISLANDERS right themselves in time.
/ Besides, so long as you do not Judge me
wrongly l can-forgiye the rest
But you have not told me who Leah
went of with" said Nelly, her face ashy
/ pale her lips white and quivering.
Never mind his name. 1t is not a good
/ one Leah returned home and brazened
/ her past out till 1 appeared on the scene.
/ Then she had TO undo her false accusa-
! tions. She is now in service as lady's
maid. Bessie Boyd is married. - He tried
! TO turn the converse ton, and was sue
! cessful. Nelly needed no further corrob-
| Grafton Of Marks guilt Langley's very
! reticence proved that.
Bessie married l am surprised"
Married, and dead poor thing People
were plying nina public schoolmaster
! from Ienby. She met him at one of her
/ sisters. The tale is she passed off for "a
l fancy he was not imposed upon much
| there. Any way report has it that he is
| looking after Clara now!n
That is strange is it not2 Another
! sister took her previous loverl If Clara
!
! case. But Clara won't. Her whole love
has been given to you"
If it ever were she has changed. She
nearly tore my eyes out for Leah's-"
Langley stopped Hecould have bitten
his tongue of for the admission he had
nearly inadvertently given.
Nelly surveyed him sorrowfully.
"You need not mind,' she said; 81
! know
Mrs. Boyd is dead" continued Lang
ley. rs it not we'll for herr And now,
/ Nelly, about"
Mr. Roy Gunton :" announced Wilson,
! inauspiciOusly at that juncture.
Roy, as noble looking as ever, entered,
his bearing calm. His face changed as he
saw the room already tenanted-changed
with marked surprise.
You here, Bruce" he exclaimed,
warmly. wonders will never cease. You
never told me you were acquainted with
the baroness"
Neither am 1 personally, though
through you | am getting up their case.
That, however, has nothing to do with
my appearance now. Though it is again
through you that l am here"
Before Roy could respond, he said
"You mentioned a Miss Hentock as be-
ing here. | have for some time been
| spending a small fortune in trying vainly
to discover her. The name is uncommon.
| So when it fell from your lips l decided
to follow the clue, and"
with the result that you have discov-
cred your lost friend Make us acquainted.
! l pray youl"
! Nelly merely bowed on the introduction.
| She made some passing remark and left
| the room, knowing she should see Langley
again by and by to make arrangements
for her return to her father.
She trod on air as she walked upstairs
/ TNo ba1,f HDrnnf hoipcr ha bay
words that beat their refrain on her ears
| She would ask The baroness to let her off
! as speedily as she could. Independently
| of her new found happiness she felt she
! could not have stayed in that house when
| the action was entered against her hus-
! band. She-at that moment she ran against
! some One-her thou yhts flew in every
| direction. Raising her eyes she saw a
tall, aristocratic, splendidly-robed slady-
whIte-haired, majestic. t'oruthe moment
she did not recognize her.
Your ladyship!" she exclaimed, in
breathless surprise, IL scarcely knew
| you"
She might be pardoned for her blindness
| A detective even would have been I'M
| posed on, so great was the change.
rs MIR Gunton down stairs3" asked
! the baroness. icurtly.
He is, my lady, and Mr.. Bruce too
| He has brought me good news; my father,
| DR.. Henstock, lives, and
Il will listen to this later, interrupted
her ladyship, and she passed on.
! Scant sympath Just then had she with
anyone's affairs beside her own, though
she had summoned Roy to see the very
paper which Nelly's instrumentality had
given her.
''She is pretty girl very" observed
Roy Gunton of Nelly, speaking with that
cool criticism which mere looker-on can
so readily bestOw.
''She is more! !" declared Langley; "she
is a heroine, and my choice"
rs that so2 Allow me then to congrat-
ulate YOU" said Roy Gunton, holding out
his hand. you will make a SPLEEN
| did"
STAY" cried Langley pain in his eyes.
Il said she was heroine. People do not
earn such regulations lightly. Miss Hen
stock l call her. and so she is known
here Her right name is Mrs. Mark
Boyd"
Roy started as if stung.
But" he began: "She-she-n
Chat poor, ill-treated decoyed girl is
Mrs. Mark Boyd. All when / came here
to-day did not~know quite that II
believed she had been imposed upon,
shamefully used, scorned, and forsaken
and II was anxious to make her my
wife, and
Good. tender-hearted Langleyw de-
clared Roy, approvingly. "Now you viii
have to wait till" He paused. Even
Roy could not finish that sentence
Till her husband is banged, you would
say" observed Langley, beginning to pace
the apartment in perturbation. 'Ah, that
is too far to look ahead. But one thing
must be changed. L withdraw from con-
Quoting the case"
"Oh, come, Bruce, " expostulated Roy,
"that will never do; we depend entirely
on you"
But the fitness, or rather unfitness, of
the thing No, began the business, will
confess it, in revenge for Nelly. For her
honor | withdraw"
Il wish we could induce you to keep
to"
would it be seemly think you, Gun
ton, were / Nelly's devoted lover, to per-
secute her husband into the gravel No,
| II
The door opened silently, and the Bar
oness Grey de Lucerne entered. Langley
thought he had meyer seen such an aristo-
cratic woman.
you are right, Bruce" whispered
Roy; and they both went forward to meet
her ladyship.
Nelly waited upstairs long time. Her
patience was sorely tried. Her suspense
was great. She wished Miss Minchin
would return, and then perhaps the
baroness would spare her at once. Oh,
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