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

! Mark alone was wrong.
CHAPTER xxx.
| care you sure, Wilson, that the gentle
| mans name is Brucel" asked Nelly,
| trem blingly.
Quite sure, Miss Henstock Did not
! give you his Cardl l must have left it on
| the hall table"
Langley Bruce with n card Nelly be-
! gan to think it could not be he. Yet how
! could Wilson know his name otherwisel
! Nelly forgot that point of the argument
! BY that time she was twirling the little
! piece of pasteboard nervously around in
| her fingers
Langley Bruce, Q. C."
! Are you going in the small dining
| room, or not, Miss Henstockl'' rather i'm
! patiently asked Wilson.
He had done her the honor not only of
/ attending on her himself, but also of con-
| descending TO fetch the overlooked card.
| She was not the baroness that he might
! be detained with impunitY.
| ''Oh, yes, l must see him." replied
| Nelly, and the next minute she was shak-
/ ing hands with Langley. Was it her
! fancy, or had he grown more attractive
| lOoking2 He was thoroughly well dressed
| and ne held his head with a firmer assur-
| auce, but his smile was no pie asanter
! than of yore. Yet one glance at him set
! her heart beating unanimously. She
| had to call herself to reason.
you have come in answer tomy letter."
| she said
"What letter. I have received none.
! I should have been here some days back,
! only important business detained me III
town. | have been staying at CoXmoor
again lately, the Guntons' extensive seat,
and-but you are i'll, Nelly!"
He broke off and led her to a seat, tax
..I.l h1,H ~
| cessviely 1t was such curious coinci-
/ dence
You know the-the Guntons2" she
gasped.
II got to know them accidentally some
| months ago--a charming family. You
are acquainted with Mr.. Roy Gunton he
it was who happened to mention your
| name
yet l have never seen him." declared
| Nelly beginning to revive. Langley's ac-
quaintance with the Guntons need not
disturb her; it was but one more of those
! ineXpiicable links that connect people I'M
accOuntably together, proving how very
small the world is after all The barO-
! ness has hitherto been very strict that
we saw no one from the outer world. She
has relaxed her rule since yesterday, l
know Miss Gunton."
"Maisie! All, she is n very nice girl!"
Langley spoke warmly. Nelly blushed.
1t was a strange thing that she should
take exception to his admiration for
another. She knew she had no right to
do so. She was another mans wife
such a mans too, that she might never
dare under any circumstances, even if
she were free to unite herself to any
honorable gentleman. 1t would be slur-
ring his reputation.
AN exceedingly nice girl, and much
admired" continued Langley, utterly un-
Gnip11G pf ~ OTCinu lea lousy in NplIN'C
breast THE wonder to me is that she
refuses all offers. She cannot bury her
heart in her lovers grave. Perhaps"
sinking his voice and speaking signif-
cantly-'when the trial comes off she may
be persuaded to change her mind. l have
engaged Willis and Cox as my lawyers in
the case, and hope to do WE'LL
You have a deep incentive to success, -
observed Nelly, totally misunderstanding
his meaning, and feeling a strange sink
ing at her heart that was quite new to
her in connection with Langley.
Rather; successful as | have been
and my rise in its speediness has been
phenomenal would fOrego 1T all to sue
coed in this present instance. Roy Gun
ton, too, is such a noble fellow, and then
there is Lord Danes position to be con-
sidered l have an immense lot of iil-will
to overcome besides resentment from
men who are my seniors and have talents
equal, if not greater, than my own. 1t
has not been all sugar, Nelly, this rapid
, rise OF mine
- suppose not, =" she said, coldly. you
are in mourning, too Did you put that
on in respect TITO my dear fathcr-to-
day-to-me2"
? Only Langley could correctly have put
together so ierly u sentence He raised
his eyebrows.
Your fatherr' he exclaimed; is it
e ! OOsSIhlp Won OpVqT hpar12 This then