The herald., 1893-08-10

lie saw u tall, Queenly woman, with
lustrous browneyes and bright, fair hair,
dressed in deep black gown, relisved
by the least touch Of white about the
throat. Her movements were slow and
very graceful, and when she spoke x
was in low voice full Of melody. She
was very beautiful. He could hardly
take his eyes off her. and yet, II she hap
pened to look toward him. he started
and cast down his eyes He could MOI
sleep that night. He knew there war
only ono woman in tho werld for him,
and she--was ths daughter of the man
he had robbed! 1t was well, or i'll. for
him that he could not zee her next dsy.
sitting by couch on which . sick man
lay, one hand in his, the other strokinQ
his hair. Patience dear heart, pa
tience." she whispered. things WIN be
better soon. ! shall get introductions
and pupils through Mrs. Vincent, and
then, dear, twill be all right. You must
be content to wait till then, for you know
shall be always true and levfng."
"But it is so hard for you, Nellie, I
\ cannot tie you to a cripple, to Life of
toll for one so helpless o. / am. Oh. itiu
hard that this should have happened to
me, when six months ago was strong
and vigorous"
ssMaybe it is better, dear; It should
bring us closer together, and In yeszs
you may recover, perhaps. And now I
will read to you, or we win talk 10
gether." And 80 the bravo, strong
woman helped the man she had lowed -
long and still loved, even NOW tAat hs
was condemned to lie ON q couch for his
lifetime through an accident h Lon
don street. He was poor, and 60 wss
she. The working and waiting would
be very hard, but she would perseysre
and conquer. Drascovy was often to b
found at Mrs. .Vincent's house dwing
the next fortnight, and one afternoon, te
his great delight, he found Mrs. Vinosnt
out and Miss Manfeld Alone IN ths
drawing room.
Ten minutes later he had told her hs
loved her-had asked her to be his wifA.
She hid her face In hsr hand and bads
him be silent. eee + s,ssr
"You do not undsrstaad; hcw shos1d
your" she said II cannot thnmk u whnt
you ask, for If ever mArFy II viii - r.
some one very differcnt to youEsslk-
one who loves me, whom, ! too, low. md
who is now a helpless Invalid in his
couch. You are rich, and he and are
poor, but am going to work hard, ana
some day shall be his wife II we ars
ever rich enough. for you SEQ It will b
an up hill task getting singing pnrils.
You understand now, DO you nck, and
will never ask me any morer
She looked ut him and saw his dark,
handsome face working convulsiveiy.
II am sorry If have given you pain"
she said, for be did not speak, ssbut you
will soon get over it. You are rich and
have the world at your feet; al that
fame and fortune can give you"
Except yourself, the only gift thae
can bring me happiness An, chiaa, you
little know of the curse there Ia ON my
fortune, on my life itself. But you shall
know, though l cannot tell you now
Goodby; forgive me If you cam"
He hurried from the room, and p,s,,s
emily she heard the hall door bang. So,
sat still for long time, pondering biz
bbTdLHo WOroS &IkA 0AbtL0856u 1lau!l.s',
wondering what he could have to tesl
her.
That night the mystery was Sc!
BY the last post there came regis;
letter, thick and bulky. She sli2ll
into her pocket to read in her bel.
for she knew it was from Drascoyy
For long time she sat before t.i,
that was burning brightly, and her lc,,
tiful eyes were full Of tears as Sis
thought of her poor crippled lover an
asked herself why she was so poor, why
some people had SO much wealth and
she so little that she could not help and
live for the man she loved SO we'll The
tears fell one by one down her cheeks,
and as she put her hand in her pocket
for her handkerchief she encountered
Drascovy's letter.
She broke the seal, and found TO her
amazement that besides closely writ
ten letter there were 30 bank notes, each
for e100. She was too utterly aston
ished even to conjecture tho meaning or
cause of this. She could only gaze ut
the notes until she remembered the lei
ter.
What need to go into details2 It was
simply complete confession Of what
Drascovy had done to obtain the Stradi-
varius, begging her forgiveness and fu-
ture friendship and inclosing notes for
$4,000 as payment for the instrument.
In four years time, if he were still sue
cessful, he said he must send her q like
sum again; it was her right, her duo,
for the violin had done half SEWARD
making his fortune. "@''~
Nellie Manifold sat and wondered and
thought and wept tears Of Joy oyer the
unexpected good fortune that bad come
to her till the fire was nothing hut q few
dead Goals in the CRATE, and clock out
side struck g. Then she reused herself
with shiver, and having thought how
she would go to her lover and tell him
tomorrow, how she would soon get on
in the world with this to START upon,
having told herself that she must in
deed forgive Drsscovy, she Was soon
asleep in a happy, dreamlsss slumber.
There is hardly need for more. aDras-
covy is dead and has left half his fortune
to the woman whose father he had
wronged. She has been Nellie Harvey
for years now, and her husband, al
though he will never be quite 30 strong
as other men, is something better than
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