The morning call., 1893-09-17

olive branch which cut him of from the
last sem mblance Of hore.
He had often seen Joyce since that m en-
orable evening in the park, when she had
hurried past him with that other mans
kisses still burning on her face. He al
most exclaimed when she came to him
now, 80 pale and worn she looked.
Il hope" be began, bravely, that the
message bring you will cheer YOU lit
tie. Lady Fenborough wants you to go
and help her to nurse LORD Marshlands.
who lies in a most critical state. She
wished me 10 say she forgave everything"
The tears rose into Joyre's eyes.
Il am very sorry for poor Marshlands,
she said. but l shall not go TO him
You will not gO!" exclaimed DR.. Lang.
surely it is your duty to go to him in his
hour of need?"
You must give him a strong opiate,"
said Joyce, unmoved, that will be lar
better than TO see me again"
My dear Miss MelhuiSh," be began
again. "you Go not understand. Lady Fen
borough is ready 10 consent to your en-
gsgement. You will be received on a
proper footing"
joyce smiled bitterly.
Her ladyship is very condescending."
she said, "Dut l will not go. There is no
engagement TO recognize; l cannot hold
myself bound by promise which Marsh
lands forced out of me, and which | re-
L
us that what L am to say to Lady Fen
borough" ne asked, steadying his voice
with difficulty. ut is cruel answer"
1T is all | can send" she said, simply.
why should pretend to love Lord Marsh
lands when when | dOn'tP'
Miss Melhuish. said DR.. Long, gravely,
you must see that"
But to his establishment Joyce lifted a
pair of blazing eyes to Lis face.
There, there" she cried, perhaps see
more than you fancy. and don't want to
know how bad you think of me. But you
can tell Lady Fenborough that this horrid
affair Is all her own fault. Ii she had be-
haved properly to me l shouldn't have tried
to defy her. If she had not bullied Marsh
lands he wouldn't have wanted to make
love to me. He never made love to me
abroad; he used to fall in love with other
girls. He's as shallow as street gutter.
I'm not behaving bit worse than all the
rest of them"
Very WELL" he said. rising and speak
ing stiffly. II will do my best TO explain
to Lady Fenborough. Good-morning."
She let him cross the rOOm, her eyes still
fixed on him; he had turned The latch and
opened the door when he heard her cry
family:
DIR Lang"
He turned.
lit was your fault partly, too" she said.
with desperate effort Don't you re-
member how you began to talk to me Tor
my good IN the garden that afternoon?
why ala you stop in the mlddle?"
II stopped because" ne replied grimly,
because l was gong to say something
very foolish"
How 90 you know l should have
thought it fooIish?' she asked. "On the
contrary, believe if you had said that say
out you uid have saved all this trouble
and worry to Lady FeEborough, and
MarshlandS and me- -
Nhnreupon Gabriel Lang shut the half
opened door, ana sweeping back all his
doubts and hesitatiGns recrossed the
room. aud the lOng-suspended sentence
was finished very elaD0rately.
And you can make Marshlands well
again" said Joyce after while, when DR..
Lang had found that time did not stand
still even on the happiest day. "He's an
awiully silly boy. you know. but he really
has sensible constitution"
Yes. darling" said Dr. Lang conf
dently. II and his sensible con stitIltiou
viii! pull him through. and as soon as he is
we'll he shall 60 off on a little cruise
round the world to sec if he can't find an
other Joyce at the Autipodes."
He find Joyces everyW here," re lied
Lord Marshlands' pearl among woman.
Il doubt il" was DR.. Lang's response.
Lang had carefully unfo.ded the result of
his embassy. ut is just as well. Marsh
lands has been much calmer since Won
went. Those last powders seem really
quite the right thing"
Of conIse no one in Fen borough was
SUI prisei when, as soon as JOyce's mourn
ing permitted, her wedding was msrrtly
celebrated at the church where her LADY,
ship had once upon time taken her
measure so disdainfully. Every one who
came to look at DR.. Hepburn's grand
daughter adorned as bride knew that She
had been setting her cap al DR.. Lang from
the very first. and that she had succeed ed
in enirapping him by wiles which no we'll
orought-up girl would have stopped to
prSctice.
When DR.. Lang proclaims himself the
happlest husband of the must charming
wife alive Miss Stow raises her hands
and wonders 10 Mrs. Wyeth how long that
state OF foolish blindness will last. 1t has
lasted undsturbed for some time now, and
shows no sign of change.
Lord MarshlandS sent the happy coupla
a magnificent wedding present from japan
and shortly afte ward cast his noble fam
lily into the derpest tribuIation by ann ounc-
lug from New York that he had lust
married tho widow of a Chicago million
are. with whom he had travelled from
Nagasaki to San Francisco.-AlI the Year
Round.