Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-05

Fortley's battles over again. She
is loud and thoughtless, admit
that much; but she has an excel
lent heart, and | shall always like
her.
"And under the escort of this
most discreet Of matrons," cried
Rolf kenrick, ironically, "you went
to balls and concerts. You danced
and flirted with all the feather
headed young idiots she gathers
around her; and not content with
this, you allowed her to introduce
to you one of the most notorious
profigate young sprigs of nobility,
who has ever disgraced the English
peerage."
"Who says sou she demanded,
her cheeks beginning to burn; did
you bride spies to watch me and
report on my conduct?'
mo; | learned these things from
my aunt Ricardo, who is sincerely
attached to you. Nay, Agnes, you
need not smile so incredulously.
She is truly good woman, and her
tears had blistered the paper on
which she wrote, TO entreat me to
hasten to Durham, and rescue you
from the terrible set with which
you were surrounded"
81 have always had the highest
| o.loon, g.. Me- R,.a.1,, Il o,,.,ol, -
said Agnes, slowly and satirically;
"but don't think it will be
strengthened by the knowledge that
she vilified people she did not know,
and took the trouble to repeat Cos
siping reports, without ascertaining
whether there was any foundation
for them
You do her injustice" was the
reply. "She refused to attach any
credit to these reports, till she her.
self saw you driving in the viscount's
carriage
Agnes started, and was about to
speak, but checked herself; and it
was not till after a pause, that she
made "a sarcastic observation.
81 have read somewhere, that if
you want to hang a man, you can
generally muster up enough evil
dence to prove him guilty. With
such witness of my depravity as
Miss Kenrick appears to have
proved herself, it is not surprising
that | was condemned unheard."
You condemned Yourself" she
was told. 81 begged you to return
home; you would neither do that
nor enter into any explanations.
Half maddened ! wrote again, Civ
ing my reasons for Directing to
your residing any longer under the
roof of such person as Mrs, Fort
ley, and still you put me off with
playful reproaches and refusals.'
81 reproached YOU" she inter-
rupted, "for your unkind readiness
to doubt, not my friend only, but
me. asked you to suspend your
judgement till we met; and what
was your answer? Every word of
it burnt into my brain. Shame on
you for yielding to the jealous rage
that dictated it. refused to at
tempt my own defense-l still re-
fuse to do so. You have broken
our engagement in consequence of
that refusal So be it. ! could not
have been happy as the wife of one
whose love had not the element of
trust in it.
Neither would | ever wed a
woman who could deliberately tor
ture me by accepting the attentions
of other men," was the vehement
rejoinder. you have deceived and
disappointed me, and though can
never love another, | would rather
endure the pain of this separation
than -"
But his voice failed him, and he
walked abruptly away, coming back
to the table, however, to snatch up
the packet Of returned letters, fling
them into the fire and hold them
down with the poker till they were
consumed.
The case with his mothers pearls,
ETC., he crammed into small port
manteau, which Agnes had not
hitherto noticed Now. though
standing coldly, proudly aloof she
could not help seeing and reading
what was written OH a label, fresh
ly tied to the handle of the SAID
portmanteau, and cry of dismay
broke from her pale and quivering
lips.
Rolf Kenrick, passenger to
Australia by the Caroline.
mo, no, no! you cannot mediate
expatriating yourself! Impossible!
You must not do that"
at is impossible to remain in
England he replied, doggedly.
"On the other side of the world ]
may learn to forget; ] cannot do SO
herew
"But, Rolf and in her eagerness
she caught hold of his arm and
clasped her hands about it. "You
were very DESTROYS of obtaining the
post of resident physician at the
- hospital"
when | wanted to make a home,
and an income for you, yes!" and
he laughed bitterly.
"But, Rolf, you have obtained the
post; it was settled yesterday. An