Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-09-01


enemy is mine:'
Not man had attracted her hear
or fancy through all the periious
chances of such Il season as d fairy
PriLcess might have bestowed ON hel
godchild, not a lover who could tempt
her to lift her eyes SO high as to sex
his charms or failings, for at the ROOF
Of all her GOODNESS lay the old reason
and But not like my Beverley was
her unconscious thought, as one after
another her suitors tsoqne for pure
loves sake, some for greed, but all
seeking her with the more zeSt knowing
her to be forbidden fruit failed to
efface an image craven on her heart
over two years ago.
F., Long ago she had forgiven his in
justice to her father, for the root Of it
had been loyalty to his friend Lord
Loyel, and however Frank might have
misunderstood Mr.. Eyre; he was her
hero still and her sense Of faithfulness
could appreciate even an abuse of such
partisanship; but her hope of Il good
understanding between Major Methuen
and her father had dWindled and
Waned with the season, and the good
by at the cows.ip gate had come to
sound i'll her ears like a farewell spok-
en- from a death bed. Once she blush
ed and covered her face with her
hands, and then she sighed because
she dared not cry; and in the midst
Of her thoughts Mr. Eyre came in,
his brow more dark with anger than
she had ever seen it.
The man is out, as usual he said;
"and his mothers remains are already
removed to the country for buria, says
tie varlet who has shut the door fifty
times in my face, and his master set
out for abroad almost immediately.
But, by Heaven, I'll bring him to book
before he leaves. If Frank escaped me
if others have defed me, this man
shall not"
But even as he spoke he felt the i'm
potence Of the will that had so fire.
quently failed, and turned from Mad
cap with q gesture that startled her
with its violence, rs coming from so
usually selfcontained Il man.
She stood quite still, looking at him.
and on the very verge of confessing the
one deceit she had practiced toward
him; and if she were betraying the
faith Major Methuen had tacitly placed
III her, what matter, so lang as she
soothed the storm in her fathers
breast?
But he said, Leave me now" in a
tone she dared not resist, and left
him alone with his dark hour, his bit
ter thoughts, to dress herself to go
to the rose-show with Lady Ann.
AS they turned out of Princes Gate.
Il man going past in Il hanson caught
Il glimpse of the girls pure white face
in the white setting Of her carriage,
and, with Il desperate resolve, turned
about and followed her, though she
looked at many roses and spoke to
many people before she got a chance
Of approaching her
But as she stood behind a tree of
roses Lady Ann being secure in the
clutches of a gossip on the other side,
she looked up and saw Major Methuen
standing before her
Her heart leaped mp, but her cheek
was pale; her hand never dreamed of
going ont to his but Us they stood there
face TO face the lesson that each had
been learning apart these two years,
the one uncnnScicuSly. the other with
full knowledge of what he learned. bore
its fruit and al was over, all was said
and done in the glance that they OK
changed in that moment
Il am going away for ever" he said,
and, harsh rs his voice was through
pain, it sounded sweet as music in her
ears, land, 50 for the last time good
by
Must you co. she said with pale
lips; my father is ignorant of wrong
against you-for his sake, for mine
stay"
If there was Il moments pause that
seemed an eternity; if there was time
for the scent and hue Of the roses by
which they stood to sink deep into their
souls. there might have seemed none to
the onlookers; but Madcap felt, rather
than heard. the deep breath he drew rs
he said
Il cannot-and so gocd-by."
Once he had been able to kiss her
hand at parting, but now with the look
of Il man whose heart breaks even as
he g;Zes. but to which he will not
Weld he turned aside without so much
rs touching it, and she could more
easily have died than called him back
then.
did 7 not SEQ Won conyerSinr with
someone, my dear" said Lady Ann,
appearing at her elbow as Madcap stood
with fixed eyes that saw nothing.
She answered nothing, only moved
like an automaton; but, on going home,
went straight to her father, who was
still pacing the library, his looks be-
traying the disorder that ruled his
mind.
Dad" she said, Il must SO home to-
morrow-today-I shall so mad If l
stay here much longer"
''Ay, go" he said, pausing in his
walk. land l will follow you as soon as
| have found this man. Lady Ann Will
settle the affairs of the house, and the
boys can follow later
Thank you father she said, but
did not repl oach him, and sat alone
with her heart for an hour before any
other eye saw her that day.
At luncheon the young men stagger-
cd at the announcement she made, Cor
don vowing he would accompany her,
Doune coloring violently and saying