The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-16
yratitude,n he retorted eagerly, almost

gratitude" he retorted eagerly, almost
fercely.
III 1 call, it will be because am over
come by your loneliness, because | love you.
because / worship you. Tell me- shall l
Gomez
She sat In silence, with face averted, yet
her hands, which were wont to lie in her
lap as ssrenely as doves in their waited
nest, picked and Cwitched and her breast
throbbed as it had In the moment Of the ao-
cident.
The train drew up at the station, they
alighted and he handed her to the carriage
In waiting. AS he turned sullenly away
Miss Raffally's ungloved hand was extended
to him The light from the doorway lamp
shone full on her face as she bent forward.
1t had lost its calmness, its expression was
so strange. so alien as to almost be pitiable.
Come" she murmured. The driver
cracked his whip and she disappeared be-
You'd cloud of dust.
Hugh Raymonds heart beat violently as
he sought his hotel, like the heart of one
who has run and won a race. Never had
his dreams been so extraordinary never his
fancy so incomprehensible. How had he
dared I" she had once asked, but not again.
All, if he had not dared he would not have
gained Was it possible2 Aye, it was GER
tain. The sudden mad rush of his passion
had conquered. The fairest grandest lady
be had ever imagined could be his own fair,
grand lady. What joy, what rapture, what
regret touched Hugh's gladuess as he re-
called his diginitys parting glance.
Why had she lost for the moment her
sublime tranquiility2 Was not that the
magic which had entranced himl Must not
queen be always queenly, or else be COM
Jared with her subjects and perhaps suffer
from the comparison? What could that
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comprehend? Something pregnantsof dis
appointment, he feared. Hugh sighed and
then thought of Eleanor as she had APP
peared when she had deigned to accept the
punRent from him. That Incompatible
creature was the one he loved, he wor,
shipped, as he had declared; that one and
none other.
And Eleanor, arrived at home and amid
scenes that had always witnessed it, re-
gained her placiditY. She informed her
parents of the accident with the aplomb of
one who was reading it from a newspaper.
"How self contained you are, my dear.
Nothing ever shakes your composure,h said
her mother.
"Eleanor never had part or parcel In girl
ish vaporings or weaknesses,' assented her
father, proudly. Yet this praise, which
would have aroused corroboration within
her week since, now awakened a vague
dissatisfaction.
And when she went to her room she
found that she could not sleep, she who had
ever welcomed the next morning the mo-
meut after her head touched the pillow.
1t was another wound. She needed that
not a whit except to recall how firm and
strong had been his grip on her arm. 1t
was not the casualty. There had been no re-
sultIng shock The only shock of which she
was conscious was the apprehension that
perhaps he might not come All, If he
should not; then. truly, would she die! The
elegant Miss Ratfaliy sobbed and longed for
| those old forgotten days when her nurse
used to rock her 10 her arms and soothe
away her petty woes. Nor did daylight
bring equanimity, for her mirror, which
had ever said Eyes" to her complacency,
now reflected a sallow complexion and a
wrinkle across the perfect bow of her eye-
brows.
But Hugh did come, not only that day.
| but for many days following. He became
| her accepted sutton, and from leaning on
himself Eleanor was taught to Jean Ga one
| far less strong. All If she had not leaned
go readily, il she had not leaned 30 supinely I
| IL is not love who is blind, but love who
| blinds. The little god ia the executioner,
not the victim. Had the elegant Miss
| RafRally remained the elegant Miss Raffally,
| Hugh would have found felicity in lying at
| her feet aud rapture IN kissing her hand (;
| but who 50 ungratefui as a liberated slave
| Eleeuor was too fond, too eager.
| She had ventured into the oerulean, and