New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-30

never could summon courage to ask for the
details; but by piecing together such scraps va
Information as caught up gatn1reu - '''I' wa =
Etheridge was to be forgotten. ana that wa
nor even 70 be told why. Can you WOhue''
Penelope. that / vowed then ana there Una
should there ever seem to be the dawnlhs &"
any other love for me | Would niue ~ j." my
own breast and take my own course
She paused few minutes. theh Iesun ",
There never has been such IN th's spri ms .ba
know how IL began. ] nearly let You mo nv
eecret-at least, | felt as though mao On 'ic
very first morning after your arrlVai, was 1n
danger and Torquil saved me-saVed me as no
one else could have had either the sliths' VI
tho courage 10 do Instead Of approaching from
behind. which might have startled me-dhu i
was standing on a frightfully perllCus Drlhh' ou
must remember-he climbed up me sheeI iaSe
~ the precipice and placed himself between me
and death. broke down; betrayed my feelings
my admiration Ar, drv
voice ,. .. c,oar
'''You are angry again; but ought to clear
Torquil.' , , d;sgust
OIL If II had been any one ese-any one in your
own stationary man, however inferior III rahh'
who was ordinarily refined ana euuca'tu
/ will say. any man with common noi ~,
and honor, But just see already now you ia
heen worked upon To be party 10 MS tredch-
ery lie has abused the trust reposed In MIN az
a servant-you as daughter. Had II been d
mere shock of betrayal and had you instantly
agreed to separate, and forget each other-
Nina you can calmly. own 10 weeks ana i,iohlnS
of concealment falsehood' then suuuehl! :,
"You went TO meet him that day You left he at
the cottage in the glen! ,,,
Il did He was waiting by the waterfall -,
you said you wished to see another SICK man.
"Not 'sick'-I did not say d SICK man ,
"Why not? You might have SAID II: IL Woulu
have added nothing to the lie. You meant me 10
believe you We're visiting another or your lath-
ers cottages where you could be of use, as al the
one We're in. q,
Yes. I meant you to believe that Penelope"
"Weil?'
IL have told you all Six years ago made up
my mind that | owed neither duty nor Obedience
to parents who could treat me as mine had done;
and when the struggle came. did not see that
| owed them-or any one-truth. either. To blind
fold you all was my only weapon, ana useu H.
He also apparently
"Eis crime was nothing" said Nina her eyes
flashing you would say he forgot his duty.
Pooh, What is his duty? Has he served my
father any less faithfully-has he neglected his
work-has he saved himself by night or by day,
on the weary moor soaking hilltop. because
he has dared to raise his eyes TO his master 5
daughter? What has my father to complain OF -?
Did not the patriarch Jacob do the same!
DID
Don't talk folly said Penelope, sharply Her
tears had dried upon her cheeks. YOU COM
mserate I pity l forgive; but for this man
this treacherOus. smOOth-faced scoundrel, VINO
can let your fathers hand rest on his shoul-
der and look him in the face. and know that he
is doing that which would break his very heart
in two--for him
Hush said Nina, ir a cold. clear tone.
Hush, You must not speak like that for-l
love him.