Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-28

next nouru Oh MIN was v p4IuXrupu
in the papers telling Of the slaughter
OF handful OF English by the Khan
du Khor.
His name was In the list Of dead.
1t seemed, too, that he might have
escaped, for his horse was better than
the rest and unwounded; but he
stayed behind to pick up q wounded
comrade, and he was the first to be
speared by the savages. II he had
lived he would have had the Victoria
Cross, but he died-and then ! un-
derstood.
"What?"
THAT he meant to be killed. He
would not take his own life, but he
threw himself in the way Of death
and that is all"
Lady Sciva had pulled at the lace
OF her fan until it was torn in several
places, but she seemed not to be
aware Of this ruin.
When Melrose had fnished--nnd 1t
was strange to note how all the levity
had vanished from his voice and
manner-she turned to him abruptly.
why did you tell me this horrible
thingp she demanded with fierce in
tensity. ''Do you mean to fix the
guilt Of his death on"
ION no one. Believe me. The
guilt, IL there is any lies with the
dead-may he rest in peace nowl
For hold that no one human being
has right to hang his life on the
favor Of another, and blame the other
when the support gives way-by
time, or natural change, Or"
"How little you know" she in
terrupted passionately. 1.-THE sup
port did not give way"
'Tndeedp replied Melrose, with
slow elaboration. 1.-The aged man
did not tell me all, it would SEEM"
HE told you all he knew, perhaps,
but the girl told me"
"A curious proof of telepathic
power" murmured Melrose, for the
girl, OF course, was in Japan"
'The man was very singular man"
continued Lady Sciva, passionate,
capricious, excitable, in some respects
almost like woman, in others almost
perfect man-so the girl said. She
was young, you understand, and
knew little about men. She fell in
love with him at first sight, and from
that moment she was entirely swayed
by his influence-lived only in the
thought of him. have said that he
was capricious.
lone evening he would dance half
the night with her and the next
would pass her in the street
with an expressionless face ana q
distant movement of the hat.
He would be with her several
times in the day for awhile, and then
would not be seen for fortnight,
perhaps. He would ask her IL she
would be at home at such an hour,
and when he came would talk to her
mother, or sister. or friend-any one
rather than her. Oh, the fortunes
she went through! for she was in
love with him, you must remember.
'sIf she had not been so much in
love, she might have managed him
better, but she was like the foam on
the wave which is tossed and buf-
feted between the sea and the storm,
until at last it is dashed on the
rocks. Then the old man-what did |
you call him?"
"The Daimio - which means
Lord. ;"
1.-THE Daimiop echoed Lady Sciva,
with quivering lips. 1.-The Daimio |
was kind to her-always kind; and
when Jack-I mean the man-was
she went to the Daimio, be-
cause she could trust him, and she
thought that no one could say q
word, as he was 80 old"
what / cannot understand, re-
piled Gordon Melrose, with a judicial
air, lis, why, if she loved him, didn't
she accept him-the man / mean?"
Why! because he never asked
hertz
Never asked her? But he said
she had refused him"
HE never said word to which
she could give either refusal or con-
sent. He had told her again and
again, in voice and manner, and above
all with his eyes, that he loved her;
DuU ncNST Sulu 81, uilu UO HcNcT Sulu IL |
word that could be construed into a
proposal Of marriage. Could she ac-
cept him before he had asked her?
That would have been rash, wouldn't
it?" and the beautiful lips curved in
\ wan smile.
"But what happened at that last
interview, them" cried Melrose,
whose face betokened bewilderment.
There was no regular interview.
He came to her suddenly at ball.
She had not seen anything of him for
lays before, and she was indignant
with him. He asked her for that
lance. She told him, trying to speak
coolly, that she was engaged. He
,aid, Are you engaged to the Dali
nio?' Now it happened that it was
,he Daimio's dance, and so she said
Yes
He was then very strange. made
some very rude remarks, and finally
ordered her to throw Daimio over.
She was very angry with him by this
lime, especially at the way in which
ne spoke of her dear old friend, and
the told him decidedly, No. He
lung away without q word, and she
never saw him again. That was all"
~ begin to see," said Melrose.
. He must have heard or imagined
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