The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-22

tppt HuNc CattSu Hef to tHe WHao" NY talk with him. What had he said 10 her? Oh. Elinor! Eiinor!
 The poor fellows idol was shattered. He cursed her-he pitied her-he groan- ed and grieved over her. and all the time he loved her. loved her. He would try to save her from the clutches of that heartless. soulless popinJay. but how? Should he write and warn her? Should he try to talk with herr Should he go to her parents and enlighten them as to. o'Ryan's character? His mind revolved these questions over and over and could not decide them. He worked early and late feverishly; he summed the streets through which she was wont to pass; he watched her home sometimes at night dreading to see o'Ryan lurking about. but that he was spared the misery of seeing. He gazed no more at the coveted ring. He ate little and slept little. and he told him self that his heart was broken--that the sooner he died the better. since never. never again, could he have faith In woman Kind. Oh, Elinorl Elinor! Meanwhile Eiinor was suffering too. She had been so sure he loved her. How could she have been so easily deceived? Or what had she done to offend him? The last time she saw him Jenny was with her. and she had given him no smile lest Jenny's quick eyes should observe 1t. Was he fickle. faithless? :? Were all men untrue? Oh Harry! Har- ry! The mystery of 1t all perplexed her, but with a conscience void of of- fence she bore her sorrow patiently and only grew more pale and quiet with the passing of the troubled days.
 . It was Christmas eve Harry Ken dall, though not in holiday mood, had mingled with the throng of shoppers and sight-seers. People with arms full of bundles from which protruded run ners of sleds, and tongues of carts, laughed and tested as they jostled each other Little children fattened their noses against the plate glass, and squealed with delight over the marvels in the show windows. Street vendors shouted, and the air. rang with sounds that though discordant were still mirth- full. And in the merry crowd, though not of 1t, moved Harry Kendall, with a white and gloomy face, seeking dis traction from distressing thought, and finding. none.
 Suddenly there was a commotion that increased and spread and drew the crowd into a dense mass with faces set one way. The cry of "Firew was taken up by many voices, then the alarm bells sounded deep notes of warning. Harry woke from his pain full reverie to hear a voice saying: "It's close by! At Frills and Fixin's." At Frills and Fixin's! And Elinor was there! He fought his way to the entrance. The terrified shoppers and clerks were madly rushing out. Elinor was not among them. Then he tried to enter but was forced away by two stalwart policemen. How he struggled to the side entrace he could not have told, but he reached 1t at last. and there, just inside the doorway, beaten about by. 8 frantic, shrteking crowd, was Elinor.t t} H-f He had her safe in his arms at last, and ieds her away, rejoicing that she chung to him, and that her sweet eyes sad sought his so trustfully Her pretty hair had fallen upon her shoul- ders; she had no wrap. and he dex- teriously tied his nuffler under her chin, then buttoned his overcoat around her shixering little figure. t"Oh Elinor, darling!" he said, as soon as fe could speak. T would have saved you or died with you-I, love you so, dear, dear. Elinor" Then the tide of recollection rushed over him; he dropped her arm, and drew away from her.
 where was o'Ryan? he demanded, f1ercely-"the man you love? Coward! did he leave you to die? Oh,. Elinor! how could you love that dastard, when an honest man had given his heart to you?" ".
 The indignation in Elnor's :, eyes checked him. "O'Ryan" she said with intense, scorn.s "How dare you charge me with loving him! How dare you insult me so when -" Her voice broke. "Let me go! I thank you for coming to me. You saved me, I know, but oh! cannot bear this" And overcome by mingled emotions she hurried on, weeping bitterly in a way that startled and dismayed her lover.
 "Elinor, listen listepr' he pleaded. I thought you loved him. heard you say so. It has almost broken my heart, and spoiled my life, but love you even now, dear"
 "You heard me say loved o'Ryan7"
 "Yes." S.>
 "When?"
 Almost a month ago. The last time I saw you on the street." @
 "You heard me say loved--O' Ryan! A man to whom never speak if can avoid it-a man I ldespiseI What strange mistake is this?"
 You said he was glorious mag niflcent.' You went toithe window late at night to see him. The scamp! Why, did he notscall at your home openly as a true man should?"
 And you heard-Me-saya all this?" :
 ssYes. And I heard your companion say she did not know you cared for him so much" rg r.
 "Who was my companion?"
 "You called aaer Jenny"
 "Miss Forester, then. Where was this" s1 ]
 "Oh Olive street" 3,gr.5 t-,
 The pair walked on for 8 little way in cf1pncn 6 E1innr thnrnnuhlv tsepr11-