Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-23

said, roor child! evsn though ,he 4,
left: an orphan, without any dot. with
out penny. in the word. Hut / win
not detain monsieur any longer. Eor
soir!! Au revoir."
The very words she had said IN him
in her brief adieus. only two nights be.
fore on the stair head-the sweet; so1,
who vas o beyond the SUM-" Rod.
erick 8 heart gave way, with a great
sob, like q child's.
And then he chokel it down and
turned away. To no human leino
would he hetray himself-not now '
"MOnsieur," and he drew the old.
mans arm through his with q tenjer
courte Y. "You will allow me to &c.
company you home. Then PERTAINS
may To honored by hearing a little
more perhaps assisting you in the ar.
rang ments you will have to make.
Remember, l am O relative-I believe,
tho very nearest relative now left to
Mademoisel.e Jardine."
"Yes. yes, am very grateful. And.
grateful, also, for the m ~nsieur's god.
ness. Let us CO.
so they went togethcr-the old man
talking volubly and cordially, tn,
younger n replying in little more
than mono 'yllables. through the al.
ready empty streets OF the little town.
CHAPTER vi.
There are two kinds of love-man's
love. l am not sp aking of woman's
Just now. The first born of sunshiny
seltism. basking in pleasure, shrinking
from any pain, either it's own or thai
of the object beloved, which is, for the
time being, itself. the second, strong
Us tender, while equally capable OF
pleasure, fears not pain. either per.
the helplessness of failing powers. onIy;
rouse in it Il deeper ,assion. a fonder
care. Happy the woman who has
found a resting-placc there. She need
fear neither sickness nor sorrow, old
age or leauty's decline. Living. how.
ever sad and broken IL life. she will DO
cherished to the last, and dying, she
will be mourned eternally.
Such a love. though he knew it not
a. the time-indeed, he hardly knew
himself ut all, so suddenly and strange
ly had circumstance, developed his
dormant nature-such q love, in all its
d~cvotedness and intensity. had taken
possession of Roderick's heart for his
COUSIN silence.
He did not attempt to sec her that,
OF course. wa, impossible; and he 1elt
capable OF making any sacrifice or ex-
erclslng any sclf-re .tsaint for her sake;
but 1t seemed as if only to be near her,
throwing over her the faithful shield
OF his silver love, was at once u con ola
ton and a protection
He walked the streets till all lights
were out, except that solemn ono
which marked the death chamber: and
then. with o Blessing on his lips and q
prayer in his heart-young man as no
was, Roderick was not ashamed to pray
-he departed.
Next morning. at tho very earliest
hour he could venture without exciting
suspicion, he was at the Reyniers'
door, to hear all that was to be head
concerning Mile. Jardine, and to vol
unteer any help that he ~delicately
could to the professionalism, he saw.
was q little lerplexed and impractical
in arranging the details of the funer-
al. Nay, it being q pelting wet day.
and the old man very rheumatic. he
succeeded in being allowed himself to
go and choose the grave, in the pretty
are SO proud of, and Were he had
been taken by Mile. Jardine herself
one sunshiny Sunday afternoon, almost
the first Sunday he came to tho town.
Coming back to the Reyniers, he ex-
planned all he had done in the most
matter-of fact and Unconditional way.
He seemed suddenly to have gained
tho power of unlimited self-restraint.
for her sake. TO do everything for her
that could possibly lie done, and never
to let her know it, was all he desired.
The third day was arranged for the
funeral. The only communication that
rassed between him and Nile. Lardine
had been q lelucst he had sent by
Sophie Reynier. that he might be al
lowed to attend it, in right Of relation
$ lip. and Silence sent him word back
that she was grateful"
This done. there Wa no moro to DO
done for her. nothing but to wander
restlessly about through thu long
dreary winter cay. and wonder how she
was bearing it. The very hardest bit
to him of all this tima was those few
hours when. having doEe all that was
possible for him to do, and having no
excuse for INJECTING himself furtheron
the Reynier family, he went back to
the hotel, Ind tried to Lad his ordi-
nary LIE there-eating, drinking and
sleeping; for he had no young mems
small vices: he thought Billiards dull,
and detested smoking. lie could not
this night, ever rea L, and it was not
until he woke next morning that it
occurred to him he ought to write
again to his mother, who would lust
be receiving his letter OF two days be.
fore.
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