Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-08-23

InBIl' III WOFu, lDlF w pIluu DhN-
enant, who had es eemed himself pass
ing rich upon four hundred year,
stood possessed Ola hundred and TWEEN
ty thousand pounds
IL came too late to buy him the de-
sire Of his heart, and, not being able
to win for him this one blessing, IL
seemed almost useless.
james Wyatt was one Of the first TO
congratulate Sir Cyprlan upon this
change Of fortune.
"A pity the old gentleman did not
die before you went to Africa" he said,
sympathetically. ut would have
squared thing for you and Miss Clan
yarde,"
Miss Clanyardc made very good
marriage" an we ed Cyprian, too
proud TO bare his old wound to friendly
James Wyatt. She is happy"
Mr.. Wyatt shrugged his shoulders
obviously.
who know ?" be said I'VE zee our
friends lives from the out ide, and,
like show ut fair, the outside is al
ways the best Of the erlormance.
This ha pened while Mr. and Mrs.
Sinclair we're at Schoenesthel. Soon
came the tidings OF Baby Christabel's
fate, briefly told in newspaper para
graUh, and Cyplian Davenant heart
bled for the woman he had once loved.
He was not Il little surprised when
James Wyatt called upon him one day
in November, and told him he was go
ing down to Davenant, where there
was to be houseful of company.
so on after the little girls death, F"
exclaimed S + Cypriau.
eyes, it IS rather soon, no doubt.
But they would be moped to death at
Davenant without people, Sack-cloth
and ashes are quite out of the fashion,
you see, People don't go in for intense
mourning nowadays.
People have hearts, / suppose, even
in the nineteenth century, said Sir
Cyprian, somewhat bitterly. 81 should
have thought Mrs. Sinclair would have
felt the loss OF her little girl very
deeply"
"We don't know what she may feel, i"
returned Wyatt, Gilbert likes his
own way
"You dent mean to say that he ill
uses his wife," asked Sir Cyprian,
alarmed.
"Ill-usage is big word. We don't
employ it nowadays, replied Mr..
Wyatt, with an imperturbable smile.
Colbert Sinclair is my client, and an
excellent one, as you know. 1t would
i'll become me to disparage him, but |
must admit that he and Mrs Sinclair
are not the happiest couple whose do
nestle hearth have ever sat by. She
had some secret grief even before the
death of her child and made up for be-
ing very brilliant in society by being
exceedingly dull at home. don't ex-
pect to find her very lively, now that
She has lost the only being she really
cared for. She absolutely worshiped
that child.
This conversation gave Sir Cyprian
Davenant material for much sad
thought To know that Constance was
unhappy seemed to bring her nearer to
him. It brought back the thought of
the old days when those innocent eyes
had looked into hi, eloquent with un-
conscious love; when Constance Clan
yarde had given him her heat with
out thought of tomorrow, happy in
the knowledge that she was loved be-
lieving her lover strong to conquer
fate and fortune. And he had brought
the chilly light OF worldly wisdom to
bea on this dream Of Already. He had
been strong, Sc f-denying, and had re-
nOunced his own happiness in the hope
of securing hers. And now fate laugh
ed him to scorn with this gift of vain
riches and he found that his worldly
wisdom had been supreme folly.
What self-s Efficient fool, what an
idiot, L have beeu" he said to himself,
in an agony OF remorse. and now
what atonement can make to her for
my folly? Can | defend her from the
purse-proud snob she has been sold to?
Can | save her wounded heart one
plng? Can | be near her in the hour
of misery, or offer one drop of comfort
from a soul overlooking with tender
ness and pity? No: to approach her is
to do her a wrong. But can watch at
u distance, perhaps. | must use other
eyes. My money may be of some use
in buying her faithful service from
9th ers. God bless her. | consect ate
my days to her service: distant or
near, | will be her friend and her de-
fender"
Two days later Sir Cyprian met Lord
Clanyarde at the nobleman's club 1t
was club which Cyprian rarely used,
although he had been member ever
since his majority, and it may be that
he went out out OF his beaten track in
the hone of encountering Constance
Sinclair father.
Lord Clanyarde was very cordial and
complimentary upon his friends al
tered fortune.
you must feel sorry for having
parted with DAY enant he said, when
you might so easily have kept it.
"Davenant il rather too big for a
confirmed bachelor"
True; it would have been white
elephant, [ dare say. Sinclair has inn
proved the p ace considerably. You
ought to come down and have look at
it. I'm going to Marchbrook to shoot
next week. Come and stay with me,
added Lord Clanyarde, with hearth
ness, not at all prepared to be taken at
his word.
IL shall be charmed. said Sir Cyp-
rtan, to his lordship's infinite astonish-
ment.
People generally took his invitations
for what they were worth, and de-
clined them But here was a man just
from the center of Africa, who hardly
understood the language of polite So
ciety,
To BE CONTINUED,
Could Only BE Answered in Latin.