Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-15

"Take lily-leat In your hand Lady
Charnelgh, and stain it. Can paint
cover the mark or restore it's beauty?
Brush the bloom from the downy
peach; can anything give 1t back?
Crush the perfume from the scattered
leaves of a rose, can anything make
the flower whole apd complete?"
NO." she replied.
$50 faith, once destroyed, can never
be made whole. So love, once rudely
awakened, can never sleep again. So
trust, once betrayed, can never be
wholly restored.
ST think" she said, impetuonly, 81
would rather have Captain Flemyng's
refusal to pardon than your forgive
ness, Sir Bertram."
why" he asked, simply.
"He would make me proud and an
CRY. You would make me so angry, If
| had done anything wrong, that
should break my heart over it"
In after years, those words returned
to her, and she knew they had been
truthfully spoken
Sir Bertram was the first to recover
himself
Our discussion has made us all very
serious. Lady Charnleigh, you carry
sunshine with you wherever you go
why this eclipse?"
you have frightened me-" she re-
piled, in q low voice. And, looking at
her, Sir Rertram saw the beautiful eyes
dim with tears.
For once in his life he was nearly
giving way to a mad impulse. He
wished to take her in his arms and kiss
the tears away. His great heart
yearned over her. He loved her so
dearly and so well that the very force
of his own love frightened him.
az am sorry" he said. 81 have an
earnest way of both speaking and
thinking.
"Earnestness is the very salt of life,
put in Captain Flemyng; and Ethel's
sweet eyes looked her approval of the
words.
Later on in the evening of the same
day. when Lady Charleigh's noble
drawing-room was half filled with
guests, these four found themselves to-
gether again,
Lady Fanshawe says we have had
enough of London for this season" the
brilliant young mistress was saying;
she wishes to return to Crown Leigh
ton
London will lose its brightest star"
said Captain Flemyng.
She always smiled at his compli-
ments, but they never brought burn
-, tp l,, fna n,
Sir Bertram did.
THE star, as you please to call me,
Captain Flemyng, has made up her
mind what to do, if possible. She will
take her world to Crown Leighton,
and shine on it there. Ethel" she con-
tinued earnestly, you must accompa-
ny me to Crown Leighton. | refuse to
be parted from you. The General has
his hands full of business: he does not
want you. | do. Come and stay with
me for three months. Help me to per-
suade her, Captain Flemyng."
"She needs no persuasion" he re-
turned, "She is willing.
"You will be at Weldon" continued
Lady Charnleigh-"only a few miles
away. You will come over very often.
| want to have charades, private the
atricals, and everything that is gay,
bright, and pleasant.
"You make me very happy, Lady
Charnleigh," said the young soldier.
What have l DONE" said Sir Ber-
tram, "that should be banished from
paradise?"
az do not know that you are ban
ished?" replied Lady Charnleigh, with
a charming smile.
"You have not honored me with an
invitation, Lady Charnleigh; you do
not know how eagerly l shall respond. "
81 will give you one to Weldon, said
Captain Flemyng, 1--WE shall have
some capital shooting there in Sep
TENDER, l am leaving London next
week-come with me"
Lady Charnleigh heard the words
with beating heart.
"Verily," she said to herself, my jest
is a true one [ am taking my world
with me-"