Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-02-11
49, Dontr{ member held OUT his
band md said:

faWoWi" exclaimed NOIuun. AO~ -Ne'9'
come toGee Taras.
'' No not now. A deaths head is not
..o,,sd AZ YOUR feast. Perhaps l shall
,o,,e m YOU on Monday-perhaps not,
he added, dropping Gordon's hand and
.,,-oine oway with last nod to me.
I W. looked after him In silent specula-
,,o, bpt little thinking that we were to
-,, o,r friend DO more. We found fly
=, working station that carried US TO
po+,erford. Taras was standing az the
-.,e with Judith by his side. As Cor
Son STOOD 10 in the carriage waving
bis hat she ran 20 meet as, leaving
Taras. Gordon leaped out OF the ny
before it stopped, aud the next moment
She was wrapped 10 his pig arms,
standing on tip-toe to reach his lips.
Tlras took my hands Ia silence-we
vero both greatly mOyed-but as be led
me- through the open gate be mar
INJURED:
"Brave, dear frlend-mY unchanged,
rncbanging Aural You have come back
not Co go away agaia?
"Never, never" answered fervent-
IT, son. il may stay with you till the
end Of my life. That is the wish Of my
heart, and I have no secrets from you
now
"Ah, YOU have guarded your secret
we'll. and l was a poor seer not TO guess
the truth. could 0uly tell that there
was something hidden; that none Of us
had the true cleW 20 the mystery. But
ir one thing I was not at fault. 1 said
chat YOU would come back 20 ne, and
even you could not sake my faith in
chat. When Judith told me she must
leave me, they would have had me ad-
vertiss for a cOmpaniOn-s stranger TO
Am voar place. Think of it. They
thought me mad when L told them you
would come back in time. But you have
come, dear, brave, self-sacri6cing
friend. The luck has turned"
81 should think IL had" cried Cor
don, Overtakiug US, land not a bit too
so0n."
Then the two friends grasped hands
ike couple OF giants and stood smil-
ing in each others faCes-GordOn with
tremulous movement OF the lips as he
looked at the closed ewes which used TO
shine upon him and could shine no more.
something like jolly meeting this, "
he said st0utly as he mastered his emo
ton. "Worth going to Siberia TO feel
ike this when one comes back, but
hang me II 60 again!
NYou have no friend 20 save-that's
why" ? "a Taras. "The ear is salts
fed. They'll leave me alone now"
AYE. old chap, but We march out
with fytng colors aud can hang up our
swords with pride.
That was the only reference made to
The past.
"By Jupiter, what Jolly old place.
Gordon exclaimed as be came in sight o.
the house. "But what's the meaning
OF an those shattered windows"
"That is the part we have not yet
found use for Eight or nine rooms are
about as many as Mere Lucas can COM
forta5iY manage"
The best part o. the house is unoc-
cupied, " added Jtdith.
The best part, De you say? That
sounds as if it ikht be good enough
for us. What do You think, partner
mine-shall we buiN our nest here?'
Like the swallows, without asking
whether we are welcome or not?" sug-
gested Judith.
eyes" said Taras, "and, like them,
bringing happiness 10 the house"
Judith and l went up stairs together
We had a great zeal 20 tell each other.
Looking from the window, we saw
Taras and Gordon on the lawn. Oh, it
was good to see them filing their pipes
from the same pouch, strOlling across
the smooth grass with their arms link
cd, putting out clouds OF blue smoke,
and sill better to hear them joining in
a hearty laugh
eft is the first time I have heard him
laugh" said judith. ellis patience has
sometimes panied me. His endeavor TO
ind q cheerful outlook in the future
only proved how persistently memories
of the past haunted him, how tedious the
present moment was. Now you have
changed all that"
"Il"
eyes, you were Naore to him than
sight. The loss Of you was the real
grief, not the loss Of his eyes. That he
looked upon almost as a fOreseen calam-
ity-'the chance of war as be says.
he has always maintained that you
would come back. The next room Is
yours. To was furnished expressly for
YOU, and all that belonged to you in
/ Lambeth is in there. Nothing yet
FROM my little friend? he has asked
sometimes after ] have read his letters
to him. You have always been present
here 90 him. l felt that. 1t hurt me
sometimes 20 feel that 1 could never be
| so much 20 him as you were. am sure
I that my presence irritated him some
times and that be was glad TO be left
alone. In those moments he was think
ing of you. Something IN my man
nar compared unfavorably with his
I recollection OF you. i can afford TO tel
you an this now, dear AT one time It
wounded my pride 70 suspect 10, and
would not have confessed the tact &c
myself, but IL gives me JOY to tell you
/ all now"
She left me as Mere Lucas tapped al
I the door and humbly begged TO SPEAK
t0 her dear mademOlselle. i wished
could escape also. thought the poor
old woman would never be cOmfortec
or cease 90 beat her ample breast and
call herself hard names
ITO think Of the iudignities, the az
I fronts. the insults I offered you, my
dear, my most respected mademoiselle
| Whay brute I was, what an animal
what an imbecIe! To offer YOU place
as domestic servant in this house; x
take YOU 10 my own room when / ought
Co have led you into the best drawing
rodm; to permit myself to eat at the
same table with you, and to offer YOU
the little wine aud the remains OF food
that are only good enough for a fool anc
a dolt such rs I am-thOugh certainly
they are better than ] deserve. And C
think YOU had behaved unwOrthiiy al