The Princeton union., 1894-03-15
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Say it again, darling-it sounds so
sweet to lonely bachelor like myself
to know someone prays for his return.
o child! is it really true that we be-
long to each other-that you can love
me as 1 want to be loved, for myself
alone? It seems to good to be true"
These rhapsOdies of love were dis
turbed by the entrance Of a third per-
son, from whose presence Ada retired
abashed, eXcusing herself hurriedly to
her lover, who would have stood there
with his arm about his promised wife,
although the whole world stopped to
look on. Now the sOlemnity Of the Oc-
casion was spoiled and Hilliard took up
his hat to leave.
Back soon?" asked the newcomer
laconically.
I'm few days, Will This is busi-
ness trip, and did not expect to make
it before-until-well not at present.
Like Macbeth his amen stuck in his
throat. He could not say "befOre our
marriage" with those cold, indifferent
eyes fixed on his face.
I understand" said the other man,
''good-bye then-so long-Tll take care
of Ada for you, but hurry back
There was a forced laugh, and Hill
full rival to comfort his sweetheart,
without any thought of distrust, though
he disliked the man for being willing
to take secondary position as coolly
as he did.
''All the worlds lover" said Will
Armitage when Hilliard was gone. II
must prove the exception" He yawn-
ed and took up book.
Hilliard Burton finished his business
at Albany, his second stopping place,
and was ready to return home. At this
junction fate, destiny kismet what you
will, came to him in the shape of an Or
der from the house.
''Go to Rushville and see our man
there; will wire yOu,' ran the telegram.
81 will write to her if I am obliged to
stay" he said, and felt as if ton Of
eare had suddenly settled upon his
shoulders.
Ada Cation had spent three months
in Rushville during the first portion OF
the year, visiting a school friend. a girl
older than herself, who had married a
mature man, q lawyer, and settled
In the town. For some reason she had
never said much about her visit, al
though she still exchanged letters with
her friend Mrs. Carew. Without put
LlQS Il1c LIlOuSlL 1uIO WOIuo. LAh1lt'1 u
knew by some psychological sense that
Ada had reasons for not wishing him
to visit Rushville or to meet her friends
and he loved and trusted her well
enough to respect her prejudices He
was a good, honorable, straightforward
man. incapable of deceit himself and
unable to comprehend it easily in 9th
ers Without trying to analyze mere
suspicion, he decided not to see he1
friends. but he found himself the sport
of fate again. The failure Of busi-
ness house, involving loss and law.
suit to his own firm was the cause OF
his being sent to Rushville. And the
lawyer for the house that had failed
was the husband of Ada's friend. 1t
was therefore necessary for the two
men to meet, and IIilliard found that
he was known, and at once Welcomed
outside of business involvements-as
Ada's lover.
Mr.. Carew, the lawyer, was matter
Of-fact sort of man, with cold gra!
eyes and compressed lips, wiry of form
an angular man, with more head thai
heart. Punishment for sin was hi
great doctrine; eternal sin; eternal pun
ishment. He had in him some Of tha
old intolerant spirit that would hav
doomed the unborn rather than lie
one guilty man escape. But this wa
evident only in his methods of bust
ness, when he made the way Of tn
transgressor as hard as possible, doin!
his duty according to his own lights.
Hilliarl Burton was caught in tn
tolls He could not resist withou
being churlish, an invitation to din
at Mr.. CareN's, and he went with al
odd, uuaccountable sensation of ap
preaching evil. There surely wa
nothing in the handsomely appointed
home of his host to predict wrong, o
in the pleasant greeting of Mrs. Carew
who welcomed him effusively as he
friends betrothed. What was it, thi
foreshadowing Of some dread happen
ing, he asked himself as he washed hi
hands and brushed his hair in til
handsome guest chamber upon his al
rival
'"This was the room that Ada occu