The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-31

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head, the ground under foot, ever.
green thing, the very rocks themselve
seemed soaked through and through
A chill wind was rising, and tn
ground was dank and slippery, but Per
civaPs face was brighter, serener thai
it had been on that golden Angus
afternoon when he met Edith Helstol
for the first time in that place. III,
turned as her footstep announced he
and went to meet her up the marrow
path.
Il asked you TO meet me-" she said
hurriedly, because have got a lot o.
things to say TO you"
Lets sit down." he said "See,
brought this plaid to wrap round you
The wind is rising, and these Octobe,
evenings
She shivered acquiescently, and he
wrapped the plaid round her. took his
seat on the rock at her side, and said:
| Now
Il made up my mind last week when
/ asked you to meet me" she said, that
this comedy OF ours ought not to go on
eny longer. It was a piece Of folly,
but 1 meant it to end well. l was
wrong. 1 hoped that it would move
| her-and SO it has," she added. half to
| herself.
''You have something more to tell
me-"
Yes, have. have this TO tell you,
| that l have played our comedy as well
as could. Have played it well?'
tsEnu haro - "
he answered.
Until last night" she went on, 81
hoped it would succeed. Last night
saw Lola's real heart, and 1 am glad
that it has failed"
II, las failed, then?" he asked, glooni-
y.
1T succeeded and have made it fail.
1 will tell you how, if you like, If it is
not enough for you to know that Lola
never cared for you, that she is in
capable CT caring for anyone"
No." he said, quickly, that is not
enough for me-"
The rising wind drove a few belated
raindrops against their faces, and the
forlorn cry of the plover rang drearily
over the moor behind them
Last night" she said, lola came
into my room. She came TO ask my
advice, she said She was IN a difficult
ty, and this was what the difficulty
came to. Young Rogers had offered to
marry her, and she liked his mills, and
she Liked his fortune. and she liked his
horses, but she said she liked you better,
and wouldn't give you up to her be-
cause You had been fond of her before,
and she was sure you would be again |
if would only let you" Miss Helston |
had set her little teeth together hard
and spoke through them
THAT was pleasant for you he said /
gently, but so far it worked as you
wished, didn't it?'
$50 far" she answered, sit worked
as l wished. Then she said that You
were the only person she had ever cared
for and the only person who had ever
left her after caring for her"
And You, what did you say?"
What you or anyone would have
said. / told her that you loved her;
that you had only made confidante Of
me, and that was why we had been SO
much together"
And she?'
"She stood making hairpin redhot
n the flame of the candle and running
t through the Wax, and when told her
oh, indeed, pleaded your cause more
warmly than / could have pleaded any
'ause of my own-she said: Then he
Ices really care for me, he has cared
or me all the timer and said yes, you
lad, and then she just said good night
md went away"
r"Yes?"
This morning she told me she was
'olng to marry young Rogers, she had
zen mistaken in her feelings about
'ou; and then / understood her to the
cry core OF her miserable little soul.
he can't care for anyone, but she
ant bear to think there is anyone she
nows who doesn't care for her. As
'hg as she thought you were some
ody eise's, she wanted you. When
he found that You were hers, always +
ad been hers, she thew you away and /
ook that Manchester cad. | am very
orry it has all turned out wrong. but '
ldeed. 1t would not have turned out | =
iferently even if 1 hadn't tried to /
lay Providence for you" s
Well" he said, Its al over. r
lust bear it somehow, l suppose. l.
hank you thousand times for all Won q
ave done and have tried to do for me, b
She had risen from the stone and was d
anding beside him as he looked for E
rnly out over the misty gray expanse il
the valley. i.
Il think | will go home Alone she a
id Il am tired of talking and am | r,
'hamed OF the whole thing. Forget it A
I'd don't let us speak of it again, will e
NJ? | hope you won't be very I'M o.
ippy. Good-by." fl
lie stood holding her hand minute o1
niger Then she would not let it rest I
his
But we are still friends, aren't we?
lat wasn't acting y
No, that wasn't acting. Only, don't y
u see? we have nothing much left TO
friends about now. Good-bv." &
he stood. sick at heart. seeking vain
for some word that would keep her
him little longer. 1t came to him 10
a swift rush-all that she had been
him in those last two months and III
W. as she said, there was nothing 10 "
friends about and yet could thu
{ be friends with no ghost betwe,S
EN-. no phantom Of his low. for Lola? er
She had not taken the usual path. 1t 20
emed she was in haste TO part from ss
N for She had chosen the S-ean and