The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-06-07

OF course. and II he can fnd out Wlere
she is hiding it is all up with him"
Cyril Dunstan's aunt could never be
too thankful that the engagement had
not been publicly announced. She
knew well the sort Of fight she had be
( fore her with Cyril, but the position
would have been a hundred fold more
difficult and disagreeable if the world
had been enlightened on the subject
Of the love story that had, 10y the irony
OF fate only come to a crisis on the
J very eve Of the Sebastian failure
There We're lnnumeraUIe inquiries
about Mary Sebastian. Curiosity,
apart from any other feelings. prompt
I ed some interest in the fate of one
who. from being a star of such magni-
/ tude. had now sunk into absolute OBJ
livion. Lady Lillian could satisfy no
one. Mary had disappeared so com
pletely as though she had been swept
into the silence and secrecy of death
itself. From that morning when she
/ left Gatestone for London IN answer
to the lawyers summons, no sign, no
1 trace of her was to be found. Cyril
Dunstan searched for his love like a
man demented. He left no stone un
/ turned. 4 letter had reached him
/ through the lawyers, bidding him fare
well forever-a letter written III an
anguish chat not even the cold, formal
words could not shut out. Through
I the same source Cyril mad replied,
saying nothing in the wide world would
make him accept her decision as final,
and praying her. by all the beauty
and intensity Of their love, to let him
see her. If only for moment. To this
letter no answer came. The solicitors
gave Cyril all the information III their
power. They spoke Of Mary's nobil-
7 ity, Of the eagerness with which she
had given up every farthing she could
claim to 90 toward the help of those
her fathers crime had brought to the
verge OF ruin: but Of the girls private
movements they would not speak.
She is not absolutely destitute; she
has found work" That was all that
/ Cyril could extract from them. He
grew very thin and haggard IN those
. days of sorrow. Lady Lillian left hnn
I severely alone. She was in town now,
/ driving about wrapped in furs, with a
! pretty girl as her constant companion.
Sir William Donnithorne IS order
ed to the South for the entire winter,
and he has lent me his little Enid for
1 a long. long while. Is it not good Of
him? [ am SO glad to have her; the
/ child IS SO sweet" she SAID to all her
/ friends. To some more intimate ones
/ she added: las matter OF fact, the
girl IS not quite happy with her father.
1 Sir William always was a difficult
man, and since he has beenso Ill he has
! been very much worse. One must be
/ sorry for him, Of course, poor man.
\ Still, IL seems such pity he cannot
/ 90 out Of the world in a good temper.
! Cyril must marry Enid" she said to
! herself: ne must-he shaIln
The prospect Of Sir Williams de
parture from this world. however, only
made Lady Lillian the more angry
with Cyril when she found, as she
soon did, that he was not disposed to
fall in with her new plan for him. Of
! what use ali her schemes all her sacri
/ tices-the perpetual ennui of assOcia
ton with silly, hralnless glrl-the
risk Of influenza by the abandonment
Of her usual trip to Riviera-of what
4 use praying for Sir Williams early
demise while Cyril remained 50 pro
vokingly unmanageabIe? Was she
to be defeated after all Lady Lillian
knew Of Mary's farewell letter: she
knew of her nephew's reply. She set
her teeth one day. Strong diseases
need strong remedies" she said to her
self, and announcing bad headache,
she shut herself up IN her room and
was extremely busy with pen, ink and
4 paper for several hours.
/ When she emerged from her seclu-
sion her headache was gone; she
looked radiant. That night she took
Miss DOnnithorne TO a theater, and
stopping the carriage she actually
alighted to post two letters with her
own hands.
One Of these was addressed to Cyril
DunstaD, ami was in the writing that