The morning call., 1894-04-01
besides. the future is ours now. so we must
not he greedy"


not he greedy"
The news of the Sebastian financial
smash, coupled with the fact that he head
and chief insiigator of the series of
fraudulent speculations had absconded,
carrying with him all the available capt.
tai he could lay his hands upon, fell upon
the world of fin ance and society like a
thuuderbeldt
To say Lady Lillian was Mortified would
be but a mild term. Her increduIity
passed after while into Indignation and
the most acute personal disappointment.
Then the indignation became armed with
cunning and cold, cautious strategy. and
war, determined and inexorable. filed her
in every fiber of her being.
he VIII marry her as sure as gun un-
less | do something to prevent him., she
said 10 herself, desperately. Tho girls
attitude only makes him keener. of course,
and Il he can find out where she is hiding
il is all up with him."
Cyril Dnnstan'S aunt could never be too
thankful that The engagement had not
been publicly announced. She knew we'll
the sort of fight she had before her with
Cyril. but the pOsiti' would have been a
hundredfold more difficult ana disagree
able ii the world had been enlightened on
the subject of the love story that had, by
the irony of fate, only come to a crisis on
the very eve Of the Sebastian failure.
There were lnnumerable inquiries about
Mary Sebastian. Curiosity, apart from any
other feelings, prompted some interest in
the fate Of one who, from being a star Of
such magnitude, had now sunk into abso-
lutte oblivion. Lady Lillian could satisfy
no one. Mary hid disappeared as COM
petely as though she had been swept into
the silence and secrecy of death itself.
From that morning when she left Gate
stone for London IN answer to the law
yers' summons. no sign. no trace of
her was 20 be found. Cyril Dunstan
searched for bis love like a man de-
mented. He left no stone unturned.
a letter had reached him through the
lawyers. bidding him farewell forever
letter written IN an anguish that not
even the cold, formal words could shut
out. Through the same source Cyril had
replied, saving 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. II only for moment To this letter
no answer came. The solicitors gave
CyTil all the information in their power
They spoke Of Mary's nobility. of the
eagerness with which she had given up
every farthing she could claim to go
toward the help of those her fathers
crime had brought TO the verge of run:
tut Of thu girls private movements they
would not speak. "She is not absolutely
destitute; she has found work" That
was Ill that Cyril could extract from them.
He grew very thin and haggard in those
days of sorrow. Lady Lillian left him
severely alone. She was IN town now.
driving about wrapped in furs, with
pretty girl as her constant companion.
'Sir William DOnnithoTne is ordered to
the south for the entire winter, and he has
lent me his little Enid for long, long
while. Is II not good of him? am so
glad to have her; the child is so sweet"
she said to all her friends. 10 some more
intimate ones she added: LAS matter of
fact, the girl is not quite happy with her
father. Sir William always was difiicclt
man. and since he has been so Ill he has
been very much worse. One must be
sorry for him, of course, poor man. Still.
it seems such pity he canu0i go out OF
the world in good temper. Cyril must
marry Enid" she said to herself; che
must he shallp
The prospect of Sir Williams departure
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 90 fall in with her new plan for
him. Of what use all her schemes, all her
sacrl6ces-the perpetual ennui of associa-
lion with silly. braiDless girl-the risk Of
influenza by the abandonment Of her.
usual trip to the Riviera--ot what use
praying for Sir Williams early demise
while Cyrll remained SO pr0voklngly I'M
manageable? 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,1 she said
to herself, ana, announcing a bad head 4
ache, she shut herself up in her room and
was extremely busy with pen, ink and
paper for several hours,
When she emerged from her seclusion
ner headache was gone. she Locked radj
AMI. That night she took Miss Donni-