Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-26
Two in the Game.

summer time and Madeline Devereux
looked forward with regret to the
termination of her holiday. AS a mat
ter of fact. life was all holiday to her,
she being the only daughter of veal
thy merchant with society leanings.
After the season Madeline and hci
mother had come down to Sandsfoot
for couple of months rest and qu!er-
ness. which they thoroughly enjoyed.
Madeline was a very beautiful ri.
small and graceful, with dainty, deli
cate face framed i'm wreath of golden
hair of the ripe Titan hue.
She was favorite with men gener-
ally: she liked their society better than
that of her own sex. The openings f3r
plalonics at Sandsfoot were very limit
ed. hut there was one man there -
Sydney Parton, native of the place =
whose society suited Madeline ex
actly.
He wasn't one of her set she recog
nized that lie was poor, because he
lived very quietly in n cottage worth
f20 a year, but he was a handsome
man. with fine. square face, and he
could sail boat better than any Of
the fishermen in the bay. He had been
a trihe diffldent ut first. but after n lit
tie encouragement he had taken quite
naturally to the lessons in love which
Madeline directed with such cOnsum-
mate skill.
Sydney was helplessly in love, of that
there was no question. Never had
Madeline gone SO far before. but then
Satan always finds some mischief for
idle hands to do. The twain were al
ways together, and that tender, seduc-
tive moonlight over the sea had done
the rest.
No thought of the future troubled
Madeline. 1t never occurred to her that
she had laid the lines for the destruc-
ton Of good mans happiness.
She liked to feel his strong arm
against her waist; there was something,
blissful in the contact between his
shoulder and her sunny head, whc-e
she would lie, with her blue, trusting
eyes turned up to his, and catch tie
fervid protestations of undying love
and affection. They thrilled and moved
her a little at the time, for Sydney
had the voice of a poet, and his voice
was wonderfully low and sweet for q
man. And while he gave her all it Il
possible to give, she kissed him lightly
on the lips and led him on to his doom
with only one thing to trouble her.
She knew that it would be harder &c
give Sydney Parton his congo than II
had ever been with any unattached
lover before, and at the same time the
idea of carrying the idyl beyond Sands
foot was out Of the question.
"Oh, dear! why cannot this life go or
forever" Madeline sighed, as she sal
with her back against rock and look
ed out over the restless sea.
There was not soul in sight, nobod,
near her but Sydney, lying at her feet
with his whole soul in his eyes.
lit can" Sydney replied; ut is en-
tirely in your hands. Madeline, yo,
are not going away to leave me now?'
Madeline's eyes grew very sweet ant
tender. 1t was in moments like thcs,
that she felt strong temptation I,
throw the world aside and drift ava,
into the sheltered haven of good man.
love.
II am afraid that all things mus
have an ending, Syd," she murmurcd
as she bent forward to play with hi
crisp brown hair. 81 have been ver
happy here, and / shall be very, yer,
sorry to go away"
Madeline watched for the clou
which she knew would come into sgd
ney's eyes, and she was not disappoin'
ed.
"But why go away at all?' he asked
"You love me, we love each other. VIII
not stay with me altogether and b,
come my wife? Madeline, / nev.,
loved a woman before. You have com
like sunshine into my life, and all III
heart Is yours. know that 1 lac
worldly knowledge; that am a plat
simple sort of fellow, and not at all tn
kind of man you have been accustome
TO; but none care for you as ! do. VI
darling, you must not go awayv'
sydney spoke almost fiercely in hi
passion. He grasped Madeline by H.
hands and bent his face over hers, a
II trying to read her very soul. III
glance almost frightened her for
moment, so wild was It.
And suppose" she asked, 'that
must go away? Suppose told yo
that we must part never to me,
again.
DON'T Sydney said brokenly.
cannot bear to think Of It."