Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-08-28

W sll bO W. 49, ~oA~SS0NASb NAA>N
1 will keep it.
An hour before this speech was
made, Frank NIillard had saved Paul
Holbrook's sister from watery grave,
and brought her safe in his strong
arms to very spot upon the beach at
Newport where the two men now stood
together.
There never were two men SO utterly
unlike US Paul Holbrook and Frank
N1illard. The first hard working
professional man, who had struggled
for such little success rs Fate had
meted out to him. unaided save by his
own hands and brain. The other q
man who had fortune for his friend
from his birth; who neither tciled nor
spun who was o man Of society; q
member of clubs; and one with whom
women always fell in love. From that
day they were friends And so it came
to pass that, walking down Fifth ave.
nue. one day arm in arm, they met
Rose Lewis, that Frank introduced
her to Paul, that they turned and
walked block with her. and that,
few evenings aiterward. Frank took
Paul to call upon her.
She was beautiful. But that tells
you nothing about the woman---the
frank, sweet, womanly woman with
whom Paul fell in love before he had
known her q month. Wrapped up in
his profession, engrossed by strug-
giles for bread and butter, which, while
they seldom prevent man from do.
ing g:eat things, always unit him for
society, Paul had known few women.
He had no experience by which to
guide himself, or by which to measure
his own feelings. For while he did
not guess that he was in love, and SO
was drawn nearer and nearer to the
whirlpool, until, when the truth Mt
last dawned upon him, there was no
retreat. 1t was ont Of the question
that she should like him. 1t was i'm
possible for him now to cease to love
her---to be happy without her. That
she could care ior him never entered
his mind; that she did, would have
been al absurdity too preposterous to
dream of.
But it was true, nevertheless. Rose
said, eff he cares SO little for the, I
will make very sure that he does not
guess care one whit for him." Paul
said, "Sho shall never laugh at me,
though she does not love me. She
shall respect me, and never guess her
power, whatever pain feel" And SO
they met and parted, day after day (;
and no one guessed that anything
troubled the heiress but Frank Millard !;
and only two, the same Frank Millard
and Paul's sister Ruth, saw how pale
Paul grew. Poor Ruth who in her
terror asked Frank Millard one day,
If he thought that Paul we're i'll.
"He is so unlike himself" she said.
81 am frightened, Mr.. Millard."
And Frank had said, 81 think that
your brother cannot be very i'll. If
anything troubles him that will pass
away"
''But do you know of anything that
can trouble Paul?" asked Ruth. And
Frank had answered, "Perhaps guess
Mt something, but I am not certain. P"
They were together good deal,
Frank Millard and Ruth. 1t had
entered Paul's head at times, that this
fellow liked his sister very we'll; of
late, that it was possible that he loved
Der. But Ruth, at seventeen, seemed
child to him.
As she had said, lie worked very
hard, but toll could not Danish the
"haunted thought" of his life. 1t
grew stronger instead of fading. At
last he resolved to try what charm
there might be in absence; to leave
the city; forbidding himself to meet
the woman he hopelessly adored; and
availing himself of an offer which
promised to be stepping-stone.to his
professional success, put barrier Of
miles of lind and water between him.
self and Rose Lewis.
at the same time Rose, scorning
herself for the infatuation which she
could not control, had also resolved to
leave place where every day bore in
its arms possibility of meeting the
man who, with Indifference in his
mien and GOODNESS in his speech, still
haunted her presence so persistently,
and following an example already set
by most of her fashionable friends, go
to Europe. The AS were going, and
the BIS. She should have pleasant
company ON the voyages, so she said
to Frank Millard. On the same even
ing Holbrook spoke OF his departure
TO South America.
"lt's q good Offer he said. 81
shall make money, and get on. Of
course it's hard to leave Ruth alone
but she will board with an old friend,
and he we'll protected"
"You are doing well here," said
Frank, doubtfully.
''In one sense, yes" ''In another,
no. A man must not peril his