Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-09-26

IN great state at Topham Lodge and
kent groom and what more would
you hayef
4 little later the same evening Ern-
e,,t Deyereux, leaning idly against the
pillar by (which Lefty was standing,
and having nothing better to say just
then, told her that he had met Ut.
! r,ennard riding a little way out OF
Kenmore that morning.
II never saw s man 50 changed IN
nv Iife," he said; 'he looks years
older. quite an old man. and he was
as distant and cold as possible. l am
s,irn one sight of his grave. pale race
would cure any Of the young ladies'
who used 10 adore him.
The first bars Of a yalse came fioat-
no toward then. and Ernest Devereux
stood silent. keeping time with one
ha,,d on the pillar against which he
famed. II was a sweet, plaintye MI,
bnt Lefty was not needing IT: she was
thinking. with inward tears. of one
true heart that could not be estranged.
because the face 81 it's IDOL haa
blanched and aged.
"He said he had only come BACK
for d few days to settle his analrs
and dispose Of his practice" continued
Ernest Devereux He Is gong 70
live at Cranleigh
4 May whrl of many-colored lights,
buzzlng sound, growing louder and
lOuder every instant, till she felt as i
her ear must burn under the pressure.
and Lefty lay pale and still on Ernest
Devereux's arm. She had tainted.
pressing useless crowd was gath
cred around them in an Instant, and
many were the reasons named as the
cause Of this sudden attack.
Il thought she looked too brilliant
to he quite In health" said one.
Eyes, she was evidently excited, and
the heat has been too much for her,
said another.
Not one of them imagined the real
cause Of that deathly faint, not even
the man who had struck the blow, so
10 speak. and seen her Keeling under 1t.
She was carried to her own room.
and Mrs Atherton and couple Of
young lady friends attended her.
poor dear" said Mrs. Topham. who
was at heart a kindly woman. "how
white she Il. to be surew And then
she said, still lower. Astonishing, TIL
da isn't e.? But was mistaken, and
I'm sure I'm very sorry She couldn't
he rouged, you know, and turn like
that"
In little more than an hours time
Lefty was down again, moving about
among her guests. but with a face so
pale, IN eye so fixed. that people
turned to look after her as she passed.
Ernest Devereux caught n glimpse of
her. and breaking from the group of
gentlemen who surrounded him. he
made his way to her side at once.
Miss Leigh" he whispered, bend
''do let me persuade you to 90 back
10 your room. You are not fit to he
here "
She answered with a smile and d
quie. shake Of the head.
DO take my advice" he said. a
can see that You are suffering. and
acutely
She glanced quickly MP at him. and
then bent hcr head over her bouquet.
hut still she aid not stir.
at IS too warm aud noisy for YOU
here" he continued .sCome down 10
Your own little rarIor: we shall at
least he quiet there. -
He offered his arm as he spoke, and
she took H. and walked with him to
the small. dimly-llghted room he spoke
Of. glad TO get away from the glare
ana the music and the stony faces OF
those guests. who were no friends.
He seated her before the fire In
large, easy chair, and drew another
near 70 her for himself.
The light MS II played on both their
faces, showed very different emotions
on each. His was pale aud agItated.
sudden scarlet nnshes coming and 70
ing across the shallow check. fugitive
CLEANS of tenderness coming and 20
lng In the fair hlue ewes Tetty's face
was rs pale and still rs It had been IN
the drawing-roem, her eyes half
closed hor lips pressed close together.
she Sat ana scattered the crimson
petals OF her roses over her lap in ST
lence.
Ernest nevereuv was the first Ia
sneak and his low earnest tones woke
he dreaming girl with n start. II
was the same tale he had told 10 her
an the sands some months ago. but
told now with many passionate
changes that had been absent then.
Ile had pleaded FOR the hand m tho
heireTs then; now he was pleading for
the heart NJ the woman; ana all the
earneStnoSS md truth Of his nature
rose into tits face as he spoke
Lefty had then answered "No."
firmly and easily; now She whispered
q with 4 falterlnr tongue that would
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