The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-07-17

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rerious and cold I'VE must certainly
do Il. don't believe your talk about
wanting money. either. ! made a mis-
take when ! married you, and mean to
ret the only compensation possible"
Whcreupon the little elderly man
signs. kisses her hand tshe less willing
10 have Il kissed than IN the previous
lcerol and departs
Ruin. red aud miserable. The visits
OF interested but unsympntheiic
friends women eager to pick up mfor-
nation They all hurl hack words at
poor little NJ. le Mari Beatrice. with
her lace handkerchief 10 her eye and
cruel rage In her heart. acqulesccs
Tao visits Of interested and interesting
young men. who are quite cheerful.
ana persuade her at length that she.
too. under the circumstance. may, II
she WILL also be cheerful. 1t might
be deal worse, deuoed deal worse"
faya one Of them: and he presses her
hand tendcrly and kisses II later. per-
haps less reyerently.
The parting. GOOD heavens what
/ ignomlnyi The wife Of a conylctl
The little. baid-headed man. however,
does not look very wicked There are
tears In his eyes. Dearest" he whis-
| pors. Il will not ask you 10 forgive me.
I ! did Il. as thought for the best-but
my brain must have been turned. !
wrongod you when married you. and
row you must forget me. II ! write 10
l you you need not answer. ! can wor-
| ship you al n distance. and pray for
you IA well In my prison cell as by
your own dear slder" That was all
They did not embrace She gave hlm
her hand 10 kiss. as he seemed very
much TO want -. People appeared 20
have a mania for kissing ner hand. Il
was 20 very small and shapely
There, that win do" exclaimed
Beatrice. suddenly "Neyer mind that
flower"
"nut Lord Dadenham specially
asked mo. miss, 10 bring Il up Tor that
purpose protested the astonlshcd
Payn
"Oh. well. don't care"
You never londcl more lovely IN an
your life. miss. I'm positive muir
INJURED Payn, as her mistress moved 10
the door
Rally
The perfume Of Turkish tobacco
floats to her nosirils the moment she
o. outside. She Qulvers with strange
discomfort
u do wish people wtulln'. smoke
Fhcre before I have hreaf,as,el." fhe
remarks.
'fut Mrs"
"Oh. hold your tonguc. Paynl II
doesn't matter much what they do.
bltd an
Niscornt nldonham Is the dlplo-
mat.si OF old times. lie pitches his
cigarette into the Gre bat does not
rise. fic prefers TO contemplate Bea-
triCc. as 10 she were an "2ld master" "
or modern landscape, merely remark
Ing
well. how are you this morning.
we are" said nelu'cc. perfectly
ven thank you.
Nlscolnt Dldenham laughs There
sro times when ne rather lihcs Miss
Ntyloigh's humlrR Yea ri,e MI
l.sms Is Mas Mayl'lsh She hns hoCn
ihal ever sincs her huihAr rs sentence
atrn cnhezzler Viscluut Dadeuham
rsuuaded her ~ sail so had 20
choose between happiness Of kind In
that way or the most positive misery
. conceivable as an unprotected woman
o. the world. az the hard mercy Ct he's
old acquaintance She had. therefore
chosen
These two breakia.;ai together The
v.icount Is cxo,1dinely cool To tell
the truth. be knows Bsa,ice rather too
well now. And yet she still exercises
a great fascination over him. lie used
TO tell her that ,hore was no woman
In London TO compare wi.h her. not
only for beauty but also for her com
posture OF manner MY sweet Eeda
tive" was one OF the silly pet phrases
With which he once chris,cncd her.
Today. however, something trouble.
Beatrice continuously she dld not
i give the ylscounl anything Ike hall
her attention More than once b,
actually frownoi only TO smile indif
ferently the next moment
! DO what she would she could not gel
little Paul or. Of her head Will,
she lrlhod wlte he tiIs. shs saw him
pieking o1kum, or some equally nastl
rtuff. She supposed that they IVA tina
sort Of thing at Portland. she Ia,
never taken the trouble to acquire an!
exact information about the routinl
occupation OF a man like her Ausban,
IN a place like Portland
Bee said The yiscOunt, what "a,
devils the matter with yous"
with me- What sbonil ,aarc be-
THAT smile IS pat on. my friend. I
don't deceive me-"
did I smile? am so sorry. for /
= 30 ! must have been Gocsiyins myself
don't feel Nseptiolally iocse."
She yiscount uncoils his ling. slen
, der legs and STANDING erect shpg
hls shoulders
"Well." he says. Il won't pretend {
. understand YOU should bc slud /
q you'd drive ino TO raddlaglta 70 NEE
/ the 2:53."
VERY we'll Toaca tho hell, WI
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