The record-union., 1896-01-11

NfhiliSt. She will then be able to re-
member him as a misguided but disin-
terested young man. Use your influence
with the press. !"
Il will, Paddy But you had better
have your paper left here for couple of
days-by accident, you know" He rose
and stood with both hands clasped upon
the knob of his walking stick, staring at
me wistfuly rs it true then, Paddy,
quite true, that she loves Arcanieva?"
Quite true I answered, signing.
Poor girl. poor girl oh. Paddy,
most unwise Paddy! And here have 1
been faithful all these years without
the courage to speak. I think took a
sort of esthetic pleasure in her pretty
pink and white serenity. Well, well, we
are fools even when we seem wise. But,
Paddy, if by and by things should
change with her, I expect you to be on
my side"
"Oh, Lumley, to you only could I give
her, and feel the pain of her gong di-
minished by the thought of your happi-
ness! You may depend upon me-
We grasped hands, and as I turned
to leave him at the door, Arcanieva stood
there, with a blanched and haunted
aspect, trembling in every limb.
Paddy" he whispered, and excite
ment colored his pronunciation with a
strong foreign tone and accentuated his
natural lisp. Can l speak to you?"
"Good-by, Lumley. Come inside, Mr.
Arcanieva." He followed me into the
office, and pointed to a chair
Paddy" he exclaimed in the same
strongly excited voice, clasping his
hands together in a way that suggested
the possibility of his falling on his knees
before me, II do implore you, my dear
brother, for are you not the brother Of
her I love?" He saw me vince and
frown, and tactfully skirted that theme.
Something happened a year ago when
I was in London. I was greatly tempted
I was only the tool of a very powerful
man, who has given me up now to
screen himself. Help me, Paddy, to get
away unmolested and safe"
II will help you," I said, emptying
my pockets of all the money about me-
You will take the first train to Wick
lew from Harcourt street We will
start at once. At Wicklow 1 will send
you on to Wexford. There you must
drive to Waterford and catch a boat to
Milford Haven, thence on to Southamp-
ton Then you can get to Havre, and
make your way SOUTH"
He stretched out his hand, caught
mine and pressed it feverishly to his
lips.
Don't do that, Arcanieva," shouted,
with the same feeling of revolt that the
clammy touch of a reptile would have
reused within me. There is no ques-
tion of gratitude or service redered
through personal goodwill You have
been serious trouble to me of late-I
dare say you know why-and I am
frankly glad of the excuse of assisting
you out of the country. / wish to know
nothing about your past or your future;
your present has been enough. We will
drive to the bank. Let me request that
you will sit well back and keep your
collar about your neck; and above all,
don't talk
In silence we drove to the bank, where
provided myself with money, then to
Harcourt street, just in time to catch a
train to Wicklow. We were fortunate
enough to procure carriage to our
selves, and we sat opposite one another,
not once exchanging a word. I could
feel that poor Arcarieva's eyes were
averted. 1t was pain to me to see him,
to hear him, to be in his society. 1 re-
stricted myself to the latter pain, think
ing the while of Bridget and of her
flushed and happy face that morning,
the overfiowing agitation of thrilled
senses making itself felt around her;
and then 1 painted to my aching vision
the blank look, the grieved arch of the
delicate eyebrows, the wet lashes and
shaking lips that tonight would re-
place the rosy bliss of the morning
How long would it be before I could ask
her to listen to Lumley? And how hon
est his big brown head and his full
frank glance seemed after the deception
of such beauty as that which faced mel
Tell Bridget that l adore her and
that my heart is broken" said Arcan-
ieva as we parted at Wicklow, and upon
my conscience there were real tears in
the fellows voice, as well as tears upon
his long lashes.
II will not deliver any such message,
Arcaneiva,'' 1 said harshly, and then
repenting of my cruelty, I put out my
hand and said more gently, 'Im sorry
for you, Arcanieva. 1 cannot see why
a man so brilliantly endowed as you
are should not have been able to walk
straight. You were clever enough to
have seen the pitfall you were making
for yourself, and / am most profoundly
shocked to think of qualities like yours
being now no more useful, as far as
regards honorable achievement, than
weeds to a gardener. You have enough
money to take you from Havre to
America, and that is what l advise you
to do. If in the future I can be of any
service to you, do not hesitate to write
to me; you know why, but we will not
speak of it. Write to the office; good
by and good luck"
/ stood and watched him jump into
the carriage, and still stood and
watched him as he leaned out of the
window and waved his hand to me. The
craven, terrified air had left him and
he regained his old polished assurance
and romantic tranquility of aspect.
A beam of sunshine slanted right
omen as his farewell glance flashed out
OF it, luminous and deep and softly
smiling as I had first seen it at the
Atheneum.
Sorrowfully then did 1 retrace my
steps to the Dublin station, and went
back to unaccustomed trouble-to Brid-
get and the terror of Bridget's sorrow.
-McMillan's Magazine
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