The Irish standard., 1896-05-09

IDENTIFY been aroused by the singular alb.
straction Of this handsome, dis
tinguished, but misunderstanding otti-.
cur. But the next moment he was sin-
.gular1y interested. r.. ~
y A tall young woman had just moved
into the center of the room with all ill.,
dolent yet simple gracefulness that
seemed familiar to hin. A change. i'll
her position suddenly revealed her face.
1t was Miss Faulkner. Previously lac
had only known her in the riding habit
of confederate gray which she had at
first affected, or in the light morning
muslin dress she had worn ut GRAY
Oaks. 1t seemed to him Tonight tL,,t
the careless elegance of her full dress
became. her still more; tina the pretty
willfulncsss of her chin and shoulders
was cltastened and modified by the
pearls round her fair throat, Suddenly
their eyes met: her face. paled yisibly:
he fancied that /, she 7 almost leaned
against her companion for support;
then she met his glance again with Il
face into which the color had as sud-
denly rushed. but with eyes thatseemed
to be appealing to him, even to the
point Of pain and fright. Brant was
not conceted ;; he could see thai the
girls agitation was not the effect of
sany. mere personal influence in his
recognition, but of something else. He
turned hastily away; when he looked
. around again she was gone.
= Nevertheless he felt filled with ia
vague irritation. Did she thin,k HAN
such Q foolsas to imperil her safety by;
openly recognizing her without her
consent? Did she think that he would
dare to presume upon the service she
had done: him? or. more outrageous
thought!-,Aad she. heard of his dis.
grace, known its cause and feared that
he would drag her into disclosure to
save himself I. No! no-she could not
think that! She had perhaps regretted
what she had done i'll freak of girlish
chivalry; she had returned to her old
feelings and partisanship; she was
only startled. at meeting the single
witness Of her. folly. Well, she need
not fear! He would stndioualys
avoid. her hereafter, and she should
know it. And yetyes. there was, A..
"yet." For he, could not forget in
deed, in the past three weeks it had been
more often before him than he cared
to think that she was the one human
being who had been capable OF q great
act Of self-sacrifce, for. hin-her
enemy, her accuser-the man who
scarcely treated her ,civillyE lie was
ashamed to sremember now that this
thought had occurred to him at the
bedside OF his wife. at the hour of her
escape even on the fatal slope on which
'he had been struck down. And now
this fond illusion must go with the
rest-the girl who had served him so
legally was ashamed Of II! A hitter
snliie crossed his face. @.... |, "a
!, We'll, i don't wonder! Here nre Ill
the women asking meswho is that good
looking Mephistopheles, with the burn
ing eyes, who is providing around my
rooms as II searching for q victim.
Why. you're. smiling for all the world
like poor Jim, when he used to do the
Red Ayenger.'' |9ss
II. ssisy' S voice, an illustration, recalled
him to. himself. Furious ] may well
be-" he said, with gentlcr smile, Ill
! though his eyes still FILTERED, furious
that I have. to wait until the one Woanian
q came to see. the one woman have
not seen for SO long, while these pup.
pets have been nightly dancing before
her can give me q few. Moments from
Them, to talk Of the Old days. q:
III HIS reaction he was quite sincere.
although he felt : sli9ht sense 0f .t iSs q