The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-02-01

goods ard chatteIS with her. lhlthall!E
! t. rough it for Il month or so. but the
/ Commissioner among whose faults IN
| hospitality was not. had decrccd other
| wise. and had made the place so cosy III
! the limited time. that even Jane, VINO had
! been la ckward and forward many iimeS
/ scarcely recognized il when she paid her
! last visit
! Alipore seemed very little altered. II
I struck MIS- Dene that Jane. who WAS
seated opposite 10 her in sympathetic 81
( leuce. was the most changed Of all. She
| thought of her as she remembered her ut
! first Shy, pretty child, slowly develop
| ing into the coquettish beGuty, the &C
! knowlcdged Simla belle. She was lovely
/ still, lovclier than ever, she was fam TO
confess, but it was such Il pale. weary
| face that owed nothing of its beauty to
I happiness or animation.
Among the first who called on Mrs
4 Done was Major Larron, but, though his
/ manner vas very gentle and sympathlz-
( ing 10 herself. she could not fail TO see
/ that the real object Of his visit was Jane.
I Ills gaze rested Oh her all the while.
! eager 10 fcrestall every wish. TO lose no
I movement OF the white fingers which
! twinsd so restiessly one with the other,
/ nor z glance Of the SorroHful hazel eyes
! which roam rs they would, never met
( his own.
. His suit had not made much progress
/ Il was very seldom that he could see her
I and when he did happen by sheer per
( severance 10 come in her presence, her
I thoughts were evidently 50 far away
thar he knew il would be Of no avail 10
push his own cause. Mrs. Dene could
not help feeling sorry for him, he seemed
IL H.,
she had promised him her aid.
Come and see my flowers" she said.
presently. when thu conversation began
Ia lauguish. i have such II capital
garden. ] suppose the COMMISSIONER
mollies have kept it in good order AT
Hattiabad l had nothing bur bare ex-
panse Of kunkur and we'll
Major Larren rose to follow her. and
artfrlliy addressed a remark 10 Jane at
I the moment. 50 that the common civil
ity obliged her 10 follow them; and once
! in the garden Mrs Dene soon made an
excuse to leave them.
Mrs Dene is not looking we'll" he
began awkwardIy, when that lady was
. ont Of hearing.
she is not we'll She came here for
change Of air YOU know"
All yes, understood so, of course
And yourself | wish | could see you
/ looking better he went on.
There | think your kindness msleads
YOU. Major Larron. l am in perfect
hcalth''-a little stitfly.
She walked away a few PAGES. less
/ with the intention of avoiding him than
I 10 calm her own agitation. She did not
b l..>, hi,n. -,,rneti","a she "ven regarded
him with an instructive dislike, even
fear: yet for moment she was carried
away by the passion in his tones.
Am | so distasteful to you that You
will not stay beside me-" he asked her
sadly. standing still a little way apart.
1T is not that" She murmured.
Then listen to me, Jane; yet what IS
il after all that | can say! | have 50
little 10 offer you-nothng except
wealth and rank which seem such worth
less things now that | have to stake my
all upon them. ! am too old for YOU;
older than the Colonel by some years.
He stepped abruptly. Fool that he
was t. mention the very name that
should have been avoided. He saw at
once how James face. which, touched
! 10y his self-depreciatiun and humility,
grow softer and kindGcr as he spoke,
now suddenly hardened into stone.
IF YOU had every advantage it were
possible for man to have, it would make
no difference" she said, quickly. II
shall never marry
Never marry me; but there is some
other
"Ther, is no other" she declared, with
/ quiet sadness.
She had moved on and Major Larron
was walking beside her. Now, she spoke
q sudden turn brought them face to face
II l. -,
direction with Colonel PrinSep.
An impulse. of which she repanted the
next instant. caused Jane to turn round
sharply and go down another path,
and naturally Major Larron accompan-
led her.
oh, how stupid Of me, What will
they think: Let us go back" exclaimed
tile girl eNcitedly.
Net yet. Janc-not yet. | have some
dining To say still. This is no time for
make believe of any sort. and l will not
! pretend To- h,' blind to the fact that there
Is another who is my rival ana that 9th
or Colonel PriuSep | also know that
yau viii never marry him
Never. never. calculated Jane.
Yet you will pass most of your life in
his near ncClhorhood, and the next two
Years At least VIII be lived where jacob
Lynn died
lie was playing his last card. and play
NJ knowing Well that it was no legIti-
mate game. vet hi> voice never fa!terpd
IIr would have BETRAYED his dearest
friend to have Won that upon which his
L,art was set.
She >huddcred H knew his shaft had
gone home. and hastily followed up his
success.