The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1896-06-13

L "a.
realiH that they are all the psfif.,
eacn other, are plunged IN anguish a a
despair as they also realise thzf tAer
are both IN honor bound never 10 Be
more than friends.
Look into Goeffry Selhurst's room lats
one evening toward the end Of August
- he PAGES NJ and down, needless Of
the fact that the clock is already reg
isterfng the small hours.
Fool-fool that Easr' he calculates.
Fool to ten myself that my heart was
dead and buried With my lost love. and
now II b beating as Wildly and Win e
passionate love for another, and I may
not claim her. I am bound In honor TO
her sister,
Barbara shall neye- know II, {" mur-
INJURED Lettuce as she lies awake in her
silent misery through the long nieht.
I win bear my pain alone. Her life
shall not be spoiled"
II was the evening before the we'd
ding: lovely. still September evening.
the three were together In the Matt
lands sitting room.
Bah. you have not tried on your
wedding dress, cried Lettuce. ct looks
lovely. Do 90 up stairs and put 1t on.
Know that Goeffry is dying to see It"
Yes. DO" said Goeffry. II should
like TO see Il"
very wen" said Barbara. smiling.
I win crafty your curiosity and my
vanity. will run and put 1t on"
For Q few seconds silence prevails.
Then Lettice crosses over to Goeffry
and, taking both his hands, gases at
him with sorrow-laden eyes.
"Goefry, you win never let her know:
never let her guess? You win be true
to her and good to her always. win you
mott"
"Lettice. Letticel want you. Come
and help me put my gown on" cried
Barbara's voice from up stairs. "Come
and help me, Lettice. Miss Frazier has
made q mistake. Ny gown Is much too
long and too large. She seems to have
made 1t by your measurements instead
OF mine. Try 1t on, Lettuce. and let me
see."
Lettice consented to array herself In
the white silk and Lace draperies, and
very lovely she looked In them. Her
tail figure easily carried on the super
hous inches that had so distressed Bar
bara, and she looked with pardonable
girlish vanity as her sister placed Ter In
front of the glass.
Didyou thinkI could not guess what
had happened. little sister," said Bar
bara's sweet, low-toned voice, while her
arm stole gently around the amazed
Lettice. @Here Is Goeffry Selhurst's
bridel Come, let me take you to him."
But, Barbara, stopl How did You
and out? We never meant you TO
knowi Twill not take your lover from
you"
"Goeffry is not my loYerI and he IL
only going to marry me because he r.
too chivalrous and honorable to disap-
point me, and though like him very
much and esteem him immensely, I
should never fret my heart out about
him, as knowa foolish little girl would
do. II had gone away with him and left
her In England"
Il say, Bab" quoth Goeffry an hour
or 30 later, when the trio were seated
at supper, and Lettuce was once more
arrayed as an everyday maiden, you
must come out with rs now"
81 have every intention Of doing 80"
replies Miss Maitland, calmly. Though
! have every confidence In you, II you
think am going to trust my Lettuce
out there you are very much mistaken"
Six months later there was a wedding
out In California, and this time the
brides dress fitted perfectly, and even
IL It had not done 50, she would have
gone 10 church and have been married
In II all the same. for Barbara declared
that Hugh .Denham, the clever doctor,
had won her heart and soul completely
for himself, and that not even to make
Lettice happy would she surrender him.