The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-23
corYRIonr BY AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION.

brother again with all the added
ardor that can be given to affection by
remorse She had wickedly wronged
him by allowing herselfto imagine, even
for moment that he or anybody con
nected with him could ever be anything
but patterns of honesty and virtue. For
fear of making bad worse she forborc
to explain to him the cause of her sud
den demonstrativeness: he should hc
made conscious of her repentance only
by the tenderness and obscry.."t which
she would lavish upon him t. t2Ough,
came into her mind also that by L.;
love for her brother. she could III sorc
degree compensate herself for the loss of
her other love-for she told herself that
il was lost, and had been repeating the
statement with tenrold diligence ever
since learning that Geoffrey had re-
turned to New York.
Ed. who was never particularly oh.
servant of the feelings of Others, except
when his own feelings were bound up in
them, passed over all this little tumult
of emotion without any suspicions, and.
in response to his sisters eagerly en-
about himself and his affairs to the
hearts content of both speaker and lis.
tener. He no longer felt the humiliation
and helplessness of his position SO keenly
as an hour ago. The companionship of
this sister, whom he had so recilessly
impoverished, and to whose energy aud
genius he was under such weigbly obi.
cations, insensibly began to put him in
better humor with himself and his pros
poets. 1t is not difficult to taln. a reas.
suring view of oGr conduct when our
natural bias thereto is stimulI ted by the
sympathy of one who emphasizes the
significance of nR the favorable features
and brushes out of sight all the ungainly
ones.
Ed gave his sister Il pici urcsque and
stirring account of his first meeting with
Mariana. their snutual capiivation, wha,
she had said what he h,d answered
what she had answered and what he
had said. He made it appear plainl
that his spending II hundred thousand
dollars was.r proceeding ynther meritpri.
GUS and self.acriiicing than otherwis.
inasmnch us it would 2iave been IN
worthy Randolph not In make u sp,en.
did appearance in the ey,s of the woman
he ioved- and amidst such rivals ~ these
with whom he had ts contend apd
moroverllas he truly ohservc,l). he him.
self was the worst off Of any of the fam.
lily when dhe money Was gone. ''And
of COURSE he added. Il had no idea ut
what a rate was going it; declare. sis.
| never WAS more floorea than when dad
wrote Inc that we were ruined by my
criminal ,extravayance, Us he put it.
Besides. we shouldn't have been ruined
at all if he hadn't gone laundering dswn
into Wall street. That's the way she
mOnry went, after all, and cant help
suspecting the old gentleman is as mGch
to blame as am"
well, dear. that's ala right now: and
I'm glad the money WAS gone. since it
gave me n chance 10 help. But. Oh. Ed!
do you think Mile. Mariana minds mucby
She can't think worse of me for doing it
in that way, mean-than do of my
self; but what should we have done.
you see, IL 4 hadn't done it?'
81 don't blame you bit. sis-remem-
nrond of vor. there's NOT ,nnther o;rI l.,
the country who conld sucraeJ nc von
have. And it's great deal pleasanter
Maid than If Td found Won nh liv;ra in
the noorbouse-wb;ch wns whnt i ex.
pected All I'm sorry for ;s-however {"
he broke off mnyn.nimonsjy that can,,
he belned lis only nv incl,r'
"Dearest hoy, do teIl ma ay.rvthi,,r
Ed be.vod :, s;gh m. sersa ~ 5;u
raisfortunes, dispelled for time by the
animation of his self vindication and
anecdotes, now returned upon him. I'm
the most unlucky devil alive, and there's
no use talking about it," he declared