The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-25

children untn he went to Kansas three
wears ago. He was my fathers ward
until he came Of age and we were brought
uD in the same house. When / was
baby. calling myself 'Dewie,' he was
boy of or T. like my own brother If
we had loved each other there was moth
ing. absolutely nothing. TO prevent our
marriage. 50 you see how absurd your
jealousy is. ! could have taken Horace
Forman i'm your place before ever saw
YOU. If he had cared to fill Il. But he
loved me as / loved him, with the calm.
quiet love that makes brothers and sis
tiers dear to each other"
81 see II all now, Dewie. Forgive me-
Remember. / never saw Mr.. FOrman until
"a few weeks ago, and this intimacy OF
years is hard for me to realize. No lover
was ever more devoted than he is
Nonsense, lie is my adopted brother"'
In the same house, at the same hour
that this conversation was passing IN
the drawing-rOom, two gentlemen were
seated I'm Mr. Dents office convorsing.
Law books i'm handsome eases parcels
OF papers in neatly labeled pigconholes
large desks and an air of heavy respecta-
bility proclaimed Mr.. Dents profession.
But it was an idle season with him. the
courts being closed for the summer vaca-
ton. and he was enjoying most thor
oughly the visit of his young friend and
former ward. Horace Forman.
Il 70 back to Kansas "a disappointed
man" Horace said. sadly. when / left
here I did not know myself how deeply
seated my love Tor Julia was. ! thought
il was brothers affection. the natural
result of years Of happy cOmpanionship.
but when absence opened my eyes l knew
IL was the love a man gives 10 one Wo-
man only. the woman he seeks for
wife. l tested my own heart well before
I would return to offer 1t TO Dewie, hop
ing that she. too. might have found Sc
paraticn uncomfortable. ! find her engaged
and yet not happy"
There has been no influence. no com
rulsion used Horace. 10 govern my
daucnter's ciC'cc From the dictates Of
her own heart she has chosen Mr.. Ward.
Because she loves him. But II is that
very love that is making her wretched.
You and both know Devices sweet, con-
ddinr disposition. her entire trust I'm those
she loves her capacity for self-sacrifice.
She cannot understand such "a disposition
as Charles Ward jealous. cXactng.
suspicious. with a violent temper-and her
efforts to conciliatc him, 10 satisfy his
unreasonable cxactlons. are trying her
beyond her strength. She hides from you
the ouarrels. the reconciliatons that are
slowly killing her love- but l, who come
I'm at all hours. my watchfu!noss sharp
ened by long absence. see more than, she
suspects"
you think Ward bad tempered? There
is no greater curse for a home than
bad temper
Il am sure ne Is. Last evening at Wal
tons little dancing party he took 1t into
~ 10 100 Ions. q mo
catching me all the evening with eyes
that fairly glared with fury. l did not
want TO make Dewie wretched. so J kept
away from her. but when she started for
home l was i'm the hall. Mr.. Ward took
her into custody like policeman. his
face suilen and his whole manner con-
v.ncing me that ne intended 10 scold her
all the way home This morning she came
down To breakfast with white checks.
heavy. swollen eyes and the appearance
OF one who had spent the night In weep
ing instead of sleeping"
she's frettlng, but we cannot help
her"
Yet believing "all fair in love and war"
Horace Forman resolved that II he could
spare Dewie a lifetime OF misery he would
do H. Had he found her betrothcd TO be
q man he could respect. a man who would
have nude her happiness his strongest
aim In life. he would have returned TO
Kansas sore hearted. but content that
Julia should be happy. Convinced that
Charles Ward was utterly selfish. OF an
exactlng. Jealous disposition and ungov-
ernablc temper. he thought himself justi-
ned in trying to break the tie between
him and the gentle girl whose love was
making her so unhappy.
II was not in Horace Formsns nature