The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-09-13


chair, walked to the window and looked
out, and there was a long silence in the
room.
She was disappointed at Lady Wal
cote's attitude and began to regret that
under the circumstances she had ever
yielded to a gentler impulse to try to
appease her by getting her to stay at
the manor and so win her affection.
1t would be an infinite complication
If she was to have this sharp, clever,
Suspicious old woman in the house
while the trouble with Pierre was be-
ing settled, but at present her only
course was to try to win her round. If
that failed and she grew to be in the
way, a quarrel must be fastened on her
which would drive her away.
She was not long making her deci-
sion, and she went back and sat down
again, close to the old lady, though not
in the same chair she had sat in before.
II she was to win, it would be by her
wits and not by her witchery.
If you reject my love, then," she
said. "bov arc we to stand toward one
another? You have scarcely Thought
what the effect Of your words must be
on me, You make me fell that I am
something like an interloper in my hus-
bands home and to Jaffray's mother.
Is that what you mesnp Do you wish
me TO be uncomfortable at the thought
that am not Beryl Leycester and that
I did not steel nv heart against your
son as his mother had steeled hers
against me?''
81 have not steeled nv heart AGAINST
Won Lola God forbid that sbonld do
anvtb;no On wickad r have tried tn
onen n n Won "
"And Won have fa;,ed That ia evan
harder IN hear st;IJ 7 will tell Won
WIN T have never had a woman friend
In 81, INV ,;Se e,cent INV Aurt v;lIvero
and the woman who ia not ,oyed hv
woman crow. hard Sill, lot II he NJ
Won will T am M n,sader Tor tho i'm
noSs;hlo Won toIJ MO in s;ors that o-o
nIo;ror tba,, yords thot nor c.rnot love
me- and ramemher that II 10 VIM Win
have laid the foundations NJ what NAV
no a wall ~ d;v;s;on hst,yoon no Ro
member. too. that I gave Won nv word
I would never marry your son unlesH
Won yourself said YES. Never forget
that. whatever NAV come. You sav Il
is hard for the old to pluck from the
heart a cherished desire But n ia
harder for one like me to step out from
the heaven which the love Of such q
man as Jaffray opened to me. Yet this
I would have done had you hidden me,
as l pledged you"
Then, with q swift change of manner
as though carried away BY one Of her
uncomfortable impulses, Lola threw
herself on her knees at Lady Walcote's
feet, seized her hand and pressed it be.
tween her own and looked with tear
touched eyes into her face as shs said:
Cannot our love for him and his
love for us make US one, mother? Think
how it would sweeten his lifel"
1t was the shrewdest Of all pleas.
and, as once before it had prevailed, 30
now it wrought powerfully on the
mothers heart.
She bent and kissed Lola on the lips,
her own quivering slightly.
"You are right, child" she muir
INJURED. "We should be held together in
his love. Forgive me if I have panied
you"
While they were in the act of the en-
brace the door was opened quickly by
Sir Jaffray. He stood on the threshold
right we'll pleased with what be saw,
for his great desire was that his mother
and Lola should be on the closest terms
Not wishing to disturb them, he was
going away without word when Lola
called him. She was quick to see the
desirability of getting confirmed in his
presence what Lady Walcota had said
Come to the mother, Jaffray," she
said, land hear what we have been do
ing. We have Just been concluding a
great treaty of love and peace. Give me
your hand.'
She laughed very softly and sweetly,
while her ewes shope BRIGHTLY with the
light of happiness and holding one of
the mothers hands in hers and taking
one of Sir Jaffray's she placed all three
in one clasp.
"Now we are all nnconvent;ona, non.
ple thinking of nothing Init onr three
selves. and We two, the motber and
have made a preat comnact that the
love we both bear Won and the love Won
beor to both of ma ara IN hind no tooether
always in a love for each other Kiss
us both. Jaffrav. in witness NJ !. ali
and then left No all throo nro,n;sa 10 d.
whatever lies in onr mower tn make
that compact the chief cornerstone NJ
our lives. Is not, that right. motherY'
Sir Jatfray STONED and kissed them
both.
cts the hest news vop oon,d o;va
ma mother -. be so;d whe, no L;ssod
Lady Walcote. "You know that" And
the earuestness Of his tome proved to
her what he felt.
ut Is true, Jaffray." she said. SIT