Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-09
IN honor of your return. and that

IN honor of your return, and that I
was among the guests?'
she half raised her head; faint
glow showed itself on her face.
Yes she said; 4 have forgotten
nothing"
Miss Fernlie, it was while you were
talking to me after our introduction
that the sting of my false position first
came bitterly home to me- / have felt
IL In your presence more or less ever
since When we got to know each
1 other better-when-whe [ began to
/ love YOU He stopped, and then
after little went on She could not
look at him, but she felt his eyes upon
her. She hid her face in her hands.
longed," he went on brokenly, ito
unburden my heart of the truth, and
thus end our friendship and my mis-
cry. But owed Mr.. and Mrs. Car
lowe silence. If the thought ever
crossed my mind that you might
marry Gilbert Carlowe. shrank from
1t IN horror. No, no! There was
limit to my assumption of his person
atty. and my love was beyond it. AS
Tar as marriage was concerned, Gill
bert Carlowe was dead, and the linden
tlty of the outcast has passed out of
his keeping. Who was / that I could
ask any woman to be my wife? Miss
Fernlie, [ should have continued to
love you silently to the last hour of
my life-if the truth had not burst to
light and blasted my career and my
good name, innocent though I ami"
She raised her hama and looked at
him affrightedly. His agony was ter
rlble to see. She had been weeping,
for her cheeks were wet with tears,
but she was past caring for appear
ances.
What has happened?" she asked
shiveringly.
He left his chair, knelt at her feet,
and took her cold hands in his.
THE dead man has come to life!"
he gasped. Gilbert Carlowe is in
London! He has heard of his par
ents' death and seen the will-the will
leaves, as I have told you, everything
to their only son Gilbert Carlowe He
can prove his identity-but there is no
need of that. I will gladly hand him
over the fortune he covets, now that
he has run through his own.
"But the letter." she cried.
"The letter was piece of malice on
the part of one of his associates. It
was written that his patrimony might
pass from him, and that he might
have trouble in regaining it when he
discovered the fraud. But the money
is nothing to me; the worst is yet to
be told. He has openly declared that
have taken advantage of the likeness
between us to fraudulently represent
him. This libel has gained general
credence. The necessary investiga-
ton by the Inner Temple, where was
called to the bar, has followed.
could make no defense. Mr.. and Mrs.
Cerlowe, who would have saved my
character, are dead!l The partners of
the firm I worked for in Paris are
dead! There was no one else to ap-
peal to. My account of myself went
for nothing, unsupported. I am dis
barred-ruined, ruined ruined!'
1t was dreadful cry to hear. He
rose and walked to the window, and
stood there, looking vacantly into the
garden, until calmness returned to
him. Then he approached the girl
once more. She was lying nervelessly
back in her chair, and her eyes were
closed.
Miss Fernlie," he said, as she
started and looked up at him through
, T ho1
) Carlowe, you alone on earth would
! have had the power to drive me from
you. But Joseph Brown-once more a
; penniless outcast, with an additional
: burden to bear in the shape of stain
laid on his lowly name-can only
!, humbly bid you farewell"
Lillian rose. AS they looked into
each others white, set face, their
| hearts seemed to die within them. She
put her trembling hand in his. They
!, stood thus for some moments; then ne
bent his head over her hand, touched
it tenderly with his lips, dropped it
and turned away. Lillian stood for
second or so where he had left her, ab-
solutely powerless. So this was the
end as he saw it! Could she let it be
, the end, too?
The instant her heart put forth that
plea. her lost vitality returned to her
1t was long room, and he had not YET
reached the door. She flew past MIN
and setting her back against it, faced
him breathlessly.
"You must make another begin
ming" she painted. "You have made
the name of Gilbert Carlowe famous;
now do the same by Joseph Brown.
He laughed bitterly.
"People are not inclined to ap-
nreciate ability that has been exhibit
cd under another mans name and
backed by another mans wealth, ne
said. Besides, am without present
resources, and who will trust me