The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-05

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plying, and 10 was Dick then who an
swered for him, airily rcmarking that an
hours stay ought TO be sufficient, II IL was
business that had brought him there.
Nellie looked from one TO the other, and
wondered at tho uneasy expression on
tho face of her fance--w wondered still moro
why she had ever thought him good look
Ing.
Whatever the nature of Jack Vereker's
business at Rostrcyor, IL was not finished
quite as soon as Dick appeared TO think IL
would DO, for two weeks passed and he
was still mt the quiet seaside resort. Mrs.
Joyce was hospitality itself. constantly
inviting the two brothers to luncheon and
dinner at the little hotel where she had
put up, but Jack seldom made his appear
ance.
IL was evident TO Nellie that IL was she
whom he avoided, and considering her
hatred Of him, IL was strange how indig-
nant she was at the thought.
His eyes haunted her continually; she
found herself perpetually longing to bring
that look to his face that IL had worn
when she told him ne was 70 "forget," I"
and then she was always comparing him,
unoonsci0usly, with bis brother, com
parison In which, strange TO relate, It was
her nance that suffered.
Jack is coming up tonight TO say good
by" remarked Djok one evening at din
ner, and Nellie was certain there was re-
lief pn his face, but she allowed her grand
mother TO say the necessary polite things,
and only longed for the meal to be over.
IL was easier far, she told herself, TO
climb to Rostrevor stone In the gathering
darkness than 10 meet the gaze Of those
gray eyes, easier the stifYest ascent than IN
utter q formal goodby TO the man who had
shown her her own heart!
She was engaged to Dick, and Dick was
grannie's favorite, and the Joyces never
broke faith--but she must be away when
Jack came tonight.
Rostrevor stone is more easily climbed
In broad daylight than In the dusk of q
late autumn evening, and presently Nellie,
whose thoughts were far distant, found
herself embracing Mother Earth.
Her fall, coming 20 unexpectedly, to-
gether with the intense Loneliness of the
scene, caused her TO close her eyes for .
moment, and then-then q most wonder
ful thing happened. Strong arms wera
suddenly placed round her, her auburn
head was pillowed on @ broad chest, and
In tone of ineffable tenderness a voict
whispered In her ear three little words
but three words which made all the world
seem glorined.
my little girl" 1t was all he said, bu
Nellie lay still with closed eyes, wondering
could heaven hold greater rapture thar
this
"Jack," the violet eyes opened, and re
minded him of his treachery to his brother
and the next moment the two stood focin(
each other in the dusk, and an anguishet
cry burst from him.
"God forgive mel never meant you =
know" looking into the sweet young faa
which now reflected his own misery, "but
I am going away, and forgot myself"
"It was not your fault, I" she murInured
while despite the pain Of the awakening
there thrilled through her the exquisite
delight Of loving and being loved, "bu
take me home now TO grannie, and do q
shall try to do-forGet."
1T II the second time you have told mi
to do so-then as now, am the wroni
msn-it Is the fate In the life Of some"
Life itself IL wrong, think" sh
cried, struggling for moment agains
| temptation to be true to her heart at al
costs; but there-let Us 60 home, an
| tired"
"Have 700 heard the latestr' exclaime
one gossip to another six months later
"You know the firm Of Vereker & Co
Well, it turns out that one of the nephew
of the head of the frm-Diok Vereker-
has been for months defrauding his uncl
and trying to put 1t all down to his brothe
jacks account, taking advantage Of tn
likeness between them. The fellow wa
engaged to pretty heiress in Ireland, ant
thought to have got her before anything
was found out. but the bomb has burs
and everything is known"
"And the girl heartbroken, of courseP'
"By no means, for this morning he
marriage Is In the paper. She has con
| soled herself with the brother"
"Just the way of women all the worl'
over" Is the sententious remark of tn
man about town, but under clear, starr.
sky on the veranda Of a foreign hotel
violet eyed girl Is murmuring to her hus
band, as he bends fondly over her sligh
form, "Not the wrong man this time
Jack, thank God. daughter.