The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-09-04
to wait for an answer

He moved reluctantly off notwith-
standing, and in another moment Neal
touched him on tie shoulder.
rs that you, james," he called
eheerily. did | hear you say you had
a letter to take to MIR. Farnham's lodg-
ings? | am going that way, and I'll car
~ it if yen say so and spare yon the
walk-and leave you that much longer
time for courting," he added sianif-
cantly.
Much obliged to you, sir" replied
James.
And, resigning his trust with alac-
r'ty, ho quickly retraeed his steps to
the house, knowing well that he ran no
risk OF betrayal from his fretty inamo-
RATA.
For two days Pelnie waited for all
aaswer to her letter.
On the afternoon OF the third day
her father, toIing hosle earlier than
usual, found her il a swoon upon the
floor.
My advice is to take her Some
where" said Neal, who had called i'll
OPPORTUNITY. IF you have relatives
anywhere il the country, take her
among them and remain with her until
eha RECEIVERS in a measure from this sad
blow
But my house here-how can !
manage about that i'll the mcantime?''
MIR. Lawrence asked in a state OF com
plete hewilderment.
"You need not shut it up. With q d
permission | will occupy a room here,
so that / can receive and forward what.
ever mail matter comes during you ali
senca," Neal answered readily.
Tie arrangement wa concluded, and
TIE following day Mr. Lawrence and
bis daughter departed from the city,
leaving Neal III possession of the house.
OF the letters that came, he forward
ed al but two. which, after having
been carefully steamed open and pc
rGsel with evident satisfaction, were
sealed up, iDclosed in other envelopes,
and returned to the sender.
1t Meals urgent suggestion, Mr..
Lawrence s absence vas prolonged from
three months to five, by which time be
felt they eoald be safely recalled, he
having learned that Farnham was pre-
pairing for a business trip to Europe, ex-
psctiag to be absent two years.
THAT will CO." lie calculated.
long before he returns Rennie Law
renee will be my wife"
When the heart broken girl returned,
Neal was the first to meet her and be-
came her very shadow, Offering no word
either of coincidence or love, but render
ing the thousand little attentions which
sooner or later win their way.
For a while he used his influence to
keep her from society, for the purpose Of
avoiding any chance meeting with
Farnhana, who was still IN the city, but
at last he decided upon attending a con-
cert at which some celebrities were to
appear, having been informed that the
ship on which Roscoe had taken passage
would sail early il the afternoon.
It required considerable importuning
on his part to induce Rennie to accept
his escort or indulge in any recreation
of the kind, but she yielded at last,
and Neal felt that he had scored his sec
ond move in the game he was playing.
For awhile she sat beside him, list
lessly Indifferent alike to the concert
and his occasional whispered remarks.
Neal was searching Rennie's fair face
with an expression Of triumphant adj
miration, overcast, nevertheless, with q
shade Of anxiety, while the girl wore
an absent minded, faraWay look, tinged
with hopeless melancholy. /
But after awhile some of the music
seemed to arouse her attention and in
terest, and she listened breathlessly to
the song into which the singer, a tenor Of
rare power and sweetness, was throw
ing all the strength Of artistic skill and
appreciation, bringing out its subtle sen
tlment with a power and pathos that
the tenderest emotions of her
heart.
And not less deeply concerned, but
in widely different sense, was William
Neal. He saw that the whole tendency
OF the programme thus far was to lead
her thoughts further away from him
and back to that past from which he
wished to draw her entirely, and he
watched her intent face with a furtiy e
rneasiness and perturbation. conscious
lie had made 4 grave mistake. Fl
nally, as the cortain fell at the close Of
the first part, to be followed BY d short
interval, Neal rose with evident relief.
i see q friend in another part Of the
house 70 whom 7 wish to speak, if you
will excuse me for d moment" be said.
Then, with a forced laugh: II Enae
they will give Us something a litsia
more cheerful i'll the remaining hunters
the programme. This high strGDg