The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-23

all your happin.iS a 80 Is not to seem to
take her part against me. might have
known that it could be nothing less no. |
bic than that: but il s'i Ill not be-you |
must not dream of it! When she knows |
how sorry | am-and she shall know
everybody shall know it, I'll tell you
how 1t shall be-" she continued. spring
ing up from the sofa on which they were
sitting together, and pacing mp and
down, passing the fingers Of one hand Mt
intervals over her forehead and hair. At
length she stopped in front of him.
Tomorrow evening Is my last per-
Torrance" she said. After it is over |
will ask Gen. lingo to tell the audience,
or perhaps it would be bette If went
ont and told them myself, al. the whole
story, how came TO take Ler place, and
who really am, and all! After that she
will forgive me; I'll make her forgive
me for your sake: and then. Ell. dear"
she concluded with II misty smile and Il
tremor Of the lip, you red not be
afraid to make h., my sister"
"ita splcIGid of you 20 think of such
u thing. dear little sis!' exclaimed her
brother, drawing her down o him and
kissing her. But it wCuld never do to
go to work in that way: in the first place
1t might knoc,; Ill your popularity Oh the
head. The public doesn't understand
generous aad elevated conduct rs do.
"No matter if they don't uujlcrsta..
it. have already made up my mind 20
one thing. shall never sing on the stase
after tomorrow.
"What u notion! See if You don't
''No, indeed. hal decided on that
before-bcfore knew anything about
your affairs. you dear boy. The debts
are paid. and papa and can live in tic
old house again, and that is all | ever
meant to do. Being on thc ',-Hgc is not
pleasant in some ways, and beside
well. at any rate I'm deter mined. and
when an determined | never chalgc:
and | will tell the audience SO tomorrow
night"
mo, no! tell you" cried Ed. becon,-
ing lively again, "if singing wont do
for you on the stage speechifyngs out
of the question. You'd he like these
women's rights geese There's no neces-
sity for il. either II Vera knew that
you wouldn't feel hurt ut my marrying
her dare say she'd come round all
right The only difficulty then would
he that should seem to b., in II certain
WAY, dependent on her. But have bcca
thinking the last few days that Id go
into some rofession-engineering or
architecture, or something Of that kind
and then ! guess | could be making
money enough in year or two to take
the edge off the thing I'm not fool
sis, though maybe I have acted rather
| like one"
"You are the dearest and best brother
in the world" said Baatrix, with the
gentleness of profound convictions: and
on the heels of this moderate statement
Wallie Dinsmore came into the room
and invited Edward to sit down to II
cold lunch with him. "The ladies would
not wait for MS" he observed, land it
would be foolhardy for us to wait for
dinner. OF course Miss Randolph and
Mrs. Dinsmore will pour out our beer
for us
Edward assented; but Beatrix, after Il
moments hesitation, excused herself on
some feminine plea, and. refusing any
escort or offer of carriage, set out on
foot toward her home, as she had accus-
toned herself to call it, The evening
was now at hand. though it lacked
something Of 4 o'clock. The sidewalks
were covered with drifting layer of
white. and the flakes still swirled and
dangled downward from the obscure
blankness overhead. As Beatrix, walk.
ing brislsly, approached Madison square
the frigid glare of the electric lamp.
from the summit of its immense mast,
marked itself out on the storm like u
gigantic tent Of light.
Warmly wrapped i'm her fur lined
cloak Beatrix did not mind the snow
and wind; they gave her II kind of pleas
ure; she felt strengthened and heart
ened by the robust pungency of the at
mosphere Ii reminded her of her win
ters in the Old place far mp the Hudson
the days Cf frozen forests and gigantic
snowballs, and the long icicles hanging
from the caves on the southwest corner.
Well. her work was all but done, and
she might BEGIN that life again MS soon
as she pleased. But could that life ever
begin again for her? After all the events
and experiences of this season could she,
in moment, become BeatriX Randolph
once more? Had not the name of Ma
rama carried some spell with it. whose
effects would never leave her? AS she
specnlated thus, and her heart began to
sink again. she turned the corner of
Fifth avenue and came into collision
with gentleman who was proceeding
swiftly in the opposite direction.
10 BE Continued
How 10 BE Handsome.