Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-01-23
CHAPTER NNIri.

CnhI Eli sNNIILs
Jcmmie goes home to Nutlcy, and eats
Dis dinner rs II nothing had occurred.
The arrow has ovcrsh0t the mark this
time. He 10 suffering too much to be able
to endure even the Idea OF sympathy.
But. ~ they sit together In the evening.
he tells bis sister quietly that Lady
Mountcnrron Is worse, and persuades her
70 write letter 10 Mrs. Fuller mention.
hng the circumstance and advising her
not 10 delay her visit to Carronby longer
aligned and sealed. Lady Renton IL sur.
hand. and hsar. him say he will post Il
himself.
Jennie buttons his grent.cont over the
letter, and walks out into the keen and
frosty air. There had been a slight full
II snow the day before. and the country
looks like great twclfth.cake. The night
10 bright rs ,loy, The moon shines. cola
and clear. and the ornament Of heaven
II studded with stars. As he strides
ni0ng 20 Allonby, which is about three
miles distant, he cannot help wondering
why the earth should be 10 beautiful
aud life 30 sud. His life IL over. He has
cudcd II to-day. The wild words he ut.
tered have sealed his fate and hers. They
will never meet uRnin. And why. he nsks
himself. did It ever happen? Who
MANNED II. md pprmittcd II. and made
Il no easy. only that Il might be- the
,nraus of breaking both their hearts!
WHY did he ever meet Gladys, or. having
met her, loved her, and. having loved,
l,eeo called upon 10 resign herr 1t all
seews No hard. no incomprehcnsible u
him, Life IL NJ short, and there In So
link hnppincss for nny Of ms In II, Why
ana he jet his goY Was Il n GOOD or a
1,aA angel TINT promp,ci him 70 refuse he.
.vs.s offcr of hor.cify In His pr,ncnt
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ahsii ui6rrv I'm. cnnnot ar down nnd
crv over n vr,cS liza thIs forever hnt M.
wife win have the nowor IN Irivo mi.
firsf. hest love from INV henrt. When sh..
looks hcr swcetcxt nj me / shniI think
how much lcss sweet she IN than GLADYS.
when my children climb my knee I shall
sirh TO miss those violet eyes and that
dear sensitive mouth I love 10 well. In
fncf. INV iife-whether II Inc abort or long
will be one unbroken yearninr 10 rrt
hack 10 her whom I have given nm 10.
tlay forrver! How cnn 1 benr 10 iive AZ
NutIey with TN, chance az meeting her
out driving or walking each day OF my
iifeY The nnticInntion will mako n cow.
nrd az me-. i shnil I'm ye 10 90 awny again.
And vet 10 leaye Nell. who II no bound
un In mel II seems awfully cruel. NV
lie II cruel. whichever way ioek nj n
Ho walks stroIrht 10 Allonbv. and
~sesIvht home again. and The ronL, Ar.
SrcIse enables him 10 sleep. But win
III, n,,,rnIns comes hack the ola main. Il,
eee,n. 10 JemmIe M h. In teilins Mount.
carren Of NJ love for Giadys. hs had nro.
neun1,eA his own dsath wnrrant az
co,,sne - does not no nesr Cnrrouhv
House. II Ao jeayes Nufiev n h IN ride
An exactly the opnositc direction. Hc
occunIs,s himseIf moro over his own firm,
and estate than h. has ever done before.
and LADY Reuton NOTICES the cha nse. hut
does not sneak OF II. Che surmises that
sousethinR unpleasant has occurred be.
tween her brother and her cousin, and
she tries 10 make 10 IN to Jennie by Wis.
itinS Gisdys oftepsr herself. and bring.
iAs hsme all the news she can CLEAN IL
her. Through ElinOr, he learns that Gen.
crai aud Mrs. Fuller have arrived and
taken charge Of their suffering daughter,
and that second summons has been sent
to Sir Francis Cardwell to come down
and see his patient.
A. Jsaasnie sides bis favorite Flyer next
day he secs MGuntcarr0n and Miss Rush.
crt0n, A. usual, side by side. Agnes IL
amounted on the beautiful chestnut mare,
Golddy, which the infatuated Earl ex-
changed with her, but Mountcsrron him
seif bestrides q new animal. a powerful
looking hunter Of gigantic build, another
Of Miss Rushert0n's recommended tons,
Jennie supp0ses. As he encounters the
i,air he touches his cup to them, but the
civility, meets with no response from
either side, and he turns Inundated away.
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