The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-24

gamut Of aftcr.rcpcntancc and renewed prom.
iSGs and prayers Ind to be gone through.
were vain, when testing served better thnn
prayers, when 4, was possible TO laugh him out
OF some now rcCklcssncsS or folly.
Then camu a now development. Tongues
began 70 wag. In her Innocence in the keen.
thought OF that pos, ibility; her clear Young soul
refused to take in the strangencSs OF her visits
closed. That she believed in him-bclicycd in
the %swer'nr,, better nature of him-had been
Tbs. fricndHa discreet married woman,
worldly, wise who had iirSt mentioned Richard
r rSIK i 5 s sR@ io %S' tho he 5 fFii' aside .S E"' and i4 shS MSiI;
MIR, FelEate is my, friend, , replied Dora
Friend! Stun and nonscnsc! We're no,
living in Arcadia, my dctr. we're in London.
about thu worst reputation OF any in our small
world. told you SO when his name wQs first
Yes, | remember. | think that FIRST inado
me go to him. ! wanted to help him"
only effected in one fashion, when a woman
n under ksn1 '9 tSo pi"u1 %'liscM i@Mshcd her
mans heart. . F WON'T do '"T It. prSa cHo
ing won, do i love may.
Love cried Dora. startled. won nre
has ever entered my mind or his. We are Just
good friends, cannot you understand thnti I
because believe in him-wcll- he works-
and talks to me about his work, nnd-o! your
MINI runs III " N'TN INTTp" groove.
groove that has been proved nEuin and
again to he only, n wcll.worn road, my dear.
win II % SSsT an the t csca q fnE %i E B%r next visit to
iicaard Fclgatc's studio that the lesson was
driven home. She had been admiring a picture
which was to show 10 the world that The old
promise Of greg, things was no, load; that the
,IRinss S}iIii II HIM; sic hHi"';ii srnrr f him %~S'%f"'I iS
her it would never have been done. She sighed
happily rs she turned away from it and faced
at is very good " She snid softly. Il knew
that you could take up the Old thread sgaln."
nm 't bMt ola 9hl ,hr%@d w. neyer h,yG been taken
time. | ask myself even what II is all
for Al. no forgive me; | don't ask
Thu. brush is for. YOU: each moment ;hnt | set my
self to something worthicr /? for you. ..
He was looking at her grnvcly; she Glanced
up at him, out of her clear eyes. and read the
edy OF II. She waited, hcartsick, helpless.
You have, seen so much Of me; You came to
stretched out your dear hands and CRASHED mo
as tioatcd past, and held me; All my world:
II am my nothing atGi Wy" thought 1t at It first i'' night Hbe be
Vas grateful even for Hat. But now / know
love love of the highest; had not heard hat
voice you might have called in vain: Little
life for me without you; Dear, l."
She got a firm hold of herself at last; saw that
here was a question, to be faced; a terrible bust;
ness on which she had not counted. She had
gone into this matter with the blindness OF pity,
with. the high and lofty purpose of the crusader;
oncd with il the fight But they must be rcck-
"Stopi" She cried. "Sou-you don't under
stand. IL never D'oant-I-Mr. FelEnte. it is
man stood perfectly still, with his hands grip
ping each other behind his back.
eel Enn ~ l.G gfl n l.Ef in "a lnto vnt~n 'rntR
belief in me won't extend so far as that"
80, no, no; l DO believe in you. indeed I 40.
well, what Is =. : Thore is some
one else. SUPPOSE.
toward her and gripped her by the shoulders,
and looked down at her: she thought she had
never seen his eyes so hopelessiy weary as they
were then.
90 you know what S9p have done1" he
could come into a mans life. as you have come
into mine, and then smilingly wave your hand
one day and pass out OF it al, and be forgotten.
with only your good deeds left behindi Did
II did not know. IL wanted to help you.
l have been engaged to this man since l was a
mere child. We Knew each other as children
He is in India"
Does he know you as I know youths man
who is to claim youi Have you done for hin,
What you have done for me. you sweet little
1T was not necessary" She was shaking and
trembling. She had covered her face with
~ see he said again: he wasn't on the
'O "But- BUY but you won't" sho began. looking
u. W e. hiT;
Go back to that old lief,
will you hold mcf' he asked. stretching out
his hands to her with a smile.
""But-fos your own sake" she pleaded,
Come. " dry yonr "nGnoF" So'u' we Sn Tried in You're fTP eS:
pertinent. 1t isn't your fault if you've failed at
the Sb supreme ~ e, m9 3i,fnI bo GGod.hy:s ~ Il. hi.
head down on his hand. in the old attitude, as
she left the place.
Two years went by, and they mot ngatn, In
quite the strangcst fashion. She had been III .
al illness which might bc attributed to an actual
WEAKNESS Of the poor comedy OF life rather
than to any specific disease and had bcup rn.
RAILING in Devonshire with II poor and worship.
ping elderly female relative IN attendance. Shc
go. up, very early one morning after = restless
night long before any one nhout the place was
cool stiffness of II little wood. And there. sud.
denly. She came face to face With Rel ard Eel.
They stood stil FIR n long moment. looking Mt
each other, and then claspcd hands. "fou have
been ILL.," he ,'id at I as, . .b, ,,aod e,
down here TO recruit"
An" An L Lmt" ihls;v ~ . said, t'aHg .E b r.S,tos .o,,,v
81 have heard Of your success
%Ar" You here .i | mem. he I. ASKED q :. R1 e,S e MIX
81 am not married, Mr.. II gate"
lie looked NJ her qh!ckly. But-the man
from Indian.
"lIas gone back again, - she replied.
He drGHnrGSh d. ' he sick drh c"M Evh at her %G and
mcani' he asked. almost in n whisper, You
We're to marry him had been engaged to him
for ycarsi'
Yes; bur he has gone back again"
WHY
He would have nothing to do with me. lie
heard of-of you; ! think he knew something
about you. He cast me off utterly"
The prig! . . = Well, what clsel''
Then quito a number of other people cast
mo off. . Iou see, he came of n very
good family"
81 scc,' said Richard Felgato slowly. you
can't touch pitch, you know, chr
Il suppose so. And then l came-to Devon
shire
There was a CLEAN in her eyes that lit a re-
Election in his own; he looked Mt her steadily
laughed grimly.
Dora, what il this gaze you are ~playingl |
don't understand. Is It's it the old game OF
of rcscur!'
She nodded. III you like she said gravcly.
"Ah. the life Is more 10 you than the man;
the work than the worker, Dora, he said sadly.