Chicago eagle., 1898-01-08


tory to going to bed. she came upon the
little packet Of sovereigns which she had
placed there In readiness to put into Wills
hand. She had almost forgotten them
till then. In her nstonishment at hear.
ing that her cousin had no need Of money.
she had lost sight Of the sacrifice she had
made to procure him some. And II had
been all In vain. She had sold her dead
mothers trinkets for pnltry sum Of III.
teen sovcreigns. whilst Will had found no
difficulty In raising fifty pounds. As Eve
Tyr thought Of It, and that she had done
that which she never could recall, her for
titude gave way, and she burst into tears.
CHAPTER VI.
Nothing Of consequence occurred during
the next few days, except that Will Caryll
took to staying out late at night--a prac.
tice to which he had never been addicted
since he had lived In Miss Rayne's house.
One evening--it was the following Sat
urday-Evelyn did not believe he intend
ell to come home ut all. Miss Rnyne sat
no,,dng In her chair till twelve o'clock,
nni then ordered her niece to lock up the
house and follow her TO bed. 80 she fast
| cncd the house bolts. nnd put up the
chain and extinguishcd the gas and went
| quickly up to her own room. put on her
yc,,,,uor blcw out tho candle. and. opcn.
| ing her easement window. sat down In
| the moonlight to watch and wait till she
should hear the familiar sound Of Wills
knucklcs rnpping against the hall door.
Eve started to her feet. Her first fear
| was that II might have been repeated scv-
crni times. nnd ,bn, her nup, had heard
II. Too. lint n, she became FULLY con.
sc,ons she wns ,uddcnly made aware
,ho, shc w,s not alone. Before her. In
tho moonlight. stood n tail figure. Eve
,nr,ny IN bor foot with nm exclamation OF
nin ,,n The figure rrnsped her by the
nr,,' I, was her Consin will,
"IIushv' he said. IN warning whispcr.
| "uush. Eve. for hen ycn's sake, or I nm
,os,i,
Then Ewes sense md courage came to
nor assistance. She took In the situation
nj n glance. Something terrible had hap.
uon.,I ,hnt rcouircd secrecy. She could
NOT imagine what II was, but discovery
me,nt hnrm 10 viii. 40 her first impulse
icd nor 10 lock her bedroom door, Then
sbc drew him Go the furthest end OF the
room. md whispered:
"Whnt IL It.? Tell me quickly. How
did Won come hcreY"
| Ilc turned and pointed 10 the trnp.,loor
T., .n,, ,a,,;n, ,.bich .ho now norcc,voJ
..Tt ronvh thcreY Nv the roofY,
y,o no,i,ici In rep,y.
.nv, wbvp Whnt n Tho mnttcrY"
"Thc o,,lrcrs NJ ius,Icc. On. Evc. I hnrs
n dreadful story to tell you; but Il was no,
my fault assure you Il wasn't"
Eve was shiycriny now, ns IL with cold.
"Tcll me everything" she whispered;
II must hear IT,"
swell. you know about old Todson's
bill? I told you I had borrowed tn,
money. So I did, and I fully intended
TO pay Il back some day. I-I-borrowc,l
It from the firm. was sent into uncle,
Office, aud his chcck.book was on the
desk, aud so-nnd So"
"YOu forged his nnmc!' cried Evelyn
In n tone of increduloux horror, Has
he found II outy"
Everybody hus found Il out, The
whole firm know Il by this time. Old
Candles the cashier. you know, and hc
has n brother In the bank"
"Oh. VIM. sobbed Eve. ..how could
you do it-how could you do itY'
"uush! don't make such n row." he ex
claimed In alarm; III you rouse the 9th
crs, Eve. ms sure ms I am a man II
throw myself from the window and smash
to pieces before your eyes, Its cruel OF
YOU 10 make me run such n risk as this"
Eve stilcd her weeping by u powerful
effort ut once.
IL won't cry nny more, Will. indeed
won't. But tel me. what do you intcnt
to dot"