The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-07-26

accident" questioned Philip, artfui

ly.
"Oh, no, you zee I did not tell then
about the tire" she colored slightly
ut was such little thing"
$50 they do not know about 1t
Well" he continued, musingly, may
be that Is better" Helen looked a
him inqulringly, but he rode on stud
ying the view 20 intently that sh,
could learn nothing from his face. sh,
felt just what he had meant her Il
feel that their meeting had a Gland
estine element.
The morning passed quickly and
pleasantly and when they drew neal
the hotel Philip asked her If be NIGH
accompany her the next morning.
Eyes, if l 90 out" she assented
coolly.
"Our acquaintance Is a little uncon
ventional. l suppose you don't ever
know my name, which, by the way, /,
Brown"
"oh, not Brown" Helen burst our
impetuously.
Eyes, as common a one as that
Don't you like N?'
1T has rather unpleasant associa
tons for me- But, of course, as vol
say, 1t Is not a rare name, 1t would b,
foolish to allow 1t to prejudice me-"
These words, uttered with kind in
tent, had a mos. depressing effect up
on Philip, who cow saw clearly thai
Helen had deep-rooted antipathy TO,
the Philip Brown of her memory o,
Imagination, arr he knew that MI
only hope Of Winning her friendship
was through her ignorance of his rea
Identity. He determined to make tn,
most Of his time before she shoulc
discover by accident or otherwise thai
he was her husband.
The morning wheel ride became .
habit with Philip, and he and Helen
always met, sometimes by accident,
sometimes they planned to do SO |
Each day Philip became more con
WINGED that life without Helen would
be fiat, stale AMI Improbable. Therd
were times when she became almost
confidential but she always checked
herself and withdrew into the rriw
dignity that amused him Immensely
you never tod me anything about
said Philip, once when they
were resting in q shady nook after
hard spin. Il
you ought to know a great deal
about me, having ridden with me-
every morning for the past fortnight
Riding bicycle is great test Of
disposition, they say" answered
Helen. /
II do know great deal about you}
disposition, SO i1uch that I am bnx
GUS to know about your life," SAID
lie, looking tenierly at her. "Yor
lave never told me your name ard
AVE evaded finding it out at the bote
n the hope thct you would tell m.
Il
II haven't toll you my name, bel
ause"-she PARSED, and then con
inued, defiaDtly -"because I hate il.
nd it's the same as yours. Please
ont ask me why. Please go a,yaH ]
nd leave me- am misarabiep She
urned her face away and Philip ran
led she was crying. He longed to
AXE the pathetic little figure in his !
rms and tell her that he marked
;od that their names were the same.
ut he only said: Forgive me, If
ave hurt you; I would rather ait
han cause you to suffer. Please LED
8 be friends again." T.
He took her hand for a moment, and c
elem turned her flushed, tear-stained F
ce toward him, and, Withdrawing \
r hand, said, with a brave effort to II
calm and forceful: mir. Brown, q
u must not speak in that way to 8
e." K
But don't you see," said Philip,l n
king her hand again, "lnA. you are II
~ dear to mel" q
I can't let you; am not free.' !,
ar voice trembled, and she released =,
+ hand from his grasp once more. L
lease do not make it any harder for N
!. I am married" She burst into ~ ~
lrs, and Philip felt altogether guilty Fl
d despicable. Poor little woman, 81
Or little woman" he saIu, caress- 81
,ly. -
l am the victim of marriage that w
s forced upon me. l couldn't re- Je
'e; was not consulted. My dear II
her did what he thought right. The 81,
n he chose for me thought nothing ST
me. To him was a chld-a piece de
property to be taken care of-but s..
to my having any feelings on the, 90
'1ect of my own marriage-that su
'er occurred to him. II papa had do
en- him pet dog he would have A
en- it in the same way" 81,
hilip WINGED, but she, preoccupied 74l
h her wrongs, continued: II have q
seen him since, and never I'm. ESQ
stood till now how horrible my n nr,
cage might become!' Ste
ellen blushed as she realized what VIII
words might seem to imply, but der
companion appeared not to notice nm nm
m, and asked: Has the man his
husband-fulflled his duty to sl2d
~ stet
Yes; he has been unfailing in h.s O. cor
for my interests. He manageA sire ,.
business affairs and writes me- fan
e regularly. Mere letters of bust lie
}, Of course. He has never forced $40
'.i upoh MT all sratelui IoI larg
:. Csc
What will you do when he comes VIII
on, as he certainly will do?' asked ,she
Up, almost sternly. "
don't know. l shut my eyes to
NJ
ou must open your eyes" HI aet'
ped her wrist. "Helen, look, he five
Gomez and
len pulled herself away, and ris cow
10 her feet said, with an indescrib eoc.
expression, "Philip" AK
lowe
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