Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-05-07
CHAPTER XIII.

time she II going 10 have one of her fits
or her faints. or whatever It was. ] hope
che will choose somebody elsc's room for
her stage"
Marvel said nothing-she felt little
angry. She could not forget the assured
way In which Mrs. Scarlet had held out
her hand 10 him. aud her subtle smile also
fingered In her memory. II was all very
fine for him TO appear disgustcd with her
now; but there had been u time when.
Yet In her soul she was glad because or
his sighting tone. lie was watching her
attcntivcly. and. as she seated herself up.
on an ottoman, he noticed the anguor that
seemed to ill nll her limbs.
'Shc has frightened you" he said.
ut was n little shock: and am afraid
she Is really very ill-shc looked so ralc.
"Not palcr than you are. Why on earth
aren't you In bed ut this hour Of the
night? DO you know what o'clock II isT'
NO"
"Hnlf.past two-a most ridiculous hour
for you to bc up!'
II might say that to you," said she.
with n faint smile.
"Eh? oh. I was smoking and--cr-
reading! hut you!"
She made him no answer, but sat silent,
twirling her wedding ring round and
round her finger.
"What fire you have. too-cnough TO
freeze one TO look ut it!'
He stirred II for her ms we'll rs he could,
and. after u considerable amohnt Of noise
and dust, made II burn up brightly. She
sat quiet nll the time, and was indeed so
white and still that he grew uneasy.
"You arc looking awfully Ill.," he said at
last, going over to her aud laying his hand
upon her shoulder. "What Is the matter
with your
"Nothing." she answered, with a heavy
sigh.
She got up. as II 70 escape from his
hand, and moved languidly to the toilet.
table, where she stood pushing idly to and
fro the bottles and cnskets and pots with
which II was Uttered. She looked so I'M
like herself that he was really anxious
about her. aud followed her to the table.
determined to accept no repulse.
'"Tcll me what you were doing all these
lonely hours he said.
thinking" replied she, briefly.
'Thinking! lie repeated her words
with rather undue force; u dark red
mounted TO his brows. "Of Savagcy' he
asked Involuntary. lie was Mortified
when the question passed his lips; but It
was too late then to look for anything
but the way In which she would receive
II.
That wns with the utmost Indifference.
Evidently she had not understood the real
meaning Of II.
'Oh, nor she said.
"Of what, them persisted he.
"Of the past-the old dead days-of
Lady Mary, and Of" She had averted
her face, and now her eyes fell upon the
locket she had dropped upon the table,
and. with little, quick, signing breath,
she laid her hand upon II as II to conceal
II, and closed her trembling fingers round
Il. II was her badge Of shame, her dis
grace, the thing that perpetually remind
ed her that she was pariah-a being
apart from the world In which for sea.
son she moved.
But the little white hand had been too
slow TO do its work; Wriothcslcy too had
seen that old trinket, and had remember.
ed 1t. A pang shot through his heart.
With all her other gricfs and regrets, had
she to battle too with thsY
my dear girl" he said, very gently,
tati0ns? Why think OF what cannot now
tic conseouenceY
~ think of Il alwuys." she said--"I
ncvcr forget How can IY''
.yvbv cannot youY you NOM. Uoro
vou nre rosnectcd loved nv many onS
Tho vcrv center of attraction M /, were
nv riobt NJ vour grace and hcnutv. md
vst Won wouid mill ems with Fort,,no"
"You will tell mo next. ma Ciccly docs
th.t tLo vorv rvs,orv tint surronn.,s w"
adds 10 that ultra ction; but. how 10 solve
that mystery, even Mt the cost of the M.
traction! You cannot understand whit
Il IL 10 feel as do. I um different from
all those with whom 1 move. They have
parents. homes: they know Mt Ienst from
where they sprang: but. as for me"
She drew her breath sharply. and looked
AT him with miserable Ioyely ewes "Oh
the cruel pain Of IN" she said.
"You yourself create that min" IN
was beginning. warmly; but she stonn"
him.
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