The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-13

child had lived.
Sir Justin could recall their image as IL
from yesterday; he could equally per-
| suade himself that If they did ever live
they had nor lived for him: that he had
never known them. He was impelled to
| say as much to Stormont, standing silent
ly beside him.
No words would be extravaganza" said
! Sir justin, I'm expressing the change in
! me. am now as a god to a mortal COM
pared with what ! was then" and he
| pointed to the gilded date upon the stone
l remember those two as If they were
| people In another mans story Yet I
feel for them now more tenderness. 1
| think, that ! did then. have attained
10 another circle of being. Well can /
remember things I would not, could not,
! say or DO now, yet my content is such
my assurance. of good so complete, that
cannot be touched, it seems, by even com
FUNCTION or regret. That was not l." and
ne looked thoughtfuly towards the tablet.
| I begin from now"
NOW, as II so happened, this was the
sort OF talk at which Stormont never
| iaughed, but to which he always listen
ca, strangely enough, with strong i'm
Pulse of dislike towards the speaker. Ru
| rus Siormont was animated by very Gu
| rious vanity.
He He held himself to be peculiarly gifted
person with brains and insight greatly
apoVe the common; man typical of the
Droadest and widest enlightenment
moreover, side by side with this mental
prlue' went an unpleasant though we'll
concealed amount of purely personal con
From the first, it had pioued him that
az ms age the. baronet should be as come
~ man as he, more than fifteen wears
tne younger. Not that Stormont was his
cousins rival He had known lydia Mon
rose half her life, but she had not grown
- a woman 10 appeal TO him. Sir JUS
TN was welcome. But Sir Justin was NOT
welcome to this sudden claim of exaeeer-
aIeo' mental outlook. Stormont consider
ca lt ms prerogative to have a wider cir
&c u being and to see further into things
I nan any man he knew. Who was sir
T yossin, 70 srrogate to himself such grand
hoquence OF soul? Stormont was saneibIa
OF nrst spasm Of actual active rnaIevo0
renee as ne glanced into Sir Justin,s hand
| finely. WINS oul very
ms nrst impulse was a spiteful remark
"a 80 ~ the tablet, about the dead wife
anu child; but that he checked with addad
disgust towards Sir Justin for havjng ' 49,,
" inspiration, for Rufus Stormont nrided
hlInsen greatly ON those fine manners
| when never show a scratch What no
uld say as they hnaEy turned away was
s t,'n as graceful as agreeable; but
tne cue was given.
FROM that moment Rufus dwell uyi+b
growing annoyance on the presumntion Of
such fellow as Sir Justin. after free
ana pieesure-loving life, arguing To him
| - any speclai destiny. The foolr'
ono'lt -. Stoinloht' seornfully, and there
-, At.o ms mind the notion to let Sir
bin, se ne was FOO; to prove 1t to
nm. No man should make cocksure Of
any special destiny while he Stormont
was about TO undeceive him. least If al
uldef MS, Stormonts, nose should thew
man U,as - oo oper1aily FAVORED where wo-
! nartieular o,lt,,i otorInont mad no
genaraII,, ~ ,.p", concerning women
SOM he sOes 49, VI ahother' but in his
/ No - 80 u nliy OF 'he conviction that
! not 49, ~ ~" eAtsteu YET Nhom he could
| HE oi,,.,, ~ "a "a We ms purpose.
deci-5oS -, 80 49, ~ .iie present instance was
4 dinna,. 49,, t tne evening OF the first
| Storr,o,ltt 80 - "a. a. .le haugh. At table,
| onT1, aiat s'a w Lyuia sac, There were
! lavender = a t,os,'s, ~ 1a, IA Whlte and
| tbina- sa',,s '9PS9Ieu 10 or justin some
q nr,,d Jr ,.o,, silhose uhearthly TO Rufus
| fine noin+s 49, uas woil ltls on Whom some
| 5ar,,, - - Wasteu' ana VINO evil
en5ta of iH,n 'iie way she heid her chin,
| feel drawn 70 bin, "iieesiilp' aid not
That settled - 5s,a,,.,,
| 20 s. r $500 ~ Nidncihg from the girl
ar The infst,,atia,, slieerlhg lnwardly
faces NJ nT',e ,b ne penelo on both their
| between Them r,pet-.a,.., ne w0Eu play
oDs reeeetio, -. ,n ' haii.hulnor-
him lis lines he hea ess,,r, 70 innlcate 10
! what ba1 haAn $500 1i'i 1ls 20 act upon
| rnaster band ,orna,, Gu HuoWh oy
NOT ir,,ouy o,,o 49, gu snae JeaIousy ooes
thot inn,,cit eas,h go. IA" ahother; ana
| high tbat n A. $780, ~ mi perllousiy
| fall q "''' ~ s'oops TO
| ~ Ian ~ shaii, was Stormonts easy
oveision. ne woula prove to his soul-eX-
800 eousin ma. ms was no special eX-
pellencs, put mercy that or the very or
i have nassed thro,gb ena faraotts ~ ~
quarter on a oenturv before q
During the dinner Rnfus Was ,,e.,, o,,,o,
Once or twice he smoke IN c. - qu NC.
that lydia had 10 bend her baaS "a S Dns
It. Sir Jnstin was hound 10 notioa A 90.
nerfect throat shonnd ~ not,oa - il1r
curve with which ii bent away from him.
Oh trifie, lighter than airl
This was theAbeginning-so rose the cur
tain. In a few days time Stormont had
identified himself with his Villains mart.
he had not an act, scarcely n thought
away from it, He would pun Sir Justin
down from his sbeatiiudes! Egoism his
motive, egoism was his object. the desire
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