The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1899-08-18

had almost succeeded in believing in her.
self. Only few very keen and very
supplemented people had been able to
penetrate the disguise and discover
I that the role was as uncongenial as un-
suited to her. Most persons when they
found her hard and unsympathetic
or narrow or insincere or guilty
of follies common to ordinary hu-
man kind, upbraided themselves severe
ly for being 80 blinded by personal I'M
worthiness as to imagine her beset by
their own sins. They sorrowfully came
to the conclusion that they must be base
indeed to think such things, and if they
had ever been heartless and bold enough
to let her see their disapproval, they
begged her forgiveness for having so
cruelty misjudged her. She would near
ly always forgive such penitent offenders,
and in a way that left them doubiy i'm
pressed with her charity and goodness.
A few hopelessly wrong individuals con-
tinued to entertain the idea that she new
er really forgave any one who had the
hardihood to oppose or offend her, and
that she was as ''good a hater" as ever
DR. johnson would have wished to see.
Mrs Kenwood was one of the very few
persons supplemented enough to appre-
ciate her sister at her true worth, but
she was too loyal to her own blood to
betray her discovery. Outwsrdly she
admired and bowed down to Miss Allyn
as did the majority; inwardly she thank
ed heaven she was not as Helen was,
but unaffectedly and ipconsequentislly
gay, ridiculously fond of her husband
and children, and reprehensibiy lenient
to their faults, and good natured and
contented, and not too intellectually and
spiritually exalted. Sometimes she
wished she were as methodical and use
full and severely just as the younger girl,
but she never got to the point Of worry
ing over it. That was one of Mrs Ken
woods chief charms to her friends. She
never worried herself or them. Miss
Allyn, on the contrary, frequently gave
the impression that In her mind she was
worrying over you and troubled about
your short comings, and if you were not
properly apprecistive of her kindness In
so doing that was only another proof of
how greatly beneath her you were. The
few misguided individuals who resented
Miss Allyn's severe mental attitude said
they felt the more aggrieved because
they did not believe her capable Of un-
derstanding any nature unlike her own.
1t was this girl whom Lamont regard
ed SO fixedly and tenderly as his pony
wound slowly along over the prairie be-
side her chestnut mare, and Ii there was
one thing in the whole wide world which
he was convinced of, it was Of her cspac-
ity to understand and sympathize with
him.
He turned still furthur around In his
saddle so that he could see her face quite
plainly.
I'll want to talk q little about my
8 elf" he said hesitatiugly, and again he
laid his hand on the mares bride so that
the two horses settled down to the slow
est of walks.
81 must talk of myself because I do
not dare trust myself to speak of you.
And yet how can talk of myself unless
talk Of you, too? For am what you
have made me. 1t seems like two years
instead of two months since met you
it seems like the beginning of time for
me. 1 wish it had been the beginning
How different my life would have been.
Can you realize what you have done for
meP Can you imagine what it means to
man who has been sent from his home,
cast eff by his people, Stunned and mis-
treated-perhaps justly, perhaps unjust
ly, but that Ia no matter--who has lived
in this forlorn wilderness for two years
with hardly glimpse Of a woman, to
suddenly met and know girl like your
selfP Can you realize what wealth of
everything care for most you have
brought to me here in this lonely place?
Why, there's not soul in this country
that cares whether live or die except
my half-breed servant. Charlie does
adore me, believe, after bis dog-like
fashion, and Ia even jealous-o you.''
Lamont gave an uneasy little laugh and
looked at Miss Allyn. 81 think he has
guessed my secret and rather hates you
in consequence. He's violent, curious
sort OF chap. It's hard for man to
keep secret in this lonely land,n he
added, meditatively. Miss Allyn shud-
dered. TIC be the object OF half-breed's
thoughts and animosityi Her well-bred
soul could not conceive Of the desperate
loneliness OF life or the strength OF q