Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-06-24


Gray was talking to Caroline, the win
dows being all wide open, Nab passed out
SOFTLY on to the lawn.
In happy dream she went on toward
the arbor, walking in the shadows over
the lawn. When within sight of the sum
ner mousse sue paused ana looked up ut
!hc SKY, listening an the whilc FOR night.
ingnie; nut everything was strangely still.
All at once she caught sight of figure
moving hiohs the grcchswnrd toward the
"roor'
III must DC Dick' she thought-"Dick
,o.ne nc,c 10 see IL shouiu ne out! but
now curry ne mas returned! Certainly the
i'Se'ors people are always eariy.
LII another second she would have called
out DICK; DICK! ana thcn her fate and
,nat vi am oeiohg'ng 10 hcr would have
occn iar u,Herch'. bu'' as her ups parted
10 ul'cr ner nro'hcrs name. u sudden
."urp unu Wen-remenhoercd fear shot
.nro.sn ner nehr', anu sne stood still
Mu'ns ~, W"ut mnsn' h"ppeh; Tor she
nau Jus. u,s.'hgulsnco nnothcr figure
,nu' y. ,"ah-ner iatncr surcly--crccp-
'"S .o"a,u '"c summer mouse.
,,, W. ,,,, h,.". u.s. ."'r. nhu occ!i, not here.
u"t mrs aw"y, on tnat oftcn'rccalled
s"' Mnch SUE una .>c'''ie had hrst met!
Us .nr,u were TWO men, ana one OF them
WIS NV, Mear'ns Wlas'orimmcd nat.
W'n las'.,hr'ooihe heart she stood for
son ", "'oh'en's IKE statue: then, wills
urn. W ncrsei, III Is Tor Ncvilles
s"Nc' sue "o'cu FORWARD ana paused in
.ne s."uo" vi ah o'erarchlhg bough just
o".snr 'ne entrance 10 the nrbor.
~. Una. lhstnht voice came from the
summer HOUSE:
so you were mere hrst.'
Inc words meant nothing In themselves,
uu'' on; 'ne terror with which they hllcd
.ne srl. FOR II was unmistakably her
la.ner VINO uttered them. distinctly but
cautiously. a voice replied to him out Of
'ho gloom;
Hs'! am Always hrst.
GREAT heaven-tne second mans voice
sne a'so recosh'zed' Had she not heard 1t
Oh an OCCASION that she could never for
get! IL was the very man who had met
Iaroiihc VINO spoke those lust words-it
was the same man VINO had also met her
iatner py the pool. In that bitter moment
Mabel felt as II wounded to death: in.
stinctivvely she OWNED that something
was about to happen which must sep
arate hcr from Neville.
Her fathers hrm denial OF ever having
met anyone In the boathousc at her unclc's
or elsewhere by night or In secret rushed
to MnbcIs memory as she heard Mr..
Charlford speaking again while she
crouched In the shadow.
BE as brief MS you can. Lane" he said.
what is 1t YOU want Of mel"
II cannot bc brief tonight returned
the man. Il must rccnpituln'c little. II
~ OF no use to tell me to be brief to-
night.
Then Tor heavens sake do not speak
imperil your own safety Us well Us mine
lou declared III the strongest terms that
you would never do ANYTHING which might
put STOP 10 my-to Mabel : marriagc.
Don't lose your head and your temper
together. Filton, replied the other.
'Sreak l must--whcrc IL 1t to be!'
Tomorrow, then, u couple Of hours
later than this In my study" returned
Mnb's father. hastily. There will be less
risk there than In our meeting ut M inn,
Tor. OF course. ! am known all over the
county.
iou Will let me IN BY the window? II
Will DC late. said the man.
iom VIII come III oy the side door. Pay
attentioh 10 wnat l nm saying to yOu.'
said Mr. Char'tord. My FAMILY will ex.
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