The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-20

"1ne". my good os ST, you ca" go back
| don't want to make scene or row.
You're an older man than l am. and !
| don't wish to try which of MS is the
better man of the two. At the same
time your presence is unpleasant to me
and distasteful to this lady, and the
sooner you relieve us Of it the better.
Now, out you gol'
There was momentary semitic, and
then the door was slut and Alan Sta
cey's back was against it. He and Mary
were on one side of the door and Ed
ward Conway was on the other.
On his side Edward Conway began
frantically to beat at the door; then he
kicked, and at last when the stout
panels showed signs of giving way,
| there was sudden cessation of the
efforts to enter-a pause, a groan and
the sound Of heavy body tumbling to
the ground
"Hushl Something has happenedr
said Stacey to Mary.
"Oh Alan''
"Yes they We all stopped talking I
heard the landlords voice minute
ago. l shall open the door,.
"Oh, no; don't. Alan! He may shoot
you"
'.No no! Listen! He has had a fiji
And so it proved to be. The excite
ment the great mental struggle and
| the physical strain-to which the unfor-
tunate man had put himself in trying
to force open the door had all done their
work
When Alan opened the door, it was
to find Edward Conway on the stone
floor Of the passage in fit Of apoplexy.
and Mary was practically a free woman.
They raised him from the floor and car
| ried him to bed. but he never spoke or
! showed signs of consciousness again.
For few hours he fingered, breathing
heavily and with labor, and during all
those hours Of anxious waiting Mary
staid down on the beach, listening to
the beating of the waters upon the
| rock bound coast and wondering, won
dering, whether Providence would be
| kind to her or not.
Then Alan Stacey came down to tell
her that all was over.
"Dear,' he said, "this has been
horrible time for you. l knew as soon
as the report came that they had rescued
some of the crew of the Arikhama;
saw it in the evening papers. have
never been sure whether you knew or
not. Perhaps was selfish to keep it
from you, but felt that | could not
could not-come and tell you what
would put you out of my life, out of
my home, although nothing could ever
put you out Of my heart Nobody will
know anything about It now unless in
deed by the morest chance, when there
would be neither blame nor ignominy
attached to either of u.s. told the
landlord lie. told him that Conway
had mistaken you for somebody else,
and he believed it. I told him that it
would be very unpleasant for you if,
when his relatives came down, you
were mixed up in the story in any way,
and gave him tenner to leave us out
of the affair as far as is possible. He
was most sympathetic He will never
trouble us. We will go back to London
at once-we can get part of the way
tonight-and as soon as possible we
will be quietly married in some out of
the way church, where nobody need
know anything about us. -
Dear Alan" said she, "what cut of
the way church will you find where no.
body will know anything about your
"Well, dear child, there are good
souls in the world who would not hurt
us by blazoning forth this unhappy
story. 1t is no great matter if the world
does know; it will be certain sure then
that you and I are fast tied in wedlock. y
THE END.