The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-02
THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-sATURDAY SEPTEMBER 2 1890

rused with evident satisfaction, were
sealed up, enclosed In another envelope
and returned to the sender.
At Meals urgent suggestion Mr..
Lawrence's absence was prolonged
from three months to five, by which
time he felt they could be safely re-
called-he having learned that Farh-
ham was preparing for business trip
to Europe, expecting to be absent two
years.
That will do" he calculated. Long
before he returns Rennie Lawrence
will be my wife,
When the heart-broken girl returned
Neal was the first to meet her and be-
came her very shadow, Offering no
word either of coincidence or love, but
rendering the thousand little atten-
tions which sooner or later win their
way.
For while he used his influence to
keep her from society, for the purpose
of avoiding any chance meeting with
Farnham, who was still in the city; but
at last he decided upon attending a
concert a which celebrities were TO
appear, having been informed that the
ship on which Roscoe had taken pas
sage would sail early i'm the afternoon.
1t required considerable importuning
on his part to induce Rennie to accent
his escort or indulge in recreation of
any kind; but she yielded at last, and
Neal felt that he had scored the Sec
ond move in the game he was PLAYING.
For awhile she sat beside him, list
lesslE Indifferent alike to the concert
and his occasional whispered remarks.
Neal was searching Rennie's fair face
with an expression of triumphant ad-
miratiOn, overcast, nevertheless, with
shade of anxiety, while the girl wore
an absent-mindcd, far-away look.
tinged with hopeless melancholy.
But after awhile some of the music
seemed to arouse her attention and in
tcrest, and she listened brcathlcssly to
the song in which the singer, a tenor
of rare power and sweetness, was
throwing all the strength of artistic
skill and appreciation, bringing out its
subtle sentiment with a power and
pathos that stirred the tenderest emo
tiOns OF her heart.
And not less deeply concerned but in
widely different sense, was William
Neal. He saw that the whole tendency
of the programme thus far was to lead
her thoughts further away from him
and back to that past from which he
wished to draw her entirely; and he
watched her intent face with a furtive
uneasincss and perturba ton, conscious
that he had made a grave mistake.
Finally, as the curtain fell at the close
of the first part, to be followed by n
short interval. Neal rose with evident
relief.
II see a friend in another part of the
house to whom l wish to speak, If you
will excuse me for moment" he said
| they will give us something a little
! more cheerful in the remaining num-
! bers of the programme. This high
| strung sentiment is rather too rarified
| for actual everyday experience"
He turned away without waiting for
| an answer; and Rennie was sitting
| with her head bowed, and her eyes full
| of tears, when a step sounded near her,
and a voice--vibratinE with earnest
| pathos, sincerity and Erief-said:
| MAY sit here and talk with you for
| a few moments, may /, Miss Rennie
I4awrence?" and lifting her head with
a sudden start, she looked into the
| frank but troubled face of Roscoe
! Farnham.
Where was doubt mistrust suspicion
! now?
Gone, before the whisperings Of that