The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-07
How shall tell thee that now we must part
Seeing t never shall see thee again.

Did a thought of that other rise before his
mental vsion-of her whose claim upon him
was surely the most sacred of all claims?-
or did her better angel hover near, bidding
him say farewell to the woman before him
ere he committed himself still further. ere ne
took a deeper step into the mire of deceit
and efime7 Who shall say?
The song was sung and finished.
The greatest compliment that can be paid
to d singer was paid to Adrian Carolin.
There was perfect silence for at least
minute.
II had no idea you sang so WE'LL Adrian"
remarked his uncle. at length.
"It must be the theme. 1t is evident
Carolin's whole heart was in the words"
drawled Captain Braye with a laugh.
Adrian heard him. and never knew till that
moment. that he hated inoffensve Captain
Braye.
The remark Jared upon him.
"Come away from these fools, Celia" he
whispered in her ear. Come into the con-
servatory."
Amid the buzz of conversation resumed,
| they disappeared unnoticed, and siken yellow
curtains dropped behind them, shutting out
the world, and leaving them face to face
alone!
When Adrian Caroln and his cousin re-
entered the drawing-1 oom they were pledged
to each other.
Passion had gained the day.
The evil angel had triumphed once again,
and Adrian's better angel had spread her
| CHAPTER VIII.
To say that Lord and Lady Mountjoy were
pleased at the anne uncement of the engage
ment Of their only child to her cousin, the
heir of Carolin, would be putting it mildly.
They were simply delighted.
! Her ladyship's sole objection took to itself
wings as though by magic
1T isn't as though they had been brought
together a s
often are. Why, they might be strangers for
all they have seen of each other she told her
friends, alphabetically.
Though how her theory worked out, it
would be hard to say.
AT any rate, it did so to her own entire sat
isfaction, which was, after all, the chief point.
| Nothing could possibly be better in every
respect" said his lordship, nightly pleased.
Celia will be near US. We will offer any
thing for that piece of land of Saunders and
then the properties will join each other. 1t
will be great relief to my mind to have the
child so happily married. 1 getting old
now, and want to see an heir to the old place
befofeoI go''-gf @1
AYE, we shall see our grandchildren round
US, I trust, before many years are over our
heads replied his wife, complacently.
And so all went merrily as a marriage bell.
Lord Carolin was written to, and returned
from his beloved Riviera to bestow his bless
ing on the betrothed.
There were public interviews and private
consultations, and, at last, everything was
satisfactorily arranged.
Adrian went to town, and returned with
magnificent present Of jewels for his beauti-
full fiancee.
as he placed the glittering circlet on Celias
finger, he whispered words of tenderest love
into the small pink ear
AS he did so, the memory of another face
another. and a palmer rng-rose before him.
His hand shook, his face paled; the costly
rims fell to the ground.
Surely this is not an ill-omen," said Celia,
but she smiled as she said it.
Almost the identical words from other lips!
Small wonder that the betrayer trembled,
and that his heart sank; but for all that his
determination wavered not one jot
Presents and congratulations were the or
der of the day.
When the bells rang in the New Year, the
made public.
There was feasting for the tenantry on
the adjoining estates, and great rejoicngs
were held, only to be rivalled it was said
when the wedding should be an accomplished
fact
The date Of this was fixed for Easter week,
which this year fell in April.
None too long" said the bride elects
set-for I shall not wear them again when
Celia is married-the settlements drawn up,
and. oh, heaps of other things."
And Celia Mountjoy, how did she take 1t
all? What were Eer feelings whilst those
around her arranged all for her present and
future happiness?
Happy indeed was she.
Her love given, as she fondy believed, to
one worthy of it.
/ Celia was f1irt-no woman to give lightly
to the first who asked.
II all her twenty-three years of maiden
hood she had loved, or even, as many a girl
does. fancied that she loved; therefore, when
her heart was given. it was given forever.