The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14

Good heavens! this was the fair innocent
girl he had loved so fondly and foolishly.
and believed in next to his Maker! He stood
stupefied, and though he knew she had
brought the Rothbury diamonds to bestow
on the man she loved he could not have
moved one step to wrest them from the other.
f! for he felt if nothing mattered now and
all the diamonds in the world were as moth
! ing. mere dross to one who had gagged the
very depths of human anguish and had TO
use all his strength of will to prevent him
! self going mad.
She might have had all the Jewels of Col
cenda's mines for one of those kisses which
she gave to the other Kisses which were
MS ngnt. Still he should not have both.
Lord Rothbury's blood boiled at the
| thought, and he was prepared to wrest them
from his rival by force of arms He would
leave him Dorothy, and therefore he could
not complain. He would gladly have ex-
changed with him, for what he resigned was
| SO much more valuable in his ewes than what
| ne kept, but this could not be- Her hand
must go with her heart, and he cursed the
evI tate which had made it impossible for
MIN to be loved for himself alone.
1t was my title, the settlements could
maze, that tempted the GIRL" he said to him
| sell. bitterly. She was the belle of the sea-
son ana tney all expected her to marry the
match or the season It was hard upon her
daresay, but she was not called unon RI lie
ana deceive as she has done A dozen times
sue mas sworn to me, with my kisses fresh
on her lips that she loved me, and me only.
|
secret intrigue with-with that r1lfian For
ne must be rufflan to let her sell herself TO
me- and accept my diamonds as the price of
| his silence. And she is so young ba tho,,rb+
| pitiiuIly
1T must be her mothers fault. She dares
not tell the truth, poor child! 1 must be
Inefciful to her. But for that creature
AND ne clenched his fists whilst his eyes
nreo dangerously, he darted forward He
mad meant to seize the man in his iron grasp,
lor the young earl had a powerful physique
and having led a regular life, and had ath1et
ic framing, was formidable adversary but
ne ne; nad no opportunity of proving his prowess.
ms Hrst step forward attracted the others
attention, and before Lord Rothbury could
reach him, he and Dorothy had dashed down
slde-turning and disappeared
Lcrd Rothbury heard the sound of carriage
"heels' and a horse galloping down the road
ana then there a silence so comnlete
that ne started violently when an owl flew
over his head, although he only heard the
rustic OF its wings.
Even if he had wished TO nurs,,a Tho ,,a
away couple, it would have been useless on
1ooI. But ne had no such wish He loved
Dorothy still, and would love her all his
~! ne; out ne would not marry her now even
feet " eiA a. Ills
she must love this other man dearly. in
ceed, since she had been willing not only to
give up nome, her good name even principle
Tor MS sake. 1t she had gone to him emnty
handed it would have been different: bit
surely it was strange for girl with good
plood In her veins, and brought up as a gen
tlewoman should be, to become common
thief. even for loves sakei
1t was so inexplicable nothing but tho owl
oence OF his own eyes would have convinced
MIN OF the fact. But he could not doubt
them. He had seen Dorothy's face distinctIv
IN spite OF the dim light, and even if he had
not known it by heart, it would have heen
olfncult to mistake that exquisite profle-the
most perfect he had even seen.
he walked slowly back to the house in a
sort OF stupor, which mercifully deadened his
pain. He went straight to his room. but NOT
-: :.' peu. nat was the use? man who had
just lost all that makes life worth living
does not feel much inclined to Sleep
80 ne braced himself to endure remindine
nlmself OF people he had known who had had
great troubles, and had secured a certain
peace or resignation at last Of course. he
would rather have seen Dorothy in her coffin
than in another mans arms She was inst
as much lost to him now, and in a worse
way But he had had no choice in the mat
ter, and must bow to fate, which had per
secuted him so cruelty.
AS soon as the household was astir he
dressed, and went downstairs and out into
the garden. The postman was Just coming
up the lane, and Lord Rothbury went TO meet
MIN. and took the letters from his hand
Wheh Lady Lesson appeared he forced him
sell TO greet her politely although he CON
sidered her responsible for all his noisfor
tunes, through her way of bringing I'M her
daughter. But she was a woman and even
when you disapprove of a woman, Won have
To be civil to her if you are a gentleman
Lord Rothbury talked on Indifferent sub
Jects although he scarcely heard what she
said, for his whole attention was taken nm
In trying to steady his trembling fingers suf-
hc.ently in order to be able to carry his cof-
fee,cup to his lips without splitting all the
contents. He had succeeded sufficiently to
thirsty Gr9Hpht I,;o