The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-04-01

| ertOn and Miss Lahore were the most in
innate friends, Or, perhaps it was natural
to start when he found himself face to face
with the latter in the Somerton parlor.
! That he did start was a fact quickly de-
tected by Miss Lamore-a fact, also, which
naturally increased her embarrassment
Judging from your appearance, Mr..
Farr," said she, ''your health has not been
much benefited by your Western trip"
81 am afraid not' was his answer; ''the
work was hard and | did not go to it in
the best of spirits" This last with a
glance intended to he full of meaning.
She saw the look, and, wondering at it.
colored.
"YOu look so worn and i'll, =" she contin-
ued, that have not the heart to scold as
you observe yet You must have known
how much shonId regret not seeing you
! before you took the trip"
Recovering himself little at this, FAIR
told her, with as much dignity as possible,
that she must have been deeply engrossed
that summer day to have forgotten the card
he had sent up TO her, and the fact that she
had pleaded an Immediate engagement D,
an excuse for not seeing hiln
! Then followed a period of polite and
gentle contradiction. Miss Lahore firmly
! insisted that he had not sent up his card,
aud Fan as ohstnately persisted in saying
hat hn had
| they had accused aud c1uuteracrrsed each
Other Of forgetia!ness, Fdrr tolk matter ,
into lis own hands by breaking out vehe-
menty with:
| "Dp you know why wanted so much to
see you that day? DO you imagine that
could he, for a moment, forgetful of the
most trining incident that happened then,
when | thought you had treated me with
such CRUSHING indiferenca?n
They were now seated on a couch, and
| he, with a bitterness born of the unhappi-
ness he had experienced, told her his whole
story from that day to the present time
when she saw him So i'll and worn-worn.
not with toll, but with the hopelessness Of
his life. lie had no new phrases in which
to frame his thoughts ; but the old, ola
words seemed to satisfy Der for when
! dinner was announced there were at leas,
two people SUPP lely happy among those
who went arm in arm to the dining-room
| Sonerton's friend, Barton, with WHOM
Far had held such a profclnd discussion
on the day when the story opens, arrived
in time to join the party at dinner. When
the meal Was well under way, Barton sud.
denly Iecollecting, desired to know VII,
and wherefore Farr had so carelessly neg
lected to give his partner the card which
had been intrusted to his care. Farr, in
his new'ound happiness, had little memory
for such trilles, and forthwith Barton he.
heaIsed the affair. Then, recalling the in
cident, Farr said
'lou are the one guilty of careessueas
in giving me the wrong card. The one
did receive from you bore no memorandum
whatever ; when | discovered that fact
! put the card in my pocket, and have not
sen il since
81 have interposed Miss Lahore. "Thq
idea of your calling upon me and sending
up Mr. BaItons card
A CLEAN of intelligence came into Farr's
| eyes and quick smile passed between him
and the charming girl beside him. Then,
with almost unseemly haste, they turned
the conversation into safer channels.