Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-29

very sllOL WneIe ne nuu luuue MS sinai
beginnings, to do this also harmoniousl.
and Keep all the old relations intact b.
instead of explaining his view calmly
curious fatality of human nnture-h
grew nngrier and expressed only his an
ger and his vanity, although just then Ii
though that he was defending not his
vanity, but his dignity.
mot able to make my place." he said
with sarcasm. ~ fancy have made ii
already and that wherever l am or wha.
ever do | am able to keep it,"
mo, mol" persisted Leila. "You shout
go to another city-to New York best o
all-nnd carve out career great cnourl
for us and your abilities: go into larF
business, be a public man. statesman
eyerything!"
$50 that's what rou want?" he sale
modify. "But your father-woul1 l.,
agrGeF"
The storm seemed to be blowing over
but at Lcila's next words it closed il
and settled down darby upon them. lit
tie though she meant it TO do so. an!
futherY she answered. cit isn't he VIII.
is going to live our lives. This is
question for u.s.
"You mean" he interrupted. "ror you.
>ince | am allowed no voice. You wish
me to so, to shake off Windbury and thu
past. all the past, to start for myself"
he ended, with emphasis on the last
word. We'll. then. | viii do MS you
wish, Miss Grey. A proposition has come
to me for new and profitable business
connection, which | was going to tell you
about. The place is far from here" He
paused a moment, in drend of what he
knew he was going to say. but concluded
firmly, II shall leave tomorrow"
1t was Leila who was startled now.
"What. so soon? On Thanksgiving day
tooT She looked as though she might
lean to aim with entreaty and beg hin
to stay, but she added only, And goin
alone, Mr.. Malvem?'
But size did not wait for him to answer
The thought of his leaving her so easil
made her flush red, and, slipping off hci
tiny, sparkling engagement ring, sh
handed it to him.
There she said, II release you
COT
lie tool. it in silence, haughtily, BUT Will
grief and rage and with sensation II,
though all the life within him had broker
to pieces. lie did not dare to sn?
"Goodby" He did not dare to spcal
One glance only they exchanged. anu IL
the eyes Of each the fire of war and tn
light of peace mingled, contending Thel
he withdrew toward the door and pausco
there a moment with an involuntary
gesture, half despair, half struggling
hope, but Leila had turned partly away
with her hand resting unsteQdily on tn,
chair nearest her, and If she felt his hesi
tation or his gesture she did not show il
The sunlight beyond her still slanted
across the pale garden, but there was II,
responding bird song in the house. He
closed the door noiselessly as he passeo
out.
Where does this climate of the mint
come from that holds rs in its grasp Il.
firmly. that sways and -ovegcomes rs
unpltyingly, as the eleruents withoi,
with fierce changes Of heat ard colo
flood and drought of storm that rends on
tendcrest sentiments and deals misery O.
those we love best? The strangest thin
about this mental meteoroMgy Of ours
that We ourselves often seem to Great
and hurl those very storms that so clitc.
us and devastate our hearts.
The wreck had come to them. so Ma
vern and Leila thought. and from Will
In themselves. though neither had d
sired it. For him all life ana color pas
ed out OF the day and LEFT it like thc
withered leaf which he picked NJ ON &
path honeward. faded and with only
Flush Of remembered joy upon it. WIN
he wondered now, why had he not bee
! impulsiye enough to obey the whispc
Of the leaf. which had seemed almog
30 be conXing him to turn hack to Leila
But how was it meanwhile with her
lest alone. she went without restraint
She threw herself upon the couch an,
buried her face. Again, wiinging he
hands. she paced the room, but out
her grief there sprang sudden hone
She had been wrong: she knew it. a
least she had been the first to be wroni
and she would forgive Dick now for b,
ing In the wrong afterward. lmpulsivc
" she unclasped the gold chain frot
her neck am flung it away. Still sob.
bing, she sat down at her pretty escri-
toire in the corner and wrote to Nal.
vern quick. impassioned contrite. i'm
ploring note ending playfully with thc
words: And don't forget the Thanks
giving dinner again. Dick. shall wait
for YOU" The note finished and sealed
she decided to intrust it to no hand but
her own. To give it to their man Saun'
ders to carry to Dicks house would bt
somewhat like sharing with the butler +.
sacred confidence. Uf course he coulr
not guess anything of the confession
and the hope concealed under the en-
velope. but Leila had feeling that he
| letter WINS secret which had better b.
borne by an impersona agent. Su
throwing on hooded cloak she slippe,
out from the house almost furtiyely
tucked the nlissiye herself into the neal
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