The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-13

everything now. and I was sure that he
knew it himself also for the first time
ick on your skates" l said. 'and
run Tor the carriage as fast as you can.
It's ten To one you'll find IL waiting for
your mother. and we can do nothing
1 here"
Before had finished speaking he was
off. and away down the road at break
neck speed. and turned my attention
10 doing what could for the insensible
girl. With great difficulty / half drag
ged. half carried her To the bank. and
there i strove To restore animation.
At the end OF five or six minutes !
thought l detected faint futter OF
the eyelids, and soon after a barely
perceptible sigh told me that my ef-
forts were not I'm vain. BY the time
l heard the welcome sound of wheels
In the distance she had begun to
| breathe regularly. AS Guy reached my
side she opened her eyes for moment.
and i heard him: murmur Thank
| Cod as he bent down 10 assist me
In raising her from the ground. We
bore her swiftly to the carriage, and,
after wrapping her in rugs, shouted TO
the coacsman to drive home as fast as
| possible. Inside OF ten minutes Mhli-
cent was lying drapped I'm warm blank
cts in her own room, tended by anx-
ious Mrs. sWilloughby. and "A capable
| if somewhat fussy housekeeper: and
| when the doctor-who had been fetched
| In all haste by one OF the men-servants
made his appearance ne was able TO
assure US that our patient would prob
ably be little the worse for her advent
ure at the end Of a few days.
Meanwhile. Guy and / had changed
our clothes. Guy treating the sugges-
tion that he should go TO bed with the
utmost scorn and disdaining all proffer-
ed remedies. As we sat over the fire
I'm the library noticed that he seemed
10 avoid my eye,
II have discovered something today
George. III he said, at length, and then
paused.
"Yes?" i said encouragingly.
I'm good-for-nothing brute" he
broke out suddenly. "WhV right have
j TO care for her? Thank heaven she
doesn't know. and she never shall know
while / can prevent II. suppose you
think me pretty sort of bIackguard ="
he went on. but ] can't help IL. new
er knew how j felt till I'VE were strug-
Cling In the water IL seems about
year now. doesn't it?--and we came
up under the ice a few yards from
that confounded hole. / thought l
should never reach IT,"
We'll. what do you propose to do?"
/ inquired
we cannot both stay on here" said
Guy decidedly. one of us must go.
and. equally, OF course. IL must be me.
But you cannot Danish yourself
from Hazelworth forever" said /:
"and You have got your mother to con-
slider in the matter. Wouldn't 1t be
better 10 stay on and fight IL down like
a MANI"
That would be worse than useless"
said Guy. II should be sure TO betray
myself some time or other and then /
should go about loathing myself. and
being loathed by her into the bargain"
l knew that there was some truth in
what he said, but the situation was an
awkward one To face. whatever course
he took and ! told him so frankly. l
knew that his mother would feel part
ing with Mrs. Wentworth terribly. but
that was undoubtedly the Lesser of the
two evils.
My dear chap" he said, "it's ridicu-
lous to talk of anything of the sort
Why on earth should an innocent girl
have TO suffer for my fault. and what
would she do or where would she go IL
she left us?"
AT any rate, she would be no worse
off than when she came TO you.'' said.
and one innocent person has got TO
suffer In any case. Better that IL should
be Mrs. Wentworth than your mother"
My mother will suffer I'm any case"
cruel part of IL, 10 my mind But don't
you think II would be worse for her to
lose her friend and know the cause
find out that j an-well, not quite
what she has given me credit for be-
inC?"
My dear boy" said /. and ! could
not help smiling, ARE you so innocent
as to imagine that our mother won't
know all about il IL you go away. and
that Mrs. Wentworth will not know,
too, for that matter? Does Il seem To
you such an ordinary sort of proceed
Ing for young man i'm your position
in life to go away into exile that you
think no. questions would be asked
Why. 1t would be the talk of the coun-
ty."
II thought ] might have some ex-
cuse." said Guy. ruefully. but ! sup
pose you're right. Couldn't | find out
that | wanted TO travel and go off to
South Africa or somewhere
AT five minutes notice." I asked.
and Guy was silent. No I continued.
II think your only plan Is to tell your
mother all about 1t. Then perhaps IL
would be better togo up TO town for a
week or two till things are finally set
tied"
That night Guy told his mother all,
and the next morning he left for Lon
tVh w thN carly
was an awful ordeal, beside which the
average funeral would have seemed
cheerful. Mrs. Wentworth. OF course
did not appear nor was she likely, the
doctor said, To be able e. leave her
room for another couple OF days at
least. At last IL was over, and. Guy
having struggled through half n muffin
with a commendable appearance OF
hearty appetite, Mrs. Wrloughby and
saw the delinquent off and retred-she
IL her room to enjoy the luxury of the
tears which she had hitherto restrained
for his sake. and | To the library. TO
mediate upon the vanity OF human
wishes and other cheerful topics OF a
l.. nature.
Late i'm the afternoon Mrs. Wilough-
by came down TO talk matters over.
she has only been with me for two
years. said the kind soul. drying her
eyes. But IL seems like sending away
my own flesh and blood IL is not even
as if she were to blame: Guy says che
is not. and ! am quite sure ne would
not deceive me. Besides. / could nor
think IL of her"
We had determined. however, that il
would be best TO say nothing To- Mrs.
Wentworth until she was completely