Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-10-13

be friends? Could you not come TO see
us sOmetimes-talk to me, share our
and be really a friend
could you not do this, Felixi"
NO" he said, II could not"
"WhyT asked the sweet, soft voice.
Because / happen to be man, not
statue-becausc have human heart,
and am not made of marble. Our lives
lie apart, Lady Chevenix.'
You might be kinder" she said: and
the beautiful woman shrank from him as
though he had struck her blow.
NO." he rcjoincd. at would not he
possible. As the wife of another man.
you are nothing to me: to enter into a
compact of friendship with you would he
to cndnnger what 1 hope TO keep stain
less until I die-my honor before men
and heaven. Our lives lie quite apart,
and nothing can bring them into con.
tact"
"Can I help you. violct?" said voice
near them; and. looking. up, Lady Chew
eniN saw the anxious face of her mother.
Mrs. Haye bent over the music books.
II will assist my daughter, Mr.. Ions.
dale she said, coldly.
Felix bowed and left them.
MY dear Violet" said Mrs. Haye,
"how can you be so imprudcnt? Why
do YOU talk TO him? You will cause re.
marks that will not please you."
Mamma" replied Violet, raising her
white face, "he says that he will not
even be friends with me-"
$50 much the better. my dear. Lady
Chevenlx Of Garswood will choose her
friends from among the highest In the
land. not from her old playfellows. Try
to look like yourself, Violet"
II will; I wish were dead, mamma"
Nonsense, child. Sec. Lady Maude Is
waiting for you. Come now. my darling
Violet--courage; this is but childish non.
sense"
So with inspiriting words she brought
the smiles back to the sweet face; but in
her heart she resolved that Lady Chew
cnix should see but little Of Felix Ions.
dale while she was there, and she kept
her resolve.
CHAPTER NNI. ,
Five years had passed since the peal Of
Violet Hayes wedding bells had driven
her lover Felix almost mad, since the
wonderful turn Of good fortune had come
to the Lonsdalcs and made them famous
five years, and they had brought with
them many changes. The business and
the fair fame Of LOnsdale L. Son had
wonderfully increased; they were com.
PEELED to engage more clerks, to enlarge
their offices. Times had marvclo,isly
changed. Mrs. Lonsdnlc had pretty
carriage now. and no stint of silk dresses
the children had most of them gone 10
college and school. The house had been
beautiful. furnished: there was a gen.
cral air of prosperity about It that was
pleasant.
Darcy LOnsdale seemed TO have recOv.
cred more than his usual health and
strength; he had never been 30 happy, "
prosperous and contented. Over and ovcI
again he said to himself that his mis-
fortune had been blessing. lie ut
tended almost entirely to Sir Owens bus
lncss-Felix very seldom interfcred with
It.; hut he In his turn attended cntirely
to Lord Arlington's. The firm was emf
nently prosperous, and 1t was fast taking
the place of one Of the most eminent IN
the county.
A great change had come to Felix
These five years Ind wonderfully improy
ed him. He was looked upon az the ris
ing man Of the day; his society was court
cd; his opinion was sought upon ever,
leading question. lie had not risen
however, without effort on his own part
No one but himself knew how he hat
worked, how he had studied fur into tn,
silent hours Of the night, how he hat
spent In reading the hours that othel
men give to amusement and recreation
He was like king among his fellow
tOwnsmcn; he made for himself reputa
ton far beyond Lilford; he was known
rs clever writer, as the author OF som,
OF the most brilliant essays and article,
published. He retained all the simpl,
habits OF his boyhood; he reverenced ant
loved hiS father. he loved Kate and tn,
little ones. He might have set up /,
separate establishment for himself, blu
he was quite content with the old hom
at Vale House. The only luxury Il
which he had INDUCED was the purchas,
Of spirited thoroughbred. When h,
had worked until eye and brain and nery,
We're exhausted, he would ride through
the green lanes, gallop over the breez,
commons and return with renewed yigor
They asked themselves, those who Low
ed him best, II he had forgotten his un
happy love affair. II was impossible I,
say; those who watched him most keenl,
and most kindly-.Eve and Kate--coul,
not tell. They could see that he devote,
himself to business and to study. to kind
~ interest In his home; he seemed to car
for nothing else. Had he forgotten tn,
past9
He never mentioned Lady Chevenix
he never made any Of those half-bitter
half-cynical remarks In which disappoint
ed men SO often indulge. II anyone spok
| OF her In his presence, he listened, an,
replied II necessary; but there was Moth
ing revealed In his manner. Kate said 4
herself proudly that he had forgotten
her, that his heart was too noble to keel
alive the memory Of u woman so false
Eve knew him better There were time
when even q gallop over the breezy NJ
lands did not set him straight, then h
would go over to Outlands.
| II have come to chat with you, Eve,
he would say. Have you an hour I
spare?"
Then one look at his face, at the shad
owed eyes, would tell her that he wa
doing fierce battle with his foe. Sh
would 90 into the pretty, Old-fashiOne
sitting room, and making him sit In
comfortable armchair, would talk to hin
TO herself she said often that 1t was lik
| the Iayinp of nm oyil snirit Che vnul