Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-29

ever. tn3I the uAte OF SAE IsaAuoiPh
been given incorrectly and that harry Is ho'
the rightrul heir. They keep the matter secret
and eventually Mrs Fitzhubert succeeds 10 tne
Bsrony Of Tristram Of Blent and resides win
Harry at BIent Hall. Unknown to Lady Iris.-
ram Madam Zabrfska and Mr.. Jenkinson Neeio
are also in possession Of the secret. and Madatn
Zabriska with her uncle. Major Duplay, come
to reside at Merton Lodge, near Blent hai-
Harry learns from his mother that ne Is not
the rightful heir and they determine TO noiu
the title for him at any cost To further ME-
cause he decides to marry jamie liver. heiress
to FairhOlme, but finds two rivals In BOD
Broadley and Major Duplay- The latter learns
of his unfortunate birth from Nina Zabriska-
He informs Harry that he intends to tell liver
and they quarrel, Harry winning In orisk
tussIe. Neeld becomes the guest OF liver at
Fairholue Nina Zabriska meets Neeld and
they form a compact to protect Harry inter-
ests and maintain secrecy. Lady Tristram dies,
after extracting from her son a promise that
CeciIy Gaiusborough the rightful heiress TO
Blcnt shall be invited to the funeral Ceciiy
and her father come to Blent, but Harry fails
to receive them Later he comes suddenly upon
Cecily in the garden and realizes that she Is
Tristram, the image of his mother Inc en-
gaCemrnt Of Harry and jamie liver is announced
and Duplay declares his determination to ex-
p-se the false position Of his future son-lh-ia"
to Ivcr Harry unconsciousy falls In love with
Cecily and without telling her this. ackno"l-
edges that he Is not tile leSdl htlI pIt Si4S -
Lady Tristram Of Blent. Then he steals away
from RIert by night. stopping To advise Bob
Rroadiev to WOO and win jamie liver, who loves
him He goes to London, where poiltlcai
friends If his mother interest themselves In his
case Cecily. unhappy in her new POSSESSIONS
follows him to beg him to take back Blent-
Harry joins SIoyd in a real estate deal and be-
comes competitor Of liver. Cecily asks Harry
to marry her so that he may return to Bient-
He refuses and then suddenly realizes that ne
loves her Harry bests liver in business deal
and Is offered Il vIscOunty by political friends
He scorns the Idea OF accepting yiscounty.
Cecily returns to Blent. determined to begin
life over and forget Harry. Harry is offered
foreign secretaryship. and is informed by Col
wIlmot Edge that through the scheming OF
woman the real date OF Sir Robert Edges
death had been suppressed. so that Lady Trist-
ram and Harry's father were married in time
20 Iegalize his birth He demands the right to
inform Cecily OF their change in fortunes in his
own way Hurrying to BIeut he wOoes her i'm
petuUusIy. She consents to an elopenent
Twice and thrice she had paced the gal
Icry before she came and stood opposite
to him. She put her hands up to her
throat. saying: I'm stified-stified with
happiness. Harry
For answer he sprang forward and caught
her In his arms In the movement he
was a little crash and poor Mr. Gains
borough's birthday gift lay smashed to
bits on the floor. For the second time their
love bore hard on Mr.. GainesbOrough's
or,ckerv, Startled they turned TO look,
and then they both broke into merry laugh
ter The trumpery thing had seemed
sign TO them. and now the sign was
broken Their first kiss was mirthful over
its daStrrIct ION
With a sigh of JOY she disengaged her
self from him
That's settled. then" said Harry. He
PAUSED a moment You had jamie and
hob Broadley here tonight 1 saw them as
I lay hidden by the road. Does that kind
of engagement attract you. Cecily?"
ours won't be like that" she said,
laughing triumphantly.
Don't let's have one at all. he suggest
ed coming nearer To her again Let's
have no engagement-just wedding
WHAT" she cried
1T must be d beastly time" he went
on. and all the talk there's been about
us will make it more beastly still Fancy
Miss s and all the rest of them. And
do you particularly want to wait? What
I want is to be settled down here with
Her eyes sparkled as she listened. She
was In the mood, she was Of the stuff, for
any adventure.
i should like to run or with you now.
said he. Il don't want to leave you at
all. you see"
Run off now" she gave a joyful little
laugh That's just what should like
Then we'll do it, he declared. Well
tomorrow morning. anyhow.
do You mean it?'' she asked.
DO you say no to it2'
She drew herself up with pride. II say
no TO nothing that you ask of me-
Their hands met again as she declared
her love and trust You've really come to
me-" he heard her murmur. Back to
Blent and back to me-
Yes" he answered smiling. She had
brought into his mind again the truth she
did not know. He had no time to think OF
it. for she offered him her lips again. The
moment when he might have told her thus
went by II was but an impulse; for he
still loved what he was doing. and took
delight in the risks of it. And he could
not bear so TO impair her JOY. Soon she
must know. but she should not yet be rob-
bed Of her JOY that it was she who could
bring him back to Blent.
There's train from Fillingford at
in the morning. I'm going back there to-
night I've got a fly waiting by the pool
horse run away VIII you meet me there?
Wen go up to town and be married as
soon as We can-the day after tomorrow,
/ suppose"
And them"
''Oh. then, just come back here We can
60 nowhere but here. Cecily.'
Just come back and
And let them find it out. and talk and
talk. and talk" he laughed.
1T would be delightfulH' she cried.
Nobody TO know till it's donei''
Yes. YES, / IKE it like that. Not father.
even. thought
You'll be gone before he's up. Leave
line for him.
But IL can't go alone with you"
why not?' asked Harry. seeming a
trifie veXed.
.III tell your' she cried. .I.et,s take
Nina with us. Harry
He laughed; the Imp was the one per-
son whose presence he was ready TO en-
dure- Indeed. there would perhaps be a
piquancy in that
''All right. An elOpement made respect
able by Nina He had touch of scorn
even for mitigated responsibility.
Shall We call her and tell her now?
''Wel. are you tired Of this interview
II don't know whether 1 want II to go
on. or whether L must go and tell some
body about IT"
IL shouldn't hesitate" smiled Harry
You? No. But Lob. Harry. dear,
want to whisper my triumph"
But We must be calm and business like
about II now.
Yes" She entered eagerly into the fun
''That'Il puzzle Nina even more"