Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-01-05
LIES REMORSE.
As4hos Of ''Molly Bawn,"
MARVEL, I" ''Hon. Mss.
Verekss," Etc, Etc.
. - BY THE DUCHESS y - Week.


As You VIII, of course. says he.
touched by the entreaty in her tone ana
| the tender meaning of her request In
the entreaty did there not lie true sur
render? Let him not grudge that poor
| lost lover anything she now can do for
HAN.
Thank you" says she simply She
| raises her head; their eyes meet. In
Stmctively they lean toward each other.
and their lips meet lightly. with a GER
tain shrinking, and without passion. \
sad little embrace, a mere ratification of
| the dear tie that at last binds them 10
| each other.
| Il am afraid you think me wanting in
| feeling, says Stamer presently. When
| am gone it will give you an unpleasant
have exacted promise from you today
of all days-when -. But l couldn't
go away without being sure of you. Yon
aren't" anxiously. angry with me?''
! Not angry" she. struggles with her
| self for moment, and then looks up at
| him. I'm glad says she-'Tm glad
you spoke. l, too, was frightened. Oh,
if you had gone away again without
word. | should have died.
! She makes a desperate fight with her
weaker self, but grief, shock joy-all are
too much for her; she bursts into storm
! of tears.
And Stamer,-alas for all his resolu-
him thus sobbing her little soul away.
when he marks the pretty head, bowed
through grief and WEAKNESS, and so
! many conflicting emotions; when he sees
the slender brown hands trying to hide
! away the weeping eyes, he gives poor hui
man nature way. and catching his little
sweetheart in his arms, presses her to his
| breast with all the warmth of a passion
yirtuously kept under for so long.
"Do@'t cry, Don't-dOn't, Evelyn,
There now! my love. my delight! Don't
be bad to me-"
He had taken out his own handker-
chief, and is hopping her dolOrous lids
with a devOtiOn-I was going to say
worthy of a better cause, but what cause
is so worthy as love?
1T isn't to you Tn badr' says she with
great salf-reproach, that doesn't pre-
vent her. however. from clinging to him
with both her arms; she is afraid per
haps that a stern sense of duty may re-
quire the abolition of this new beloved
sutton and by thus encircling him she
feels that she can defy duty to touch
him.
No Tou are too good to me-" careSs-
ing the soft hair that lies inst beneath
his lips, and gathering up her hand and
laying it upon his heart. 1T is only
that l can't bear to see you crying in the
hour that at last-at last gives YOU to
me. We do belong to each other now,
don't WEI"
Il don't know" sadly: there is your
mother! She-she will he angry about
it, Eaton"
Don't be unhappy about that. She is
leaving Fenton."
Leaving? For a time?''
No. Forever. She may return, of
course, now and then to delight us. hut
her reign at Parklands is over. You
know that Bertram is going 10 marry
Marian? l suppose" with slight smile.
Il ought to put it the other way round,
but Bertram is so much TO me-"
Yes; | heard, | was SO pleased.
Marian loves him. almOst--very sweetly
but sadly-''as well as / love you. But
perhaps Sir Beftram--.he is staying here.
at all events and perhaps he may object
to your marrying me. They want a for
tune for you, you know.
Nonsense, You don't know Bertram
nobody does, | think, except my
self and Marian. He is delighted at the
thought that you and | are going to be
married. | suppose, he pauses and
laughs little, and then goes OH sup
pose you know that the mater wanted
me to marry Marian, and"
body. Yes, | knew" says she, nodding
her head. But | thought at one time
that you, too, wanted to marry yourself
to Marian"
That was when you were the sillieSt
person alive, Now you are the wiseSt-
you have accepted me"' says he gaily.
Well what | wanted to tell you was.
that when my mother found Marian was
engaged to Bertram. and not me, she
surged, she uprOse and finally declared
that she would no longer undertake the
care of Parklands. Whether this was
meant, or a mere burst of diSappoint-
ment, no one can tell Bertram accept
ed it as it was. He is very quiet, but
very capable, when occasion calls. He
in fact accepted her resignation, and
though she has made several attempts
TO rcscind her first determination he has
be free from her. This"-says he smil-
ing-"I put forward as a further induce
ment to you to be true to me-
Il don't want an inducement,' says
she earnestly.
I'VE shan't be very well off. Evelyn:
you know that. You won't mind, will
you?"
81 shall be the best-off woman in Eu-
rope" says she.
''Wen, we shant be worse off than the
Robsons. at all events and they seem to
pull through decently enough. We are
neither Of us given up TO expensive hab- |
it's
I'm not" says she. But you?"
I've never had very much money" |
says he simply. six hundred a year |
from my maternal grandmother. not
penny beyond, except once, when Der /
tram was awfully good to me. But |
took care / should never have to ask |
him again. 1t isn't fair. Every fellow |
lives up to his income, and sudden call |
upon him puts him in hole. I'll give
up the army. Evelyn
"Oh! | couldn't bear you TO do that"
says she; you would regret it so. It
would be too great a sacrifice"
with you as compensation? | think
not" with a fond smile. And there's
that cottage Of the Harcourts-not 50
bad a place ana plenty of rooms-and /
if YOU can put up with it
"Oh, Eaton"
We'll, that's settled. Six hundred
year. poor as it is, will keep Ms alive. and
| have interest, | may he able to manage
something else. At all events, giving
her a little loving shake. I'm all right.
III never want for anything, so long as
l have you!"
a this moment servant opening the
door threw them into great confusion.
Mrs. Naudrey is in the ORA wing room.
miss. Her love. and may she S"e YOU
at once. She said as 'ow it was very i'm