Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-01-05
CHAPTER LIv.-(continued.l


,.Yes-ve-es-I think ~" with an evil
1cer determination to be gust 10 the
,losd. nj all hazards. Il confess, Evelyn.
ometimes thought him 3ittle queer in
.canv >rtys-I used even 70 think that he
rad something to conceHl-something to
,foDe .for-that he had committed some
- He comes to Il full stop here
warned by her eyes.
You were always unjust to him." says
She sadly.
II suppose 50, meelily
You didn't understand him. That
well, Move didn't hit it off, = aaeck-
You saw nothing ont of the common
la him. vet he was the most gentle, the
most delicate-the best man on earth. ;"
This is sweeping; Capt. Stanler very
naturally feels affronted.
Well. you don't know them all, YOU
Know" says he
Il knew him, at all events saws she
with steady Bsrsistency. And | don't
believe if there are any, that there are
many like him. | don't think ne had u
fault
She burst into tears. Truly, this af-
fcctionate respect he had aroused in her
of all living women-should have gone
far to wash ont the shameful stain that
dyed the desd mans soul. And yet-had
oathed his memory! Yet Crawford, as
she saw him, was estimable-
You loved him, says Stamer in a
>ubdued Teiee, touched by her grief.
1T is true | did love him." says she
c0urageousty. Il was not in love with
him as the phrase goes, but | YVES fonder
of him than L knew myself, until
He was the kindest, dearest man. Ohr'
with n long, long sigh, Il have lost Il
friend, iRdeedr'
Yes, l suppose So vaguely. Il won
der who The heir will be-what sort of
fellow, ] mean"
Il never heard him speak of any of his
people. ] think he had no relations
Every Ran has relations, be the same
more or less disreputable or otherwise
| daresay," idly, and glad to lead her
thoughts abroad, he'll turn up one of
these days"
Who? The heir? Bat why wasn't
he at the-there-today?
In kamtschatka probably. or at the
North pole--0r trying to cheat winter in
Cadelgo. One can't be sure, as we new
rr heard of him, and yen see it would
greatly depend on whether his lungs were
delicate, or whether his liver was in
satisfactory state. We know nothing.
YOU see, as poor Crawford was hardly
what enc would call babbler"
No. He was very dignified"'
Very secretive! That sort of person
always isl mean-er' seeing he is
treading on dangerous ground-"hc npv-
er cared to say anything that was better
left upsaid.'
Miss darcy regards him carefully for
a moment
You are right" says she then. He
had great tact. He was never guilty of
hurting the feelings of any one. But
what has all this to do with his heir?
lie need not have been secretive. as YOU
cali II, reproachfully. ''about him"
VI course not, hastily. The fact is.
few fellows like talking ABOUT their sue
ceSSOrs"
Yes, that's true 1t is very natural
It Is nothing to wonder atf'' hastily. and
as II decrying the thought that Crawford
mad been guilty of any petty feeling Il
Wonder-who ever he is-if he will live
at the Grange
Crawford has two or three places"
says Stanfcr, regarding her intently, Is
She sorry for the Grange; regretfu Of
The sad fate that has killed her chance
Of being mistress of it? The new man
may not care for so remote place as
this"
No. 1t is a beautiful place, how
He turns to her
Are you thinking says be directly.
That it might have been yours"
She shrinks from him as though he had
struck her, and the crimson blood hies
TO her face. She lays her hand on the
back of the chair near her. as if seek
ing its support, but her lips and voice are
steady as she answers him.
Il have been thinking that all day"
says she calmly But not with regret
as You imagine"
Stamer walks to the window and back
again.
Forgive me-" says he. standing before
her, and looking down into her offended
yves. Il should not have said that |
know! But
He pauses, walks over to the window
lSain, and stands there. gazing with I'M
seeing eyes upon the dismal winter land
.>cape outside. Then he turns, and reach
}ng the table nearest Der, leans against
IT, staring at her with the frowning
crows Of perpleXity.
"Evelyn!" says he at last. abruptly.
"IesE starting out of her listless at
htnde to stare at him in turn.
m going away tomorrow night-to
rcJoln my regiment in Dublin. / --~.
J on remember the last time / VENT"
Yes" family.
/ can go away like that again. Eve
iEn. You will think me selfish. unfeel-
ing. almost indecent. but | must speak to
You before | go That last time-if
mao spoken then -
lie grows silent, and the girls face
,hanges from red to white. All, if he
mad spoken! What miserable hours
might have been dropped out of her life.
Ter hands tighten their hold upon earh
"'her, her downcast eyes grow full of
That was a mistake" says the young
man nervously. Il fear to repeat it.
Let us have no more mistakes between
-. you and l. l told myself yesterday
mat 1t would be a horrible thing to come
10 You today with a tale of love upon my
iPS when that poor fellow - But
ms morning l thought differently.
"lH risk nothing more. l feel supersti-
'iouS about leaving you again without
'"lhlng to some understanding with you
. without telling You. although you know
50 well already, that / love YOU
he waits as if for an answer. but no
word passed her lips: she has taken up
ne end of a black ribbon that catches
up a fold of her gown on one side. and
drawing it idly through her nervous
Ill you marry me, Evelyn" asks he
~ low tone that trembles slightly. 1t
proposal of the most formal kind.
we're uncompromsing. With the
>uddow of the dead man still lowering
hon -