Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-08-03

unreasonable and selfish in me to doom
you to the dreadful loneliness feel. II
Aunt Dobree asked me to pluck out my
right eye just now, could not refuse.
1t IL something like that, but / have
promised to do 1t. I release you from
every promise you ever made to me. Mar
TIM"
"Juliar' ! cried, crossing 20 her and
bending over her with more love and
admiration than l had ever felt before;
this Is very noble, very generous"
NO" she said, bursting into tears; II
am neither noble nor generous. do 1t
because I cannot help myself, with aunts
white face looking SO imploringly at me.
/ do not give you up willingly to that girl
in Sark. hope l shall never zee ass
or you for many, many years. Aunt says
you will have no chance Of marrying her
till you are settled in u practice some
where; but you are free to ask her to be
your wife. Aunt wants you to have
somebody to love you and care for you
after she is gone, as should have DONE"
But you are generous TO consent to
It," I said again.
NO. she answered, wiping her eyes
and lifting up her head; II thought 1 was
generous; I thought I was a Christian.
but 1t il not easy to be q Christian when
one is mortified, and humbled, and
wounded. am n great disappointment
to myself; quite as great as you are to
me. / fancied myself very superior to
what I am. hope you may not be dis
appointed in that girl in Sark."
Her hand was lying ON her lap, and
stopped down and kissed 1t. seeing on It
still the ring had given her when we
were first engaged. She did not look at
me or bid me goodbye, and went out
Of the house, my veins tingling with
shame and gladncss. I met Captain Carey
coming up the street, with a basket Of
fine grapes In his hand. He appeared
very much amazed.
"Why, Martini! he exclaimed, "can
you have been to see Julia?"
EYES," answered.
''ReconciledY he said, arching his eye.
brows. which were still dark and bushy,
though his hair was grixsled.
"Not exactly" replied, with stiff
smile exceedingly difiicult to force; moth
Ing Of the sort indeed. CaptaiH, when
will you take me across to Sark p
"Come, come! none Of that, Martin"
he said; you're on honor, you know.
You are pledged to poor Julia not to visit
Sark again."
'She has just set me free" answered /:
and out Of the fullness Of my heart told
him oil that had just passed between Us.
His eyes glistened. though a film came
across them which he had to wipe away.
"she Is a noble girl" he calculated; "a
fine. generous, noble girl. ! really thought
n. - A. A-.s
but she will come round again now. We
will have n run over to Sark tomorrow"
I felt myself lifted into third heaven
Of delight all that evening. My mother
and I talked Of no one but Olivia. The
present rapture so completely cclipsed the
coming sorrow that forgot how soon II
would be upon me. remember now that
my mother neither by word nor sign suf-
fered me to be reminded Of her illness.
She listened to my rhapsodies. smiling
with her divine. pathetic smile. There
II no love, no love at all, like that Of n
mother!
Swiftly we ran across the next day.
with a soft wind drifting over the sea
and playing upon our faces. and a long
furrow lying in the wake Of our boat.
1t was almost low tide when we reached
the island. I found Tardifs house COM
pletely deserted. The only sign Of life
was q family Of hens clucking about the
fold.
The door was not fastened, and en-
tered, but there was nobody there.
stood In the middle Of the kitchen and
called, but there was no answer. Olivia's
door was ajar. and I pushed 1t a little
more open. There lay books had lent
her on the table, and her velvet slippers
were on the floor, as II they had only
Just been taken of. Very worn and brown
were the little slippers, but they reas-
sured me she had been wearing them a
short time ago.
I returned through the fold. All the
place seemed left to itself. Tardifs
sheep were browsing along the cliffs, and
his cows were tethered here and there.
At last I caught sight Of head rising
from behind crag. the rough shock
head Of a boy, and l shouted to him,
making n trumpet with my hands.
"Where Is neighbor Tardif!" ! called.
"DOwn below therc!' he shouted back
again, pointing downwards to the Havre
GOsselin. l did not wait for any further
information. but darted OFF down the long,
steep gulley to the little strand. where
the pebbles were being Tapped laxily by
the ripple Of the lowering tide. Tardifl
boat was within a stones throw, and
saw Olivia sitting In the stern Of 1t.
shouted again with vehemence which
made them both start.
"Come back, Tardif," ! cried. land
take me with yOu!"
The boat was too far OF for me to SIZE
how my sudden appearance affected
Olivia. Did she turn white or red at the
sound Of my voice? BY the time 1t neared
the shore and l plunged In knee-deep to
meet It. her face was bright with smiles,
and her hands were stretched out to help
me over the boats side.
II Tardif had not been there I should
have kissed them both. As II was,
tucked up my wet feet out Of reach Of he'
dress aud took an oar. unable to utter q
word Of the gladuess l felt.
"Whc-e are you going tot" asked, ad'
dressing neither of them In particular.
"Tardif was going to row me past the
entrance to the GOuliot Caves" answered
Olivia, but We will put 1t of now. W.
will return to the shore and hear all your
| adventures, DR.. Martin. You come upor
us like q phantom and take al oar In
ghostly silence. Are you really. truly