Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-07

4ACA tell ldC NOKiu, IcJc1ucQ &NQSAs
Jelly, how your grandfather would not
let you be known by your fathers name,
because he thought it disgraced; but that,
as you wish and choose TO bear it now,
you would drag the poor, forgotten. dis
carded name even to the light of a Grim
inal court"
That is what-you offered to do"
What l offer," cried Nuel, bending to
look into her face, with a smile, which
she did not attempt to return. My
darling, you know me better than that.
even in the moments when you are cold
est to me. TO; listea a moment, and
viii explain wat | win do for the one /
love so entirely, and have loved so long.
You wilIKeep your own name at present,
and everyone will love and respect it for
your sake. But, as it is not yours-as
it is not yours" he repeated, emphatical-
", while her wide, gray eyes were still
upon his face by any legal right, l SHAH
spend that zine in seeking for you tie
one which is your rightful inheritancs.
If it is stainless, you shall bear Il proud
ly then, my darling. If not, you and j
will keep the secret well, and so together
from the society which always looks so
coldly and cruelty ON disgrace. Nora,
your grandfather never guessed that /
sho1ld boldly undertake this commission
for your sake; but, my darling. he al
ways wished you to trust your fortune to
me, and died in the full CONFIDENCE of
your doing So"
He never said So" Nora interposed,
YEARLY.
''He said so to me often-almost every
time l saw him." said Dr. Armstrong,
his thin lips closing now and then over
the slow lies. ''Oh. you will obey him, l
know, presently, Nora. l shall not hurry
you, dear; l nave never hurried you, be-
cause l felt so sure your grandfather's
wish would be- fulfilled, and you would
be mine at last. Moths breath grew
just the least bit labored and uncertain
here, but Nora did not notice it-"not be-
cause it is impossible for you to marry
legally and honorably in the name you
bear, but because shall have given you
then the truest possible test of a mans
love. Noras if ! resign my practice here,
and for the whole summer pursue this one
aim, you cannot refuse me my recon-
pense when | succeed. Darling, is not
that a fair love test? Could you your
self give any lover more trying one?
Acknowledge, Nora, that THE man who
would do that must love you beyond
measure
YES" said Nora answering absently.
"And could you do less for your faith
ers memory than give yourself to the
man who clears his name from all re-
proach. and gives it 70 you? Let it be
Yes, and then see how eagerly / will so
to my task"
And if-anyone else could fulfill it?"
Intercepted Nora, her eyes far away,
and her voice low and troubled.
"I-well | will stand the chance" said
DR.. Armstrong, with sudden unaccount-
able buoyancy. who else is likely?
Young Foster would blunder and fail in
the first attempt. Poynz would not at
tempt it at all. The very suspicion of
any degradation attached to your name
would prevent his ever raising his hand
to help you or yours. for he is only an
indolent, self-engrossed man of the world.
What is it, darling? Why did you start?"
he asked, adroitly intercepting and mis-
understanding Morals impetueus, scorn-
full dissent. $50 let him think you Miss
St. George still, and then he will remain
your friend as much as he has ever been;
though, as l understood from your grand
father, on the night after he had seen
Mr.. Poynz at Traveere, it is in some way
owing to his family that your childhood
has been so solitary and hard"
Il will ask Mr.. Doyle"
For one second the veins rose like cords
in DIR. Armstrong; forehead, and the
flash of fear and anger darted from them;
but in the next he was laughing little,
and then he answered, in his lightest
and easiest tones:
ASK Doyle, with pleasure, dear, if you
choose to make this pitiful subject town
talk, and the name Of your dead parents
a by-word. If you think that is how
you can best honor them, ask Doyle, by
all means. Ask old Pennington, too; he
is even better than Doyle at probing into
other mems business, and then laying it
open to be piously discussed and ridicu1-
ed. Oh! ask them all. Ask Foster; he
may not be such a fool as people call
him. He may even suggest that his
mother protects and pities you, and his
sisters bestow their generous patronage
name. Oh! tell them all-if you think
that better than being an equal among
them, as you are now"
Il am going on" said Nora. "You have.
said all now, haven't you? | am going
on to Rachel. No, | would rather you
didn't come. There is no need to say
more to-day; know it all. know it as
if we had-had stood here for weeks,
talking of it all the tiue. l shall never
stand just here again. n hope, as long as
/ live. Come, Bran"
Blind as he was in his passion for her,
Nuel Armstrong was yet too shrewd not
to see that he would injure his own cause
if he forced his companionship upon her
longer; so he I'D her good-by quietly,
and foreBore to add one other word.
CTo be continued)