Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-08-20

over neck and brow and made her hear.
beat In great throbs.
"Col. dAgullar," she said. with a voice
almost inarticulate with nervousness.
"Yes. Mrs. Clayton"
Are you really going outT
II am just starting for HoIton."
Wont you stay with me7 shall be
so dull all alone"
lie hesitated for q momeat.
IF you really wish II will"
"Of course ! wish II or should not
ask" Fee responded, little petulantly.
"Then I win go and send the groom
back to the stables" Aud be left tho
room.
Mrs. Clayton was excessively uneasy IN
her mind. She could not form the least
resolve what she should say to him when
he returned.
"You will not thank me for spelling
your ride" were her first words 10 him.
II would much rather be here. only
proposed riding to HoltoBt because /
thought Mrs. Hastings was anxious for
her husbands company
Are they not deVotedT sighed Fee.
Il never saw q man fonder OF woman.
] do believe be fancies there Is no one
like her-so graceful, 80 amiable, SO
clever"
THAT Is as II should be. Is it notT"
asked Col. d'Aguilar. smiling.
"Of course. He intends her TO make
quite an impression this season. He has
taken a mansion for three months and an
opera boz, and know he means her to
have her handsomest carriage and horses
In London. Fancy q woman having all
that and handsome husband whom she
loves besidesr And there we're tears in
Mrs. Clayton's eyes.
"She Is very sweet-mannered. | think
she deserves her happiness"
Il am sure she does" responded Mrs.
Clayton, warmly. 'She would have mar
ried him just the same IL he had been
poor. She was not like me. Col. d'Agui-
lar"
"You forget how differently you we're
brought up." he exclaimed. eager to de-
fend her from any imputation, even
though 1t came from her own lips. "Pov-
erty would have been a terrible hardship
to you, who had been used all your life to
luxury"
1T Is very generous In you to excuse
my selfshness," Fee said, softly, "since
you suffered by it. Did you sufferT' she
asked, with a quick alteratio OF mood.
Hardly" she added, with the slightest
tinge of bitterness. ''Or you would not
have been so ready TO give me up"
II was Col. d'Aguilar's turn to feel hurt
ind bitter now.
81 believe women never give men credit
for real unselfshness," he said "a wom-
an has more faith in the passion that
sacrifices than in the love that spares
her"
"Col. d'Aguilar." said Mrs. Clayton,
with bright tears standing in her eyes, Il
would give the world to know IL you left
me because you really loved me-"
eMy love could have little worth for
you," he answered, sadly, ''if doubt
OF my motive could have fosnd room 10
your heart"
There came then a long silence between
them, and both looked straight away
from each other, as though they feared
the next words that might be spoken. AT
last Mrs. Clayton turned her face toward
the man, whom she loved and esteemed
more now than she had ever done in her
life before.
"lvors," she said, in low voice, that
trembled from the deep under-current Of
emotion-"Tvors, do you not know how
hard it is for woman to ask for a mans
loveY
He turned quickly toward her.
"My darling! do you think 1t necessary
to ask for what have given you. wholly
and entirely. from the time first saw
you? Do need to tell you that | love
you heart and soul, and that can never
cease to care for the little fairy who first
bewitched me until the day die?"
(The end.)