The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-22
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there were any but you to bear me com
pany. my dear Helena"
Mr.. Crisparkle entirely agrees. you say?''
Entirely. 1 not sure but that at first he
was inclined to think it rather a moody scheme.
and one that might do a brooding mind harm.
But we took a moonlight walk last Monday
night. to talk it over at leisure. and 1 repre-
sented the to him it really is 1 showed
him that I do want to conquer myself and
that. this evening we'll got over, it is surely
better that 1 should be away from her just now
than here. 1 could hardly help meeting certain
people walking together here. and that could do
no good, and is certainly not the way TO forget.
fortnight hence that chance will probably be
over. for the time; and when it again rises for
the last time. why, L again go away.
Farther l really do feel hopeful Of bracing ex-
ercise and wholesome fatigue. You know that
Mr.. Crisparkle allows such things their full
weight in the preservation of his own sound
mind in his own sound body and that his just
spirit is not likely to maintain one set of nat
ural laws for himself and another for me. He
yielded to my view Of the matter when con-
WINGED that 1 was honestly in earnest; and so.
with his full consent, i start tomorrow morn
ing Early enough to be not only N.Y. OUT Oh t the
good people go to church"
Helena thinks IL over, and thinks Well OF IT.
Mr.. Crisparkle doing 50, she would do so; but
she does originally, out of her own mind, think
well of it. healthy project. denoting sin
cere endeavor and an active attempt at SELF
correction. She is inclined TO pity him, poor
fellow for going away solitary i on the great
to the purpose to encourage him. And she does
encourage him.
He will write to her every alternate day, and
tell her all his adventures.
Does he send clothes on in advance or MN
My dear Helena, Travel like pilgrim
with wallet and staff My wallet-or my KNAPP,
sack-is packed. and ready for strapping on ana
here is my staffH'
He hands it to her; she makes the same re-
mark as Mr. Crisparkle that ii is very heavy
and gives it back to him, asking what wood IL
is Iron wood.
Up TO this point he has been extremely cheer
full. Perhaps. the having to carry his case with
her. and therefore to present 1t in the or1ghtest
aspect has reused his spirits ferhals' the
having done so with success is followed by a
revulsion. AS the day closes in and the city
lights begin to spring up before them ne grows
II wish 1 were not going to this dinner.
Dear Neville. is it worth while to care much
about it? Think how it viii be over
How soon ii will be overt" he repeats, gloom
lily. Eyes. But / don't like it..
There may be moments awkwardness' she
,heeringly represents to him, but 1t can only
last moment. He is quite sure OF himself
Il wish felt sure of everything else as
feel of myself" he answers her. -, who. 10
How strangely you speak, dear! what 90
Helena. don't know. I only know that |
don't like IL. What strange dead weight there
is i'm the air!'
She calls his attention to those copperous
is rising He scarcely speaks again, until he
takes leave OF her at the gate of the Nuns
House. She does not Immediately enter, When
they have parted but remains looking alter
him along the street Twice he passes me ga.e-
house. reluctant to enter. At length; the cathe,
dral clock Ginning one quarter with rapid
turn he hurries
Edwin brood passes a solitary day. Some
thing Of deeper moment than he had thougnt
has gone out of his life; and in the silence OF his
own chamber he wept for 1t last night Ihough
the image of Miss Landess still hovers In the
background OF his mind the pretty h1te tban
he had supposed. occupies its stronghold IL is
with some misgiving of his own unworthiness
that he thinks of her, and of what they might
have been to one another, II he had been more
in earnest some time ago. If he mad set a
lot in life inheritance of course. he had
studied the right way to its appreciation and
enhancement And still. for all this; and
though there is a sharp heartache in all this.
the vanity and caprice of youth sustain that
handsome figure of Miss Landless IN the pacK-
That was a curious look Of Rosa's when they
parted at the gate Did it mean that she saw
below the surface of his thoughts and down
into their twilight depths? Scarcely tnat fof
il was a look of astonished and keen inquiry.
He decides that he cannot understand it. though
il remarkably expressive.
AS ne only waits for Mr. Grewgious now. and
will depart Immediately after having seen him.
he takes sauntering leave OF TIE ancient 9;. city
Rosa and ne walked here or there, mere chill
dren. full of the dignity of being engaged. Poor
children! he thinks with plying sadness h ,;,
into the Jewellers shop, to have il wound and
set The jeweler is knowing on the subject
in a general and quite aimless way. 1t woulc
suit (Ee considers) a young bride, to perfec'
beauty Finding the bracelet but coldly looked
at the ieweler invites attention 10 tray OF
rings for gentlemen; here is style OF ring
now he remarks very chaste slgnet-wnict
gentlemen much given to purchasing wher
changing their condltlon; ~: a ting VI very re-
wedding day engraved inside several gentle.
men have preferred it to any other kind OF
memento.
The rings are .coldly viewed as the brace
no iewelry but his watch and chain, which wer,
his fathers and his shirt-pin.
That was sware +ond Is the In f }eweieTs RE
glass the other day, and in fact, / showed these
articles to him. remarking that If he SHOULD
on any particular occasion But he said with
a smile that he had an inventory In his minC
Of all 6ae h R MateS a9d ehan AND h
shirt,pin." Still (the jeweler considers) tina
might not apply 10 all times, though applying t
Mr.. Dood 1 set your watch at Let me recon-
mend YOU not TO let IL run down, sir"
Edwin takes his watch. puts il on and goe
out thinking: Dear old Jack! If L were L
| think il worth noticing!'
| He strolls about and about to pass the tim
Sn the to %
has fault to find with him, as If he had no
used it we'll but is far more pensive with hin
! placed by a wstful looking at, and dwellihg
upon. all the old landmarks He will soon b.
f fs swaY Poor ang yonth Poof yogth again.
| AS dusk draws on. he PAGES the Monks Vine
| yard. lie has walked to and fro. full half al
! hour by the Cathedral chimes. and it hai
| closed in dark. before he becomes quite awar
| of a woman crouching on the ground
| wicket gate in q corner. The gate command
| a cross by-path little used in the cleaning
| and the figure must have been there all the time
! though he has but gradually and lately mad
He strikes into that path. and walks up t,
! the wicket. BY the light Of a lamp near il
/ he sees that the woman is of a haggard an
! pearance, and that her weazen chin is resting
4 on her hands. and that her eyes staring
! with an unwnkng. blind sort of steadfastness-
/ Always kindly. but moved to be UNUSUAL,
| kind this evening" and having bestowed kim
| words on most of the children and aged PEG
/ pie he has met, ne at bends down, an,
/ speaks the woman.
Are you illY'
at him. and with no departure from her strang
/ blind stare.
Are You blind?"
Are YOU lost homeless. faint? What is tn
matter, that you stay here in the cold so long
BY slow and stim efforts. she appears to con
/ tract her vision until II can rest upon him; an
| then c curious film passes over her, and sh
! He straightens himself recoils a step. an
| looks down at her in a dread amazement; for n
seems to know her.
Good Heavenr' he. thinks next moment
Like Jack that night!'
! AS he locks down at her. she looks UP at him
and whimpers: My lungs is weakly: my lung
is drefle bad. Poor me. poor me, my coug
/ is rafting dry!' and coughs in confirmation
Where do you come FROM"
| Come from London, deary-" (ier cough still
rending herr
| r"Where are YOU going?'
Back TO London. deary. 1 came here. lookin
! IL INOkee, deary; give me three-and -siXpencf