New-York tribune., 1905-11-19

tenderness. insisted that he should lean upon her
arm Bradshaw would have been more than human
had he resisted such offer from the lovely young
woman who had more than half his heart.
Still trivial as the incident it enough to put
a serious barrier between Edith and George Lester.
She was too proud to justify perfectly innocent
action, and he equally proud had the question OF
Ediths fortune brought wildly before him.
The feelings of Edith, when her fit of weeping
had abated a little, underwent some change. At
first her emotion had been pure grief that the per-
son she loved best earth could misjudge her so
cruelty but now anger assumed its sway. 1t was no
longer How could he?" but How dare her" He
ought to have trusted her implicitly. One thing
was certain: nothing could ever bring things back
to the old level Everything at an end between
them
And what of Lester? He too regarded the one
romance of his life as irrevocab1y ended. 1t was
actually and truly the of his life, for,
at an age when most young men are falling IN and
out of love- he had been making medical history IN
the African swamps and junges. Hence when he
did fall in love- he developed the disease seriously
It's symptoms simple enough. Presently,
when the first smart had worn off, he would try to
find some scientific explanation of it, probably
coming to the conclusion that the severity OF his
attack was due to the fact that he had not been
immunzed by previous inOculat1On from CUPID S
shafts.
At first he decided to leave Arncliffe at and
seek distraction in travel and hard work. He even
went so far to pay his bill at the inn and send
the bulk of his luggage to the station. Then he
remembered that the mystery of Lord Arncle'S
death was still unsolved, and while that the
case Edith remained in peril No, he must remain
and see it out.
While he was coming to this decision, Edith was
alarming herself with the possibility that he
might 90 away and never, return He
had looked dreadfully ILL., Edith, with shud-
der, recalled Bradshaw's expressive opinion
of Testers state. She proceeded forthwith
to kill her lover with typhoid fever, at the
same time drawing moving a picture of
herself living alone and unwed for his dear n
sake, that she began to weep again with 81
unimpaired vigor.
There came sharp tap at her door and she
sprang up nstinctve1y putting her hands S
to her hair and rushing to the lookng-glass. +
What is it? she called. Il am dressing. +
"A young lady has arrived, miss, and +
she is waiting" f
"No, she is not" broke in a clear, musical
voice. Here l am, Edith Do let me in, E
there's dear" +
Edith ran eagerly to the door. The next +!
instant she casped in the arms of a F.
radiant young beauty, who greeted her B.
with genuine affection. This was the friend t.
to whom Edith had written in one of the E
letters pur1oined by Brading. f
You poor darlngl" exclaimed the visitor L
breathlessly I" l could not wait downstairs.
l felt | had to come to you at once.
. How good OF you to come dear Phylls!'
said Edith returning her affectonate glance.
Il have not been able to exchange two ideas e.
with woman for ages. Mrs Alngler, the
wife of my trustee, has taken 1t into her
head to regard a monster of iniquity;
and although Mrs. Warren the hOusekeeper
has shown many thoughtful kindnesses,
she IS Unconditional that one might as well
make friends with fish"
i know nodded Phyllis 1 saw her-a
stately old party with face like a craven