Middletown transcript., 1905-02-04

I am ready to give up everything for
won. that ! love the very ground that
you walk On"
II believe''-she interrupted him hur-
riedly-"I believe-I feel sure that
Lady May cares for you."
That she was right Angus absolutely
refused to believe. May was as abso-
lutely indifferent to him as he was to
her. If she cared for any one. it was
that confounded young Shelton. 1t
might be that she, too, would be glad
to be released from an unwelcome en-
gagement.
'Then she can release you /! She
knows-you do not take much trouble
to hide it-that you do not care for her. !"
"Do / show it SO plainly? Then
if she be indeed SO proud as you say,
Lenore, why does she let it 20 on ?"
because, even if she knows that you
do not care for her, she probably does
not know that you do care for any one
else. am right, indeed, cousin Angus !;
I know it-I feel it. All along have
known that she does care. At first |
was angry with you-I thought that
you were cruel-and then"
Sand then, Lenore ~
"And them was glad. | despise N.Y.
self for saying sol despised myself then
for thinking SO, but-you may as well
know the worst of me F.! / am not good,
I am not unselfish-and | was glad that
you did not love her. Now / arm not
gladp'
81 am sure that you are wrong-en-
tirely wrongv' he said obstinately, 'but
let US wait for a week, then, Lenore
May comes here next week let us wait
and judge if this should be true. If May
cares for me, will not ask her to break
our engagement"
"You couldn't You have been en-
gagged now for more than year, and
I am right-she does care for you r.
I'm that case" he said DULY, II will
give you up. l shall insist on May
marrving me at once, and-I will never
see you again-but-"
Don't say but There will be 10
but If you try honestly, you will find
that she does care for you, and |
don't think that you ought to let her
put it off / believe she only does it
because she thinks that you do not care
for her enough"
"And your What will you do, Le-
more p
II shall ask mother to let me try for
situation somewhere" she answered
bravely. II shall tell her the truth
directly you have seen Lady May, Angus.
She will let ME 60, and she will not
blame me, 1 think. She will believe
shall be able to make her believe that
now-that am to be trusted"
"And You think that we can 60 on
like this ?" he asked rather wildly.
"How am to treat you, Lenore? Can
you tell me that ?"
II am sure that we can 60 on" she
said steadily, "if-we determine that We
will be true. From this moment / will
not speak TO you any word that Lady
May might not hear. You must say the
same"
"You are awfully hard. l can hardly
believe that it is the same Lenore-the
little girl who flirted SO lightly, 50 cruelty
who il now so stern to herself and
to me-
Il didn't care for them. Promise me,
Angus, and then Will a."
kiss me first, them" lie came close
to her, and spoke entreatingIy. "You
offered to let me kiss you Jew min
utes ago, Lenore."
''Then l believed that you did not
really care you said that it would cure
| yon Of Az unhappy infatuation-now
it is different"
"And-supposing that you are right,
and | feel myself bound to May, you
will bid me goodbye like this, Lenore ?
Without one sign Of pity ?"
"No"-she spoke very low. "When
it is really good-bye-good-bye forever
you may kiss me if you will, Angus.
1t could not do her any harm-then."
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