New-York tribune., 1905-02-25
BiIlefs-D
By THOMAS COBB.


Lucas pulled himself together and sft the Aogse s
IN a miserable state OF mind. He did not doubt
Witch had astonshe6 Si EVEN Verschoye Surely sD
Pearanees were never more deceptive But Lucas t
wife. and until now Evelyn had seemed admirably
>. His first impulse to stay away from Montagu
square put after some reh.ction ne eoula roy re-
siSt ne temptation % see ETeiyn Tor tne last ule-
Dressed entirely in white this afternoon sns
than ever H4 saucied that her face, however. ap-
peared graver than usual and ne did not wondsc E
grew embarrassed but. thinking sne quite under
ease 1t seemed TO be the hapriesr moment Of her
How odd you are she cried. sitting down
again You wanted 20 see me so urgently. and
yet you 2 ,lI haven't vent a word 70 say
Sh E,esI she f3itersd N complete surprise
,siz r, months. Or perhaps year" was the answer.
Eyelyn struggIed to maintain cheerful front
SO so you have come TO say goodby%' she nlur-
Yes" he said
M Mightnt you almost have said it in the street
II suppose might he returned; and with that
soI5 When Beatrice arrived ten minutes later she
NeveTtheless her rs eonsderatIon Vas natuTsiiy
Did you get them?" she cried.
Yes but can't tell you how hateful 1t was
Locked up IN nv wardrobe"
rising YEARLY. Evelyn accompanied her sister up
stars stars, She oIened ne wardrobe and gave up the
pe cHet somewhat wistfUlly With sigh. she be-
match lighted the IRE. Size went down on her
@ nor F3Se 'S uTtil IAs letters we're one b. one
exclaimed Tell about yourself she added
HS5sfs'TS bi6nt SIr WeRPWoFti nq5R5ns TO Gomez 1Si
on: yes said Evelyn. with a trembling LIP. "hs
E>l7'
he has gone away again.
You refused him?" asked Beatrice. with sur
..IIe-hs didn't give ne the chance" answered
Evelyn. and her tears flowed again
~ hen Zen you-yoG l, made a little mistaken
Well said Beatrice, you ought to let II be a
man amused himself. and. as he saw
fhiEgs might become serious. he turned his back
Evelyn could not understand 1t. She felt certain
and that day to change Lucas's purpose. but OF
own circumstances. AS far as she was concerned,
only one thing had occurred. and that was the
imagine that Lucas had learned OF this but Ia her
s sIIoTts to account for his strange conduct. she
knew only that Lucas had left England the follow
very slowly and desoIateIy II was three months
later that being al a dinner party one evening,
she met Verschoyle. who took her down 70 dinner
ing TO ignore their previous encounter. Evelyn
reSkoned In ignoranee Of the man
There was something Ike a singer on his face
II felt IKE a fraud he said at dinner. when
Mrs, Denbigh presented me"
What lovely rosesr' she answered. looking at
1T IS quite impossible he continued making her
hate him. to forget that had the pleasure OF
Persons ideas OF pleasure differ" said Evelyn.
she endeaxored to show her distasts BY silence.
ana at last Eerschoye began to talk to the lady on
EVELYN is one Of the most charming girls
Verschoye looked bewildered
Miss NMisIyPe RensbavT1 he cred Va, ~. snsv.-
=, = understood that her name was Beatrice" said
No. no; Beatrice is her sister; She married Dick
HeTISchoyie remained silent now II his turn. Be.
fnterat % PtI IesG Ieetyn ~ 49, ~ll1 alH5rer Alno or
i think you know my friend Wentworth" Ia
1T is some months since I Ar. Wentworth"
He has been knocking about Europe" verschoyIs
Her face felt so hot that she was glad 20 stoop
over her plate. her heart had never beat SO fast
do do you know Mr. Wentworth intiuately7-'
"oh. yes, I know the fellow fairly weII." was the
..When-when did you see him Iast?' she asked
The morning before ne went away-hs went
rather suddenly, you remember" said Verschoyle.
her Efforts to innagtne the facts Of the case sbs
NTH R closely fs{ VRS the truth bd She assumed TO 5ga
give Lucas description OF the OF the let
he had formed his oW1 CO. cIusions' -'-Ss'
But while. she believed t1at she had discovered
the cause OF the revolution in Lucas, she appeared
70 De IN as hopeless plight as before She could
such conduct nor did II seem possible that she
could make the least attempt to undecefve him
in her sister When Beatrice heard ali about il she
eo4Ia 1 not Ia to see what was expected from her
letters had nothing 10 do with It. But what IS il
Naturally: hate that Lucas should think
wrote them! cried Evelyn.
You propose that ought TO snIshten him?''
That is to say. you wish me- at no matter how
great humiliation to myself. TO tell the man you
pning for hiTn--a who has probably for
Evelyn could hnd nc retort, and now she felt more
other month had passed, Lucas returned 20 England
oce5 "a ar-,S,tI,- I,7, : s, ~ s IeaTAs' rs
You remember those Internal letters Of Dixon's?'
he e.%afi,.. Said
'T have often wondered whether I exagSer-
That wouldn't have been easyi" cried vsrschoyIs.
By.the-bye, he added. Il met Miss Renshaw a
The more think Of il said Lucas the more
aWe sbs gIIn'I 4t Er, st 49, s1lI Hase nav t Srlt5en
and Lucas his feet in an Instant
The letters were the work OF Beatrice Renshaw.-
Mrs. Carthewi exclaimed Lucas.
Il discovered that the other Is Evelyn Rershayr
so she merely came & to fetch them for her sister
Why didn't You let me know at cncer sac LUCAS
Ferschoyle shrugged his shoulders. and the next
out OF the house. A fast hanson carried hin
direct to Montagu Square, where servant took
saw her turn pale for moment and she seemed t9
oe una1e 20 rise from her chair; but the next she
II had no idea that you had returned" she
Nor why went away" he answered. russuIly.
w ny was III! she asked
=. Nerschoyle tells me he met you-for the second
.'EIow-how did you know about the arst7"
. I was in the adjoining rOom-I had heard about
the letters and I recognized your voice
she said, rather sadly 0p''-''" VI ms
Upon my word. I don't think it was possible"
And yet YOU could believe
could ne 1SSdtb.e tnsy tIs ne S ihsSted But what
the woman who wrote them 7 knew he had asked