Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-07-27

first went but I did not DO anyrrrnx
the doctors expected. l don't bsneys
there was much the matter with me
when / went, but know | felt rather
bad after ia been there a month: but
the air had got into my head and | did
not care. l fllrted and behaved gener.
ally badly all round, until one day met
man | had never seen before. lie
was not a patient, but had just come
up for the scenery.
Il don't know how it was, but we be.
gan to talk, and l liked him. Somehow
wherever l went | met him, and If |
missed him the day seemed blank and
miserable. He lectured me as to my
carelessness about my health, and all
that; and 10 please him | obeyed orders
and took care. oh, there was nothing
particular; 1t all went on smoothly,
and, suppose, stupidity enough. We
never even knew each others names.
used TO call him lie PEASANT and he
called me his lncoguita. But | was
idiotically, unreasonably happy, until
one day the doctor said | was we'll
enough to go home and that he would
write the good news to my mother.
Il had been crying when | met him.
l had realized at once what 1t all
meant, and what It would be like to 20
back home and never see him again.
l told him the uews-we we're quite
alone out on a terrace, and everything
glittered white IN the moonlight around
Us. When | had finished turned and
saw his. face, | tried to stop him, but
It was too late; his arms we're round
me, and l Lovod to hear what he was
saying. hut | would not answer then :;
| would tell him tomorrow
Il shall never forget that night.
loved him, but | was afraid. lie was
not rich man, | felt sure OF that
Would my love last2 Could / face the
life befopo me If l married him? | was
coward, and | did not dare. | woke
Downey, and told her we must start
10y the first tpain. | knew if saw him
again | should yield. 1t was only when
Davos was behind us that would have
given anything In the world to be back
there again; 10 keep my word, meet
him, and give him all my HE"
And thenT
Nothing. We ReyeEIpet again; how
should we? But | did not forget how
could 1? l was miserable; nothing mat
tered any more; and | married Lord
Ellsworth"
And"
"Oh, WAS as happy rs l deserved to
be. Peter was good to me- and always
in his way but | cannot say that his
death was great blow to me. It's
awful to say, Phyllis; but l could not
help thinking, If fate would be kind =
II l should meet him now"
but If you marry"
81 lose nearly oil Peter left me. Yes,
| know; but | am wiser now. One
grows wiser In five years, Phyl, when
one has only TO remember and regret.
If-oh, but 1t is so unlikely II we
met now nothing could keep us apart.
But suppose lie"
lie had forgotten, you meanI No
dear he was not man who forgets
Oh If we could meet"
MIR. Franklin" announced the sePy-
| ant, and tall figure advanced into the
room.
Lady EimSw0rth went 10 meet him.
Il am glad she began; and Phyllis
wondered why her sister stopped short
and turned so white.
Not more glad than J )" put In Mark,
as he held out his hand. Then he, too,
stopped, and the two stood in the mid
die of the dainty drawing room, looking
into each others eyes for what seemed
to each an age, and the air around
them seemed suddenly to grow cold and
sharp, and a glitter Of moonlit snow
was upon everything. Glare recovered
herself first, and turned to her sister,
who was CHANGING from one to the other
in establishment
Mr.. Franklin and l have met be-
fore! Long ago; before l went to Mad
rid. You will excuse me a moment"
she continued, turning to Mark, II have
some orders to give" And she gllded out
of the room before he could even bow
his acquieseence.-LoBd Modern So
ciety.