The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-30


by the Authors
:again@--for alrendy I'd found out that
lie without loving and trusting 1vor
Rhsn' t life at all & ssS 8
lie couldn't think I 81 had followed
HIM oven q f hd d Id SEQ mo In Paris,3
because I would he with my aunt and
suncle. and Lord no bert West; and & H.
rad Q UP my m ind I o. bio very nice ia
Lord 30 b. much licerf than y ever had b.
been II Ivor. happened TO run across N
us ywllc re ss
Then that very thing Y did Ii happen,
13in:4tho strangest and most Unexpected "
|3way, but Instead OF being happier for
seeing him. was ten times more un- H
happy than before--fo @ RI now the misery
had no CLEAN Of hope shining through
its bla cknass. n
4. 5rhat ,vas what 1T Y told myself al \
8frst.9s5 But a tier we had met In tha \
han Of the hotel. and lIvor had seemed
Iiconfuscd, and wouldn't & I've up his Z:
mysterious enga cement, or say what Z
he must have known $svl1 at I thought,
4 E18suddenly forgot the alight he had put
slSupon me. Instead OF being angry with
him. /. was afraid for him. couldn'ts
4 3have explained why. unless twas thu I
i look on 4 rs face when he turned away
Il from i'm c. ${4 @ 81 ss$$ So 5 I ss
% No maj, would look like that w ma
was. going Of his own free Will to Z D
woman witt whom he was 4 in love. \
Il that same queer Something whispered
4 In MY 4 ear. Instead Of feeling sick
i land sorry for myself and desperately
4 Fan cry with him, It was lvor q felt
sorry for. l3y55 Il Is 8g ~ s
/. rrc a nd 41yfnfherH n q &
1 stayed or went and talked to- Lord
1 Robert West Jus II I'D forgotten that
there was such a person In tho world
as Ivor Dundas. even turned my
4 back on him before he was gone. still
e sa W the ira g e look in his eyes. AMI
! 1.-the dogged set OF his Jaw. It was /
! Just as II he were going away from
i rae to his death: ard lis Il IA &c was
l lake that or the man in Aiillalss pic
u t,ira Of the Huguenot Lowers Won
|dered y that girl had q been bro kei'--S
5 hearted because ne wouldn't let her;
q tie round his arm The white. scarf t.li
Z might lInve saved him. Es " 43z6
1t Is d strange how ones MOOD can
: cha &c n in 1lioment--but perhaps it
4 lis like that only with women. A minute
II before, I'd been trying to despise Ivor,
II and TO argue. Just rs Id ID been ~
"a match making mamma TO myself ha T
t|fit would be a Very s ood thing Il a L
I'll Bob;3tha i would be$rather4 nice being
y I a Duchess some day;san that. besides.
s perhaps Iror5 would be sorry " hen he
~ heard that was cnEa & ed to some 4
It body else. q n 5
Z # But then. s ] said. uit. suddenly
9 itowns as 4 ( a. harp knit had been
9 i:stuck into my heartsand turned rounl
!, and round. @ would have z lSen any ~
9 ithing8 to rum afteral vor to ell him
8 that loved him dr. adfully q nd would
:. trust himS8in spite Q 6 all.
y ICY III 4 look ii. pale az II you were
= going to faint" said Lisa. In her little
9 high-kcyed voice. which though she
= doesn't speak loudly always reaches
III to the farthest corners OF the biggest
= ;; 70 ms. s4S q j53 S s
y did think 1t was nnkind OF her TO
g cali B every ones attention 10 me Just
. then, Tor even strangers heard. md
g turned to throw q glance " me, As
q q they passe 5. VIZ 5#S s$5
ut must BIO tic 4 Ia ht,'.. Il 81 d. for
Il don't feel In the least faint That
was u tib. because hen you are M
lftsyour heart feels cold and heavy. rs
4 though II could hardly so On beating
Il But 4 Eel that 4 Il ever a Il b were ex,,
AZ cusa BILE that ono was. I'm a little
alfred, thong H. wen on one o,
~ us 80 t. "a 81 bed tin after three IS,
q might: and this day. thong h very nice
q, of course, has been ra Their Il Ion g: gSEs
q think, II sy vol, Il don't mind. Aunt LII
~ Ill go straight to my room when w
Y. Ego upsta rs. s s$SG
sa We all went up together III the Il 1T
not butEI said good nightsto8 the othersxa
X the door OF the pretty drawing-roon
70 lat The end%of Uncle Eric's suite
" 'shan't come vi th YOU ?'sg ask Ike
81. Lisa but Il said mo .,8s ] was some
.r,t Srr tCR ~ ~ - Ia, ms
az for she Isn't very s iron g. and has e
s8 ways been the one to s be pettcd an.
m, watched 81 over q m e,s!S though She
]; | zsevera | years older than I'M. fa
TT Aunt Lillian had sbrough u her rnaid
nd without whom she can't get on eyel
pg left ours at homo. ana Aunt II ihni
III offered TO SletSMorton i elp us as muc
10, as we il liked! $ hadn't been shut up
a. my roo m for two minutes, IA therefore
Ell when Morton knocked ist Q 81 q SIX 81 sh
TO could do anything. u But thanked hel
~ and &sfnt her ava 5;S$ NE
MT I had lot we be gun o und ress,&h blu
MT was standing int he NV tndow, ] ookin
ed along the III Chg nlos 81 Elysees brillian
#8Il$still with electric lights and full q
nE carriages and motor cars bringing peo
,re pie. home from theatres and dinner
Ee. 5partlesIor taking Il en- to restaurant
IN TO upper. Ii 5s
me lg5$sD own 81 here somewhere 8f WassS1Vo
@@ going farther "a ava 4 from me ever
lc- moment, though III asst night ahol
8 r this time he had been tell g. me no,
yasl he loved me, low f. was tleE One Gil
on III the world for hl I'M, q nd always, !.
ng ~ a. would Il De. 4 Her was ], ramen
@ boring, q ~ spite Of my self, every " OF
re;5 he had said II earring gain the 5yso}u y.
for Rot&hls vol Ice and seeing II he 10 ok In N
alt. eyes as III Sssaid At it,Sss3f There was b
he going 70 tho mr. III for y hose gal
i'm 4hc5had been WI ling to brea X tn m
sed But was he :goin fto5 her? Y. aske
ustNmyself III not, 3ys,y en- tlie had gchaffe
on him he aali Gilt have me tlent
cei3what his SS engagement res lily w
bio knowing \, las h Q must ha We known. 9,
for q ctlv3 n o,v@ III made me suffer. u s5