Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-03-11

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tain him in Penzance after we reach
the place. He goes on-but | viii read
It to you. l am quite bewildered-"
She took q letter from her pocket and
searched through its contents until she
found a paragraph. She was about to
read it aloud when some one came
down the stairs 1t was one of the of
fcers. yet Mrs. Vansittart was so fur
ried that she dropped the sheet of pa
per and bent to pick it up before Pyne
could intervene.
ooh. bother!" she cried. 81 am dread
fully nervous. even now that we are in
no further peril. This is what l wish
you to hear
And she read:
Nothing but the most amazing and TN
looked for circumstances would cause me
to ask you to postpone the date of our
marriage for at least a month after you
reach shore. This is not the time nor are
your present surroundings the place for
telling you why / make this request.
Suffice it to say tbat l think-indeed, /
am sure-a great happiness has come into
my life. a happiness which you, as my
wife soon to be, will share.
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was intent on her excerpts from his
uncle's fetter, studied all that was visi-
| BILE of her face That which he saw
| there puzzled him. She had suffered
| no more than others, so he wondered
| why she wore such an air of settled
melancholy. Throughout the lighthouse
| gloom was dispelled. The sick became
we'll. the lethargic became lively. Even
| the tipplers of methylated spirits, dead
] ly i'll before, had worked like Trojans
at the rope, as eager to rehabilitate
| their shattered character as to land the
| much needed stores.
| What trouble had befallen this wo
man, 50 gracious, so facile so worship
| full in her charm of manner and utter
| ance during the years he had known
| her, that she remained listless when all
| about her was life and joyance she,
the cynosure Of many eyes by her cos
tunes and graceful carriage, covering
from recognition? Here was a mys-
terry, though she had repudiated the
word, and a mystery which, thus far,
defeated his subconscious efforts at So
luton.
She lifted her eyes to his. Her ex-
preston was forlorn, compelling pity
by its utter Gesolation.
What does he mean?" she asked
plaintively "Why has he not spoken
clearly? Can you tell me what it is,
this great happiness which has entered
so strangely into his life and mine?'
Il have never met any man who
| knew exactly what he meant to say
and exactly how to say it better than
Cyrus j." said Pyne.
But he has written to you surely.
Does he give no hint?''
His letter is a very short one. To
be candid | have hardly made myself
acquainted with it's contents as YETI
You are fencing with me. You
know, and you will not tell"
Her mood changed so rapidly that
Pyne was not wholly prepared for the
attack.
ut is a good rule he said, never
to pretend you can handle another
mans affairs better than he can handle
them himself
He met her kindling glance firmly.
The anger that scintillated in her eyes
almost found utterance, but this clever
woman of the world felt that nothing
would be gained, perhaps a great deal
lost, by any open display Of temper.
She laughed scornfully.
MIR Trail is certainly the best
judge of those worthy of his conf
dence. Excuse me if l spoke heatedly.
Let matters remain where they were
Just word, Mrs. Vansittart. My
uncle has written you fairly and
squarely. He has not denied you his
confidence. If 1 understood you, he
has promised it to the fullest extent"
Yes, that is true"
"Then what are we quarreling
t about?'
He laughed in his careless way to
put her at her ease. She frowned med
itatively. She who could smile in such
a dazzling fashion had lost her art O!
! late.
. You are right" she said slowly. 81
am just a hysterical woman, starting
, at shadows, making mountains out Of
:. molehills. Forgive me-"
. AS Pyne went on up the stairs hi:
7 reflections took this shape:
: 1.-The old man SHE'D at telling he
:. outright l wonder why. He is chocl
= full of tact, the smoothest old boy
ever fell up against He thinks Their
. may have been little troubles here, per
J, haps. Well, guess he's right
In the service room he found Brant
. cleaning a lamp calmly and methodic
ally All the stores had been carries
downstairs and the storeroom key Civ
o en- over to the purser.
: 81 am glad you have turned up sal
the lighthouse keeper. "Oblige me b
q opening that locker and taking bac
y the articles | purloined recently. /
; the purser asks for an explanation, tie
r him the truth and say l am willing
eat this stuff now for my SINS
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