Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-08-01
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Recall Of the Wandcrer.

served Miss Carney remained away
to be with Miss Weston, who was
confined to her room, il not to her
bed.
At dinner, which was a formal az
fair in honor Of the rector and his
wife, Miss Carney greeted me cordial
~ and unafrcctcdly, but, beyond an
cyancsccnt flush that lighted up her
face, and vanished as quickly as Il
came, she gave no sign that my te.
mcrity of the night before had made
the slightest impression upon her
mind. She was suIcrbly gowncd, and
her name whiic natural and entire.
" unconstraincd, impressed me as
being In a way, unusually thoughtful
and serious: yet at times her face
fairly glowcd with the %contcnted, sat.
isficd expression of one whose cup
of happiness was filled and overflow.
ing.
| knew what 1t meant, for I could
no longer hide the truth from myself
If | would, and yet ! even then strovc
to devise a plan by which | could
take myself away and out of her life
80 that in time her heart would again
be free.
| did this in good faith, for, rcaliz.
Ing my unwOribincsS as ! did and
knowing well that many circum.
stances had %conspircd To give her an
exalted opinion Of me and my abil.
tiles, which, otherwise, she never
would have reached, ! iclt II my duty
to step aside and not stand in the
way of the far greater conquest that
She was surely destined to make.
No tongue can tell the extent to
which ] regretted my act of tempo.
rary weakness ON N previous even.
Ing. and | cursed my indiScrction in
taking advantage of her hour of sor-
row and despair when I should have
been strong enough to withstand the
tcmptcr, If only by virtue Of the great
and ever increasing magnitude of my
devotion. That she knew it now there
could be no doubt, and ! knew with
equal certainty that she returned my
love with all the ardor of her great
warm heart.
Mr.. Arthur S~cdgrwiok, tho rector,
proved to b" Il jOvial sort OF an indi
yidual, OF the ford type and port
wine complexion, while his wife was
a dcrrure little woman who regarded
him with u"HcOIccalcd admiration and
whose greatest satisfaction in life
was derived from half.stilcd cxclaina.
tons of mock horror at his constant
unconventional sallicS and jests.
80 YOU saw all the plays in New
York; Ii" asked, as the conversation
impcrccptibly took n theatrical turn.
"Oh. vest" exclaimed Miss Carney,
In almost her childish enthusiasm.
1--WE went every night and to all the
matinccg, too. We had not bccn In
an English-spcaking country in so
long that we fairly rcvclcd in The
alter and we even saw Maud Adams
four times"
you like her, then" | remarked,
for want of something better to say,
but feeling 1t my duty to show an in
tcrcsl clearly at variance with the
true object Of my thoughts.
Nov, Mr.. Ware, that Is altogether
too bad" returned MISS Carney, In
an obviously assumed tone of bad.
'h"E'' loN Sdlh IHil IN eSHctIy Ine
way that the traveller at sea greeted
his roommate one morning, when he
observed politely, but with about as
much enthusiasm as you yourself have
Just shown, Good morning, old man,
] hope you are well; not that | carc
e rap, but just to start the converse.
tiOn!'"
The rcctor's wife looked properly
shocked, while her licgc lord laughed
nproarionsly and cried:
Il heard that story when | was In
college, Miss Carney, but unless my
memory fails me, the wording was
somewhat different"
II cXpurgatcd It for your especial
benefit, sir" returned Miss Carney sol.
EMMY and then, in reply to my ques.
ton. she added:
Il think Miss Adams is Just too
sweet and dainty. for anything. Is it
really true that she Is marrlcd?"
1T has been rumorcd that she Is
married to her manager" replied,
"but ] hardly think IL possible, for
they arc almost never together. You
know. she spends her summers in
Massachusetts while he is In Lon.
dan. and, just as 500 as he re.
turns In the autumn. she always
starts for the wc.L with the Little
Minister"
Mercy" exclaimed the rector's
wife, In unfeigned establishment,