The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-09-09


piled, the color deepening in her
cheeks. Please don't bother about
me, Dorothy: shall manage very
well. Z
Dorothy smiled. she was silent
only two or three seconds, but her
mind was busy In that time.
II must not push her, but lead
her, she thought. Out loud she said
gently;
Il have no wish to interfere with
your life, dear, but / have come to en-
treatyou in person to let me persuade
you to come and stay with me for q
little while, just to get some health
and strength. After that You shall
do exactly as you like.
Enid gazed at the exquisite face
opposite. seeming to her so doubly
lovely with the tenderness and affec-
ton written so clearly ON it.
Stay with youi. she repeated,
slowly. @Do you really mean this,
Dorothy?
Silly child! AS IL should come
all this way simply to indulge in
Jokes! Mean it, OF course / do!
am SO remorseful for the disgrace
full way in which / am afraid you
must have thought treated you when
you were ill. scarcely know how to
explain or excuse myself, save that
do not think was sane just then.
My poor fathers death made me al
most a mad woman.
There was ring Of sincerity and
truth in these words. Ends quick,
generous mind went back to the ag-
ony Dorothy had certainly endured.
and all was forgotten and forgiven.
Don't say another, word about it, y
she said, gently. II was i'll for little
while, but am all right now"
Nov promise me- said Dorothy,
who read Ends face as easily as a
book, promise me you will show me
your forgiveness for my urkindness
by coming down to Weir Cottage to-
morrow and spending q short time
with u.s.
Enid hesitated, and colored again.
But Lord Derriman?" she began.
.Geryais always likes what / like;
besides, he is quite henpacked all
ready. Remember, we have been
married nearly three weeks! And he
was asking about you only this morn
ing.
1T is very good of you, Enid SAID,
in her low. sweet voice, but
But me no butts. Now 7 will take
no denial. You return with me to-
morrow"
Il can't go till the afternoon" Enid
said, quickly, Il must finish this
work"
The afternoon will suit me. You
shall come to our hotel the Bristol
about three O'Clock, and we will all
go down together, and dorothy
rose and pulled her cloak round her.
you will let me give you some
presents, won't you, Enid? You must
no be angry with me; there is some
money to get anything you may want.
No; l don't give it, only lend it; you
shall repay me as soon as ever you
can"
Enid went up to her cousin and
kissed her.
| Il /. 4.
How can thank you, dear?" she
said, gratefully. Every scrap of her
pride or doubt was disarmed. She
saw in Dorothy only warm-hearted
girl, whose love-marriage had given
her the very thing she had lacked
sympathy and womanly affection.
You are too good to me-
"Pooh! NONSENSE! l can not live
in luxury myself, and know you are
toiling, and perhaps starving"
Virginie was waiting in her room
when Dorothy reached the hotel.
Has the earl returned?" Dorothy
asked, hurriedly.
1No, my lady"
Sir Roger Courtley had dined with
them, and then. after falling at once
q victim to the beauty and apparent
charm of his nephew's young wife,
had insisted on going back to his
lodgings to fetch some jewelry that
he had brought expressly from Egypt
for Dorothy and which he had forgot-
ten to carry with him when he arr
rived for dinner.
VueH GSrfdlS anu DIT 1Oger came
back they found a lovely form asleep
in the twilight, which could only be
aroused by tender kiss.
oh. Gepvais; the most surprising
thing has happened since you WENT"
Dorothy cried after she had expended
all the superlative adjectives in her
possession over the quaint jewels, and
gratified the old man by her simplic-
ity and charm Of manner. while
virginie was buying the celebrated
>velvets she needed she met Enid. who
was in rather an anxious state. 1t
appears her friend, Mrs. Lawson, has
to leave London Immediately. and
Enid, of course. would have to return
all alone to Knebweli. Virginie told
me all this, and at once wrote of to
Enid and told her she must come to