The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-07-06
Continued from page 81
THE NINETY AND NINE.

lHE NINETY AND NINE.
look of love, longing and despair that
clouded his eyes, the straight hard
lines that came around his handsome
mouth.
AS though mesmerized, Cara's eyes
wandered from the window, and came
to look straight into those of the
man, who had Tilted her three years
before. One second she paused in
her song; then, without so much as
the culver of an eyelash, she sang
on:
Should auld acquaintance be for
got, an"
81 hope not, Miss Lorraine" said
Lotion, as he came gracefully into the
room. Il believe I may claim the
honor of an old acquaintance" He
held out his hand, mysterious light
in his eyes.
Cara, laying aside the guitar, gave
him her hand indifferently: How
do you do, Mr.. Lotion. We were just
discussing you few minutes ago.
was telling Jack that I used to know
you long time ago, but was not at
all sure that you would remember
me-"
Does one forget so easily, Miss
Lorraine?"
Her eyes challenged him. How
should I know, Mr.. Lofton?"
NO." broke in Ralph Somers. zone
never forgets-
THANK you, Ralph. You are always
good to me. Boys, but really do not
deserve all these compliments. I
will leave you now, for I know you
want to discuss the hunt tomorrow,
and besides, must go wake Eliza
beth up. promised her I would coax
her out by ten o'clock Au revoir."
An hour late Elizabeth burst ex-
citedly into her brothers room:
Jack Carlton, what in the world
did you mean by asking Cyril Lotion
here?"
Mr. Carlton looked bewildered
What did I mean? Why, I meant l
wanted him, of course, and I am jolly
glad that he has come. What do you
mean?"
Il thought you we're a friend of
Cara Lorraine's?" If l had known
in time, that cad should never have
put his foot in this house."
Are you crazy? What has Cara
Lorraine to do with Cyril Lofton?'
Have you forgotten that he Tilted
her three years ago?''
No.
Well, that is a joke! Why, you are
dreaming. Cara barely knows him.
They were talking here only few
minutes ago. l am sure she never
gave him d thought"
Jack, you are hopeless. Where
have you been all this time? Let me
see, believe you were in Europe that
summer, and, of course, only Cara
most intimate friends knew about it.
The wedding had not been announced,
but they were crazy about each other,
and every one thought it would be
an ideal union; then suddenly he
broke off his engagement, without any
explanation whatever, and went to
Florida. One month later he was
married, and they have never met
from that day until this. You have
spoiled everything. What shall we
dor
Nonsense! Elizabeth, you are
dreaming. You should have seen her
meet him few minutes ago. There
she goes now with Ralph. TIL wager
she broke the engagement herself
Cara doesn't know what love is. Ralph
was joking only an hour ago about
how incongruous it was for her to be
singing an old love song
Eyes, and Cyril Lotion was stand
ing out in the hall while she sang
, looking like soul in torture
peeped through my door and saw him
and, if ever man knew despair,
am sure he knew it at that moment
As for Cara, of course she is not the
sort of person to let thing like thai
spoil her life, but, nevertheless, il
hurts, and I should like to shoot him
for coming. He must have known she
: was here-the insufferable cadi'
Several evenings later Cyril Lotion
came upon Cara, as she stood al
alone gazing into the big log-woo6
fire in the reception hall He had ex
pected that she would try to avoid
him, or at least receive him coldly
but .she looked up with smile as