Lower coast gazette., 1913-06-21
THE PULSE OF THE WAVE. OR HIS
ONLY RIVAL.
By Tropical Bend.
PART II.

head In that innocent way peculiar
to the old and then resumed his
walk. His melancholic manner LED
him through the churchyard, where
a few ill-kept graves interested his
morbidity. When he neared his
house he was surprised to observe the
unusual brightness that shone there
IN. Celeste. his old faithful servant
was not often guilty Of such indiscre.
lions as attempting to battle with the
gloom OF night. John Drew felt this
unusual brightness tear the curtain
OF Time off the Picture Of some old
girl who had made his life once
bright, and the choking sigh, the uni.
veTsal product OF thoso saddon recvI.
lections, attended the resurrection,
The memory, too, was most sorrowful.
He remembered her whom he had
turned his back upon when he was an
angered and jealousy was his master.
His remembrance was remorseful and
under it's rigorous sadness he shiyered
cold with remorse.
He heard a voice with the unWash.
ableimpression of the French beside
him. Good evening. I am the one
whom you helped after a fall from my
horse at Fort st. Marie last week"
The old man smiled. This meeting
was a blessed remedy for the melan-
choly that was sapping Drew's life.
The newcomer, Louis Legrande, had
been a soldier, but was one no long
er. The severity of the military dis
cipline was too much for him. He
had resigned. He would stay in River.
view If he found Riyerview fit to stay
in.
The similarity between the impetu-
osity Of Hazel and the discomfort Of
Legrande made itself apparent to
Drew. Legrande told his tale of his
life spent in pleasure, which consisted
in doing all things that were barren Of
producing and in spending money
without good results. The old man
saw he was a dreamer, He, too, was
a dreamer. But he did not believe in
others dreams.
He censured Legrande. He told him
to do something, and therein lay Lee
grande's damnation. For Legrande
had done all things that would avail
him naught. Woman the young mar
said licentiously, fare tc amuse men.
Beyond amusement / want no wo-
man."
Drew remembered these were the
sullen sentiments that moved him to
do away with one for whom he night
ly prayed, for years, to return, and
those prayers for her which he had
cast away were never answered.
The old man told Legrande he was
Legrande said: IF / meet a
woman that makes me think different
OF woman ! shall live for that woman
of inspiration. ! want a domestic; /
want a woman that cries for children"
Such to Drew's mind was Hazel Gar
ner, and this old, detected man began
to think and what he thought was to
bring Legrande and Hazel together.
Ltgrande babe Drew goodnight. Le-
grande walked away remembering the
unhappy events Of his life-his faith
er's indulgence, the money foolishly
spent, his expulsion from the army
all these, with their pathetic details
he remembered.
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When Hazel went back to her house
she began to- play on the piano. The
selection was n from an immortal
opera. On the table was an envelope,
which she opened. It contained an in
yitation to a ball at Riyerview. River
view was mad about this affair. The
host was a wealthy stranger who had
just purchased a residence in River
view.