Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-02-28

son, which ] sincerely hope to see
recognized by you"
Startled and deeply moved. the
young man stretched out a shaking
hand towards his visitor. with the
/ feeble but eXulting cry:
Then sou do not blame me for her
wretched and mysterious death. You
hold me guiltless of the misery which
nerved her despairing arm?"
Quite guiltless."
Oswdld's wan and pinched features
/ took on beautiful expression and
Mr.. Challoner 10 longer wondered
at his daughters choice.
Thank Cod" fell from the sick
mans lips. and then there was a 81
lonce during which their two hands
met.
II was some minutes before either
| spoke and then 1t was Oswald who
/ said:
i must cOnfide 10 you certain facts
! honored your daughter and realized
her position fully. Our plight was
| never made I'm words, nor should
J
to her hand II | had not made good
/ my expectations, Mr.. Challoner. /
meant to win both her regard and
/ yours by acts. not words | felt that
| had great deal to do and / was
prepared to work and wait ! loved
her" He turned away his head
and the silence which filled up the
gap united those two hearts as the
Old and young are seldom united.
But when a little later Mr.. Challon.
er rejOincd Doris, in her little sitting
room. he nevertheless showed a per
pleXity she had hoped to see removed
by this understanding with the
younger Brotherson
The cause became apparent as soon
as he spoke.
These brothers hold by each
other" said he. Oswald will hear
nothing against Orlando He says
that he has redeemed his fault He
does not even protest that his broth
er's word is to be believed in this
matter. He does not seem to thinI
that necessary. He evidently regards
0riando's personality as speaking as
truly and satisfactorily for itself, as
his own does. And | dared not unde-
ceive him"
He does not know all our reasons
Tor distrust. He has heard nothing
about the poor washerwoman."
No, and he must nOt-not for
weeks. He has borne all that he can"
His confidence in his older brother
is sublime. / do not share it: but
cannot help but respect him for It."
1t was warmly said. and Mr.. Chal-
lOner could not forbear casting an
anxious look at her upturned face.
What he saw there made him turn
away with a sigh.
This confidence has for me a very
unhappy side" he remarked. 1T shows
me Oswald's thought. He who loved
her best, accepts the cruel verdict OF
an Unreasoning public"
Doris large eyes burned with
weird light upon his face"
He has not had my dream" she
murmured. with all the quiet of an
unmOved conviction.
Yet as the days went by, even her
manner changed towards the busy in
ventor. 1t was hardly possible for It
not to. The high stand he took; the
regard accorded him on every side:
his talent; his conversation, which
was an education in itself, and. above
all, his absorption in work daily ad
vancing towards completion. removed /
him so insensibly and yet 80 decided !
ly, from the hideous past of tragedy |
with which his name, If not his honor, |
was associated. that, unconsciously !
to herself, she gradually lost her icy |
air of repulsion and lent him a more /
or less attentive ear. when he chose !
to join their small company of an eve
ming. The result was that he turned |
SO bright a side upon her that tolera- !
ton merged from day to day into ad- |
miration and memory lost itself in |
of the event which was to |
prove him a man of men, IL not one
of the worlds greatest mechanical |
geniuses.
Meantime, Oswald was steadily i'm
proving in health, If not in spirits.
He had taken his first walk without |
any unfavorable results, and Orlando
decided from this that the time had
come for an explanation of his device
and his requirements in regard to It,
Seated together in Oswald's room. he
preached the subject thus:
Oswald. what is your idea about
what I'm making up there?"
THAT 1t will be a success"
Il know; but its character. it's use?
What do you think 1t isl"
I've an idea; but my idea doesn't
1T the conditions"
"How's that?"
The shed is too closely hemmed
in. You haven't room"
For WHAT"
ITO start an aeroplane."
Yet it is certainly a device for
aging"
81 supposed so; but"
at is an air-car with a new and
galuab BILE idea-the idea for which the
whole world has been seeking ever
since the first aeropiane found it's way
Ip from the earth. My car needs no
room to start in save that which it
occupies If It did, it would be but
he modification of hundred others"
Orlando"
AS Oswald thus gave expression to
hot |