The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-21

80 WAS Wei i!l4i me-. anu lt'tNA go
ORIGINAL thought which came out in 4 I
kind of fearlcssness which delighted ,
Bayard ana egSrd him on. She seemed /
different from any other woman to .
him. Perhaps she was, and perhaps IT .
was only something different III MIN .
that found response in her.
When Mrs. Warren discovered that .
her opposition would effect nothing !
she wisely determined 10 make the best
of il. After all, her brothers happi- |
ness was the important thing, ana she |
had no fault to find with Miss ToEsky, |
SO for her brothers sake She decided /
TO help matters along, and TO let he ,
.,irl see that she favored the alliance ,
One Monday morning Bayard mp /
reared at the breakfast table. pale /
and hacgard. When he started to
leave, he told his sister he might not
be out again for some time. She at
/ once OWNED what had happened, and
drew it from him. He had been re-
fused by Sophie TOrSky. In amaze
ment, Mrs. Warren asked him if the
| girl had given any reason.
Reason" he cried. Does man
ask for reason? Isn't 1t enough to
know. when he offers n woman his
whole life, that she does not want it,
| that she does not love him?"
Mrs. Warren could give no answer
to this. She pressed his hand and
kissed him in tender sympathy, watch
ing his going with an aching heart.
One day young man called to see
the govcrncss. From his name and
appearance, Mrs. Warren az once
Judged he was musician. When he
had called three or four times at short
intervals, she felt sure she had found
the cause for her brothers dismissal.
The young Russian was evidently the
successful sutton. She wrote to her
brother, telling him of her discovery.
She now meant to cure him If she
could.
A tall thick hedge separated the
vegetable garden from the ornamental
grounds about the place. And late in
the afternoon Mrs. Warren, who took
a lively interest in the growing OF
her salads, overheard from the other
side of the hedge the excited voice of
Miss Torsky.
ut is a lie" she exclaimed. "a
cruel lie, do not believe he is mar
ried !"
Suppose I can prove it to you. What
then?" asked a man, whose voice she
recognized as the Russians.
81 do not care! I should have to
see with my own eyes, before | would
helieve." she said with intense feeling.
"Oh, l know" he answered with q
sneering infection, you must have
trusted him entirely, but you must
see now"
81 see nothing" she broke in fiercely,
''but my faith in him. l know he Will
keep his PROMISE"
"And it is two years now" he went
, on. "You would like to go back to
your own people-but you can't. You
, know that. With the shelter Of my
name, you could CO.
She interrupted him with passionate
protest. mo! no. neverw she cried
Now go! l do not want to see you
again.
you will think better of that. 1t Is
not good-by, Sophie" Then he went
, Mrs. Warren heard the crunching OF
; his feet going down the graveled path
= then the Sobbing of the girl. She fell
: that in something which so closet!
concerned her brothers happiness she
had right to listen. Very quietly she
drew away, and went to the house. L
seemed to her there was only one in
ference to be drawn. Miss Torsky was
hiding some secret. She had had
past" This was the reason she Woult
not marry John Bayard. Mrs. Warner
felt it her duty in pursuance OF tn
IS cure she was trying to effect, to tel
her brother all she had overheard, VIII
her own differences added thereto.
1t But instead Of working a cure, ne
Il, letter had the opposite effect, ant
IN brought John Bayard speedily on tn
o. scene. He told his sister that If tn
woman he loved had been through
m some great trial, and she had feare
st to tell him, that now was the tim
ut TO let her know how great was hi
n love for her. Sophie met him with
in kind of gentle dignity, but the secon
day had passed without his havin
ar managed an interview.
Bayard was sitting with his siste
r in the living room, when Sophie Ell
Ut tered with new light in her eyes.
ed "Oh." she said, "yOu have both bee
ed so good to me, I think you Will D
ed glad to know what has happened
st About three years ago my father ana
TX were suspected of being revolutl0niSt
ob and escaped from Russia just In tim
TO save ourselves from being sent
Sc Siberia. My father died In less tina
id a year, and l dare not return to M
i'd DeOple. l was to have been Marie
er in a short time to Boris kanoff, and
q was understood that as soon as |
could he would come to this countr
tic and marry me, and stay here. l hear
from him for year very regularly
lot then the letters stopped. They alWa!
ry came in care Of the Russian consu
We who knew my address. But he cou
ay tell me nothing. l never doubtt
Ter Boris. l knew If he were alive l
ed would come. And now! This lett