Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-04-25
CONTINUED from Yesterdays starr

Ruth looked round as Mr. Wilding's
voice greeted her.
Mistress Wilding." he called TO
her. "a moment, If l may deIaIn
you"
.You have eluded them" she cried.
81 tirelv off her guard in her surprise
at seeing him, and there echoed
through her words a note or genuine
c-IadneSa that almost diSconcerted her
husband for moment The next IN
slant a crimson flush overspread her
Tsale face and her eyes were yelled
from him, vexauon in her heart at
having betrayed the lively s=AtiSfac-
tinn Ii afforded her to see him sale
when she feared him captured al
ready or at least upon the point Of
She had admired him almost un-
town hall that day, when his strong
calm had stood out in such sharp
contrast to the fluSter and excite
mont Of the men about him; OF them
ali. indeed. it had seemed TO her in
those Stressful moments that he was
the only man, and she waS-although
she did not realize tin danger OF
being proud Of him Then again the
thing he had done. He had come de-
iiberately to thrust his head into the
lions nav that he might save her
brother 1t was possible that he had
done il in answer to the entreaties
which she had earlier feared she had
poured into deaf ears; or it was pos
sible that he had done it Spurred by
his sense of right and justice, which
would not permit him to ailo" an
other 10 suffer in his Stead-hoW-
ever much that other might be
caught in the very tolls that he had
prepared for Mr.. Wilding himself.
Her admiration. then, was swelled by
gratitude and il was q compound of
l.. H. sTft EF
the tything men from winning past
her until he and Trenchard should
have got we'll away.
Afterward. when with Diana and
her groom-on horse which Sir Ed
ward Phelps insisted upon lending
rheu-she rode homeward from
Taunton, there was Diana to keep
alive the spark Of kindness that
gIoWed at last for Wilding in Ruth's
breast. Miss Horton extolled his
bravery. his chivalry, his nobility
and ended by expressing her envy
Of Ruth that she should have won
Suoh man among men for her
husband. and wondered what it might
be that kept Ruth from claiming him
for her own, as was her right. Ruth
had answered little but she had rid
den very Observation-Disclosures was that
IN the past she found it hard to for
sivo Wilding. And yet she would
NOW have welcomed an opportunity
of thanking him for what he had
done, of expressing to him something
of the respect he had won in her eyes
oy his act of Self-denunciation to
save her brother. This chance, it
seemed, was given her, for there he
stood. with head barred before her,
and already she thought no longer
of Seizing the chance, vexed as she
was at having been surprised into a
betrayal of feelings whose warmth
she had until that moment scarce eS-
Cinated
In answer to her cry of "You have
alluded them" he waved hand
toward the rising ground and the
road to Bridgwater.
They passed that way but few
moments since" he said, land by the
rate at which they were travelling
they should be nearing Newton by
now. In their great haste to catch
me they could not pause to look for
me SO close at hand" he added with
n smile, "and for that am thank
ful."
She sat on her horse and answered
nothing, which threw her cousin out
Jerry" Diana called 70 the groom.
We will walk our horses up the
aiIl~
You are very good madam" said
Mr.. Wiiding, and he bowed to the
withers of mis- roam
Ruth said nothing. expressed nei-
Nor approval nor disapproval of
Diana's withdrawal, and the latter,
with a word Of greeting to Wilding,
went ahead, followed by Jerry, who
lad regaincd control by now of the
beast he beStrode. Wilding watched
them until they turned the corner,
then he walk ed his mare slowly for
ward until he was alongside Ruth.
Before / co. said he, there is
something / should like to say" His
dark eyes were somber, his mann er
betrayed some hesitation
The difidence OF his tone proved
startling to her by virtue of it's I'M
WualneSa What might 1t portend
Sfhe woadered. and sought with grave
@ya@ DO read his banning oountenance,
tznA EaeD Wild alarm swept into her
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