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WEEKLY TELEGRAPH.
MACON, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, dANAl’RY 22, 1890.
MISADVENTURE,
By \V. E. NORRIS,
,( }»Y Icnattwiae," “Msjcr a:.d Miscb,” “La Belli AuraiCAiNR.
“JlATBDlONT,*’ ETC., L7C,
fAll RigJilfl Reserved,]
ij i t; but It was evident that
*ihe telegram announcing her cotwin**
w inch Mr. Lowndes lied dijotchcd
l.cnt Vi-nua, ut t only shocked and
o r j?T*d Cicely, but made her feel nx if
•Iir wore in oome measure to blame for
ihU catvtrophe. In the presence «f it
»he forgot her wrongs, nnd could havo I nrr " nrv *
Comoro hard or contemptuous thought* u,i *
•bout poor A a ide. giro could only re-
c;o:nUr liutt he hail loved her once with
*i! hi. heart nod that if she had not re-
tr inert hi* love, it was perhaps tecuuse
»’ic had been too dictatorial with him
and too prompt in resettling the slightest
tendency toward* usurpation of author
ity on hi* part. It had after nil, been no
»uch unreason* h!o tiling that lie
tliould have wished to bo al
lowed some voice in tho
management of her affair*, and hrul tho
been a little lens unyielding, he would
probably not iiave been driven to aeek
for sympathy in another quarter. But
Per self-reproach and the excuses which
. !»• to make for Atchio did tut
tho unlucky man n chanco of escaping.
As to the confraternity to which 1 was
the men ns of introducing him,- 1 ex-
presaly warno<l him that ns.saheinr.Uon
was not excluded from their list of
weapon*, although I thought it very un
likely that ho would over to employed os
..u •Moanin. I can only assure you that
it is a matter of great surprise and ro-
Grct to me that he should iiave been so
employed."
“I.can’t acquit you, Mr. Chetwode,"
raid the rect* r stubbornly. “Many p**o-
ii ci; out it waa evident that sue p’o would bche\c the account that you
Mild think oboist nothing else, and oil I five of your conduct, lull don't: and if
his effort* to divert her thought* into J that is au in. s.lt- w.?il, of course it is uii
other channels met with onl; a \* - in ult~I c u. t h Jp it. I i.r.-t incur tho
ing succjm. lie was thoroughly un-1 reproach of sheltering myself behind my
happy; because his lovo for tbe girl only cn. s *ck. that's alL"
increased ns it Lecaae mere and more “>ly good sir.** answered Mirk blandly,
plain to hint that he had notyol won I “your insults do not n nk- me fed «.!>.
" ’f h'.irt. I I am w rrj you do not rcaiiz-? how riJuu-
One evening he had dropiied in for a Jous they ate, but you are quit* at 1:U
of tea at the Priory, end foolish old I erty to repeat them t» the entire neigh-
*'kipnitli, a* her Imhit yu, hod | bornood. Impartial prrsuns, 1 farndm
* to judge between
uf the room
thing und liad not returned. Cicely,
who was now growing urionsly alaini l
at the lector’s prolonged silcnco, con-
fee'll her uneasiness.
"Yesterday I couldn't aland it any
longer, and l telegraphed to him," she
said: “but no answ er luis come. Vvuat
can have liapficned to him/’
“Would you like me to go and see?*’
asked Mark, smiling.
“To Vienna, do you mean? Oh, 1
could not ask you to do that!"
“Why not? I could be there on the
fourth day, and 1 would at once send
lead inr to maku any excuse fdr Madame j f ou .® telegram. ^ It is a ^*7 little thing
gomaviell. wliotn, in the absence of J* (j a 0W (j r
further information, sho not unnaturally \ loa ®» ^liero is nothing in thn world,
a r >unied to lie the causo of the fatal en- great or small, that I. would not do for
counter. Sho wiki as much to Bobby
Pare, who had beou greatly distressed
by the news which reached him through
Mias hkipwith. and who took upon him-
i, "jsSsn"" S*
Mr. Lowndes returned. I Jjjjgw*' 1 wil1 ,P"* *
•Most likely he got into a row with ■ la thing* now. I shall catch the first
tome tire-eating Austrian officer," was *n*jl *rora IAindwi to-morro\v i..« m n
Ida own conjecture. “And until 1 hear * n ® 7“ l, n about forty hours from that
the contrary,” lie ailded, “I for one
shan’t believe that Atchio over saw that j t 0 ™ mind, Good-bye, Miss BUgh.
woman’s face again after |he loft this Jfte gave him a grateful I toku sbt
country" | held cut her hand to him. Ho bent over
• Perhaps your are right," answered ,l * j u »* touched lier lingers with hia Ups
Cicely, with unusual humility; “I am Wa *ROHft.
sure 1 ho|« so. Only, if you arc, Ida ; 0 u "•* really very pretUlv done, and
l.r.Tinr gun, aw.j at nil twomn unac-: F ic , 5", W ?* niMch touched liy whnt he
ctmul Tblfc" j h.d tcfnilnfcl from ujtnK » whnt he
"it'will be necountedfor when wo get h “N “ ldl J r ° r ' «> un «. »l" toul1 '
Mr. Iowndss back. I liavo no doubt." ***"»{ understand how^ matters were
said Bobby. “Unfortunately that will with him, and she thought he had U-
lie too late to make any difference now, ( "*reo very rauclii liko a gentleman in
i observing such reticence.
you, if youoskod
Cicely lookod at him and remained
aileut for a moment.
“You are very kiud," site murmured
at lengtli.
ti.oiigh.1
•it will make a very great difference
to me it i nmi u»at i aare Iwa ujm so
poor Archie.** rr turned Cicely; “hut 1
Don't wish you to thiuk that »*ur encagr-
n»ent r« ul<l ever bav* been rsM««i. If
lie liadn't broken ii off, 1 should have
k*pt to my word. U-- an-#- I told him
honestly when 1 aoosptad him that I
didn’t low him in the way that he It>v>-d
me; but I -h mU homt do such a thing
^Mark. for his part, had thonalUfaction
lie was. doing no good where be was.
r nd he dkl not at all object to the jour-
*>' • *' '* »• MI..I. 1 II Ilf < .•I.U..I . . hi* '•
r.iiher anxi- us to havo the hist word
with Mr. Lowndes. I: m n appeared.
I- i. th it i!..tt puvilf. ...i ; .<
■ Hied •• .Hit •:l :• ,:.g f • I f 1 ! mg
dour, for lie only jiut psivd oat ol the
E.trden into the iark. w l.i n bo r >uud
V. ill km
“I don’t tare two - straws about the
i" i, I I- < Y r- n.ii.f -1 (I •• r- :■ i
is of Cicely Bligh tiiat 1 am thinking.
“I hope Mi-.s Bligh wiU undcrtlsnd
that in acting as I did I had no motive
excojtt to spare Imth her mvi her cousin."
“One nuy tnko that view , b*it 1 don’t
think she will, Hho is too straightfor
ward. Your duty was plain enough:
you ought to have persuaded an unfor
tunate panic-stricken fellow to stand up
id livid
k> igh:
• illlrd
like n man atul fate tho drunken rascal
Who was his only accuser. Instead of
that, you advised him to behave as
though he liad l*en guilty of murder,
know lug all the time that lie wa* os in
nocent a. you or I."
“Pardon me, I did not know that. I
may have believed in his innocence, hut
it was impossible for me to know. 1 had
Ids word for it that be was innocent and
another man’s word few the contrary.
You forget that he had already behaved
as though he were guilty and that cun-
feotons made under threat of exposure
do not command much confidence. 1
doubt Whether ho could hare cleared
him o!f If fore tho bar of public opinion,
although I dan-say no junr would have
convicted him upon Coppard’a evi
dence.
“Oh, you have mode yourself very
*afc," an»wcred Mr. liownrto*. “As I
said before; 1 have no doubt that most
pcoplo will ozonersto you. But you will
not bo exonorated by in*, not, 1 think,
will you be exonerated by Cicely. Mcau-
while, I liad better go in and seo her.
When 1 have had ray say, you can havo
youis. I ought, by tho way. to havo
mentioned to you tint 1 com# acroev
ycur friend, 5f.vJame Kouravitff, at a
railway t.uion on my way throtigti Ger
many. h.io Uedred me to tell you that
in your heart. Mr«. I/nv
foicntly; bit Mrs. Lowm!
right."
“L'he is right this tine,
fully sorry—more than 1
for what hopjenod. nnd
1 should havo married !
know. But 1 never carr
wished to le cared l<>r, at
t > have accept 1 him. I r-nj-i-■-o
iu mo to cure I »r any bo ly in that
“Aa you aro a human I* mg, my
answered Mr. Lowndi >•. miinn “1
we may safely s.v.umo that you i
that ca|iacity, and that the pioper j
will turn up’in tho duo rcaaoti. ’
Cicely shook her head.
“No; 1 shall end my d tvs ns r
maid. 1‘crhip*. after nil, lliat
wurvt thing lor an he ire s to do.
Husan, who is a!“ H
uieai.s to go away, w ill stay an
car* of me, 1 daresay."
But this modest programme, wli
fold.d to Miss Skij»v/it Litrrin th<
ing, ptoved to K.' not at nil to that
tavte. She had made up iu r mim
Mark Chetwode v\*s li.e n lit In
for Cicely, and she w,1- n »t to lo
In-Mi !>• l «q.«r -on :» > ..I vv.ih i
out to ht-r, iirstlr. tiist Mr. Cii>-
was not a formal candidate for the
in quotioa; o on< Ir, that Cicel
never regard'd liirn ns ntote t
friend; an i I'.ir i: !)• -t Er.iv«- •
must now be felt even its to bis fr
ner*.
“Ah, that is it!" s'i rxttaint’' l.
aro aagry with him for itoi i.avi
t i l V. 'i .111 L- kn V.. ' s if I
any right to betray other people's s*
It aet-i.is to mo that he Ud ar« d w i
utmod kindnr** and c
to you and to that
man. Of courvo, all th
socivtr and tin- duel
very dreadful: but I dr
can hlsuii- Mr. Chttwn
“I ilidn't say that l
I?" tudrd Cicvly, who
very Hll’e un the *u’oj«
**Nu, but you evidm
and I think that is u.
hail wished to do y our
what w i uld have l«tn m.mj l-r li Inn
than to denounce tb>- mur«I«ier' Now.
you need no; look soangiy. ihy iom; 1
am not saying fur oc>" uioi>:> <u ii-nt vom
cousin vva, a murderer. Unlv I think
you mu .t aihiiil that lie l-ei.avod like
one, and that it wa . fur him. mi i<»r
Mr. Chetwode, to disprove Coppanlh
BWirtlons.**
U was, in fact, tolcrablv nppairnt that
MlssSkipw il '... I .,11.!. I ..n\:tK.d
of Archie’s innoci i i •« ami an «!i" win a
pertou to whom onav -i-.it • ti’ l not
cosily be hiought br ine, Cicely said no
mi re.
both
-i..d"l young I
HIHVB HWPHVl \Yh-n tho I'ri ry
li»T Im-.! uiid !■» j’. t ii» . 1 • i I ’ .t } • • , - tl.o f i;< U| ^ ip.»r!;in , tho r.ld 1 vdv, who
loft Li r a ei< .it iL-d i . •. .nd lad I Ini approach fi in an
y «■ i vvmild -l.,d to h< .r i ’ . t I u;q > r v.ivioa, mu rbiwn into tim hall
If Mark v. glnd. h« lertainJy did not ai .i .rdeu c; ted him.
tic ilrrt time hi the course j “Ob. 'nr. ihstar.de,** sh<
.hi fn e fell a*td Ids j..> breathh sly «f» i mt van taw
tint tnarrUge tv in.out love
tjke? He bad been wrong
in supposing that -hr h so
t.>u-iu, iuigni iiv •'
„ to Vienna ,
I whether you were dead or alive."
No responsive smile showed itself upon
Mr. Lownder*.* face
i»u»; iuiKiu itu ii«» in«u iHivf mm , : v . , . .
ng in MipiMtiiK tliol <l.o aid not'. 1 ««ht, nwtap^to hnn writtan.'
II, can fur .'lurk Cli.twu.K- How- £• »n»w,r«l, -but I h.d hojwd to b.
. k.i.a.l »oitl iill Ui.t huinicndu.lt.>! ,1, ! r -. b ® 10 *- this, and there ora thing.
... H-niMt that uucrutnblo nerwun*., • wh .‘ ch ** <• ««*• *«T‘o ny than lu Bitwwm Si.mlrh nnd I^ndon th. rw-
«- that h. could only hoop «We «u! I "V “ »oU loU you at otu-«
hut. lor th. rector'. r.tur.I. j th “‘ ***?"> r«f, *■««* Blich died, h.
Th. rector. M we know, h.1 met with | ‘. .
itontenient doUy.at Viennkand luul; ‘ kU< * wltiumt roorinz *
rained from writing bei'nlt/o he hnd I . .. . . .
ex|*ct«d. neb day to b. tho Inst that h« *unowitaod. I .uppoM what 1
ao’.ilit liar, to .pend In that city. Con-1 I know that Mur-
u-jt ently liar, wa, plenty of tim. for F* 1 ol’ilh kw, hi. life in a acudlo which
« »,'ly to think nrer all pcwlhl. aiplnna- Horoked. and that that unfortunate
twn. of tbo mritn andfOr M.wkChct- »<» cone«alad tha .truth, faann, Iwt he
w >i. toconiBitnirata hi. ranuoal Im- '! ,ot, Kl ha acctmrd of murder. I know
Pt. Monito her. Ha could not .l»ny. ,h »' C0pi»rd«w what luul Iwppenw!
-hen prmwd to aay jnrt wliat ho *- »"d reported it to you. I nho know-that
lw-. -I. that I how were identical witli her J; 0 " l-er-thuled Archie to leare. >hi r land,
o»u. .ItlKMifh ha -li-playad a Kood deal br *““ 9° hta en R a*.ment and join a
ot reluctance ill mat lug the ad.uU.ioti. *«»* of oorunlrntor., who ha»a had him
“Of eourre. 1 know nothin*.- wan Ida ««^"ai«l l«»u« hp d«-lm*l to U
an.wer; “and to t.ll you the truth I Wnwl* «> Maaatiu."
Wouhl rattier not know. Hut I aupiuua “1 thought you atnlnl in your l.le-
>'»« people, oo li.arin* that an Enuliah- t ram that ■>* had batm killed in a duel,”
man luul fuutht a duel in a liireign i lty, aald Mark.
u - ere he an a comple'.o manger, "So ho waa—if atandin* np to bo ahot
*‘">U h. inclined, a. 1 am, to aay: nnd Hrlnx into the air can bo calkul ink-
■Cm r. hea la femme.' - in* |iurt in a duel. Tim fellow whom ttiey
, "51 -dam. bouravi.IT ia noCunUk.ly to •{* ““ '“mur.ler him didn't like
Law hern in Vienna, i. ab*r ! tlw ” r .Ubbmg him in tb. hock, it
" Well, dm i. oft..: them But I have » “> hta amceptibUilic,
heard a word from Iur aim* ah. left I A / uhl * ““““t** throu x i. the form
thui'ouiiiry." « f quatrrling v»Uh him. It was a «1 is
• And h»-r husband—is it not very i**-' Unclkm without, » difference, fur, of
»‘l .e tlvat kb« may have met him tbrrtT cour## » h * WIU killed, though not—as
Juik smilsd.
‘ ,l *• not very probable,’’he replied.
• not HuuraYMtdtK-s n<4 ii.em Ins wife
» iw can In-Ip tu Moreover, lie is an old
was supposed—killed on the spot.'
'•I aiu sorry for it," said Mark.
sorrv, too. that be told you his reasons
fur leaving England; because 1 am o/roid
,,u n «»d an invalid. FtnalW, I doubt you mean to distress Mis* Bligh by re-
*» *tb«r lie would fight any duels for her , prating the story to her."
%a ^*- “Mt-U unduuUedly 1 dob"
If H wsm not Count Houravietf,! “Well, it is for you to judge of tlie
. .«'Hild U have been/’ j wisdom of >ucb a proceeding. Ain I niis-
It “** * * C4,,not b-ll you," answered i takeu in gathering from your tone that
I.!*! * i r •* P* ,Uk> » **l»ut,” lio contin- you think me to blamo tn this malterf"
, befitslingly, “1 can easily luiugmo | “1 don't care to disguise what I think."
I; fi'rr# nusy have liven sou iu body ; answered the rector, bluntly. “I think
»ou see, Madam* Huunsvieff lias a ! that Archie’s death lies at your door; I
i. m in various usru of think you deceived him ss to tun rharar ter
.hi. w * —ss»«l one can uudeniUnd of tbe men to whom you induced him to
. ® ‘tuarrs-1 may have arts«n ” J swear obedience; I think you knew that
Uct-ly stopped him with a slight ges* by swearing olwUiem « he was virtual!;
lu J* ^ dhgust. | throwing away h» life; and I helieTe
” n ".. well,** site said, “we had better you did all this because, for purposes of
I '‘tscusa ii any m«>re uulil Mr. i your own, you wished to get rid of him.’'
j^eiHescoBisa. Tlu-n perhaps wo a!iall ‘These are serious accuvations.
Tf. Ul# **”*> I Uw^^SSSd M.T “I won’t
• *%i that ia much the host wav." dwell upon the fact that tliey are both
"j’ ri filler companion. “At present we false end insulting, because cler-
•sri-nly gnses we know nothtuz." i gymen, I believe, ate lioenend to
Ao* . ;i« * matter or fact, Mark knew say what they plea e without
* ‘le.il, though n it quite as mi.ch being called to account; but i think you
^ ne w< uid have liknt to know. News will see that you ought either to s’ub-
I,'” l 'fnciiad him tiiat hh proto*'* hud atantiatr cr withdraw them. You charge
unfaithful, tliat ho h.Vt been coo- **» with having «»ntrived Mr. Bligh’-
■ '1 t) OMth a* s 'mjiAv.H i .1-- 1 deSth f*W pnrpnaos of myosrg. T? vfc*!
, r* 1 duly eirirM out: but . imrjwM. do you allude.
' “.ii deiaita bo wa. l«I! in i*Doraoc^ 'ib. rector did noc much liLeen-werin,
‘" ,H 1 n •—lief and hi. very fervent 1 tie fiucatioa, hut could not w. hi. wa,
.**? '*sy du.l waa!»o.hirkH.
I 1 1 !.*!, lh.tt >Ir. Lown.le.bad eili^r “I think, laid he, “that you wanted
or **** invmitad U by! him to hr^k o* HaiiMHtal SMt
I In'i.u ‘ , “k | n« tbiit*. Knitly, aud ilu't • orndn inoedac that you mi,;hi r.j.1.17
I,"., i'.f alivo by hta
l.f ■!" ' J: h, ‘ l * JW» a iKwibilily
l|?•’'"'"it “tank havh.g mad* • ,11 , n * !
■ r -nf, i.m. *> that it lob ..... i -u
.. fulc •• .1 1, , ..
1 rj? 1 " to- «■. mi.1
, u iu rI- :
I sr\ h ^ n c W *° f Auh - - ^ ,1 . 1
L ‘ f ron» all |-.inu ..I vi. « ,1 • lt . , v u .,|
luul lx
lh«
ca»e. I
essiiy have got rip of him with
!•.m tu Bn.- ir.u Wli. n
...» I. ui St ... la.k-i :i n
.ary her c...*- r* until he bad
!• vflf uf a l-pl 1 Ll» .a,
ly far I
yoa wliCre she was going?"
-Yes; *e»g i.»g to tfaris. After
tliat sho intended to come to AbtsHs^irt,
for tho purpose, as 1 understood, of too-
Inc you."
tor hod hud leisure to weigh certain
words which had failenfrotu tbeUuwian
lady, as wall a* to Iwtun to hU wife’s
comments upon the same. Conse
quently, ho was able to aiqireclnte and
enjoy the discomfiture of Mr. Chetwode,
who rejoined, with raised eyebrows:
“But if she com-s to Abhots)K>rt,
where d «• she propose to stsyr It
would not be poesilde for mo to receive
her, 1 am afraid."
**hbe Uid not enter upon tliat question.
1 waa only with her fur ten Minutes or
so, and nearlj all tho time we were talk
ing about other matters. About Archie
Bligh’* death, in fact. Well, Mr. ctiet-
wode, I will wish you good evening
now. It hasn’t Hern pleasant fur ms tu
spt-ak to you as 1 nave don-; rut 1
couldu’t speak in any other wav.”
Mark raised liia hat, turned un his lieel
and walked away. Ills reflections as
he tramped homeward were of the most
gloomy description; for he knew Madsiuo
Houravieff well enough to know that i4ie
would not now tamely acquiesce in hU
marriage, and nothing wa. more certain
than that she could jm. vent it if she chuic.
Ilia only hopo was in precipitating mat-
ten. so tluit he m^lit be already engaged
to Cicely when one arrived; nr.U tluit
Imp# was but a pcor one. bwch as it
was. Iiowever. it must ho made the hist
of, for no other remained. If (but it
may be trusted that nothing so horrible
con be trusi the spirit* of the departed
sre permitted to know what takes place
in this world, the s{ iril uf the lal* t our.t
HoursvUff must Iiave been chuckling
sardonically at that moment.
CHAPTER la*—OcSLY Dbozibr.
Mr. Ixjwndea was not dioapjointol
with the manner in which Cicely re
ceived the news which it was hi* duty to
impart to her. He had hoped—but, bear
ing in mind the perv« nlty of votnen.be
hod not been quite sure- - that she would
accept Archie » dying r-tatement aa trus;
ami it was a great relief to him to find
that she dal »» unhekitaiingly.
•*I think i < p(yrd has lehaved \-ery
cruelly atoat it,' she raid. “If uoiv be
had told the truth ui first, all this n.Lery
would have been avoided."
“Yea," sighed the rector; “but what is
still more unfortunate is that (ucr
Archie himself dkl not toll the ttuth.
s.’uipsrJ, you Btust remember, probably
br..> vrd Idm to he guiity. \v«U, u s
•• • II" gri**L‘» OV'I Nk H.it I • d< lie ..I, |
can’t bo undone. My ow n feeling m that
the worst culprit of all ia that
vrgde. !>• 1
and had an «.p,«ortunity of telling him
what 11L* u :11 of hm
*n dispoM^l to }
gainst this no ^bboi
or, before taking h:
heart; for lie was pretty mr
C’icelv liad bcj.un by e*mdeniniog him
his pleas in justification of what l.o Lad
don* would have had but little effect
upm her. His hope had Ixen that die
would be driven to range herself ort hi .
side by lb* hostile Ida. id Mr. l»w n.|t~.
And so, when he we* shown into her
presence her frigid gtccting did not take
him by surprise.
•I *ra clad that Mr. Lowndes ha« re-
turne<l safe nnd sound," lie began, “but
I am afraid that what youh ixe heard
from him l a* made ycxi uahappy."
“It has certainly roads mo unhappy,"
answered Cksh; “from tirvttolt«t it
seems to hare l<een a »crh-s of w rr It bail
mistakes and misfortunes. Archie wool 1
have U*en slice now if he hod had an
honest friend to advise him."
“You mean, of course, th.it 1 was not
an hooret friend to him. Yet I endeav
ored to be suk and if iIiq case w«-u» t<.
aruee again I should not a-t diffrtenilv.
Mr. h. v.: <1- •> and 1 I .! n . Gi.n,. hi,,
an altercation alxtit it ye-ti rJay. ni 1
daresay yon have 1 e trd. I dhln’t . «m
vlnce film; but i« rn I may I«- .-shit* t<>
convince you WiU you at l-a.-t .olow
roo to try r
“If you wish."answered (Vr-ly.
“1 fully admit that I wo* more deeir-
ous of Miving and prcUt-lini; you t-,..:}
him, and that you were my iu»t thought
throughout; no vert he I helped him
to the best of my ability. Knowing
what 1 knew, I could
him hut
1 I not ;►
ns «:e and see you n arm d
I thought there Was n.» rs. a-don f
yourcier hearing the peiaful cum
stai'‘S amnectc«l with your brut in
death. Bligh himw-lf n limited th
theru was nothing for him to do h
to leave the place, and he in* verr an
!• m t i s*-‘. ... ii\ .• . r\ i. e •(»ni. w h* r»'.
w.n l" gratify lii-wi h that I in trod.1.1
’ • i to I hi--* I’ul^ari 111 I hit |. t * k\
alw av •» tip n tlie |*'mt of getting up »
imurrei'tionand |>*rhaptt w ill g.-t ,.;, M (
sorno day. .so far 1 turn nothing t > r
greC \Ybat i do regret . xtrenielv
llu.t they shouM have employed him
they <ii<C You don’t, 1 hope, ima.n
iii »t I had anything to do w.tn that -
“Gh. no; 1 could not Ixln vo unch
thing.
“Mr. Ixjwn.le* appsrenth »loe^ |.
that is of no con-cpi-Ti. *•. Tito fa t
H »t tlo-se men d . riot Mirk .»t h^;imii
• i »:i. and I aid a* nm. h to Illicit; i o
Od<led what I theugbt wa, the truth,
that they were m «t unlikely
him !■ i w. rk id !. .! kind’ and \ h\
id it I can
L TrsA ?h= that t_
id them, they wen* hiiiu Co tr
entity of death uj-.u him. lie ;
M.ukja •'
only when he \
I i. .1 . -o
-1. |»i haj At
have thought th.
the wav that
il .•*■*"* toe progrsea of Idsenl
‘ that sh« would not i
I lu t’i'e i guv•• you credit for b»'
\re you di-|.lead'd W Ith nis h
e.'ci\rd your’ a.-ked Mark. "Bui : of uni.»ual rnuM
ai '•!•»{ < <Hil>l I dor My or.- wi*li w*.v —>ii hii.i lias a uumber <
" »»e you the p*in of ihi« disc..verj, j sv in path
lif 1 did not tell you the truth— j crowds at (Im Albanihia.
•what tuort hunlf. for
i” i .ice < •• i it- d.
know how I can be morn explirit
I have hern. If you were to nhk
hundred times I could only giro
you the tame answer."
“You are absolutely
* Ahsuluicly certain."
*Ti • a," saul 3iark, rising slowly, “I
r >w tho w orst. V/tiicli is alw ays a wjrt
f comfort, l* i: not.''
His face was deadly pale, »nd the
mile which li« forod his hpv toatsumo
w»» not pari Mbs ted in by htscyea
“Gcod-hye, M>m Bligh," he added
I recently. “1 shall never v* you
•Oh. why should you sny that!" ex-
m. U irely.for»he was really vl o kcil
by tlie man’s np(»-arnnce. "W* canr.of
help n.is ting again if you stay here, and
-■ml if I havo »|«.ken unkindly I am
•Try far iL I can't rm tend to l<e'nk*«eed
H nave behaved about
Art hie; but 1 shall try not to think of
that."
ps not signify," answered Mark,
with n n same strkly smile, “whether
you think mrU or L.dly of me, or forget
*" ' •• i •>..:■*. in,
for I »l all never kii..w. in a few days'
time I shall l*ave Upton (1s t«roJs, ftrd
it » vary certain that i shall not return,
II I I-eh.".. . '" .*•;■■! . ' . 1 ,i.. u 1
that I hod town torn under an nnltx-kir
star; but J haven't even the good fortune
to believe in (hat or in anytl in- iU*.
G<sxi-!»ye."
lit* tuineil away, without shaking
‘nds, and du! not -> much os turn his
a 1 wh« n I o rca» lied the.loor for a last
the ; irl Wnoin lie toved. Cicely
hut he was not the
hmu <ue had been corn;- Io*d
u l ilio IlkI mim to believe
in (au^-Tl by reject tun docs
any inordinate length of
n >i Itobliy Dare, for in tan* e,
example of ti e fsch
in is may be healed.*
(To l>e concluded.)
1h* Nirmurti Homan on
I'rrl.'i U1I112 In London.
I >n .•» I ■ • .. I • • t -
1 he strongest woman on earth haa not
Leu I<>ng in making her ap| earan- c at
tho moan had. and, according to ac-
itod tlie Aquariutn
•trategjr would
iv# been necesoaiy to shear
Hhe might have gained her
u:n force, Mme. Victorine,
e. this muM-iilar lady is called,
atsxi lev csmnj yrars was igxiir-
r extraordinary strength, or,
ato, of il; mark 1 table value. It
Itch cured m th.
j 1 lor.l i NnuUn I
1 liege and ali diuggitts, Macun,