Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 13, Number 17, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 21 October 1882 — Page 2

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A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

TERRE HAUTE, OCT. 21, 1882

MAUD MULLEJl.

Ml« MuUer, so thcgossljw nay, Flirted iu quite a tiuuneiem way Bat

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ad, with a laugh pronounced it fudge, Yet we caught her wiuk at the ratty Judge.

And the Judge—but we mention thte *ub rose, Blushed up to the root* of bis bul bona noee.

Still be craned bta neck, and In pasting by, Gave a arinfxter look with her dexter eye.

Qnote Maud to herself, a* on she passed, "I've the loyal iiib« in tow at last,

''My mother shall w«ar a seal skin isacque My pa swing oat in bis broadcloth black

"My brother shall sip his whisky skins, And my sister revel In gay breastpin*!"

Quote the .lodge as he sauntered listless on, 'itthe'R a rattling gyirl, you bet I'm gone!

"No doubt my last wife's ma will kick, And my heir* cut up the very nick

"And tho* I've known herashort,short spell, You bet I'll have her In spite of"—well,

No matter his word—'two* short and stoat. And the name of a place that's now played out,

According to Beeclier, Alack! for all. The maid ttud the Judge ne'er wedded at ail

For ho passed in his check from loo much gin Aud the maid grew long and lank ttud tliln

And eke, ns her chanches glimmered away, Hhe ceaaed to tilrt and begauto pray.

God pity the maid and pity the Judge, And these days of twaddle and bosh and fudge

For of all sad words from a heart bereft The xaddest are these: "You bet I'm left." —[Eugene Field.

The Lass of Richmond Hill.

CHAPTER IV.

When Sandy entered tho room he saw Jesaio standing looking out of the quaint window upon the mists and darkness of the night.

Tears glinted on her long lashes her cheeks were white and her lips drawn. She seemed strangely anxious and unhappy.

Hex, on the contrary, looked jolly and comfortable, smoking in the big chair by the tire. 11 is handsome face was Hushed, his eyes bright with excitement. fcj-'ndy took in the fuel, and the womant llowed with the whisky, looking curiously at the picturesque figure in the winaow-seat.

Jessie's head was turned away from them. She seemed lost in thought, till her cousin's voice roused her by saying merrily: "Come along, Mrs. Vennimore.— Drink a glass of true mountain dew. It is bound to cure the blues." "Mrs. Yennimofe!" Wbijt did he mean?

Jessie was roused out of her reflections, all her faculties on the alert. Always suspicious of him, she at once jumped to the conclusion that ho •vrns plotting against her pence.

She shook back her curls with her old proud ges! ure, and went to tho table, and stood full in the feeble light of the old-fashioned oil lamp that hung from the ceiling.

Her cheeks were flushed, and her eyes flashed ominously, as she ashed: "Didyou call me Mrs. Vennimore?'' "I did, my beauty." "How dare* you! \~ou know I shall never hold that title." "Nonsense! What stupid talk! Why will you fight against fate? Brine my wife a glass of wine, if you have it.''

Flora Mackay looked from one to the other curiously. She could we the battle had begun, and wondered vaguely how Jessie could hope to stand out against her handsome young husband.

She was going -to fetch a bottle of home-made wine, when Jessie's voice commanded her to remain where she was.

Jessie had grown white as death her great, pathetic eyes blazed out liko twin stars In a stormy sky. "Tlease remain whore you are. I appeal to you as a woman to help me. and wive me from that n's plots. I can tathom his scheme. He hopes, by his bravado, to establish a claim upon me. We are in Scotland, and he knows how hitle here can constitute a marriage, but even here both parties must be consenting. or there is no legal tie. and I earnestly entreat you to take heed of what 1 say, for I swear before tied 1 am not his wife, but his cousin. Let me go with vou. 1 am but a weak woman, and I fear to remain alone with him, now I know how cruelly he intends to use my woman's weakness against myself."

Kex laid his hand on Jessie's arm as she was about to cross to Flora's side bitter contempt curled her lip as Jessie flashed round ou him fiercely, and said under her breath: "Vou coward! you shall answer for this outrage."

Then she turned to Sandy imploringly. and said: "Sandy, you know what your master says is untrue surely you are not leagued against me. Think of two men fighting against one weak woman! In pity say you will befriend me and save me from this man's wicked power." "The law gives him the power, Mrs. Vennimore no one can come between you and his love, for love it is, and not hate, as yon would have us believe. Were I in his place I should show yon little pity he has been too patient with you. If you ask my opinion. I should tell you my sympathies are with the man you make miserable by your cruel caprices, not with vou. who forget the duties of wifehood and deny your obedience where it is due.**

Sandy delivered this speech with the gravity of an orator. Flora looked relieved. Jessie fairly gasped she saw her cousin's cruel power closing in upon her life and crushing out all hope of

bom of ugot of

ta^pintss. A despairing thou

came to her," and moved her to one mora effort for freedom. "Sandy, vou are a scoundrel you have been bribed to Ue on yoor master's account, but I will promise yo half my fortune If you will free me from the ruin that threatens me now. Take me to mv aunt and swear to reward as I do .. !*)jpiess. bow lonely am, an«L .let yoor

my aunt and I swear to reward you I Eave said. Will you help me? Ok, be merciful think how young, how

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better nature speax ror me. 1 beg yo take me to my aunt." Sandy shook his head firmly. "1 our aunt knows of the master's new mode of taming you, and approves of it. She started for London to-day." "Oh, my God! it is impossible she dared not desert me—she who is my only refug» against her son. She promised to protect trie, and persuaded me for her sake to keep peace, and wait patiently for the freedom a few months must bring me." *'I have told you the truth," said Sandy, doggedly. Flora* was moved by Jessie's distress, and said not unkindly, "I beg of you to submit yourself to your husbana like a decorous wife." "I am not his wife, I would rather lay in my grave than in his arms." "Tell me vour rightful name, lady." "God hefp me, it is Jessie Vennimore, but he is my cousin, not my husband, though his name is the same as mine."

Flora shook her head and retreated to the door, saying as she laid her hand on the latch, "I cannot interfere between man and wife so long as he does you no bodily injury."

Seeing that she was about to leave them alone together, Jessie wrenched her hand free and sprang towards her, clinging to her dress as she said, "For Heaven's sake do not leave me alone with that man. As you area woman I implore you in common charity to our sex to stay with me. Oh, do you not know there can be worse injuries than those which bruise the flesh. He would strike at my honor, my happiness, my more than life, my betrothed husband's faith in mv purity. Oh, do not look so hard, I will beg you on my knees to help me and stand between me and a danger I dread more than death. Oh, vou will, you must relent. I never knelt to mortal before, and I kneel to you, for you hold more than my life in your hands, you hokl my honor."

Flora had turned and rested her hand kindly on the head bowed on her arm. She was about to speak when shQ felt Sandy's hand heavily laid upon her shoulder, and heard him say sternly: "Will you take this woman's word against mine, Flora, arttl you have known me all your life? 'Tis but stage play come awav, your woman's heart is too weak for the task of taming a rebellious spirit."

Rex strode to the door and lifted Jessie, who was now sobbing hysterically. At the first touch of his hand she sprang up saying, "Do not touch me, do not dare to I will kill myself if you offer me further insult."

She leant back against the w^U panting with excitement. Kex waved the people away, and turning the rusty key in tne rickety lock, said, patiently tor him, for her "fear of him touched while it hurt him: "Jessie, you need not fear me, I love you too dearly to give you cause to utterly despise me. I have practiced this ruse upon you because I know it was my only cftance of compelling you to marry me. I want you for my wife, dear, my own pure, spotless wife, and so will respect you till you are mine by the laws of the'land and the church. I intend to keep you here till your spirit is broken, and you are glad to come to me for shelter from the disgrace this stay with me will put upon you in the sight of tho world. When we go out into the world again together, you will no longer disown me as a husband, but will beg me to make the contract binding for ever to save your fair name# I love you. and swore to win you by fair means or foul: fair means failed, now we shall see what will come of my last desperate venture." "Defeat for you. and death for me. perhaps," said "Jessie, despairingly. She knew now vain it was to appeal to this man further.

He looked at her regretfully as she leant wearily against the wall, her face white and down-dropped like an early snowdrop. ltex felt remorseful and said: "Oh, my darling, how I wish yon would give in to me, and let me teach you to care for me ns I do for you. I believe I could make you happy if you would let me."

Jessie looked np scornfully. "If you cared for my happiness you would'not have set thrs trap for me, and before it is too late you would release me, and right me with those people." "What can their opinion matter to you?" "Much: the esteem of the most humble of God's creatureS is not to be lightly lost. Are we to stand here all night long? May I not be permitted to go to another room?" "Of course you may. You see that narrow door by the fire-place, that leads into a little beil-chaniber you can rest securely there—I promise to respect your privacy. I shall remain here just to keep up the appearance of being your husband.

He lighted a cigar as he spoke, and looked intently at Jessie, who was lost in thought trying to see a loop-hole of escape.

She longed to be alone, free from her cousin's exultant look. She moved slowly towards the door which he opened, and she saw a long, low room, with a rough boarded floor to keep it above the cold stone: a narrow window, high up in the wall, looked out upon a dreary scene of driving clouds, and wind-tossed rain-drops.

A cosy white bed stood in the centre of the room, and she saw at a glance that there was no second door.

She turned on the threshold, and faced her cousin proudly. "I will wait here, because I wish to be away from your hated society but I hope you do not imagine I am so foolhardy as to trust to any pretended sense of honor on your part I would not trust you with* the meanest of my possessions. I shall not sleep, and if I see a chance of escaping, I shall clutch at it as a drowning man would catch at a straw better to be lost among the hills, or drift into the water and drown, than accept the future as marked out by your hellish love."

She passed him and closed the door sharply in his face. He shrugged his shoulders and stood moodily before the fire.

Flora came in to clear the table and looked anxiously for Jessie. "My wife has gone to bed, she is more contented now. Send Sandy to me, I have some instructions for him."

Left to hervelf. Jessie broke into aa uncontrollable fit of sobbing aching in every limb, her mind tossed upon a tempest of tremble, she threw herself dressed aa she was upon the bed, and after a while her sobbing ceased, and she lay blankly staring at the lamp that •bed a fitful light upon the scene.

In the next room Hex paced the floor uneasUy, until he was too tired to keep up, titan he threw himself on the acruJyby little couch and tried to sleep.

The next morning, when Flora

brought the breakfast In. she saw Hex coming out of the bod-chamber, livid. '•Come at once, the Jady is ill she does not know me, ai\d is in a high fever she seems sinking fast."

Flora found Jessie as Rex had described, and turning reproachfully upon him, she said: "Oh, sir, you were too hard on the poor voting thing yesterday. Putting herself out so. and getting wet, haq brought on a^ue. Send Sandy here, he is clever in sickness there is not a doctor for miles."

Sandy looked grave when he saw Jessie, and making a few notes prepared to ride off at once for medicine. "Leave her to me, sir I have carried worse cases than this through during my travels in the bush. Trust her to me a few days. Hers is a simple case, I am confident I can cure her. Will you trv meV" "Rex looked perplexed, he saw at once how awkward it would be to have a stranger, and yet Jessie's life was too precious to him for any risk to be run.

After a moment's thought he said: "I'll leave her to you for a few days. If I find she is not progressing favorably I must have advice. Her illness is perplexing, but it may be only a feverish cold and it will simplify things in one way. There will be no further difficulty keeping her here."

But his heart misgave him when he looked in again and saw Jessie lying flushed and restless, tossing her pretty head from side to side, and moaning out: "Oh, Bob, save me! save me!"

CHAPTER v.

When, wasted and worn with fever, Jessie awoke to reason, it was to find her cousin haggard and aged by anxiety, and bitterly remorseful for bringing her to such a rwtss. The pure sunshine came through the quaint diamondpaned window and lighted up the sombre room, as Rex, in an agony of repentance, knelt by the bedside and implored her to give him just one kind word for pity's sake, but the memory of her wrongs came to her quickly, and raising herself feebly upon her pillows, she said scornfully: "So I am still in captivity, still in jour power, and I have been so near to God. Oh, it is awful! Leave me. there is no need of your face to remind me of the despair that has struck at my life, and nearly lost me my reason. Go: if I hated you once I hate you doubly now that I have suffered torment here.— What have I done that you should bring such surpassing misery upon me? Go, you madden me. Go, I say, in pity, go!"

Rex, roused out of his stupor of dejection by her fierce reproach, rose and staggered to the outer room, where Flora sat doing some homely needlework. "Go to her. Flora, she is sensible now, but do not let her talk."

Flora rose and went swiftly into the sick oom. Jessie was sitting up in bed, tears streaming down her white cheeks, her hands pressed frantically to her throbbing forehead. "How long have I been here?" "Near upon a month, ma'am." "A month! Good God! what will le think has become of me?" mt does the world -matter, my dear, if you have your husband?" "My husband! Do you mean to say he has kept up that cruel farce? God help me. now can I fight against such relentless cunning? Oh, why did I not die, and so end all this perplexity." "Hush, dearie, it is shocking to hear God's name invoked with such ungrateful words." "But can you not understand how miserably I am placed, in my cousin's power as I am, and every one by this time imagining us man and wife, as he has made you believe we are. What can 1 sav or do to convince you that I am speaking the truth in telling you there is no tie between rm- cousin and me except our cousinship. "Try to rest, dear, ana no one shall disturb you, I promise, wife or no wife. I'll stand between you and the man you dread so much until you are strong and well again. Let that content you, for I can say no more."

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Jessie sighed and turned her face to the wall wearily. The summer sunbeams reflected in a glass of water made dancing waves of light upon the wall, and caught Jessie's eyes.

While she watched the golden waves on the wall an idea came to her to coax Flora Mackay to post a letter to Dr. ayi sistance.

llaynor, and so summon him to her as-

After a

pretended sleep she roused

asked for her tea. While

taking it she prevailed upon her nurse to get her writing materials and consent to post her letter.

She was persuaded only on one condition, that was that the letter should be addressed to a lady.

This condition rather baflled Jessie at first till she thought she could send to Dr. Raynor through their mutual friend Audrey Fisher. Jessie vrote a letter to that lady desiring herto give the enclosed long and troubled letter to lr. Raynor, and entreat him to come or send at once, as she was in dire extremity.

The letter to Dr. Ravnor fally explained her position, and the Compromising nature of her surroindings: very humbly and lovingly she pointed out the scandalous construction the world would put upon her disappearance. and with a gentle pride she asfured him that, should his love not be proof against the unfortunate complication of events which had liade her the victim to her cousin's unscrupulous conduct, she would release hin from his engagement without furtherdelay. It was a touching, womanly letter, full of heart broken assurances ot her love and chastity.

Flora despatched this epistle by a trusted ally, and Jessie, wvh anxious looks, daily waited a reply. Flora was as good as her word and keft Bex away from her. representing Uat she was still too ill to bear the excitement of seeing him.

At last the much-desired"letter came. Flora gave it to her, smagd by the insight of itafforded. iring Andey's writing.

tense relief the sight of itfcfforded.

Jessie.

felt sore tbe°fetter "contaned a prom-

ise of speedy rescue, butter face grew whiter as she read its odtenta which were as follows: "Dui JtMtt:-! reeetvedyour tetter and Hut wanted ttw Mdomn to D- Raynor de•tired. He baa met with aa •cfctent wWte rtdta*, ^J^fraotw^Witej *otfc* I not mc

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Quickly taking' in the whole situation he laid Jessie more easily, and dashed water in her face, and trying to chafe her hands he discovered the letter clenched tightly between ber fingers

He drew it out with an evil look at Flora, and put it in his pocket. When the dark eyes unclosed to life again, he left Jessie and eagerly read the letter.

An exultant look flashed to his eyes, his lips curled scornfully as he said with wicked triumph: "The game is mine Audrey has kept her promise. Now to get the girl away from here. Raynor will be here as fast as love can speed him. What about that accident though? That may give me time. I fancy there is truth in tliat. Well, I won't trust too much to the delay that promises, I can afford to be more tender with my wilful little gipsy now that she is mine." "Where is my letter, Flora? Oh, where is my letter, I had it in my hand when I fainted? Find it for me, "please, I am anxious to destroy it at once."'

I "I can't get it for you. Mr. Vennimore took it out of your hand. Ask him for it, not me," answered the woman sullenlv, for she knew her lover would be bitterly angry with her for allowing her charge to receive a letter.

Her half imbecile old father called her away now, and as she passed through the sitting-room. Ilex said: "Can I go in now, I want to speak to my wife?" "Yes, sir, you can but I entreat you to deal kindly with her, for she is too ill to bear any more trouble."

Jessie lifted her heavy eyes scornfully to her cousin's face as he entered, and took the vacant chair beside the bed. 'Tis a manly thing to do, Rex, to force your way into a sick woman's room, when you know what a dread I have of your unwelcome visits. You have read my letter, I suppose, and have come to gloat over my suffering, my shame, my bitter humiliation, and cruel disappointment. The worst you cau do is easily borno now, for 1 have suffered the cruellest stab fortune could afflict me with, and I still live to endure the torture you can inflict." "Cheer up, little woman. I'm not quite the wretch you imagine me. I love you too well, poor darling, to exult over you now. Trv to think a little better of me, dear indeed I deserve it. Iteihember 'all's fair in love aud war,' and many a man has perilled his soul to win a weak woman. Get well, Jess show your pride is above succumbing to the pain this man has brought you. He ought to have known you too well to have allowed anything to lessen his love and trust in you. Torget him and make me happy we will be married in Edinburgh directly you can bear the journey. My mother will meet you there and see that the marriage is orthodox. Only cheer up and try to get well. Your illness has been a bitter reproach to me. I long to carry you off to sun nier lands, and see the change bring back your old bonny looks. I would bo good to you, dear, and make vou happy, if you would let me indeed I could, tor I love you, and love is strong to conquer." "Rex, if you have a spark of love for mc, leave me. I am wretched, resentful. and despairing. If it please God to restore me to health. I shall be bble to face*my position and understand things better just now I am worn out in mind and body. You have brought this misery upon me, the least you can do is to let matters mend themselves, if tliev are not beyond mending. For me, I have only one desire, and that is to hide my poor head from the world, if I am not allowed the blessed relief of dying. Go, please I promise one thing, that is, you shall take me to your mother she is all I have, the only friend in all the world now, and she has failed me like all the rest when I had most need of her."

Rex lifted the little hand to his lips and left her, feeling anything but victorious. liefore the week had gone the cousins were on their way to Lilirfburgh. Jessie was but a shadow of her bright, bonny self Rex, with a dissatisfied, worried look in his bold, handsome eyes, for sure as he pretended to be, the delay bothered him the game was not played out yet, and who could tell what turn fickle fortune might take to defeat him? So fat1 he had been successful, but looking into Jessie's changed face he felt his success had been bought at a cruel cost„and hard aud relentless as he was, he could not stifle a feeling of keen self-reproach, for he spoke truly when he said he loved his cousin.

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cur up by your letter, and hail sternly l'orbid den ber ever to mention your name apain to him. He Is rapidly recovering from his accident, and intends to go abroad until bis health is completely restored. Papa and I intend to accompany Dr. Raynor and Violet, so that it would W hardly worth while for you to write again as I mUrbt not fret the letter. With sympathy and Rood wishes for your future happiness, I remain, yours truly, "Aronw

Fishkr."

With a cry of agony Jessie fell back in a dead famt. Rex, who was killing time by sketching the view from the sitting-room window. heard the cry, and rushed in to see Jessie apparently dead and Flora wild with anxiety.

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helplessness, her innocence, her happiness, and still dared to say he loved her. No words of reproach escaped Jessie's lips when she met ber aunt's frightened eyes she knew how the son had traded upon the timid, weak nature of his mother, and while she despised she pitied her.

One morning Jessie was roused out of the deceitful calm that had fallen upon her by Rex, vtfio said, With forced bravado: "Jessie, I have made all arrangements for our marriage, which must take place next week. Do not make any fresh obstacles, please, dear, for. indeed, marriage with me wifl be your best policy.

Mrs. Vennimore dropped ber book and looked anxiously up into Jessie's blanched face. She had risen and faced ber cousin with two words upon h«r* lips, spoken with hopeless bitterness: "So soon!" "My dear girl, it is better so. A pretty little scandal is afloat about our innocent escapade, and to silence it I propose that we are publicly married as loon as Dossible."

With a rush the color flew back to Jessie's face, the light to ber eyes, aa she answered with nead erect, swiftly panting breast, and vivid lips from which the breath came quickly: "You have indeed cornered me. For the sake of the good old name, you know I moat consent to yoor terms: there is no reason now tan 1 should not, since the only man I lore can despise me. Bat hear and understand me clearly—if this marriage takes place, it will be a marriage of ou VfranJ form gn-

ly, there can be "no dear tie of love between us. I shall be your wife in name only, and shall claim from you only freedom and absence. The marriage will make a good part of my fortuno yours, the rest will suffice for my needs. 1 only want to be free from your cruel persecution for ever. Your mother must be witness to this agreement. I will not reproach either of vou for wrecking my happy voung life, your own consciences must~be niy best advocates. I only say. take what you want, but leave mo peace in its stead." "But suppose 1 do not asgree to mnrry on those terms, Jessie,' said Ri*x, grasping her hand fiercely, and looking into her proud, defiant eyes "suppose I refuse to marry you aud let the world sav its worst, while I smile on its mistaken judgment, and by silence tacitly give consent to the worst it can believe. What then?" "I have told vou my decision, it is unalterable. If you cannot accept, my terms I shall return to the conventschool that sheltered and made my childhood hapnv. There will be a welcome for me there, and the life would rest me from the world that you hr.vo made wearisome to me. I do not cave how you decide I shall be free of you soon in any case, you know that."

Rex's eves blazed, the veins swelled upon his foreli'Tsd. and his mother, seeing the storm that was raging within him. shivered a lit tiff and crossed to his side with a feeble sigh of intense weariness laving her thin, white hand upon his, she said in her tender, quivering voice: "Accept your only chance, agree to Jessie's minis you can make your own when the law liuiltes you her master. Do not drive lief to desperation. Your mother never advised you but for your own good, iii\ son, so listen now, and curb vour evil temper for all our sakes. l)o. Rex I—your mother—implore you pray let there be peace."

Rex shook off his mother's hand impatiently. and crossed to where Jessie stood she had gone to the window to be out of earshot, and was looking up at the big expanse of blue sky, watching a bird that seemed to be trying t: outfly the wind cloud. She turned coldly at the sound of her cousin's voice, which was hoarse and strange. "Jessie. I accept your terms, shall I appoint Wednesday for our weddingday?" "All days are alike to me, Wednesday will do."

Rex was about to turn away when passion mastered reason, and turning on her fiercely, he said in an undertone of intense appeal: "Jessie, are you stone to torture a heart that loves you. Must it be always so with us, have you no pity?" "I have no pity for you. I need it all for myself. It must be always so with us. always till life is ended. All that was goou and tender in me is dead, dead as my own heart, and you have killed it."

Rex clenched his hand and groaned as he left her, and his mother sank sobbing by her side, saying: "Oh, Jessiel for God's-sake do not steel your heart against your only friends." "Friends!" whispered Jessie, despairingly. "If you are my friends, Ileaven send me enemies.",

CIIAlTER. VI.

Richmond again in the ruddy light of rosy July sunshine. .A light breeze stole in at the open window of the pleasant parlor at The Poplars, where J)r. Raynor lay back in a lounge-chair idly reading the Times. Violet, in a pretty summer dress with roses iu her bosom, sat in her favorite corner, her work-table strewn with gay crewels her big John leant over her chair, and waiched her with adoring eyes. lie looked up and asked as JJob laid down tho paper impatiently: "Have you heard of Jessie Vennimore lately. Hob?" "No, I wish to Heaven I had. I wrote to her telling her of my accident and begging her to hold out till I could come to her. Fancy the poor child sick and surrounded by so much trouble. Oh! it makes me feel like a madman to think of it. I have laid here like a Jog while she had such need of me. Had you been at home when the letter came, John, I should have asked you to go to her in my stead. I suffer torments while picturing that man's power for evil. I'll start for Scotland to-day at any risk." "Oh, Hob dear, vou are not fit, it will kill vou you can hardly stand yet." 'Jf've ordered a crutch, and will be careful for my poor girl's sake. Do not try to dissuade me, Violet I must go, indeed I must."

Violet's pretty eyes were filled with tears her lover patted her cheek kindly. and said: "Cheer up. little woman: I'll go ar.d look after this headstrong brother of yours. I shall be glad to plant my 'feet upon my native heath' once more. I did not think I should go there until I could take vou, but"—with a sigh—"so much happiness must not be mine just yet. sweetheart, so I'll go with Rob." "Do, you dear good fellow, I shall feel safe if he is with you. Here comes Audrey open the door. John. Goodness, Audrey! are you ill, you look so white?"

Audrey smiled as she shook hands with each in turn, then sank into a chair cl»se to Bob, where her face was in the shallow. "No. I am not ill. but I am the bearer of unpleasant news, Violet. I want to speak to Bob alone: suppose you try that new song with Mr. Dean." "All right, Audrey *but remember Bob is an invalid, and you must be gentle with him."

As the door closed upon Violet and John. Boh said: 'What have you to tell me, Audrey? Have you any tidings of my poor darling? If you have, speak quickly my heart is eaten up with anxiety."

Audrey crept behind his chair, so that he could not see her face, then laying her hand on his head, she said, in a voice low ana unsteady with emotion: "Bob dear, can you be*r a shock/ Can you be brave and believe all tilings tend to some good end even when our hearts are almost broken by grief and disappointment?" ,, "Audrey, what do yen mean? Bpeak plainly. I am not a child. Say anything but that mv girl is dew""

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