Show A WONDERFUL WOMAN BY MAY AGNES FLEMING That last when Redmond Red ned mond month hair I Is gray I lane fancy It I will wi IIi stand stanl out distinct from all al oth oth- other er pr evenings in his hla life The rime wax vax wax wax-lt drawing with wih Us its is gay a green car car- er- er let jet H Its sparkling fire its Is pictures 1 lit Its wild wilI natural flowers 1 0 its Is books Ha itt Is piano ilano Lord nl with wih a paper In n his hand imand seated stel In his c easy chair and anI watching the tl young people covert ly Iy y from over It Lady Cecil a at l tho piano ilano piano tho the candlelight streaming over her fair fall blonde face h lion her floating golden gold en n mu hair her silvery sivry silk sik dress her rings ringi and ant ribbons ribbon In dreary bivouacs In the timi silence lence and depths of or African mid mid- nIght this t ls picture came back as vividly vivid vivid- ly y as ho lie saw It I then thC In desolate desert des tes- tes ert marches In the fierce hot din of ot hattie batte It H flashed upon him Lying delirious In time the fever of ot gunshot In Algerian hospitals It i was of this night of ot her hr as ns he saw her hot then hen ho lie raved She Sime sang for him all aJ the songs he liked host best best He loaned over time the piano his ils eyes on that fairest face Caco his luis ears cart drinking in that dearest melody silent happy lappy They Tile rarely found much mauch to tc toy say y to one another when papa was writ present they had got past the thui talking stage tage and one word woal and anti two or three did the tue IJ business now There was musIc and silence and bliss and atten alten at al aten ten en o'clock It I was nil all aJ over antI and time for or him hint to lo go JO The rime las last t night She Site gave e a him her hem herland sh and antI wistfully at parting land hand shyly I and went up to h her 1 room loom Tho The earl eail gave him a friendly clasp clap o orr h S with wih a. a until Jall lail goodnight and au rev rov l. l ir v f The Nov November mh wind was howling wildly through the moonlight flooded earth arid and sk sky He lie le did not see seo o this old cold splendor he ho saw aw nothing thought bought of ot nothing now flow but lovely Cecil Ceci Clive What hat a nl night ht that was what was what a n. toss loss lag Ing ng night ht of joy of or hope of fe fear r of longing Jle JIe did dill not noL despair lie despair ho was oung and sanguine and amid hope lurid had hat he the best lc t of or St St. I. I He ne knew she he loved hint lurid had nut not looks hooks smiles and blushes a n thousand housand and amid one things pen anti anI ink an can never neveu tell tel a assured him hini of oC It and what to lo an angelic bein being like that was the he dross s of wealth that thal it i should cro stan stand tanil II between he tween two devoted hearts ThIrty thousand thou and a n year the year tho Cornishman Cornish Cornish- man had that that how how he ho hated that CornIshman Well el thirty thou thousand per jer annum Is a goo good round sum sum but there here was wealth In tho world for the and amid the tho labors of Hercules Were vuro as nothing compared lo to what whal he hue vas ns ready read to undergo for her sake oke An ODonnel hail had hal made hl his mark murk In Spain McMahon in France Francc a a Wellington eln lon lonIn In n En England England all lantI-aJ lantI all Irishmen good gool and andrue trite tru rue what the hue they had lurid done ho would do Yes Yes tho the and his luls for for- or tune tunc une might go o an au She would be lie true to her he love Jove and to him she would ti trust him and amid wait walt Next ext morning lest Jest he hue should be bet t tempted to bicak Le his promise and hI luis his feet eel in spite spile spie of o him take lake him to lo the cottage he lie mounted Kathleen and went galloping over lh the hills his and faraway far Car way away with wih the tho peep o of sunrise e. e The Tho afternoon was far advanced when he 10 returned the hue last slanting rays lays of uC he time autumn au sun et were w a streaming rub ruby mill and oran orange over time the smiling noore U aa as he lie knocked at time the cottage c door loor It I wa was vas opened d by grave e. gentlemanly gentleman gentleman- genteman- genteman ly y Mr I Gregory Gregor Mr I Gregory in hat and great coat antI and everywhere litter an and dust and confusion Carpets taken tak tak- en up ill pictures taken tal n down packing aeling cases everywhere an an exodus us evident evident- I ly Tip ITji Io turned pale with wih sudden terror What That did dill it i mean mean Where was she Ills His hearl was throbbing so fast It Il seem seemed Ils ell to 10 stop ship his very breath Where Is IN Lord Loid He lie le turned almost t savagely I upon Gregory with pale ain face and excited eyes y 5 but bitt butaU alt all time the wild wid lri front from n let Deny ry my to Connaught hl were not miot going to upset uJ et th time the equanimity Ity f fC if a ft t wI well trained I English valet Ie Gone Comic l Mr iTi Redmond a Ir-a sir a sud sUII- sudden den summons summon I 1 believe c it was Ills Ils lordship left kit about nine nino o'clock this morning sir sir Lady Cecil Ceci halo o. Which lucre Is IJ a note for fOl you OU Mr Ir i Redmond sir HII which no ito 10 doubt hex hex- plains Walt al one moment you ou ItI please and Ill I'll Il fetch it lie no never ant spoke c a word He lie Jean leaned d against the lie loom door post feeling eln sick awl and nil all ni things 1 seeming In iii a mist mist Mr Ir Gregory Gregor returned the time noto note In hi his hand hantl a cm look of mingled amusement and amI pit pity struggling ln with wih the national and an professional gravity fy ol or a n. Briton timid and 1111 a it valet valet Did h he Ito suspect the time truth Most lively servants know J everything eV everything every every- ay thing He lIe le placed 11 it i In his hand the thu young man mal went forward a pace or om orto t t o trind fim rind the time door shut shuL vet ve very quietly and ami decidedly behind him He Ito le lore tore It I open It Il contained an flit Inclosure Time The carl eail Had W ci very I little to say say halt haIC halt a dozen lines held Redmond ODon sentence of or doom My 1 Dear Boy I Boy I spoke to Cecil Ceci after you left lef 11 It I Is as I feare feared you have deceived yourself elf Her promise binds hind her she simo ha has no wish nor in- in to lo break It It And n she slue mid had no noI idea U of time the state stale of your our feelings s. s She I Joins with mo ml In thinking It I best est for 0 all aI parte Patties she Iw go at nt once once amu on- on 1 I I i I 1 1 4 i I ft- ft I f 1 E n other oilmen inciting could be bC hut but embarrassing embarrass ing log to lo bolh hoth With lh real ical i regrets egrets and best wishes for or your future I am am my dear boy hOY sincerely yours ous TIme The was In time the slim simm lm Italian Ital Ital- Ial- Ial ian tracery tracer of f Lady Cecil strangely Cecil strangely cold coid col and ant h heartless art words Mon lIon Ami I Ami-I I am nm Inexpressibly distressed Papa has luas ha told mo mno all au al What hat he lie h said hl to you Is true truc My 1 promise Is given and must be kept It ItIs Itis I Is best est that lint I should go o. o Farewell My eternal gratitude and und friendship ar are yours Cecil Ceci Only thai that that-so so cold so hollow so heartless so 80 false Calse The Tho golden sunshine sunshine sun sun- shine time the S green lime trees treos the violet heath turned black for an instant before before before be be- fore his eyes Then h l he crumpled the tho loiters letters In his hand and amid walked awn away Mr Gregory Gregor was watching from the tho window Mr Gregory saw rw him slagger stagger stag slag ger gel like a n drunken man as he ho walked and some twenty yards from the cottage cot cot- tage fling Ing himself downward on the waving heath and lie He there like a n stone lone Mr 11 Mi Gregorys Gregory's masculine s sympathies sym sym- m wera touched a I Pore young chap he lie soliloquized Masters Masteas been heen and given him the slip lies He's les le's fell fI in love with wilh her ladyship and amid this ores the Sar Sars s him him right I ht of or course poor course poor as a achurch achurch achurch church mou mouse still mouse e- e etl still tl hes he's a nice young oung foliar char and anti I quite quie pities ll him I re remember re- re member ow ow I felt my myself when Arriet ArrIe long Jong a ago o Jilted me He lie lay there tot for hours hou The sun had set time thc night with wih its Is stars and winds had come conic when he lifted his head 0 his luis arm and und Mr Mi 1 Gregory and ant the tins packing packinG cases were miles mies aWn away on notes he still sUI held and with wih a I 1 Implication he lie tore them Into atoms and uni scattered them thorn far and anti wl wide e And so o shall I tear lear her her false false heartless mocking Jill out jilt out ji-out out of ot my life Oh God to think that every smie smile every word wont every look was as mockery er and amid deceit that thal decel-thal thai sh she was fooling me from the hue Or first t anti and laughing at my presumptuous pre pie sumptuous folly foly while I thought her heran heram heran an am angel AntI And he while he-while hc while I live lve Ill I'll Il trust again never nevel man or woman Arc Are we not all al unconsciously theatrical in the supreme hours of our lives He lie le was now although there lucre was a sob heart In every word And Amid nd with wih them the hue boys boy's heart h art went emiL out I from froni Redmond ODonnell O'Donnell ODonnel anti and never came camo back hack again CHATTER CHATTEn XI Its Is English n lh Reading Lad Lady Cecil Ceci then was as you heartless you Sn say ay a flirt fht a deceitful flirt from first to last last luring luring with wih innocent eyes oes an and soft childish smile even en at sixteen only to fling her victim away the mo nio moment moment ment her conquest was ma made e Wait a i. i She lund had hal hidden bidden Redmond goo good night night There Thero was waR a tender lender tremulous happiness In iii tho lie soft or hazel eyes that watched him out of sight a faint half half- on the rosy 1 parted ted lips liis Site She knew what liat her hem new sky bliss sky meant sho she n never vcr thou thought ht of or falling In lii love was love was she he not nol to marry Sir Arthur Tregenna regenna only only she know she had never never been heen half haIr so o happy before In all al her life anti and that thai Ireland was vas fairer and lovelier tItan than the hue Islands Is ls 18 lands of oC the tho Blessed them themselves eh s. s Goodnight papa hapa she said taking her hem candle and amid turning turninG to go So Oh walt wait wail a moment QueenIe will wi you ou her father sal saUl said somewhat hurriedly I 1 want you to do a little copying for me mac before beCore you YOI Oi go gu to tu bed her hea Copying She sat t down Iown candle and amid looked at him in won wonder er II lit I. I dl lid did not chose to meet those large arge brwn eyes yes Yes Ye Iii my dear Dont Don't look 1001 alarmed only a line hue Ino or 01 n two here Heie Iele It is Copy Cop It II o olT il If woid for foa word as ns I tHeta dictate te Write rite Mon Ami ml She wrote wrol itI it H. I 1 am distressed Papa haH ban told me all nIl What he lie has said to you Ou I is true tuC My Iy promise is given givon and amid must be he kept kept II It I I Is best hes that I should go 0 Heie c ele L Lady Cecil ca camo le to lo a n sudden suc- suc sud sud- den demm alarmed mod stO stop and looked up with ith witha wih itha a sleat greatly 11 face race Go papa sue she le said raid what does all ni this mean Be kind nc l eno enough h to write on omu anti and never neveu mind asking questions nor lion father retorted impatiently host bost that I should go go You have that Go on then ll Fae My ty eternal gratitude and friendship aro mume aO yours OUS Now sign si n nil it il Cecil Cecil That will wi do o Thanks m my dear da What hat a hand you ou write by time the wU way Papa his daughter began blan still sti with wilh wih that disturbed face ace whom Is this written or What Shat does It I meal I don't dont understand ne Dont you Plea Please e don't dont a ask Jc too mall many questions curiosity has ha ever been Iho tho bane bano o of your our sex Remember Eve and amid Lots Lot's wife and anI bo he warned Perhaps I want your nU autograph Apropos of f nothing he ho was sas very IJ busily bus bus- ii I ily folding the Iho note now here e ewi will wi wake waIt you carl tomorrow moi n- n jug ing ing We e start sturt Immediately after afler breakfast l fo for len Sho Shun said It with a sort ort niva away Olt of of gasp gab Papa are arc we wc going He lie laid lail down the loiter letter Joler and amid 1001 looked ed lien her full ful keenly steadily ll In iii the face I I. I v S' S j i t lien Her Ter yes eyes shifted rind and fell feH under that pitiless scrutiny And Auth Ant If iC we ve are what then If I I r had said itil we WL were we're were re goll going to lo antipodes you OU would hardly look more aghast Your attachment lo to- to ta aim ah nh of course must course must be ver very strong trong m my fl dear them since the Limo thought of of 01 leaving ing it i affects you ou thus thins Sh She shrank away awny from his sneer as though ho had hal struck her Tier Her sensitive live tive t e lips 1118 Cut her face flushed Again she sue took tool her candle and turned to lo go O. O Goodnight papa Her voice volet sounded husky rind and ant the hue earl carl watched lie iho 81 slight ht fragile Cragle figure ascending the tic stairs with wih compressed lips nn and knit knit- ed brows Not Nol one second too soon he hc thought week and antI hue iho mischief mischief mis mis- mischief chief would have been irrevocably done Given Ghen a lonely country house and two moderately well looking looking wel-looking peo peo- people pie thrown constantly into a n love attain affair invariably follows My young friend ODonI ODonnell O'Donnell I thank you ou for foe tOI speaking in lii the nick of or time You have a pride that thal bears blars no proportion pro pro- portion porton to your our purse or prospects an anI and andI I think those two polite polito little notes will effectually wind business up your Lady Cecil little thin that Id Ceci slept siept ver very night a night a panic had seized her Going Goins away did tid he know would she sho set se him to s say goodbye before leCore she lef left would time they ever er e meet neet again And that tha note what note what did lid that cold formal note nob mean Whom hor was It I for Her cheeks checks were quite quie white her hem eyes ees het heavy hei her step slow her tones languid when Fh sh he descended to breakfast breakfast She was as al already already 31 read ready in iii her riding habit and find the thu hor horses e. e were saddled and anti waiting During Dur Dur- lug ing breakfast her hr eyes kept kepl turning t tc to the door and windows windows up up the 3 ahie I e roa road leading to lo the ruined keep lep Would rould he lie come The Time earl carl saw sa sawan an and smiled grimly to himself No my m lent dear he ho said Inwardly You Xou strain st-aln your our pret pretty brown eyes cres 1 he will not coine pit pJ w. w Y himI v fook have looked t your our last upon n They arose from breakfast the hour o of departure had come Then Them out of or sheer desperation Lady Ll Ceci gathered courage and spoke with wih i a great gulp Papa Papa does does does Mr ODonnel ODonnell know we we She stopped unable t ti to finish the sentence Mr Mm ODonnell O'Donnell wih with bland urban urbanIty it Ity Iy well vell el Im I'm Im not quite qUie whether I mentioned to him ester esterday day lay our departure or oa not not I shall shaH leav leavi him a note however o of thanks am ani and farewell Of OC course it |