Show I A DISAPPOINTMENT v n i NOW jn UT i II i girt I think t that you hair new Ir me sold Alln > limnor whoa her nleir had okra off her things and settled set-tled down rmatert ably In eh luny drawlac inn after her Kuril c From your lalcra dear and icni hint In your tar I Ihlnk that ym Ii i ne met somebody > ttc i Ilk while you acre at Wimple Ilir Who le thin at st t you spoke off VU have never me or ol ble name or nail I murk about bin tin I right In i ulng that MM r for each other IJhii 101 i I vi i eS I prettily Y i l ore a witch auntie I n rrelr men lot it n Fish i I Irene speakn more than word I Stint Kleanor In bas gen tie a I l iti voice U ell I lo no think that I am In taro tc iii I 0111I I nail 1 the sine thoughtfully thought-fully I t he la I very dice and he iwmi i t r y end of me lie IB I laming luck to itin i ton fw days sect apake about ailing to tee us Atd I ci 101 I Is I his name dear 1 foil nmI i n n sll about him III t ti i cc la I Ralph Trevor and hi hat three 11 10 lures In the AIm till year fo I e ippoae he Is quite n well know at l I want you Id Lake mIn e m-In the Ae 11 l ny tomorrow to see then auntie lie is I not young between thirty vii forty I should think but hoI Is ho-I very h ilmmie I told you how we met we wire rut off by the tide ant I ho helped is to get on the breakwater I do not kunw what we should hate atone If he had tot earn In our assistance assist-ance Nat clay ha called on Mrs Ionnr to Inquire whither she was any the worse far her adventure and we met < try day afterward tche nil run on quickly without gUnrlng a her aunts fact Now 110 nice t ral 1 I lice eye she was surprised 1 by In ep salon What in I the matter auntie she rriml nine ting up In alarm You are not III So d i r your newt startled me hat la alt Tell me dear she puttied i UH k the I pr try golden ringlets tram th gill 1 I v smooth forehead as spoke ° s-poke net i IlIok1 earnestly Into her I bright f a tell me dear that you oh rioI I rio have nut given your heart to IhU IIr Trevor No acuity I like him very much be ante h l se ems ao kind and nice but I do not think that ion In lore I whir I bails that I ought lo adtlte you not to I i > iirtelf become ton fond of him sail fur aunt thoughtfully Ida I-da not think be Is I a man who would make mv little gll happy Do you know him then anntle You have never mentioned his name sail I tilth In imrirlio I ha not teen him In ten year r 1 r v j r Ij Wi I I IIBliU II TUB AX8WKR AtlNril Mid her aunt Did you never mention ny name 10 him Only n 0 Aunt Eleanor thigh How jlrsn e that you ihoulJ know him Yes the acrid le I very anull dear Ten yarn I au thounlit that I ihould l lu one INIi 1 Trevor wife We were bath twin y flte then You httii often wonder t why I never married IVr hupi ought to tell you now Ten > ara ego oi know my father was allte and I w in onulclcred an heiress more of an tiel I ii I M than you are dear for your grin I father was one of the riche rich-e I meriltDlt In the city lUlph was a rising artlll then and not 10 rich M I he la new mud he pretended be very find of mi I conaldtred hint eiery > I U Ing that waa goal and noble and I thought th it I was the tunnleat woman I 11 the world then ho wrote and loll I me hat be wan coming to uk my fathers ronnent and mine tu our mar tinge I have the letter now and will show II to you when we go upulilre Aa It happened wo were to lure a houseful of people on the evening that hu proposed calllnc alai I had lo write to him to aak him to come on the fol hawing day tuaiead tutu not think thai the mine would to ao great It It were not tar the letter 1 wrote him for 1 ehowed plainly what my reeling were for Mae nod I annul bear to think of It ten now She punned u It overcome by the remembrance of the heart reteUtlon which nice bad given to n man unworthy un-worthy of It And did he never comet niked 111 lib gently No Iur the next day my father bankruiit wet announced he dtoil from lh ateork aa you know and left me pra tl al ily pennUeea II It hail not heron tor our door father I Bhouhl hive r a without a home And all l yw lt I tliroui + y iraubl I wa I wouilirlnt why npb Id not oneo m I eQIt I p H not reallte bow ileip cable he wan till a week nffr the funeral whO fte sent me it uiii leteerie r cooiloleiee from nlriml and I e > ir > 111 I patlt fefreU that we ihoulil not meet m math In future I have teeter nova him line I You are crying dear Yes auntie for roil Rbi flung her arms around Mla Mon I toao neck aa eke spoke aid kleeed her I am glad that 1 know aontle ahe sold And nalkel out of the room with hrr fa e a lilies whiter turn MMUl ud I her beautiful yut atlll fill Of tiara a Whn Ilalph Trevor paid his promiseI call Aunt Heaoor wu out IIllllh aw him alone I Did yon tell him who nmr rail 1 Ulna Manic when eke rtturne1 and Illllh hook her bead I only toll him tnM he mutt not come lo th inane again all DUO I She aeemi I unnaturally retleent shout what ha 1 11erer I and her aunt i night lob thought that the man I i I who had mined her own lanplnei had I alao caueeil beer Uolliil l alec a heartache I heart-ache and ahe roan reaa4 to question her 1 am acre that I 4M right also I aald lo herself half afraid It her own reaeniment galnal the artist had ren i i dere1 her unjust A own who could ti M lalrulatlnt ooulil Bt task Illlth happy even If she knew aothlng of the put I am glad that she r lltee the fact few day afterward however she wa called 10 alter her opinion with regard lo Ullth wUdev Her niece hail ROM out tor n troll with no com Ionian but her doge and III Mla Man ton looked out of the window Awaiting her return ehe wan ilartled In eee her bidding lood by at the gate to a man whom the recoxnbwd Inelnntly although It v na ten yean since oho had teen him Tho year which had changed her from a nurrlnxenble girl lo n lellleil old maid teemed to halo passed over Italpli Trevor without leav lug n trace behind on his hnndaome face or aplendld figure It teemed to her aa she l < M > ke > l that Illllh could not help raring for tech a man and making excuses for hla heartleaineM In the pI but she was grleveil to think that her reteUtlon had had the effect of ion I HI her 1111th conHd I eee that Mr Trevor brought you ban dear the old l when her niece entered and a shade of Mno > ance paaeed I over the girls beautiful face Ye I we him aomewbcre or other every day glee wed milttly He 1s l nlwajra on the look out for me and follow fol-low me everywhere Hut If yon do not tlko them deer you can really put n Nap to Ida alien lion by telling him to MM her aunt Illllh bhwheil n mile I will do to If you wish nunlle You mint plow yeur < f1f entirely dear I hate told you tomtthlni of lute character It II for you to decide whether you can mast ytnir hapnlneu In bee hand Illllh thanked her tllhoiit giving any definite reply and her aunt slaked and huiieil Hut a 11111 wllfulnee would I not mnko her ruin her llfn long happlneM Ierhaix after all Ralph Trevor would mnko her a Rood Inn band since she hid money and there wai no fear ot her loalng na abe her elf had done ten oara before She could l understand only too well the attraction at-traction that he muit hate for n young and romantic girl but the wondered a hullo that It could have made Illllh forget Ihe Injury ho had done to Ibo aunt the undoubtrdly loved 1thy did I you not ak him loT aha asked Rod Illlth lluihcd again I thought tint you would l not 111 e lo meet him auntie 1 am afraid that I have had to tell a lot of elorle lo no count to him far my rcluaal Aunt Eleanor alithod nod asked no more queallon title was not aurprUoJ when a week later Ihe girl canto to her with a face IttiahiMl 1 with triumph and a note In her hand the writing ot which Ml Mon Ion recognised at once nHliouch It was to long tlnco tho had rccclted a letter In the Mtno hand Mr Trotter lualtt on coming tomorrow i to-morrow to ace you auntie and oaks whether you will give mo up lo him I the sold I must wrlto and put him oft till the following day ni no lute promised KO to Itlohmond Aitul what mutt I tell him when I tee him dear for atuwer Ullth read her the note she had already written to delay hll visitYour Your are going to trust jour hap telnesa In hla hands then dear tald her aunt when Ibo had refill It I am pure that he really late me antwctred lllllli I want you In take mo to the AoAdemy auntie thla afUrnoon W o hate not wen Mr Trevor picture yet laid 1 Illllh two lap later and her aunt looked up I In turprlee Hut you hata asked Mr Trevor to come at four dear for your reply I ahall lento my ana er pall Illllh noel at her aunta grille oyes questioned her stun went on llwo U Ibo nnawer aunlle H la only a photograph of yourself Uken ten year ago 1 think that he will understand un-derstand and I hope you do not think me a very nicked girl for having tried lu make him feel a llttlo ot the pain bo gate you 110 long nao |