EVENING. EEDGERPHi:DADEE:PHIA TUESDAY, OOTOBEB X9, 195:
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THE BROAD tUGHWAf
A Talc of19th Century England, FaH of the Thrills of Adventure and Spirit of Romance
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i ClIAFTEn XXXIV-(Contlnued)
AIM I tarcd before me with unsee
ing ees, DUl mr nano" no longer
Med nor dm l icar any more; me
::. t,.A received his sentence, nnd
n,e wm at an end
Sail at once, I laughed, nnd tore
lviiedT t'1' aeorge Bn1 tne Ahc'ent &me
E.Jwt'ee'" cried the old mar: "don't
2H.i ! But the lauRh still shook me
TO'1". J .1 IV.. nn.i- -n
r!.!! I tore inu im " j"-",
IEP""...V. ir riron ahd flutter from
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im! Sec how It scattera-a little here.
bmille there, DUl, so long nm uin worm
t". these pieces shall never come to-
l"hir Main." So saying, I set on along
mown neither to rlnht nor
lus But. when I had gone somo dla-
Wf J IOUnU lll. U. T....VU UVOIUC
LI 1 saw the trouble was back In his
l afiln.
lffr..-. nJd I. stODDlng. "why do
L-flHVil .
follow mei . . . '
of Ann'l follow ee, x-eior, no anowerra;
he only wishful to walk wl' you a
"fm In no mood for company, George."
LlA't". I bean't company, reter your
mi, I be, no saia aoggeaiy, una wun
lo'oklng at me.
"f." Mi"1 ' "yM my soo1 an(1 trusty
feter," no cnea suaaeniy, laying nis
j unon my shoulder, "don't go back
lie thai theer ghashly 'Oiler tonight "
I "jt Is the only place in the world for
m-tonlght, George." And so we went
Ey JEPFERY PARNOL
licr heart Would have him bet the droaa
becomes pute gold, and she believes and
believes Untll-one day her heart
breaks"
''Charmlan what what do you meant"
Oh, are ou sttll so blind? Must I
tell you?" ahe cried, lifting her head
proudly. "Why did I live beside you
nero In the wilderness? Why did I work
for you-contrlve for you-and seek to
make thla desolation a home for youT
Often my heart cried out Its secret tb
you-put jou never heard: often It trem
bled In my voice, looked at you from my
yen-out you never guessed-- Oh, bllndl
blind I And you drove me from you with
shameful words but oh I I came back to
ou And now I know you for but com
mon clay, after all, and-oven yet"
She stopped suddenly and once more hid
her face from me In her hands.
"And-even yet, Charmlan?" I whis
pered. Very still she stood, with her face bow
ed upon her hands, but she could not hide
from me the swift rise and fall of her
bosom.
J'Speak-oh, Charmlan, speak!"
"I am so weak so weakl" she whisper
ed, "I hate myself."
"ChormlanP 1 cried "-oh, Charmlanl"
and seUed her hands, and, despite her re
sistance, drew her Into my arms, nnd,
clasping her close, forced her to look
at me. "And even yet? what more
what moretell me." But, lying back
across my arm, sho held me off with
both hands.
"Don't!" she cried; "don't-you shame
me let me go."
' God knows. I am alt unworthy, Char
mlan, and so low In my abasement that
to touch you Is presumption, but oh.
submitting to your whims and faneles
but, throuch it all, I knew, and In your
woman" heurt you knew, that you must
yield at last that Ahe chase must end-
some dny, well let It bo tonight my
chnlse Is waiting"
"When I ran away from you, In the
storm. Sir Maurlco, I told you, once and
for nil, that t hated you llnvo you
forgotten? hated you! always and ovcrl
and tried to-klll you-"
"Oh, Charmlanl I have known such
hate transfigured Into love, before now-
such love as Is only worth the winning.
And you are mine you always were
from the first moment that our eyes met.
Come, my chaise Is waiting: In a few
hours wo can be In London, or Dover"
"No nover!"
"Never Is a. long time, Charmlan but I
am at your service what Is your will?"
"i snail remain nere."
"Hero? In the wilderness?"
"With my-husband."
"Your husband?"
"I am going to marry your cousin
Toter Vlbart."
The pipe slipped from my Angers and
shivered to pieces on the floor, and In
that same fraction of tlmo Sir Maurice
had turned and leaped toward me? but as
he came I struck him twice, with left and
right, and ho staggered backward to the
wall. He stood for a moment, with his
head stooped upon his hands. When ho
looked up his face was dead white, and
with a smear of blood upon It that seemed
to accentuate Its pallor: but his voice
came smooth and unruffled as evor.
"The Mind Feminine Is given to
change," said he softly: "and I shall re
turn yes, i snail come back. Hmllo,
I struck him twice, with left and right, and he staggered backward to the wall.
,waln, side by side, through the eve-
end spoke no more untll we had
IgNM to the parting of the ways.
sYDown In the Hollow thA flhnrinwn lav
l and heavy, and I saw Ueorge shiver
no looKed.
l?G0Ol!-by!" unM T. olnianlnn- hi. hnnri!
pod-by, George!"
KTvby do 'ee say goodby?"
ItV. Bonn, awa.
KOcIn' away. Peter but wheer?"
t QOd knows!" T snaiirnMl "hnt.
f?krf. er It be, I shall carry with me tho
-rf 01 your Kind, true heart and
, 1 -think, will remember me. It Is a
MMd thlniT. Clnrrrm in IsnAw llint lin.w-
IJfar we go, a friend's kind thoughts
wney on with us, untiring to the end."
kPn. Peter, man! don't go for to leave
PjTo part Is our human lot, George, and
u now as later good-toy!"
"P. no!" he cried, throwing Ws arm
me, "not down theer It be so
r an lonely down theor In the dark-
Come back wl1 m iut ,. nnit,ut
il broke from his detaining hand, and
on aown into the shadows. And,
IUly, tUrnlnD- mv tinrf T anw him
t sUdlng where I had left him, looming
I ed sunk upon his breast.'
" come at last to the cottage, I
iu worn that place o shadows
my gaze to the luminous heaven,
I were a myriad eyes that seemed to
I me With & new munnlmr tnnlirht!
irefore I entered thA mttnfrA hn.tllv
r cloilng the door, barred It behind
n I turned to m nn thnt whloh
wed abovo the door-the rusty staple
F Which fl mnn huA nhn.lr.J t.1. Itf
t )xty and six years ago. And I began,
rawly, to loosen the belcher necker-
D0Ut mv thrnai
"tterl" cried a. voiPA"Prl" n a
ws beating upon the door,
CHAPTER. XXXV.
?5 me ln swiftly, closing the door
" ner, round and lighted a can-
lno, setting It upon the table between
3?rt back the hood of her cloak, and
t me, while I stood mute before
huhed by the accusation of her
rd!" she said, and, with the word,
Md the neckerchief frnm mv Brain
Un It upon the Roor, set her
v n, -cowan!" sAld she again.
L T .vii. I, a. -,. a. w . .
1 - - iuiiruj ye, i was jqh
iyt darkness, and full of a horror
BJIlur Hlk H - u
- biiu nays, una oi woum
un away from It allltka a
hRteful-hateful!" she cried and
jner race as from some horror,
SQl YOU "BtinAt Ajt.1im M MAM
. . . ,myl'." I, "now, or ever;
a fallurn In oil II.I..O... i ... .r.
W T taking of iorhoes-na thl
.J . ''vw ivf iliui (1U mm
U" she whispered 'Oh. fool that
1i an wisei oh, coward that
o braVe and strong! Oh. man
r o Klor'oiuly oung and un-
-that It should end hcre-that It
1 COmfi in thla'l inJ II.Ml.rh .h.
J face hidden, I knew that she m
3nan' lovs tmnafoNM tha mum
" :.. Urn, jiot M he la, but as
woman whom I have loved from the first,
and shall to the end, have you stooped
In your Infinite mercy to lift me from
these depths Is it a new life you offer
me was It for this you came tonight?" .
"Let me go oh, Peter! lot me go."
"Why why did you come?"
"Loose me!"
"Why did jou come?"
"To meet-Sir Maurice Vlbart."
"To meet Sir Maurice Vlbart?" I re
peated dully "Sir Maurice?" And In that
moment she broke from me, and stood
with her head thrown back, her eyes
very bright, as though defying me. But
I remained where I was, my arms hang
ing. "He was to meet me here at 9 o'clock."
"Oh, Charmlan," I whispered, "are all
women so cruel as you, I wonder?" And,
turning my back upon her, I leaned
above the mantel, staring down at the
long-dead ashes on tho hearth.
But, standing there, I heard o, footstep
outside, and swung round with clenched
fists, yet Charmlan was quicker, and, as
the door opened and Sir Maurice entered,
ahe was betw een us.
Se stood upon the threshold, dazzled a
e by the light, but smiling, graceful,
debonair and polnt-devlco as ever, In
deed, his very presence seemed to make
the mean room the meaner by contrast,
and, as he bent to kiss her hand, I be
came acutely conscious of my own rough
person, my worn and shabby clothes, and
of my hands, coarsened and grimed by
labor; wherefore my frown grew the
blacker and I clenched my fists the
tighter.
"I lost my way, Charmlan," bo began,
"but, though late, I am none the less wel
come, I trust? Ah? you frown, Cousin
Peter? Quite a ghoulish spot this, at
night you probably find It most con
genial, good cousin Tlmon of Athens
Indeed, cousin, you are very like Tlmon
of Athens" And he laughed so that I.
finding my pipe upon the mantelshelf,
began to turn It aimlessly round and
round In my twitching fingers.
xuu unvu nucnur met, wiciit iiiiuiicurf
Charmlan, glancing from ono-to the other l
of us,
"We had that mutual pleasure nearly
a week ago," nodded Sir Maurice, "when
we agreed to disagree, as we always
have done, and shall do with the result
that we And each other, agreeably dis
agreeable." "I had hoped (hat you might be
friends,"
"My jlear Charmlan I wonder at you!"
he sighed, "so unreasonable, Would you
have us contravene the established order
of things? It was preordained that
Cousin Peter should scowl at me (pre
cisely as he Is doing), ahd that I should
shrug tny shoulders, thus, at Couln
Peter a little bale with, say, a dash of
contempt, g-ive a seat to that dlh of
conglomerate vapMity which we call Life,
and make It almost palatable.
"But I am not hero on Ceu4n Peter's
account." he went on, drawing a, step
nearer to her, "at this moment I heartily
wish him among his hammers and chisels
tI have come for you, Charmlap, be
cause I love you I Jmve sought yu
patiently untl) I found you-and I will
never forego you so long as life lasts
but yoj know all this "
Yea, t kiww s.l( thto,"
"I hv been vwy patient, CbArmiaa,
madam! Triumph, cousin! But I shall
come between you yet I tell you, I'll
coma between you living or dead!"
And so he turned, and was gone Into
tho shadows.
But as for me, I sat down, and, leaning
my chin In my hand, Btared down at the
broken fragments of my pipe.
"Peter?"
"You are safe now," said I, without
looking up, "ho Is gone but, oh,
unarmian: was there no other way J"
She sat down beside me on her knees.
had taken my hand,' rough and grimy
as u was. ana pressed it to her lios. and
no had drawn It about her neck, holding
It there, and with her face hidden in my
Dreast.
"Oh strong man that is so weakl" she
whlspored. "Oh gravo philosopher that
Is so foolish! Oh lonely boy that la so
neipicssi on. i'eler Vlbart my Peter!"
"Charman," said I, trembling, "what
aoes it meanv '
"It means, Peter"
"Yes?"
"That the Humble Person"
"Yes?"
"Will marry you whenever you will
"Yes?"
"If you will-only ask her."
CHAPTEn XXXVI.
NOW, as tho llttlo Preacher closed his
book, the sun rose up, filling the
world about us with his glory.
And, looking Into, tho eyes of my wife,
It seemed that a veil was lifted, for a
moment, there, and I read that -which her
lips might never tell; and there also were
joy and shame and a deep happiness.
"See." said the little Preacher, smiling
upon -us, "It Is day and a very glorious
one: already a thpusand little choristers
of God's peat cathedral have begun to
cnani your marriage nymn, Uo forth
together, Man and Wife, upon this great
wide road that we call Life, go forth to
gether, made strong In Faith, and brave
with Hope and the memory of Him who
walked these ways before" you: who
Joyed and sorrowed and suffered and en
dured all things even as we must Go
forth together, and may His blessing
abide with you and the 'peace that pass
eth understanding.' "
And so we turned together, side by side,
and left him standing amid his roses.
Silently we went together, homewards,
through the dewy morning, with a soft,
green carpet underfoot, and leafy arches
overhead, where trees bent to whisper
benedictions and shook down jewels from
their dewy leaves upon us as we passed,
by merry brooks that laughed and chat
tered, and gurgled of love and happiness,
while over all rose the swelling chorus
of the birds. Surely never had they
piped so gladly in this glad world before.
And being come, at length, to the Hol
low, Charmlan must needs pauee beside
the pool among the willows, to view her
self n the pellucid water. And In this
mirror our eyes met, and lo! of a sud
n, her lashes drooped and ahe turned
her Imad aside.
"Don't Peterl" ahe whispered: "don't
leok at me so,"
u"W?.w".I2?y l belp u wha 'ou " f"
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