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EYE'S CRUEL SIS

But in thoeuA impossiblo to win the O$liBHJBflH9^HMj sought evon in thcfc': wttdJ^n^HHßHftVH La returned home to Di6«H^H|^HH solved to accept the ; inevit;jH^H^^B|^H 'to rust out the'- wear VVmH^^^^HH^^H of his days, as he ptH itv tojB^H^HHN^H in the old routine of CotmfS&fl^^^HH^H duties. In spite of hintselfflHßK^HHHH loved Eve with all fl%B^^^HBH hoart, jet he was u t ( <l|i.9HH|HB^Hj hope ot happiness— a j§||f out from his fellows bi||j|^Kß^^^^BA^B able finger of Fate. On the return journej^>|HHHpHßflH Dray ton was lest gayjj^H^Bßfllßßßßflß fident than was his fiß^nß^^HH first time ho was P unBC ?sj|B^BjHßH^SjH| Eve's avoidance of him m^V^HB^^HH thing more than' tneVe B hj7SflHflH9|9| 1 Can it be thai ; ther .<V^HHH| other follow in; her mind ?'/pKL^mmm^tmwLm\ himself ; and the qJ4eBtion|B^HBHBJBJ| him core uncomf^rb^eJtnHHßl^HH had ever been i& resolve'd .to try to fi*^ ou t^|B^^Hß^HH| a rival. A f '■..') '. -• "•'■ '^H^^^BRH It wasajomewfatdull!jcMM^^^HH party thajil||&o^H.b&pK-iJM9H^H^HiHJHJHHJ Bois 'hai||||§p3^" ;W' Hard. to mate Conversation bJrjjßßtßJ^H—fl ing attention to the effeots and shade amid the trees, j|oßfl^^^H some unusually -811006581111 ; c , ol 3*^^Hfl^| ation of colours. iu the, cOStUDI^ s J^B|HB the ladies they passed; The °4iH^|^^R however 'was obvious, and not -^V^^^H of her companions thanked" her forHH^H her egotistical chatter. : :* :^^^^R When they reached 'the hotel,flß9Bj they found that the rest of iM^jfl^Hl party had not yet returned.. . D'Arcy followed Eve to hV-^W^^H to give her a sisterly admonition, w^| for she had been': alarmed bj ■ r : ;Hi | Gerald'B silence' oa^ lhe' : return.* p;:^H drive. It was plain to"' her B.btews:Tf , ■H and observant eyes that' -Eve had ■ JHJ put him out in somo \va^.., ( .., • ' He will not stand niuqh of '. tha__jßH child's} nonsense;' she , as«ur«ffl«Bßß| herself. ' Bhe must be warned:?' '■■ Julia's spirit had revived :whea:^M| she had oome to a similar- _<3onclu-v«|8B sion respecting Eve and fiir (j,»rald. -I^H| •He looked downiijfW r ' v »\i\fc7,. 'SH Oh, he will soon get tired of". htf, . silliness and. her. babj T ff,qeJ%ij»p-.': 4?8 told herself, with a glow of.-faM*-' : aB faotion. '■-•-.-■ -\ -'• ; -*'-\^H ' What happened to Sir Gerald f/^A^B Have you beon doing :or >B^ifi2^|Hfl anything to hurt him, EteT 'Mitt ' ■^H Uolande - Smy the demanded, with/ out preamble, as she stalked into H her sister's room and closed the {fIH door. . • ; :■■ ■■•'•■ ; 'BH Thecolour rose in a flood to Ere'i.; ' ';H sensitive face. * ; '- -i'*^B ' Oh, D' ATcy !' shs could 'inly > -, ■ gasp, taken entirely abaok'by : tS« i -V'.'.^B sudden and unexpected attaok./ '' . .■ « You have been nasty to hiiß^J , ;■ can see it plainly. How' couloLy^n ■ v:H Eve P Has he not been , the .per- > ' ■ Bonification of kindness to yuu-— :to ; .fl all of us ?' . . : ". ■-'-. : -M ' Yeß,' • Eve murmured ; ; : And' "rM she looked . conaden/p^^tr^tejn^j^iJ Then, remembering "h er^^Ss^ot , -'_- ,yj defence, she added in a low; tone, ,'V :/"'■ ' I was distant to him. I~7l ; ,re r ■ , 1 pulsed him only to save him more \; ://M suffering.' =.-. ■ •, • > }■ •.■ ' You repulsed him ?' D'Aroy'a-'i ■ face was full of angar and din- , fl may. . . • ;/ '. |H ' Yes ; I did not want his atten- MM tions any more -I could not 'eu-.;l'^B courage them. Oh, D'Arcy, ",jofi ;.V J know I could not !' ,<..i- ' v 9..tL\ ' 3Tou hava encouraynd thaml- to' '"HB sonio purpose already, it see ais to ■ f JBJj me ! The poor fellow loves you* -HK madly— any one can see that at a IB glance. Until this afternoon- you L r JPJ hava been very sweat to him,..-jin'df /.'.':• now ' ■/', - i'T ' '■ '• 'Oh, don't— don't, D'Aroy 1 I, - \-" had no thought of such a thingi!/V I did Dot know— how. could I?' the I -^ girl cried in poignant distress. .;..••. ■ ' You ought to have known,': j<Miss Rolande-Smythe < returned.. , i ' You would have knows it, you.. i_^ had not been wrapped up entirely : -^mi in your own selfish theughtt.' flj Eve shrank, from her sitter.' It'i -™ was terrible to her to leara 'that i 't\ even unwittingly she had made this ' . man who. had been kind to her • suffer even as she herself was auf- •.-.■ : fering— from a hopeless love.-. It ■ seemed to her hypersen<iti*« con- | science that there was some truth Ji tin her sister's accusation ;*t»d ■ well D'Arcy knew how to play upon ~ the (rirl's sen&itiveicss. -• •- ' . 1 You have been orael is your. . thoughtless egotism !' she declared. ' Oh, it surely cannot be that ;■ he thinks of me in that way !' iori«4' . Eve desperately. ] ' It is certainly surprising,' ibut t it is true. Sir Gerald lovss you j- ; — there is no doubt of that.'- . J ; ' Oh, I am «o oorryf-so v ,.sorryyi that he should !' Eve oried^wUhjiiiljL^ jeep sob, _ -^ r^^ s »^^SfS 7 H^2«», 1 Most girls would takeiiit qUite v differently ; there is not ,a- ;<nan -f more sought after in Toamshir*'..: I ' But I am not like otherjgirls,' Eve murmured, with unintentional pathos. .... ' Of course not—you are bo teVy superior— he is not half good enough for you !' said D'Aroy, with _ : elaborate sarcasm. ' Oh, I did not mean that !' »• " 1' turned Eve. ' How oouldyou thint; %; ' it, D'Arcy ? I only nieant that I .* had already given away all the. k'"-"'-' lovn I shall ever hava to bsßtow/ To be continued ■

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Bush Advocate, Volume XII, Issue 1755, 3 October 1899, Page 4

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EYE'S CRUEL SIS Bush Advocate, Volume XII, Issue 1755, 3 October 1899, Page 4

EYE'S CRUEL SIS Bush Advocate, Volume XII, Issue 1755, 3 October 1899, Page 4

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