A Final Triumph; or, A Lady Bachelor — page 38: what you’re looking at

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35 A LADY BACHELOR. in mercy turn her love to hatred and contempt. 1 can de no more. Good-night, Laurence. I leave here to-morrow. I will not steal away; I will say good-bye from under a mask, and would to God I could then fall dead at her feet!?? __ On the following morning Eloise appeared upon the bal- cony. She was dressed in pure white—singular coinci- dence that she should wear the apparel associated with the idea of martyrdom. George KEdicott joined her. He indeed wore a mask; he approached her as he had often done before during the preceding two months, and there came a momentary return of the happy look that had formally rested on the face of the fair girl. ** You look quite refreshed after the german. ”’ - ‘* I was disappointed that you were unable to dance. ’”’ ‘*{ furnished you. a splendid partner; my friend Lau- rence Adams is considered one of the best of dancers. ”’ ** Yes; and he deserved a more animated and entertain- ang partner. I was unable to conceal my disappoint- ment.’ : : “© And your disappointment was very complimentary to me.” Eloise made no reply, and George, after a moment, said: **] have a little confession to make. My illness arose from disappointment; had hoped to end the season here, ‘but Iam going away.” There came a bright smile to the face of Eloise, but it was like the smile that illumines the face of the dying just before the moment of dissolution. Our senses are many-sided; it is fortunate it is so. ‘The girl recognized An : yh ; a): | €om choo Ssicom Lit gy “ay AL, oy ‘i ¢ , / ; : , ) : : ig ae ay Ve) Ha Ail Te Ve ay