Witch Hazel; or, The Secret of the Locket — page 41: what you’re looking at

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CHAPTER VI. OUT OF THE FLAMES. Adrien Harlescourt spent four weeks in Chicago. He wished to become thoroughly acquainted with that great Western metropolis of which he had heard so much, while, too, he found it very diffleult to break away from the egmupaniqnaltp of the beautiful wo- minan whom every day he was learning to love more fondly, and whose character more and more excited his reverence and respect. After the first wild burst of grief which had to have its way when Emelie Graham again entered the beautiful home where she had spent tive short, bliss- ful years without a care or sorrow to mar their per- fectness, she set herself resolutely to conquer all fu- ture outward manifestations, and devoted herself to her mother’s comfort and the hospitable entertain- ment of the friend who had been so kind to her on her homeward voyage. She accompanied Mr, Harlescourt to every point of interest which she thought he would appreciate, aud exerted herself tothe utmost to make his so- journ in her native city as pleasant as possible. Itdid her good, too, for the excitement and con- stant change of scene made her forget herself, and every day she seemed to grow brighter and more charming, When, at the end of four weeks, he told her that he must go, she did not hesitate to express her regret at his departure. “Tt is not easy for me to say ‘good-by’ to you, Mr. Earlescourt,” she said, frankly, and with a slight tremor in her voice. ‘‘I can never forget your good- ness to me. I owe you a great deal, and I shall always regard you as one of my most valued friends.” Adrien Earlescourt’s face paled a little at those last words, Would he never be more to her than a ‘valued friend ?’”’ he asked himself. “Thank you for that assurance,” he managed to say, With his genial smile; ‘but you owe me nothing for what I have done—indeed, I feel that the ob- ligation rests upon merather. The pleasure that I have experienced in your and Mrs. Gerard's society, not to mention your chaperonage during my sojourn here, has more than counterbalanced my poor efforts for your comfort during our voyage.” Somicbooks.com . i ee ie — ge aan >