The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-04-19

ed, aud then quickly added, 81 but prs
let US drop the subject +"
81 canuot, Lilly, for wanted to know
decidedly aoout Mr.. Doe, before tol'
you Of some one else who loves you.
promised that you should know it. Poo
fellow, he wishes you to be conscious o
thoughts which ever follow you, idle fan
cics, and day dreams, iu which you ar
as his queen, beloved, respected-aye
aud loved, too, as a woman :; woman in al
her lovIiness, but who reigns above then
as an empress or queen. Lily, the on'
speak of dare not plead for him
is poor, unworthy Of you, except for the
love he bears, for you should possess
wealth, power-a host to do you ho'nae {
If your rare beauty were balssced
against all these"
"Id rather marry the man l loved
were he in abject poverty, if worthy my
esteem, and toll and labor with him, thau
be an empress, and not love"' cried the
impetuous heart by LiIy's rosy lips, as
she looked up iu Gray Russclrs face
with kindling eyes, which had, with
their burning flashes, dried up her tcxrs.
"Then there may be some hope for
my friend?" he asked. "Poor, proud,
bu, | may say honorable in all things,
may he hope?'
II don't know him now, so I could
never love him"
"Why not, Lily ?"
81 never should" she impatieutly
answered
:" To be sure of not loving him, one
might almost imagine you loved already.
Is it SO?
" | do not understand" she uttered
in a low, fearful voice, "by what right
Mr.. Russell probes my heart as he is
DUNG. once more beg that this con-
versation may cease
"No, Lily, it cannot; not till have
told you Of a poor attorneys clerk who
loves you, would toll for you, struggle
to rise. if you were to be his reward -
Him you do know. What may | say to
him -
"What's his name?' she whispered,
looking down but there was such glad
expression instautaneously came over her
face that Gray had the very greatest
difficulty in restraining himself from
tllnging down the reius, reckless of all
consequences, the better to clasp Lily to
his heart As it was he did forget him
self sufficiently to take his rens and
whip in one hand, and with the right
one, "hands across clasp one Of hers.
1t did not burst away Indignantly.
neither did it essay to creep from his
grasp, but soft, plump, aud warm, it lay
in his, like sleeping infants in its
mothers.
1t was an exquisite moment Lily
dIdn't ask the ''poor clerks" name again,
and Gray Russell was in imminent dan
ger of forgetting all about his horses in
his excitement aud delight at the race he
had won.
He was aroused TO . recollection of
where he was by gruF voice just beside
him exclaimius:
Il say, you swell there, leave the gal
alone, and look to your 'osses, can't yer?
jist see where yer agoin' to-"
lie was just going. pole foremost, into
the back OF another carriage.
lie heard litter from the groom be-
hind, and he bert down aud whispered
to Lily, who was all confusion--
Your poor clerk, Lily dearest, ought
to stick to his pen, aud leave horscman-
ship to others
She peep up archly in his face bu,
she didu't ask what was the name Of her
poor clerk ; indeed feel sure my readers
will agree with me in thinking she had
no necessity to do so.
Al d thus they came to the end Of their
journey. but before it Was quite termin,
ated, aud Lily dropped safely at her
door, she had said everything tha, was
consoling to the one beside her, and
though she deemed i. better to say good,
bye at the door step, yet Gray Russell
went away content, nay, more, full of
hopes and joy!
He and Lily had agreed, SO blind was
she to her fathers real wishes, that it
would be best for awhile to conceal their
engagement, for engaged they were-a
little faltering Eyes" had done it.
CHAPTER VI.
Murchlsson, We have said, stayed at
home that day. He was quite confident
all must 90 right, but still there was IA
hankering, an unpleasant doubt in his
mind as to the certainty of benefit to ac
| crue to himself in the present aspect of
affairs. In his dear friend Iluson he
had not the smallest atom of confidence,
then what tie had he?
He felt as if he had played his cards
very badly somehow
Lily would certainly marry Gray Rus
sell he felt assured the young man was
onl, startled, not lost 1t would then be
Huson who would benefit by all his
scheming and Gray's wealth. He was
lost 10 perplexing thought
True, Huson had engaged to pay him
large SUN it the marriage took place,
but nothing legal was possible. So he
felt that his dear friend would laugh at
all else.
What could be done just to defer
G'ay's proposals? He would not have
a chance OF doing SO that day, thanks to
their we'll combined plans, thought MUIR
chisson. And before anything could be
done I'd secure himself somehow.
He was just rubbing his hands over
this idea, when into his office (for he
was late at work. came Gray Russell,
with excitement lighting up his hand
some face, and happiness sparkling in
his eyes
Murchisson mistook the expression