Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-08-08

she with naivete which struck her the
n oment the words were out of her lips,and
made her blush and laugh confuseAy as she
tried to explain that that was not what she
meant exactly. Mr.. Tindal laughed too,
and declared that she was very much i'm
proved; but all improvement, under the
circumstances, told against her,-she ought
to have fretted herself to thread-paper in
his absence. He should like to hear what
account she had to give Of herself in exten-
uation of her inscnsibility. Pcnnie grew
evasive.
"Therc is less of YOU said she, softly
stroking one Of his thin white invalidish
hands. s'You must have suffered. Try TO
get up your strength fast, or the doctors are
sure to order you off for the winter to some
warm climate"
"They will order in vain unless you will
go too. That bullet is somewhere in my
unhappy shoulder yet, and toftures me not
a little. / should like to be cossetcd up
again as l was at Mayfleld. Do you think
your mother would take me imp
Pennie shook her head, and tears rose in
her eyes. "There is no change here--all
are against you still but me.
"I don't care who is against me, if you
are for me! Pennie, my darling, my dar-
ling y he exclaimed, with emotion that mas
tered him for moment. Recovering him
self presently, he plucked off his wide
awake, and showed her his dark hair, all
lustrcless and grey. 81 begin to feel almost
an old man while am some years short of
forty. 1 wish l could grow backwards to
meet your youth, Pennie!' There was a
gricved, regretful, impatient tone in his
voice that smotc her with keen pity.
~ love you best as you are said she,
intent only oil consolation and as his head
was bent down, and his face hidden, she
could not resist the impulse to lay her hand
caressingly ON the dry burnt locks.
For a minute or two he neither stirred
nor looked up. Both were silent for little
while, and then Pennie rose to leave him.
The red glow had faded out of the sky, and
twilight was creeping over the fells. Lois
was still dscoursing with Jack, but at the
same time she was wondering what would
befal Pennie In consequence of this delicious
accidental meeting. Nobody reasonable
could blame her. 1t was not to be imagined
that she should turn away when she saw
Mr.. Tindal coming. Lois felt sure, for her
part, that she could not have done soft
Mr.. Tindal had been her lover, and she had
loved him. And SO she should tell her man.
ma.
"Must you go, Pennie ?" said Mr.. Tindal.
g wish VIC were back in the old times,
when knights rode off with their ladies in
defiance OF parents and guardians! Ishould
set you upon Jack, and carry you away
without more ado"
Their contentment was after all greater
than their griefs; for both laughed at the
idea of flight, riding double on Jack, and
Pcnnie said they should be caught by Mr..
Hargrove before they had gone mile, and
SO she would rather not start. With Lois
following, they then walked down the fell
towards gate opening into Eastwood park,
talking as they went over their past and flu
ture, their hopes and fears, with a perfect
mutual confidence.
"Yeu are my own chance, my last chance
of endurable life, said Mr.. Tindal "With-
out excitement and without consolation,
shall break down again. Of excitement
have had my, fill Il mood quiet and comfort
now, sorely." III.
"You should not need them long, if
had my will. think could do you good
sYou could be my salvation. 1t is that
accursed loneliness dread! l have more
right to you than anybody else in the worlt
God knows / want bit of sunshine t'
make my life healthy
They had reached the gate, and wert
standing there reluctant to part, and Penni'
afraid to linger, when the sound of two
voices in conversation ctruck upon thei
ears. Lois came up at the moment ant
asked Pennie if she were going indoors
Before she could answer, Farmer Dykes ap
peared, smoking his evening pipe, and stroll
ing along in company with Mr. llargrove
The lawyers start and stare of astonishmen
wcae so palpable, that when the men ha'
gone by, Lois laughed, and said he looke'
as if he had seen ghost.
"He saw what was quite as unwelcom
to him." replied Pennie, vexed at the re
counter, because she knew how it would b
misreprescnted to her mother She mad
her good-byes short but very kind, and hui
rying down the wooded banks to the house
went straight to Mrs. Wynyard in the draw
ing-room, and announced that Mr.. Tind,
had returned home, and that they had mt
on the moor
.sAnd he looks us if he had been almo
dead,n added Lois.
Mrs. Wynyard lifted her eyes from III
work, and contemplated Pennies count
nance as well as the growing dark wou
allow her. She could not fail to see tn
) there was new hope there, or to hear IL
tone of joy in her voice.
r ''But he Is in the way to recover Il
strength, Icnnie! silu snc, intcIioS"NhS'
ssYes, trust he is, answered she; al
without more words betook herself to h
room to think over the happy event whit
had seemed so remote and unsure, but whit
u had come to pass at last
'' Mr.. Tindal's return to the Abbey was n
;, known at Mayfield until the following ola
u when Mr.. Hargrove made it his business
. ride over to the farm TO inform Mrs. Cr'
in what company he had met her daught'
= The widow sighed when she heard it, a
y said: "Bless her, poor BARN, she'd be mt
glad l do wish things would right the
" selves. 1t is very hard for mothers to
ID forever contradicting and thwarting la
lie Mr.. Hargrove."
,e The agent looked impatient and conten
tuous. 81 trust you do not mean to G
r in now let me understand plainly how J
ed mean to go ON with her.
IT SIT don't depend on me altogether,
as Hargrove, as you very well know. 1t
e pity Mr.. Wynyard isn't at home to mind
ny own affairs and see to hers. She'll come
On age in few months, and don't supp
sbori osk any of us what she is tn do tl