The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-04-24

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eon = that wAoa1 yop knew perfectly wen that
Io.N helpng to myself at al. tn Ill slave
a miserable ab3sct captive. in the sAaia Of
vour sweet eyes and gentle words; and what's
mors, haven't the least desire for q grain Of my
lost freedom" -
Bnt Ruth Murray said "Nonssnse" in tone
that very clearly meant .'The very BEST of sense
and Mr.. Charles Trevor took advantage Of the
coquettish syllables accordingly.
They were sitting in the library Of the fine
old country house, with bright fire blazing ON
the hearth; and the bay-window, ourtained with
warm, crimson folds, Just revealed glimpse of
clear, orange twilight belted with the silver
crescent of the new moon. You could not dis
tingulsh much from the fickering, uncertain
light but the eye of . romancist is supposed to
cist in no way deviates from the truth in saying
that Charles Trevor was tall, and dark, and
handsome, with wavy, black hair, and frank lips,
and where the brown shadows melted almost i'm.
peroeptibly into velvet blackness,
And Ruth Murray,--what shall we say OF her
as she sits there on the sofa, with the caprioious
fire-gleams dartine in lines Of light mp and down
the bugle-trimming of her piquant velvet jacket,
and occasionally pausing to mirror themselves
reAeotively in the liquid depths Of her lovely
eyess What can we say Only that she was
very plump, with long, brown eyelashes, and her
Inns red and ripe as strawberries, and her hair
like golden water stirrediinto fantastic ripples
by the summer evening winds Only that she
was wonderfully pretty and coquettish withal,
as most pretty girls are apt to be- Isn't that
enoughf
sCRarley," she said thoughtfully playing with
one of the sparkling buttons of her jacket, II do
believe that you love me; but Pm afraid that
your sentiments will undergo an alteration when
you know that-that--" ss
"That what"
81 ought to have told you before" faltered
Ruth, coloring wildly, and seeming to shrink
away from the ruddy shine of the fire only"
''Told me what darlihg:'
"That am only dress-maker.' s4 rs 80
''You dress-maker ! and visiting at Wardley
Place ?'
"Kate Wardley and were school companions,
Charley; and she is very kind; and she prom
Used to tell nobody, lest people should be cold to
me'
Stop minute, Ruth" said Mr.. Trevor. II
didn't ask the question because the fact made
ono Wits difference in our relations t0ward one
another; only, I was taken q little BY surprise,
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but / am fully capable Of working for both Of us
and as for being poor and obscure, why, we'll
try and pee if we cannot make a name for our
selves in the world, Ruth" tlaJo7
,,o.s ...I.S Mn ~ ~ ,;ro,ss of fash;or know
shss humble little ! rsss.maker though am
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lone 40 T az, Nanny n vonr ,ova2 Iittle Rrth
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me far I love Won. and I'm yoine to msrr,
YOU ,1.S y. ~ ~ ' 800 ~ $3.50" - T. : - :
Thore was glitter suspiciously like tears or
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hand stole aoftly into his with an uuconscinnsij
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