The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-04-30

him to undeceiye her and make her
know that she was not one of those
women who are 'just there, and thaFs
all.n "Oae does see such woman as
that now and again" he said; IA
"Tbere are hundreds of Them said
Dorothy. "And of course 1t can't De
helped"
"Weli, yes; if she is one. 1t is very
easy to see the difference. Some
people are of use, and are always doing
things. There are others, generally wo-
men, who have nothing to do, but who
can't be got rid of. 1t is melancholy
sort of feeling"
"You at least are not one of them"
81 didn't mean to complain about my.
SELF" she said. 81 have got great deal
to make me happy" ;,
81 don't suppose you regard yoarsell
as an Arabella French" said he.
"How angry Miss French would be
if she heard you! She considers herself
to be one of the reigning beauties OF
Exeter"
"She has had very long reign, and
dominion of that sort, to be successful
ought to be short"
SThat is spiteful, Mr.. Burgess"
81 don't feel spiteful against her, poor
woman. Town do not love Camilla
Not that begrudge Camilla her present
prosperity"
''Nor either, Mr.. Burgess"
"She and Mr.. Gibson will do very well
together, dare say"
~ hope they will" said Dorothy,
"and do not see any reason against It,
They have known each other long
time"
"a very long time," said Brooke.
Then he paused for minute, thinking
how he might best tell her that which
he had now resolved should be. told on
this occasion. Dorothy finished her tea,
and got up as though she were about to
go to her duty up stairs. She had been
as yet hardly an hour in the room, and
the period of her relief was not fairly
over. But there had come something
of personal flavor in their CONVERSE
ton which prompted her, unconscious
", to leave him. She had, without any
special indication of herself, included
HERSELF dulOuE NuSg vi VIZ
maids who are born and live and die
without that vital interest in the affairs
of life which nothing but family duties,
the care of children, or at least Of hus-
band, will give to woman. If she had
not meant this she had felt it. He had
understood her meaning, or at least her
feeling, and had taken upon himself to
assure her that she was not of the COM
pany whose privations she had endeav-
orcd to describe. Her instinct rather
than her reason put her at once upon
her guard, and she prepared to leave
the room you are not going yet" he
said.
II think might as well. Martha has
50 mucA to dO,aud she comes to me again
at five in the morning"
Don't go quite yet he said, pulllng
out his watch. Il know all about the
hours, aud il wants twenty minutes to
tho proper time"
"There is no proper time, Mr.. Bur
CESS" =
"Then you can remain a few minutes
longer. The fact is, I've got something
l want to say to you"
He was now standing between her and
the door, so that she could not get away
from him: but at this moment she was
absolutely ignorant of his purpose, ex-
pecting nothing of love from him more
than she would from Sir Peter Man
crudy. Her face had become flushed
when she made her long speech, but
there was no blush on it as she answer
ed him now. "0f course, l can watt"
she said, "if you have anything to say
to me-"
"Well, / have. l should have said it
before, only that that other man was
here" He was blushing now,-up to
the roots of his hair, and felt that he
was in difficulty. There are men, to
whom such moments of their lives are
pleasurablc, but Brooke Burgess was
not one of them. He would have been
glad to have had it done and over, so
that then he might take pleasure in it.
what man p asked Dorothy, in per
feet innocence.
"Mr. Gibson, to be sure. | don't
know that there is anybody else"
40, Mr.. Gibson. He never comes here
now, aud don't suppose he will again.
Aunt Stanbury is so very angry with
him"
81 don't care whether be comes er not
What mean is this. When | was here
before. was told that you were going
to marry him"
"But | wasn't"
"How was | to know that, when You
didn't tell met certainly did know it
after | came back from DartmOOr." He
paused a moment, as though she might
have a word to say. She had no word
to say, aud did not in the least know
what was coming. She was so far from
anticipating the truth, that she was
composed and easy in her mind. But
all that is of no use at all,H he cOntinu-
ed. when | was here before, Miss Stan
bury wanted you to marry Mr.. GibsoR;
and, of course, had nothing to say
aboutit Now | want yOu-to marry
me-"
"Mr. Burgess ~
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