South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-28

t could not stay with us?" she asked, bend
7 ing over mine face on which still linger.
: ed the parting smile which had been given
and received few minutes before.
: +" You did not want me, dear,'" l said,
half sadly, half iestingly .sE 'h
1 Indeed, indeed we did, " she answered,
earnestly, fancying, perhaps, that her own
f loving feelings must be shared by Walter,
: too. " We always shall. Am not your
: own and only sister, Charlie, and is not
Walter going to be your own and only
Even. in the dying light. could see
Scot raise a sharp, questioning face; and,
reading its agony, l invOluntarily laid my
hand on Pennies lips Then laughed
nervously at her astonishment.
"Scot is waiting tn hear your secret
from your own lips, y I said, wishing with
al my heart had told him myself while
we sat alone there in the twilight
"Oh, Scot" she began, with shy hesita-
ton, Il did not see you, else would have
told you. At leastI think soif-if Walter
hssntht ts isf 81 --'' t-.t
"You have kept Walter so entirely to
! yourself, little LADY, put in, hurriedly,
that he cannot have told anyone"
"He-and l, said Pennie, in slow, hap
py tones, but with timid, shrinking eyes,
as she looked at hin, are-engaged,
Scot"
"Yes," said Scot, quietly. IT i
She paused minute, waiting for him
to say more, then tossed back ner bright
little head, and looked down comically at
me.
"Ought not Scot to say he is glad, or
something ofithat kind, ChgrlieS Isn't it
considered right?'
| saw that she was speaking at random,
and that her checks had flushed and her
eyes filed with tears as she read what was
so sadly familiar to me In the grave, kind
face. II
al think you need no congratulations,
dear" | said vaguely; "you have enough
in your own heart"
Her little fingers closed tightly on mine,
yet she had recourse TO her old petulant |
defiance Immediately. -l
"Scot is hard, and stern, and cold to me, |
as usual" she stammered hOtly. just |
because made few mistakes in paltry |
translation"
Scot was standing against the table close /
to us then; his Slight figure leaning lit
tie; his face white and proud.
"If | can be lard and stern and cold to
you, child, then let me be so, child, in pity;
for under it all my heart burns with wild,
strong love, which l cannot always gov
ern. Let me bnrn it out if can, whateV
er comes to take its place.
There was a long, motionless pause
among us; then with startled movement,
as if something was made clear to her,
Pennie left my side and stood close to
Scot. She laid her two little hands on his
and spoke with glistening eyes. 1850
"Seme DAY, Scot, when you have taught
Charlie and me all that we shall be able
TO learn Gt isn't much, You know, you will
go out into the great world and find hap
piness like niue, only deeper, and when
you tell me of it-as yOu will do, because
we shall be always friends-I shall say,
what you are saying to me now, with your
kind eyes, . God bless you in your hap
piness 2" ---.T
Scot took the little earnest hands and
held them closely for a minute; but if he
spoke at all, l did not hear what he said.
Then he went away, and Pennie sat /
down beside me, very still and silent;
while the plying darkness crept in and
hid her face.
"Isn't that a true verse, Charlie
Theirs is the sorrow who are left be-
hindu" w.
Pennie was driving me home from the !
station. We had been to see Walter of .
to London on his way to the continent, !
where he was TO spend six months with a !
party of old college Friends. The reins
were unnecessarily tight in Pennies
hand, the little rounded checks were very J
pale in the tickle March sunshine; and the a
young voice was bright only by great
sffortl
(which, suppose, is a very soothing ,
for yOu," said, smiling. "As
you love Walter so much better than your
self" O. . ~ -'-t - ft I
Yes; but was thinking of some one
,lse too. May We drive on 10 see Mrs.
Cowen? She said this parting would
break her heart"
Never mind to-day, Pennie. Scot is c
here. He is best TO be with her now !.
1est to be with her always, if she did but !
know it." ss---.t .
"Not better than Walter, Charlie" she
eplied, her eyes ali aflame in their sorrow; =,
not better than such dear, dear, pleas y
mt fellow. Scot is not the very idol of /,
lis mothers heart-like Walter" =,
"No; in consequence of his mothers
leart being set AGAINST him" But STOP h
,ed with laugh, for l would not vex -
'ennie to day with this old argument of h
'urs. a
"Now Charlie" she said, her face so n
lappy in its love, so wistful and tender in h
is first pain of parting, Sin spite of all q
,ou choose TO say of Scots goodness and AZ
f Walters thoughtlessness, you know al
cry well that everybody likes Walter lc
est. They can't help it. No more
an ]" s.
She seemed TO miss Walter very much, A
nd she was Just her own willful self all al
be time-always waiting on me, teasing M
cot, and acting the pleasant, demure little "
Mistress Of the house when our father G
anne home at night. Often l felt very in
cot had one of his old hard struggling IA
Mornings, l followed her out and told her h,
could not stand by and see his brave, lie
atient pain.
You ought never to come in to study h;
nth u.s." said, hotly. You should te
earn nothing all your life rather than bI
,arn from him now" %.
But there is no one else to learn FROM" bs
be pouted. So must" m
"Then wish to heaven he would care r1
'ss for my good, and go away for his own 10
ood." w
"That would be very unkind; though I tb
are say that he will do so soon" said lie
ennie. m
" You, of all the world, should judge So
cot most tenderly and kindly, Pennie,"
RED. >..- la
" And SO 1 do, dear Charlie" she an. ca
Tered, with quick earnesiness. Sc
q Then leave him to himself. 1 shall WI
Mss you woefully, as you know; but l an
ould ra'her you never came until our sh
ork is over, and We will meet on equal II
round" e. ca
Charlie" she said, in voice of utter it
/" am always lonely and or
'stless and mischievous away from you;
ut will not come in again" an
And then. of course l was miserable, fel
lough had gained what I wished. N,
Alter that, Pennies behavior to Scot he
hanged. Day alter day she forgot to ioin
II studies; forgot it in the most easy and ma
atural manner imaginable, offering no fu
reed reasons, showing no conscious en- LC
and day after day she grew 40
lieter and quieter TO Scot; not kinder en-
lactly, or more conceding, but more dit
loughtful. She went alone Tery often TO sp
e Mrs. Cowen, but these visits never DIR
lPerPd her The rnnfha-'c blipd apd ID I th