, 1871-04-13

like bird to catch the effect" he
said, aud talking all the time, as If paint.
ing was just the easiest thing to do in the
world.
Fioy never came with US. But one day,
when l was at my lessons, and father had
gone to Bayport chanced to look out of
the wiudow, and then saw Floy standing
by him, aud he was not painting at all,
but was talking very eagerly to her; and
tea felt my cheeks grow crimson, and
knew | was JEALOUS, and went back to my
books ashamed.
say one day, because his few days be-
came a week, and then many more days;
and this happened full two weeks after be
had come to the island
Now, l am ashamed to say l watched
them after this.
He grew distant to me, too-or l fam
cied it-and would sit there painting, aud
never say word to me, or only look at
me in curious sort of wav-which l half
liked and halt resented, but could not de-
fine in the least TO my own satisfaction.
And then he did not paiut SO well when
1 was near him; but had to rub out and
paint over and then he would get red
and say, Pshaw :" and so, at last, 1 gave
up going near him, which was sad trial
10 me, for l began TO know that l loved
him with all the fondness of my little
heart aud that he did not care a bit for
me. So, when we were not studying.
Paul aud / would rsmble clear to the
other end of the island and there would
sit on the rocks and look at the clouds
aud the sea; and used to cry a little
sometimes. when thought how lonely
and unhappy would be when he had
gone away and married Floy-as 1 would
and there would be no one on the island
but father and Paul aud 1, and perhaps
some great, strapping Irish girl, that
knew l should hate.
One day, just at sunset-I was return
ing from walk alone Tor Paul had been
seut to bed without his supper as a pun
ishment for some mischief, and l was not
permitted to stay with him, and had gone
off brokrn-heartrd in COL Lsequence-I was
such a child-and seemed to love little
Paul more than ever now.
And, as reached the light house, I
came suddenly upon him, standing with
Floy.
he had her hand clasped in his, and
and was talking very earnestly to her.
and she was crying.
did not wait for anything more, but
half blinded with my own tears-scalding
tears of Jealousy and love-I ran into the
house and TO my own little room.
sometimes think that all the happiness
l have had since, or can have hereafter.
will never repay me for the agony 1 suf-
fered that night.
Once heard father call me, and then
he id he supposed I was asleep; and 1
heard Mr.. Hawthorne say something, and
covered my head and sobbed myself
asleep, with little Paul fast in my arms.
The next morning had a terrible head
ache, and did not get up. and Paul came
in TO me after his breakfast, and said Mr..
Hawthorne had gone, but he would be
back tom rrow; and he left his love for
me with him-Paul-and told him to be
sure and tell me.
How wicked it was, thought, when 1
knew he had gone TO make arrangements
to come back and take Floy away to be
his wife.
All that day saw little of her, for,
though got up after a while and went
out, she seemed to avoid me, and appeared
nervous and excited all day. Father had
taken him to BayPort in our boat and re-
turned in the evening and noticed he
was more afft ctionate with me than usual,
and looked at me strangely. So l con-
cluded Mr.. Hawthorne had spoken to him
about Floy, and that he thought l would
miss her and be lonely. And once or
twice was going to speak to him about it,
but something came upin my throat and
choked me-. and could not And when
father read the bible and said a prayer, as
was his nightly custom, he prayed that, if
separation might be in store for any of us,
we might all be prepared to meet it trust
fully; and heard Floy sob, and then I
knew 1 was right,
The next morning, at about IL o'clock,
the little SailbOat drew in sight,and saw,
from the window ofthe sitting-roOm where
/ stood alone, that the other gentleman
the one with the black besrd-was in it.
And as she touched the shore saw father
leading Eloy down to meet them, and-I
could bear no more, but sank into chair
and prayed that my heart might break in
esrnest-for was only child after all
only sixteen years old. And then heard
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