Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-27

ing over mine face on which still linger.
ed the parti0g smile which had been given
and received a few minutes before.
you did not want me, DEAR" said
half sadly, half jestingly.
Indeed, indeed we did, " she answered,
earnestly, fancying, perhaps, that her own
loving feelings must be shared by Walter,
too. 1--WE always shall. Am l not your
own and only sister, Charlie, and is not
Walter going to be your own and only
brother?"
Even in the dying light 1 could see
Scot raise sharp, questioning face; and
reading its agony, / involuntarily laid my
hand on Pennies lips Then 1 laughed
nervously at her astonishment.
"Scot is waiting to hear your secret
from your own lips" l said, wishing with
all my heart had told him myself while
we Sat alone there in the twilight.
"Oh, Scot" she began, with shy hesita.
ton, 81 did not see you, else would have
told you at least think SO if-if Walter
hasn't"
"You have kept Walter so entirely to
yourself, little lady," put in, hurriedlyi
"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 him, are-engaged
Scot"
EYES," said Scot, quietly.
She paused minute, waiting for him
to say more, then tossed back her bright
little head, and looked down comically al
nae.
"Ought not Scot to say he is glad, ol
something of that kind, Charlie? Isn't il
considered right?"
/ saw that she was speaking at random
and that her cheeks had flushed and hel
eyes filled with tears as she read what was
SO sadly familiar to me in the grave, kind
face,
"I think you need no congratulations
dear" l 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.
"Scot is hard, and stern, and cold to me
as usual" she stammered hotly. "Jus'
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 hard 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 / cannot always gov.
ern. Let me bnrn it out if l can, whatev
er comes to take its place."
There was long, motionless pause
among us; then with a startled movement
as if something was made clear to her
Pennie left my side and stood close tc
Scot. She laid her two little hands on hi:
and spoke with glistening eyes.
"Some day, Scot, when you have taught
Charlie and me all that we shall be able
to learn lit isn't much, you know, you viii
go out into the great world and find hap
piness like mine, only deeper, and wher
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 you
kind eyes: God bless you in your hap
piness 7"
Scot took the little earnest hands and
held them closely for minute; but if he
spoke at all, I did not hear what he said
Then he went away, and Pennie sa
down beside me, very still and silent
while the plying darkness crept in and
hid her face.
Isn't that true verse, Charlie
Theirs is the sorrow who are left be
hinds'"
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 ,
party of old college friends. The rein!
were unnecessarily tight in Pennies
hand, the little rounded cheeks were very
pale in the tickle March sunshine; and thu
young voice was bright only by a grea
effort!
Which, suppose, is very soothing
reflection for you," / said, smiling. "Al
you love Walter so much better than your
self"
"Yes; but I was thinking of some one
else, too. May we drive on to see Mrs
Cowen? She said this parting woul(
break her heart"
"Never mind to-day, Pennie Scot il
there. He is best to be with her now
best to be with her always, if she did but
know it."
"Not better than Walter, Charlie" she
replied, her eyes all adamein their sorrow
"not better than such dear, dear, pleas
ant fellow. Scot is not the very idol o.
his mothers heart-like Walter"
"No; in consequence of his mother
heart being set against him" But stop
ped with laugh, for I would not vel
Pennie to day with this old argument o
ours.
"Now Charlie" she said, her face 81
happy in its love, so wistful and tender il
its first pain of parting, Gin spite of al
you choose TO say of Scots goodness anC
of Walters thoughtlessness, you know
very well that everybody likes Walter
best. They can't help it. No NOR
can /.
She seemed to miss Walter very much
and she was just her own willful self al
the time-always waiting on me, teasing
Scot, and acting the pleasant, demure littl
mistress of the house when cur fathe
came home at night. Often / felt yer,
angry with her and at last one day whel
Scot had one of his old hard strugglin,
mornings, followed her out and told he
I could not stand by and see his brave
patient pain.
"You ought never to come in to stud,
with u.s." said, hotly. "You shoult
learn nothing all your life rather thai
learn from him nOw."
"But there is no one else to learn from,
she pouted. $50 l must"
"Then wish to heaven he would car
less for my good, and go away for his owl
good"
"That would be very unkind; though
dare say that he will do so soon," sal
Pennie.
"You, of all the world, should judg
Scot most tenderly and kindly, Pennie,"
| cried.
"And so 1 do, dear Charlie" she ar
swered, with quick earnestness.
"Then leave him to himself 1 shal
miss you woefully, as you know; but
would rather you never came until ou
work is over, and we will meet on equa
ground"
Charlie" she said, in a voice of ute
solitariness, 81 am always lonely an
restless and mischievous away from you
but will not come in again"
! And then of course l was miserabl,
though 1 had gained what l wished.
After that, Pennies behavior to Sec
changed. Day after day she forgot to joi
our studies; forgot it in the most easy an
natural manner imaginable, offering n
forced reasons, showing no conscious en-
barrassment, and day after day she gre
quieter and quieter to Scot; not kind,
exactly, or more conceding, but moi
thoughtful. She went alone very often
see Mrs. Cowen, but these visits new