Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-09-05

love. And when he had come to thi
conclusion, found himself rather cage
for the introduction that seemed sue
an odious thing to him in the morn
ing.
The drawing room was full when h,
entered, and his eyes went round in ;
rapid search for the lady who ha,
brought his uncle to bay. "Tha
must be Miss Dundee, he thought, a
he caught sight of Il lady who wa,
taking rather earnestly to Mr.. Blgh
GAS | expected, she's by way Of being
an old girl-has seen the vanity o
most things, especially the vanity o
heStating, when to hesitate may be tC
lose" Then he went up to the paiI
and asked for San introduction to Mr.
Dundee" and found himself turneC
round by the shoulder by MIR. BligIl
and brought face to face with cir
whom he had not seen before.
"This is myncphew, Theo, Madge, "
he said, looking down into the girls
face with a proud, admiring gaze and
she put out her hand trsnkly at once,
and Thco took it, and told himself
that here was the real "Bonnie Dun
dee, and that all who had gone be
fore were imposters.
81 think Mr.. Bligh has been rather
nervous about introducing me, the in
terloper, to you,' Miss Dundee said,
quickly making way for Theo to take
a seat on the sofa by her side " he's
more than half afraid that you wont
like me, and if you don't it will make
him very unhappy SO she spoke,
in a girliSh, almost childish outspokcn
way, without seeming to consider OF
to mark the effect Of her words either
on the man she addressed or ON the
by-standers. " | should have known
you as Theo anywhere Id seen you.
she Went on; You'll be exactly like Mr..
Bligh when you'rc-' She paused
abruptly and colorcd Il little but Il
moment after she forced herself back
into composure, and resumed, " when
you're as old as he is, was going to
say, but | remembered that young
men hate to be remindcdofthcir youth,
and 50 | bunglcd and blundcrcd. Can
You forgive me"
Could he forgive her? Was the
Bonnie Dundee subtitle, oronly sweetly
simple. that she asked him that in
that winning voice of hers? And.
by the way. how did she with her
Scotch name, come with that touch of
acccnt-that wav of softly resting ON
the vowcls that is 4 speciality of Irish
woman's pronunciation Of words thot
thcy want TO carcss7 As he asked
himself this he looked at her more
obscryantv, and wondered also how
she had come hy that face and thot
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