The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-03-06


e or sight, saying over and over TO Leg
g self, "Nel, / never ,"
:, Hagar Southey was like one taza
: with surprise. Here was this ''In
] paraiieied impudenCe' actually Griv
; ing ,he very horse he had stopped
/, Yet even that thought came second q
Z the WOnderOus genJleness there ha,
benin his lifting the little boy. III,
,. uTchin had accepted this fate in dumb
D unquestioning way. She Wrappe.
: him well in the rOUe, never glanclnc
e at this cool, quiet gentleman. Dandy
I fairly flew. Ihe ride was asilent one
Y When lie had drawn rein before he
home, lie carried the Urchin M into
\ the yestibuie, leaving her 10 follow
Z When there he stood him on his l!t
4 tie, frozen, bare feet, and suddenly
! facing this girl, took one OF her hands
D in both Of his, and looking down int
J her startled, wondering eyes, said
: tHagar SOutaey''--nOt another word
7 and was gone. She led the child int
! the house-her eyes brilliant, hel
! cheeks vivid, her lips trembling. III
r that moment she knew that she Lac
. met her master, and that she l0veJ
han.
The next evening she went to the
Rink again-a party called for her in
/ q large tbree-seated sleigh. He was
one of the number. She had hardly
taken her seat before they began L
chaff her about her odd PTOtegc, hay
ing heari the story from Della Howe,
. Her quiet, independent ret0rts soon
/. silencgd them. "What was she going
to DO with him ~ "Keep him.
"Hno did he belong to ~ Nobody
"HOw did she know ~ She had made
the lawful inquiries. When they
reached the Rink, Bert Klemn coo.ly
swung her skates over his shoulder,
without even so Emuch as by your
leave" and gave her his arm then
aftsrward buckled her skates on in
that same way as II it was his right
There was dash of color in her
cheeks, and, without thanking him,
she started of in her fearless, graceful
way.
The night was bitterly cold there
were very few on the Rink, save their
. party. Sue w&s some distance from
[ them all, when turning, she found
that he was giving her chase. She in
I creased herspeed; Ger foot struck same
3
and suddenly all the world was u
blank. Il was but for an Instant.
/ Then she came back into conscious
ness, with the strange feeling that
! taWny mustache, whose touch she had
never been able 10 banish from her
recollection, had swept her lips; and
she became possessed with the Uu-
comfortable IDEA that that very touch
had the power to bring her back .1
life. She was in Bert Klemn's arms,
anu the others were gathering about
in alarm. "Therc, it is over" she
said, sitting erect, and setting iIar lips
to brace herself against q second faint.
She was as pale as death. Della Howe
sat down beside her, and tried TO
make her lean against her, but she
said, impatientiy, there was nothing
the matter, and she was going 10
skate. Mr.. Klemn, in his quiet way,
babe one Of the ladies take Off her
skates. Resistance was useless.
IEnHe il was being done, he took OF
his. Then helping her to arise, he
almost carried her from the Rink.
The others were taking of their
Skates, and insist on breaking up the
party. He lefC them urging against
it, placed her IN the sleigh, gave
the driver his directions, and Sprang
to her side. When they had reached
their destination, he ordered the
sleigh back to the Rink in an hour
led her up the steps, and Went III with
her, though quite unasked. He even
coolIy stopped in the hall to lay Oft
his oveTcOat and fur cap. When he
entered the drawing-r0Om, she was
seated in an easy chair, her cheeks
brilliant red.
'It was entirely unnecessary. l am
". He paid no 0ttS--t.-1 a 10. 70
mark, but drew q chair directly before
her, and took both her hands in his.
She had drawn off her gloves, and
tossed them on 3 chair near by.
The strange feeling about the
sweep of that musJache took sudden
possession Of her. Her eyes dropped,
her very lips Quiyered in her effort for
control.
"Hagar, resistance is useless. That
first day when 1 stopped your horse,
and met the flash of your dark eyes, l
determined, if you were not already
married, you should be my wife"
",ShOtHd ~ she exclaimed angTily,
struggling against his strong will;
then snatching away her hands, she
sprang to her feet, ,and paced the room
in a nervous, excited way. He sat
quietly watching her. Her strength
had been broken, so presently she
sank in n chair at the farther end of
the room. He went over and stood
beside her, one hand resting on the
back of her chair, the other just touch
ing either pale cheek; suddenly they
crimsOned.
'Hagar, such love as mine is rs
sure to bring love as the magnet TO
draw the needle. 1t has already
drawn yours. know it. You can
not hide it.D His hand placed under
her chin raised her proud lead. He
bent his, and then, what lad been q
sensation, became q certain cOnvic-
ton. She knew that this was not the
first time that that tawny mustache
had swept her lips. Then the innate
independence came to her aid. She
said, half-shyly, half-cOmically, Joe
Hadley said you were frozen fire; he
would have come nearer the truth, II" /
she stopped.
'If what?" looking amused.
Nothing, only L DelleEe neat y
stronger than cold" and she TIN
aside her fur wraps. A little later
there was the sound Of sleigh-bells at
the door. he baGe her 4 hasty fare
well, and went out to satisfy the par
tvs anxiety.
The next afternoon, Della Howe
called and found Hagar in the draw
ing-roon, where Mr.. Klemn had left
her q few minutes before. OF course,
she went into ecstacies of delight at
finding her well enough to be down
stairs, then exclaimed excitediy: ''Ha-
gar, L told you Mr.. Klemn's face was
familiar; he is the gentleman who
stopped our sleigh, and almost proved
our death that day!'
"HOw did you find that Out?' asked
Hagar, colOring.
ooh! it came to me suddenly day
before Yesterday, when" evidently
something had come to her suddenly
now, for she looked at the magnifi-
cent new solitaire on Hagar's forefin-
GoP,- n,ld-said- one absolutely
dulied by amaZement: II Dg1Tevg-y7Uu
knew it all the time. Prom The IL
dine iOr March.