The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-11-13

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'rNot al all, fair lady; and when I
bring the trophy Of victory to lay at
your feet, shall expect the reward Of
my prowess." ~
Margaret looked up, Eot quite know
ing how to take this speech but, il
she read any serious meaning IN his
eyes, the light laugh and low bow
which accompanied the words seemed
meant to pass them offas Jest.
Leicester" broke in Charlie again.
''did you say you knew Cecil Collinse''
7 awe were at Oxford together for a
short time" answered Ralph "he
came up there about six months be-
fore left-in time to do me 3 service
1 hope shall never forget. He saved
my life,n he added, in answer 10 Mar
garetis quick look of inquiry. HT was
attacked by a mad dog one day, q
huge creature, when L had nothing
but light cane in my hand and il
would have been all up with me, then
and there, had not Collins, q mere
youth freshly arrived at college, been
passing at that moment. He rushed
forward just as the brute,s teeth were
about TO grab my arm, and seiZIng
its collar, dragged It of holding Sc
back by min force till somebody
from behind came up and gave il the
4 coup de grace. He is brave fellow,
whatever are his faults, and has made
me his debtor to no small amouae7'
"PoOr CeeiIn sighed Margaret 10
herself; but Ralph caught the words,
land pang of jealousy came over him
t-as he Thought that thereby hung
tale. .EGbtlH Hl t.ii 1rd7 o.
1 Perhaps it was as well he could not
see the vision which rose before bis
companions eyes just then-tbe vis-
ion OF q quaint old parsonage garden,
With a boy and girl standing there
among the roses and saying good-by
TO more, ah, how much more, than
they. themselves kHew-be to go
forth into the world, and fall from
his high resolves and noble ambitions
into the downward path, too fearfnlly
easy to travel along; and she to re-
main in her quiet home and dream of
an impossible future None knew
what 10 her had been the awakening
| from those dreams when the first
faint rumor, which she strove to dis
believe, reached her; and then when
later she knew beyond o doubt that
the IDOL she worshipped was of clay,
al unfit for the shrine she had found
it.
Hers was a self-cnntained nature
the wound had blcd sorely, but no
one guessed its presenee-only, her
family were wont to remark, I" How
quiet Margaret has beeome!p 1t was
now completely healed; how COM
pletely she had not realized till these
last few days, though the scar was
still left, and would not bear hand
ling too roughly a a II ROO
Perhaps all this will account for
the fact of Margaret DeBe being yet
unmarried at the advanced age of %;
a fact which her friends were never
tired Of wondering at.
Before many minutes my heToine's
thoughts were recalled to the present
by the general breaking-up of the par
ty, and somehow the ar reVoiJ. whis-
pered in her ear by earnest tones
made her quite forget to revert again
to such sad retrospections.
"Wbo's won 81 shouted a chorus of
voices as, two days latsr, Charlie
sauntered into his mothers drawing
room. "Please, Charlie, do tell us
quickly who won." a
"Who won what? Do be a little
-qniet, girls; it's far too hot to exert
ones self this weather. How dye do,
Margaret? / never saw you any
thing but cool IN all my life; / wishI
could say ditto for myself; ~ and,
catching up a fan, the young man
threw himself into an easy chair with
a great afieetatiOn of feeling over
come.
"COme, Charlie, don't be such a
tease Who got the Queens prize?
I'VE are all dying TO know"
"Much good may the knowing do
you theD," said Charlie. Cecil Col
lins has got it, l-H.. =, .uaa s..
"Cecil Collins ~ ard Margaret's
voice this time Joined the others.
GWhy, you said Mr.. Leicester was
sure ofit.p st.aa
az never said anything of the kind;
and besides, if did, 1 don't pretend
to the POpe's infallibility." After
which Charlie tried the effects of the
.verandah and cigar on his ruffied
feelings.
So the rose did not answer after all,
thoaght Margaret, as she walked to |
the window to ask what score Mr..
Leicester had made. S--t-
Leicester never shot at ALL" was
Charles gruf response s.. g.1lIss
"Never shot at all Why not?"
''That's just what nobody knows. |
The fellows are saying it looks awful |
ly fishy; and Travers, who can always |
kick a man when he's down, hints |
that he's got into some tronble or |
other, as those wonderfully clever men
are sure to do; but that's mere jeal- |
ousy, because Travers is such a fool |
himself. Hal there's Phillips aad |
dinner; l always look upon the two |
as synonymous. Come along, Meg, |
let's try to forget about shooting for q |
while, or it will decidedly affect my |
brain after all have heard of it to-
day.n tasr,.. ss.. xrg |
IF Charities brain were not affected, |
somebody's appetite was; the song
she had been practicing that afternoon |
would keep recurring to MaFgaret's |
memory, with its refrain of Shakes
peare's verse.
Then sigh no more, ladies; ladies, sigh no
more;
Men were deceivers ever: +f
One loot on sea, and one on shore,
To one thing constant never"
'Haye you dance to spare me,
Miss Dene?"
'T fear not, Mr.. Leicester" and,
without glancing at her programme,
Margaret turned toward her compan-
ion to continue the conversation
Ralph had broken in upon, nor did
she look round again TIL she knew he
had left her side.
1t was their first meeting since that |
luncheon party at Wimbledon, now
more than month ago, when Ralph
Leicester had been foolish enough to /
talk great deal of nonsense, which \
she had been still more foolish in be-
so Margaret said to herself.
She did not in the least credit all the
nasty things people were saying about
him; but he had shown pretty plainly
by his silence all this time, his perfect
indifference to her good opinion, and
she was determined on that point to
meet him more than half way.
She had arrived just at this conclu-
sion when Cecil Collins came forward
to claim her for the waltz then com.
mencing, and as she walked down the
room on his arm, not few turned TO
gaze at the handsome couple and won
der who thev were; a wonder easily |
satisfied for Cecii at laoet vvas bs