St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-08-07

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stood flirting over her bouquet And
had she gathered these blossoms for
himself, now that he WAS going away
Wont You tell me goodbye ~ APP
preaching to where she stood, in the
shadow of the laurels. 81 shall he away
for two whole weeks
'.Two weeks! You talk as If thai
were IL long time" said the girl, light
ly.
''it will appear long to me-"
She glanced up, and colored as she
met his eyes. 1t was seldom that she
saw that look in them.
''Won't Nou give me something 70
remind me of You while absent ?" he
pleaded al tlowcr-those' SOW ia y0ul
hand p
THE remembrance il scarcely worth
having which needs tangible Sokcn,
she answered. in the sam" careless
tone.
"Marian, you know what mean -
This time she did nor -lar. to 'mept his
eyes. "Will You giv. ms. these tiovz-
crs Unless" he added, they ar. in
tended for some one else"
And suppose they are. so.r
''Then have only This Ia. Say-t:ivr
them to mc--or to anE other THAI you
may choose"
The girls color Went and came; hut
she never lifted her ..yeA from tlI,. flow
crS which she Was now slowly pickin"
10 pieces, leaf hy leaf and still rhc
Young man stood. with his grlv, eyes
fixed upon her. and his hand half "H-
tended.
All az oncr Il feeling oi hi+ manhood
came over .InlIn Morton. Should nv
ALLOW himself to b,. thus tritlpd with in
his deepest anl most sacred feeling
Should he submit. us for months past
ne Had Submitted. 2" hc checked. and
Inverted, and Yer still held on AZ ii
HeENl Nlbytthis girl, who knew h"w ne
loved her3 .fii9ins.
l"sMayian," hesaidTand hi. v,'i,'. had
tone which, warned her tnat he WAS in
rarnest 4s'f you ref1se me, this request
il is the lastii that I slIaN ever MAKE of
y"n. know tbsfIyoa ande, atand me, y
he added, in lows, frEr Erseile; Aahds !
will take y"ur compliance or refusal as
definite and final hctween u.s." ,Ir
1t was scarcely the. proper WAY of
''r"ming t" the point, or of winning'a
favorable WeI-;it least from Marian
Moore: but John Morton. in his Str:Iight-
forward honesty and sincerity. WAS but
little acquainted with the finrS>e which
most lovers find ii 50 necessary to make
lts, of GA ncc;I>i"na lik, the present
Marian looked up with Il heightened
color. What right had he 70 put her 4"
this ordeal tie force an answer from
her F"r "n0w or never VIZ clearly
expressed in his look.
j wil} not hc compelled ?" .ic any
thing ut the will nS another sh. an
>wrrcd. haughrily.
''yhcrr" aud she g,,ss.d fh,. flowers
oyer the lower garden fence. and, turn
III" away left him Withcut another word.
jIc "nIe.l atlr} hen f,n Il moment ,hru.
with compressed lils AMI :. pa.' sill
book about the usually frank and pleas
ant f;ic.', a. 'uictl! passed through the
little gate and puraII"H his way to bbe
'lcpoT. ,ros-adft Et.
Marian mad" h"r appearance al the
breakfast table. and seeing that Gfgrr
sisters suspected something ahb asifit
hrtw".'u herself and Morton, affected
:" cav with aT appetite, a33,to, laugh
and talk gaiiy about tie last night
party. Eu; sh" felt ~ Ih66gh' fhc deli
cate. roll w..uI.i ,h"i:.. her. and at each
attempt t" lau%',. IN effort WAS rcqIiI-
eel I" ke"i tack I'll" tears. And when
she had completed her daily morning :
task of filling her ilrWrF-VaScS and feed
in" hri birds. she ratified of Il gay tune.
..H the piano. went to her owl room.
locked the door. and cried: cried more.
bitterly than ever in her life before.
.kt frs, She felt indignant with Morton.
and then with herself What had She
done, What had she lost How fool
iSh and wicked she had been, Oh. il
she had only acted differently and
now ii was too latc'
'.But mo- will Nin him back =" she
thought at last and she ios,- and dried
her tears, and pushed back her diSor-
drrcd hair from her flushed face as she
looked into the mirror. Il know tha0
can ,lo il. and then J will make amends
for all my folly and wickcdness. He
is so good, and true. and noble. icould
not bear TO lose him Oh, John -
and she cried airesh.
by and 10y she became more com
posed. After all. the two weeks would
soon hr passed. In two weeks there
waS To he the military ball. at which
Colonel john Morton, us IL leading com
mittec man must necessarily appear
and then would she not look her best
and act her sweetest. and, and so lure
him back without seeming to intend it
Il will wear Il white tarletane," she
thought to herself. "bccause he likes
it So much; and Il wreath of white lilies
because they are SO becoming in my
dark hair and-oh. dear ~ glancing
from the window. IF there isn't that
tircSomc Miss Jenkins coming in at the
gate, What is she in such Il hurry
about | wonder p
Miss Jenkins was one of those birds
of ill-omen common to every ncighbor-
hood, whose chief happiness appears
to consist in going about picking uI
and retailing i'll news. And now hcl
hasty steps as she ascended the garden
walk. and the eager tones of her voice
heard from the hall below, assured
Marian that She had something of NOR,
| than usual interest to communicate
| She. however. bestowed no thought up
on il. until presently there were quick
footsteps on the staircase, and Il hastN
tap ut her door.
.Marian Marian, let me in - criet
| an eNcltcu voice: ;llli opening the door
| her sister Rosa stood before her, pal,
and hrcathless.
..Oh. Marian, such an awful thing
Such IL terrible accident ~
..What is it Rosa iou frighten me-
The traim-thc seven o'clock train
to R! Thrown from the track int,
the river-so many lives lost-and som,
that we know - And Rosa burst int,
tears.
I'm another moment. Marian stoo,
white aud brcathleSS in tie midst o