, 1874-08-01

while Nlr. sternbergh drew bIlnh pousonbv'e arm
through hia, aud with MI authority nut To hn
publicly reRistud, without observation aud ro-
MsRsee ssa s SO. nSr sTn % the Sng pSg and Ans
eal Anut Masruder iumpl,antly-" good man-
aEotnOnt als ava wins" Aud you mover could
have convincod her that telling the plaiu truth
MAS no management at all.
hlr% atornhorgh
LED MlBa ponsoHnr AwAY,
bat noither of tden uttered ayllahto AS thoy
sEu'Ysv tbroadod tho groups. all mi1oho lnembera
turncd with = look Of wonder after thom. He,
to be snro. had purpose, but she vent along,
lEnoiant whittier, and simply. trying to recover
9arsast. He conducted her thyougA tho lower
door OF the parlora-ho was perfectly at homo
with the Dradnord, though not word Of tha
thing that gnawcd bis teArt had bcou oYor spoken
OF tliere-conduotad her across the dininY-roum,
yot unbtoken, anl INTO Mr.. Bseuner'a little
smokinK-ten, that wus always safo from lntru-
zion. 1hon 10 seated her In tho groas hollow Of
tho armchair, and waited for tho color 10 t1uter
back into her face, Nhilo ho stood. death-atil1.
nth ane hand On the back Of The char, I,is o,yil
face wtite as hara, aud his hes.t hea..ug 10 ttat
ho could hoarit.
Il naa only Two or threo moments, thougl, it
seemed etornitles, that she sat tLere, looking
stiaiEht befors her. uncertain whether slio
hosyon and than ho asoopcd aud tiftod lor
hand, and bed indicated tho ring OIL It's fore
nnger.. "Why do you wenr II still y ho said,
hoaraolv. And autldeuly, as Bho looked up with
hor groAt startlod eyes, DO mud Hung htmsolt Ls.
MAD rAKEN Ter IN n1s ARMS,
aud was holding her to hts lips ana to hss heart,
az II they wero neyer 10 mart. "AId neyor
mean 10 part with you," hc whispered. "Why
Should yon 60 back for uolo mtachef to be n,ado
have enough. .1he priest IL III tho parlors, our
fi1ends ars nj with hin. NY darling, whon We
wait another dAy?"
DO you mcan-" sto began, l,esitatfngly, and
al tho beautiful color doepeuipg,.
" nioan 10 marry you, Deo uotente, before tho
ncxt quarter olmes," be whispered.
III this treHh +" she cried, wlth sudden rovul-
sion to tia world, especially tho leminino wurld.
3" In anything" aa anawoted. "The outside
wodling- lie moved array, but came
back and took hor il hia arms again iu an en-
brace as 1t be were satisfyug the long hunger Of
tivs years. " My dArtlng, you havo not told me
yet that 1t was all error, lie said "that you love
me-"
Ill will tell III. minister" said Hiss pom.
sonby.
Aa for the rest, twas all
\ WltlRLiSa DREAM
to that young woman. Size thought hfr. and
Mrs. Brennor uero IN tho littla room An instant,
tho Qua Laughing ut ler, tho othor kiBaiug her j;
that sister jAne and her husband wore thore too
--sRser Jane. at any rate, aghast in speechless
anger i, that Aunt hiagn1der had c2me bustlins
In, and Was sa.us, ~ eau aond rouud her
aatchel with all shelf nood hofore tho train gooa,
mud how very Inuky TIM. tbs christening g-cako
will ans sor for brllo-cake, too !" And thon thcro
waa a,whirl Of facea. aid ahc, was ouly bali
awass that Hhe stood in tho parlors bnforo the
clergyman, ouly. half aware OF the SOLEMN aud
awful words aho waa attering-whflo Sister
Jaue's faco aoemed to lang in the
air butore her, aud she WAS aura tho children
would be told aho had donoa dreadful thing
fully CONSCIOUS Of nothing but that she vas
quaking. from head TO foot, and that O dear hand
was holding hars with = lirn grasp, aud happy
voice murmurlug reaasnriug worda iu her ear
And thon Homebody kisBea hor, and she saw
that June aud her husband MORO making the bost
OF 1t. and jane was crying, and Hho lluug hes
arms around Jane'a mock and cried too. After
mat there wss rush of pcoplo and storm ol
congratulations, aud everybody vas calling hnr
Mrs. sLorhbergh, and Auns Msgruder mas hug:
ging her, and laughing like hyslerical Girl, and
Whispering, Didn't tell you you could trust to
my management But. OH. never would have
beloved it II anybody had said the wedding
dfeas Of Aponhonbycouldhare heen made OIL oI
4 tag-bag !"-Udrrla Prescott SpcDord IN uar.
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