The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-02-06

7 could not consent to that. had my
business to consider. OF course my wife
and chudren-if I have any-wlu reap
the benefit as much as I shall. L told
Georgiana exactly how the matter stood.
She's of age. I asked her whether she'd
| marry me without the old mans consent.
Poor girl? she was in an awful way.
But she did not even care to do that.
She shrunk from offending her father,
SO there's no help for it; the things's
broken off and I sm rot to be married,
it seems this time at any rate.
He spoke rather sorrowfully, but still
without the slightest trace OF Ill temper
T epdeavored to console him in COM
mon sort of way.
He opened the small packed ne NAG
been holding in his hand
"This is pleasant, he said quietly
'shere are all my letters to Georglana-
Ali and here is little present L gave
her sent back to me.
There were not many letters. Their
contents could guess; little enough,
like conventional love letters, probably
very unecstatic compositions, yet simple
and to the purpose, and unecstatlc
enough. The present was ring, a large
diamond, heavily set in pure gold, just
the valuable, simple, substantial present
which I could have fancied Ned Stone
| E.. L.
ST suppose they'll expect me to send
back Georg7aua's letters to her p
''Undoubtly."
ssIts the usual way when engagements
come to an end p
Certainly, its the usual way.
| He rubbed his chin and seemed to re-
feet little.
Have cigar" he said, presently,
and let us talk about something else.
This is not the most agreeable subject IN
the world. Tell me what you have been
] doing with yourself lately"
So we fell to talking about this that
/ and the other. Presently I went away.
AS I went away he said, quietly. 81 think
1 shall try to see Georgiana once more,
for particular reason.
I did not ask what the particular rea-
son was. and he did not tell me.
A few nights afterward [ saw him
again. He was at one time subject to
much change of mood, or at any rate SCI
dom betrayed any variation OF that KIND,
Yet it struuk me that, if anything, he
was in better spirits than usual.
"You did not mention, - he said, "what
I told you the other night-that my en-
gagement was broken OFF,"
I explained that I had not mentioned
it for particular good reason. L had
not seen any person whom it would IN
terest to be informed of the fact.
cts Just as WELL" he said, because
the engagement isn't broken off or rather
it's on again. y
Indeed r very glad to hear it.
'I told you I should try and see
Georgiana again. Well. I knew she often
went with her father and other relations
and friends to the geological on Sunday.
So weat to the Geological. soon
| discovered her with the Warren and lot
of other people. She saw me and I'M
derstood by my signs that [ wanted to
speak on the quiet. Well, she fingered
behind little, and when the rest OF the
party went to look at the kangaroos she
slipped with me into the snake house.
she looked little frightened, and the
tears were standing in her eyes.
So put my arm around her-it didn't
matter to me who saw, yoU know-and
told her there was nothing to be alarmed
at, and that only wanted to say word
or two. I told I was sorry had not
sent her back her letters, as 1 ought to
have done, but plain fact of the matter
was, I couldn't do it.
s'You love me still then, Ned?' she
said.
.'Of course 1 do, Georgy," [ said,
sWho's been telling you don't?''
She began crying bitterly.
''Conle, Georgy, L SAID, let us get
married whether rapa likes or not; only
you say the word. y
She didn't say a word. Poor child
She could not speak for crying and she
looked at me, and gave NE such little
nod, and then she began laughing
through her tears. 1t was the prettiest
sight you ever saw. o. course kissed
her and then / turned and who should
be standing close at my side but old
Warren.
Georgy gave a little scream, and then
tried to make believe that we were look
ing at The boa constructor. But OF
course th at didn't work, SO said to old
Warren, in cherry sort of way, ard put
ting out my hand cheerfully. "Mr. War