The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-08-06


o Yes. / was that far gone. I had gC
} TO the stage of thinking about gOin
d home at night to a cosey little Dime
o IN tiny little house, and having
y soft little hand slid into mine, and on
. fair arm slipped round my neck, an
y rosy lips kissing me, and a beautifU
I head resting gently on my breast; an
4 when man gets into that train G
Q thought, with reference TO particuIa
e women, it's bad lookout for his eIu
q f--confounded bad. As 1 sat ther
q thinking over these things and wou
:. dering what it could be that trouble,
e her so, suddenly thought 1 under
. stood it. 1 had been very polite dur
q ing the previous winter to q certain
Q young lady, and / felt sure that Mis-
DenYers had said that l was engaged
9 to her.
!. Iwent over to where she was an,
I asked her to come forward with me
Q fhen, when We got to the bow Of tht
I boat, said in tragedy tones, "Misi
: Denyers, Is it 8 possible thing that vol
: told Miss Maynard / was engaged {,
that stupid Miss So-and-So ?i'
~ why, Mr.. Smith, how can you taIh
, so! dare say did. l certainly
thought you were, and everybody
, says so."
ut is not 30. 1 detest the woman,
She can't tell valse from galOp; be.
sides, she's horribly" -
81 rhieh,n said Miss Denvers quietly.
~ And you think care for her mon-
ey. That is quite enough, Miss Dem
1 Vers; and as you are a lady can't ask
you 70 apologize. But If you care to
: haye my poor regard, you will be
Good enough TO correct the
false Impression you have created
amongst your aequaintanoes." Then
I took her back. rs- - .t.-..
l. when got back to my own quar-
tens, L thought it ell over and deter
mined to make the plunge the next
night. Let me tell you that this sort
OF thing, especially the first time, is
hard work and not to be laughed at.
i made an estimate and 1 found /
should have to give up my horses, but
resolved to do it; and felt like old
lCranmer with his red-hot right hand.
or one o. those famous gentlemen
who committed suicide by Obstinacy.
L played billiards ali the next morn
ing, and felt like asking every man /
knew whether be was aware of my
intentions. dined alone, smoked
alone all the afternoon, and when
night came went to my cottage.
She was very kind. The old gen.
/ tieman had not returned, the old lady
was asleep, and Miss Denvers, who
was a trifie frigid after the yester-
days affair, begged me to excuse her
as she was forced to pay call upon a
departing friend. / managed to sur
vive the blow, and in fact found it
hard to prevent myself from saying,
"God bless you p' to the man who
came to take her. Luck was with
me, I felt, aud yet for some reason L
did not feel able TO take advantage of
it and say what wanted to. | lean
ed on the msntel and looked at her
until was ashamed of myself SJme-
thing Was the matter with my voice.
1t was rs husky rs that of an old and
asthmatic raven. At last proposed
we should walk on the beach. She
consented, and we strolled down tow
ards the lighthouse. It's quite as
tOnishing, the effect of the ocean ami
moonlight on bronchial affections.
Ny throat recovered at once, and
talked as fluently as Ralph Waldo
Emerson. What did we talk about f?
Books, men, poetry, music-every-
thing, in the circle that was ever mar
rowing down to ourselves. And l
think both were conscious of the inevi-
table ending our talk WAS to have. At
last 1 began:
Z "Miss Maynard" land this time
oh O did n0f ofo Ft Of tho o0unA ~ hor
name L am sure you would like to
hear what it is"
about yourself?"
> "Yes.U
"Then you know l would like to
hear it, even were it not startling"
THANK you. 1t IS this: am tired
OF ife-this sort of life, / mean. /
have determined no longer to be a
drone in this world, but to work. Not
for money, for that | do not need, but
for fame.n
"Mr. Smith 1 am very tired. Let
US rest on this little bench which
some kind fairy has provided for u.s."
-.ssshhsd sshhsd mIeES 20 me that your fairy
more Iuxurious."
"Ah! there it Isl Always 'Iuxuri.
ousl How can you take up the bur-
dens of life-yOu whose heart has |
never struggled with sorrow or known
what bitterness Is ?"
"Why do you insist on making me |
so entirely butterfly? /, too, have
read my life In tears have suffered
far more in all likelihood than your
self"
"AIas, no ~ she sighed.
q "Miss Maynard-my dear Miss
Maynard! Whatever may have
been my own sorrows-and they have |
been neither few nor light have
conquered them. But you, who are
so young, so beautiful, what can you
know of pain, and why will you not
let me comfort you"
at is impossible"
HMiss Maynard, tomorrow L leave
the Beach. I shall return, not to the
old life, but to earnest work. My life |
hitherto aimless, has now an object, |
Surely your woman's heart has told |
you what that object is"
She was silent. Her head was
turned from me, but I thought l saw
a tear falling slowly down her cheek. |
"Lulu! Dearest! 1 love you with
my whole heart and soul ~
As I spoke, drew her to me. For |
q monochrome blissful momens-5he /
rested in my arms. Then she hastily /
disengaged herself and stood up. |
GEORGE" she whispered, 'I have
gone too far; 1 will write you to-mor-
row. But now please-pleaSe take me
home.n I took her home, without
another word. She seemed so wea-
ried and sorrowiuI that did not urge |
her any further. only tried to COM
fort her. And I think she apprecia-
ted my motive aud was grateful, for
when I opened the door for her she
said gently, "You are very kind to
me, aud IL we do not meet again,
farewell, and God bless you"
I lifted her hand reverently u my
lips, kissed it, and Left her. r.-
Looking back, i saw she was still
standing In the doorway, and though
1t was too dark to see her face, knew
it was turned toward me.
One OF the great mistakes Of stupid
people is the idea that a man in mo-
ments of great emotion-particularly
in matters of love-raves round, tear
ing his hair and weeping wildly, or
else lies PROSTATE on the floor, tap
ping the carpet with the toes OF his
boots and bowling dismally. In
point of fact, the "Indian ut the
stakeu is q trife to any well-bred
man in affiictiOn. But felt un-
OF course she loved me. That was
plain. But what was the Obstacle-
the barrier between US? However, l
myself by the letter that
was to come.
The morning train took me from
the Beach, and / had some business
matters which occupied my atten-
ton all that and the following day.
After dinner on Fridsy-I had left on
Wednesday, received package by
express from the Beach, and recOg-
nized the Denvers crest on one of the
seals. Most men would have torn it
open hastily and with ungentleman-
ly eagerness. lit cigar, rang for
my slippers, put them on, threw my
self in my favorite chair, and leisure
ly opened the packet. First there
was q small sardai-wood box, and In
it this pipe and a letter. 1 opened
the letter, which I knew was from
Charles sister, and saw a note en-
closed. My heart beginning to beat
Ii a