The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-11-23

d eeal his satisfaction at my return 10
70 him, and, as he was good enough To
q say, 20 ny senses Having relieved
= his Iselings by that remark, he made
e no further reference to nv dreams
s and the chase they had let me. /
o was treated, Indeed, like 3 returned
t Drodgal, who, after many wander
!, ings had come back and received for
= giveness. Concerning the young
3 ladyit was proposed should marry,
4 neilhsr my father nor mother would
, tell me anything, but preserved a
z playful silence, my father assuring
] me I was SO confoundsdly romantic
; that unless she burst upon me all at
oncs, he knew / should never take q
; fancy to her. l was told, however,
} thatshe came OF q good family, was
yOusg, beautiful. and an beiress, so
; painfully eligible in all respects that
l wonder / did not hate the idea.
ri Itwas e1rious that now, when I
considered my doom wss fixed, was
by no means so miserable as l had
anticipated. was still dreaming Of
the ons face OF my life, and yet l
could il seemed, contemplate a mar
riage with another woman, not ex
actly with equanimity, but still with
out the shudder with which had
thoBght of 1t before. could not eX-
plain the feeling to myself, aud was
foolish enough 10 bs annoyed at 1t.
Nov / can understand il hut I bad
no Eey to it then.
| Itappeared that Miss CaInstOne--
for that was the mama of my BRIDE
elecs, should she smile on me-had
reetntly been c0nfided tn the care of
M hIher and another Trustee on the
death of MIR. Carnstone, who had de-
sired the marriage as much as nv IA
| ther, but who also said that Alice de-
clared she wOnld never marry, and he
believed she would keep her prom
ise.
had been at home for about fort
night when my father announced his |
Intention Of paying a visit to the |
young lady, and proposed that l |
should accompany him and see what |
impression could make. | had be- /
come very apathetlc on the subject, /
and consented, not even asking until
we were seated in the railway-car-
riage whereab0ut CarnstOne Dene
was situated.
at was nsar the sea" said my IA
ther, STANDING back about a mile
from the shore on the quietest part of
the Sussex coast, overlooking a tiny
fishing Village.n The views from the !
house were magnificent, and I should
be pleased with its surroundings. al
could suggest u rev alterations,
Frank" he continued, for my father
had q mania for landscape gardening;
"but there will bs time enough for
them afterwards.
"a place on the coast ~ [ thought,
"and unvisitsd." 1t had been, sup
pose, too Insignificant, or had missed
it because the railway only extended
to within eight miles OF it. The iDfOr-
nation brought up q crowd OF men,
ories OF my wanderings, aud as may
be imagined her face came with them
with maddening dlstiGctness.
We arrived at the nearest yWn to
Carnstone In the evening. 1t boast
ed fairly gOOd hotel, and my father,
having a twinge of the gOut, deter
mined to Test there for the night and
take carriage to the Dens In the
mernlng. Next day Was q beautiful
one and though my father remOn-
strated at it as being very undigni-
L
walk over to CarnstOne, leaving him
to follow ia the carriage.
After passing round the base of
some undulating downs, and then
some prettily wooded fields.
l came to the shore, and, 10 obedience
to the directions had received, pro-
ceeded along il to CarnstOne. ATriv-
ing there, was struck with the beau
ty Of the tiny fishIng-village, for 1t
was nothing more and, at the same
time, 1t seemed, in its main features,
strangely familiar to me. l had GER
tainly never been there before, and
yet the distant cliffs, the contour OF
the shore-it flashed across my mind
at once-it was the sea-scape of my
dresm Ii
The discovery had such an effect
upon me that 1 trembled violently,
and had to sit down on the beach to
compose myself. The next sensation
was one of delight, and then came a
ifts fea&8P 8P Rau lYbsS i !. the locality Of my
discovered her while was hasten
ing to offer love to annOtber ! L had
not to remain long in suspense. /
walked along with my temples thrOb-
bing, and the beat of my heart, as it
were, audible to me and [ had not
gone many PAGES when, passing the
bow of boat on the beach, / came
upon her
The picture was complete. The
vision was realized. There she sat
by tbs sea-the lady of my dreams
l stood rooted to the spot, gazing al
her, in utter fOrgetfulness of what she !
hav 81 /
ing, and almost on the instant she
looked up from the book she was read
ing, and our eyes met.
saw at once with and undefinable
thrill that she recognized me
One wild, scared look, and then, as
II possessed by a sudden fear, she
turned hastily away, while / stood !
stupefied A; and when | came TO my
senses she was out Of sight.
There was no question OF going on
to Carnstone Dene now. L turned
and went straight back to the hotel,
then dIspatcn an earnest message to {
my father to return there and see me,
as something had happened of the ut
most importance.
He came back in the afternoon in ,
one Of the CarnstOne carriages, and
found him In a great rsge-not with !
me, for he had not heard my story, but
with the young lady herself. He was
nearly beside himself when / related ]
what had happened to me, and my :
firm determination to make away
with myself rather than marry Miss
or any other woman than :
the lady of my dreams, now that /
found out she existed.
"By JOve P' he cried, In a high 5
state Of excitement, "have you ali
gone mad together? 1 have been
talking 70 Miss Carnstone, and ven- {
tured to hint at certain hopes / enter
tained, when my lady hies out at me,
and cOolly tells me that she never l
means TO marry at all, and -begs /
won't distress her by mentioning such
\ thing"
sensible girl" said "yOu can't
expect me TO press my suit after that"
at is as well to expect nothing but 5
lunaey from you" said my G
iather, still very irate; tout come, we
must 90 back to CarnstOne Dene.
and she may be as mad as
couple of March hares, but, at any :
ate, let US behave like civilized be-
ngs, and stay there for a day CT two,
IS was our original Intention" 3
So we drove over to Carnstone :
Oene. :
was silent during the drive and
nv father was evidently too angry TO s
ak to me. In due time We arrived
t fine EliZabethan house, aud i'm
nediately went up stairs 10 dress for {
Inner. I found my way after dres- ,
ing to the drawing-rOom by myself, /
nd when went In there was a lady l
tAnding near one OF the windows,
Miss Carnstone. 7
She turned. An electric shock ran '
through me from head to foot. And !
hen-I do not know to this day, Eor !
loss my wife, who moved first-we 4
lrew near each other, and Alice Carn- J
tone, my predestined bride, the lady