Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-01-01

III no, never Can. -
will, then" rs
"Don't, / beseech you. We shall go
away soon, and that will be the end of it.
Promise me you will not l would rather
tell him myself If / ever had chance"
looked in to see my invalid friend, and
then descended to. the parlor, where found
the young count almost alone. He looked
up eagerly as entered: az thought Miss
st. Clair was with you have been wait
ing for her all the evening"
-" IndeedI"
81 told her at table that I wished to see
her particularly this evening"
Perhaps she did not understand YOU"
son yes, she did. You would not let
her conner" with sudden lighting up Of
the expressive face.
81 did not forbid her coming: I did not
know that you were waiting for her."
| Then with sudden bOyish candor and a
I happy smile on his animated countenance:
81 thought you might have observed that I
come here so often because like to talk with
Miss St. Clair. But you never can know
how dearly love her."
! 81 am SORRY"
K F"Whygy with naive surprisG
2" She is older than you. = vs.
SHOW old is she 2"
:" One Will De twenty IN May" 80
"And' l am nineteen Ai
What is one poor little year ?cnot q year,
gleefully.
"But the difference in religion?"
An obstacle, grant, but not an insupcr.
able one, My, uncle married an English
lady, a Protestant, and they have been very
. happy together"
But think there is another man." I
stamnlered, surprised at finding my out
posts carried so easily.
':You do, not mean to say that she ia
compromised with any man." almost
II 90 not know wnar meaning yo4
attach to that word, for the counts imper
feet French was not always ineligible
"There is young man, the son of neigh
Dor, who has admired her long time.
"Oh, he admires herr" with curl Of the
exquisite bps as il. to- say,T'' Who does
i not ?" 3 III q u GAlsZ9 -
''Bu: I think she may like him little.
"Why do you torture ne so? Tell me
ut once that they are betrothed," cried he,
;aie with concentrated anger.
siie thought she had triiied with him,
knew Instantly, but quietly said, II cannot
tel 'yau exactly in what relation trey stand
20 each ether, but think Miss St Clair
yppld'if size found an opportunity to speak
with you
''Iou do not know how I have tried to
! make opportunities. / 60 everywhere,
hoping to see you. and l have never met
! you-nOt once Won't yon ask her to come
down TO night" coaxingly like Child.
:" Not tonight: it is tee late.f
g | must see Miss st. Clair tonight"
" Impossible.
4" must see Miss st. Clair. Find out for
me when l can see her. l will go with you, y
| in white heat of passion. (We had been
alone for some; little tifne.)
took the arm which he held out, not a
little agitated by the excess of emotion
which thrilled and quivered through his
| youthful frame, as he hurried me up the
| broad stone staircase and along the wide
! corridors that led to our rooms. What
| business had to meddle? How should an
old fogy like me know anything OF the love-
| affairs of This generation? The girl would
have managed more wisely than 1, l reflect
ed. BY no MEANS jubilant over the result.
t"Nait here !" andI walked on to bliss
ST. Glars door, opened it, and there sat
Helen in her pretty white wrapper, bathed
in the moonlight. serene as star, as if there
were no passionate young heart breaking in
waves of anguish at her feet. ''Helen, the
! count is in the corridor, and he wiz not 80
till have told him when you viii see
him."
"How can L? You must think for me- "
+ A .hasty consultation. The count was
! standing WhereI left him: ''We shall be
at the Sistine Chapel tomorrow ct two
clock" - t
lie bowed and was gone.
1did not sleepswell that night. A pretty
person am tofake charge of young girl :.
lwonder what Mr.. st. Clair would think if
he knew had made an appointment for his
| daughter to meet q young Spaniard? On
| the way, however, admOnished Helen, as
if no misgiving of my own wisdom had ever
crossed my mind: You must be firIngwith
him Tell him SO decidedly that he cannot
doubt you really mean it"
h Fs.Yes,n said She, s'but do dread it so.
I can't bear his thinking that l encouraged
him"
"Then you didf' ~ ny
al didn't mean to, but do like him and
didn't think of his taking it SO to heart.
Men are so strange! You think you have a
charming friend, and then they sciN 60 on
Just so, boys ard all, and you have to take
them or lose them and you can't take
them. 1t is too bad!"
We were at the door. The keeper OPEN
ed it, and there stood the count waiting for
US. 1t was not the first time we had been
In the wonderful chapel Fortunately,
there were very few persons there on this
afternoon that we knew. l sat down
to look at the grand frescoes /; Helen and
the count walked Oh to the farthest corner.
Hooked at the Cum4an Sibyl, the imper-
sonatiOn of age and wisdom, and wished,
as glanced at the youthful figures talking
90 earnestly in the distance, but not muir
muir of whose voices reached my ear, that
she would impaIt to me her far-reaching
vision OF futurity. / gazed on the image OF
the Eternal Father sweeping in majestic
flight through the air, bearing the angels on
His floating garment as He divides the light
from the darkness. ] saw Adam glad with
new life, rising from the earth, because the
finger OF his Creator gave hlm
a conscious strength. looked at "Ine
Last Judgment" grown dim with years,
till every figure started out III intensity OF
life, and it seemed as II the faces would
haunt me for ever.
And yonder still progressed the Old, ever.
new drama of love and anguish, with its
two actors, who seemed scarcely 10 nave
changed their position or taken their eyes
from each other. At length they walked
slowly toward me with more serenity OF as
pect than had dared to hope.
Shall we go into the picture-gallery"
asked the count.
al think we may have time to walk
through it." answered cit is now half
past three"
aIs it possible that we have kept you
waiting SO longs" they asked simultane-
ously.
"An hour and Q half isa short time in
place like the Sistine Chapel" remarked
sententiously.
AS soon as we were alone I drew Helen