Litchfield enquirer., 1877-06-28
.ssome burglar may comsin' and steal that

some burglar may comein and steal that horrid smell"
 "Then if he'd only carry off that Cuban girl" said Pen.
 l '.So that you could step in and fill the aching void for the senor."
 Marguerite could hardly have helped saying that, but it resulted in tempOra- ry coolness which must have made so very sultry night somewhat more endurable.
 "The colonel and brought in 8 splen- did string of trout this morning." said Tom Lynn, as he stepped from the piaz- ga. by the side of Marguerite, too quickly for Penelope's movement to join her. "There wasn't small one among them. "
 "How much dld you get for them?" ask ed "the pearl, with very manifest effort at saying something unpleasant.
 ''It was by no means ''good play" with so keen an adversary as Tom Lynn: but he took no advantage of it, for he replied.
 "I followed your instructions all day yesterday"
 'I said nothing about all day." respon. ded Marguerite, somewhat dolefully. II am glad my mother will be here tomor- row"
 "Whya" said Tom. 'sDo you think you need some one to take care of you?" "I don't deserve that from you," said \ 1A~t t6 uOAAoOS III AOW anu SG0dUy VOICE. II have treated you frankly and kindly" 1"
 ''And fear" growled the young gen. tleman, ''that have said or done some thing to offend you. I'm very sorry. I'll go away, if you wish"
 "Go, then;" exclaimed Marguerite. "Go and see Miss Garcia
 That was another very remarkable blum der for such an expert as 'thelpearl;" but there was really nothing small about Tom Lynn, for he let 1t go without thought. No, not that, exactly; for there was a thrill ot pleasure even in his voice at the knowl- edge that Marguerite was jealous about him. as he looked her full in the face and said,
 Please don't, Miss Allen, or you will
 "A traitor of you?" she excla;r,a5 .u astonishnent. ''What can you m5a: m5s1a:: 1n
 "Make me break my promise to the colonel, and spoil all his plans," said Tom. "I don't owe Miss Gardner any thing, but he's good fellow as ever there
 ':Keep your secret, then, if you've got one," murmured Marguerite, with a dreamy consciousness that she would have given roomful of green lions to know whatever it might be.
 And Tom replied, "I promise to tell you before the moon rises; but you musn't let Pen-Miss Gardner-know there is Fany."
 'I won't, said Marguerite. "Did you really catch such 8 very fine mess of trout?"
 Now it happened that when Penelope failed to march away from the house by the side of her friend, one reason of her defeat was that Colonel Waring thrust himself ln the way, looking even taller than usual, and almost handsome in his splendid flush of health and manly vigor.
 Senor Garcia touched his wide palmet- to hat to Pen just at that mement and she said to herself, "He's one, and old too. hate small men,"
 The dark beauty was on the s0nor's arm at the moment, but she looked. somehow, at least ten years older, in Pens eyes, than she had the day before, which made the next remark of Colonel Waring only the more aggravating.
 "Splendid, is she not?" he said. "There's something so peculiarly striking in her style. Only, It think, she would look better in evening dress and jewels
 "some jewels depend almost osEtGea altogether upon their setting,6 snapped poor Pen.
 Yes, said the colonel, carelessly; Sit
 
 ''You are turning the wrong way" ex- claimed Penelope. eve shall lose Mar guerite and Tom"
 ''That's just what want to do," said the colonel; ''and the shade is twice as good down this way. Have you no ob- l ject1ons to sun -stroke?"
 Penelope would have rebelled at any other time; but her. . curiosity was very nearly at the boiling point, and she was not altogether unwilling to lose sight of the pair in front of them.
 It was nearly tea-time before Tom and the colonel found themselves together again, and both of them were somewhat moody.
 "Haye you kept your promise, Tom9" asked the latter.
 ''Yes, confound it!" replied Tom; ''but l won't be corked up any longer. Have you?"
 ''Yes." drawled the colonel; 'and nice kettle of fish it's got me into. Beats our morning string all hollow"
 "How's that?" asked Tom.
 "Never you mind how it is" was the ex- asperating reply. elf Miss Allen really burned the green lion, her friend has been roasting me."'
 Anything serious?" asked Tom.
 Don't say word, my dear boy" re- piled the colonel "But you may keep mum, If you want to. I'm going to let go.' ..
 ''so- be it," exclaimed Tom; and then he added, mentally, ''I think the moon rises pretty early. this evening""
 Remarkably courteous were the two gentlemen at the tea table to the Cuban beauty-suficiently so to very nearly pre- | hot ua+o &<@n Gk,,k by the time the shadows had all faded in- to..twilight, and the moon began to make the hot world pleasant again, Tom Lynn was walking along the lake-shore path with Marguerite, and she was trying her very best to restrain herself from seeming curious about any thing. A good fellow was Tom, however, for 1 just before the situation became unendur- l able, he said, in low, earnest voice, l Perhaps l ought not to tell you. but I'm half inclined to think Miss Gardner was in earnest when she bought Colonel Waring of you
 ''The pearl' was white enough as she listened to that, and her voice trembled as she gasped,
 ''Bought Colonel Waring!'
 "Yes,' continued Tom, remorselessly, 'I believe she was, for she's actually jeal- ous of Mrs. Garcia. l "Mrs. Garcia!'' exclaimed Marguerite. 1T thought she was his daughter"
 ''No," said Tom. ''Only his wife,. l ''Was that your secret, then?" was Mar. | guerite's next indiscretion.
 ''Only part of it, said Tom. "Have you really burned the green lion?" l Marguerite felt as If scream would have been relief, but she could not ut- ter word. and Tom half pulled away her hands from her face as he added,
 s'But what about the rest of your bar gain? Oh, Marguerite, my pearl. won't you keep me?'
 And the whisper on her lips, as he leaned toward her, sounded so like 'sFor- ever," that Tom sealed it upon them then and there.
 Somewhat later, neither of them knew | L. L