Delaware tribune, and the Delaware state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1877-18??, 1877-06-14

vish he eouh raiss the monsy and bay \
herself"
II WA, thsrs4ors, q the mistress Of III
renovated naAnsion bshind the naples q
the turn Of the road that Barbara Hawkinl
was considering herseN whom teA tims
came, and shs was quite Wiling TO hurry
back into the parlor whils her ready
banded stspmolhsF supervised ths1l
SOLITARY "haP" IN putting AWAY ~
By the time poor Bill Emmnos haAl
bis apPeaxaAeA Afsss hls @ug 0Ay'i
drudgef In the ons law olacs OF The village
whefs he was the Junior, and theesfors
time Barbara w ready, civiily u she =.
osived him, 10 wiah Ii wuHA posabona
s. an vsta1l sAs oopN ssrsosiye him h
= maah better styls." And yet that night,
Of a9 nights, tho younS lawyer bad mAdi
up hb mind 10 put his fats 10 ths VI
"and win q Iooes IL an" 45al IT
Not bad fallow vas Bin, a.A he I'D
more tAAA ones fs4ectsd how ehAfMtnslS
convenient was ths 1oca&jpn Of the HsN.
king hamsstsaA, I'D Whnk tsemendiutil
Lift the posssnlra u tAAs and ths etodNa,
tive little far,A heaoasfAs Asreto would
give 70 = struggling young lawyer HE
hl.sek. Ths Ia M he w ovsf head
and ears IA lpts xisA bAbara made ths
whsas A9aak ahsn5aAsly beautiful. =
bAd was the tiGl to his impessnt feel
ings, therefore, when aH the aloq1ancs Of
which be was mAster-and he had Iona
conddsred himself master Of the situa*ion
e wea-ooly resulted In Obtaining foe
him promise from BarhAra thaf shs
'wouA consult hef step.mothar." \.
. 'Duch ! change n would mako for hsr
II I should leave her 7" sighed BaSbAsA
Mot q III, mot 1t all, " eagerly exclaimed
Bill "ehe could live with ~, you know.
Everybody likes her. I'm safe | DO,
She wouldn't be In the way at all."
But vain was all he could say or do,
except that BArbara's yision Of the Grover
farm and house may have receded some
what - she listened 10 the pleading Of her
suitor. She almost hoped Dan might not
come that evening, for not only the pres
emit situation had it, charms, but 1t might
have Its perils a. well. Dan Grover was
not man to be- trified with, abe knew, for
all his quiet, self-contained ways a
And 20 It was with something Of feel
ing Of relief that Barbara listened, at last,
to the bur Of the big kitchen cleck striking
nine.
It was at The same instant that the
shadows Of two who were walking side by
side in the moonlight fell on the oate In =
unified manner and then. ~
the gate opened, Barbara sprAns 10 her
feet with slight exclamation. She had
been sitting close to the low windov-sest,
and she had not seen at, or had forootten.
TO light lamp.
There may or there may not have been
any cause for surprise, but the way of il
had been this: No sooner were the tea.
things out Of the way than Mrs Hawkins
an errand she had in the VII
lage, and had slipped quietly out to per
form IL. Nor would no simple matter
have taken two long hours. but that inst
n the widow was stopping across the little
at the brook, the form Of tall.
broad-shouldered, vigorous man of, say,
thirty-five summers, stood before her. and
a deep voice remarked;
"Right about face. please, I want 4
bit Of . talk with you, and there'd be NO
chance for II ct the house."
Not . word said the widow, as Dan
Grover drew her arm In his, but she
thought, "n hs wants to speak of
he's right, for Bill Emmons
must be there by this time, What a fool
abe is! He don't begin to compare with
Dsn.'
It must be confessed, however that it
seemed wonderfully pleasant, even when
Dan turned up the shadowy lane toward
the grove, and when he seemed disposed
10 put OF his express business and to talk
Of the farm and the house, and lastly of
himself.
~ have everything around me fixed
Is nicely as could aak for" he remarked,
at length; "but grow lonesome every
day. The fact ID, I've determined to have
. wife, il can get the one want; but
heres only ono In all the wide world.
I'd be lonelier .thAn / am now with any
other"
"Why don't you speak TO her then ?"
said the widow, with half -cboked feeling
in her throat She's very sensible girl,
but I don't think it would be right for me
to try TO influence her. believe .
woman has no right to marry without
loving"
Quick a. lightning-very different from
Dams ordinary calm, slow style-was his
query: 'Have you always
been of that opinion? Have you acted on
it?"
The plump, soft hand on his arm was
ierked away In an instant, and Bsrsbera's
was almost sobbing with angry
and wounded feelings, a. she stepped back
from him, exclAiming, "How dare you!
What have you to do with that7 Ask
Barabara for her secrets, il you will
Mine are my own"
Exactly" responded the steady y-minded
Dan, but his voice was shaken now in spite
Of his aelf-control. "You have told me
part OF your secret, Marian Hawkins,
whether you meant to or not. ! knew you
could never have loved him. Now I will