The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-06-28

ReSiaate"-
Where do you think? Why, here is
Neuenthal. 1t is no one but our doctor.
Is this the way your German Ideals man
age matters"
But Fraulein did not seem to see the
joke. She was idgeting over the bread
and butter, and looked 50 red when
Mary glanced up, laughing, for her an
swer, that she checked the words: Sup
pose we answer it, y which were ready on
her lips.
Now to my letter" said Mary.
q Here is one from Lizzie Arnold; one
! FROM
Here it was her turn to be confused,
/ for the second was from Mr. Manton.
! She supposed he had discovered her re-
! treat, and WAS pressing, in his determined
/ way, for an answer, and she had no an
swer ready. But little was she prepared
! for the real contents of his letter. Light
and shade crossed one another on her
| face; some CONSERVATION, much bewil-
| derment, dawning sense of great relief,
made confusion in her mind
| DEAR MADAME" said this strange lover,
{" knowing that you had retired in order to
| form decision more freely, would have
/ taken no steps to discover your retreat till 1t
| should be your own will to disclose it, had
| not been bound to do so by asingular and
/ important discovery, OF which | have fully
informed your lawyers. You will hear from
them by the ut Xt post; but, for obvious reasons
| | have wished to be the first to communicate
/ 10 YOU the fact that in the course of certain
alterations in Worthton Hall, a will of re-
cent date has been found, drawn up in full
| legal form by my late uncle himself and
/ witnessed by two servants, who were not
aware of the Importance OF the document.
| In this will your uncle bequeathed all his
! property TO ne-ail but an annual income of
! three thousand pounds, which the will re-
serves foryou. Your devoted servant,
j. MASToN."
20 So that's all over, and | am free
again, and we can 90 home tomorrow,
said Mary, when she had read the letter
twice, feeling as light hearted as a bird.
! The lawyers letter camein due course,
attesting the genuineness of the recent
will, and Mary began to think whether
she should at once return to England, or,
as it was the height of the summer,
travel a little first, now that one burden,
at least, was removed which had made
/ travelling, and all things else under the
sun u WEAKNESS But, to her surprise,
/ it was Fraulcin who now cast obstacles
! in the way. There was this reason and
/ that reason why they could not possibly
/ leave Neucnthal at once, and when Mary
overruled them all, poor Fraulein waxed
/ fearful and nervous, and had headaches,
till Mary, perceiving some mysterious
cause, promised to stay @ little longer
in the spot which she had almost begun
to hateas a prison.
1t was very wearisome to her, how
ever; she was longing for home, and rock
and flood bore to her the aspect OF
j;u.ors She had wandered alone one
afternoon to the edge of that chasm
where we saw her first The new path
was made; the workmen were all gone
there was silence but for the voice OF
the river. Fraulein was at home with q
headache. Again Mary wore that same
white dress in which her graceful figure
showed so well, and the soft plaits of her
| brown hair were rich in shadow under
her simple hat. a young pedestrian OF
4 the true British type, a sunny-haired
frank-cyed mortal, who came swinging
down the river side, thought that he had
never seen a picture more pleasing OF
more welcome to his eyes. She did not
raise her head at his footstcp, until he
stood behind her, stopped, and said, softly:
"Maryw
She started and looked at him, tremb-
ling. In a sense Of loneliness, the tears
had been ready before, and now they
came trimming over.
ooh, Tom" she cried. How-how
How could your
rTboro v-o- M ono +, 600 how ba SCOT n Il
her, nor how glad he was to have her in
/ his arms at last, nor (truth to tcll how
glad she was to be there. But when the
surprise and crying were over, Mary felt
that she was. forsaking all her principles
and began to gather back some shadow
of reserve.
4 WAS startled" she said. "You
should not have come like that. | have
given you no reason.
Look here, Mary" said Tom Derby,
in straightforward, manly way that
there WAS no withstanding, / want to
know what it is that has come between
Us. | knew letters would be of no use,
SO | came to find you at the first moment
| had my holiday, just to ask that one
question:
She looked in his face and blushed
she was ashamed of her wretched wis
DOM
=" | love you, and do believe you love
me, and what hinders us from being
happy"
! No answer.
:" ] have been thinking and thinking
day and night, and all ] can think is
/ this, Mary-that old Mr.. Manton has
! Ill ,-n,l,ll,-
and taught you to believe | was looking
after your money. Was that it? Be
honest and true with me, Mary"
He used to say SO, certainly" said
Mary, bending herhead low over flower
she WAS plucking to pieces. He said
it was the way of the world"
q 1t may be the way of the world, but
it is not my way" he answered,
earnestly, perhaps Il trihe panied, but
not offended. ''Do YOU not know me
better than that? | wish your money
were at the bottom of the sea, if it is to
stand between us. Money is a good
thing in itself, but il is confoundedlv
bad thing if it is to part two people who
/ love one another"
| The last dying spark of Mary's worldly
wisdom shone out in her next speech.
1t cannot do that now, Tom. A new
will has been found, and Mr. Manton has
left his property to the heir, after all, to
keep up the estate"
And you are as poor as 4 church
mouSe?"
/ She nodded Tom threw his hat into
/ the air.
"Iurrah! Then that is all right.
You won't mind snug cottage at
/ Twickenham or somewhere, where we
can be us happy rs turtledoves on my
/ five hundred year. Heaven bless the
I old gentleman and his second WILL
tar was extremely volatile, it might
easily be distilled off the surface of the
water, and a purer fluid would be OBJ
/ tanned without waste. He said he
should give the idea trial The yield
of altar varies greatly, but on an average
it takes 1900 pounds of rose-bloSSoms to
make one pound of oil. The best quality
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