The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-16


sympathies required more points Of con.
tact.
Thus il was that very soon after re-
ceiving the letter which told him of
Laura's death he consciously proceeded
to foster a new attachment, the seeds of
which had already been sown. Without
being handsome or in any sense a lady
killer, Vincent had vet, for those who
knew him we'll. decidly pleasing APP
/ pearance, which, joined to lively and
agreeable manner, considerable powers,
and the polish of culture, M Ide him de
eidely pleasing and attractive. His
cheerful equabilty of temper had speed
| lily resigned him to the lot his father ina
posed upon him, and he had very soon
become decided favorite with the pu
pills. especially the young ladies.
The exhibition was considered a great
success. The singing, the destinations,
the recitationS, were voted delightful by
the assembly of parents and friends. At
last all was over, the people were dispers
ing, and Vincent was engaged in making
IA few last arrangements in his own room,
when there came Il knock at his door,
and. without waiting for an invitation,
| Miss Warren walked in.
"'WelI, Mr.. Vincent, are you satisfied
now"
DECIDEDLY, Miss Warren; and above
all with you. You were charming"
Minnie appeared to take no notice of
the compliment, but went on\ in her
usual voluble manner.
"Oh, Mr.. Vincent, did you notice
Grace Wilson, how she spoke her piece?
1t was just elegant
ono doubt; but there was some one
else who spoke piece; and she was more
than Just elegant"
air of mock Impotence.
"How provoking you are l really
don't wish for any compliments, S; no /;
| was just going to call you sir, but I'm
not 4 school girl now, and shan't call
you sir any longer"
Every well, Miss Warren; then in re.
venge l shall deprive you of your title,
and henceforth call you Minnie"
Minnie blushed slightly, and turned
round to look out of the win1ow But
directly afterwards she tu:ncl her face
to Vincent again.
"Shall you be here az In next term,
Mr. Vincent? 2"
81 am very uncertain. 1t depends
greatly upon circumstances.
Minnie laughed merrily, and laid hel
hand upon the door as if about to leave
the room.
''That is one of your provokingly in
definite philosophical phrases. | suppose
time will show. But, really, all the PEG.
pie have left. / must be quick and gel
home. Good by"
She opened the door and pretended that
she was off in a great hurry. Leonard
appeared for a moment undecided then
he took step towards her.
"Minnie ~
She stopped and, turning around
with an assumed air of Indifference,
asked:
$50 you are going off without wishing
me Il happy vacation? | am surprised at
Miss Warren"
Il thought you were not going to call
me Miss any longer" she said.
'Oh! forgot. Have you nothing to
say but cold good bye Minute, now
that we are seeing each other, perhaps,
for the last time?"
Minnie exhibited scarcely percepti
BILE start at this announcement.
ooh, | am not going away" she re
piled, perhaps a trife more earnestly
than the occasion seemed to warrant. 81
shall be at home when school begins
again"
But | think it very likely that l
shall not. ! think shall @ to England
for good. i have been here long
enough"
80 you are tired of us Americans al.
ready? All, well, we are stupid people,
| suppose. Good by, then"
She held out her delicate white hand,
} and il trembled just little. Leonard
took it, raised it to his lips, and then
gently let it 60. Minnie laughed her
ordinary gay laugh.
'Is that how Englishmen say good.
by? What knightly lot of people you
must bel"
''No," replied Leonard, earnestly,
drawing nearer to Minnie, "that is not
how we say good-by. We only do that
when we mean that we are never going
to say good-by."
ooh, indeed Then l must leave you,
| suppose, without exchanging the usual
oivilities|
She turned and moved very slowly to-
wards the door. Vincent reached her
side with single step, and took her hand
in his own. She turned around, and
the blossoms in her cheeks deepened in
color as she looked in his face, unable to
cay anything"
"Mnnie,'" said Leonard, in a low,
though you pretend not to. May | al
ways keep this hand?"
She looked down at the ground, a most
unusual thing for her, and replied some.
what indistinctly;
Really, that would be asking me to
stand here too long"
at is very pretty hand. May kiss
it again?"
Minnie give no reply. He took ST.
lence for consent.
"Those are very pretty lips, Minnie
May | kiss them?'
The question was asked in e. toue little
above whisper. The reply was not in
words, but the look that was in her ha.
: eel eyes as she raised her face to his told
him that Minnie Warren, with all her
beauty and all her ROBUSTNESS, was his
, own,
And so he did not leave America He
wrote to his father telling him that ne
had won wife who belonged to fam
: lily that the old cotton spinner had nc
} reason to be ashamed of as his relations;
: in reply, his father opened, if not his
heart, at all events his pocket book, tC
= his no longer hayward son. Mr.. Vim
cent, for reasons of his own, had no par
ticular wish that Leonard should return
to England, and experienced no great
sorrow when he was told that his son de
sired, for some time at least, to continue
: to reside in America.