Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-10-02

mer haunt TO 90 up town to detaln me.
transacted but half my business, and pu
off Jack Longley with only a nod on m
way to the station. lsuppOse he'll neve
speak to me again. After all, was on
minute too late. saw the cOnfoundet
train sweeping odt of the station just as
reached it. was in despair, thinking
you would come to meet me"
81 did walk down last evening, but
can hardly say, sir, that | came to NEE
you. did not expect you--yOu might b,
gone Il week. never thought of you a
hobnobbing with your male friends anC
sauntering to the station"
"Madge!" " and serious look came t.
his face. LET us drop pickering, anC
begin where we left off yesterday"
"Very we'll, " she replied. 81 believe
the point at which you left off was whis
tling, and was doing nothing in partic
ular; so if you will strike off stavc o.
anything, | will demurely, but admiringly
walk by your side"
"Madge!" he exclaimed, excitedIy; 81
did no such thing. Do men gaze at stat.
uary or paintings and whistler Faith
my last remembrance is of a prettier pic.
ture than any art room ever held. ] saw
beautiful woman looking regret at my
leaving-a woman | want for my wife. v
Here was a poser! Proposed to! II
came like u sweet surprise, nevertheless.
But it was contrary to Miss Barron's tao
tics. Were weeks of delightful flirting to
be cut off IN moment in this fashion
How could he have believed her in
eanast2 1t was ridiculous. She had
meant to play the injured mistress for sew
eral days, and make him abject in his et-
forts to rein state himself with her. She
did not want climax reached with this
man. Her heart had told her it would
have regret she had never known be-
fore, To avoid this now, she would begin
with raillery.
"Really, Mr.. Darlington" sac said,
'you must be hungry or Oyer-tired to
make such statement, A Widespread
table, steaming with viands, comfort, and
a wife must have shot through your brain
| can assure you delightful supper now
awaits you"
"Miss Barron" he began, frowning,
without apparent notice of her words, and
rising to his feet, "three weeks ago did
not know you; but in that time all my life
seems to have been crowded. | never
stopped to question your actions. 1t SEEM
ed rs if there was no need Of asking for
VOWS, they would denote n commencement
of love. wanted it to be as if we had
loved forever"
"Very well, she said, "let it he so; no
VOWS, no commencement, You see agree
with you perfectly"
"No, will not have it so, he cried,
try ng to take her hand.
"As you please" she laughed, shrng-
ging her shoulders, 81 can pick my way
through this bog without help"
81 hope am not wanting in gentle be-
havior, but before you Or | stir step fur
ther," he said, stepping in front OF her
and barring the way, 81 want simple an
swer to a simple questiOn-plain yes or
mo- Do you love me Madge?"
"lf cannot say yes. perhaps cannot
say mo- think friendship does not JUS
tify an abrupt no. l."
81 don't want equivocation. he broke
in. "Ifyou loved eyes, lips, voice, acts,
all would blend into yes. 1t must be
yes or no. ! say"
Madge had never met any man so mas
terlul. But she answered, nevertheless:
Then no since you force me to he I'M
ladyhke."
81 do not ask you to be unladylike. Il
do not say you are. asked you for your
love. 1t was straightforward question,
| wanted straightforward answer. My
arm, Miss Barron"
And thus walking, assisting her over
every triAing inequality Of ground, they
went on to the villa.
Miss Barron was exceedingly gay that
evening. Lyndhurst loved her! Of
course she was not going into prosy en-
gagement. She could not hedge herself
IN by marriage. But they could live the
delightful life they had lived this last
three weeks always. He had nothing in
particular to do. Why could he not,
when they should return to London, visit
her every dayP She could, she thought,
ilirt all the same when he was not by;
and his attentions, therefore, would be
just as much gained. Her life was not to
be altered an iota. He must not, how
ever, scatter his attentions. He must con-
centrate all his admiration on her.
But toward the close of the evening,
when Madge found he had not sought her
once, sliauow Gl oaLou tnougho ns p"Ssea Soi
tnrough her mlnu 'lnO perhaps ne was hot
ooouleuoe, after ALL 10 oe leu ABOUT III
thls way Dy sIrlng'
She had sung, thinking to bring him to
her ride, but he had lounged away--a
thing he had never done before when she
was the piano, She had taken gar,
den stroll with rival, Mr.; Oakley, and
Lyndhurst had carelessly, drawn up his
stretched legs, as ne sat lazlly On the
vefanaa mas steps piC 20 ies u mem thp pass aown VIII