Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-06-25

Home? Why you are taking con.
trary direction from home"
II think not believe ! know where
live"
81 did not know you had removed"
'Did you not? All, here we are at
the gate. Please open it, if you can, on
the inside"
He reluctantly obeyed, but raised the
latch 80 slowly as TO detain her while Ee
whispered:
Nellie, you have not given me the wei
come you promised You have not said
those words"
81 don't believe you really want me
to say them" she answered, very much
inclined TO laugh, yetalmost frightened
Mt her own audacity.
mot want it? 70 know how ! love
your
II don't believe it il me that you
love- she returned, pushing open the
gate.
Good heavens, Nellie, how strangely
you talk! Who thon, do you imagine
love-"
81 am sure ! don't know" said Nellie,
slowly raising her veil and pushing
back the hood. II don't know, but j
am certain il cant be mel
And she looked up in his face with a
demurc, pursed-up little mouth, and
brown eyes shining with suppressed
mirth through their long, black lashes.
He stood gazing upon her as if pet
riicd with astonishmcnt Then deep
flush crimsoned his handsome face and
his eyes flushed with mn indignant
light.
II beg your pardonw he said, with
ccremonious politenoss. "Of course it
il mistake on my pnrt.
Il supposed il was," said Nellie, de-
mirely.
w-l mistook you for another" he
said, both embarrassed and angry
Owns that my fault r. she returned.
But yolI-you certainly allowed me
To- rest under the delllsion."
"That was for fun"
"Fun p
perhaps | was wrong. Indeed now
rather think That wa" said Mel
lie, coloring beneath his gaze. "But MS
neither of us shall ever mention this adj
venture ! suppose no harm is DONE
she added, coolly.
lie regarded her IN instant with u
strange, undecided expression.
II beg your pardonl am keep
ing you in the rain" he said.
"Geod evening"
And, lifting his hut with icy politcness
he walked away.
Nellie, M she entered the house, was
met by her elder sister with shower
ofqucstions NJ to who was that elegant
looking man, how she had met him,
what he said.
Unlike herself in general she re-
turned brief replies; and escaping to her
own room, threw aside her waterproof,
changed her dress and, seating herself
before the fire, gazing abscntly into the
glowing cmbcrs Presently she laughed
then bit her lip with vcxcd express
sion, and finally began to cry
IL wonder what makes me do such
silly, unlady-like things?' she thought,
II nm always getting into some ridicu-
lous serape or other What an opinion
he must have of me2 ! shall be really
ashamed To meet him again, as | sup
pose must, if he is Mr.. Gray"
Then her mood changed.
II don't care, llo may be rs dig
niiicd as he pcases, but hc shall never
see TINT l trouble myself even to re-
member this ridiculous walk, and the
horrid old umbrella
Presently another change came over
her.
Poor fellow can't help plying him
for fenr this has been merely II rehcrsni of
the renl net. Why, Nellie Archer was
in the pnrlor with Captain Lloyd nearly
two hours this afternoon, when she must
have known, from TINT letter, of Charities
coming. wonder if she ever said to
the eaptnin-or to young Doctor Bliss
what she said To her cousin Poor fel-
low! And Nellie hns been showing his
letters to MI tho girlsl She could not
have done so had she loved him"
Nellie Caldwell was correct III her am
ticimtion of again meeting with MIR.
Charles Gray. The society of the little
town was very gay; and what with
church fairs and parties, and other
social amuscmcnts, il was impossible
thnt these two should not be thrown to-
gethcr
Nellie hlushcd in despite her utmost
cndeavora to look unconscious, when
Mr.. Gray was first presented to her; but
that gentleman was 80 cool and COM
posed that she actually doubted wheth-
or he had recognized her
Hc convcrscd with her Il little. danced
with her once, and, as she observed was
chiefly ingroscd in Watching Nellie
Archer and Captain Lloyd. And Miss
Archer, proud to show other handsome
cousin, and her own influence over him,
treated him very Swcctly in the inter-
walls of her flirting with other admirers
Some weeks glidcd by, in which the
acquaintance between Miss Nellie Cald-
well and Mr. Gray impcrceptibly assum
I'd more agreeable character
His cold politcncss, and her equally
cold indifference gradually thawcd, and
each vaguely felt that despite their mu-
tunl efforts to keep apart, there was
something which mystcriously drew
them together.
| Nrlhp attributed this Ia her sympnthy