The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-24

the best. detect in you talent which must
not be wasted. / want you to sit down and
sing again Just as you did yesterday, and then
will give you French lesson"
Thyra complied, singing even more sweetly
than before, although her voice quivered lit
tlea she saw the most irresistible eyes that she
had ever beheld bent upon her. When she had
finished her song, he said
"Now Miss Thyra, there IL no reasen why
YOU should refuse to become professional
songstress and, il you will accept the offer L
am about to make you, it will be at no distant
day. You must go to London and be taught
by the greatest masters. l Will see that all
YOUR expenses are paid"
90 Lord Dashier, your generous proposal ex-
ceeds anything ever heard of, and / assure
Won l feel gratified and fattered by it but
there is one obstacle in the way. My father
would not part with me for all the wealth of
the empire. Only the other night, he sat down
beside me, put lis arm around my neck drew
me toward him, and said: My darling, you
are the only comfort l have i'll this world.
Your dear mother and my two little boys, who
were all so precious TO me, are all gone, and
now you will not leave me, viii You, my little
lamb? Oh, my Lord, If you could have seen
the tears that came into his eyes as he said 1t.
"Why3 Did he think there was any danger
OF your leaving him?'
81 cannot quite tell Lord Dashier, l am
sure" shyly replied TlSra.
Il suppose one Of these neighboring rustics
had been casting an eye at you," Dashier said,
his eyes flashing fire. "Oh, that must not be.
Your father was quite right in wishing to keep
you from one of that class. You must go To
London and cultivate the wonderful gift nat
IRE has bestowed upon you. and be brought in
to the society to which you will one day be an
ornament. Cannot your little sister keep your
fathers house, and his heart from breaking
If YOU refuse to leave your father, no knowing
but he may some day bring home some tyran-
meal old woman for your step-mother.
"Oh, that would be dreadful If l thought
that would be the case would so to the end of
the earth, if l could
"Not at all impossible it may happen, SO
now look out for your own fortune, while You
may. | want to see you great singer"
" How kind you are Lord Dashier; thank
you for the interest you take in me"
:" 1t is not best to cheat nature, little Thyra,
out OF all she has done for you. OF course |
take an interest in your welfare or L would not
be here this afternoon. / refused to go TO one
of the greatest fox-hunts of the season to meet
YOU"
Then, seating himself beside her, he opened
the French book and commenced his first in
structions in that language.
81 must be away tomorrow on business" he
said, as the lesson was finished, "but the day
after be sure to meet me here at this hour; the
llllC Will sCchl Ntlg lOIiS, bub yOu VIII huNt
time 10 think over the proposition / have made
you, and l hope you will decide wisely"
He then took her hand in his, raised it half
way TO his lips. when she rather hastily drew
it away, and quickly disappeared from his
sight
II am afraid have offended her. Why was
/ so presuming? But | am sure l meant no
harm. Perhaps she will not come again-the
fastidious little creature. If she should not, L
will go some day to the cottage on a pretense
Of business, for / must see her. OH what is
this spell that she has wrought upon me-me
who can have access to the society of the great
est ladies of the land, but never cared for one
OF them. This little peasant girl, with her
pretty ways and looks, would be a Queen
among them. All me all me! whittier am |
drifting? Where are my thoughts taking me
L must away to the Hall again-to my stately
mother and sisters who would gladly disinherit
me if they knew of this"
These were the thoughts of Lord Dashier,
as he for some moments stood translixed to the
spot where Thyra had left him.