Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-08

her thought concerning the dark, stern
master of the yacht, standing surrounded
by aservile throng. And then she laughed
at her strong language, and looked her
companion over, and decided that his
erect shape, his noble air, his bonnv
face, with it's laughing blue eyes, its
Greek contours, its frame of yellow
curls, were all combination far supe-
rior to his brothers looks; and SO, she
had no doubt, were his mind, his heart,
and his whole nature; and the rebel in
her rose again, and with the thought OF
how angry mamma and Aunt Anne
would be, she turned trife more toward
her companion, and leaned trifie more
heavily on his arm as she walked.
Take it altogether that was delicious
day, Marion thought, as she and her
companion, who had scarcely left her
side, climbed tn bank together at night
fall, great star looking at them out OF
the dull red gates of sunset; novel and
delightful experience, and her guardians
letting her alone all the time, andnever
once reminding her that it was her duty
to make a circumspect marriage and
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/ had known you for years." said Mr..
Desmond, as they parted. And SO it
seemed to Marion. But when she went
into the lighted room, and felt her
mothers approving and patronizing
hand on her shoulder, and saw Charlotte
and Emily smiling rosily, it occurred to
Marion that there was mischief afoat.
{" You are good girl, said her mother.
"You could hardly have done anything
to have pleased me more"
To have pleased her more! Marion
was at once aware what that meant.
Why couldn't they have left her to enjoy
this innocent little friendship without
poisoning it by such thoughts? It was
apparently part OF the maternal pro-
gramme to be pleased with the name of
either OF the Desmonds on her bill of
sale. She would have nothing more to
do with any of the name.
Easier said than done. Every time
she tried to drive the thought of her
days companion away, every time some
charming sentence that he had uttered,
some daring bit of originality, some
fresh, sweet, wholesome thing, some
graceful deed that he had done, would
recur, and would set her to thinking of
him more than before; and the moment
that she closed her eyes she could see
that bonpy bright face of his as if it had
been painted on her eyelids.
It had been arranged that the Des-
monds and their friends, who lived on
the yacht, should come ashore for
the Marlboroughs, and for those they
had pleased to add to their number, and
put out at once for sea, returning when
they pleased, by noon or night, having
ample accommodations and ample
chaperons. Judge, then, of the wrath
of the household when, coming down
in full yachting array, Marion was fc und
in a morning print, not going out,
but curled up in a corner of the sofa,
with a novel and toothache.
GA toothache indeed r. cried her
mother "you With mouth full of
pearls without an unsound tooth in
your headl"
:" / didn't say I had toothache, !"
said Marion. "Aunt Anne said so,
and of course shouldn't contradict
her. All that said was that / was not
going out in Mr.. Adriance Desmond's
yacht, toothache or no toothache.''
Mamma Marlborough opened her
mouth, but just then caught sight of
something in the window, and paused
with it still open, and then, suddenly
closing it with snap, she shouldered
her parasol, reviewed her little army,
and marched them from the room.
Twenty minutes later, as Marion saw
the sails If the yacht go soaring round
the point, face appeared through the
vines, and gay voice crying, May I
come IMP was followed by It's owner,
and the object that Mrs. Marlborough
had caught sight of in the window made
its entrance there, and was advancing
toward her with outstretched hands and
a radiant smile. 1T was so unfortu-
nate to be left behind r he said.
".And now to find, when I thought I
had lost you for the day, that here you
arel I Imay stay, may notl You need
not tell me you are tired, I will let you
rest-that you have book to read, for
will read it for you, and I have nicer
one besides-nor that you are not GO
ing to have any dinner, for there is
nothing SO delectable as bread and
milk, and saw plenty of that on the
dairy shelves as I came by. So you
see it is all settled, and you can't for
bid me-"
"If it is all settled, it would be of
no use to forbid you, said Marion.
But indeed it would not do. Mamma
and my aunt would
"Think the world was upside down !?
Well, let us startle them with glimpse
of Chinese Tartary. And besides, why
should they ever know anything about
it? What is that book you are reading !?
Dryasdust? Here is the new book of
poems music run mad, but sweetness
enough In them to make sweet day
sweeter. Will you hear r. And his hat
was on the floor, and he sat on cush-
ion at her feet, and melody and beauty
filed the morning with his book and
his Voice. Then by-and-bye she went to
the other room, and opened the piano,
and sang to him song after song Of
music more melodious yet; and at noon
old Margaret who had had her hurried
private word from Mrs. Marlborough
when sailing out, parasol on shoulder
-bade them to the little dinner where
she had done her best, and over which
they fingered long. And after dinner
there was strolling in the garden, and
then more singing, and talking all the
time thrown in-such talking on his
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