Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-12-11
What the sand Said.

[ " eAsaNH NtA--aA -N AA4N- t-a A-'-sA alA- lady I1 --u- sGrrriss, and vii more
 me3ningin her look than in Der words
 even.
 "Yes it's no use," vas the reply. "Th2ass Tor your CCC vi-Les, which 2 Han SC. in your looks, MTs. Maxwell.
 iut I'm sed of r' 'ayluE the fool.
 ''1s>shaE v sad the lady, pUtt;nC her ] arIi famiharly mo bis, and leading him into the drawingrOCn, which, at that ! hOur, was deserted. " Faint heart never
 won fair lady, Nr. Hastings Listen Co
 me. The coach will wait a moment"
 It IS not a question of laiut heart,
 answered the gentleman. But Kate | won't have me. See here, Mrs. Maxwell, | it's hardly fair of you Go corner me, but | she refused me point blank iast night | And what if she did2 l refused Mr. ! Maxwell the first time myself It's a | way some Of our sex have. Come, stay, and try again
 I'm proud man, was hereply, "Gnd don't like being tritled with. But I'd | stay if thought i- would do any good. But 1t won't. She isn't anywhere about, ! you see, though I told her I would go away t0 day. When sad It she actual ! ly laughed. And yet confounC her, I can't | help loving her.
 | Mrs. Maxwell would have liked to have | lausAed also. But she knew bct.e-than
 to do 1t just yet.
 "She was a little bystsacll OF she wouldn't have lagghed shosai "Ihe truth is Herbert, you are pair Oi fools. l You are proud, as you say, and don't brook refusais. Kate is. perhaps, a bit of a tlirt, but | sincerely. believe she lOyes~ ! you. All she needs is a little more urg- | Nftfr -fr-..l f.r. fr|f surralders. Give htrB0 quarter, is my adviCe;' and now Mrs. Maxwell, seeing hls face brighten, veutUred a laugh. IL was a clear, musical laugh, and t cheered Herbert still more. He hesitat- ed; if another five minutes COuld have been granted to Mrs. MeXveli she would have prevailed. But at this moment,
 voice cried;
 Here he is. Hurry up, Hastings.
 The stagedriver won't vat another mo-
 Ment,' and Hastings shook his head to
 Mrs. MaNwells eutreating look, wrung
 her hand and dashed out y fT7c7 -77-7-ai''i-s.
 lt was SIX miles t-9,J Jhe steamboat land ing. And nGsT Herbert began half to re- pent of what he had done. Perhaps !
 have been too hasty, lac said Go himself.
 w hat if Mrs. Maxwell is richtt"
 He unused thus for quite half mi.e
 "Tve a great mind to go back he
 thought. Hold ou, driver, he cried
 aloud. five changed my mind. Stop
 till jump out. I'll walk back.
 Before his sleepy companions C0ult
 ask what he meant. Ee had left the coach, had lit cigar, and was piOodlng through the heavy sands on his return. His mood changei again. Wat precious fool 1 am making of myself, Le reflected, and he turned to hail the coach, but It was a quarter of a mic off, He stopped still "lfJ that fish hawk dives before I count fifty he 3lid, "II cO back to the Metropolitan; # not, I'll walk to the landing and take the after noon beat"
 The fish hawk dove almost immediate 1 ly. Fate has decided for me, lac sad desperateIy. Now let uF sec how wisely
 Meantime. where was the offending Kate? To do her justice, she was not
 aware how much she loved Hastings Uu-
 til she had refused him. lt was not al- together coquctry that led her to say | "uo." The answer hGt-~ zen ai St@-u the first surprise and emi'ssteii, ,N.a e-elfst Jii,r- proposal. uip
 Even before he left her she bitterly re- ! pentcd what she had sand. Had La per severed a little longer she would have confessed the truth. She d1d not, how ever, believe hcw0uld leave tho Branch, | even after he had saId so Hence, carly in the morning she had started For 1 long walk on the beach, hoping t1 meet ! him there, Gs usual; for hardly day l had passed within the last fortnight that these two had not SO met There was an old wreck at that time about mile or more above the NetrC- l pOlitau, which had been a favorite resort 0f theirs, and thither she repjirel. She tried to read till Herbert should appear, but her thoughts wandered from her book continually. Meantime, the hours passed without Herbert appearing. Her heart began tO fan her She spent the time examining her real feelings, and the more sLe scrutiuizei them, the more she 1 felt her love had gone from her forever. By and by the hot tears began to come. She knew how proud Hastings wcs and she saId to herself he would never come back.
 The sea rolled heavily mthe fish hawks sailed overhead; tue breeze blew fresl-' from the eastward; the sun shoEe dag zliugly bright. It was getting toward noon. She gave up all hope, gt last, and . rising, began tO walk back toward ,he hotel. But, after while sine sa- down again, OE a powder under shelter Oi rhe bank, for she had been ai this time up- on the beach below it. She would not yet abandon the chance Oi seeing hlm. Gradually she fell into a sort of revery and began, half uucOusclousiv, tO trac Herbert's name in tic sand. w-th th point of hzr parasui. lsA . l. .slvart.-A iuii territorial and County and Warronts, approved Commercial Paper, etc.
 IL V as at tius JuLcUilra that herU,
 walking along the top of the bank above, discerned her. He hastily sprang down the bank and began burriediy to retracc his steps toward her.
 He thought she would hear him as he approached. But sho did not. He ap- preached so close Gt last that Le could look over her shoulder. Blessed vision Could he believe his own eyes. Show
 writing with her parasol iu ths sand the
 words, Herbert l love you.
 Hastings could control limsslf no lon ger His cigar had long been out, though retained mechanically; he now
 flung lt away, and stepping over, caught
 hate's lace in Lis hands and kissed her
 on her ripe lips.
 Darling" he whispered, claspiug her in his arms and drawing her to him, God bless you for those words. had come t0 try my fate once more. Say that ! dear confession over gain Kate was silent for awhile. But his caresses soon dried her tears, and made her forget her mOmentary shame.
 What a happy hour it was that follow
 edl The lovers paced mp and down the i strand for out of sight of 1ny intruders, ! exchanging confessions as to when they | first began to be interested in each other.
 An that first hour Of mutually &C., ! knowledged affection. Is there any | thing m life, ever after, half or quarter,
 So blissful?
 Experiments are to be made with six and eight-Inch steel guns, with a view to
 arming the new war ships of the United | States.
 Builders along the New Jersey coast
 say that this is the busies. and most ! prosperous season they have ever known | Hundreds cf Summer cottages are m ! course of erection, and hotels are heEg | enlarged. It is almost impO sibie t0 se- | cure enough laboTers, mason and car ! penters to do the work.