New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-11-09
Let 60 my hands. r"m-somebody

Will go 10.
'.They may see and-welcome! I
Ohan't let you 60 until you p.omise
you win have me-unil you tell me
you love me-dear."
:. ':But I won'tr'
'Then yon can't go."
Asaucy little dimp'ing Of the GRIM
son cheeks.
'.Tom. please let me gol Tll-say-
yes-but I don't mean t bit"
''ru take tho riskr' And then he
leaned over and said something that
msde her checks crimson even deerer.
While ct tho se.t-same moment Mr..
Forsyth, three miles of. asked Marian
Fellowes II she would marry him.
II said yes, Of course. mamma" she
said later. when she rehearsed tho
soene for Mrs. Fellowes benefit.
Certainly you said yes! Marian, I
think have nothing left to wish for,
now that I shall 500 you mistress OF
such homo - the Grange. You have
done splendidly with yourself my dear!'
':And he never dreams we have dis
covered his charming little romance,
mammar'
An hour or % afterwards the picnic
ers came home, and Marian watched
them with . faint little sheer on her
pretty face. that deepened into positive
knocking triumph when she saw Tom
Lester and Amy Proctor going by In
Farmer Hetwyn's numbering wagonette
and thought that she would ride in
her own carriage before long.
I'm cut every one of t1em'' she de-
oided, and thon, something in Sybil
Conyers's grave. naughty eyes, as she
and tail handsome young fellow
dashed by in q lovely little phmton,
made her wonder at it.
She turned to Mr.. Forsyth. who had
been standing at the o:her eide of the
window, idly looking out on the merry
little cavalcade.
miss Conyers Is with . strange
gentleman-he seems to know you,
Frank. Who is he?''
Mr.. Forsyth looked interestedly up.
''Thate Oh, bless my soul. it is Mr..
Clifton! Why, what can have brought
him so unexpectedlyP''
Clifton! Clifton! Then Mr.. Frank
Forsyth was nobody in disguise after
all-and her charming romance had
not an action of foundation! Mr..
Forsyth was only Mr.. Forsyth. and
She
A sudden rush Of rebellious tears
clouded her eyes as she tried to raise it
she was not engaged to the master
Of the Grange. who was driving with
pretty, naughty Sybil Conyers, and ap-
parently very much smitten, for all he
was q stranger but--to-to-Mr. Cliff
toms servant and overseer.
And Tom Lester and Amy looked so
comfortable and cosy togethef-while
She
Poor Marian could hardly bring her.
self q believe twas it trueP Was it
true she had made such an awful mis-
take. blinded by her pride and ambi-
tione
And, in the midst of her self-torment-
ing thoughts, sho did not see the chag-
rim and alarm that was on her lover 8
face, or the uneasincss in his manner,
a. he excused himself.
And - ''made himself scarce" or
rather-.'vanished that same day. with
big bill unpaid, not to mention q
quantity of stolen under-linen he had
borrowed from the wardrobe at the
Grange.
Poor Marian She had nobody but
herself to blame, but all the same her
worst enemy would have pitied her
could they have seen her all forlorn
and disconsola:e, her face red and swol-
len with hours of crying. as she watched
the double wedding procession of car
riages, the day Tom Lester and Amy.
and handsome young Mr.. Clifton, the
master of the Grange, and Miss Conyers
were married,