The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-06-30

you should have remembered, she
added, laughing little notwithstand-
ing her terror. @ -
Il remember it perfectly, ~ an
swered, 'sbut intend to have a differ
ent reply to that. You see those FIVE
sandbags; | shall ask you five times to
become my vile. Every time you re-
fuse shall throw over asandbag. SO,
lady fair Gas the cabmen would saw re-
consider your decision and consent to
become Mrs. Jenkyns.n
q won't, she said, ~ never will!
and, let. me tell .yon. that you are acting
in very upgentlemanly, way to, press
me thus " 7e't ~ -'isa a'p
a You acted in very lady-like way
the other day, did you not, I rejoined.
"when YOU knocked me out of the boat?"
She laughed again, for she was plucky
girl. However, went on, its no
good arguing about twill you prom
Use to give me your hand?" lFas p
"Never, y she answered sI'll go to
Ursa Major first, though l have got a
big enough bear here, in all conscience.
Stay; you'd prefer Aguarius, wouldn't
your : 81 - ~ 4.-
She looked so pretty that I was almost
inclined to let her off U was only trying
to brighten her, of course-I knew how
high we could go safely well enough,
and how valuable the life of JENKINS
was to his country) but resolution is
one of the strong points of my charac-
ter. and when I've begun a thing / like
to carry it through, so 4 threw over
another sandbag and whistled the dead
March in Saul. y s..ft ssh 81,
Come. Mr. JENKINS" she said, sud-
denly-..come,T Tom, letus descend now.
and Tllpromise to say nothing whatever
about all this. l continued the execu-
ton of the :. Dead March," .'But if
you do not begin to descend at onceTll
tell papa the moment | set foot on
ground" | laughed, seized another
bag, and, looking steadily at her, said:
"Will you promise to give me your
handp'
1--we answered you already?" was
the reply. Over went the sandbag,
and the solemn notes of the Dead
March resounded through the car.
II thought you were gentleman 7,
said Fanny. rising up in a terrible rage
from the bottom of the car, where she
had been sitting, and looking perfectly
beautiful in her wrath; Il thought you
were gentleman, but / find / was
mistaken; why, a chimney-sweeper
would not treat a lady in such a way.
Do you know that you are risking your
ooOn life as well as mine by your mad
nessn / explained that | adored her
so much that to die in her company
would be perfect bliss, so that | begged
she would not consider nay feelings at
all She dashed her beautiful hair
from her face, and, standing perfectly
erect. looking like the Goddess of An
ger Tor Boadlcea-if you can fancy that
parsonage in balloon -she said: II
command you to begin the descent this
instant The dead March," whis-
tied in manner essentially gay and
lively,n was the only response. After
few minutes silence took up another
bag and said: "We are getting rather
high; if you do not decide pretty soon
we shall have Mercury coming to tell
us that we are trespassing-7wiH you
promise me your hand Pr She sat in
sulky silence at the bottom of the car.
I threw over the sand Then she tried
another plan. Throwing herself upon
her knees, and bursting into tears, she
said 80, forgive me- for what did
the other day; | was very wrong, and ]
am very sorry. Take me home and
viii be a sister to YOU ..Not wifeP"
said l. II can't; can't she an
swered. q rst'ii"''a s'i'tfi
Over went the fourth bag, and be-
gan to think she would beat me after
all, for did not like the idea of going
much higher. / would not give in just
yet, however, 1 whistled for a few
moments to. give her TING for reflection,
and then said Fanny, they say that
marriages are made in Heaven If you
do not fake care ours will be solemn.
lied there | took up the fifth bag
and last. Come" j said, s'my wife
in life, or my companion in DEATH
which is it to bep' and patted the
sandbag in my arms as if it had been
baby. "Come, Fanny, give me your
promise. / could hear her sobs. I'm
the most soft-hearted creature breath
ing. and would not pain any living
thing. and confess she had beaten me.
l forgave her the ducking; forgave
her for rejecting me. / was on the
point Of fiinging the bag back into the
car, and saying dearest Fanny, for
give me for trying to brighten you.
Marry whomsoever you will. Give
your lovely hand to the lowest groom
in your stables-endow with your price
less beauty the Chief of the Panki-
wanki Indians. Whatever happens,
Jenkyns is your slave; your dog; your
footstool. His duty henceforth, is to
go whithersoever you shall order, to do
whatsoever you shall command
was on The point of saying this,
repeat, when Fanny suddenly looked
up and said, with queerish expression
upon her face: "You need not throw
that last bag over. | promise to give
you my hand.
with all your hearth" l asked,
quickly.
.sWith all my heart she answered
with the same strange look.
tossed the bag into the bottom OF
the car, and opened the valve. The
balloon descended.
Gentlemen (said Jenkyns, rising
from his seat in the most solemn man
ner, and stretching out his hand as if
going to take an oath); gentlemen,
will you believe it, when we reached the
ground, and the balloon had been given
over to its recovered master-wlien.I
had helped Fanny tenderly to the earth
and fy1rnpd ards her tn racaivp annyv