Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-11-24

Mr.. Movie the offer of releasing his daugh.
ter from her engagement. At fist this
proposal was pooh. poohed equally by the
bill.discouater and Miss Moyle herself.
Mile, who was not quite as sensible as she
was pretty, wept good deal at not becom-
ing q countess then she wept at the no.
bility of Georges action, which everybody
was praising.
Now, there was staying in the house of
the Moyles poor little cousin of Miles
named Gertrude Brown. She was soft.
eyed brunette of IS, very quiet and Iowa.
bic, who acted as companion to Mile, and
had to bear much from the whimsical
humors of this spoiled child. Gertie had
always received marked kindness from
Lord Beauvray, who treated her as If she
had been his sister, and she looked upon
him with admiration as the most notable
being she had ever seen. His renuncia
ton of rank and wealth had struck her as
an act of surprising heroism, and she could
not SO much as sllude to it without the
tears gushing from her eyes. A shrewd,
merry little thing, too, in her way, she was
capable of discerning the difference that
existed between q genuine man of honor
like Lord Beauvray and a mere man OF
money like her Uncle Moyle.
It was this enthusiasm of poor Gertie
Browns in poor George de Vray's behalf
that began to make the cup of Mr.. Moyle's
bitterness to overflow. That worthy gen.
tleman had taken to musing that there was
an end now to his chances of sitting In
Parliament, getting a baronetcy, and all
that.
Poor Gertie held Der tongue, although
her heart throbbed wofully. she had
heard that the new Lord Beauvray, the
ex.Mr. Timburel, had been invited to din
ner on a certain evening, and she began to
suspect that her precious uncle was form
ing plan for making of this former clerk
of his sutton for Mile hand.
Her intuition was not at fault. Old
Moyle fastened to make peace with his
discharged clerk, whose vanity was easily
tickled. He became a regular visitor to
the bill. discounter's, taking care never to
come at times when he was likely to meet
George. His visits displessed Gertie
Brown, but he easily succeeded in winning
the favor of the discounters daughter, who
co-respondingly lessened her liking for
George, and one day when she made an
aspersion upon him, which Gertie could
uOL buS oCiCdlhCuy IL Nou
are so fond of Mr.. de Nray, why don't you
get him to marry you? That would be two
bePgars together"
Naturally Gertie went to her room to
have a good cry, but from that day she
ceased speaking about George, and became
very circumspect in her demeanor towards
him. When he called to see Mile she
left the room. George soon noticed these
tactics, for his interviews with MIR. Moyle's
daughter were growing more and more irk-
some by reason of Miles GOODNESS and If.
ritability. At the least thing she would
snap and sulk, and one afternoon, when
George innocently made some inquiry
about Miss Brown, she fired up in jeal-
GUS pet. "You seem very anxious about
Miss Brown l am not obliged to show her
off in drawing-room when visitors come.
She is only pauper cousin whom we have
taken in from charity"
"It's queer charity, dear, if you talk of
it in that way" laughed George. 81 don't
consider poverty disgrace, either"
"No, but it's very inconvenient," said
Mile, still querulously; and that reminds
me, il we marry, suppose you don't mean
to live on my money. Papa says his banks
might break ; and if that should be 30 |
suppose you will do something to get an
independent income 2
Yes, answered George, coloring deep
ly, Il have applied for an exchange into
the line, and think Of going out to the war
on the Indian frontier. | shall have
Lieutenant. Colonel's rank-so, If you wait
for me two years, Mile, l will return with
new career and perhaps an income before
me"
'Oh, wait two years to become a sol.
dier's wife, and 90 out to live in baking In
dian heat - exclaimed Mile, pouting, q" |
never bargained for that"
Just at that moment Gertie Brown came
in. She had message to deliver to Mile
from Mr. Moyle, and blushed as she crossed
the room where the pair of quarreling low
ers sat.
"Miss Brown" said George, rising TO
shake hands with her, :" wish you good
by, for have just been telling Miss Moyle
that am going to the war in India"
"You are going to the war Oh, MIR. de
Vray-if anything should happen to you !"
exclaimed Gertie, aud the tears started to
her eyes.
"Thank you for those tears" said
George, gratefully. {" l shall know that
one person here, at least, will feel interest.
Now give me as a keepsake that red book
marker you are holding in your hand. l
will bring back the ribbon with something
hanging to it. "
The Victoria Cross, perhaps, Uttered
Mile, rather uncomfortably. I" declare
that's quiet poetical. Well, good-by, Mr..
de Vray, we part as friends, don't we?'
Excellent friends" answered George,
as he lifted both her hands to his lips and
kissed them playfully.
One wear passed. There bad been a