The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-07-09

gett'sp ''She says that you are only
laying up trouble for yourself in this,
and l think that it is true.n
Then he rose in his wrath and spoke
his mind freely, and showed her at
once that John Gordon had not dwelt 4
much on his mind. He had bade her not
to speak of him. and then he had BEEN
,contented to look upon him as one ]
whom he would not be compelled to-
trouble'himself with any further.T 'sI'{
think, Mary, thai you areIInaking too
little of me, and of yourself, to talk to
me. or even to consider in-such amat-s
ter, what servant says to you. AS you,
have given me your affection, you
should now allow nothing that any one
can say to you to make you even think
OF changing your purpose. How
|. grossly must, he be mistaken, when he
could imagine she had given him her
heart! Had she not expressly told him
chat her love had been set upon anoth-
erP STo ME lyou are everything. l
have been thinking as | walked up and
down the path, of all thatI could do to
make YOU happy. And Twas so happy
myself in feeling that Ihad your happi-
ness to look after. How should | not
let the wind blow too coldly on you?
How;should l be watchful to see that
nothing should ruffief your. spiritsp
What duties, what pleasures, what soc
ETY. should provide for youF How
should 1 change my habits so as to
make my advanced years fit for your
younger lifep And 1 was teaching my
self to hope that 1 was not yet too old
TO make this altogether impossible.
Then you come to me and tell me that
you must destroy all my dreams, dash
all my hopes TO the ground, because an
old woman has shown her temper and
her iealousy!'
This was true, according to the light
in which he saw her position. Had
there been nothing between these two
but mutual desire to be married, the
reason. given by her for changing it-all
would be absurd. AS he had continued
to speak, Slowly adding one argument
to another, with a certain amount OF
true eloquence, she felt that unless she
could 90 back to John Gordon she
must yield. But it was very hard
for herr to go back to John Gordon. In
the first place, she must insist on her
love for a man who had never spoken
to her of love! 1t was SO hard that she
could not do it openly. II had thought
SO little Of the value Icould be to you." :"
Your value to me is infinite. | think,
Mary, that there has come upon you a
certain melancholy which is depressing
you. Your regard TO mel worth now
more than any other possession or gift
that the world can bestow, And | had
taken pride to myself in saying that it
had been given" Yes; her regard!
She could not contradict him as to that.
"And have you thought of your own po-
sition? After all that has passed be-
tween us, you can hardly go on living
here as you have done.
"Fknow that"
i. "Then what would becomeof you if
| you were to break away from me?''
81 thought you would get place for
me as goyerness, or a companion tosome
lady"
"Would that satisfy your ambition?
have place for you-but it is here.
Not as companion to a lady are YOU
required to fulfill your duties here on
earth. 1t is fuller task of work that
you must do. | trust-I trust that it
may not be more tedious" She looked
at him again, and he did not now ap-
pear SO old. There was q power of
speech about the man, and a dignity
which made her feel that she could in
truth have loved him-had it not been
for John Gordon. "Unfortunately, |
am older than you, very much older.
But to you there may be this advantage,
that you can listen to what may say
with something of confidence in my
knowledge of the world. As my wife
you will fill position more honorable
and more suitable to your gifts, than
could belong to you as a governess or. q
companion. You will have much more
to do, and will be able to go nightly to
your rest with q consciousness that you
have done more as the mistress of oul
house than you could have done in that
tanner capacity. You will have cares, and
even those will ennoble the world to
you, and you to the world. That other
life is poor shrunken death rather
than life 1t is way of passing her
days which must fall TO the lot of many
female who does not achieve the 9th,
er; and it is well that they to whom il
falls should be able to accommodate
themselves to it with contentment and
self-respect. l think that may say Of
myself that, even as my wife, you will
stand higher than you would do as a
companion.
81 am sure of it,
"Not on that account should you ac-
cept sny man that you can not love. "
Had she not told him that she did moi
love him-even that she loved anotherg
And yet he spoke to her in this way
"You had better tell Mrs. Baggett to
come tome"
There is the memory of that other
man." she murmured very gently.
Then the scowl came back upon his
face; or not scowl, but look of cold
displeasure. IF I understand you
rightly, the gentleman never addressed
you as lover"
"Never!"
II see it all, Mary. Mrs. Baggett has
been violent and selfish, and has made
you think thoughts which should not
have been put in your head to disturb
you. You have dreamed dream in
vour early lifa-aS Girls do dream.