The Butler weekly times., 1884-04-30

him.
''We are i'll Loves land to-day;
Where shall We go:
Love. shall we start, or stay,
Or sail, or row:
There's many u wind and way,
And never May but may
We are in Loves land to-day;
Where shall so:' -.
leland me- She says. where Love
Shows but one shaft, one dove,
One heart, one hand
"A shore like that, my dear,
Lies W here man VIII steer,
No maiden land"
Silence fell upon them as the words died
on his lips. What was coming to her! she
wondered. Her heart was stirred, the
lovely bloom on her face came and went,
and she trembled. What was it: She
had listened TO poetry from lips OF princes,
and had listened unmoved; but then every
prince had not the same music in his voice,
nor the same beautiful face and eloquent
ewes as this young worshipper by her side,
IL WAS the first time she had ever felt em-
barrassed or confused. In those few min-
utes they seemed TO have changed places.
He had taken the ascendency, ne had >eiZ-
ed the sceptre OF manhood; the nobler and
stronger soul had suddenly asserted its
supremacy over the other; the stronger
love had suddenly mastered the other
What had happened to her: She Who had
laughed lightly at love and Iofers-"hy
should she trenbIe and blush and taiter?
She would not give way 10 it; she would
tight against il, sweet As 1t was; and,
though it tore her heart with its mingled
pleasure and pain, ac should not think the
words had Impressed hCr. She looked up
at him with Il careless laugh.
Those are quaint pretty words" she
said. ..Do you know anything else by the
same author:'
"Yes. Will you listen? This is called
An Interlude.' | will give you only two
verses again.
"'Iou came, and the sun came after.
And the green grew golden above,
And the flag flowers frightened with laugh
ter.
And the meadow sweet shook with love.
:" Your feet in the full grown grasses
Moved soft as weak wind blowsi
Tou passed me As April passes,
With face made out of n rose"
Again there was pause. His words
had stirred her heart with a strange new
sweetness, while her silence and her
surprised even himself.
..The>c hours at Ulverscroft will never
be forgotten by me-" he said. "Nothing
will ever be like them 10 me again. l may
visit stately mansions, | may see fair la
dies, but place will ever be like IL
verscroft to me. and no one-oh, forgive
memo one like you. I wonder if my
visit, an eternity of happiness in itself will
prove blessing or curse to Ae.'
,Io "A e
asked gently.
His face flushed and then grew deathly
pale.
..Ah, il dare tell you! - he said. "But
you must know-you who are so beautiful
that all men love you-you before whom
all men kneel, as the very queen of beauty
and love you must know!''
''But indeed do not" she replied with
averted face and dropping eyes.
"iou know what happens to the moth
when the taper is bright-death in the
clear hot fame he said. .The brighter
the light the more cruel the death. You
know what would happen if q moth loved
q STAR
II can imagine she returned, remem-
bering the poets beautiful words about
the desire Of the moth for the star.
..Ah, then, Lady Lilias, you know what
has happened to me. L die the same death
as Tue iuotu. " III you forgive me II tell
you how"
.Yes''-with the dainty, rose-leaf flush
deepening. s'Say to me what you will.''
She had never given much encourage
ment TO prince or peer; and he almost
knew it.
'.Most men lose their wits at some time
or other of their lives" he said. "That is
my case now. Pray accept it as an eX-
cuse fer all that L may say. 1 shall be
sorry for my words when | am sensible
= In.
II 10 not like TO hear You speak SO de-
sparinsiy. She remarked. ..Iou are gem
orally bright and hopeful
| can have no hope here" ne said; land
when you have heard the story OF my fol-
ly, YOU will say deserve TO have none;
shall ike 10 remember that | deIicd
my fate, dared il. Dr..ved everything,
and toIu NoI all. lou are an Ear,
di1-uter, lady LI!ia> -Audley. and [ be-
ioto To M..At tUu cali lie professional
class Yet / nave oce.i nlad enough To do
- the il4otIi did have oern mad enough
10 dare To Iose you-you who, they tell
nle, have sent away the nob!e>t in the
land. OvcrwAeiul Inc with your scoru,
hate me for my daring; but remember il
Is u mans ne-.rt you crush. / know all |
merit for my folly; yet L glory SO much in
my love that / would proclaim it to the
whole world"
The passionate pride, love, and defiance
IN his .oice stirred her heart. A ruft Of
grew at her feet. She gath
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