New-York tribune., 1884-02-17

aThon that being So" said |. what's the good of
my going TO Aunt Damaris and telling her VINO 1
am I she allows me. rs Jack Egcrton. 20 be with
you, to make love to you che cultvatos me- at All
events. there's no objection: why should put a
stop to all this. Florence, by oontcssng who an
out your papa's consentf If you'd only say JACK,
you shalt be my husband whether papa or Aunt
Damaris like it or not; will marry you-iarly, II
they consent. but if not secretly for marry You l
will, why, my very own, If You only say ihdt 10
and mean it, dye sce Florence. I'd go neloT VA 1t
once knock your aunt's door, and say, I'm JaCh
Seymour, Miss Hawke the fellow your brother oo-
aTl say nothing of the kind" she exclaimed
"Oh. Jack. you not nice boy, 1Or even ihahiHs
me think of such thing" :oo
"Thcn" cried |, with kind Of groan in my voice
whats the good OF my h to {Sur sooner 1r or
eyes" said l. +" but if it's to bring her bet tween us
if it's to find YOU willing 10 obey her as your papa
representatiyc | don't want ii to bo sooner, Dut
later Don't forget. Florence that yo nave Us Eooq
said that If your aunt were 20 30 M or have
ANYTHING to uo with Iue when we arrive at sydney
Won should have TO obey her
No Jack said | should not know what 10 90,
| 7 shond go home-I shOud-oh, dear. how bad
tempered YOU are with mo-. she cried
Bad tempered" !" | exclaimed and sald 10 more more
fill we came to part of tho deck where lay dccp
! Shadow and there kissed her and held her to my
heart for in what better way could answer heI
She never objected to lay kissing hfr now. seins
wasn't right no doubt nor even consistent seeing
! how stanchy she held out for her papa 5 cnnseni,
But then boys. sho was fond OF me, "a ay, she was was
! fond of and bctwixt KISS ana the aiiar' you
! know there's wide stretch OF ground .
| Presently was hammerine away again nj tho old
topc " The truth must out sooner or later aS
yoil say y observed " but anyhow I'll keep my Sc
cret til we're ashore she 5hant hear OF II on bIne
! waters If she likes me "a Jack Egerton, II sl,o
! don't object to my falling in loyo with you III tha'
character then let her introduce me a. Jack Eyer,
ton 10 her friends let her allow MS to he recognized
by all Sydney as sw9eihearts ana Te" % 'r w'tn Enl
she'll feel herself committed. Florence. nat one
of my idcasbut don't say its worth m.ncni i9.i ai
| added gloomily. Its fearful strugglG-ltS an
upbill :. von'rc not against me. but you don't gi'o
nv s How can Won say such thiug2"
If YOU won't marry me without your latn:I latncI >
consent and If Won are, as am, perfectly positive
/ that he never 'cal consent then | say You're moi
- Y0u NAV think what ycu like Of me, Jack. said
she sadly; but | never will marry you Without
/ papas consent, ,f,.Lo L1
that was on my arm. creeping and creeping along
! till it touched my tngera
Don't be cross with me- Jack
| Y6u are so inpatient May not we hope ono day
to get papas consent: If he finds us truly devoted
"0h," erred I, " don't make &aia question of it,
! Devoted and CONSTANT and of waved into an
! other burst of passionate talk OF "hcn IL not
| weary you lads. with the particulars. But sllh
| winding up " have no hope of ever getting MS
! consent He wants blood. Florence. Thank Coz,
am not without blood, but lis not oi tile hhd ho
"Yes but. jack" said she very grayely, " he may
find me resolved: aud though never, never could
marry Won against his COnScnt-l won't say MS
WiSheS-he may find me ScTN determined ,
Determined to do whats" | asked III hollow
whisper.
swered | uttered gIoan. You foolish fellow,
she exclaimed, playing with ny hand, Nou u"h
understand. DO You think papa al ogre. dIet, IT,
find me determined to wait Tor ms consent, ne
would give it, because my determination would
signify that meant 10 marry nobody but Non, all
y0u are really not such dreadful character aS to
make his consent hopeless when he finds that years
do not change us, and that am unhappy without
without" the rest WAS dissolved III a sign. .
Oh it was sweet to hear hcr, despite OF her talk
ing of gears. A brief interval OF transport ON my
side ensucd and then said If. as Jack Egcrton,
have made your aunt like me and think mc--ought
/ TO saw il mot Ineligible for her niece, an TO
suppose that the mere pronounclng oi my naino IS
to convert mo into vulgar. unht sailor youth III
@No,V she exclaimed eagerly; and that is why
think YOU should let mo toll hor who Won are"
But | would not have this told her dlSll6cd
the idea not only because confession would bring
her aunt between us and make the rest of tho yOy-
ace horribly uncomfortable for all three of us. hut
II might end i'm causing the old lady to dctest and
abOminate me; for the story was sure 10 get wihu:
one would ask questions tnen another uhtii by
and bv everybody would hc hearing that the young
man whom Miss DamaTis hawke had made friend
Of and whose attentions 20 her niece she appeared
10 be silently encouraging. was no more nor i1ss
than the youth whose admiration ana devotion the
young lady had been sent away 10 AUSTRALIA 10 cS-
cape. And" said L. as you may be sure Captain
Jackson wouldn't spare her. aud as hrr sensitive
ness would put plenty of uncomfortable meaning
into every look aud whisper and smile III the Others
she would hold Ine accountahie; the rest OF tho
VOYAGE would he little better than long skulking
and hiding her part; and sho would stop ashore
with you hating and cxccrating me-
Well. my pet listened a5tentiveIy and IN the END
had nothing to answer. II was always so IN these
talks She wanted me to throw oil my disguise, not
caring twopence for what the passengers might
think concerned only in her conscience which she
G. 70 bc fle III mint |
and then | would reason with her. always man
aging to produce some fir. sh argnnent against the
haps kew best. ] cannot imagine that any lover
before my time was over situated a. was. Long
ago my uucl" had told me not to l1'iGr ysci 10ra
moment that Florence was giri likely to e.0pc
with a man or marry without her fathers consent.
lie had clear eye for character and had proved it
right. But had not taken hls view when started
on this voyage. in my heart my beilct was that
before the Australian coast was move up shOulu
have got my pet to love ne well enough to consent
proved stubborn. Well bGd succeeded III making
her love me, ay, TO any extent beyond my hlgcist
hopes; did not know ha by thousand signs,
which | could no moro explain to YOU Ill writing
than could fling the white silver of the moon on
written description Of that umnary? and yet here
she was as immOvahlc III the matter or her papa's
consent as ever she was at Clifton What then was
| to do At times it would come INTO my head that
nv only chance lay in going on steadily imprON ing
Annt Damuris's liking Of me as Mr.. EGerton, allow
her to write about me, AZ FIT. Egcrton 10 hcr
brother and when she had fairly posted her packet
OF praise, UiEB duh w
anco OF Jack Seymour as very good substitute for
the samo person under another name. Assuredly,
she was allowing me to make love to her niece
aboard the StrathmOTe. don't mean ia say that
She could have helped this ioyej Job. even had she
objected to it she couldn't always be chasing Flor,
cncc on deck she couldn't afford to render herself
an object of laughter by stepping up and sunderng
us when she found Us together but she co1fd, had
she chosen have told Florence not 10 allow me 10
pay her such marked attentions as she noticed anu
in a heap OF other ways she could have Indicated
her objection, had she felt any, even though Flor
ence had dclcd her and insisted upon beng win
Kind happened She seemed TO blind herself as to
what was going on. If she spoke OF me at all to
Florence it to praise me-s0' at least my OAR
as her aciduatcd nature would suffer nor to be;
often taking my arm on deck, often sitting mex me
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