The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-10-08
CHAPTER XXI.
THE GREEN PARK.

THE GREEN PARK.
He asked whether Mr.. John Gordon
was within, and in two minutes found
himself standing in the hall with that
hero Of romance. Mr.. Whittlestaf told
himself, as he looked at the man. that
he was such hero as ought to be hap.
py in his love. Whereas Of himself
he was conscious of n personal appear.
ance which no girl could be expected
to adore. He thought too much Of his
personal appearance generally, COM
planning to himself that 1t was mean;
whereas in regard TO Mary Lawrie, Il
may be said that no such idea had ever
entered her mind at was Just be-
cause be had come first" she would
have said II asked. And the "he" ="
alluded to would have been John Cor.
don. "He had come first, and there
. fore | had learned TO love him" II
was thus that Mary Lawrie would have
spoken. But Mr.. Whittlcstaif, as he
looked up into John Gordon's face, felt
that he himself was mean.
"You got my letter, Mr.. GordonT'
"Yes, / got it last night"
"I have come up to London because
there is something that | want to say Ia
you. II is something that | can't very
well put up into letter, and therefore
/ have taken the trouble 10 come Ia
town." As he said this he endeavored, no
doubt, to assert his own dignity BY the
look which he assumed. Nor did he
intend that Mr.. Gordon should know
anything Of the struggle which he had
endured. -
But Mr.. Gordon knew as well what
Mr. Whittlestaff had to say as did Mr..
Whittlestafr himself. He had turned
the matter over in his own mind since
the letter had reached him, and was
aware that there could be no other
cause for seeing him which could bring
Mr.. Whittlestatf up to London. But a
few days since he had made an appeal
to Mr.. WhittlestPif-an appeal which
certainly might require much thought
for its answer-and here was Mr.. Whit
tlestaff with his reply. 1t could not
have been made quicker IL was thus
that John Gordon had thought OF it as
he had turned Mr.. Whittlestaff's letter
over ia his mind The appeal had
been made readily enough. The max
ing OF it had been easy; tue words TO
be spoken had come quickly, and with
out the necessity for moments pre-
meditation. He had known II all, and
from a full heart The mouth speaks.
But was ii TO have been expected that
man so placed MS had been Mr. Whit
tlesta0, should be able TO give his reply
with equal celerityp He, John Cor
don, had seen at once, on reaching
Croker's Hall, the state in which things
were. Almost hopelessly he had made
his appeal TO the man who had her
promise. Then he had met the man at
Mr.. Halls house, and hardly word
had passed between them. What word
could have been expected Monlagu
Blake, with all his follN had Judged
rightly in bringing them tpgether.
When he received the letter John Cor
don had remembered that last word
which Mr. Nhittlestaf had spoken to
him in the squire's hall. He had
thought OF the appeal, and had resolved
to give an answer TO 1t. II was an ap.
peal which required an answer. He
had turned Il over in his mind, and had
at last told himself what the answer
should be. John Gordon had discov-
cred all that when he received the let
ter and IL need hardly be said that his
feelings in regard TO Mr.. Whittlestafl
were very much kinder than those oi
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