Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-07-07

out. NO, dear major, cannot be
contented to remain idle at Deerwood,
kindly as you mean the offer, while
my fathers debts remain unpaid.
All | am afraid you are angry; but
indeed, / cannot
She was rock to arguments and
persuasions. She was her fathers
own daughter. After all, her spirit
and determination demanded admira-
ton. | gave it grudgingly enough,
feeling as if / should enjoy scolding
her soundly and then kissing her.
She scratched off two advertise
ments, handing them to me as she
arose: Standardization as gov
erness'' and stFor Sale-Hamilton
Place. were the headings. I did my
best to obtain her consent to tearing
up the first, but all she would say
was s'Don not urge me"
And SO (perhaps because of the
reminder) gainsaid her no longer.
Governess she should be, if she wish
ed, and Josepha went home as pleas
ed as any headstrong girl who has
had her way.
In pursuance of plan to head her
off / sent telegram to Reg. The
idea of her not loving such fine,
manly, true-hearted fellow, the best
man ever inside lieutenant's uni
form He had only to ask to wed
anywhere He came as soon as he
could get leave. They were off in a
fortnight.
| told him Josepha's resolves.
''There is one power that will stop
her."
"And that, uncle? p
"Love." Profound sigh from Reg,
but no disposition to open his mouth.
"Do you try your luck again. Re-
member the old rule about two mega
tives. | have observed the young
woman pretty closely, and l think
you will succeed. Tell her that IN
case she consents to make us the
happiest of men you are to give up
your commission and come in my firm
at once. Pshaw boy! Don't look so
dazed. | have intended it all along,
only take time by the forelock. Tell
Josepha when you find her that an &C.
centric old duffer who has taken a
fancy to the place offered $4,000
for it, and that being by all odds
more than she can expect to have Of
fered again, [ took him.
"All right, uncle anything more?
He was already half out of the Ii.
brary.
''Tell her-no, never mind"
| Reg. was by this time beyond
hearing.
For an hour I walked up and dowr
my lonely, luxurious drawing-room
Free from restraint of Reginald
company, the fever rose again in m,
blood, my pulse beat fast, my stel
quickened. Then | formed q hun
dred plans which would aid in crush
ing down my heart. l would travel
| would trust to time; with seas ant
years between, / would grow calme
in my feelings. | would come bac
and find happiness in Reginald's an
hers. l would give them Hamilto
place for their wedding gift, and
1 imagined myself in after years fro
: licking on those green terraces wit
Reginald's oldest or youngest, as th
a case might be. But the fever ros
e again, the longing was as strong a
it was vain. | was not in the fran
/ of mind to meet my nephew, and 8
: soon as my roam was saddled spran
to her back and was off-away-
+ cared not where, so / could ride tt
i madness down.
/ came home late. The harde
O battle / had ever fought l had VOL
n 1 had such grip on myself tina
d after seeing Bess comfortably ST
it bIed and rubbed down, l went
s Reggie's house without the least fe;
r of self-betrayal.
It But the lad was not there. A no
II sticking in the mirror-frame attractt
e nv attention. 1t was addressed
IS me. 1t ran with many blot al
It erasure:
:, DEAR OLD UNCLE-It was mistak
Josepha never cared two pins for m
y That boy and girl affair wasn't love at a
Il She told me so before, and / ought
have known better than to go to h
If twice, but you-there, don't blame yo
:. uncle. How should you know? She W
very kind, and I dare say shall get ov
it. But I'm awfully cut up, and | dol
feel as ii I could face even you just ye
lie so I'm off, without waiting for you.
A line or two more was so bad
y blurred as to be illegible, and 9 gre
ar scrawl which bore but faint resel
blance to s'Reg."
Poor lad poor lad he tried ha
10 to be CHEEKY in the farewell letter
t. sent before he left the shores of E
v gland, but saw the heartache b
as tween the lines.
| In few days I was called su
denly to London on business, bel
detained there some little time. VIII
ed I returned to Deerwood it was to fl
ly out our cratic young neighbor flow
ct Mrs. Harwood, my estimable hous
O. keeper, had message for me frt
1d Miss Hamilton-ssshe would VIZ
eel regularly, but | was not to seek /
C. out"