, 1884-07-10

leap les Pentes till I know that you have
maile him happy"
"Tiulyir
"Truly."
aAnd you go away tomorrow
ayes, to- Orrow."
~Oh. MONSIEUR
There isn't much in those two words; but
they may be pronounced with a COOL deal of
differences in the information, and Isaliue's in
tonat.On dill not leave ons in much doubt az
to how sue used the n. Her eyes fl lei again
with tears, ami she half started up to 90.
Migrate and wretch that / was, for gesful of
my promise to NJ. Claude. my eyes allo | r-
sponsively, and l jumped to catch her ami
keep her from got1-, of cou Sc at the ex penss
of another dreadful wrench to my poor back.
"lsaline." l cried, unc0nsciously dropping the
mademoisalle, and letting her see my brim.
ming eyslids Gar too obviously. "Isnlins. do
wait awhile, l imPlors you, l beseeci you'll l
have something to say to you"
She seated herself ones more in the big
chair. swell. mon pauvre monsieur" she
ciie | "what is itF
@Isaline." 1 10 ;an, trying 1t over again,
-why won't you marry NJ. Claudei"
@Oh, that again Well" answered lSaline
Dol ly, because / do not love him. an L 1--we
somebody else. You should not ask = young
la1y about these mattsr!. In Switze land we
do not think il CONNIE II faut,"
But l went on, "Thy do you not love NJ.
Clnudei He has every good quality, aniv
avery gond quality. ani-hs bores me-"
Hrchly, @you were asking me the other day
what books l had read in English. Well, /
bave read Lnngfel!ow. Do you rcmem5sr
Miles Standisnr
saw what she was diving ut and laughed
In spite OF myself "Yes," / said, 81 kn w
what y,u mean. When John Alden Is plead
ing with Priscilla on bs ialf OF Miles Stlndish,
Priscilla cuts him short by raging"
Isaline finished the question herself in her
own pretty clipped English, "Why don't you
speak for yourself, joint"
/ lau shed. She laughed. We both looked
1t one another. and the next thing I rernem-
Ter was that l nal drawl down IsaIinc's
plump little face clos to mine, and was kiss
ing 1t vgoro Isly, in spits of an acute d Irting
piin at each kiss all alon my spins al | into
m -marrow-hones. Poor " Ca 10 was ut
teriy f-rgot:en.
Before m1ny days nv mother cana to
hand duly, aad, thou yh her social preju Ices
were just a triAs shocked at first by the
farm-honse, with Its hams and mliz', viii ID
| hal foun | so picturesque, l judged rightly
that Isalins would soon max an easy con
gust OF her. Ny mother rea lily ad .nitteo
that my accent hal improved auiibly to
the nakel Gar; that ~Isiiiis's mn insr5 were
simply perfect; that she was a deIr, pretty,
captivating lit Q thing. and tnat on the
whole she saw no obi ctiJn, save ols posi-
bic one, to my marriage. "oi course. Clar
lie" she said, -the Clairons are Prots stant5
because otherwise l COZ d never think of Civ
ing my consent"
Happily. as 1t turned ont, the Clairons
were Reformed. and so my mothers one OBJ
] ction fell TO the ground Immediately. II
Cln.ron'3 ing liriAs We're also satisfactory
and the tinnl result was Isaline and I were to
be quietly married befJie tue en- | of the sum-
mer. The goo father hal a nice little vine
yard estate at Pic de Ia BIIma, VIII ca he
proposed l Shout undertake. to Gu tivats, and
my mother wanted TO see III Installed in ons
of the preotiest little toy cha!ets to be seen
~anywhere at the Villeneuvt enI of the lovely
lake. A happier or sweeter bride THAI dearest
tsaline 1 defy the whole world, now or ever,
to produce.
From the day OF our wed ling, almost, Isl-
line ma le it the business OF ner life to dis.
cover o fitting wife for goo NJ. Claude, and
in the end sEe succeeded in discovering, / will
freely adult TOR lisa inc is not jealous, the
second prettiest and second incest girl in the
whole Pays de Vaud. And what is more, she
succeeded also in getting N. Claude to fall
head over ears in lov5 with her as Grst sight
to propose to her at the end of a week, and to
be accepted with eifusion by Annette herself,
ami with colIness by her papa, who thought
tho QUESTION OF means u trlhs unsatisfactory
But Saline and l arranged that Claude
should come into partnership in our vine
yard business on easy terms, and give up
schoolniasaerinB forever; AMI the conss-
queuce is that ho AMI his wife have now got
the companion chalet to ours, and between
our two local connections, in S witzsrland AMI
England, we are doing Que OF the best trades
in the new export wins trafi; OF any arm
along the lake.