Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-23


with half-veiled glances.
Three more DAYS and we shall be at
home" she said. rousing herself.
you count the days" he said. care
you eager to be therc?"
''No; neither eager nor reluctant
The voyage has been pleasant, but it
will be nice 10 be on shore again. too"
''What. or rather who is going to
make il niceP Anybody in particu-
lar?'
She put the question aside with little
wave OF her hand.
"You are curious" she said. mis-
chievously.
Julius tit his lip. He was curious.
and this was not the first time she had
foiled him.
"You want much to know Just who
and what am" she went on. "You
have made a dozen attempts to end out
Tell me why. What difference would il
make TO you? II I were 10 tell YOU that
] am n niece of the Governor of Ken
tucky-mind. don't say that / am. "
she cautioned. as Julius made n gesture
Of surprise. II say il / were To tell
you so. and add that am mistress of
an independent forum f. would that en-
nance ms value in your eycsg'
Julius drummrd upon the arm of his
chair. and looked nj her in silence.
"SuppO g, on the contrary she went
on, impetuously. aud with n certain
warmth Ol tone that seemed to spring
from injured pride. IL were TO tell you
that am an orphan without fortune;
that had just money enough To carry
me through the conservatory ut Paris.
and that l am hoping and expecting to
make my living by teaching music,
would that lower me in your reIard?"
Julius still remained silent. perhaps
little aba she'd by the results of his own
tcmerity.
II see that have embarrassed you,"
she said, laughing. II shall not insist
upon an answer. leave YOU TO adopt
whichever hypothesis best suits you."'
She gathered mp her shawl and book
as she spoke. and made motion TO
rise, but Julius laid OBTAINING hand
upon her arm.
mo, no. you mustn't 90 yet" he ex-
claimed, and he fancied Inc per eivel n
dewincss in her eyes. rs she turned
them toward HIM, which touched him
iDexpressibly. 81 am embarrassed, not
So much by your hypothesis as by some
thing in myself Since you leave me to
choose between these hypothesis. / will
TAKE the latter. You arr. then, an
orphan without fortune, hoping and ex-
pecting to make your living by teaching
music. To prove TO you how little de-
serve your implied reproach. will con-
Tess what l should have concealed from
the Governors neice. Miss Elton, |
adore you"
MIR. Hilder!' she exclaimed, spring.
ing To her feet, with flashing ewes.
"Well, he said, quietly, 'you chal-
lcnged me-"
You are Experiment. SIR" and she
swept away With dignity.
She remained closely shut in her own
cabin during the remainder of the af-
ternoon and until quite late the next
morning, when Julius, who had main
tanned an anxious and impatient watch
on deck, found her in the saloon sip
Ping cup of tea and nibbling piece
OF toast by way of breakfast.
Il hope you have forgiven me-" he
said, taking seat beside her.
''But have not" she answered with,
decision.
(Which have l ofi'ended-the Govern
or S niece or tho orphan music-teach-
erP' he asked, with saucy smile.
both. 1t was daring impertinence
to the one and a piece of insolence
toward the other"
"Well, don't see what I'm TO do
about it. 1t isn't the sort of thing you
can expect a man to take back
mo" she said, looking absently into
her cup. then suddenly realizing that
this was not just what she should have
said, she hurried to add, amid a con-
fusion of bushes: THAT is, of course.
you must take it back; at least YOU
mustn't say anything more about it."
"Never@'
Never"
But that's impossible"
"Mr Hilder
Miss Elton"
81 think we've had enough OF this.
IL was my fault, / am willing to admit
that. IL was wretched taste on my
part. and I've suffered all sorts of
things in consequence" Sh, waved
her hand toward her cabin as she
spoke, indicating that 1t was thus her
hours OF retirement was spent. Let
me 20 back To the first question:" she
continued. You asked me whether
there was anybody to make 1t pleasant
for me on shore. There was no reason
but my own perversity why | should
not have answered at once. No. no
body that l am at all sure will care to
make IL pleasant for me. 1 have a dear
old uncle who has always been very
good TO me; but when he hears how
M har II a
he will say to me, and she puckered
up her white forehead into an express
sion of compunctious perplexity.
"Well," be said. after waiting some
time for her to resume. sis that all9''
notPr
"My question rs originally put-yes,
1 believe it does; but il has been so am
plified that you can hardly expect me
to be satisfied with that meager answer"
"AmpliIied! | don't understand"
Those two ingenious hypothesis. for
instance-were they both pure fiction,
or which was the true statement"
Both pure inventions" she returned,
laughing and blushing again. II am
not that brilliant creature, Governors
niece, nor yet that more useful and re
spectacle Onc, teacher Of music.
The Governors niece was Just bit of
satire. travelled few weeks once in
company with such person. and the
constant iteration with which she dwelt
upon her title, and the amount of re-
spcct 1t seemed TO inspire in the minds
oil those who heard il, gave me the i'm
preston that it was the highest rank an
unmarried woman could attain in Amer
lea; l think the impression must be
well founded, too, as noticed it pro-
duced quite an effect upon YOU"
Not the effect you imagine. was
startled for a moment, confess. but
simply because of slight coincidence. ="
''Coincidencel Do you know herp-
and n hot blush and a look of conster-
nation sat together upon the fresh.
young face of Miss Elton.
Never saw her; but there was a Mot
to make me cross the ocean with sncb
a person and lot of other women