Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-08

Marion. He WAS from Australia. 70
port said. and had only lately settled
here and bought the estate. He was q
widower. very rich. ard had q niece.
his keiress, living with him. l. found
him a frank, sen ible, kindly man.
"You and I are both strangers here"
he said, when we met for the first
time; 1--WE must pull together. AS a
beginning, suppose you come and dine
with us. My niece and l will be de-
lighted"
Thank you," I said; you are very
kind"
mot at ALL" he said. "say to-mor-
row at six. No ceremony; Just our-
selves"
The morrow came and 1 went up to
the hall. AS l entered the drawing
room, l was still wondering whether
these Morleys We're relati, es of Marion,
when, behold, she herself stood be-
fore me! My establishment and delight
neatly deprived me OF speech.
"Did you not know / was here, MIR.
Clitheroe?" she SAID. ''Directly my
good uncle came home, he sent for
me, and adopted NE as his own child"
81 congratulate you most sincerely"
l said.
81 was so surprised when ] heard
that the new Vicar was Mr.. Clitheroe,"
she added.
Then Mr.. Morley entered.
"Ah, Mr.. Clitheroc, how do you doP"
he said. 81 see you and Marion need
no introduction. 1 remember now;
she said she had seen you or heard Of
you somewhere"
Somewhere! Yes, indeed! | felt al
most sorry to see her. Marion Morley,
the governess, I would have loved on
and on; Miss Morley, of the Hall,
an heiress, was very far above the
reach OF q poor rector. I could
not help feeling that this leap
had taken her away from me
altogether; and, though I loved
her no less, l dared not renew my
suit. But at last. as time went on, 1
could bear it no longer, and deter
mined on q last appeal. AS | feared
she would not hear me out, | deter
mined to write to her; and, in order
that there should be no mistake this
me, | gave the note to her uncle.
To this day l do not know how l
spent the interval before L got the an
swer. At last it came:
Though disappointed in you once, 1 am will
quest. Come and see me tomorrow morning,
that we may talk it over.
MARION MORLEY.
1t was a most welcome, though short
and odd, note. I could scarcely see
how she had been disappointed in me.
But the favorable answer was too de-
lightful to be caviled at. In the morn
ing I went over to the Hall, and Marion
received me very calmly.
elbow do you do, MI. Clithcroe?" she
said: "You have come about the tracts,
| presume? They have just arrived, so
we can divide them among the districts
at once"
"But, Miss Morley" 1 said, 'tirst tell
me IN pity that you meant what you
said yesterday in your note! You have
relented? You love mel"
She blushed and seemed at loss to
know my meaning.
That little note gave m great joy,''
l said.
"What little note?" she asked.
gave it to her.
She got very red, and then burst on,
laughing. .
Il am indeed revenged," she said.
II wrote this, but not to you"
"Not to me?' l cried.
"No,' she replied; cit was 10 Anne
Charming, the girl who is pupil-tea: her
and got into that scrape about the
needlework. l wrote to promise her
that I would see if she could get back
again. 1 also wrote a note to you about
the tr cts, and | must have put the let.
tiers into wrong covers"
'.But did not Mr.. Morley deliver you
d note from me yesterday?" 1 asked.
II gave it to him to make sure of nc
mistake"
':No; I never received it," she re-
piled:
.'May I tell you what was in it?'
asked.
YES" she replied.
/ did so. and then asked:
''And now are you not sufficiently re-
venged for the first mistake in our cor.
respondence, Marion:s'
Quite" was the reply"
We spent the next two hours in
delicious converse; and now we are
spending our lives together, although
we did make such a mudlle of our love
letters.-Fanmy Francis, IN Bal1ow's
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