The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-06-13


end, 4 = uneasy way. 10 turned 10
ccuvefsAtion into smother channel.
But hs could mot for long carry Il On,
and IN less than Q quarter Of IN hour he
said goodbye, Jike . sensible man that
he was in spite Of his weakness, and dc.
parted. : \ Z. ~ 3 2. 81, ~ SIS
No sooner had he Quilted the room
than Horace emerged from his hiding
place. Lydia blushfd to remember I'll
that he had overheard; but hs did not
allude TO it. aLydis,s he continued.
almost e Il nothing had happened q
disturb him. II love you truly With all
my heart. VIII you, can you,s learn 70
love me; for your love alone viii make
me completely happy"
do not ask me, replied Lydia, who
was once more seated. You know whnt
! have Just gone through. Ny head is
But think how happy you con make
me, Lydial You would be everything
to me, as indeed you are already, and I
would spend all my days in making you
happy !.
II is unnecessary TO cronicle the whole
OF the further conversation that took
place. Suffice it to say that atlast Miss
Lirripip discovered not only that she
could, but that she actually did love
Horace Freake 5 little, snd on the
strength OF that she promised to marry
him.
Horace was in the act of presumine
upon this promise by kissing Lydia for
the first time, and was enjoying one Of
the happiest moments of his life, when
another Of those furious ratattatats
shook the house.
'Another?" said Mr.. Freake, with a
smile. Il shall 60 back to my retreat
until We know who has arrived, for now
I must be on the spot to look after you.
And in spite Of Lydiais protestations
he once moro retired TO the back draw
ing room.
s Two minutes afterward, the general,
very hot and very angry, stamped up
his daughter. Everything has gone
Swrong!N he exclaimed. aThey voted
me ont 81 the chair; they Aew in my
face; they decided that the w-etched
Foreigners don't want cold baths" And
he pounded with his stick, which he
had brought up with him, and looked at
Lydia q il she was the cause Of his
discontinue.
well, papa" said Miss Lirripip,
soothingly, aall the better. Now you
won't have 70 60 to any more Of their
horrid meetings."
At this juncture, Horace, who was
troubled with . slight cold, gave forth
q astiAed and infinitesimally small sneeze.
Lydia, /" said the general, a. he threw
himself YEARLY into an arm chair, "Tm
sure there's . cat in the back drawing
room. Go and turn it out" And Mis-.
Lirripip, having no alternative, went
cautiously behind the heavy curtains,
and was there received in her lovers
arms.
"You cannot speak to him tonight,
she whispered. "He would not listen
to- you. You see how cross he is. Come
again tomorrow"
Horace, therefore, took another kiss /:
and Lydia, having unlocked the little
used door of the back room, chased him,
with many expressions of snimosity,
down the softly carpetcd staircase, and
with q cry of "Shoo. cat!" finally let
him out of the front door.
When she returned to the drawing
room, General Lirripip gave vent to
some angry expressions of hostility to-
ward the whole feline tribe, and when
he had thus delivered himself went of
to bed. ;.s @ ,..... ~.
How the story ended may easily be
guessed. When Lydia's father was in q
cooler mood Horace found no difficulty
in obtaining his consent to the marriage,
which took place three months after
wards; and to the end Of their days
neither Sir Pertinax Popinjay nor Mr..
Merton Murley had any idea that third
person was present when they proposed
to Miss Lirripip in Bruton street, Gros-
venor Chambers Journal.