Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-16

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70 tell you the truth, because have deceivef
you too long, and 70 beg you % forgive me
and to say that, Of couFss, there Is an end 3
our correspondence
Thank you. It shall be as you desire
Exactly" he repeated, 'as you desire"
He ought % have gone at ono Their
was nothing more to say. Yet he fingered
holding the letters in his hand.
'To write these letters" he said, cha
been for a long time one Of my creates
pleasures, partly because | felt that l wa
writing to O friend, and so wrote in full
trust and confidence, partly because the
procured me- a reply-in the shape Of you
letters. Must | take back these letters o
miner
She made no answer.
ut is hard, is it not, to lose a friend S,
slowly acquired, thus suddenly and unex
pectedlyf'
''Yes," she said, at is hand. am very
sorry. 1t was my fault"
''Perhaps l have said something, in my
ignorance-something which ought not t.
nave been said or Notwithstanding care
less-somsthing which has lowered me in
your esteem@"
"Oh, no-noT" said Iris quickly. 'You
have never said enything that a gentleman
should not have said"
Sand if you yourself found any pleasure
in answering my letters"
Eyes" said Iris with frankness, lit gave
me great pleasure to read and to answer
your letters as well as l could"
II have not brought back your letters. /
hope you will allow me to keep them. And,
if you will, why should we n,t continue our
correspondence as beforeP'
But he did not ask the question conf
IDENTIFY.
NO" said Iris decidedly; at can never
be continued as before. How could it, when
once we have met and you have learned the
truthF'
''Then," he continued. 'if we cannot write
to each other n more, can we not talkF'
She ought to have informed him on the
spot that the thing was quite impossible, and
not to be thought of for ons moment. She
should have said coldly, but firmly-every
right-minded and w~ell-behaved girl would
have said, ''Sir, it is not right that you
should come alone to young lady's study.
Such things are not to be permitted. II we
meet in society, we may, perhaps, renew our
acquaintance" res
But girls do go on sometimes as If there
was no such thing as propriety at all, and
such cases are said to be growing more fire.
quent. Besides, Iris was not a girl who was
conversant wsth social convenances She
Looked nther pupil thoughtfully and frankly.
"Can wel' she asked. She who hesitates
Is lost-a maxim which cannot be too often
read, said and studied. 1t is one of the very
few golden rules omitted from Solomon's
Proverbs. ''Can wei 1t woul1 be pleasant. "
"If you will permit me" he blushed and
stammered, wondering at her ready acqui-
essence; "if you will permit me to call upon
you sometimes-here, if you will allow me.
or anywhere else. You know my name. l
am 10y profession an artist, and l have q
stuiio close at hand in Tite street"
40 call upon me here q she repeated.
Now, when one is a tutor and has been
reading with a pupil for two years one re-
CARDS that pupil with a feeling which may
not be exactly parental, but which is uncon-
ventional. II Arnold had said, 'Behold
me! May /. being a young man, call upon
you, a young ~ she would have re-
piled: mo, young man, that can never be. u
But when he said, MAY l, your pupil, call
sometimes upon you, my tutor ~ a distinc-
ton was at once established by which the
impossible became possible.
Yes she said, 81 think you may call.
My grandfather has his tea with me every
evening at six. You may call then if it will
give you any pleasure"
"You really will let me come here r.
The young man looked as if the permits
sion was likely to give him the greatest
pleasure.
Eyes; il you wish it."
She spoke just exactly like an Oxford Don
giving an undergraduate permission to take
am occasional walk with him, or to call for
conversation and advice at certain times in
his rooms. Arnold noticed the manner, and
smiled.
''Still," he said, "as your pupilT
He meant to set her at her ease concerning
the propriety of these visits. She thought
he meant a continuation of a certain little
arrangement as to fees, and blushed.
mo" she said; Il must not consider you
as a pupil any longer. You have put an end
to that yourself"
II do not mind, if only I continue your
friend"
''Oh," she said, shut we must not pledge
ourselves rashly to friendship. Perhaps you
will not like me when you once come to
know me-"
'Then l remain your disciple.n
"Oh, no." she flushed again, "you must
already think ME presumptuous enough in
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written 50 many foolish things--"
"Indeel, no." he interrupted; "a thousand
times no. Let me tell you once for all, if /
may, that you have taught me a great
deal-far more than you can ever under
stand, or than l can explain. Where did
you get your wisdoml Not from the Book
of Human Life. OF that you canuot know
much as yet"
THE wisdom is in your Imagination, !
think. You shall not be my pupil, nor my
disciple, but-well-because you have told
me so much, and l seem to have known you
solong, and besides, because you must never
feel ashamed of having told me so much,
you shall come, if you please, as my
brother"
Itwas not till afterwards that she reflected
on the vast responsibilities she incurred in
making this proposal, and on the eagerness
with which her pupil accepted it
las your brotherF he cried, offering her
his hand. why, it is far-far more than l
could have ventured to hope. Yes, l will
come as your brother. And now, althoush
you know so much about me, YOU have told
me nothing about yourself-not even your
name.n
my name is Iris Aglen."
"Trisl 1t is a pretty name"
oft was. behave INV oropdroo+L..,.