The Dillon tribune., 1885-09-19

wh1ie ths young man, blushing and discom:
lifted, quickly h',dolled the portraits betwea,,
tne covers, just as a genuine Scotch lass;a
bore in the plentiful and, to me verv ,,o1'
come breakfast Wei
Carriston did favor me with his com,o,u
during the whole OF that day, but. in snit,
OF my having come to Scotland to eniov ;s
society, that day, from easily guessed rea-
sons, was the only che i'll which had undis.
puted possession of my friend.
Of course, l bantered him greot don, ~,
1ne poi.loilo episode. lie TOOK it in good
part, attempting little or no defense In.
deed, berors night he had told me with ali a
boys fervcr how he had loved Madeline
rowan at first sight how in the short sn.ca
OF time which had elapsed since that messing
ne had wooed her and won her; how rood
ana beautiful she was; how he worshinned
her; how happy he felt; how when went
south he shLuld accompany me. and after
MAKING Few necessary arrangements. re-
turn at once and bear his bride away
could only listen to him and congratnlata
nun. II was not my place to acS the elder.
ana ADVISE MIN either for or against the
marriage. Carriston had only himself to
please, and If he made rash stem. only him.
self to blame for the consequences. And
why should have dissuaded-I who in two
days envied the boys good fortune2
saw a great deal Of Madeline Rowan.
How strange and out-of. place her name ana
face seemed amid our surroundings. If at
first somewhat shy and retiring, shs soon If
only for Carriston's sake, consented to Look
upon me as friend, and talked to me freely
and unreservedly. Then 1 found that her
nature was as sweet as her face. Such a
conquest did she make Of me that. save for
one chlmerical reason, l should have felt
sf0ipS hat
well, and would he happy in wedding the
girl Of his choice, needless of her humble
position in the world, and absence Of befit-
ting wealth. When once his wife, I felt
sure that II he cared for her to win social
success her looks and bearing would insure
1T; and from the great Improvement which,
as have already said, noticed in his health
and spirits, l believed that his marriage
would make his life longer, happier and bet.
ter.
Now for my objection, which seems almost
q laughable one. objected ON the score of
the extraordinary resemblance, which, 40
tar as a man may resemble a woman, ex-
listed between Charles Carriston ani Made
line Rowan. Tho more saw them together,
the more l was struck by it. A stranger
might we'll have taken them for twin
brother and sister. The same delicate fea-
lures, drawn in the same lines; the same
soft, dark, dreamy eyes; even the same
shaped heads Comparing the two, it
needed no phrenologist or physiognomist
to tell you where ons excellei, the other
excelled; where one failed, the other was
wanting. Now could have selected a wife
for my friend, would have chosen one with
habits and constitution entirely different
from his own. She should have been a bright,
busting woman, with lots Of energy and COM
mon sense-one who would have ratified
him about and kept him going-nota lovely,
dark-eyed. dreamy girl who could for hours
at stretch make herself supremacy happy
If only sitting at her lovers feet and speak
ing no word. Yet they were q handsome
couple, and never have seen two people 80
utterly devoted to each other as those two
seemed to be during those autumn days
which spent with them.
soon had clear proof Of the closenezs
OF their mental resemblance. One evening
Carriston, Madeline and were sitting out
Of doors watching tho gray mist deepening
in the valley at our fest. Two Of tho party
were, Of course, hand in hand, the third
seated at q discreet dstance-not 80 far
away as to preclude conversation, but far
enough OF to be able to pretend that he saw
and heard only what was intended for his
eyes and ears.