The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-01-24


aud TO say that O, course there Is an end to
our correspon i"ncr."
"rhauk YOU shah be as YOU desire.
Exactly" he repeated, ''as You desire.
He ought to have gone at once, Ihere
was no, ing more 10 say. Yet he fingered
holding the letters - his bani
TO write these letters lie said, mas
be for long time one OF my greatest
plea ures, partly because felt that was
writing 10 friend and SO wrote in full
truet sud confidence, partly because they
procure Ido reply--.in tho shape OF your
letters Must take back these het;ers or
miner
She made no answer
1T j. hard, is il not, 20 lose a friend so
slowly acquired, thus suddenly and uneT-
psctedlyf
.Ye.." she said, "it is hard lam very
sorry. II uas my fault"
"PeThaqs ! have said something, in my
Ignorance some thing which ought not TO
have been SAID or written--sometbinS care
DESIGNATING which has lowered the IN
your estcem-
"Oh, no--nor said Iris quickly. "fou
have never said anything that gentleman
should not have said
And Il you yourself found any pleasure
in answering my letters"
yes" said Iris with frankness, ~ gave
me great pleasure TO read aud 70 answer
your lit rs as well as could"
IL have not brought back ) our letters. !
hope Won will allow me 70 keep them. And,
il you will, why should we not continue our
correspondence as heforer
But he did not ask the question couh-
IDENTIFY.
No" said Iris decidedly; ii can never
be continued as before How could il, when
cnce we have met and you have learned The
TRUTH"
Then he continued, m We cannot write
70 each other any more, can We not talkF
She on INT 20 have informed him on the
spot that the thing was quite impossible, aud
not to be thought of tor one moment. She
should have said co!dIy, but firmly every
right minded AMI well-behaved girl would
have said, "Sr, IL is not right that you
should come alone toa young lady's study.
Such things are not 10 be permitted. II We
meet IN society, we may, perhaps, renaW our
acquaintance
But girls do 20 ON sometimes as II there
was no such thing a. propriety at all, and
such cases are said 10 be growing more fro
anen,. Besides, Iris was not girl who was
copyeyssut wsth social convenanceS She
Looked at her pupil thoughtfully and frankly
'tCap veT' she asked. She who hesitates
IL Ioe.--s maxim which cannot be too often
read, said and studied. 1t is one Of the very
few golden rules omitted from Solomons
Proverbs Can WEI 1t would be pleasant"
III you will permit me-" he blushed and
stsmnerod, wondering at her ready acqui-
sscenoe: iii you will permit me TO call upon
you sometimes--bere, II you will allow me,
or anywhere elsa You know my name l
am by profession an artist and have .
stu lilo close at hand in Tito street
"To call upon me hero y she repeated.
Now. when one IL a tutor and has bsen
reading with a pupil for two years one re-
yards that pupil with q feeling which may
not be exactly parental, but which is uncon-
ven.onal. II Arnold had said, Behold
me- May /. being q young man, call upon
YOU. q Young woman r. she would have re-
piled: mo, Young man. that can never be"
But " ben he said, May ], your pupil, call
sometimes upon you, my tutor " q distinc-
ton was at once established by which the
impossible became possible
YES she said, IL think you may call.
NJ grandfather has his tea with me every
evening at six You may call then if it will
give you any pleasure"
~ OIL really will LET me come here r.
The Young man looked as il the permis
sion was likely 20 give him the greatest
pleasure.
Eyes; il you wish It."
She spoke Just exactly like All Oxford Don
giving an undergraduate permission to take
an occasional walk with him, or to call for
conversation and advice at certain times in
his rooms. Arnold noticed the manner, and
smiled
"Still,n Ire said, las your pupF
He meant to set her at her ease concerning
the proprioty Of these visits. She thought
he meant q continuation OF a certain little
arrangement as to fees and bushed.
NO she said; Il must not consider you
as pupil any longer You have put an end
TO that yourself"
Il do not mind, II only continue your
friend"
''Oh," she said, ''but We must not pledge
ourselves rashly TO friendship. Perhaps you
will not like me when you once come to
know me"
"Tnen remain your disciple"
"Oh, NO she flushed again, you must
already think me presumptuous enough in
presuming to give you advice. / have
written so many foolish things"
"Indecj, no." he interrupted; "a thousand
times no. Let me tell you once for ALL il
may, that you have taught me great
deal-far more than you can ever under
stand, or than ! can explain. Where did
you get your wisdomi Not from the Book
Of Human Life OF that you cannot know
much as yet"
The wisdom is in your Imagination. ]
think. You shall not be my pupil, nor my
disciple, hut well-bscause you have told
me so much, and seem TO have known you
so long, and besides, because you must never
feel ashamed Of having told me so much,
you shall come il you please, as my
brother
TWAS not till afterwards that she reflected
on tho vast responsibilities she incurred in
making this proposal, and on the eagerness
with which her pupil accepted it
"As your brotherF he cried, Offering her
his hand. Why, it lie far-far more than
could have ventured to hope. Yes, I will
come as your brother And now, althous b
you know so much about ME, you hay' told
me nothing about yourseif-nos even your
nsme,n
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