Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

Yes. | know. / always liked it in him
that be had the courage TO be different
from the Others
he had a very good thing over there"
( said Lincoln.
Certainly, or his bravery would not
have been costly. And now he has come
I backY -
Yes, fer long stay this voyage, he
says. He has brought his colony with
him this time, and be means to remain
and see 10 started. It's really fine 1hIHz
to do. EOu see, he is the eldest son now.
I He will have the sitle."
( Sh- unused a moment.
Where is he nov ?" she asked.
THAT is what expected you 10 tell me.
He wrote me that Quinnimout was the
! largest place near him.
Then be Is not far from hereyv
I Certainly. He found the place, /
think, before he came to you in Judea.
/ DO you remember mis- going away for a
/ day or two while he was with your He
wrote me about 1t at the time. 1t was
/ then he decided upon it. He calls it Ger
! rlt after an American who once saved his
: life in Germany"
THAT is graceful"
Yes, March has way of doing grace
lul things, if you have noticed. 1t would
/ be cWlpable in any one else; but his man
/ ner implies that you invariably do the
/ graceful thing yourself, or at least that
/ You only lack opportunity. When one
/ thinks of il, suppose, that is graceful
attitude itself. But ii is astonishing how
readily ore forgives it."
( Constance listened smilinglv-but-
"GerritH' she unused. "Gerrit? On, |
knOwl 1t is the English colony near At
ton. Ny uncle told us of it only the other
1 day. And we had long Talk about it.
He thought il hopeful sign, and l re-
member he said that such a plan well
carried put would be a great thing for the
country. l suppose it would, and Mr..
March is at the head of it, she ended
absently.
''How strangew
S'You know Of the place, then? You
can direct me-"
My uncle can" said Constance, re-
mOtelY, her mind still surveying distant
regions. 1T Is on the National Pike"
! then, returning - herself: "YOu will not
90 on tonight" she said, cordially.
You must let Us keep you until to-mor-
row"
Lincoln assented readily to this agreea-
bic proposal.
/ She proposed that he allow himself TO
/ be led cut upon the lawn where her aunt
was seated with Jacinth and be made
known to them. AS they went down the
! steps
"You know. Miss Constance, l was to
| have seen YOU at Judea. 1t was all
B
/ "a few days with March. viii you let me
/ say" asked the young man, with gentle
/ eaTnestne7s- that it will always be one
( Of nay regrets that my siOthful moments
/ should have deprived me OF seeing your
! father againe You won't think it strange
/ that haven't spoken of your sorrow be-
/ tore"'
( CODstGnce's eyes filed.
/ "Oh, / see that | ought to have let you
/ take nv sympathy TOR granted. Men al
/ ways buugle these things. But your faith
! or was extremely dear to me-"
"Yes, yes. and he was fond OF you.
( Don't misc0nstrue my weakness. / am
( glad to have anyone speak of him who
/ cared for him. IL somehow helps me-
Her tears were gone as they came up to
: the group on the lawn. but she introduced
/ him in "a subdued voice and turned away
immedi ltely.
Lincoln needed no supporting impulse
/ to a conversation for which he straight
way made himself responsible; and he was
/ ey, presently upon almost jOcular terms
/ with the reserved Jacinth.
XIV.
March rode over next morning. Lin
coin had written him that he should stop
4 as he went through Quinnimout to see
! Constance, and this animation that Miss
! Van Gleef mad changed her residence for
| one so near Gerrit caused him pleasure
bic shock OF surprise. He felt that he
should like greatly to see her again; he
remembered that he owed her an apology
for his abrupt departure from Judea. 1t
was true that he had not wished to an
I nOy her with leave taking in the midst OF
her fresh grief, but he recalled also his
shrinking from the sight of her sorrow.
He felt "A kind of awe and 4 deep respect
for such intense feeling as hers must be.
To MAKE himself witness of 1t was very
like PROCLAMATION.
1t happened on this morning that he had
come away from Judea leaving his adeuX
in the hands Of Mr.. keatOr, at whose
house he had gone to stay when he had
done everything that he knew to smooth
/ the final rites. and had seen the body of his
gentle host LAID away under the larches in
the cemetery on the knoll.
But he was willing to see her now.
Indeed. as he ruminated upon LincOln's
intelligence, he was aware that he was
extremely curious to see her. 1t is I'M
1 necessary to say thataS 20 Miss Van Cleef
his mind was far from blank. He had
4 group of very distinct impressions re-
gardng her, and most OF them were in
the highest degree pleasant. He was
greatly interested to know how she had
come out of her trial Her love for her
father had been consuming. 1t must
have been a cruel sorrow. But he had
great faith in her strength. She would
=
was sure; If her contained inward ar
guish had not eaten her heart out his
knowledge OF her informed him that she
would have been enlarged and uplilted by
experience. The expression OF her per-
sonality had been systematically re-
pressed under the strict conditions Of her
life in Judea.
In her emancipation he wondered what
new habit had come to her, or rather he
! speculated upon the result of having re-
moved the close shade through which the
light of which sue was already so abund-
antly possessed had hitherto shOne ftful-
". The subtle reader will have said that
he was in love with her; but if this was
true he was singularly unconscious Of it.
At all events he repeated to himself
! that be was fQrtuDate TO have the QnpOr-
tunity Of satisfying his curiosity Upon
these points; and, after giving Lincoln
time to reach QuinnimOut, he rode over to
that compact, clean little town.
Lincoln, catching sight of him as he
came cantering up the shaded avenue,
left the breakfast table and ran cut with
his napkin in his hand to meet him. When
the young man had seen March's horse
cared for they returned to the house.
Breakfast was over, and graceful famil-
" group was seated on the long portico.
Constance sat on the top step comforta-
bly, curled against one OF the fat pillars.
She rose with a glad smile az she OBJ
served March and stood waiting on the
steps. Their hands met in a clasp OF
hearty fIiendliuesS, and March remained
a moment smiling up at her as she stood
above him.
You are looking WE'LL was all he
found to say. You look as il you had
been happy
81 think l have" murmured she: and
he passed quickly by her and took the
hands whose owners Lincoln named to
him.
A tingling cuuentla through HIM from
her touch which these hand-clasps did
not stale. He seated himself in the chair
which one OF the younger girls brought
him with N Infinitely agreeable sense of
calm excitement which he made no at
tempt TO account for.
The heavIly-tuTfed lawn from which the
morning dew had scarcely passed wore a
| generous green. Its striking breadth was
tiankCd by double rows of NAPLES and
I poplars, and wandered down after its
first noble sweep among the slim, sun-llt
( bOles of a scattered pine forest. The
roadway, shaded by the naples, interaced
among the opposite lines Of silver pop
lars, swung in a liberal curve on either
side the wide space of green. The lake
showed a narrow W0teTV holt hpIow tho