Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1885-05-07

sister ana they usually stayed day or
tWo' l was not long pcrcelvng that
lhlS MI lhoriorth was deeply IN loYo
WIN my cousini the state OF her feel
ing toward him it was some time be-
lore could tathom, but the revelation
came at last and quite Unexpectedly.
There was an Old ruin some distance
from the house, whore, ono lovely
moonlight night, | happened to be
seated alone. was not alone, how
ever; from window | could see my
cousin and lhorforth coming toward
.nc PiaCo' ana thihhlhE TO surprise
'tcH'' drew PACK uhdur tne shadow
VI PVruoh OF 'ho wall but ! was
!.'l W NC "u aG'or III 'llHl 'cehe' lhougn
1t was one l Shaii never forget l
oVS'G noI see nus race put hcrs' ON
Mn,c,, WIZ thc lloohocatlS ieIl' was Palhcd,
lin'l-,tl@htch'u' impatient lie was
PiI'uih% nus cause nc was lell'nS the
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,,'Il,; onG "ay' Hoout ,,'I. " monlh ait'r lnlS'
N"EE,c anu "crc 'o%'lh'r III cave
etoSr ny tnG oc'ah-" 'N'"rlte haunt
VI ours on NOT afternoons, our boat
MWs ,,i "raM ,,I u up up c.o'c 1y, ne nay was
nt'Ehl ana 'hc SEA caliii' It's 'Ihy wave
.G'S masking dr4WSy' dreamy music on
'hS leilow SahuS' ,
She had hcrh reading Aloud and |
was gazing nj ncr lace'
~ hegih To tllihk You are beautiful,
sad
She looked down at me where | lay
with those innocent eyes of hcrs that
always looked INTO mine rs frankly US
child 5 would.
81 m not sure, | continued, "that |
Shan commence making love to You,
and perhaps might marry you. What
would you think Of thatP'
"Loyc'' She laughed, as muSically
as Il sea-nymph, Glove? Love bctwiXt
cousin and Il cousin? Prcpos-
tcrous!'
81 dare say ] resumed, pretending
to pOut, 'you wouldn't marry me be-
cause m poor
"Ioor. she repeated, looking very
llrm and earnest now. "lt the man |
loved were poor ld carry Il crccl for
him. Id gather shells for his sake;
but don't love anybody and don't
mean TO. Come"
So that was the beginning and the
end OF my lOvc-making with Cousin
Maggie.
And Maggie had said She had never
meant to love anyone. We'll, we never
can tell what may be in our immediate
future.
Al"tulN udu W. WI tnc CitNC tnal u'tN,
and put of from the shore, ere cats
paws began to rulllc the water. They
came in from the west, and before we
had got half way to the distant head
land, Il steady breeze was blowing.
We had hoistcd our sail and were rum
ming before it with the speed Of q gull
on the wing,
Once round the point we had beam
wind TIL we entered the ford, then we
haG to beat to windward all the way
home, by which time it was blowing
quite Il gale.
1t went round more to the north
about sunset, and then, for the first
time, we noticed a yacht of small dimcn-
si0ns on the distant horizon. Her in
tcnlion appeared to be that of rounding
the island and probably anchoring on
the lee side of it. She was in an uglv
position, however, and we all watched
her anxiously till nightfall hid her
from our view.
retired early, but sleep was out of
the question, for the wind ragged and
howlcd around the house like wild
wolves. About II O'Clock the sound
of gun fell on my ears. could not
he mistaken. for the window ratified in
sharp response.
sprang from my couch and began
to dress. and Immediately after, my
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