Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1885-07-18

mot give him up quietly, nor endure the
4 position of a forsaaen damsel Among
q her wrongs she enumerated her refusal.
of Mr.. Douglas suit, and she thought.
herself entitled to an idemnity for that
loss.
Allan Moorhouse was mistaken in his
calculation that Phyllis would quarrel
with him. With patient determination
she baffied his numerous efforts in that
4 direction, and in her own way she still
/ loved him.
After the big black eyes had failed to
effect a rescue for him he suggested to
Phyllis, with all the skill of which he.
was master, that, as he was quite l1n-
certain of Sir james Moorhouse feel
inggs regarding the proposed marriage,
perhaps it would be better to consider
their rather hasty engagement annulled
just for the present.
Sheunderstood him perfectly, but she
was inf1exible. He had notbeen anxious
about his father views, she said, when
he had first spoken to her; he had only
thought it necessary to see him about
business matters She could see no
reason for disturbing the present
arrangement. and she added, finally,
that she had told her uncle of her
engagement to Mr. Moorhouse, and
she thought he expected to hear from
the latter upon the subject.
So each knew what the other meant.
He saw that there was no alternative
4 between open dishonor and the fulfill
merit of his vows. He must keep his
word if she would have nothing else
He was too proud to have his name asso-
1 sciate with gossip scandal, and he was
amased to find himself conquered by q
young, inexperienced girl.
(. And she gave a sigh to the renunci-
alton OF that moderate glow of romance
which had sincerely charmed her and
dropped a few secret tears in whose
flow some pleasant illusions were
1 quenched forever. Mr. Allan Moor
house went to England, for he had, in
truth, to consult and conciliate his ia
ther. He was too naughty a man to
have his wife received by his family
with ashadow of displeasure. What
ever unpleasantness she might incur by
her resolution to occupy that position
should be inflicted by himself; but be-
fore his departure from New York he
had an interview with Mr.. Armour, and
it was settled that he was to return
very shortly for his marriage. There
was no doubt in the mind of Phyllis
uncle that he would do so. He was
much too disagreeable to leave the i'm
preston that he contemplated any
chance of escape during his absence.
But the soft-hearted old man saw with
dismay the unloyerlike and almost in
solent manners OF the man to whom he
! was to give his darling orphan niece.
He did not know how to interfere. He
knew thatin consenting to the marriage
he was acting in accordance with her
q wishes. But he,could not refrain from
saying: "He will never make you a
good husband, Phyllis
81 will take my chance of that" she
answered; and he made no further re-
monstrance.
Mr.. Moorhouse came back at the APP
8 pointed time, and, previous to his mar
riage, performed the conventional du-
ties Of an engaged man with methodi-
Z cal punctuality which contrasted
strangely with the gay and buoyantd de-
& meanor which had made him invincible
where hearts are lost and won. He
: was a sullen bridegroom. He wanted
him. He considered himself sacrificed
and he thought his consent to the con-
summation sufficient. He positively
would not be decked with metraphori-
cal garlands and go to his doom shout
ing peans in triumphal procession
when he knew himself to be beaten
and angry captive.
Some women would have died doz-
en- deaths rather than take husband
upon such terms, but Phyllis Army ia ge
was not one that scrupulous kind.
Her husband took her to England
and there gave her the establishment
his rank demanded, but he did this for
his own pride's sake, not to please her.
He knew that in obtaining these things
s she had secured what she wanted, and
and he was not above mingling in her
:, lot some ingredients which embittered
her qualification. He gave her what
. his wife had right to before the world.
but if loving words or looks had been
necessary to her existence she might
have persisted for want of them. He
lived largely outside of his own home,
and she neither opposed his manner of
life nor tried to win him away from IT.
She knew now that he had never loved
her Natural vanity and her own fancy
for him had helped to deceive her on
!, that point. His heart was hard to her,
and his two beautiful little children did
not materially soften his feelings
toward their young mother.
s, He went to Norway to kill salmon,
and to the Alps to watch sunrises and
sunsets, and to Paris for general diver
sion, but he usually contrived to make
these excursions unsuitable for the par
ticipation of ladies.
Finally when Arabi-Pasha began to
make stirring prospect in Egypt he
decided to have q share in the fray.
He had previously been III the army
. and had acquired some military expe-
rience in India. His friends remon-
& strated at this Quixotic resolution, and
his father was displeased at such I'M
necessary enthusiasm, and represented
to his son the improperly Of leaving
such q beautiful young woman SO much
alone, 50 entirely dependent upon her
own prudence for protection. But he
answered the latter truly shat he had
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