The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-06

hiSI hot tStu day N Venine before | rev
aware 1T that fat Blu, | culd nct-fcrgivs
n,''-rs>ign the pleasure Of staying ON hers
With yoL Ny rSI~fsss a, vense must he
tefumkSt-S nnlehow-~ with a grim smile.
You are going Ia nloFrox. then leave The
same day for Ian,ionr
-ti.ssi graciou>." The girl raised hersrlf
tr'm her stopping position How change
able ami how insomprehensible you arei
What has hsppsnei sinee YOU left home to
change your rls,is sal SUDDENLY
Everything has happened Half nle.,han-
icslly. Hera hal moved on a few paws, and
David walked beside her; they ,leSvnisd the
briige steis ami made their way slowly along
the river
~Iou know of-yoa spoke of-a matrimo-
nial s'h-me for me, which MAS the GAUSS u
Mrs. Wiltsa> invitation When left home
WAS FREE. IL was at hast p~sibe that an
Introduction 10 Miss Ralfour might, if my al
vanss> proyei acceptable, end in the sccom-
piiShinent of my aunts scheme Now, al
that possibility Is over
Why oyer.~
Il am not fgs~ now, cried the Young man.
ist>sionatelv. ~Sincc have met you | have
learned that Miss Balfour AMI could never.
at best, "a more Ia each other than good
friends
An nSrutable expression came into the
girls face. She stnsi still ami eyed her COM
lanion >earchingly. Surely" she SAIL, If
You oplns' Your aunt's plans you will miurs
your pr,~l,sts for life"
"les, answered. DaVbi, with siupL can
dor. My mother will be sorely Disappointed;
she had hulssi so much from my aunts new
interest in nle. am sorry for my mother,
hut d'nt fear the future for myself il -"
David hr,ke ofr.
Wont You wait till you sss Miss Ralfour
hf"re You d.chle On opposing your aunts
,hws."
Why should s.e herr vehen,ently. "ths
yer, thought Of Miss Balfour is hi.isous to
M"
And how shall You explain your changes
Of plans Ia Mrs. Wilton"
Explain. | shall write AMI tell her tho
truth shall say that have nst you"
The grls lips parted in y curious smile,
sl" stoHi stock still, facing David In tho
n""nlight Whom shall y0, say that you
have met" she asked, hitting her eyes sud.
denly I" her coinlanlons face.
Il l don't know, thousand times hny.
wanted I" ask your name. Win you tell me
now" faltcred David, humlly.
"ro Ia SURE. am Joyce Balfour.s
"Joyce Balfnur.' Ii u thunsierlnt hal
fallen at pa,id's feet he could hardly .hay.
l.cs more astoundd II ever he were dumb
founded in hi, life h. Wa. so at this crisis of
hi, fate
\ merry laugh RECALLED his wandering wits.
YES, am Joyce Balfour and Mrs. Wlltoo's
ward II is Mrs. Wilton with whom I Am
staying at the 'Angh'terre' never expected
10 remain unknown Ia YOU ~ long; men ara
slow at guessing; a woman would have found
Us out long ago. Why, thera were q thou.
>ani ways Of learning our names, AMI often
wondered why you didn't ask mine down
right. When W. first heard that you were
going Ia stay in Venice persuaded Mrs VII
ton to come over here and make your az.
tluaintante under the r0c. Il WINS mo mora
pleasant to me than to you, can tell you, 10
le under Orders IN matters matrimonial u
Mrs. Wilton was no more willing 10 sc-
cept your advances than you were n Offer
them. At least, I wanted, before W. were
formally introduced, to know you for my
self, in my own why; 10 ~e you and talk
with you when you were OH your guard. Il
II, Of course, for you 10 say'-with an arvh
glance in Davil's direction neither wa,
will abide by your decision 10 return 10 En-
gland tomorrow. But at least, SIR with a
salicy smile and bright look In the blue
cyes-"you will plcaG apologize very humbly
for your assurance IN stating before my very
face that the thought of Joyce Balfour Is hid.
eous to you"
We suppnso that Dnvid's apology proved
an ample one. AT any rate, we know that q
year after the events related in our story
David married Miss Balfour The first vol
ume Of poems which he offered ~ the world
hal a dedication, ITO my wife Joye."--
Adapted from Annette Calthrop, in London
Society.