Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-04-28

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The pleased look vanished from his
face, and he said impatlently
"Would you like me to marry Hat
tie, Miss Nellie? will to please you. !"
"Oh, mol" crie1 quickly.
you don't consider me gool enough
-eh?n
"It's no. that" said hastily; "but,
if you married and took her out to Aus
tralia, l should lose you both."
1 said this very dismally, for began
to wonder II, after all, he had fallen in
love with Hattie, and if, in these cir
cumstances. ought to stand in his
way. could not wish my dear old
Hattie better, more accomplished,
nicer husband; but 1t would be bitter
grief to see her leave US Besides,
did not fancy she was in love with him,
or she would not have discussed his
prospective wife with me as she had
done.
"Miss Boulton," said Mr.. GIynne, in
a strange, constrained voice, suppose
the girl Hove isn't the one you think
suppose that ever since your tennis
party have felt there was only one
woman in the world for me, and that
-" He broke off abruptly, and the
Gre died out of his eyes.
''Go on" 1 said anxiously; 1.-THE girl
| is"
lone YOU did not include among
those WAS TO chose from, he said very
low.
Then 1t was Hattie he cared for all
the time!
"Mr. Glynne," began - and it
struck me as quite funny that my voice
quite trembled eff you really care for
Hattie and Hattie for you, I release
you from your promise"
"HattieP' he cried impetIouslv. ut
isn't Hattie I mean. It's UattIe'5
| friendln
"uattie's frlendl" ecnoed, in Won
deriny tones. "Why-'' l was just
going to say he knew none of Ha.tie'5
friends except ma; but, looking up
saw something IN his ardent eyes which
sent the blood rushing to my face and
left me with wide-opened eyes staring
| in startled bawIldarment at him.
1t seemed awfully long before could
look away. but | dare say in reality it
was only second. l tried to speak,
but could give only faint little gasp,
and, taking advantage OF my silence,
he went on hurrieily-
II think have cared for You ever
since l lirst met you at LIdy Weir's. l
thought you unlike all the girls L had
ever seen, you were SO bright, SO merry
and 50 free from all self-consciousness.
| only agreed TO let you find me wife
because wanted to see you again; and
then, when did see you again, fell
in with your plans for constantly meet
ing your girl-friends because that meant
meeting you. Well, my dear, If you
! had not been so adorably simp.e-mind-
ed, so bent on doing kindness to your
friends, you would have known that
none of them stood any chance while
had you to compare them withl' He
paused, then said, in half defiant
tone. II don't know why L am telling
you this, for | am well aware OF your
views with regard to colonists. But.
Oh, Nelile"-heTe lie broke Of into alb
solute pleading-''I could 60 back q
Australia almost happy ifyou would say
that you care for me little, and might
have grown to care for me more il
things had been different. Do you care
| for me, dearrn
He bent forward eagerly, waiting for
my answer.
II never thought OF this" stam-
mered; but it flashed upon me with a
sudden shock that l ought to have
thought of it, and that too, without
knowing, had grown TO care for him as
one cares only for u man one would
marry, Oh, how blind l had beenl
81 suppose not" he said. in such
sad, disappointed mInner that my heart
went out to him.
Mr.. Glynne," 1 faltered-ani felt
1 was getting crimson-''thouyh lhave
never thought of this-really and truly
never, never thought of It-Iam afraid
1 have been liking you all the time
without thinking. 1t WAS quite unin-
tentional," 1 added alphabetically; and
l looked, half frightened, into his face.
Nellie, do you mean that?" he cried
and then, without giving me tim, to
answer, he caught me in his arms AMI
kissed me over and over again.
"You will cDme with me to Aus
tralia9" he askcI presently.
"If you will take me, L replied
demurely.
I thought mamma would have raised
some objections to M marrying a co..
onist; but she did not. IL appeared
that he had some rather valuable free
hold property in England, all of which
he settled on me, so that, as mamma
said, we need not be tied down to the
colonies for life The money proceed.
ing from the property would indeed
have enabled us to live at home quite
comfortably; but, when mamma srg-
gested this to Arthur, lie looked very
stern.
"Nellie," he said, sam 1 to under
stand that you wish this?"
"Arthurl' l cried reproachfully; and
then, when saw that he was sorry to
have mlsjudged me, added laughing,
Haven't learnt cooking, and is no one
not even a good-for-nothing colonist,
to benefit by my achievements"
He did not benefit however, for three
or four days after our marriage an un-
Gle and cousin of his were drowned,
and, 10, By their deaths Arthur Glynns
became Lord Kyntaile! What is moro,
that arch. .deceiver confded to me that
he was not colonist at all, and never
had been-had merely spent few
months in Australia for pleasure. AS,
however, I had chosen to imagine him
one, he had kept up, the delusion, to
assure himself that my love for him
was stronger than aught beside.
"And it was necessary" he often
says, 'to find this out. You yourself
didn't know that you cared for me, 50
you couldn't expect me to bequlte sure
about it,"
He has no doubt on the subject now,
and certainly I haven't.
''BY the way, John," said a Phil
adelphia wife to her husband as he was
leaving for the office In the morning,
"I wish you would tell Mr.. Stuckup to
inform his wife that won't be home
this afternoon.
"Where are you geinge"