The Penn's Grove record., 1886-04-24
The pleased look vanished from h

tie, Miss Nellie? l will to please you
"Oh, noln 1 cried quickly.
"You don't consider me good enough
-ehP"
"It's not that" 1 said hastily; "but.
If you married and took her out to Aus
tralia, | should lose you BOTH"
Isaid this very dismally, for 1 began
to wonder IL, after all, he had fallen IL
love with Hattie, and if, in these cir
cumstances. 1 ought to stand ih hi;
way. Icould not wish my dear OLD
Hattie a better. more accomplished
nicer husband; but it would be a bite
grief to see her leave US. Besides, J
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 MIR. Glynne, in
a strange, constrained voice, ''suppost
the girl l love isn't the n 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
fire died out Of his eyes.
$50 on" 1 said anxlously; 1.-The girl
is"
Zone you did not include among
those l was to chose from, " he said very
low.
Then it was Hattie he cared for all
the timel
"Mr. Glynne," I began - and ii
struck me as quite funny that my voice
quite trembled eff you really r. for
Hattie and Hattie for you, l release
you from your promise"
"Hattiel" he cried impetuously. "It
isn't Hattie / NEAR It's Hattle's
friendl"
"Hattie's friendl" I echoed, in won
dering tones. "Why-' l was just
going to say he knew none of Hattie's
friends except me; but, looking up 1
saw something IN his ardent eyes which
sent the blood rushing to my face and
left me with wide-opened eyes staring
in startled bewilderment at HIM.
1t seemed awfully long before could
look away. but 1 dare say in reality 1t
was cniiyy g SECOND. ] tried to speak,
but could give only a faint little o"sn
and, taking advantage of my slls ~
he went on hurriedly-
ST think 1 have cared for you ever
since 1 first met you at Lady Weir's. l
thought you unlike all the girls L had
ever seen, you were so bright, so merry
and 30 free from all self-consciousness,
l only agreed to let you find me a wife
because [ wanted to see you again; and
then, when l did see you again, l 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 simple-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 With" He
paused, then said, in a half defiant
tone. 81 don't know why l am telling
you this, for I am well aware of your
views with regard to eolonists. But,
oh, Nellle"-here he broke OF into abb
solute pleading-''I could go back to
Australia almost happy il you would say
that you care for me a little, and might
have grown to care for me more If
things had been different. Do you care
for me, dearP"
He bent forward eagerly, waiting for
my answer.
81 never thought of this" l stam-
mered; but 1t flashed upon me with a
sudden shock that I ought to have
thought of it, and that | too, without
knowing, had grown to care for him as
one cares only for II man n would
marry, Oh, how blind / had beenl
81 suppose not" he said, in such a
sad, disappointed manner that my heart
went out to him.
Mr.. Glynne," I faltered-and l felt
l was getting crimson-'though have
never thought of this-really and truly
never, never thought of tt am afraid
l have been liking you all the time
without thinking. 1t was quite unin-
territorial" 1 added alphabetically; and
| looked, half frightened, into his face:
Nellie, do you mean thatp" he cried
and then, without giving me tina to
answer, he caught me in his arms and
kissed me I've aud w again.
lyon will come with me to Aus
'tralia9" he asked presently.
IF you will take MEL replied
demurely.
| thought mamma would have raised
some objections to my marrying a col
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, 80 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 sag
gested this to Arthur, he looked very
stern.
"Nellie," he said, sam 1 to under
stand that you wish this?"
"Arthurl" 1 cried responsibility; and
then, when I saw that he was sorry to
have misjudged me, l added laughing,
Haven't l learnt cooking, and is no n
not ven a good.for-nothing colonist,
to benefit by my achievementsP"
He did not benefit however, for three
or four days after our marriage an I'M
Gle and cousin of his were drowned,
and, 10, by their deaths Arthur Glynne
became Lord Kyntailel What is more,
that arch.deceiver conaded to me that
he was not a colonist at all, and never
had bsen-had merely spent a few
months in Australia for pleasure. AS.
however, l had chosen TO imagine him
one, he had kept up the deluslon, to
assure himself that my love for him
was stronger than aught beside.
And it was necessary" he often
says, ito find this out. You yourself
didn't know that you ca~ed for me, 50
you couldn't expect me to bsqulte sure
about it,"
He has no doubt on the subject now,
and certainly 1 haven't.
"BY the way, JOHN" said a Phil
adelphia wife to her husband as he was
leaving for the office In the morning,
81 wish you would tell Mr.. Stuckup to
inform his wife that / won't be home
this afternoon"
"Where are you gelng?"
"Oh, I'm not going out, but | hear
that she has q sealskln Slcque, and
don't want her paradiDg it here before
me. We have a prayer meeting at the
church tonight, and | don't want to
go there with my heart filed with
hate"
Here is a hint by d.. G.. Beck which