The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-07-15

eot, Us III LOT an answer, before gath.
ering mp her silk morning robe ant
swecping from the room, a silen,
bend Of the head was Mas Luner'.
oDly answer, as she turned to looL
ont Of the window.
Mrs. Dacio bad called the weathe,
favorable, but the lowering sky and
the high wind made the morning
seem anything but propiiions Que,
and the pretty stream that turned
lazily half,a-dozen mill wheels, and
tumLled itself over succession OF
dams, with a murmur that hardly
rose above the hum OF tue summer
sir, now rushed furiously past, black
swollen and foaming, penetrating
even the substantial walls OF the
Dacie mansion with its sullen fore
boding roar.
Looking and listening to it, May
Luner did not hear door open, aud
steps approaching, till hand was
laid on her shoulder, and a pleasant
voice said, close to her ear:
"May, I have lost my book again,
and can't fiud IL. Have you seen il 7
Waves of color snffused her pale
face, and sudden light leaped into
her eyes for au instant; but drawing
her breath hard, aud compressing
her full lips, she answered coldly:
81 saw it half an hour ago, Mr..
Dacie, on the right hand corner of
the dining room table,"
Right hand corner OF the dining
room tablet" he repeated laughingly.
"What exactitude. II is quite evil
dent that there is q register some-
where in that busy brain OF yours,
where are duly catalogued all your
neighbors' missing articles. May
| ask you if you are as fearfully ex-
act also about their shortcomings and
misdoings"
"If am," she returned, still
without looking at him, "that is my
secret, | think
"Ah, | understand the hint, but
pardon me il I don't take il. hn~-'
you speak the other diy of leaving
US shortly. have yon thought what
in that case, was to become of mel
Has it ever entered into your provi-
dent little head that my life, before
| knew you, was one perpetual aud
fruitless search after missing papers,
books, etc and that should you be
cruel enough to carry out your
threat, you would leave behind you
a distracted, and from henceforth,
handkerchiefless, batless, caneless,
aimless mani"
"You had better advertise for va
let with sharp eyes aud q good mem
ory," sue returned in q tone OF woun.
ded pride.
Mr.. Daoy made an impatient move
ment, got up, and walked across the
room, and coming back, seated him
self close beside her, aud took her
hand.
"May." he said gravely, "there has
been enough Of this jestiug; it is un-
worthy Of US both. You know we'll
what I would say to you. Stay aud
be my wife,
She started, aud turning quickly
towards him. her face glowed, her
eyes alive with unutterable emotion :.
but checking herself instantly, she
more icily than ever:
81 think you would fiaa the valet
more economical"
Mr.. Dacie sprang up as ifssang by
an adder.
"You are unjust and ungenesus, -
he said energetically. "You how
better than any one else whether u
words have just spoken were
mere moo kerry or the outburst Of a
truthful passion. You know, for
you must have felt what q subtle
sympathyhas existed between us from
the time that our eyes first met; how
our thoughts, even when unexpress-
cd, seemed to find echoes and an
swers in the others face-how deep-
ly, truly, tenderly, I have loved you,
and think, with this knowledge,
that I am not unreasonable in asking
Of you at least serious answer.
For the third time, the traces
of strange and powerful emotion
were visable in May Luner's face,
aud again aud again she turned im-
pstuously towards him, only to re-
lapse the next instant into an OK.
preston Of more frigid Indifference