Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-06-08

ION, yes, frequently. am very sorry that
Marian Is talked about Its Very'Inpeasant
Tor me, But what can sick woman dor
'Well,' SAID stephen, $50 much for Mr..
Young And now for Mr.. King
MI King is gone home. It's a pity he
ever came away"
In what SENSE"
"Oh he's silly fellow. He doesn't under
stand young girlsE'
upon my word said stephen, "with ex-
! preston, as the music sheets say, 'he might
be very wise and not do that"
mot but that Marian was iniudcious.
She meant only to he amiable, but she went
TOO far. She became adorable The first
! Vhlh9 6he knew he was holding her to an ac-
count.
| us he good looliingW
wei enough"
And rich"
ivory rich, | believe"
and the other"
what other-Mariant'
NO, no; your friend Young"
Yes, he's quite handsome"
ana rich, too!'
Yes, believe he's also rich"
Baxter was silent moment. "And there's
no doubt, he resumed, that they We're both
| lai gomez
can only answer Tor Mi. King
wen, II answer Tor Mr.. Young. His
hioVheI woman nave talked as she dld I'M
ieaS Sleu seen her son suffer. After all,
tneh, IL > perhaps NOT so much to MarlanS
uiouieu''' mere are Two handsome young
iii'lii"ialeS' niauiN sihltten. She refuses
Vleli' po'h' one doesn't care Tor good looks
ana money
dont say that said Mrs. Denbigh, sa-
BaclouSly' Hhe doesn't care for those
IhinSs alone. she wants talent, and all the
rest or 1t. Now, If you were only rich,
H1epheh added the good lady, innocently.
Baxter took up his hat "When You wish
TO marry Miss Everett he said, ''you must
take good care not to say too much about
MI hlng and Mr.. Young.
Two days after this interview he had a
| conversation with the young girl i'll person.
The reader may like him less for his easily
shaken confidence, but it is a fact that he
had been unable to make light of these
| lightly made revelations. For him his love
had been a passion; for her, he was COM
PEELED to believe, 1t had been n vulgar pas
time. He was "A man of violent temper he
Went straight to the point
"Marian.n he said. .vou hava boau 1a-
| ceiving mo-
Marian knew very well what he meant.
| She knew very well that She had GROWN ,voo,,y
of her engagement and that, however little
! of "a fault her conduct had been to Messrs
Young and King, it had been an act of grave
| dislOyalty to Baxter. She felt that the blow
was struck and that their engagement was
clean broken She knew that stephen would
I be satisfied with no half excuses or half de-
mails; and she had none others to rive A
hundred such would not make a perfect CON
| feSsion. Making no attempt. therefore to
save her "prospects." for which She had
ceased to care she merely ATTEMPTED to save
| hcr dignity. Her dignity for the moment
was we'll enough secured by her natural half
| cynical GOODNESS of temper. But this same
! vulgar placdity left in Stephens memory am
| impression of heartessness and shaiowucss
! which in that particular quarter at least
was destined to he forever fatal to her claims
to real weight and worth She denied the
| young mans right to call Ter to account
| and 70 interfere with her conduct: and she
almost anticipated his proposal that they
should consider their engagement at an end
She even declined the use of the simple logic
of tears. Under these circumstances of
course, the interview was not of long dura-
| ton.
| 81 regard yOu,n said Baxter as he stood on
| the threshold, "as the most superficial, most
hcartless Of women"
He Immediately left Paris and went down
into Spain, where he remained till the OPEN
ing of the summer. In the month of MAY
Mrs. Denbigh and her protege went to Eng
land, where the former, through her hus-
band, possessed number of connections,
ana where Marlan's thoroughly un-Englinh
beauty was vastly admired. In September
they sailed for America. About year and