Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-04-14

! WlaG pcOplC llcIl DJ Il, lSlcJ i-ltsSj Ee
what they call il love. 1 90 rot wish to be
held G5 committing E2ys2l., for l may bo
wrong, bat tLaa i3 Low / bclicvo tE:2-3 ere
with nc. Ald if LIS Llrjo:y sAoylI foel
any Otherwise ca Lcr p-r., laayhap she would
be so kind as s,la.:o he. head"
| Eiajory was Silent, c:!d g,lvo no sign that
she had heard.
GLOW is that, parso3!" asked Win.
'Tho G.rl must spcai::, )" replied The pnrson,
laying down bis pipe Here's Or rciShbor
who says Lie loves you, lIcdcc. Do you love
him, ay OF &oF
II t!in!l Go, said MarjorJ, family.
"Wcll, then, that's oil that could be
wshcd!' cried VIII, heartily. And lie TOOK
her hand across TIC table and held it o
moment in both of LIS with great satisfaction.
"You must marry" Observed to parsoa,
replacing Lis p!2c il lis l.,oatl..
SIS thct tao ris,a5 Ting to do, t.iinii your
demanded viii
"It is Indispensable sud The parson.
every WELL" replied the wooer.
/ Two or thrco days passed :way with great
delight to VIII, although bystander might
scarce have found it out He continued to
take his meals opposite Marjory, and to talk
with her and gaze upon her in her fathers
presence; but he made no attempt to see her
alone, nor in any other way changed his con-
duct towards her from what it had been
since the beginning Perhaps the girl was
little disappointed, and perhaps rot unjustly;
and yet if il had been enough to be always in
the thoughts of another person, and SO per-
wade and alter his whole life, she might have
been thoroughly contcnted. For she was
never out of Wills mind fer an instant. IIo
| sat over the stream, and watched the dust OF
! the eddy, and the poised fish and stralnlng
/ weeds; he wandered out alono into the purple
! even, with al the blaC!;birdS piping round
/ him in the wood; he rose carly in the morn
/ ing, and saw tho sky turn from gray to gold,
! and the light leap upon the hilltors; and all
! the while he Kept wondering if he had never
! seen such things before, or how it was that
4 they should look SO different now. The
sound of his own mill wheel or OF tho wind
among the trees, Confounded and charmed
his heart. The most enchanting thoughts
presented themselves uabiddcn il his mind.
He was so happy that he could not sleep at
night, and SO restless that he could hardly sit
still out Of hey company. And yet il seemed
as if he avoided her rather than sought Ecr
! out.
/ Oae day, rs he waG coming homo from q
ramblc, win found uarjory il the garden
picking flowers, and as Ec came u With her.
slackonol his pace and continued walking by
her side.
"Yoa Ike flowcrsT he said
"Indcod lovo them dearly" she replied.
| "Do yous'
"Why, 10" said ko mot so much. Thcy
ore very small affair, when ell is done.
can fancy people caring for them greatly,
/ but not doing as you arc jus5 now"
In, l-nl nd
at him.
"Plucking them" said he. "Thcy Gre n
deal better of where they arc, and look u
deal pretticr, if you so 10 that"
II wish to have them for my own,' she
answered, 'to carry them near my heart.
and keep them in my room They tempt mc
when they grow here; they seem to say,
Come and do sonothiny with US; bu5 once
have cut them and put them by, tAc charm ij
laid, and can LOOK ct them wish quito aI
easy heart"
''Yol wish to possess them, replied VIII,
''in order to think nc more about them. Is
a bit like killing the goose with the golden
eggs. It's bit like WHAT l wished to DO
when was a bog. Because I had fancy
for looking Out over the plain l wished 10 50
down there, whcro | couldn't look out over il
any longer. Was no5 that fine reasoning!
! Dear, dear, if they only thought of il, al tho
world would do like rlc, ard you woald lc5
your flowers alone, just Gs | stay np hero il
the mountains" Suddenly he broEo OF
sharp. by the Lo"d!' he cried. And when
she asked him what wcG wrong lie turned tic
question OF and WALKED away into tie house
with rather humorous expression of face.
He was silent at table, and after tho night
Ead fallen and the stars had come out over
head he walked up and down for hours in
the courtyard and garden with an unovol
pace. There was still a light in the window
of Marjory'G roomvonc little oblong patch Of
orange il a world of dark blue hills and sl-
yer starlight. wills miad ran a grcct deal
on the window, but his thoughts were not
very lover like "Thera she is in her roo:n,"
he thought, 'and there were the stars over
head-a blessing upon both!' Both werc
good influences in his life; both soothCd and
braccd him in his profound coatentmcnt with
the world And what moro should he desire
with either! Tho fat young man and lis
councils were so present to his mind that he
threw back his head, and, putting his hands
before his mouth, shouted aloud to the popu-
lous heavens. Whether from the position of
his head or tho sudden strain of his oxertion,
he seemed to see Inomentary shock among
Lne stars, ana ulIuSlol OF frosty lISlt ltiSS
from one to another along the sky, AT tho
same instant a corner of tho blind was lifted
up and lowered again at once He laughed
loud ho-ho! Zone and another" thought
Will "The stars trembc and tho blind Goes
up. Why, before Heaven, what great roa-
gician must be! Now, if l were only fool,
should not l be in a pretty wayp And kc
went Off to bed, chuckling to himself "Ir
were only FOOL"
The next morning, pretty carly, he saw her
once more in the garden, and sought her out.
~ have been thinking about getting mar
ried," he began abruptly; ''and after having
turned it all over, l have made up my mind
! it's not worth while"
She turned upon him for q single moment;
but his radiant, kindly appearance would,
under the circumstances, have disconnected
an angel, and she looked down again upon