The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-02-16
THE ROCK By THE SEA.

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yourself, Jack. But therein not going to
quarrel with you. How much longer are you
going to keep me up to abuse mer and Ruby
laughed aloud in her usual saucy, tantalizing
manner Jack looked at her, his face as black
as a thunder cloud, on which was written
a stern determination, but she was in no way
appalled, by 1t. On the contrary, she looked
at him gayly and carclessly, as If she were
perfectly Indifferent to him or his moods.
miss Howard" he began, Miss How
ard" she mimicked mockingly; "since when,
prayi How ceremonious wo grow, to be
sure"
He resumed, as If she had not interrupted
him; 81 will not detan you but moment
longer. While am convinced that at the
present time you are perfectly heartless,
owing more to the unhappy way Of your
bringing up and to the influences and fash
ions of society than to natural hardness OF
heart "Ohl thanks, thanks awfully,
you are too good" she broke in egain, laugh
ingly 1t was all as good rs burlesque to
her accustomed us she was TO lovers rant
ings II am as firmly convinced" he went
on, In so calm tone that il should have
warned her that this meant more than AN or
binary tiff; that you love me, but, with
your natural pcrverseness, will neither nc
knowledge it TO yourself nor me"
As he said this--with an air of IA judge
pronouncing sentence on some unhappy pris-
oner-with his gray eyes fixed on her face
with the sternest gaze they were capable Of
in spite of herself the bloom on her soft,
round cheek decpcncd to II bright red and
for an instant her saucy, knocking eyes fell
before his 4 transient smile passed over his
gloomy face at this evidence Of his power and
left it even gloOmier than before. As ne re-
garded the lovely, half shy face before him
he commenced again bitterly: "And why
will you not yield to that love and make us
both happy ! will tell you. You do not
wish to bc tied to one, TO receive the love and
homage of ono Is not 10 your taste Oh, no;
not for years to come If would wait pa
tiently, and in the meantime bealways ready
to dance attendance 90 your whins, not no
ticing any one else, and always keeping in
the background when desirable Irritation
came up, then, perhaps, If you didn't meet
soi''o o"' ~" p'eie'''' ~ "''' "'''' Ao'p'ne
He III SuSP'i'No "h 'ha' ''''''' you 'h'bn' ~"
'io"S'J Gnu ~ "''i'' ','o ''' ''
'''no " "''o'''' '"o "''''o V, any "oi''n'
and us much as | love you, am going to
leave you forever
"Ua ho I" mud her sweet low lauph rang
iia' '''' '''' '''' '"'o'' low '"u5 ~ '"ne
ouO 'i"o n""' VI '"''J ''''' io f'''
'l'ohuiS' ''''' ~ '"' ~ u 10 'o''iy az
pmy'
"io" anu ''''' "'',' o"."' '''' "''''S'
'u"v VIC "'' p'P'C".'' '''''' " '''''i o'"V''
anu "e'''N' ''"' III ''','o YOU "''' ''"''"' ''''
"u'" VI "'V '''J '''" "'' ''b''' NV '''n
III i'cb'co you Nv" o"' no ''io'o iNo "f
ic''S H''u ''o 'i'uc" "'o'o wa" 'n"i'"'"'
"ooa-py' anu WIN uoeP 10" no turned
"lu rev.
"en' o' an 'ning'' sue hur'h"reu'
forcNeI' ruuBo' ~ Noo "''i' 'o-n'orIo"
vi 'ho pIo'ilol'uo ''o sa'i'o IN "Hu'''' 'io IN
ueIc'ouS II" llNo ''''' '''o pc'' "hc" uo "S
SefuS n''llSel' nc ~ e'"l'u "non "o be" en-
Is SO uhappio"chap'o 'hac am "iihoS' "i'aIu
Oh MN Tue ''"rIiile IL do'lt 100" OUT ne
VIII emu III making me marry MN poioro inc
sea"'n over VI COURSE si'aht marry
any one else ouI I'm not golhS 10 hurry my
sen 'heroS plenty 'iilie' A'tor "n'ch S'Se
CONCLUSION she went up 10 her room Ill gay
hpT'ts' thilhlilS OF the Good iinle Aho would
nave III making up win JACK rs she hau done
number OF times before
Inc next day Miss Ruby tailod TO meet
JACK a. usual In iact week passed, ana IN
all mat tlme he hnd not called. She had
missed MS presence IRON ball ana opera ana
every pace mat she had gracod with her
brlghl presence AL last' making few IN
quifles' sho iouhd that Jack was out some
where on the broad ocean ON ms way to
emma 10 JON MS brother tea merchant,
ana was Iikeiy 10 dc absent term OF years,
Although outwardly RUBY managed to
conceal the shock she had received, she could
not coi'eaI from her own heart that some
thilS had gone from her That She missed and
iohged LOT WIN an indescrlbaoie longing and
WIN regret IL was al the more madden
ing 'hat no one was to blame FOR her sorrow