Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-11-02

in the nature OF a young woman 10 hca.
that somebody has read her book tveat,
times without feeling pleased.
~ am not my books" said Augusta.
$40; but your books are part Of YOU
he answered, "and / have learnt more
about your real self through them than
should have done il ] had seen you a hun.
dred times instead OF four"
Augusta slowly raised her gray eyes till
they met his own, and looked at him az
though she were searching out his soul,
and the memory Of that long, sweet look
is with him yet.
He said no more, nor had she any words
but, somehow, nearer and nearer they
drew one TO the other, till his arms were
around her, and his lips were pressed upon
her lips. Happy man and happy grill they
will live to find that life has Joys tfor
those who are good and are well OH but
that IL has no JOY so holy and 81 eomplets
as that which they were now experiencing
the first kiss Of true and honest love.
A little while afterward the butler came
in in a horribly sudden manner, and found
Augusta and Eustace, the one very red
and the other very pale, standing sus
piciously close to each other. But he was
a very well-trained butler and q man Of
experience, who had seen much and
guessed more; and he looked as innocent
as a babe unborn.
Just then, too, Lady Holmhurst came In
again and looked at the pair Of them With
an amusing twinkle in her eye. Lady
Holmhurst. like the butler, was also a per.
son Of experience.
Wont you come into the drawing.
room:" she said And they did, looking
rather sheepish.
And there Eustace made a clean breast
Of it. announcing that they were engaged
TO- be maErisd-Aa raltha1Gha tbds-sses
them, Augusta stood there, never Offering
a word in contradiction.
"fWell, Mr. Meeson,' said Lady Holm
hurst, II think that you are the luckest
Of my acquaintance, for Augusta Is
only one of the sweetest and loveliest
girls that | have ever met, she is also the
bravest and the cleverest. You win havs
10 look out. Mr.. Meeson, or you viii ba
known as the husband Of the great An
gusta Meeson."
II viii take the risk" he answered hum
bly,. Il know that Augusta has more
brains in her little finger than l have in
my whole body. ! don't know how she
can look at q fellow Like me-"
Dear me, how humble we are!" said
Lady Holmhurst. "Well, that is the way
Of men before marriage. And now, az
Augusta carries both your fortunes on her
back as well as in her face and brain, j
venture 70 suggest that you had better GO
and see a lawyer about the matter; that IS
If you have quite finished your little talk.
! suppose that you will come and din
with Us, Mr.. Meeson, and If you Ike "a
come a little early. say half-past six, | dars
say that Augusta Will arrange to be in, "a
hear what you have found Z about ths
will, you know. And ow-au revoir."
Il think that that is a very nice young
man, my DEAR said Lady Holmhurst, al
soon as Eustace had bowed himself out,
1T was rather audacious Of him to pro-
pose TO you the fourth time that he set
eyes upon you; but l think that audacity
is. on the whole, q good quality in the
male sex. Another thing is, that IL thai
viii is worth anything he VII be one Of
the ~wealthiest men in the whole of Eng.
land; so, taking it altogether, / think that
! may congratulate you, my dear. And
now / suppose that you lave been in love
with this young man all along. Iguessed
as much when | saw your face es he ran
up TO the carriage yesterday. and / was
sure of ft when heard about the tattoo
ing. No girl would allow herself to b
tattooed in the interest Of abstract justice
Oh, yes / know all about it; and now j
am going out walking in the park with
Dick, and | should advise you 10 compose
yourself, for that artist is coming 70 draw
you al twelye."
And she departed and left Augusta "a
her reflections, which ~were-wen, not un-
pleasant ores.
Meanwhile, Eustace was marching NJ
toward the Temple. AS il happened, in
the same lodging house where he had been
living for the last few months two brothers
of the name Of Short had rooms, and with
these young gentlemen be had becoms
very friendly. The two Shorts were twins
and so like one another that it was more
than a moath before Eustace c2nld b
sure which Of them be was speaking To-
WHEN they were both at college their faith
er died, leaving his property equally be.
tween them; and IS this property on. real
ization was not found TO amount TO more
thar four hundred a year. the twins very
rightly concluded that they had better do
something 10 supplement their moderate
inceme. Accordingly. by a stroke Of gen.
ius they determined that one OF them
should become a solicitor and the other q
barrister, and then tossed up as to which
should take 10 which trade. The idea, Of
course. was that in this they
would be able TO afford each other mutual
comfort and support. John would give
James briefs, and James reiected glory
would shine back on John La short, they
were anxious 10 establish alesal long hr1
of the most approved pattern.
cTo be continued.