Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-04

DONG tnlS, anu Hhits C"h 'ii"N SHu tHAHA
us very odd couple"
~ Thought Won very odd couple before
/ made your acquaintance, but now | think
YOU all that IL most even and most delight
tul.n
"But had you heard of MS before you
saw us?"
IT? no. At least in a way ! had. How
well your brothers picture
"Oh, no; you have said so much you
must tell IA all.
- accidentally beard the kilograms you
sent each other"
She laughed gayly. IF you heard those
| don't know what you must have thought
Of u.s. The truth Is | have quite spoiled
that boy Robin. answer all his letters
for him, and now he can't be got 20 write
one and that day WAS in such difficulty,
for he told me the day before, when he
came on to Selswyke Bay. that he would
get lodgings for Us here. and would write
and tell me "a soon as he did, and say what
train | was to come by; and he didn't
write. and | didn't know that there was a
midday post from Selswyke and thought
no letter was coming. / was Obliged 70
turn out Of the rooms | was in at Nrag-
borough and didn't know what to do"
"Oh. the language was quite eXcusable,"
said the Squire.
1.-THE language excusable.' There's no.
thing TO excuse. That's the family style
when il sends kilograms. You can't say
dear or darling IN a telegram
Then you were not angry with each
other?"
I'VE never were that in our lives. Here,
Robin. take your coat-it's done. Now
have nothing To do"
The 'SOuire tore leaf out of his pocket
book and wrote: Come TO the end Of the
first field with me | want TO ask YOU to be
my wife. and l can't speak before your
brother"
She turned pale. looked at him almost
tearfuly. and shook her head.
Which of my requests are you deny
ing?" he asked with an attempt at gayety,
while in his heart he felt alarm. and yet he
could not quite believe that she would re-
fuse him.
Both" she answered. without looking
Not really?" he pleaded; he was not a
man who was used to plead.
IF you are going. Twill walk part Of the
way across the field with you" she SAID
after a silence.
He. rose-hcr manner did not lessen his
uneasincss. He did not spcak-nls eyes
were irving 50 hard TO read hers.
Il have come 50 far, she SAID, because,
if Won really mean this. want TO thank
You and to assure you that It Is quite I'M
possible :"
impossible for you to love me. do YOU
mean?" She blushed and turned away.
Don't say that IS impossible" he plead
ed.
Il could never give up my happy life
with Robin. He would be so miserable
without me-
81 might have known that you. would
never care for me-" said the Squire bitterly.
- never said didn't care for YOU" SAID
Miss Fairfax. now for the first time SEEM
ing 10 give utterance TO her real mind {;
but ! know that / never could bear to
enter any family which looked down upon
me-" 49,,
NO family could do that-if you did but
know what think of YOU
Mrs. Rokewood looks down on me. Do
YOU think don't know? It's not the first
time that Robin and have been sketchlng
near a county family"
All, you mean that other county fami-
lies have treated you better. Dear Miss
Fairfax, why think of my mother Haven't
given you the greatest thing / have TO
offer! love you with all my heart"
She wavered moment, and he saw u.
"You know | love you he said ten
DERBY. Think of me, not of my mother.
If You accept me she VIII soon love you
quite as much as she loves me- and you DO
love me a lttle-something tells you that
you ought 10 accept me-"
oh but ] should do so wrong TO listen
10 it," she sgd. Offering him her hand In
token of farewell.
Don't 90. Give me a little longer
Accept this answer as final. / will stay
with Robin"
Il assure you my mother is much too
fond of me to cross me long in anything
on which my heart IS set"
II am as proud as your mother. Not I'M
less she herself came and asked me 10 lis
ten to you would | do 1t. l may be wrong,
but that's how feel"
He tried TO move her by every argument
in his power, but she only became moro
rooted in her determination.
"GOod-bye " she said. I'VE shall leave
Selswyke in day or two. We had better
say goodbye now"
"You surely don't want TO tear your
brother away before his work Is done!"
Il must" she answered sadly, and then
with half sob she said, " don't think
could stay here. / must GO
You must do nothing Of the kind.
will 90. have long been wanting TO 90 to
America, and Will start tomorrow. Per-
haps when [ come back"
"Neyerw she exclaimed, before he could
finish his speech.
AT any rate, l shall love you just tho
same" SAID he, and wrung her hand and
went
"She is not playing tonight, then" said
Mrs. RokewoOd. seeing her son IN the
drawing-rOom at the time when he usually
was in the garden.
mo, she is not playing, aud she refused
me tins morning because she knew that
YOU would oppose our marriage, and to-
morrow / am going TO America"
You must please yourself, Godfrey"
said Mrs. lockwood. - can't stop your
marrying Miss Fairfax, but l should never
like It,"
He kept his word and went. Mrs. Roke-
wood sadly patrolled the spacious rooms
and galleries Of the manor house. Each
looked duller than the other. and she was
dull. too. Her son, her only son. was gone
10 the other side of the world and had sad
nothing about when he was likely TO come
back. lone wants some young creature
with one" she SAID. The sight of young
life is a good sight; but even an old
person would be better than no one"
Later in the day she saw from her car
riage-windOw the FarlaXes returning
home. lie was carrying a sketch
ing bag and easel: she had his sketckng
stool. He was holding his sisters hand in
his, and the old lady could not but think
that she looked very sad, and that he Was
fond of each other" she thought. There
may be good stuf in that girl-her refusing
GcOnrey almost looks as if there was"
She dined alone. $50 much statc.n she
thought, land such woeful solitude, and
there is no one 1 want to ask here. If
Godfrey stays away six months or year
il is Il great piece out of my life. But it
can't be helped. He did right to 60"
Dinner over, she left the desolate dining
room for the equally desolate drawing
room: but very soon-she never quite
knew how it bappened-she found herself
hurrying along the elm-tree walk. with n
shawl over her head, TO hear if that girl
who had brought SO much trouble upon
her had recovered her spirits and Was at
the piano again.
No music was to be heard that night
After this it became nightly habit WI b
Mrs. lockwood TO 90 into the garden 10
hear if the piano was opened, and at last
she was enraptured 10y the Moonlight So
nata She felt each note an added bliss,
and sighed forth her contentment. Such
playing was like the most exquisite poetry
OF painting-never, never would she will
ingly miss the opportunity of enjoying so
keen a pleasure Alas, other things were
keen besides the pleasure September
nights by the Northeastern Sea are cold,
October nights are colder. Two gardens