Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-11-15

hatel-not even a fathers wishes can be
sacred in such Il case"
Margcry shook her head. "There is
no way of escape: nome
"Therc you are wrong. There is a way
Of escape
She turned two startled eyes on him
for an instant and then dropped them.
"Margery, you can escape from tho
man you hate 10y conserving to become
my wife; unless, indeed he added with
touch of humility, you hate me as
much as you hate HIM"
80, Mr.. Gascoigne, never thought of
this!" She recoiled little and her hand
went up quickly to her heart
"Listen, Margery," he said, following
her up. II have loved you from the
first day | saw you, and what you have
lust told me has merely served to pre-
cipitate by a few hours a confession al
ready determined on. | should have
spoken before now, only-only l am
not as other men are, and | some
times think that have no right ever to
expect to be loved" He spoke the last
words with a concentrated bitterness
which showed how deeply the sense of
his personal defects weighed upon him.
She laid hand softly upon his sleeve;
"Pray-pray do not say that" Her voice
to his ears was fraught with infinite
tenderness. He took her hand, lifted it
to his lips and kissed it passionately.
"Such as l am, however, | love you
devotedly, he went on; land if, Margery,
you feel that you could ever learn to care
for me little in return, give me this
dear hand to call my own, and entrust
your future to one whose chief object in
life will henceforth be to make you
happyl"
For the moment Margery was dazed,
and no wonder. y slight tremor shook
her from head to foot. There had been
a wedding at Whiteapple church that
morning, and the bells were ringing a
merry peal in honor of the event, But
what the bells kept saying in Margery's
ear was, Countess of Cheshunt-Count-
ess of Chestnut" over and over again.
Gascoigne still held her hand, and she
could feel rather than see the passionate
yearnng look he bent on her.
But" she began, and then she
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