Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-02-13

Client attention. he Is RroWics re-
miss"
..Owen and are too good friends
to neel 10 pay each other mere formal
attentions" sa Milly DO d y.
To the gir's Infinite rc.ief. Lady
Elizabeth did not reply. and, when she
next spoke. it was upon n common
place subject. MI y. studying her
han lsome face covertly, and perhaps
more closely than she had ever
done before. thought what rigid.
stern. unbending resolute face 1t was
how cold The eyes. how infieAib
the firm lips-and fet scared at the
idea OF Ovens secret love-afair. He
won need al his courage, she
thought, when he asked Lady Eliza
daughter AS his wife. His So ret
could not be a SO ret 10 q, since Milly
felt perfe tly certain that Owen had
gone or to the Ihatched Cottage for
the ole purpose of then and there ask
ing Lii y to marry hha.
She was right. Owen Ormiston had
flung doubt and prudence TO the
winds. and had ridden off with that
determination firm y liked in his mind.
Nothing should deter him-nobody
thwart him. II Aaron b air stormed,
he must storm; il Lady Ei abeth dis
inheri ed him. why, she must-that
was u about 1t. lie fell In an heroic
mood, nobly bra ed up to meet all the
possible exigeLcies of the situa ion,
Tor the sake of--getting his own way!
PovertyP We /. they might be poor
most probably they would be; but,
after al he should not mind hat.
Aaron Blair was poor; yet where was
there n more pleasant place than the
Cottage? What cou be more Idly .ic
and deligh ful than lie wi Lily in
the IN DIST OF sueh g orious rose
OF poverty beyond its name - he had
no clear conception OF what it meant
or W at it invol, ed; but in his then
exalted frame OF mind he felt able to
graphic with it, master 1t, triumph
owe IL, and make a est OF it. This
mood was at Tvs height when he drew
rein ut the That he'd Cottage. and and
Toss began 10 bark at him vociferous-
y through the bars OF the white
gate.
He had never before been to the
ThaSched Cot age so early in the
morning, end ahen he had fastened
his horse uun,.r the rec by the gate,
as he usually did, and en- cred, he
hesita ed, doubtful as 20 where he
should find Lily. If possible, he want
ed 10 see her before coming face 10
| face with Aaron Blair, for those curt
words OF dismissal ranked in him
keenly yet. lie decided to try The
garden before the house. and, passing
down the rose-wak where they hau
so often fingered, he caught glimpse
OF her dress in little arbor the
end. He advanced eagerly, and then
stopped short with n feeling of dis
may; for Llly's golden head was bowed
on the lite rustic table, and, a.
though she was quiet md made no
sound, he felt sure that she was cry
ing. AS she sprang to her feet with
q lit lie startled cry, hearing his foot
steps, he saw her great gray eyes
| R1bvtu ny Win tCdAo oho hOt AAPo
quivering piifuily.
"Lily, what's the matterp" He had
seized her two hands in moment; he
had never called her by her christian
name be ore. and he did 50 now uncon-
sciously in his concern and dismay.
What is itP Is anything wrong?"
1--WE are going away"
She betrayed her feelings as simply
as child. She was comforted in "a
moment by his mere presence there
beside her-by the touch, tho voice,
the face which SIZE had SO forlornly
tried in the past night to make up her
mind that she was never TO feel or
hear or see any more. She had been
trying TO imagine a life from which
all thoughts OF him were shut ruth
lessly out--his place blank and va
can't; and DOW here he was beside her,
looking into her face, holding her
hands in warm clasp. She did not
know that the look of alf-frightened
shy entreaty which sac gave him was
also so limo, emily and pathetically
expressive OF fondness and trust.
| owen ndu nail iOSJ MS nouu al
ready, and the sight of her distress
was all that was needed to make him
lose it altogether.
Five mimi es afterwards, Aaron
Blair, coming down the gravelled
walk between the roses, knew that he
had delayed too long and made his
move too late. He was man of
strong will, OF immense power OF self
control. for. although his brown face
whitened, the grim lines OF his jaw
and chin grew rigid, and his nails
set themsels es deeply into his hard
palms, yet he forced himself 10 stand
still for moment and watch them
and listen. They made fair picture
of love and youth and beauty; but
there was hardly a sight in the world
ut which he would not rather have
looked than at those two standing as
they stood just then. Self-contained
as he was, he could bear 1t only for q
moment; then. striding forward, he
placed his powerful hand heavily
upon Ovens shoulder and drew the
girl away.
TO De CONTINUED.