Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-01-04

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est your father Is willing TO give me.
81 did not know" began Hope
blushing.
"Of course not. Ladies are not in.
terested in business matters, and |
should not have introduced so dry II
subject" he said, smiling. 'And now
l will say good-by l am leaving to
morrow for America"
Going away4" exclaimed Hope,
surprised.
Yes; at all events fora time; but l
hope to return to see your father be-
fore we quit his house altogether,
was the answer.
II trust you have liked being here, -"
stammered Hope, while a rush of feel
ing for which she could not account
seemed to stife her utterance.
II like England very much, Miss
Charlton, and I used to wish to live in
this country, but of late have been
disappointed in it, and the wish has
left me now"
''Disappointedp said Hope. I'm
what way2"
II had heard SO much of you and
your mother from my people," he
said, speaking now very rapidly, and
looking down upon Hopes flush,
ed face, "that | felt l should
come amongst friends when | ar
rived. l thought 1 had for while,
but you have taught me that your
friendship was too much to ask, and
now-I do not care for it; for have
learned to love you, your surround
ings, everything here, " he continued,
passionately, while you have taken
pains to teach me I may not even
claim the title of friendw
He paused, and Hope saw his face
all lined and changed with the pas
sion of his words. She seemed to see
her foolish conduct in its true light,
and to be aware how ungenerous and
unkind she must have appeared. An
other feeling she was forced to &C
knowledge also-she was extremely
sorry that Mr.. Gerrans was going
away, for in her heart of hearts she
could not but own that he had all the
qualities she most admired, and his
kindly presence had helped to cheer
her mother and her little sisters
through the winter. This was all at
an end, and with strange pang and
a revulsion of feeling she could not
control, she raised her soft eyes, now
full of tears, to him and said, trem-
blingly:
Is it truce Must you go2'
He looked searchingly at her,
then his face changed. "Hope, my
darlingl" he said, Il think you do not
hate me, after allr'
When Mrs Charlton awoke from
her nap and came down stairs for tea
she found, to her great surprise, that
her daughters views about Whining
ton Gerrans had undergone O change,
and that her old home would have to
surrender her to the keeping of Its
sometime tenant.
II do declared" said Pauline.
II am consternated" exclaimed
Clarissa
II shall be ever SO pleased, my son,
if she is real nice to you, said his mo-
ther, when the news of the engage
ment was conveyed to the ladies at
the manor.
Brighter days dawned soon for the
Charlton family, and when Hope took
her way to the Fort at Meadhampton
to look for the return of the steamer
she had watched out of sight with
such a sad heart months before, she
carried with her the assurance that
her father would be able to arrange
for himself any improvements he
wished to make on his estate, for his
land in Jamaica would prove valua-
Bile supplement to that at home. Mrs.
Charlton never wished that her SON
in-law owned a different nationality,
and even became quite fond of the
young ladies she had once called
Those dreadful girls. True Flag.