Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-22

sol see now that | was born because
was in love with YOU. You hate me; VIC
shrink from my very touch. But MARI
me, Lucy; | must insist upon thatp
Lucy made great effort to master he
tears, and gave him her hand Her ey,
were full of tears and Michaelis wante
dreadfully to kiss tie tears away befor
they rolled over her cheeks; but he onl
dared to watch them as they brightly di
so.
"Do tell me what you mean very clearly,
she said "as if you were teaching algebr
or something pulling"
Michaelis understood at once "Wh,
you see, my mother and yours were sue
intimate friends"
"1es; know all about it,
! We'll, they determined that you and
were to marry, because they thought L
the dearest children that ever lived, an
naturally supposed that their childre
could make each others lives blissful."
HIN" murmured Lucy, thoughtfully
"And of course it was my mother VIII
left me letter, when she died, which toll
me-here it is, dear"
Lucy's free hand closed over the lette
which Michaelis pulled from his poke
with his free hand, and held toward her
She peeped up at his face, and then turned
away blushing, and trying TO get her com
pletely-obscured hand away from him.
$50, you know" Michaelis went on, with
loving tones that began to tremble, 81 al
ways bore in mind ny mothers words
no matter where l went. used to thinl
myself in love, but l never, never forgo
her words. Then came here at the time
she suggested for my first visit to you.
fancied | should 60 back to the gay worlc
heart-whole, but not till after having done
my duty as far as possible. See?'
ooh, yes
But it fell out that | loved you in
stantly. It was inevitable. You are posi-.
lively fatal 10 ideas of independence"
4 smile fickered at Lucy's lips. and she
hid her eyes with the back of the only
hand she could call her own.
Lucy
She peeped at him with one lustrous eve
from behind the letter. Suddenly their
eyes met squarely, flashing JOY, and
Michaelis' lips were on the girls cheek.
For some little time the two young peo-
pie existed in happy trance, which re-
NAMED mystery to them ever afte1ward;
but they always remembered that thev
were in Lucy's garden, among her flowers.
when the breakfast bell rang through the
hall
At this meal, rich with numerous
viands, but informal in an easy fashion,
Mr.. Romer INDUCED himself in being
teSty, and in wearing buff velvet smoking
jacket. Lucy glanced at him with in
incredulity, for she had never known the
old gentleman to be disagreeable before.
He was outrageously rude to his nephew.
and asked him if he had his valise packed
1t may be imagined that Michaelis' spirits
could not be dampened.
"Now, Lou" went on Mr.. Romer, irrele-
vanity, "you knJw you are to catch a scion
of some royal house over on the other
side, Ell ?" and added, ostentatiously:
There's to be no paying price for your
nobleman, either. In this case an Ameri-
can girl is to marry money and title both"
The beauty carelessly laughed Papa,
you are having a nightmare over your
cotfee-cup. Please wake up. You've al
ways inveighed so against foreign hus-
bands! Come, wake up, dear; you are so
cross. And when were you ever cross
before?"
Now, Lucy Somerset, l am not in Jest.
You are to do something creditable to me
in your choice of husband, and were
brought up to move in courts. Bah
where can you have a salon except in
Paris Did you never wish to follow in
the footsteps of great French women like
Madame de Stael and the rest ?"
GU should have mentioned all this to
me before" coolly answered Lucy, peeling
a tangerine "Now, dear, you know how
to be funnier than this"
solemnly.
Mention it before? You are just ready
to hear it, Lou. Michaelis can tell US
of Paris, something of the En-
glish and the Dutch grandee, the Pole and
the Spaniard Say, Dan, what are our
to-day for finding title pretty
enough to satisfy girl more charming
than a star? Or where is the millionaire
who makes his name to shine with the
light of diamonds and electric drops
galore ?"
ooh, papa, something is certainly the
matter with you," sobbed Lucy, in an
agony of distress.
The two goyernesses were Indignantly
blushing at Mr.. Romer's galloping way Of
breaking up subjects not proper either for
breakfast tables or young girls Herr
Greissen fairly clutched his shock of hair
in misery of vague jealousy.
Mr.. Romer laughed, and kept on laugh
ing at intervals during the rest of the re-
past. But he had finished talking.
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proprietor of Ranch Superb, and also of
Lucy Somerset, said: dan, word with
you. Come into my smoking-room."
When there, Mr.. Romer faced round on
the hearth-rug. you've been out in the
garden with that girl. I saw you"
Certainly"
''You are abominable. l tell you, you
can't make love to her. Go away"
"We're engaged"
Mr.. Romer did not expect this, and his
mouth opened uselessly.
"Fiddiesticks. DAM he said at last.
Absolutely tree, sir. IL hardly
know whether / am on my head or my
heels, but engaged we are, and as for me,
! am simply in heaven"
Mr. Romer asked, spluttering with
establishment: But how did you? Lor'
you can't both have got so far in half al
hour. man.
''Fell in love with Lucy right off, a,
soon as I saw her." Michaelis averred
glowingly. "She (darling) won't say any
thing, but looks at me and presses my
hand when she means yes to what | ask
See? We don't either of us know how il
has all happened any more than you do
DAN cried Mr.. Romer, going UP t
him and grasping both his shoulders, "yol
lore her, really?"
"Oh, Uncle Romer.'
"And you're sure ske'll have your
"Why, she loves me, sir"
Lucy's dragon-ike guardian glanced N
at the ceiling, and raised both hands
Then he tapped AlichaeIis on the ches
with forefnger, and looked at him witt
z mischievous twinkle.
My dear boy" he said, st was the wisl