Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-10-16

Why not for the last time now? On the
morrow Le would seek safety in flight to
Yoslz.
y here q young woman Is in the question
especially . girl scarce twenty, with ripping
golden hair, eyes Ike meres of living light,
and G face and figure worthy of Aphrodite as
she dwelt il Grecian sculptor's brain-how
SHAH man hold on the even tenor of his way
and be strong!
Yons Geo@rey's feet stayed, turned,
finally stood in tie hail Of Gartmore, and
then q strange thing befell him. He was ush-
erred into a boudo:r and found Dusa alone,
am thcro was a look upon her face, and a
sweet expectancy in her attitude, that caused
his heart to thump against his breast as if
seeking to depart and ily to that fair custod-
ian for whom nature had 50 clearly destined
it. Already he was mystifed, and, it would
hardly be too much to write, alarmed
"Geofceyn whispered a soft voice. And
volumes could not have gathered into their
covers a fuller, richer meaning.
What bewildering portent was this? For
hard strife with the warnings of his own
spirit Godfrey Middleton had come pre-
pared But not for challenge of this sort
He was swayod like reed in the wind.
A4iet-AiAA VI ktIGllCe was driven
his head. The words of his answer-which
was an appeal-came with but semi-con-
scious volition.
''Dusa, my dear one! Is there any hope?'
he cried.
And ali, the bliss. the bewilderment of It'll
The shapely little head was pillowed upon
his breast Hope? This was certainty.
But, Godfrey, your letter said this even
ing; was not looking for you yet. We're
you so impatient!n
My letter, he echoed helplessly.
YES; and how curiously formal you were
in expressing what-what 1 suppose is your
wish''-the blushing face was averted, or
young Geoffrcy's slowly dawning look of ho1-
rltied intelligence must ilfallibly have struck
chill to the tender heart that trusted him
If l hadn't known you-as it really seems
for an age, though It's such a little time-I
should have fancied that, after all, you didn't
very greatly care''-
stop, Dusa, my treasurer almost moaned
the startled and dismayed lover; nothing
can change our regard for each other-noth-
ing shall We are agreed in thatT'
Dusa was alert and quivering in every
nerve with new accession of excitement.
1t was her turn to be perplexed. Why
this sudden tornado of anxious, foreboding
passions
Yes, oh, yes" she replied, with a shy,
pretty fervor
Then, Dusa, it was not who wrote to
you; it was MY unclc!"
Only the rosy kiss of morning on Alpine
snow will compare with the food of carmine
that overswept the abashed countenance.
Amusement and CONSERVATION between them
rlveted her to the spot, or the girl might have
fled II this were true, what a hoyden she
must have appeared to her visitor. Could
anything be worse than to be won without
being wooed! And her parents too had been
deceived. They had regarded the stately
proposal as eInanating from the nephew, and
on the strength Of old Geoffreys wealth, in
estimating which the banker had the assist
ance of private knowledge, they had gra-
ciousiy favored the suitor. II was a terrible
imbroghO, from whatever standpoint the
complex question at issue was regarded.
But young Godfrey had the courage of
despair, and the nobility of his nature as
serted itself
Forgive me, Miss Venn, for my i'll con-
sidered attempt just now at pledging you to
a promise which altered conditions NAV rea-
sonably warrant you III breaking he said
Il have been wrOng-wrong all through
But can make this amends. You are per-
fectly free, Miss Nenn as free as one short
hour ago; even freer, for then your mind was
entangled by a singular error. l may never
be my Unclc's heir; he has told me that he
means to marry; l did not know whom l
am only poor toiier. 1t is not for mo to
h&rbor vain ambitions, however sweet.
His voice died away in an involuntary
sigh. The touch Of self pity in the last SEN
tence Of his great announcement was almost
tragic.
Dusa had recovered the control of her fac
ulties, if not her self possession. She smiled
through tears.
But you made a promise, too; and unless
you wish it | VIII not release you,n she said.
There was q happy pause, in which
But the narrator relents, and leaves the
hiatus. And Dusa added, with a flash of
mischief irradiatinS her tremul6ls confu-
sion:
Only 1 wish I'd been familiar, Godfrey,
with your handwriting
III.
Philosophers, who differ in some other mat
ters almost as vehemently as politicians are
agreed that success is not synonymous with
/ happiness. 1t is possible TO have a big bank
ing balance, costly freight on many seas, and
even seniority il the procession to the civic
| chair, and to h0bnob nevertheless with dis
content. The foot may have its corn and
vince at the slightest touch beneath the vel
vet slipper
These moral reflections owe their origin in
this place TO the profound dissatisfaction
that had crept Ike a 4Jcrsey fog Of December
| over the spirit of Geo.Trey Middleton, ship
broker. His position was precisely that dex-
terously insinuated above. And the cause
thereof was his own hastily adopted purpose
of matrimony.
His fateful letter, once posted by his own
hand, for fear of accidents OF the impertin-
ent curiosity Of domestics he felt for the
moment triumphant 1t was in this mood
that he had dealt Lis sharp thrust at his
( nephew over the wine and dessert in the din
ing room.
But when he retired that night il was to a
weary vigil in which carking care was biting
like an acid into the pattern of his heroic re.
solve. With a Young and ardent love the
major uncertainty would have been whether
he was to be accepted or rejected. But old
Geoffrey'S thoughts did not larry long at this
stage. He had witnessed too many sacrifices
of fair, ingenious springtilne to wan, satur-
nine winter to have much doubt that he could
lead to the altar yet another victim He
was wealthy, and it was enough Guardians
would advise, and the girls own vanity and
desire to possess the advantages credited to
the station Of a rich mans darling would
give her strength to crush down any natural
| Eepugnance
The anxiety was of different sort. Was
he sure that lie had fully calculated the cost
of the step in personal security, comfort and
ease3 And every time he went over anew the
ground of the argument pro and con the
keener became his doubts. In the morning
he got up with feelings surely cast on the
model of those with which Mr. William
| Sykes NAV regard the final ceremony in a