Telegram-herald., 1891-11-02

so1 - sesI-1I. 4ns rlver ssreSches. .
great sheet Of glory, between rich. soft
kuis away " the huge. bare slopes and
ragged oStlns Of the moor sEA shs
greater glory ef the SKY
1t Is . sight which has no rival even
h the westera eountry.
had Just formulated sAss conclusion
when Tom appeared. apparently look
Tag for .soms o1s- Hs sa0ghs sighs of
me and came slowly toward ne He
looked pzls Aad tired
''ohi'' he said. I'm glad I found you;
there's something about which ! want
70 talk u you"
bad seldom seen Tom In 80 serious
. mood. and remembering the after
nooa, expected 70 fad him particu-
larry gay.
Iwaitsd for him to settle down be-
side me, bus he stood there kicking the
psbbleA
Presently he went on:
''Do you mind getting up and walk
ing about . bis7 don't fssl like ~
tiag still and looking at ssnsetA ]
think ! can tell you what want 70
So I g0t up. rather reluctantly. ]
must eonfssA Thsn he sue0estsA that
We should Goss over - the ferry and
make sur W. up the hfa
We were soon ansess. and enes in the
hi2h-bsnksA ians he seemed ealmsr
and again began 70 talk.
"Do you know why followed Nias
flo ashore this afternoonr'
OF courss I had no idea
Well" he sad. I'm ten you. lin
tended 30 and out, once for ell. whether
shs really ssrsd anything for ma"
Iexprssssd . hope that he had s1s-
eeeasd In getting ths Information he
wanted
Yea" hs wsnt %. II have found
out; sAe talked 70 me With freedom I
have often loased for. and II came
sbous IN this way. We had bssn look
ing for different sort. ef snsmones for
some time. whsn she snddsnly asked
pe whether agrssA witA what you
had said tho other night ] asked her
WHIST abouA Why, aRqpt people mar
yying those who hnS0 more money than
they have thcmsslveA' ] sid I thought
you were quits xigha ohs then ssked
me whether. supposing I cared for .
girl who was richer than I was.
shouA hesitate to tell her so ! did
not know what 10 say. Yoa win admit
think. that the position vse . curious
ona Then TO my intense surprise she
burss into . perfect storm of anger
don't know all she said, but the point
of II was that didn't deserve the love
Of any unselfish girl. and shs hoped
should never by any chance win It. As
you may imagine, ~as taken COM
pletcly abeck. had sense enough left
to see that II she herself loved mo she
would never talk to me hke that Then
she changed, and IS looked up saw
tears standing in her eyes and her lips
trembling. She could scarcely COM
mand hes voice enough to bog me, al
most fereely to beg me, that II over
cared for GIRL. however poor might
be, would tell her %. There was mo-
knowing what years Of happiness l
might lose II had not courage enough
thankful that At that moment your
voice hailed us and was able 10 say
tolcrably calmly. I think Thank you.
win boar your advice In mind So
we joined you, and after all had not
lost her friendship. and her love ] had
never had"
After = few minutes. finding that
did not speak. he went on:
And %. you SEQ, am certain that
Miss Flo really csrss for some ono wbc
Is not very well oh. and who 10 afraid
to ask her to share . lot which nrst be
less easy than the one 10 which she has
been used She 10 terribly grieved that
he viii no speak, for his silence may
provo fstal The only thing 10. caR-
not imagine who II L. Can your"
said-and it waa Al could do TO
say it calmly Il thought did When l
had considered the natter little more
] would tell him.
SO We turned hack sad made our
way In silence down the lane to the
ferry.
Since that evening havs settf ID the
question beyond all doubt.-Chicagc