Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-24

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Sc hesitated, glancing involuntarily
at Auberon with trace of anxiety,
which Aeerington Instantly OWNED as
the wish to avoid doing anything which
might not be 10 Auberon's taste.
1T is but a little thing for a careWorn
man like me TO ask from your buOyant
Yout /, that you should give me back five
minutes Of ny by gone days Of happi
ness!" said he Wistfuily. %Shall you
dislike it so much?S
mo, no, no. no, faltered she, abash9d;
4 shall waltz with you for my next
partner" And with that he let her 60
In a few minutes Merton Rae was
disengaged, and Accrington seized the
opportunity.
@Her grace sent me to amuse you,
Queen OF Scots, he said, airily, leading
her for promenade.
Il am gu escent returned the lady,
absentiy, do your best "
Fair queen, 1 beseet h your add"
lis yours, Sir Colonel Speak,"
II love 4 lady"
@Eh bte1l! So do most men,"
@Alas, I have a rival
impossible. Who could rival Colonel
Accrington?"
sweet demoiselle, you are pleased to
laugh at me; yet am in trouble"
did you not offer TO amuse me?"
True. Well, you may laugh, yet help
me, am will be ontent."
q help you! Is it possible?"
@Are you not as vie you are witty
as good as you are pretty? You GER
tainiy can. if you will, do much to extri-
Gale ne from dilemma"
@Ah, now / am dying to aid you, your
fiattery is so sweet Only show me how
1 can be of use TO yoI."
Suppose a ca .alier, much like that
dark browed fellow Accrington, loved
sunny tressed Aurora like"
"MIss Dellamere, for instance, inter
posed Merr on, laughing mischievously,
as he stopped and looked at her. %Oh,
1 have not been blind, dear Colonel, and
wish yon every success
THANK you, Lady Merton; now I
shall tell you the obstacle. Suppose
this lady was half promised, by the par
ents, to a young man who loves herr
(Merrion started and changed colorl-
@but only with a fraternal love- pro-
ceeded Accrington, who had not lost
this sign of emotion. @for his whole heart
is evidently given TO another, and that
other"
@Hal hal hal quite a Comedy of Err
rors,' laughed Merton, defiantly meet
ing his significant glance. though her
brilliant face glowed with rich bushes.
"And now, what part can play in all
this? Or have you yet to come to that
point?"
@And that other. resumed Accrington,
boldly, has only to accept Lis atten-
tiOns for few days, during which she
may be endeavoring to teach her own
heart to respond to his. thus the first
named lady will feel herself free to love
me, and all will end well
"But by what caprice do you confide
all this TO me?" demanded the high
spirited girl, who would rather have
persisted than permit any one to guess
the state of her heart toward Auberon.
@Ah. well-perhaps only to amuse
you'll Let us talk of something else,"
said the Colonei, carelessly. And quite
convinced that she understood all that
was necessary, he soon led her back TO
her friends.
They danced together, Richard Ac-
crington and Loveday Dellamere.
He slid his nervous arm about her
waist, his left hand clasped her finger
tips de icately, firmly. They foated
round among the others, light as shad-
ows pickering, and upborne by the wild
measure of a walt whir wind His
warm cath on her brow, his dark
eyes softly shining down upon her, his
gentle strength supporting hers as II
one will governed their motions A sin
gnlar sensation gradually took posses
sion Of Loveday, as If she was being
borne out of herself, a feeling as dreamy
and delicious as inexplicable. Perceiv-
ing by the relaxing of her self-poise his
growing power o er her, Accr ngton
softly frightened his asp of her waist,
stole a Lrmer hold of Der hand, and,
timing his movement to the long drawn,
longing notes of the next musical bars,
he bent iower over her, and allowed his
dark eyes, cha ged with unutterably
beseeching tenderness, to feed upon
hers. All his soul streamed forth in
that enraptured ga g. 1t could not
startle or repel her, it was so very hum
BILE and i'm ploring, and there was the
music, passionately wooing her for him,
telling of his sorrowful past, of his soil
tary stral gerhoOd in his own native
land-wooing. wOoing her to believe in
him and forget her first repulsion.
And AuberOn had only loved her as a
sister, while she-oh, shame! to yield
one thought to him who had no love for
heri
Loveday's maiden pride was waking
with her know edge that Accrington
sought her out from among all these
other fascinating ladies'; she had looked
forward with blind trust to Auberon's
return, when he would tell her that he
loved her, and claim her heart in re-
ward.
lie had not spoken of love; he had
been just as tenderly fraternal as of old,
and no more; ana she had borne the
sharp surprise proudly, hid her smart
and waited the future patiently; but
lately she had become aware of Merton
Rae's TRANCE heightened beauty and
fascination when in Auberon's presence,
and with loves jealous quickness. had
guessed her secret.
And to-day, closely watching, she had
seen Auberon's interest seemingly quite
absorbed in her; he and she had been
together so much and had been so bril-
llantiy responsive to each others sallies
-ah, foo ish little Loveday, why should
she hope any longer? 1t was relief to
t IN to Col Accrington, and hide her
heavy heart by seeming engrOssed with
him.
And If Auberon did not like it-welI,
it was far better to vex him little than
TO show such slaYish obedience to his
slightest wish that he must perforce d.s-
cover her miserable and hopeless love
for him.
On then in the whirling waltz, to the
thrilling muse, which spoae to each
bounding heart in its own language; and
now Accrington begins a soft murmur-
ing in her ear, delicately impersonal yet
perilOusly interesting, to which she
listens with innocent admiration. Well
he knows how to please: the gu leles5
young creature knows so little OF evil
that she is easily pleased; she has no
bias to suspicion in her sunny nature,
and she is grateful TO Colonel Accring-
ton for exertlng himself TO enterta n her.
That he loves her does not dawn on
Loveday yet; this ignorance leaves her
more freedom to observe and enjoy his
manifold graces
He has quite overcome her instructive
mi trust of him before that wonderful
- - rI,iaf
would he not We TO fold her to his ador-
ing heart and call her his own