Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-09-18

"What is freely given Is no robbery, IL
ma. Steady, Zuleika-keep steady, pref
ty one, while fasten It."
"Oh, wish you had not heard % said
lima, as Sir Philip bent down to fasten the
flowers In their place. "What will ssu do
without buttton-hole?
81 think / could live somehow" he
answered gravely, seven IL my loss were
not--as In this case--an Unreasonable
gain"
"What very pretty speeches you do
make" said lima, sedately, her eyes dane
Ing with fun--"as sweet as the flowers
themselvesl Thanks; you have fastened
them beautifully, and taken a lot of trouble
to do 1t, l am sure"
"Nothing can be u trouble that is done
for you, lima" replied Sir Philip, In low
tone that only she heard.
The words escaped him almost una
wares, and he was conscious Of something
I'm his voice which had not Yet been pres
ent in IL when he spoke TO her. He glanc-
ed quickly and earnestly ut her face, and
saw that her color was a little heightened,
and that there was IL half-startled look in
the large soft eyes; but that was all. He
had struck no deep chord; or, IL he had,
she did not know it herself.
hOl1llu SAW tuC Vi Tile HOhtib,
and the incident, tritling in itself, did not
certainly tend to diminish his resentment
against its too fascinating hero. Eysa
though SIR Philip did not dispute llma's
society with him, but for nearly two miles
rode between Rose and jamie, while Ro-
land and lima rode practically alone, yet
the young man was not softened towards
his rival.
His rival Yes; Roland Sabine, though
he had repudiated the accusation of being
in love with lima Costello, admitted to
himself without reserve that he felt for
lima what lie had never felt for any wo-
man before. 1t was true that In n fashion
he had been In love three or four times
At Cambridge he had even considered
himself engaged to the sister of q college
friend; but, when she returned his pre-
sents and letters, with one from herself
announcing her marriage to the Oldest and
richest Of the dons, he was rather morti-
fed to find how little his happiness was
affected by the event, aud how impossible
it was for him to lose his interest in hunt
ing and his appetite for breakfast.
At the present time Roland frted after
a fashion with Zeph Heston; but he meant
no evil by IL; aud he would have been gen.
timely surprised to discover that lie had
made any deep impression on the girls
heart. lie had met her sometimes by nc
cident, sometimes half by design on both
sides, and had walked with her, and kissed
her when they parted; he had also given
her ribbons and trinkets. But all this had
been done without Job Heston's knowl-
edge; for, like his ancestor, Job was not,
humble miller though lac was, one to bear
dishonor meekly; and Roland did not care
to incur the sturdy miller's wrath; be-
sides he did not care much about Zeph at
the best OF times, and just now he cared
less than nothing; for lima had completes
ly captivated him.
or course Roland did not reflect that
his nature and his Cousins were quite an
tagonistic, and that her training and edu-
cation had utterly united her for coun-
try life us he understood 1t. They had not
a taste in common. She liked the country
in general poetic kind of way, she was
fond of riding and boating and flowers and
birds, but she had several timeJ declared
that she could not bear to live in tue coun.
try ss her cousins did. So Roland blum
dered on, and madly imagined that this
beautiful sprite might be induced TO think
of him us lover, If she could only learn
to fear, If not distrust, Sir Philip Darrell.
Meanwhile lima, not having the remotest
ideas OF her Cousins feelings, gave him
hundreds of wounds from sheer careless
ness. She was about as wild as Zuleika
herself, and horse and rider played rare
pranks.
aBother your wheat-felds 70 said lima
to Roland, when he was trying TO point
out some peculiarly f1ne specimens oil that
| cereal. "You'll never make farmer OF
me, Rol. don't care for it one bit; l am
not going to live in the country, you
know"
allow do You know, COZ? You arc very
confident"
"Of course"--rmsing her straight black
brows. 81 won't; that's all. Who's to
make me? Not uncle''
"You might change your mind"
AIes, when grass grows blue, and flow-
ers head down." said lima perversely.-
SNOW look, Rol. There is Connaby Fell,
isn't it? Will you have . race! Tom
won't beat Zulekia."
They were riding ahead Of the other
three as Zuleika tossed up her head, sniff
fling the breeze from the open moorland.
Sir Philip rode up to llma's side, and laid
his hand lightly upon her bride hand.
"Keep tight REIN" he said gently, as
! the girl looked up Mt kim with the sweet
| DflBnL snlllo suc bcNcI base w botahu. Il
noticed that You were letting it slacRen a
little just now; and Zuleika will be OF
like lightning IL she gets her head"
Thanks" replied lima. obeying him at
| once.
Roland bit his lip hard. He resented
Sir Philips interference where, MS he chose
to think, it was needless, seeing that he
himself was by Ilma's side
"Why DARRELL he could not resist say
ing, "a good gallop will take some Of the
mischief out Of Zuleika.
"You forget" returned Sir Philip quiet
| ly, "that there Is a deep ditch only short
distance ahead, OF which lima has never
heard; and, If Zuleika came on it una
wares she might go into it instead Of over
/ it,"
"But she can leap it, can she Dot?" said
1 lima eagerly to Sir Philip; while Roland
! flushed holly and exclaimed
! "You ought not to leap that ditch, lima
! you are too confident"
"You dear old woman" replied lima,
laughing, "you can shut your eyes at the
supreme moment. Is the ditch too wide,
Sir Philip"
She did not intend to annoy her cousin
by appealing directly from him TO Sir
Philip Darrell; still further from her mind
WAS any idea Of coquetry; but Sir Philip