Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-02-05
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REJECTED AGAIN.

REJECTED AGAIN.
"WhatI Arc you bluea" Boughton
asked, convinced now that tho glistcn was
not due TO tho freight. ION Christmas
Eve, tool That will not do the least in the
| world. What's wronsl"
She tossed herself back into the open
| arIns of the big chair with pctulaut GGst-
ure.
Every thing" she criod-"Eoo.'y thing"
Boughton sat mo neut gazing steadily
| into the fire.
Judith" he said, at last, cant you tell
| me- deari Knight hci p you, you know"
"Tou ceuldn'tl you couldn'tr' she said,
stin vehemently XII ting her chestnut
| brows, which in that \ ,sition were absurdly
like her fathers. Nobody can. l can't
myself. Oh dsdr'''
It is impossible to express the rebellion
condensed into that o;,N "Oh! dearW The
room seemed to rever, crate with 1t.
| Boughton could tn, IL of absolutely moth.
ing to say just then, so he edged along to-
ward her over tho Grerslzn rug, until he
| could rest his arm on the arm of her chair.
Tell me-" he urged. do, Judith. One
can never tell. Perhaps may be tho very
one to help you"
But she SAID "No" very curly, and
| stared over his head into tho fire.
| Presently, however, she burst forth
| again:
| "Was there ever such wild place as tho
University Of Virginia, do you thinkr' shc
cried.
At that, "Ohr' said Phil to himself Dick
had Of course been getting into trouble, and
| had cast his burden upon his sisters p!ucfSy
little shoulders, after his usual brave
| fashion.
II don't know much about it, you know"
| he made answer. "What has Dick been
telling youl"
She looked at him sharply.
"Why do you think Dick has been telling
me any thingF" she asked, in a rather caro-
full voice.
"How clse should you know" Boughton
| said, easily. 'Rut of course don't tell me
| unless you wish
| Suddenly she leaned forward, setting ono
hand back down in the other as they rested
on her knees. Hernecllsce swung forward
from her bending throat, and the fire-light
cast dainty, circular shadows fromits beads
upon the snowy white of her neck.
eyes, will tell you," she said, suddenly.
"Dick 10 in debt-the old, old story to Sis
ters-for how much do you suppose I"
IL don't know" sad Boughton, stupdly.
He was not thinlsn,; in the Last of Dick
Just then. He was W, ndering how many of
those littlo soft round shadows there were
on her white breast, aud whether he could
count them If no tried.
| Gwen, then-for eght-d0 you hear!-for
; NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
THAT'S not so very Dad" said Boughton,
reassuringly. "Wo cun pull him through
"Wef' said tho girl. haughtily, on the de-
fensive AZ once. "Who do you mean by
'weP"
All at once he got his arms about her. She
felt his hot breath in her hair, on her
throat.
"Who should mean but you and I-you
and I-you and II" he went on repeating, in
| a sort Of INVESTIGATION. ''Judith-kiss me ~
kiss youi" she said, "KIss youl"
She was absolutely rigid with fury. Was
ever man so blind al Boughton?-so deaf
one might say. He leaned forward and
kissed the pretty blue bow, and the space Of
white flesh encircled Ivy the blue beads. He
looked up and would have kissed her lips
but was stopped by tho furious light in hel
eyes. He started back and freed her In 6
| moment
''This is the second time," she said, with
shut teeth, as he RENE mbered her once be
fore to have spoken-'the second time you
have behaved like a beast to me-"
"JudithI' he said.
"Yes-a beastw she said, biting down on
the word, as it were, with her sharp little
teeth
"Judith," he said again, stake care-tale
| carer'
"Take care" she repeated. 'Taze care
of what1 OF tho womanhood that you don't
respect Therol Your lips have touched
them, they are vilep'
! She ierlsed at the blue necklace with o
sharp movement which broke it, and the
pretty beads went rolling this way and