Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-04-17

DoId ana daring man mus 10 rIsK Ior-
tune again.
1t is at this particular moment that
Violet. inadvertently raising her head.
lets her eyes meet Jack Rodney's. On
which that young man-being prompt
in action-goes quickly up to her. and
in sight of the assembled multitude
takes her hand in his.
Violet. you may as well tell them all
now as at any other time," he says,
persuasively.
''Oh, no. not now" pleads Violet,
hastily. She rises hurriedly from her
seat. and lays her disengaged hand on
his lips. For once in her life she loses
sight OF her self-posSesSion, and blush,
warm and rich as carmine, mantles on
her cheek.
This fond coloring, suiting the ext
gencieS of the moment, suits her Ike
wise. Never before has she looked so
entirely pretty. Her lips tremble, her
eyes grow pathetic. And Captain Rod
ner, already deeply in love, grows one
degree more impressed with the fact of
his own good fortune in having secured
50 enviable bride.
Passing his arm round her, he draws
her closer to him.
Mother. Violet has promised to mar
ry me-" he says. abruptly. Haven't
you, Violet?"
And Violet says Yes" obediently,
and then the tears come into her eyes,
and smile is born upon her lips, so
sweet. so new. as cOmpelS DOatie TO
whisper TO Mona. a little later on. that
she didn't think it in Violet to look
like that
Here of course everybody says the
most charming thing he or she can
think of at moment 5 notice; and then
they all kiss Violet. and Molly. coming
back at this suspicious instant with the
fan and recovered temper, joins in the
general congratulations, and actually
kisses her too, though Godfrey whis-
perS traitor" to him in an awful tone,
as lie goes forward to do it.
at is the sweetest thing that could
have happened. IS says Dorothy, enthuSi-
astically. Now Mona and you and |
will be real sisters
"What a surprise it all is" says
Godfrey, hypOcritically.
Yes, isn't it?' says Dorothy, quite
in good faith; "thongh L don't know
after all why it should be; we could see
for ourselves; we knew all about it long
ago!'
Yes, long ago" says Godfrey, with
dlllllldtlol. quite all HOuI ago.
''Oh, hardly!" says Violet, with a soft
laugh and another blush. How could
you"
"a little bird whispered it to u.s." ex-
plains Godfrey, lightly. Then, taking
pity on NOlly's evident agony, he goes
on, THAT is, you know, we guessed it;
you were 50 long absent, and-and
that"
There is something deplorably lame
about this exposition, when you take
into consideration the fact that the new
lovers have been, during the past two
months, 0llrdyS absent from the rest of
the family, as rule.
But Violet is content.
sit is like a fairy-tale, and quite as
pretty" says little Dorothy, who is
quite safe to turn out an inveterate
matchmaker when a few more years
have rolled over her sunny head.
OF like Nolly's story that he declines
telling me-" says Violet, with laugh.
''Well, really, now you say it," Says
| Godfrey, as though suddenly struck
with a satisfactory idea, lit is uncOm-
monty like Nolly's tale; when you come
! 10 compare one with the other they
sound almost similar"
"What! How could Jack or ! resem-
bic an Irish MEMBER" asks she, with a
little grimace.
Everything mas us romantic SIde,''
says Godfrey: 'eYcn an Irish member,
| dare say. And when you do induce
Molly to favor you with his last joke,
| you will see that it is positively briSt-
ling with romance"