Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-26

if he could easily spit me on his own sword,
which l noticed was dangling at his heels.
''Will you come?' 1 urged; determined
not to conciliate or enlighten him even if
my forbearance cost me my life.
He hesitated, and then broke into horse
| laugh 81 have drunk Just enough 10 be
reckless, said he; eyes, 1 will go; and the
devil must answer for the result.
L had never seen him look so little the
gentleman, and perhaps it was on this very
account | became suddenly quite eager to
take him at his word before time and
thought should give him an opportunity to
| become more like himself; for | could not
| but think that if she saw him in this con-
| dition she must make comparisons between
| him and the Colonel, which could not but be
! favorable TO the latter. But it was still
| quite early, and dared not run the risk of
displeasing the Colonel by anticipating his
| presence, so [ urged Orrin into that little
| back parlor of miRe, where 1 had once hoped
to see very different person installed, and,
| putting wine and biscuits before him, bade
him refresh himself, while prepared my
self for appearing before the ladies'
When the hour came for us to go l went
to him. He was pacing the floor and trying
to school himself into patience, but he made
| but sorry figure, andsI felt twinge of
conscience as he thrust on his hat without
any attempt to smooth his dishevelled locks,
or rearrange his disordered rutfies. Should
L permit him to go thus disordered,
or should 1 detain him long
enough to fit him for the eye of the dainty
Juliet? He answered the question himself.
Come" said he, 81 have chewed my sleeve
long enough in suspense. Let us go and
have an end of it, If she is to be my wife
she must leave the house with me to-day, if
not, have an hours work before me down
yonder' and he pointed in the direction of
his new house. ''When you see the sky red
| at MONDAY you will know what that is. -
. 'Orrin!' l cried, and for the first time
seized his arm with something like fellow
feeling.
But he shook me off,
"Don't interfere with me-" and strobe
/ on, sullen and fierce, toward the place
where such different greeting awaited him
from any that he feared.
Ought to tell him this? Ought to say:
'Your sullenness is uncalled for and your
ferceness misplaced; Juliet is constant, and
the Colonel means you nothing but good?"
Perhaps; and perhaps, too, I should
be saint and know nothing of earthly
passions and iealousies. But 1 am
not. L hate this Orr1n, hate him
more and more as every step brings US
nearer to Juliet's house and the fate await
ing him from her weakness and the
Colonel's generosity. So hold my peace
and we come to her gate, and the reckless
ness that has brought him thus far abandons
him on the instant and he falls back and
lets me go in several steps before him, so
that L seem to be alone when l enter the
house, and Juliet, who is standing in the
parlor between the Colonel and her father,
starts when she sees me, and breaking into
sohs, cries:
''Oh, Philo, Philo tell nv father there is
nothing between us but what is friendly
and honorable; thatI-I-"
"Hush!" commanded the father, while
stared at the Colonel, whose quiet, imper-
turbable face was for the first time such a
riddle to me that hardly needed what the
elder man said. "You have talked enough,
Juliet, and denied enough. 1 will now
speak to Mr.. Adams and see what he has to
say. Last night my daughter, who, as all
the town knows, is betrothed to this gentle
man'-and he waved his hand
deferentially toward the Colonel-''was
detected by me stealing out of the garden
gate with a little packet on her arm. AS
my daughter never goes out alone, was
naturally startled, and presuming upon nv
| rights as her father, naturally asked her
where she was going. This question, simple
as it was, seemed to both terrify and un-
Rerve her. Stumbling back, she looked me
Wildly in the eye and answered, with an
effrontery she had never shown me before,
that she was flying to escape hated mar
riage. That Colonel Schuyler had returned,
and as she could not be his wife, she was
going to her aunts house, where she could
live in peace without being forced upon O
man she could not love. Amazed, for L had
always supposed her duly sensible of the
honor which had been shown her by this
gentleman's attentions, l drew her into my
study and there, pulling off the cloak which
she held tightly drawn about her, l dis
covered that she was tricked out like bride,
| and had a whole bunch of garden roses
fastened in her breast "a pretty figure
cried l, for travelling. You are
going away with some man, and
it is runaway match 1 have inter-
rupted. She could not deny it, and Just
then the Colonel came in and-but we will
not talk about that. 1t remained for us to
find out the man who had led her to forget
her duty, and L could think of no man but
you. So L ask you now before my trembling
daughter and this outraged gentleman if
you are this villain
But here Colonel SCHUYLER spoke I'D
quietly and without visible anger: 81 was
about TO say when this gentleman entrance
| interrupted my words that | had been con-
VlnceQ overnight UnaI our nrSI suspicious
! were false, and that Mr.. Adams was, as
your daughter persists in declaring, simply
a somewhat jealous friend. %
"But," hastily vociferated the old man,
''there has been no one else about my
daughter for months. If Mr.. Adams is not
to blame for this attempted escapade, who
is? l should like to see the man, and see
him 'apding just there. 3"
''Then look and tell me what YOU think
of him, came with an insoleut ierceness
from the doorway, and Orrin, booted and
spurred, with mud on his holiday hose, and
his hat still on his head, strobe into our
midst and confronted us all with an air of
such naughty defiance that it half robbed
him of his ruffianly appearance.
Juliet shrieked and stepped back, fasci-
mated and terrified. The Colonel frowned
darkly, and the old man, who had seemed
by his words to summon him before us,
quailed at the effect of his words and look
ing from the well-known but unexpected
figure thus introduced among us, to the
Colonel who persistently avoided his gaze,
till the situation became unbearable, and
turned about as if to go.
Instantly the Colonel took advantage of