San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-18

II you won speak 10 lie L shan SlJCoh
to you, whether you like it or not" says
Desmond, with decision.
THAT will be out of your power, as you
will never see me-"
do you mean to tell me may not call at
MOyne?"
Certainly do. They wouldn't hear of
it. They wouldn't, in fact receive you"
But why must they visit my uncle's sins
upon my shoulders? l have heard of a
fathers sins being entailed upon his heir,
but never an uncle's."
1T is your name," says Monica Then
she laughs little, in spite of herself, and
quotes, in low lone, oh! Romeo, Romeo
wherefore art thou RomeO?'
But he takes no heed of this frivolous
quotation.
You mean ME to understand, then, that
l am never to speak to you again?"
II do, indeed"
What! Do you know we are to be close
neighbors for the future, you and |? This
is to be your home. Coole is to be mine
At the most, only mile of road lies between
us, and here not quite yard. And yet you
calmly tell me am from this day forth to
be only common stranger to you"
You look as if you were angry with me-"
says Monica, with sudden tears in her eyes
at his injustice. Itisn't my fault; / haven't
done anything wicked. Blame your uncle
for it ALL"
THE whole thing is simply absurd" SAYS
the young man, taking now the superior
tone that is meant to crush the situation by
holding it up to ridicule. You forget, per-
hapS, that we shall hare to meet sometimes.
| suppose the people down here give balls
mt, n,,I AH.,y.
and when | meet you at them, is ii your
wish that shall pretend never to have seen
you before, never tO have known yOu?"
Yes" says Monica, with as much i,esita-
ton as lets him know how she hates saying
it. when next you meet me, you are to
look right over my head, and pass Onr'
Il couldn't do it." returns he, gazing at
her steadily. II couldn't, indeed. In fact.
feel it is just the last thing i'll the world |
could do"
But you must" says Monica, imperiouS-
ly, terrified to death As she conjures up be-
fore her Aunt Priscilla's face as it will sure
ly be if this Philistine dares to address her;
II tell you my aunts would never forgive
me if they knew had interchanged even
one syllable with you. From this moment
you must forget me. There will really be
but of an hours growth. You have seen
me for the first time to-day, and chance
meeting such As this is easily driven from
the mind"
That is your opinion says the young
man. moodily. st is not mine. dare say
yOu will find it very easy to forget / sha'n't.
And this isn't the first tune have seen you,
sither. Ii seems 10 ME as if years have
-,,II cd h. 1 val fan
was standing at the gate of CoOle, and saw
you pass by, the day of your arrival in Ross
noyne. So. yOu see. we aTe--in spite of
yOu-almOSt old friends"
A bOmb-Shell flung at her feetcOuld hardly
have produced a greater sensation than this
apparently harmless speech. All at once
there PUSHES back upon her the recollection
of that fatal day when she lay upon cart
load of hay and according to Terence) kick
ed up her heels in the eXuberance of her JOY.
Oh, horror! she grows crimson from her
soft throat to her forehead; even her little
ears do not escape the tint, but turn warm
and guilty pink.
The one absorbing thought that he was
nephew to Aunt PriScilla'S bugbear had
swallowed up all others; but now, as he
himself reveals this other truth to her, she
feels that her cup Is indeed 1uli. Dellcatell
but haughtlily she gathers up the train of
her white gown and casts one expressive
glance upon the way she came. This glance
says much.
While he is still sore perpleXed by her
sudden change of demeanOr, she turns away
from him. Then, pauSing, she turns again,
and bestOws upon him so indignant a look
as completely finishes this ill-uScd syOung
man.
II object to haSty friendships" she says,
Jelly. And" pauSing as if to make the
effect greater, eff / were goa, | think l
should seek some better employment than
standing idling all day tong at your uncle'S
gate"
With this parting shaft, and before he can
recover from his CONSERVATION, she goes
swiftly away from him, up through the
meadows. home.