The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-03-26


soon. l guess msybe you had better
wait"
Jack found this wait ting miserable
enough. Dinner time came, and Mary
did not appear, fact which so dis
turbed Mr.. Willard that he Jailed to no.
tice Jacks peculiar mood.
Ii was not until late in the afternoon
that Jack, standing near the gate, caught
the first glimpse of the approaching
Prince.
He waited until he was almost npcn
him, and then starting q, dckly forward
grasped the bride, bringing horse and
rider to a sudden and rather sharp
standstil.
DO you know why have stopped you
in this way?" he asked i'll q. stern voice
No" responded Mary, with darken-
ing eyes ana face from which every
particle of color had fed, unless you
wish to add another insult to your long
list"
You shall explain what you mean by
that, he exclaimed passipnateiy. And
by this, too.
He drew her note from his pocket and
held it before her eyes.
A slight change passed over her face.
The meaning IS clear. If you wish
dlioliltl dh9N'i, d9h Soui '"It 'oii-
science"
She jerked her bride from his hand,
and giving Prince a smart cut, dashed
by him without further words.
L will have an explanation, he NUT
tered, looking aft ?r her.
Returning to the house he tore a sheet
of paper from his note book, and hastily
scrawled upon it:
must see YOU.
Jeanette carried this to Mary, and
returned looking both angry and per
picked.
she says YOU have her note, sir, and
she hasn't any more to say. Pm very
sorry. sir" added the woman, feeling
something was wrong.
Thank you, Jeanette. Unjust be get
ting my things together. l will have to
leave you tonight"
oh, sir, that's too bad. Mr.. Willard
will be so sorry. suppose You couldn' t
change your mind"
Impossible. And Mr.. MilIard must
think business calls me away. 1t will
be better So"
Yes, sir; I understand. It's a shame
Miss Mary's temper"
Il cannot discuss that" Jack replied,
with much pain in his voice. 1t is
something more than temper, though
I'm positive of that. TIL find out what
i'll some way.
Mr.. Willard saw Jack depart with gem
uine regret He had built many hopes
upon this visit, and their failure disap-
pointed him keenly.
Mary's spirits worried him also. He
attributed her present melancholy to d
cause perfectly natural under the cir
cUmStanceS.
The idea gave him such pain that he
decided to take Jeanette into his conf
dence.
Il have been noticing Mary's indispo-
sition, he said, in breaking the subject
to her, and I have feared--it may be
quite groundless, / hope it is, But yet it
is possibIe-that she cared for Jack
Give me your opinion. You should be
able 10 Judge much better than L.
Il know this much, sir, returned
Jeanette, unable to hold back longer,
= know she sent him away. Whether
she cared for him or didn't care for him.
he cared for her and she sent him away
She wrote him a note. [ don t know what
vas in it, but | do know it made his face
as white as your shirt. He tried to see
her, but she wouldn't have it, and Chen
he left, as any self-respecting young man
would
The gentleman's face had undergone
various changes during the progress of
this speech, and when Jeanette con-
cluded he regarded her in panied sur
prise.
Il don't understand it, he said in
musing tone. Il can't understand it,
No, sir; nor no one else. You might
live 10 be a hundred and not understand
Miss Mary"
: Mr. Willard remained in deep thought
after Jeannettc'S communication. and
when Mary sat hv him in the study that
night, he said to her, quite suddenly:
Ny chill, You are not happy"
Mary looked away from him.
have been in low spirits lately" she
rcioin"d, but ] shall get over it in a day
or two, if you will try to bear with me
little while longer, and not be too good
to me"
But why should you be In low spirits,
Mary: II there is ii reason, surely, /
should know IT,
Mary looked panied and troubled.
Once more she turned away.
Grandpa, she said at last, speaking
with an effort, when | have found a
reason which l can acknowledge to my
own self | will tell it to you. But it
only hurts me to speak of it now. In a
few days everything will be as it used
to be. We will be happy together,
Sha'n't We? Nobody Will ever come be
tween US now.
II can scarcely tell whether Jeanette
was right, or wrong" unused the old
gentleman when rejecting on Nary's
words.