Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05

the doctor also read the words in the note
and grew more curious still.
81 suppose YOU formerly knew the young
lady?' he said.
Dare visibly hesitated.
"Oh! come, 1 don't want to pry into your
secrets, laughed the doctor; "but in her let
ter to me she asked me to let her know how
you go on, SO you see she has strong inter-
est in you"
Dare cast down his grav ewes with their
dark lashes, and his lips quivered.
"She is very good" he said, more than
goods-" and then he suddenly looked up in
the doctors face.
"You have been very good, doctor. also, :"
he went on, "and-and this 1 NAV tell you,
though / am sure you will not speak of it
1 once knew-or rather saw, Miss Clyde
under circumstances that were greatly to
her honor"
81 have no doubt of it, my man. smiled
the doctor, who quite understood that Dare
did not mean to confide in him; land you
need not be afraid-neither you nor the
young lady need be afraid-for 1 seldom,
indeed never, speak of what does not con-
Germ me; and now here comes the orderly
with the dressings, and I must have look
at your leg"
CHAPTER ".
FIXING THE DAY.
On the afternoon of the same day Sir
James MacKennon arrived at the Com
mandant's house at Newborough-on-the-
Sea, and Banks at once ushered him into
the drawing room, where Mrs. Clyde was,
for Banks had received orders when Sir
James came that she wished to speak to
him before Miss Clyde was told of his ar
rival
So Sir James strobe into the room with
his stslwart step, and Mrs Clyde smiled
her welcome.
every pleased to see you," she said,
sweetly, holding out her well-tormed hand;
"where will you sit ?"
Sir James drew a chair near Mrs. Clyde's
easy one, and looked, it must be admitted,
rather uncomfortable.
Its about that little girl of mine, I
wished to speak to you,' she said still
smiling. She spoke of Miriam as "a little
grip merely in fgurative sense, Miriam
being really tall and slim; "about Miriam
we were talking yesterday you remember
about fixing the time of your marriage, and
you said you would try to persuade Miriam
to fix it soon-in a month l think, was it
not?"
"But 1 tried in vain," answered Sir
James with an ingenious blush stealing
over his honest face. "Miriam said it was
too soon, and 1 could not get her to promise
to fix any time"
"My dear Sir James, Miriam is like other
girls, GOV and shy-not that all girls are to
be sure!'' And Mrs. Clyde gave her
shoulders little shrug, and raised her eye
brows. 'But she is, and my other girl,
General Conray's wife, was also. In fact, 1
brought them up rather in an old-tashioned
l>a Nv,L
not forward ones-and therefore you see
poor Miriam is so shy about fixing her
wedding day that propose that we should
do it for her, and thus spare all her pretty
bushes"
81 need not say that shall be too happy
that anytime" eagerly blurted out
Sir James
81 am sure of it, and am sure also that
the little girl will be very glad to have it
all settled for her. Joan, my eldest daughter,
allowed me to settle her wedding day, and
1 know Miriam will too. Well, you thought
of a month? Shall we say a month to-day?"
Il shall be delighted, only too delighted,
if you can persuade Miriam"
"Leave Miriam to me-, said Mrs. Clyde,
with her sweetest smile. 'iAnd have you
heard what little heroine she came out
yesterday after you left her on the sands?"
No; how was that?''
"Well, it seems a poor soldier was dan
gerously wounded when marking at a target,
and would have bled to death but tor
Miriam. She had some ambulance lessons
in the winter, and she turned them to good
account on this emergency. She stopped
the bleeding, and the doctor SAYS saved the
poor mans lie; her father is very pleased" !"
"Dear little girl! how brave it was of
her," exclaimed Sir James, with emotion.
"It was brave, was it not? But the poor
child felt the reaction of the excitement
when it was over, and was not very we'll
during the rest of the evening, and her
cheeks have lost some of their pretty pink
paint this morning, can assure you. You
will have to bring 1t back again, Sir
James"
Sir James blushed furiously.
'In fact, we'll consider it settled then, |"
continued Mrs. Clyde; settled between
you and me, that to-day month has to be
your wedding day? Do not, however,
speak of it to Miriam to-day-leave me to
arrange all about it with her, for she was