The National tribune., 1892-07-21

He He stopped short and looked her in the eyes.
Honor brigbt?"
Honor fddlesticksi"
And you did that just to sec whether I
would try to save your"
les. mo- what nonsense! did it Just
just-for fun
lie let so Of her arm and took both her
hands. WIN --0.
Florence, will you be my wifo?"
How dare you. sir. How many girls do
you propose to in one EVENING""
someone has been slanGering me- I have
never proposed to any other woman and never
Shall" ~ - '0'
Oh' wasn't she glad to hear that! And she
oeiievei u without moments hesitation.
on haven't answered my question: hs
said; will you be my wife 3"
What for?"
Because love you
That was her little triumph He had mads
ler icei miserable so often. and now she had
ia ne. cnanee to be even with him. So she said
20; ana then waited. And what do you
thlnk nc did? Dropped her hands and walked
away without another word.
>. ne next day he met her and treated her a
~ u no word OF love had ever passed between
thetn. III was simply incomprehensibIe. Any
o'her man would have gone away, or hung Off
IN the distance and looked miserable. or nro-
Po5ed again: but this one did none Of these
| things, and he never left her side. He did NOT
sigh. He did not look miserable. He Iootad
rather contented than otherwise. And he was
simply kuightly in his attentions He not onIv
lathomed her thoughts and executed her COM
lHands before she uttered them, but he fire.
quenliy knew just what she wished when she
was not quite sure OF it herself. The result
was inevitable. There never was a girl who
could DO comfortable in the presence of a
newiy-reJected suitor. and the peculiar con-
quc1 OF thIs one was enough TO set girl mad.
f!orenee was so upset by il that she tried to
drive him away. But be would not be driven.
lie stayed And before night she actually felt
ashamed OF herself. He OWNED that, too. and
tod Mrs. Chasby Soden about it. Again she
the back
Jarvis Murray kept it up for week. He
was gentle, kind, tender, and manly in his
treatment OF Florence. He neither said nor did
any more rude things. He enfolded her in his
protection. be perpetuaily famed her nostrils
WITH the incense of his devotion. But of love
Ae spoke no word and made no sign. At the
END OF the week he told her be was going away
the next day. He regretted that he could not
remain longer, as 1T gave him great pleasure to
thlnk that his humble efforts had contributed
20 her enjoyment and he dattered himself that
thgy had so contributed. Was it not so?
Yes. that was SO.
Wei, then, he said, he should feel that his
summer had been put to the very highest use.
Good-by. He hoped she would spare him a
kindly remembrance once in a while when she
mad nothing better to occupy her thoughts. At
that she gave little sob.
on she said, "Pve been so wieked.n
Wicked! " he replied. mot at all. You
mean IN regard to me, of course. Well. well. it
certainly is not wicked for woman to refuse
to marry man she does not love-"
lie made sudden movement as IL 10 leave
her. the villain. She seized his hand conyul-
sively.
;, But" she cried, Historically, "but-bus
linen ne took her in his arms. and that even
ing Mrs. Chasby Soden kissed her daughter
tWice.-Neao YorE Times.