Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-05-19

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o.ve bar boA an Independent toss,
and pursing n lips IN IKE SP'ii'' '"e
replied
"And surpse l don I cnoose 10 give
you any answer -hign''
ssWelI no ark GER this evening will
moan mo 70 MT You have had time
to find out if can love me Us
husband and 1you cannot tell me
now I'll think yo' don want me- "i"
I'll never ask ve ehtgain.
every well, said wlilIully' you
needn't Tn n iu 0 anxious to go to
neo'li l. III hfm -.
Templeton to fiva nyhow' III '"''S
fed here. Their re plenty of young
,,on who'd be o, / enough to come
here to live as fatsr wishes lou "re
the only one that sfuses TO- ana I'm
su, no one Is trvbg to compel you.
W even Regill ! Brown with all
I hi. money and Rlss Inc house, was here
tn afternoon, and old me he was will
in to come any tisle."
Reginald Brown" he exclaimed
co, Rmptuously.
own was the rid hest young man of
tn leighborhood, dnd therefore con-
sic ed the best catdh. 1t was asserted
th Mary Graham Iould never marry
Bb as long as then was a chance of
ca ring Brown, AM a the former well
kn of such opinE ion. Brown had
be West for a mum per of years, and
tn had been whispers of wild, if not
cr1 pal, doings therf I, but, in view of
his pancial worthintss, they remained
Will ters and finally died away.
sake care what you say about him,
sal he girl, note of alarm escaping
hei eli He was here to-day, as L said,
an IT, is very bitter against you. He
di, to- threaten you openly, but he
sal o'any things to show that he hates
vol d that he means to be even with
yod ~ the snub you gave him at the
NEE mg last week"
'lRet like the coward" Blake said
and {, ''to come with his threats to
ie , Smn. Why doesn't he come to
4 make them 9''--'1siast wee,A
'naaa'ald Brown is Ing three be
dtfed, Mary said, putin The liner
knitting to conceal the ts5A'iiing of
hdr hands, "and you had best not be
sd outspoken. If he should hear you,
ylu might regret it. "
"Pshaw," he cried impatiently, '1'm
MT afraid of him. If you want him
lfary, Just say SO; don't try to scare
De away.
She looked doubtfully at him a mo-
Inent: then anger flashed over her
tlce, and she said:
I'm not trying to scare you away.
Mr.. Brown has probably the same
right to consideration as you. He
was here to-day, as have said, just as
YOu came tonight, to get a final an
swer frOm-ge.
~-AIiy what answer did You give
him?" he asked impulsively.
'Hye you right to ask that? But
l will iell you anyhow. l gave him
the same answer 1 will give You. 1
will take my own time to answer. l
won't give it to anyone until 1 am
ready. l have no answer to give you
tonight. That is your answer" "
The young man rose slowly, took his
hat from the table and walked toward
the door. Deep dependency was up
on his face as he turned there, and
said.
MARY, l see it all now. You love
Brown. You love him when he comes
to you, trying to win you by threats
OF rival. That isn't manly"
Haven't you done just as much?
You have called him names tonight. "
He deserves them. I don't fear
his threats and I'm going to leave you
to him. I'll take the liberty, though,
Of saying that you'll never be happy
with him. 1 repeat that he is q cow
ard. Goodbye"
He turned again, and, with sudden
impulse she moved one hasty step
toward him, but determination came
back to her face, and she restrained
her impulse and let him go out. He
hastened down the walk to the road,
and turned aside into the path leading
past Blackman's CHILLY.
Mary walked back to the chair and
resumed her knitting, but soon let it
fall to the floor. She was restless
looking into the fire a moment, then
rising and walking to and fro. Once
she put on her shawl and a red hood
and stepped to the door, but there she
stopped, took them off, and with
forced laugh said Nonsense, it was
only Imagination, or the frost on the
pane, and sat down again by the fire.
"Of course it was only the frost, ;"
she repeated. 81 am like child.
But / didn't do wrong. II he is so in
dependent about not wanting to come
here to live, 1 can be independent,
too. And then the way he demanded
my answer. / just won't stand it, and
I'll"
She was interrupted by the distant
crunch of the frozen snow under run