Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-08
Like No Other Love.
by Charlotte NJ. Braeme.
CHAPTER X=CoNTINuRO.


'Carlos"-and she laid her shapely
arms round his neck and her beautiful
face on his-she knew that he could
never resist her carosses-'if am to
learn anything you must teach me. /
should never forget anything you
said. should learn from you in half
the time l should learn from anyone
else. Take your mother at her word
Jet me be educated. as she calls it.
but you educate me-"
THAI is a glorious idea Maggie"
he replied. Il will. You are so
quick and clever you are sure to
make rapid progress But where
shall l sec youP l cannot stay at
Hatton after Lord Stanleigh is gone"
Her beautiful eyes were looking
into his. her lovely rose-fushed face
nestled nearer to him. her hands met
round his neck.
Carlos she whispered. do not
leave me again. love you so much
that if anything parted us now
should die. Do not leave me. have
a presentiment that If you do your
mother will part US. Oh. Carlos, do
not leave me, now that have learned
to love you with all my heart"
do you love me with oil your
heart Maggie?' he asked.
do To- she echoed; and she was
by no means reticent in her express
| sions of affection for him.
He was young. open to fattery and
madly in love. He forgot everything
except that he loved this beautiful
| girl who chung TO him with such pas.
sionate prayers and tears. He prom
ised that he would never leave her
again.
Maggie Ihave thought OF plan, "he
said. 1t is perhaps stealing a
march on dear mother; but all is fair
in love. / will go away for six
months: but l will marry you and
take you with me. We will spend six
months abroad and during that time l
will finish your education. l will
teach you all those little niceties
which l suppose my mother considers
a part OF a woman's high training.
At the end of six months | will take
you to her and when she sees the i'm
provement she will be anxious for me
her how true our love was how well
it has stood the test and she will en-
Joy the surprise
Maggie entered heart and soul into
the plot.
She will be surprised. Carlos
Nothing could be better. She will
sec that you were right and she was
wrong She will see too that she
has been mistaken about me-"
No difficulty stood in the way.
Lord Stanleigh would be in Spain.
aud Lady Carew would never dream
of such a thing as secret marriage.
while as for John Waldron if he
thought his daughter safe, he would
not bestir himself. There was indeed
thought Sir Carlos nothing to fear
Tell your father that you do not
like country life" he said. and that
you will try TO get situation in
London. / can arrange for letters to
be forwarded to him at intervals and
he will not know but that you are
there. We will be married in Lon
don ~ special license Maggie, and |
will take you to Paris No, not to
| IdFlS, we SuOulu meet SO many Eng
lish there. We will go to Italy. We
will have beautiful little villa be-
side one of the lakes and for six
months we will be happy as no other
couple has ever been. What do you
think of the planP"
In ecstasy she threw herself into
his arms. They talked for hours of
the surprise it would be to Lady
Carew when in the graceful accom-
plished daughter-in-law presented to
her she should recognize Maggie.
They not only talked OF the scheme,
but they carried it out. Maggie told
her father that she was tired of q
country life and that she should get
a situation in London. He was un-
suspicious and easily deceived. Sir
Carlos went nome and told his
mother that he intended to spend the
next six months in Italy. and that
then he should have a surprise for her.
Everything favored Sir Carlos and
Maggie's plan. They were married
in London and started for Italy with
out a misgiving as to their future
happiness.