The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-10-14

tell you now SnOulu ike you W DendNe I!
l don't want you to say one word about
anything that we have said tonight; just
come into the room and say, Il have been
to tell your father that l love you, and now
| have come to tell you that he says [
may"
"And your
Sand J Well. you will see. | may
be as shy as ever when daylight comes and
l have no mask on to hide my face; but
don't let anything say or do make you
for one moment believe that don't love
you, for do; so if anything goes wrong it
will be your own fault
Nothing shall go wrong. | will make
you say you love me again, and you will
say it.
"Oh, yes, shall say it sooner or later;
but do remember your promise not to say
a word about having seen me here tonight,
either to me or to my father
"It is quite easy to keep that promise
so far as your father is concerned, but it is
rather hard to be forbidden to talk to you
about it when it is the beginning and cause
of all our happiness. Why mayn'tI? Do
let me-you will, | am sure"
'Oh, no; for Heavens sake, don't name
it. Promise me you won't. Twill explain
why it is so important that you shouldn't t.
l didn't want to tell you, but am afraid
l must. Just as we were going up stairs
after dinner to dress papa found out that
this was masked ball, and positively for
bade us to go to it. We had told him that
it was before, but he had forgotten"
"And you came p
"Yes, it was awfully wrong, of course.
but l knew that you were coming, and l
had been so unkind to you, and 1 did so
want 10 come; so, as papa was going some
where else first, we made mamma bring us
just for one hour or so. Now | think you
will see that you must never breathe a
word about having seen me here to a single
soul-not even to me myself when We are
alone together, for if it is spoken of at all
it will be sure to come out, and poor dear
mamma will get into dreadful trouble; you
don't know what papa is like when he is
really angry"
II see, see; Iquite understand. How
glad am that you have told me Wild
horses shall not make me name it even to
you"
"Thank you. Now must go back to
mamma. 1t was not her fault in the least.
| ought to tell youl we teased her until
she really did not know what she was do
ing. She is there on the far ottoman.
For Heavens sake don't seem to recognize
her; she is in an awful fright about what
she has done, and would much rather not
be spoken to. She has not recognized
you, so there's no need to 10 it.
"But won'tyou give me ore more dancer"
81 am sorry to say l can't, for we are
going on to the Reltons almost immedi-
ately; papa is to join US there. -
She repented having said this at once,
for he exclaimed, ''Then I'll 90 the Rel
tons, too
"Oh, will you 2
"Yes, indeet will, for shall see you
there, and he able to look on your face
once more"
"Yes, no doubt" she said anxiously,
"but | don't want you to speak to me
there"
"What are you reassuming your old
manner already?"
"No, oh, no joyfuily abide by the
words which | have spoken, but if see you
at the Retons' | can't let you say more
than certain number of words to me.
Just wait till l count and l will tell you
how many. You may say thirteen words
to me, and will | tell you what they are to
be-"
"Oh, let me choose them for myself"
''No, shall choose them, and you are
to have no power to add to their number.
Give me your word of honor not to do
that
81 will, but give me your reason for
asking this. | must say that your ordi-
nances are excessively severe"
at is this, she said nervously, for she
was beginning to feel almost at the end of
of her resources; 'it is only this The
last hour has been very exciting one to
me; if you came and talked to me at the
Reltons' ! should break down. F"
II won't, dear, WON'T Tell me what
| may say, and win say no more.
lyon may just approach me long enough
to say, 4 am going to see your father to-
morrow to say something about you, and
without saying another word or waiting for
one from me, you are to pass on. y
"All right. You shall be obeyed. y
"No matter what may say or do! Re
member, even if speak to you, you are
to say no more.'
"You may say and do what you like;
you will not wiring another word from me;
but do wonder why you have chosen
those particular thirteen words; they are
just what have said here Invent some
thing new"
Cant you understand that | want to
have the happiness of knowing that you
love me as much at the Reltons' as you
did when you said them here? p
Darling, how could l do otherwise?'