The Lamar register., 1893-01-28

you only. and that l would die for
you'll"
"You had a great deal better live
for mel. said my young lady. coolly-
And she held out her hand, and Sur
rey seized it and covered it with kiss
es. Then he stood up to 60.
"Your father drew for me the pict-
ure of the life YOU had lived" he said;
"the luxuries to which bou were SO
used that they were the demand of
second nature; and blusheu and re-
that life, how many of these luxuries
my 400 salary could procure for
you"
"Did you say 81, ,4OO?" said Miss
Rosamond, briskly, and in the most
matter-of-fact tone. "Come over to
the table under the lamp" And, still
holding her hand in his, he was blind
ly following her to the lamp, dazed
and bewidered, and not understand
ing the evidence OF his senses, nor that
the girl was bringing down emotion
from too intense strain.
A servant passed down the distance
OF some lighted space, bearing q tea
tray.
"Do you know" said Rosnmond,
suddenly, chow many cups OF tea you
drank on the first night you came to
see me?" rgf FH rr-,..,l.
II was not altogether sure that
| drank any," he answered her.
"How much more self-possessed
women are than men," she said ~ am
an example OF it now. l suppose they
areitrained to it from their cradles. L
knew the first moment that you stood
| bending before me, and when / swept
| you the courtesy, and the pug became
tangled in my train, that THAT you
-thatI-had found--my master"
"As if there could be such ques-
tionl"
"Well, then, the master OF my fate;
| / should think you would have seen
the blood surging to my temples -
"You were as white as q white rose
leaf, and your eyes We're like two
violet flames, and your lips
"Never mind my lips. And I said:
Are you fond of puss?" And you
said: No, not at all; that is-yes-I
mean, L" and her laugh rang out
| like chime OF fairy bells.
"Oh. said anything and every thing
that was fatuous and idiotic. | had
gone all to pieces"
"And l ielt," she exclaimed, ''that if
you never came to care for me
should want to die. And felt all at
once and at the same time fettered
and bound and chained, and that if
didn't break the chain l should want
to die anyway. And, then. you never
came near me for four days after that
morning in the Metropolitan Where
are the writing things? We might
have a little more light. Oh, yes,
here is pencil and paper. Sit down."
she said, imperiously. Now, sir,
will you make n schedule OF what you
think can be done with 81, 400 in a
small family2 And remember, am a
district visitor, and know some things
| myself" --afF a1 greetH- zfla
1t was madness; but how, could he
| disobey? There was a short interval
of silence, while she bent over him,
her breath upon his cheek. "What is
this?'' she said. Rent OF hat2
Servants? Tailor-maid gowns, pin
money? Bless my soul, how many
tailor-maid gowns would there be and
have a penny left for the table. No
tailor-made gowns for me any more;
my maids sister can make. me all 1.
want for $40 each. Now, sir-let me
the pencil, please. In ,he first
place, we will abolish the fiat; little
house in the country, for half the
money-two hundred. Railway fares
fifty. Butcher and grocer, three hun
dred and sixty. Servants, one hun
dred and twenty. A hundred and
fifty apiece now for clothes. You
won't always want quite so much;
may want little more. Fifty for
my boots and gloves and pin-money
and candy; fifty for your cigars,
theater-t tickets now and then, and all
the rest. oh, and say hundred and
fifty for light and fire. and twenty
for charity; and where are we?
With hundred dollars to lay by
every year CT our livesl And to think
OF it's coming to me just as am so
tired OF the old life AS tired as a
circus-girl is of the chalk on her slip
pers. Who says there isn't a Provi-
dence that protects sparrows, Don't
you think II mean any one-could
be happy with all this, ifyou-if he
if somebody loves her" And what
was somebody to do that moment
he being human, she so sweet, SO near?
"Are you glad, Scott" she whisper
ed, as he was about to put her into
tho carriage that night.
"Glad? Is an archangel in heaven
glad"
'Shall we go into the country and
look for house tomorrow" She
hung moment on the step, her starry
eyes, her radiant smile, dazzling in the
snowy furs OF her cloak. AMI then
looked back through the open hall
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