The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-22

Captain Butler. and next because they were
full of grief over the departure Of their son,
so that my presence would be a sort OF I'M
pertinence. while again ! could not at all
relish the prospect Of a long and melancholy
afternoon and evening spent In the neigh
borhood Of the tower. So after rejecting
a minute or two | said, "Pll not 60 home
with you, aunt, I'll dine here, and then
take rail e. FenchuTch street and make my
way to Hyde Park. 4 brisk walk will do
me good. l feel as though l had lost
brother"
q can't STOP" said my uncle beginning to
hustle
My aunt saw how It was and looked al NE
reproachfully.
81 must return with your uncle" said she:
"are you to be left alone here? But what
if you are? Your being alone about London
and the neighbOThOOd is quite too much
habit with you, Mariana practice / can't
approve Which way do you go?'' she con-
tiDued. looking at Captain Butler.
"Pll remain with Miss Johustone IL she
will suffer ne to do 81" he replied.
| smiled and cOlored and bowed to him.
Il can stop no longer, said my uncle,
pulling out great watch.
sly aunt looked hung in the wind" TO
use the phrase Of the sailor, as though she
understood she ought not to leave me alone
guessed that l did not want her; indeed.
her remaining would have made me angry,
and no doubt my fear Of her intentions
showed in my face.
We'll" said she. II co1ld not leave you
In better hands. Captain Butler viii care
fully look after you, l am sure" and she
went quickly after her husband, who would
wait for her no longer.
Captain Butter rang the bell and ordered
some dinner. Il was to be his guest" he
said.
But why. Miss Jqhnstone, do you wish
IN all ha n
ut is no wish. Pll 60 wherever YOU
wish"
1--WE are close to Greenwich here. Shall
we take turn about Greenwich Park pres
emily? The days are still short, and you
are not so far from your house at Green
witch as you would be at Kensington."
l consented, and then we stood at the win
dow, looking at the scene Of the river from
the docks. talking about VIII and the sea
life and such matters until dinner was
ready / loDged to hear him say that he
loved me; the language of his eyes was not
satisfying enough; wanted him to take
my hand and ask me to be his wife. had
thought my appetite good until | sat down,
and then | could not eat My heart beat
fast; ] felt my color come and CO. | was
alone with the man that 1 loved, ! seemed
10 have lost my self-cOntrol, and behaved
like shy schoolgirl, and there were mo-
ments wien l could have wished my aunt
had not left us.
The waiter was slow and II was nearly 3
o'clock before we rose. Captain Butler
went TO the window, looked out. and sa d to
me:
81 am afraid this fine day is not going to
last. There's thickness gathering upon
the river. and the sun looks like the rising
moon. The afternoons are still short; shall
We hold Greenwich Park over for another
day?"
''1f you like"
ssHovv auniab lilo ,op araf W.. ,f,.a ~, n 49,,
way in everything"
what shall we do?"
stop here for little while If you don't
mind. we have this little room to ourselves
for the present. ="
He took me by the hand: I trembled and
sat down, and he seated himself beside me.
Am | TO repeat what he said, in what words
he told me how great his love was for me-
in what terms he asked me to be bis wife?
All this / could unfold. ancient as t is in
my memory. l could give it TO you as
though it were of Yesterdays happening
But the black curtain still remains down
upon the memorable, the horrible, the
traglcal scene II is TO rise upon soon. and |
must not finger over such recollecIions as |
am now debating to my friend.
1t was quite in keeping that /, a sailors
daughter should be wooed and asked in
marriage by sailor In scene full OF ship
ping, within hearing of the cries and Choir
uses OF seamen and the hundred noises Of
the busy dock red mist lay upon the
river and the sun hung pale and rayless,
like great lemon, in the west. We were
occupying room that might have been the
cOffeerOOm. Several tables were draped
and ready for guests, but we had been alone
when my uncle and aunt left us and we re-
manned alone. lie held me to him and
kissed me, he looked proudly and CRATE
fully at lie and said that lie loved me from
the moment he ad set eyes on me. that lie
thought me the handsomest woman he had
ever seen In his life. that he adored me for
my spTlt-much more 10 this effect he said.
But lie told me he never would have had
me heart TO offer for my hand If he had not
found some encouragement in my looks
Then lie went over the long talk he'd had
about me with Mr.. and Mrs. tombstone.
They begged" said he. "if you accepted
me that we should not be married until my
return from my next VOYAGE"
They ale dear 10 me-" said I, looking at
him, but they are not my guardians, and
nave no control over me-"
But they may be right, Marian, aud they
nave claim upon you, too. l hope to do
we'll next trip. / believe / shall do we'll
enough. said lie. smiling and smoothing
the back OF my hand, TO enable me 10 put