Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-12-13

EdtutAcu III lucln anu WE'RE dS Suuucu-
ly dried up. He blushed furiously and
fed, in a terrible access of shyness,
to the rectory where he astonished
Mrs. Fellowes by the heat of his
countenance and his greedy consump-
ton of tea.
Good graciousw she thought, sis he
in love--Dacre?
She took up her cup, and gulping
down her tea in rather an hysterical
way, she watched him over the edge
of IT,
'.Thc color, and the s'rtter, and that
awful thirst. they are all deadly symp-
toms. On the contrary, theamount of
cake he swallows goes against II.
What can it be anyway? Mercy!
Can't he hurry? l feel worn out be
tween them ALL"
Presently Dacre recovered little
and began to talk in y desultory way,
saying vast number of things he
didn't want to say, but Oh the whole
lucidly enough. Mrs. Fellowes pricked
up her ears and grew keen all over,
she got for her Pains little informa-
ton but, with previous experience
Of the family, enough to go on
Worse than lovers" she thought
ruefully, poor little woman All the
same, I am not the least surprised
he wants to clear-he ought to stay
thought
''Dacre, your mother will miss Gwen
hot f.Ft t,,l-
no idea how upsetting wedding is.
you might come in very useful just
now. Won't the regiment survive II
you stay down for few days?"
Dacre wriggled on his seat.
Mrs. Fellowes, l have to so back,
1t is absolutely imperative"
She laughed. $50 1t seems by the
look of your
"Look at that big fellowv' she
thought, 'who fears neither man,
death, nor the devil, nor God much
to speak Of, routed by one fash Of
feeling from an unexpected quarter.
The creatures can't stand the unex.
pected at all. they are intrinsically
conventional! If that fool had glim-
mer of sense in him, he would have
given the poor little woman hug,
and have let her have a comfortable
easy howl for once in her life. / sup
pose she is doing problems with the
old fossil in the library instead"
Dacre felt his size frightfully, and
began to contrast 1t mentally with the
Scvres cup in his hand. He set 1t
down, and towering huge above Mrs.
Fellowes, delivered himself of another
solemn asseveration as to the impos-
sibility of staying one day longer.
my dear boy. | am quite con-
vinced," she said, IF you did, your
country must infallibly burst up"
"Mrs. Tellowes, that isn't fairr'
"No more it is! Sit down Dacre, |
have to shout to make my voice reach
you up there, and yours comes down
on me like thousand bricks. What
do you want me to doT
He gave sigh of relief and settled
down comfortably.
II want you to 60 and see her, and
oh, you know best then what to do.
Don't you think don't know, but
perhaps If you were to take her out
for walk or something. oh, good
bye, Mrs. Fellowes, and thanks,
thanks, most awfully!
Mrs. Fellowes watched him swing
along down the drive, then pull up
with a jerk to speak to her husband
who was coming up, then swing of
again out of sight.
"Poor old Dacre! But why didn't
he kiss her, the fool? | suppose he
wasn't game
She put some fresh tea into the pot
and set her kettle on the little spirit
lamp to boil up.
HAS Dacre been making you a
declaration Of unlawful lover" said the
rector when he came In. He had
precisely that air"
''Worse than that a thousand times.
His mother looked like crying, AID
was on the point of breaking out into
sudden and condign maternal affection.
Dacre fed incontinently. He Is going
to make a precipitate retreat to his
regiment, and he came to plant me In
the breach. The longer one lives, the
less one thinks OF the courage Of your
sex"
want of experience makes towards
Of us. You couldn't expect the fellow
to face the unknown
That's is, you are all tarred with
the same brush, you must have brutal
sight to steady your nerves. Now,
We"
"You! You, my love, have intuition.
Besides, here is quotation that might
apply, fools rush in"
do drink your tea, and don't try
to be funny, | feel awful"
II feel rather off myself, / have just
been at the Park"
"Oh, oh! What were they atf'
"Waring was lost In some new spec
ulation, his wife was lost In a bad
dream. suppose this late awakening
OF her nature Is good for her, but 1t
seems cruel. 1t hurts one to see her
suffer in that still, patient way Of
hers, ard 1t will play the deuce with
Warnings way Of life II 1t goes on. 1t