The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-10-04

OF being told how extremely lovely l
am kAAAA
sIh two or three Minutes Katherine
Mse,
ST must be going" she said. Papa
and Blackwpod wiilghe Wondering aNhat
has become of me- ioodsby Harry
YOU win drive me into Bolton, to-mor-
row, will you not?"
4'Of course WILL" Mrs. Charters
answered. kissing her raffectionately.
"Good-by until then. and take care of
yourself; 1t Is rather wild of you, Is 1t
not, to ride over here all the way with
out groom 2" s.sztteess -
They had reached the hall door by
this tifne Where Miss BlQunts horse
stood, hefi by pneaof the castle men
VIII yolI allow me TO sescort you
home o. Sir Mark asked II can take
care of you, fancy, and so put Mrs.
Charteris's mind at rest about your
safety"
@'Thank you," Katherine answered,
placing the tiniest foot he had ever yet :
seen In The palm of his hand, prepare
tory Ito mounting, but Il rcould not
dream of giving You SO much, trouble.
Besides, - gungfac iously, I generally
prefer riding by myself"
HConclusive," returned the young
man, reddening little, but gathering
up the reins Quietly and putting them
INFO her hand. while FL drri ct felt almost
ready to cry with vexatl on at the girls
wilfulness. N3ut { ain sorry for my
own sake that solitary rides are so
much in favor with you, as it would
have given me great pleasure to accom-
pany you SO far S@@ttf S~S ssseSt4
Miss Blount relented. After all, it
was not his. fault, and probably. he
would never even want to marry her
it was not wronging Blackwood, in any
way to be commonly civil to hinL So
she turned and made amends for her
rudeIess very prettily.
eff 1t will really give you any pleas
ure,p she said, softly, bestowing n re-
mlrkably sweet repentant little smile
on him the while, which was her method
of being commonly civil" to young
men, you can come; Sbut | warn you.
that am not the Most agreeable per-
son III the world to ride With"
THANK YOU" Sir Mark found him
self saying very gratefully. And so
they rode down the long avenue of
chestnuts together, 1ittleA dreaming of
the future that lay before them sltr,
Three miles is d Short ride, taking
small time to travel,fso 1t wastnot very
long before they arrived ut the manor
gate, where NVarrenne drew rein and
paused, &, r,.sA So Tqs i
F"Wfn YOU not come IMP Miss Bleunts
asked. her manner more friendly than :
it had been hitherto. You knew papa
long ago. think when ]. was away at
school, and Blackwood-did you know
him ~ 90 kAS5&k q 4s9s4A Us - y
'Your father and 1 were very good
friends" Sir Mark answered. II viii
call tomorrow and renew our acquaint-
ance. as / cannot come in this evening
thank you; but Blackwooda have not
the pleasure Of knowing. He is your
brother?"
mo, my cousin" the girl answered,
With a .celptain half-shy embarrassment
In her voice which she somehow found
impossible to restairl, and which caus
ed the baronet to feel most unreason-
able pain somewhere about the region
Of the heart-a pain he would have
scorned to call jealousy, but which,
nevertheless, was remarkably like it"
"0h. your cousin" he said, simply.
GOOD by, Miss Blount" But he press
sed her hand with unusual warmth,
and went on his way nlusing vaguely
about divers things that in some unac-
countable manner always merged into
recollection of Katherine Blount's
mocking iETesistable face. ~
Meanwhile, that young lady had can
sterea gayly enough up the grayelled
walk, all her old spirits quite restored
now that the obnoxious kbaronets was
out of her sight, and, Z having dislnount
. ed and run upstairs to change her
dress FOR dinner, had come down again
radiant in beauty and white muslin, to
encounter her cousin in the hall.
S Where have you been al the day."
he inquired lovingly, taking both her
hands In the old familiar fashion, and
! looking with true warm admiration in
to her eyes. "Riding2' as
Yves, riding" Katherine answered,
feeling unusually glad to see him, and
smiling brightly up into his face. II
went over to see Harry and tell her all
| about the ball affair, you know.
Eyes, know" he said, still retaining
her hands, as though 10th TO part with
then, "and-did you hear that Sir
Mark Warrenne had returned to the
hall 2" sf-s',s'' 'siasaff S'tss' 'as
"Yes,1 a vivid, un-wished-for blush
, crimsoning her cheeks. 4 met him to-
. day at Harriet's.'
Ibid you3'' Biaekwood said, with sud
| der bitterness, as he relnarized the con-
scio,ls flushing of her face, and he
dropped the little c1inging fingers hur-
riedIy, as though their Kindly touch had
burned him: l1gai ie5s Tsats tx
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