The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-11-01

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tinued the child, earnestly. "Every-
body falls in love several times before
they marry, mamma Gays. Mamma
says that 1 shall be ia io7o several
times before | marry; but that is
nothing at all, aLd then / shall marry
and settle down"
"When do you intend to marry ?"
said the man, scrutinizing the pretty
child more closely. 'Iou are scarce.
ly old enough yet, are you?"
ooh, yes" she said, eagerly. cone
OF the princesses was married when
she was just sixteen, mamma says, and
am nearly sixteen"
''lndeed. Perhaps you are en-.
gagged already"
"Well, not exactly. You see, he
wants me to marry him in two years,
but we are not exactly engaged.
Mamma wouldn't hear of it, because
he hasn't left school yet, and haven /
seen him since; but if he asks me
again Mt the end of two years we shall
be engaged-properly."
DO you want to marry him SO very
much?"
"N-o." After a moments thought.
"Not very much. L haven't thought
about it. 1t takes so much time to
YOU see. Rnt IL wc,.la ~ s,i,-
80 'e en s~ssi' One would be abiS TO
put ones hairup regularly if one we're
engaged, / should think"
The man glanced at the tawny name
which she pushed impatiently back
over her shoulders as she spoke. 1t
would be pity, he thought, to antici.
pate, even by day, the moment when
those glorious tresses would be deliv.
cred over to the ill.treatment and
eclipse of hairpins.
III l were engaged 10 you," he
said, 81 should ask you to keep your
mar down as long rs possible. "
Then | won't be engaged to Won. f"
replied the girl, naively. Besides. |
don't even know your name. | don't
believe that it is really Brooks OF She!.
Heidi have spclt Sheffield with two
rs; Is that right?-because [ heard
that lady, the one with very yellow
halr, call you something else. What
is your real name? You must write il
down here
She was engaged in selling tickets
ior rattle at II country ba2Gar, and
she indicated &c the man the sheet of
paper whereon she had written the
names of the ticket holders The
seventeenth space on the list was in
scribed with tho words "Brooks of
Sheffield" g." The claimant OF that
pseudonym took the pencil which she
heid out to him. and signed himself
stanton Harcourt.
And now you ought to tell me
your name" he said.
MY name is Rosalind Alice
Lane Devine-and we live in View
bridge. Do you know Weybridge?
1t is i'll the part called America. Iam
staying here with the Harlands. DO
You live here?"
NO; am just down 70. the dav.
staying with that lady, the one with
the very yellow hair"
II see. l suppose you are in love
with her? Not? Well, | am plndl
Would you mind taking care of this
Tor me while so after that man?"
She kept on coming and going the
course of the afternoon. 1t was eyi.
dent that she had privately estab-
lshed Stanton Harcourt rs "A sympa.
thetic friend who might be honorel
with the duty of buying tickets for her
ratiies, and II safe depot where valua.
BILE property might be left with
security.
She talked to him in her queer wav
now and then; but she had yery
Keen eye to business, and was con.
tlnually darting OIL toward some new
lace with an appeal for her rattle.
stanton Harcourt, moreover, ce-
mented this friendship of a day by
presenting her with Il large pointed
screen which he was "lucky" enough
to win IN one of her rafiles.
II am sorry you don't live at View
bridget were almost her last words
to him. at would be so nice. Per-
haps you may come there, thought"
shortly after that Stanton Harcourt
went to Norway for about six weeks
ana enjoyed all the pleasures of
roughing it, including horrible food.
After that he joined yacht and start.
Ell around the world in slow and
luxurious fashion. One way and an