The Irish standard., 1894-04-14

thought to use and delude according
to his purposes of every sort may have
gotten beyond his power, quickened
his admiration for her to the degree
that. if found necessary, he would
marry her with small delay.
| 'My dear Hannah" he said, not a
little embarrassed, 1--WE been wanting
very much to see you. How are you.
Hannah? never saw you look better. .
a''I'm very we'll. ] suppose it was on
business you wished to see me?"
Business? Why. yes, some little
business; but also wanted to talk to
| you about other things, among them a
message that poor Julia left for you. 8
She answered his look with one
which showed she knew the value in a
mans eyes Of such a woman as herself,
and was neither surprised nor dis
pleased at the admiration now ex-
hibited.
"a message from Sister Julia! I'D
| like to hear that first"
Wonderful the gift in women. even
| those not much cultured and not ia
miliar in the worlds artificial ways, to
act for definite purposes strange parts.
Before hearing further words, excus-
(! ing herself prettily, she rose and re-
! tired to another room, where before
the mirror she put another ornamental
| something upon her neck and Shout
! ders. Returning and reseating her.
! self. she looked at him as if she hoped
| the message meant good for both.
':Well?' She spoke between archness
and becoming solemnity.
Julia wanted me to bring the mes
sage soon after-that is. that was her
| request
why didn't you bring it, then?'
Casting down her eyes. with her hand
she brushed at an invisible mote upon
her shining black silk gown.
WELL" more. embarrassed he con-
tinued, ''the truth is: Hannah, it YVES
of kind that thought perhaps you'd
rather not hear it quite yet, although
she made point OF asking me not to
put it off, stopping to consider what
people might have to say about such
things taking place sooner than some
might have expected in the circum-
STANCES"
She could not repress the deep blush
that suffused her cheek. Mistaking its
cause, he felt exceeding glad.
Brushing away her tears, she asked:
Can you tell me her reason for such
anxious haste, and whether it was
| mostly on your account or on mine"'
''On account of both, Hannah. Julia
seemed to have found out somehow
the feeling had for you"
':But what about me? From what
you say, she must have believed that
all needed from you was the asking"
Some paleness took the place of the
redness that now retired from her
face. The bearing down OF her eyes
upon him seemed 70 confound him, 60
unexpected was the attitude taken by
her. Difficulties in his mind having
appertained only to calculations as to
what would be best for himself, doubt
suddenly raised, added to the sight OF
her beauty, which never before had
seemed so enticing. created and every
moment stimulated eagerness to have
her. Blundering in his words, he re-
piled:
"Why, of course. Hannah, Julia-1
don't know what reason she had for It
but she seemed to believe that-that
you and both would be likely-that
is. in time-that both of us might
think such thing, in all the circum-
stances, the best thing to do"
''Then, according to your notion,
Sister Julia. who in all her previous
lifetime kept herself outside of schemes
of every sort, undertook, while on her
deathbed, one for you and for me, and
even, as you say, was anxious about
it,
"Why, Hannah, you-you know Whist
sort of woman. Julia WASP"
ODE Continued.
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