The sun., 1894-12-09

,ront from voi,
What would It matter, PsttyH IshOuld be
Win %Il yoS Rr'sdSs' 40 when shall leave you
ms. nse But Put who S il ioveS Has anybody said
anything to you -
think OF such q thing but did think Of IL
| then" And 80 the subject was allowed to pass
| BY. This Ind happened before the day uf the
second arrival hGd becn absolutely fixed and
made known 20 Miss Woolsworthy,
Ard then that second arrival t0ok place. The
ftn Tth wRiS& & Miss Miss Ie smyrser % Authorised her
nephew 70 make his second visit TO Oxney
| altogether unaut thorized. Capt. broughton had
been told that he was not 70 come unless he
SO told he still persisted in coming. There
tan be no doubt but that he well under
Il shall assutctlly come" he he'd said. And
true To his word, he was now there,
must arrive at the station at Newton Abbot,
and the time also which II would take to travel
over those twelve uphill miles from the station
no visit to Mics Le smyrger's house on that AZ
ternoon hut she might have known something
thther Ills road 10 the Com be passed by the par,
ronage gate. aud had Patience sat even at her
bedroom window che must have seen him. But
on such morning she would not sit ut her bed
room windOw-she would do nothing which
longing for her lovers coming. it was for him
to seek her. III he chose TO do so he knew the
way 10 the parsonage.
Mis-, lie smyrser good. dear. honest, hearty
Miss 10 Smyrger-was in n fever OF anxiety on
behalf Of her friend twas not that she wished
she had entertained any such wish when he first
came among them. She was not given 90 match
within herself, that they OF oxney Colne
could do very well without any admixture
Sesm sm That EstoT rhsan c Mr. M @ S n%S
taken away from Dartm9or. Patience should
live with her; and that when she also shuiiled
be the maiden mistress Of Oxney Combe, n
Oxney Conibe and Mr.. Cloysey's farm, to the
had been her plan before nephew John had
come among them. plan not TO be spoken Of
make Patience an orphan. Rut now her nephew
had been there, and all was to be altered. Miss
lie SmyrgerGs G plan would & haye & prPyidSsd S ia, Sfom b
her chief object Che had thought more of
Patience than OF herself, and now II seemed that
prospect OF higher happiness was opening
John" she said. soon as the first greetings
that said to you before you went awayr" Now,
for myself much admire Miss lie Smyrgcr's
cretion. II would have been better. perhaps,
had she allowed things to take their course.
cant say that do" said a. the Cap1sin At
well what those last words had been:
lam SO glad to see you. 80 delighted to see
all her courage she hardly dared to ask her
nephew whether he had come there with the
EXPRESS purpose OF asking Miss Woolsworthy to
To tell the truth for there is no room for
mystery within the limits nit of TINS short s story to
Capt. Broughton had already asked that ques-
tion. On the day before he left oxney Colnr he
had In set terms proposed to the parsons daugh-
ter. and indeed the words. the hot and frequent
words, which previously to that had fallen like
worthy. had made IL imperative on him to do
SO: When man in such place as that has
he talk of e n' !" des
the d on, on whch b he rds ,eayss snS, hef1
uleut? Capt. Broughton, however. had asked
the question honestly and truly He had done
simply with tone. that had hardly, sufficed to
satisfy the proud spirit of the girl he loved She
loved him with all her heart; but she had made
no such confession TO him. To him she had
sb, RG regard no as s
She had listened to him as he spoke. |
and bade him keep such sayings for the drawing
spoken out and asked for that hand-not, per-
haps, as suitor tremulous with hope-but as a
rich man who knows that he can command that |
which he desires to purchase;
You should think more of this" she had said to |
wife. it will not be much to you to return here
again when time for thinking OF Il shall have |
missed missed him, him and now he had again come back
to Oxn-y Colne. But still she would not place |
herself at the window, to look for him. nor dress
herself in other than her simple morning coun-
try dress, nor omit one item Of her daily work.
II he wished TO take her at all. he should wish
Try lie. but he should take. her also with
full Observance OF all those privileges
thsr lovers. are He Should to
no ceremonous observance because she was
SSs to %
he stood high in the worlds books. He had
asked her to give him all that she had, and that
the gift must be valued before II could be given
or received. He also was to give her as much,
price I ~ But she would not allow that that Which
was offered W her was in any degree the more
p:sh She would not pretend to herself that she
thought he would come TO her that day. and
Sa she In Gs Ss
two maids As though the afternoon would
all 9ssT ssr u.nsv asYf ahaa did .bS IL
she rarely In these summer months. went far
from the house before that hour. At 1 precisely
she was going up as tar Helpholme after din
ner. Helpholmo was solitary farmhouse In
MIR. Wooisworthy asked her whether he should
accompany her.
DE, papa" she said. III you are no. TOO
i might be that she should meet John Broqrh-
ION on her walk. And so Il was arranged; but
lust as dinner was over, Mr.. Woolsworthy re-
"Gracious me-" he said. "how my memory
& going. Gribbles, from Ivybridge, and
meet here by appointment, You can't put Hell
phOlme of till tomorrow 7"
Patience, however, never put on anything, and
here fore at u o'clock, when her father had fin
shed his slender modicum ~ toddy. she tied on
her hat and went on her walk. She started forth
With a quick step and left no word TO say by
which route she would CO. AS she passed up
along the little lane which led toward Oxney
tombe, she would not even look TO see II he was
'oming toward her; and when she left the road.
lassinR over a stone stile into q little path
Thich. ran first through the upland fields
md then across the moor ground toward
ielpholme, she did not look back once, or listen
or his coming step
she paid her visit, remaining upward OF an
iour with the old bedridden mother OF the ten
int OF HelphOlme, God HESS you. my darlingl"
aid the old woman she left her. " and send
-ou some one to make your own path bright and
lappy through the world" These words were
till ringing in her ears with all their signn-
ance as she saw John BroughtOn waiting for
ser at the frst stile which she had 10 pass after
ca wing the farmers haggard.
Patty" he said. as he took her hand and
ield It close within both his own, what chase
And who asked you. Capt. Broughtonf"
he answered. smiling. :" II the journey was too
much for your poor london strength, could you
lOt have waited till tomorrow morning. when
'Ou would have found me at the parsonageT"