The sun., 1894-12-09

| n he were not 90 Satisfied now, seeing that for
the last -four months he had so declared 20 him
Yet though. he repeated, now again that he wa
satisned, ] DO not think that he was 50 iulll
satisfied Il II as he had been throughout tn, h
| but fear--I Tear that such was the case. wher
| you have your playthng how much of tht
anticipated pleasure vanishes, especially II b'
| He had told none OF his family what were hi.
and now he had S to seSen SetSnE E himself %Rethei
they would be satisfied. What would his sister
| Majesty's Privy CouncilS Would she receive
about Won HnG them RoS far %oad
ssg!s LonSsn, Their would Md be- be much oiIs e;
without S.s q time. s. FAR be g.,
q step further, and began mentally to criticise
her manner to himself. II had been very sweet,
love. Yes; Il had been. very sweet; but-but;
when; after her title Jokes she did confess he her
niue eseeceS Y' man likes TO be to told V that he
is loved but he hardly wishes that tho girl he is
to marry should fling herself at his head
All me! yes; IL vas thus he argued 20 himself
as on that morning he went through the at
rsngeInents OF his toilet. Then he was a
that many such brutes are 90 be met with in the
When Patience Iyooisworihy had answered him
coldly. bidding him go back IN London and
think over his love; whilO 1t seemed from her
manher that at any rate ls yet she did not care
for him: while he was absent from her. and,
theteIors, longing for her The Possession 9f @ her
pose had seemed to him n thing most desirable.
Now they were hls own. They had, in fact. been
try-bred girl had fallen at the first word from
bis mouth. Had she not 50 confessed 70 him
She was very nice-very nice indeed. He loved
hcr dearly. But had lie not sold himself too
cheaply
brute But whether brute 'ri or no he was an hon
est man. and had no remotest dream, either
then, on that morning or during the following
days oil which such thoughts pressed more
thckly. on his mind of breaking away from his
pledged worl. AT breakfast on that morning
with warm and gracious intentions. confded to
him her purpose regarding her property. u
she said, .,and shall do so still"
on, indeed said Capt. Broughton.
think nH, she back Ss 20 %s tS
my sisters child. You will have your moth
er's: and thus Il will all come together again"
Ah!l said Capt. BrUuRhton. lie had his own
ideas about property. and did not, even under
existing circumstances: like to hear that his
acres away TO one who was by blood quite
stranger u the family.
Does Patience know of this 2" he asked.
Not a word" said Miss lie Smyrger. And
then nothing more was said upon the subject.
,ho ,nat niternqoh ne Went down anu rgceiNea
with good grace. Patience said very little on
the the occasion. md indeed was absent +, during
and there were mere, bsTnedic,ions and more
concentrations. "All went merry as mar
concerned, Not word had yet fallen from that
dear mouth, not u look lad yet come over that
handsome face which tended in any way to mar
her bliss. Her first day Of acknowledged love
% he Ee her Ssd there
was no feeling in her mind that any fear need
disturb her JOY.
Iyrtn hraa f,ur ,Jox
very quickly. .merely saying that Patience
did not hnd them so pleasant as that
something in her lovers manner something
WHICH at first she could not define-which
ings. HI was safliciehtiy % aifectionate. % ' that that
being y matter on which she did not require
much domonstration; bu, joined 10 his affection
gest to herself a harsh Word. but ' Could Il Be
possible that he was beginning TO think that she
asked herself the question. Was she good enough
for hi, him III, i there he were 1bt about that. the
own heart out in the struggle; The truth, how
ever, was this. that he had begun that
ch as had ALREADY found to be
20 teach Patience German or mathematics.
Ms thS That lss hare irse be-
meek scholar. But il was not probable that she
would be meek when she found a self-appointed
out her consent.
So matters went on for four or FIVE days. and
bl lie VI tic 1dpt. bTOuRntOn
and his aunt drank tea at the parsonage. 10th
Ing very especial occurred. but as the parson
CANNON With devoted perseverance, during % the
whole evening Broughton had a good Oppor-
q syns word hh GI WG about be Those
would require and some word he said
also i. some single Slight word as to the
her iSI father @ S and Mis-. Miss Le s%yrssr weEe 10
syllable OF anger. and enduring. for the moment.
the implied scorn ot the old parsonage. Then
sJehng b 0foke np; ana Espli p,b bbrTT9Ghton T
:. Patty. her father said TO her before they went
to bed. he seems to me to be a most excellent
Ing him. And terribly deep IN love" said Mr..
y Woosworthy. "oh. don't know about that
smile. But though she could thus smile at her |
father,s Joke. she had already made up
70 be learned as to her 'pri pramised ie'fs husss
ana before a e. she could place herself alto
whether he thought himself liable to sSf innrH hrrH
from this proposed marriage, and though lie |
should deny any such thought, she would know |
from the manner OF his denial what his true |
And he, TOO, on that night. during his silent
some similar thoughts. f fear T She is obsti,
nate" he had said TO himself, and then he had |
be her temper, what a life OF misery l have be-
. Have you fixed day YETI, his aunt asked
mo, not yet; don't know whether It will suit
me to tix u before leave"
Why. II was but the other day you were in
"Ah-yes i have thought more about II since
then"
Il should have imagined that this would de-
pend ON what Patty thinks" said Miss lie Smyr-
ger, standing up for the privileges OF her sex
1t Ii presumed that the gentleman Is always
-eady ~ soon as the lady will consent"
- Yes. In ordinary cases IL Is so; but when a
girl is taken out or her own sphere"
Her own spherel Let me caution YOU Mas
sphere"
Aunt Penelope, as Patience is to be my wife
md not yours, l must claim permission
20 speak TO her on such subjects as may seem
'nitable TO me-" And then they parted-not in
he best numor with each other.
On the following day Capt. Broughton and
Miss Woolsworthy did not meet till the evening.
She mad said. before those few ill-omened words
isd passed her lovers lips, that she would prob
'bly he at Miss lie SmyrgeTs house on the fol- !
owing morning. Those ll-omened words did
'ass her lovers lips, and then she remained az
lome This did not come from sullenness, nor
wen from anger. but from conviction that il
you'd be well that she should think much be-
ore she met him again. Nor was lac anxious TO
iury meeting His thought-hisb base thought
this: that she would he sure In cnuna a. IA |