Oxford eagle., 1894-05-17

q Fou- feelings towards h~ra he aslsed
presently y looking up A. n n s-a-
fully sa.taas <Iua os way That mAds
mF heart ache Sol Ia words. .A.d
Not tn words. n repeated. stll look
AZ n ne. but she .nowsg 4 haTe not
told her. ! sail .No- he replied, rot
in words. A<4sa repeating NJ answer
Have yoa asl0-t Mr. sinclair % 49,
eo.-.s vaur WIFE Yes n. replied
when -kindst his minute. he an
swsr~d And what w4s hes --nlTr
Her rrplT. sAid uT father. rising from
a. seat Aaa ioa1s.ax sb.a' him ia =
P~rpl-x-d NaT. vas that 2 hal your
fail AMI free sri absolute consent she
would marry ne. My fr-e. ful Anl
absolute consent sid no7 repeating
mT father mV hsArt b-atiaz wildly
" IA a - fisa thinx love = would
have ard M sis= down tur u1r father. bot
7 rouisl not <ive ap Mare : n-iAi-. II
.va- ore thia< - be 10 iore- another -
to- me woman that rau isve hsr. the
very e8nf-ssioa raa .ee nav b. your
-. % her Set = i voaid
lie - - % ~ f4fher and
ta<e his aa1a, hat somehow ms
a=ars sas Axaiast Alm= is s~~ns-d
- me that ae aNs aet-ss an uuxfnd and
a cruel part tassArlis NJ. ais uuiy son
Inen f-ars cane tata m rw~s ana I
.e.l a Perfegt taol Hs r1l1~ broughi
ne - nv s~a.-S >reax Svsf ~ said.
sp-ak Hsv~ vonr falt free 3nA Ab-
salute consent - marry Nrs >iaeiairs
.So ! sait hF the Lord. nu Mr.
father staggered where h@ ssaasI. bat
h stiffeHei himself sita an e-srr ]
f-it that.he vas saT-rlnx lsuxed q
dsng mrselt into th- uls man-s arm.
and saF yes tae maneat After had
said 90. Ihen - cave if - her. hs
sad. I love yoa birth To vel - ourns
betu you. I lave h-r too well &C
give her up without it = a@r sh-1lus-
wish. but.-he push-si past ne an
rang the bell lt seemeI = pr,ssaic
thing 10 do. AMI is oruuzht ~ out %,
my cloud Of romance Father. sald
gong up - aim aad lsTsax my hAnss
on his arm. forgive ne lie SHOOK ms
from MIN. without wurd. a. s@rvani
entered the room Tel Nrs sinclair
my son wishes % sp-ak vith her
Just as Ned arrived a. this dramafis
situation il happened that another bel
rang. Ia real life incidents ID rot a.
Ways work up % What = called =
dramatic climax. thoazh "A The present
ease Mrs Hrnsha~s returu from ths
at hoEne Ned bad mentioned VA, ir
itself not altogether iaaPpropriate
- The great hal BEL rang N~d paus-d
IN ais narrative. saying That's uny
wife: sh- Vii b. mere in a moment
] have last lne - t~ii voH That ] mar
red NJ >iariafr. AMI that We hav,
n-ith-r nt - seen M fath~r since thi
dAy wh~a be bad fhoss few word.
xtfh m~ about hss matrimonial inten
tions left the hous, within an houi
% Mare eonfessinx her iore for ne
4nd the dear Old chaps last words ..
ne we're Ned H-nshaw. I viii nevei
,orgive you-
Bat h shall ! sad. jast a. Mrs
Henshav. the heroine % Ne,fs story
cnt-resl the room a Handsome. well
dressed. hapPy-lookIng woman. not al
hour over thirty She went up TO Ned
said she had had delightful tine an,
informed him that the esrriage wa
waiting. all this before Ned had tint
/ % Introduce u. ca second thoughts
concluded 70 20 with them 10 Rich
uond. and as We sat chatting on tn.
terrace after dinner I could not fee
surprised al the division in the Hen
shaw household at Bath. but I mad
mp my mind that I would close up tn,
breach and bring father and son to
+, S-ther on friendly, II not familiar
terms After the age ot sixty one hz
not smany missions in life This j
mine Poor old Henshawt