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| lyoyet those four evenings wondering VIII
| he did not show 10, till her feminine curiosity
Ren rather h strong
that AL that precious work had been for her
Now all that precious work was destroyed. How
4 was u possible that she should not cry for NOR
| than three minutes2
The others took their meal in perfect silence
% their work, Aaron had book, which he pre-
tended TO read, but instead of reading he wa
What right had he TO throw them all into sucf
cohh1ps9an chfa g 5y indugps IN his passion He wa wa,
Susan would hate him. Fancying that, he be
gan TO find at the same time that he BY no mean'
At last Hetts got mp and left the room. sh,
knew that her sister was sitting alone in the cold
and Hetta was aiectionate. Susan had not
been IN fault and therefore Hetta went up u
"Mrs Bell" said Aaron, as soon as the dool
WAS closed, " beg your pardon for what did
..,t cir I'm ps g sorry the picture is burnt
Aaron. Z But see that / have tlisturbed You
all,nsnd ! am afraid have made Miss Susan
She was, grieved because your picture was
| not regarded the drawing as her own. But the
| emphasis bore another meaning; and so the
"Oh. / can do twenty more OF the same Il any
body wanted them" said Aaron. " do an
other like It VIII you let her take Il Mrs. Bell p
that we are friends as we we're before p"
Was he S or was he he not GA 4 wolff That was % the
he was lqpine. Mr. Beekard's opinion shs had had
thought, would probably propose to Hetta; but
as yet he had not done so. And as he was still
way % to compromise m ON % susans ms ma name e' indrectiy
she hnd asked the question, and, indirectly also.
Mr. Beckard's answer had been favorable
But IL mustn't mean anything, sir" was the
widows weak answer. when she had paused on
the question for moment.
oh. no. Of course not" said Aaron, joyously,
and his face became radiant and happy And
! do beg your pardon for burning it; and the
idly got out his cardboard and set himself TO
work about another bridge. The widow, nedi-
tatIng many things In her heart, commenced the
hemming OF a handkerchief.
In about an hour the two girls came back TO
the room and silently took their accustomed
Seny WITH bs drswiSs THIS bridge ssne should ID
be better bridge than that other. Its accept
ance was now assured. Ofcourse It was to mean
nothing. That WAS matter OF course. SO he
worked away diligently, and said nothing to
into the mothers room. "oh. mother, / hope
he Is not very angry" said !, Susan: .,,,,
angry, II is mother. lie ought % lave known
that Susan could not accept it. lie should never
But he's doing another" said Mrs. Bell.
"Yes. he IS" said Mrs, Bell. and I have
as she heard this sank gently into the chair
behind her and her eyes became & full Of tears
"oh, mother" said Hetta..
But particularly said that 1t was to mean
"Oh, mother. that makes ~ worse"
Why should lietta interfere n this way?
thought susan TO herself Had she interfered
bound in morocco? Had not she smiled. and
looked gratiled, and kissed her sister. and de-
man, and by far the most elegant preacher at
the springs2 Why should Hetta be so cruelf
Hetta would not explain before her sister. so
they all went TO bed.
q, the Thursday evening the drawing was
working in silence. There" ssid he, late on
will be any better II go on daubng for another
hour. There, Miss Susan; there's another
frost, nor yet be destroyed by fire." and he gave
1t light fip with his fingers and sent 1t skim
susan blushed and smiled, and took It up.
"Qh, It is beautiful, she said. Isn't y beauti-
fully done. motherY" and then all the three got
up to look at IL, and all confessed that II was
And am sure we are very much obliged to
that she had not yet thanked him.
~, oh, i.'s nothing" said he, not quite liking
On the following day he returned from his
work TO Saratoga about noon. This he had never
he would be- seen in the house before the evening.
On this occasion. however, he went straight
thither. and, as chance would have IL, both the
was there alone in charge of the house.
He walked in and opened the parlor door.
her work T unheeded on On the table behind her. and
the picture, Aaron's drawing. lying on her knees.
thinking In her young heart that It possessed ali
the beauties which picture could possess.
holding the tstsle sEeteh Behind tRe sEirt Of
her dress.
mother that / must start for New York this
afternoon and be there for six weeks, or perhaps
Longer
us she I" said Aaron.
And Hetta too. Dear me. And you'll be
Aaros began began to swear al % that he could not possi-
bly, eat any dinner. He mad dlned once, and was
going to dine again-anything TO keep her from
Hut you must have something, Mr.. Dunn"
and she walked toward the door;
he. g guess I've been here nearly two months"
YES sir, believe you have" she replied,
shaking IN her shoes and not knowing which
And hope we have been good friends"
Yes, ST" said Susan, almost beside herself As
i. time bsiOrs @ ri So Ssci." '' - " ''A
"Six weeks, Miss Susan I" and then he paused,
looking into her eyes 70 see what he could read
pieces a morseI OF half rayelled muslin which
She held In her hand; but her eyes were turned
to the ground, and he could hardly see them.
miss Susan" he continued. ~ NAV as well
speak out now at another time" He. too,
was looking toward the ground, and clearly did
not know what TO do with his hands. "The |
truth is Just this II love you dearly, with all
my. hesrt; ! never saw any one ever thought |
so beautiful. so nice, and so goOd-and what's |
more. never shall. I'm not very good at this |
sort OF thing. ! know; but couldn't go away
from Saratoga for six weeks and not tell you" |
And then he ceased. He did not ask for any |
love In return. His presumption had not got |
so far as that vet, He merely declared his pas |
sion. leaning against the door, and there he stood
twlddling his thumbs.
susan had not the slightest conception Of the |
way In which she ought TO receive such a decla- |
ration. She had never had lover before; nor |
had she ever thought OF Aaron absolutely as
lover, though something very like love for him
had been crossing over her spirit Now, at this |
she felt that he was the beau ideal OF |
manhood, though his boots were covered with
the railway mud and though his pantAloons |
were tucked M in rolls round his ankles. He |
" was fine well-grown, open-face fellow whose /
eye was bold and yet tender, whose brow was
full and broad. and all his bearing manly. Love
him1 OF course she loved him. Why else had |
her heart melted with pleasure when her mother
said that that second picture was 70 be accepted
But what was she 10 sayf Anything but the