The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-11-22

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saying that you were becoming too firm
1y impressed with the belief that the
best of everything belonged by right to
yourself. Do not get angry with me for
saying So Remember that I was an old
friend of your father. -
Tom was angry. He was angry, and
the more he thought of it the angrier he
became 1t was quite natural that he
should be, and his friends appreciated
that fact, and bore with him as patient
ly as possible, believing that before
many days he would be himself again.
'Tom," said Parkhurst, "take my
advice and appear to enjoy yourself.
You look like thundercloud. Keep
your eyes away from Miss Daisy. Leave
her as severely alone as she could posi-
bly, desire and give your attention to the
other young ladies, as you used to do. "
This time Tom saw that the lawyers
advice was good, and he tried to act up
on it from that moment. He never spoke
to Daisy unless it was absolutely neces-
sary, and no one guessed how much of
self denial he practiced in consequence.
He was soon on as good terms as ever
with his friends and was the idol of So
ciety, as he had always been. The
young ladies raved over him, but he
could not win one smile from Daisy, ex
cept when she thought it was demanded
by the rules of politeness. She was the
personification of iciness whenever they
happened to be alone together.
At first Tom had laughed lightly
when his friends mentioned her evident
avoidance of him, but there came a time
when he could not bear it and when his
flashing eyes warned them that it was
subject which he would not hear dis
cussed There came time wher Tom
realized that Daisy held his happiness
in her keeping, and that it was mat
ter of Indifference to her. There were
days when he was filled with fierce ex-
ultation at the thought that she was
bound to him for period of more than
two years yet, and that no one could
claim superior rights. There were other
times when he felt that to see her and
to wait upon her and know that he had
no part in her life was a torture which
was fast becoming greater than he could
bear. There were bright mornings when
he resolved to win her love or die in the
attempt. There were dark nights when
he thought of the easiest and surest
means of committing suicide. He had
played at love great many times and
enjoyed it. He was deeply in love now
and was miserable.
How was it with Daisy? 1t is a ques-
ton which that young lady would have
found difficult had she tried to answer
it, but she did not try. She had come
to the city fully determined to give the
best of herself to her music. She had re-
solved never to marry, at least not unit!
she had won fame in the musical world.
She had entered into the engagement
with Tom principally because she be
ieved that by so doing she would be
free from opportunities of other men
which she might otherwise have found
distracting. She was a very earnest
young lady, who had brought the whole
force of her strong nature to bow before
the altar of her ambition. Even her
pleasures were enjoyed with the thought
that such recreation, if not too often in
dulged in, would enable her to work
more proftably. 1t had amused her for
two reasons to play a part to deceive
Tom-she wished to know if she pos
sessed the qualities necessary to sue
cessful actor, and she fancied that it
would be more enjoyable than it had
| proved to DO to try the man whom her
cousin praised so extravagantly. Daisy
was inclined to be cynical in her opin-
| ions of men. When she had first seen
Tom face, she had liked it. She told
herself afterward that she might have
| liked its owner better than she should,
| considering her ambition, had he not
proved himself SO little of a gentleman.
Therefore she was glad that he had be-
haved just as he did. She believed she
had forever dismissed that subject with
her disapproval of his conduct, and that
now her heart was impregnable so far as
no was. concerned.
At first Toms opinions and prefer
ences were really matter of indiffer-
ence to Daisy, but no young lady likes
to have the most attractive gentleman
of her acquaintance attentive to every
one but herself. Daisy was not pleased
with Toms behavior. Had she shown
her displeasure in the ordinary way she
might soon have been the recipient of
more o. attention from him than she
would have liked at that time, but she
did nothing in the ordinary way, and
she deceived even herself as to her opin-
ion of Tom.
She realized that he made her uncom.
Portable, but she said it was because he
was so very ungentlemanly. She was
sure that she should always despise a
man who judged people entirely by their
personal appearance. There was no de-
pendence to be placed in one whose re-
gard for another was regulated by that
other s wealth of natural attractions.
She never listened when her friends
spoke of the great improvement notice
able in Tom Wainwright during the
past year. She preferred to believe that
it was impossible for him to overcome
the only fault which she had been able
to find in him. She assured herself and
others that man with such a fault
could pretend anything, but that he was
false at heart, and the heart did not
change.
CHAPTER V.
Tom and Daisy had been betrothed
more than a year when the hop at Cal
houn's was proposed, and the proposal
heartily Endorsed by the young people OF
their acquaintance. Silas Calhoun was