Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-27

caught him looking at my roscs' pu' -.
pretended he was doing nothins vi lne
sort IL was he who began, AFTER az "
the inappropriate accompaniment oi 'no
Barn-dance music. $3.50, ,.
80 you were playing In little COMEDY
down at Cherrington. ana inc Miss oena
I knew WIS a purely imaginary person
Surely. Il must be pleasanter to De the
Miss Belleld, and 10 have all LONDON
competing for your favor.
Major Faruuharson had passed the open
door. and given surprised stare az US
MS ne said this, and j felt hated MN
for such rudeness.
al was sick of being myself; that was
why I did t.. People pretended to like me-
and made so much OF me. ana knew
II was merely money, money.
and. were you successful in finding out
~ YOU were charming enough to capti-
yatc without it?' His manner was chilly
sarcasm Itself. A memory OF all the
things he had said end looked overcame
me
"You ought TO know" ] whispered. II
was dreadful: but. you sec, saw now
that II he once went there would be only
misery before me.
He dld not even smile. you sought
TO break Il country heart for pastimc ere
you went TO town." was his only re-
joinder.
Quotations are no. IN good taste made
like that. He hurt me; he misunderstood
me. 1 have my faults. but | am rot
heartless. I have done only as other
people do-in fact less than most OF
them. j plucked UP courage ana trled
again.
II think, DR.. Maydwell. you were mas
queradng as much as | was, or else you
really have become quite indifferent: you
L hot MI no IA OF T.
ing on the Tam"
mo: I made fool Of myself by
talking nonsense: most people DO when
il doesn't rain in August
Now. could anything be stupider? Here
was Hugh Maydwell-a man who had got
gold medals in physiology, or pathology.
or omethinC-co1ductng n conversation
as II he had not two ideas in his head
at any rate you were very much more
civil TO Kitty Bent than you are 10 Sa-
rama Beliield. yet they are one and
the same"
"Inaccd. they are nothing Of the kind"
Re broke in. hotly. THE one was a
simple country girl. full of pure thoughts
and high ideals. She was as poor as ]
am: we met on the same level. With
Miss Bellheld. in her fashionable spien.
doris, with her great fortune. / have no.
thing. can have nothing to DO. Your
trick was an unfair one; you took adj
vantage OF my ignorance. Only woman
would be clever enough to put on another
manner, another nature. with n big hat
and a pink gown
Somehow, I was cheered by his re-
Numbering the color. IT was a Paris
dress really. and had cost a frightful
amount For that adorable simplicity
they know how to charge. ] daresay he
thought that If he married somebody
on nothing a year she would wear frochs
and hats of that pattern. All the time
tho dancers were in front Of us, and
that tune kept buzzing on.
II did not put on another nature-l
couldn't If / tried. j think you are most
cruel. ] suppose you think j change my
friends as easily as I 90 my clothes?"
THE way in which Miss Bellneld treats
her friends can matter nothing to me"
lie was hateful, and yet every minute
( felt | could not could not let him g
Quite suddenly l knew that ! loved him
that nothing else in the world mattercd.
because ] knew he loved me. How did
/ know? Oh. l can't explain; but l did.
| grew bolder
you cared once about being my friend
or at any rate. you said you did"
Miss Bellheld, l think ought to Offer
night. That idiotic Barn dance is over"
Congratulations" / said it with q
whole string OF notes OF Interrogation.
IL mean upon your engagement t.
Major Peile- Farquharson." He rose a
nc said this. and was turning quickly
away. when / stopped him. He told nc
gfterward 1 spoke quite passionately
Il am not engaged 10 Major Farquhar.
son. or 70 any one else. People have nc
right to say such things. Down at Cher
rington
Down at Cherrngton the village gos-
sips might have fanced mat a penniless
doctor had been indlscret enough to ash
a penniless girl TO wait for him for an
indefinite number o. years; they were
lust as far from the truth. probably
much further
All my security vanished. / felt wretch
ed-so wretched that my eyes were fun
of tears one even fell on the roses in my
hand lie saw that tear, but he was
| Just as obdurate. just as angry: appa-
rontly rot even relieved TO hear \ wac
free. when ] might have been Lady San
| dellion but for him.
didn't care what 1 did or what he
| thought "She would have waited all
| her life"
| How 1 got out these seven words ]
! wonder still. More tears fell as ! said
| them. and there was an awfui silence.
| Then he began in such a d!fferen, voice
| "You cannot mean what you are say
| ing" He was standing and looking
| down intently. lie has the best eyes l
| ever saw, they are 60 honest. bat ] could
| not face them after that deed Of daring.
II mean Il with all my heart"
| you make it hard for me-" he cor
| tinued. when let Kitty guess / cared
/ inn Oh
| come when I could claim the right &c
| ask her to be a poor mans wife; you arc
| d great heiress, and If ! am poor | am
| proud. You force me 10 tell you that /
| love you, not 20 put the foolish question
| that has but one possible answer"
! Then I revolted once for all against
| the tradition Of what Is maidenly and
| right. Hugh. can't you understand.
| must | tell you that all my money is
| nothing TO me and that l only want
your
lie told me later that 1t was too pa
| thetic. that he had always dreaded 10 see
| woman cry. Blu; &c kissed me, and
| somehow II was all perfectly right and
| natural.
! Half an hour later, jus: as We were
| SO happy. that horrid Major Farquharson
| came for his two dances Take care of my
| roses till No u. DIT. Maydwell.' | said.
| "and come here then TO find me-" You
see. / was reckless and l wanted the
| Major TO see how things were. Hugh
| took the flowers obcdlently and | went
| of. Positively they had put In another
| Earn dance. Major Farquharson wanted
to sit II out. but l knew better lie must
have been obtuse not TO have guessed.
| felt so utterly content l thought every
| body would notice my face. We danced.
\ There Is something hopelessly unsenti-
| mental about a Barn dance / was in
mad spirits now. Mamma and papa are
dears and quite manageable; there would
| be scenes. but should have my way