The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-24

OiCc lucns 1ilttI6 I'LL rc vel dS Il WAS
| able, l half dragged, half carried him
towards our house. 1t was a weary.
weary half mile ! carried him, till I was
observed by a farm servant. who was
driving a wagon. Laying down my bur-
den, / hailed the man. and with his
help lifted Hugh into the wagon. Then,
climbing in myself. / told the wondering
clown to drive us home and instantly fell
to the bottom of the wagon In a swoon.
There was great CONSERVATION upon
our arrival at the house. where already
my absence was noted. When the WACO
drove to the door containing our notion
less bodies, covered with blood and dirt,
the servants thought us dead, and the
commotion brought out my father. His
solicitude for me was great until the
maids, by throwing water in my face
and burning feathers Under my nose,
revived me. and 1 sat up, asking that
Mr.. Saxby be taken TO a bed and a sur
geon sent for. AT this my father was
wroth and cried out against it.
h 1 have this carrion in my
house?" said he; mo. by my faith. The
dunghill is the place for such as he!'
Not needing my fathers words, 1 took
water and washed my lovers face, pour
ing a little between his lips, till at last
he moved and i heard him murmur my
name. l thought, but L could only near
the syllables Dora which made my
heart glad, and / mingled my tears with
the water l was using. My father now
approached me as 1 ministered to Hugh.
Tell me-" he asked, how did all his
happen? How comes it that you and the
son of my enemy are together in his
plight?"
He defended me from a bear" I re-
piled; but first let him be removed to
a bed and properly tended. and then /
will tell of it,"
Not if he were dying a thousand
deaths in one, and I could with a word
1 ga ca his noin xUnnl6 n coxr &l-& pt
cried my father. ITO the dunghill with
him! He has already had too much at
tention here!!'
Seeing that my father was so set
against him, 1 ordered the yokel to drive
him to his home. my father acouiescinp
so far as to permit it, and, he being gone,
my exhausted nature again sought ref
uge in a swoon.
For two days I lay in bed. unneryed
by my terrible experience n sore with
the unwonted and great exertion of my
strength. To my mother, on account of
her i'll health, 1 told as little as possible
or the struggle with the bear, making
nght or 1t and treating it as if a slight
accident had happened to me. To my
rather l told the whole story, only not
teiilng MN OF my tryst with Hugh, but
leaving him to think that we had met bv
chance, nor of the words which had
passed between US while we faced to-
gether the danger coming upon US.
with a straightforward man, as nv
lover was. L knew that so soon as he
were able to leave his bed he would seek
my father to tell him of his love for mo
NOR was L mistaken, for the fourth dav
after our adventure he called upon nv
rather and boldly asked for my hand in
marriage. MY rather took the proposition,
as 1 feared he would, as the greatest i'm.
suit which could be offered to his name
and person. / did not see Hugh when he
called, but my father forbade me. under
penalty of his curse, to speak to the man
again. L was sorrowful to hear this.
but not cast down, because I trusted nv
lover and felt in my heart that he trust
ed me.
So two or three weeks passed with
out our meeting, during which time q
constant watch was kept upon my move
ments, for fear that / should meet nv
lover. L was not allowed to leave the
vicinity or the house
out a maid would always follow me.
l had noticed for several evenings that
some one was shooting in a belt of woods
Whlch ran along the stream at the foot
or the hill where our house stood. but
without taking thought what it meant
until the idea seized me that it was nv
ioVer signaling to me to meet him there.
no sooner was this thought in my head
out 1 set to work to find a way of meet
ing him If it should be he, of which T
had no doubt.
Cnance Favored me, and stepping ont
without my hat, to appear as if il were
not my intention TO go far afeld, I fol-
IoWed the direction of the shooting. and
being come to the edge of the wood T
Wnlstled softly and Immediately the span
lei, Fan, appeared, followed in a mo.
ment by her master. No words can tell
the rapture of that meeting. All, mel
We were young then. and it seems so
% ago! Hugh took me in his arms ar
once and kissed me, oh, so fondly. calling
me ms dear, his heroine, his princess
and many other extravagancies. BY and
py, my cheek hidden on his shoulder, !
rallied him.
Thou art slow, Hugh" said 1, ito let
a girl get the first kiss of thee"
what doest thou mean?" he asked.
while laughed to see the wonder in his
eyes.
why, simply this" said I shat 7
have kissed thee long ere thou has kissed
me-"
And so he fell to kissing me again.
though he had scarce done ANYTHING
else since our meeting, and made me tell
the story OF our adventures after the
time that he lost consciousness i'm the
bears embrace. After this we fell to
walking, arm in arm. to and fro. a small
clearing in the woods. d~iscoursing of the
future.
MY father said /, has forbidden me
to have communication with thee.
Hugh" "e
Aye, and he forbade me also" re-
pied Hugh, but L laughed at him and
told him TO bind them who would mind
him.. AS for me, having no authority
over me. 1 denied his right to appoint
my doings."
Thou vert RASH" said /, though proud
or him for his m~anliness. but if thou
wilt not be bound by him / fear 1 must
mot so. sweetheart" he said; thou
art of age and may do whatsoever thou
J wishest."
Nay" I replied. but a fathers word
must be made more of than that. Whilst
l abide under his roof / must obey his
will"
"Then leave his roof" urged Hugh.
LIE us be married now. Every day We
wait is an age! Why should we throw
away our happiness?
1T is not like thee, Hugh" I said
gravely. Ito urge me, for the gratifica-
ton of our love, to disobey my father."
Thy reproach is just" said he, though
did not mean TO reproach him. and so
interrupted him
Nay, there is no reproach, Hugh" 1
said, but only let us argue the matter
one with another, in perfect love, with
: out misunderstanding. So shall we agree
upon the matter as if we were already
man and wife,"