The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-03

eager to hear the result of tho totea-toto.
Dainty was as stony as q flint and vouch-
safcd no Information. Ho rang tho bell.
would you mind tolling Roberts when
no comes up that want Faust saddlod,
slrP'' no sud to Colonel Clive "pll go
and dress.'
Gonoral Vorrlnder looked at Colonel
Ciivu. Colonel Ciivo ;o0;Sot, q: Cc.3.:,.
Vorrindcr. Thoy sighed simultaneously.
"Rejected!" groanod the general. "Sho
wouldn't havo my boy"
~ did my best, old ohum," snid tho
colonel, with tears in his eyes. "Dandy's
u trump, and. 1 told hor SO, but whom u
mettlosolne lilly gots tho bit botwoon hor
feeth"-
The gonoral took up the parable.
-"thoro's nothing to BIO Done"
Dandy, generally tho sweetest tempered
of mon, was in bad humor. Ho slashed
Faust in u manner which astonished that
high spirited animal and sont him along
in fine style, which would have raised him
several inches In tho estimation of Miss
Mary Clivo had she boon thore to SEQ.
Ho gallopod some miles and thon turned
to tho coast and travelled homeward at q
slower pace along tho cliffs.
Presently he came to cleft in tho cliffs
which ran inward from tho sea and barred
his farther progress In that direction.
Tho jump WAS too ugly for man In his
senses to attempt. He forthwith proceed
ed to skirt 1t.
On u sudden he pulled Faust up with IN
abruptness which sent him on to his hind
legs, for woman's shrek had pierced tho
air.
Across tho gap few hundred yards
away, in hollow previously hidden from
his view, ho saw Mary monacing n rough
looking man in sailors dress with tho
walking stick which always accompanied
her upon her solitary rambles.
But sho was only girl, and before
Dandy had timo to fully grasp tho situa-
ton the stick was flying from hor hand,
and sho was completely Mt tho mercy of
her prosecutor.
Tho blood flow to Dnndy's face.
Don't DO frightened, Mary" ho shout
ed. "I'm coming to you"
1t was terrible jump, and in case Of
failure n horrible death awaited both horse
and rider on the rocks over 100 feet below.
She looked up and saw him for tho first
time. At tho Same instant she recognized
tho danger of what ho WINS about to do,
and her faco went winter If possible, than
before.
For Gods sake, stay where you aro!"
she shrieked. You'll kill yourself"
And then sho shut her Dyes and prayed
rs sho had never prayed in her life, for tho
man shc had called offeminato had dug
his spurs into tho horso's sides, and Faust
had sprung like an arrow from q bow at
tho yawning gulf botweon them.
Tho agony of month seemed concon-
tratcd in tho moment of suspense that fol-
lowed a heavy thud on tho turf told her
he was safe, and for onco IN her life she
must have tainted, for when she opened
her eyes again, her late assnilant was hob
bling lamcly away in tho distance, and
Dandy was on his knees beside her, with
the splintored fragment Of riding whip
IL his hand, sn6 his lips So c,oss to hers
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touch which had awakened her.
THANK Godn' he said in voice TINT
tremblcd with emotion. "I-you fright
ened mo awfully!''
Not SO much as you frightened mo
awfullyr'
mot much ms you frightened mo"
She murmured. You risked your life for
my sake. Oh, it was terrible, terriblol 1t
made me illl'
"Did you faint because you fonred for
my snfetyi"
Tho blue eyes gazed into the brown
ones; tho brown ones dropped.
Mary, believe we've both been play
ing fast and loose with our happiness
through idiotic pride. 1 know Two taken
pains to appear more of an ass than nature
intended. l was q brute to propose to you
like that. 1 could have bittcn my tongue
out all tho while"
"And 1 cried afterward," sho owned,
because thought you didn't care"
just six weeks later they took each 9TH
or =" for better, for worse. Answers.