The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-18

and pray. sir, have you had no thought,
no fancy. may not knowg"
mot one, " said Will soberly. truth.
fully. II didn't want to go away from
you. I'm off my head with JOY to get
back to you, and whenever did talk to
woman it WIS about you.
''Oh, what a treat for hertz cried
Mamie, all her fears gone. He was here
and could shield his o~.-l.
'And Blake TrelaN GU I" said Willie,
and the glory of the hour was over, II
hear he has been up here a good deal. l
suppose he has not got over it,"
The girls fresh face went wan in
moment. She looked away and made no
answer. A moment ago how sweet the
geranium leaves had been, how subtly
satisfying the blending of colors on the
opposite wall. and now Blake Trelawny
had spoiled it ALL
Wills heart smote him.
"My poor little love-" he said, "you
can't help the mans loving you; so long
as you don't love him, I'm satisfied. "
81 hate him." she said very low,
81 hate him-hate him. And now he
has spoiled om first hour together. "
The slow tears formed and rolled mis-
erably down her checks. 49,
"My sweetheart - cried Will, half
beside himself. Don't cry. He can't
spoil everything for us SO long as we
love one another as we do, we do! Has
he been bullying youi" he added fierce
" after pause devoted to those imbe-
cilities that make the lovers heaven.
"No. And you are not to quarrel
with him, WILL If you do II won't
marry you'll"
"But / shall make You. How about
this coming out ball when you'll imme-
diately go in? Because we can t possibly
wait to be married more than month";
Father wished it," said Mamie !;
"it's good deal Aunt LirTiper's doing,
/ think "
"Gay old girl, - said Will, bursting
out laughing, ''she is three years older
and wickeder than when l saw her last,
and / should have thought that to be
impossible!"
Father wouldn't go to the sea this
year, said Mamie, whose worst enemy
could not have twitted her with pale
cheeks now. "I think he was sorry he
sent you away, though he never said so. -
"He deserves to be sorry, T" said Will,
with immense energy. lit wasn't his
fault Trelawny didn't carry you Off
f1inty hearted old wretcb-and never
will forgive him. So Miss Gregorias is
here? Isuppose you are as great friends
as ever. I was hard on that poor girl,
and often and often I've thought of it
since. When you re truly wretched your
self, you remember how you've made
other people suffer and feel ashamed
yourself. F."
He stood up, straight, long limbed
young fellow with something eager and
earnest in his brown face that used not
to be there, but we'll became it,.
"We must try to pass some OF our
happiness on, darling" he said. 81
feel this morning as if had enough fol
the whole world"
4 "Like the old woman who, when she
first beheld the sea, said that at last she
saw what was enough for everybody, y
said Mamie as she tried to remove the
mold marks from her white gown.
willie, aren't you hungry"
"Frightfully," said Willie, and NOV
ed her heart to pity by the relation OF
how he had roamed the park and OBJ
jurgated her window blind in vain.
Poor boyr' she said, then danced 9
step or two, and said:
you'll come in to breakfast, Of
course?" And both burst out laughing.
"And to break the shock, said Will
Offering his arm with exaggerated re-
spect, 1--WE will take public walk
round the premises, selecting for pref
erence those portions where your father
is sure to see and admire us. =
And they did. And Lord Straubenzee
shaving himself close to window, and
i happening to look out, cut his chin il
his extravagant delight and executed 6
sort of dance that simply appalled, Cole
man, who entered while it was pro
crossing, and thought his master hat
suddenly gone mad.
But a glance ont Of the window ex
planned the situation. and, all class dis
tinctions forgotten, the two old boy.
literally beamed ON one another.
81 always did like Sir William" sale
Coleman in the servants hall later
while the love story up stairs was caus
ing many flutter under neat cotton
frocks, "but it's good job he's back
very good job, for accidents will hap
pen." And he nodded with profound
sagacity that scorned to explain itself
to the lumbering wits around him..
And lin the sealing wax, red dining
room Will had come mp to Miss Gregg
rias as she entered, and in the manifest,
incest way told her how glad he was te
see her again, and looking so well, too,
and his warm handshake had thrilled
through her whole body, and the pride
in her had triumphantly asserted his
right to be loved, and with no shame tc
herself, so strong was he, so dear, sc
kind.
II can't, won't harm you, she said
to herself then, but later in the day,
when she had incautiously wandered