The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-06-18

After Il few days il came TO ROsa'S
Knowledge that this young and hand
some stranger had taken apartments,
and intended, during the vacation ut
oxford To reside i'll the village. Tor the
sake. he had caused it To be under
stood, Of the excellent fishing which
vas found in the neighborhOOd.
Rosa was not at all vain: yet, never
theless, she could not help believing
that it was principally. if not entirely.
on her account that this young gentle
man had taken up his abode in the viii
lage.
And Rosa had not erred in her con
lecture.
1t was not long before this Ok
ford student yentured TO acCost
Rosa in her walk, but very diff
IDENTIFY. and with every outward show
Of the most profound respect.
And again and again did the young
stranger meet and accost Rosa, who,
argue with herself how she might.
had not courage to avoid those meet
ings, in which, made confident by her
W innocence. and the respectful
manner Of him who had OOn become
the constant companion OF those
walks which were now to her ii real
happiness. Ii perceived not the
slightest improperly.
The first words Of love TO which she
had ever listened were whispered 10
her not unwilling ear by this oxford
scholar; and soon and ardentIy, with
the first devotion of her fresh young
heart. did Rosa reciprocate the love.
in whose profession she placed i'm
plicit faith.
The name Of this young gentleman.
by birth an Irishman, was, he told
the object of his love. LOghlen
OMeara, and he was the heir TO a
b~arOnetCy.
y diShOnOrable proposal To the pure
and innocent Rosa Willoughby would
have required an audacity which even
this anything but bashful young Irish
man was very far from possessing.
IL So, having wrung from Rosa il
confession of her love for him, LOghl-
en- O'Meara proposed that they should
be privately married; and his excuse
for urging that the marriage should
he Il private one. was hat old, Old
story 10 which women have listened
and believed in all time past. and
which Will probably be listened To- and
believed i'll the time that is to come.
lie told her that his father was Il
stern man. who had already chosen
for him a wife, and that diSinheritanCe
would be the penalty for his known
~discbcdience; but that presently he
would be Of z a large fortune in
his w right. and SO, entirely his own
master.
After all, it would be but a very
little time that Sccrcsy concerning
their union would need TO be preserv-
cd; and. more than that, once mar
ricd. he would CCntriyc that his dear
Rosa should make acquaintance with
his father, who would soon ~ brought
To love her, and then. certain of par
den. their marriage should be con-
frSstd.
But you mean that | should write
to my mother and inform her of your
propOsal?" said Rosa.
do that, Rosa" exclaimed LOghlpn,
in seeming alarm. and you are lost
to me forever. Have YOU not told me
how rigid are Mrs. WillOughby's no
tons? Do YOU feel assured that she.
would forbid and prevent our uniOn
and that she would write to my fathrr
Of that serious diSOhedience 10 his
commands which | had contemplate
ed?'
Her mother wOul act as Loghlen had
said. Rosa vas we'll assured of that:
and it will be- readily believed that
the fond and unsuspecting girl was
ere long brought to obey in every re-
spcct the wishes of her lover.
When Il lover would woo ClandcStine-
ly, ii generally means that he is Il
rascal; and chat Rosa should have
had faith in the intentions of Il man
who eXacted from her a complete
oblivion Of all the excellent prccepts
which Mrs. WillOughby had labOred
so earnestly 10 fix upon her daught-
erS mind and heart. had for excuse
only the poor girls youth and mex
perience.
Here is the marriage license. dear
est" LOghlcn ~joyously cried. as he
IN morning hastily entered Mrs. Will
oughby's cottage and gave Il paper To
Rosa.
ON the evening Of that same. day
their hands We're Joined in the parlor
Of the cottage; the clergyman who
performed the marriage ceremony.
and Mrs. WillOughby's servant-maid.
whom LOghlen. with Il small sum of
money, had won 10 promised secreSy.
being the only persons present. except
the lovers themselves.
Ii was nearly three months after
this that LOghlen O'AIeara. entering
the cottage n day, was met by the
servant girl. who told him that Miss
Rosa had just received a letter from
her mother, which announced that
that lady's presence in London had
ceased to be necessary, since the rel
alive to whom she had so long de-
voted herself was now dead, and that
Mas. WilfOughby would BE- again ut