Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-12-23

Jslat you ana I snan IS excsaies
friends. A. we were eleven years ago.
! However, he made no second visit 4
the 'pensionnat" at Neuilly-sur-seIne
His old uncle's illness recalled him sud
denly to England and Rose Dysart wa
a finished young lady and about to b.
introduced into society before she has
the pleasure Of meeting her colOne
again.
This girls face was not strictly beau
tiful, but it was a charming face. Sh'
was immensely admired, both by mel
and women. And there must be come
thing lovable as well as lovely In {
young lady Of II when those Of he
own sex express sincere admiration
and can praise her whole-heartedly.
''She will certainly marry young,
said elderly people. but 1t never oe
Cured to any of them to suppose tha
this sunny-faced Rose Dysart would
refuse three eligible men simply be
cause she loved q middle-aged colonel
Like many other parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dysart seemed to regard theiI
daughter a. little more than . child
They scarcely realized that ethsrs
viewed her differently.
"Of course, like other girls, Rose mus
60 into society,"" they said. but We
hope 1t may be years and years befors
we have to part with her."
And they were quite delighted tina,
she should refuse her nrst three o6ers
Of marriage.
1t was In the spring and just before
her eighteenth birthday that the
Dysarts left their pretty Sussex home
for a furnished house at Eton place
which they had hired for the season a.
a somewhat exorbitant rent.
To the great Joy Of Rose. Colonel
Clitheroe was one of the first callers.
He also was In town for two or three
months. having, during the previous
the property.
MY dear fellow" said Mr.. Dysart to
him, with the familiarity Of q friend of
long standing. you really ought not to
remain msrried. Try to remember
that you are depriving some woman OF
an excellent home and q still more ex-
cellent husband! A man in the prime
of Hfe-well of. good-looking. retired
from the army-where lies the hin
drance"
Simply In this" replied the Colonel.
81 have never been in love, and l
should be afraid to marry now that l
am past the tender passion. You see
there is no three years system in mat
rimony. 1t has to be till death do us
Uart."
Mr.. Dysart laughed.
You must not be allowed to remain
A bachelor, my dear Clitheroe. 1 shall
look round for some nice woman of
about five-and-thirty, and try my 'pren
tice hand at match making"
NO; don't you get married, Colonel .
exclaimed Rose, who was in the room.
Il like you best as you are. Indeed, l
think changes are almost disagreea BILE.
1t Is pleasanter for things to go on
pretty much the same. l mean to re-
main singla all my life so as never tc
have to leave father and mother"
You will be recOncilled to leave US
when the right man and right moment
arrive" said Mrs. Dysart. You may
not think so now; girls never do before
they are really In love. But in all prob
ability the time will come when, of
your own wish and will, you will go
away from US"
Rose shook her head.
Il can't think SO, mother. However
let us talk Of some more Interesting
my being presented, for in
stance. Can you picture me, Colonel,
making my courtesy and kissing the
awkward and shy at the last moment
ought not, for as a little girl, with a
in place of train, l have
pra cticed my manner over and over
again"
They all laughed.
NO. 1 scarcely think you will be
shy" said Colonel Clitheroe. Besides.
the moment makes the man, they say
SO, of course, 1t makes the woman"
The important day came. Rose
Dysart was simply, yet elegantly,
dressed, and her fresh young face won
It's fair share of notice as she awaited
among the crowd Of debutantes.
Then followed six weeks Of gayety;
opera, dances, garden parties,
riding in the Row; nevertheless the girl
was glad when her ia ather decided to re-
turn to the country before midsummer.
Everything seemed beautiful and en-
deared by absence. The trees had ex-
changed their first freshness Of tender
green for the ripeness Of summer
beauty; the hawthorn and bluebells
were over and done with, but the foil
age Of the woods seemed lovely by con
trast with Hyde Park.
Colonel Clitheroe was to be one OF
the after season guests at the Dysarts'
country house; he followed them within
a fortnight of the departure from Eton
place.
Was anything troubling him7 Was
he unwell? Those were the questions
they asked him, for he did not seem SO
cheerful as usual, and he was apt to
drop into fits of musing, 20 that even
the voice Of Rose made him start 40 one
who returns suddenly from the land Of
dreams to reality.
The fact was that he had promised
to execute a commission which was
to him.
Colonel" a bright-faced guardsman
had said to him one day, I'm tell you a
secret. am in love with Rose
Dysart, and 1 shall never care for an
other girl. Now, you and my father
were boys together, and you are the
oldest friend I possess In the world.
Say a good word for me, will you? She
thinks you infalllble on every point;
she has told me herself that there IL no
one like you"
Colonel Clitheroe worked vigorously
at a tuft Of grass with the toe Of his
boot for some moments before answer
ing.
Have you spoken for yourselfr' he
inquired.