The Mena weekly star., 1896-11-25

with us this afternoon. and then judge for yourself whether you have been | forgotten
 | The girl had not grown stiff and shy. She was immensely delighted to see her | friend again, and she told him so. tie | joked her about her baby overtures to- ward him. he reminded her of how she would drag footstool across the room, and by its aid climb to his knee, and busy her small hands with his hair, on the pretext of making him mice and tidy"
 T have grown gray since those days" he said, with a half sigh. Whereupon Miss Rose declared that she liked gray hair best.
 Each seemed to please the other; they seized in a moment on each others meaning, they appeared to divine each others thoughts.
 Il shall come again." said Col. Clithe- roe, when the visitors hour was over, and study must begin. II see that you and l shall besexcellent friends, as we were II years ago" | 1ONGttT, 0c udUG UO StCOuu Nlslt iO the 'pensionnat" at Neuilly-sur-Seine. His old uncle's illness recalled him sud denly to England and Rose Dysart was a finished young lady and about to be introduced into society before she had | the pleasure of meeting her colonel again.
 This girls face was not strictly beau tiful, but it was charming face; she was immensely admired, both by men and women. And there must be some thing Movable as we'll as lovely in a young lady of IT, when those of her own sex express sincere admiration and can 1 praise her whole-heartedly.
 "She will certainly marry young" !, said elderly people; but it never oc- cured to any of them to suppose that this sunny-faced Rose Dysart would refuse three eligible men, simply be- cause she loved middle-aged colonel.
 Like many other parents, Mir. and Mrs. D, sart seemed to regard their daugh- ter as little more than child. They scarcely realized that others viewed her differently.
 "Of course, like other girls, Rose must go into society,"" they said, but we hope it may be years and years be- fore we have to part with her.
 And they were quite delighted that she should refuse her first three offers of marriage.
 It was in the spring, and just before her eighteenth birthday, that the by sarts left their pretty Sussex home for furnished house in Eaton place, which they had hired for the season at some what exorbitant rent.
 To the great joy of Rose, Col Clitheroe was one of the first callers. He also was in town for two or three months, hay- ing, during the previous year, buried his old uncle and inherited the prop crty.
 "My dear fellow said MT. Dysart to him, with the familiarity of friend of long standing. you really ought not 10 remain unmarried. Try and remem- Der that you are depriving some woman of an excellent house, and a still more excellent husband! A man in the prime of life-well off. good looking, retired from the army-where lies the hind rance?"
 Simply in this" replied the colonel. "l have never been in love, should be afraid to marry now that am past the age for the tender passion. You see there is no three years system in mat rimony. It has to be till death us do rart."
 MT. Dysart laughed.
 You must not be allowed to remain bachelor, my dear Clitheroe. I 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. T like you best as you are. Indeed,