Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1896-08-27

she followed. pondering i'll her mind
| what the interview would bring forth
May waited fer her companion to
speak. and looked away from him sea-
wards. Her lips We're tightly com
pressed and her face expressed deter
mnation. When he addressed her his
voice was soft and tender and his eyes
tnrned supplicatingly towards her
| averted face,
+ If YOU know how l have sought
this opportunity" said he-..if YOU
know how | have longed to speak With
you. you would pity me. l feared |
| should be forced to leave the neighbor-
hood without seeing you, for business
| comnels me to leave the Park to-mor-
row"
Preparations for your marriage
suppose. Mr.. Hartrey?" said May.
coldly
Ernest looked surprised.
What do you mcan?" he asked,
ncrvously.
Simply this-that when last we met.
| was unaware of your engage nent 10
Lord Porchcstcr's daughter or should
| then have congratulated you on the
| prospect of an alliance so suitable in
every way"
who told YOU that?" cried the
young squire; "the report must be my
fathers handwork l swear to YOU
Will ncs.--'
Pardon me Mr.. Hartrey, lave 10
possible concern with your family ar
l1lngements. and must decline to lsten
to anything respecting Them. They
cannot interest me.
Poor May! Her thrc5bing heart be
lied her words; but she had set herself
certain task and she was fesoly, d to
complete it.
"May--May why this colhnrss? l
had hoped a far different reception
from you. When last saw you when
told you loved yor--
Mr.. Hartrey on that occasion to
which you refer you spoke words
which you could not mean; and | was
foolish weak enough to listen to YOU
l now desire that you make no refer
euce to Them
Her face was still avertcd as she
spoke. In her eyes tears glis'ened
and her lips quive"ed with suppressed
emotion: vet she uttered the words
clearly and distinctly, and, beyond Il
slight tremulolsncss i'll her voice,
showed no signs of the intense pain
the interview was costing her.
But, May, feeling as l de-lcving
you as | do"
"Silencc. sir!'' cried May. facing him
for the rirst time. and standing still.
Suvl word, rs those addressed tn me
are an insult. | will not listen to them.
Ii YOU are Il gentleman. you will not
repeat them. My station i'll life and
yours are far apart.
Il assure JoC--
Il require no asSurancc-l wish you
merely to understand that l will not
listen to professions of love from the
atfianced husband Of Lord Porchester;
daughter"
But. May, listen to me! The en-
gagemcnt of which you speak exists
only in my fathers farcy. | shall new
er marry herr
Reports say differently" scid May,
coldly
"Oh May! do you believe and trust
me so little that you will mora readily
believe the voice of hundredtongued
rumor than mine? | tell you the truth
when l say that my father and Lord
Dorchester have alone arranged the
match, and that neither the lady nor |
have amy voice in the matter. Believe
this. / implore!'
"Supposing that to be the case, Mr..
llsil VI CN L NiO IlOL otS lliSil II ditIt'>
me in any way
Not affect you, May-you, of all the
people in the world who would wish
to feel IN interest in it! | tell you
that. whatever might have been, had
| not seen YOU. is now an utter impos-
sibility. You, and you only, can ever
be my wife,''
Your wife.-your wife, repeated
May. half to herself. rs if doubling
that her ears had heard Alright.
Yes, dearest May. my wife! Do no.
turn from me! Tell me if YOU love
me:''
IF I-no. not cannot be- You do
not know what YOU are saying. That
of which YOU talk is an impossibility"
Everything seemed to swim before
Mays eyes. She felt like one walking
in a dream. Her brain recled, and she
almost doubted her own senses. Conld
it be that she had heard Alright? Wa;
Ernest Hartrey serious when he talked
of making her, the poor country girl,
the masters daughter. his wife?
1T is no impoSsibility dear May.
To a man with Il strong will and n
prize in yieN. nothing is impossible.
Say. then, dearest, you will be my
wife-tell me you will return my lover
AliS ueSltaleu "llillll Herself. HOW
could she tell him she did not love him
-how could she tell him she would not
be his wife?
He looked into her face and pressed
her for an answer: but when her beau
tiful eyes were raised and met lis
when he saw the cheeks covered With
hlusheS-he needed no words to tell
him that he was loved Then It was
Ernest Hartrcy stopped and imprinted
on that fair Forehead loving kiss, to
the no small amazement Of Rose Dea-
con. who was following behind. and
whose presence they had forgotten.
Now. dearest May said Ernest,
possessing himself of one of her little
hands-''now. our owp part is settled,
we must calmly look our difficulties in
the face"
Your father will never consent"
said May
81 am of age, and can do without his
permission"
But l would never be the cause Of
an. estrangement between a father and
his son. Without his consent l can
never be your wife.
NAV Nav consider what Won say