The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-12-18
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.oes now it will be forever. With touch
of desperation in his manner he gets before
her and places his back against the door.
DO not 20 like this. says he. ms face
AZ white as her own. Let me say word
or two. Just hear me After all. what
was il? Lillian let he 81 eak.
lie has put ont both hi. hands and tried
10 take hers. but with sharp little gesture
she repulses him. and them-all at once as
if were-she covers her face and breaks
into wild and bitter fiji of crying; not
loud sobs. but slow and heavy, that shake
all her slender frame Turning abruptly
fran him. as though ashamed OF this IN
c.ntrolable outburst, she hulnes behihd
the curtains of the window. and leaning
AGAINST the woodwork. cries as despaIrln@ly
a, Il broken hearted child
is it worth such grief as tins says
Duadale miserably. following her INT" the
embrasure of the window. III was only
= mistake. when all is told. Nline-and
an inexcusable one if you wlll-but not
worth one "f these cruel tears. can t
think how it happened; how was >"
stupid. but
Don speak of it. can bear it.
cries she. with stamp Of her small foot.
Far better speak of it and he done
with it forever. says Dugdale on
have been making mountain ont at 4
mere mole hill. and if you won let III"
show it 20 vou as il really is you will ." ON
L., -
Very we'll; Id rather be miserable,
says Miss EngIethorpe from behind her
bapdkerchief. Though with another
sob-:.if ! am to be as miserable as tins
always. shall soon die: that : one com
fort.
Not to me says Dugdale Have
vou no pity for me? Do you think |
have suffered nothing? That every ner-
yous glance of yours has not been an agony
to me? If deserved punishment for my
offence-which truly was an innocent
one-why | have endured it thousand
times. If YOU could forgive me now
oh! if it had been any one but you
saws she 50 naively with such an uncon-
1cious betrayal of her real feeling for him.
that Dugdale's heart beats high. En-
boldcned by this yelled admission he very
gently takes her in his arms and presses
her head down upon his shoulder.
why. if it had been. 50 much th"
worse. says he quickly. You aud |
can keep the secret to ourselves. can we
not Lillian, may tell you now. what
Won surely know already, but what | want
50 badly to put into words? | love HE"n
Misunderstanding. do You think you can
like interchangeable marry me?
We'll. if it hadn' been for that.
saws she despondently; but considering she
tIlrns to him instead of from him AZ she
,nakps this dishearening speech. Dugdale
is not so much crushed by it as he ought
to have been.
IF it hadm't hern-you could have
liked me? asks he gently
..Oh what the good of talking OF 1t
now ,? says she with heavy sigh.
Not much says Dugdale moumtuIy.
But lust for argument sake answer
me
..Well--ycs. reluctantly.
Then. says Iiuglalc with Il base de
scent into ordinary giadnesS. Il shall INSIST
on your liking me now. too. in spite ct
that unfortunate
..Oh =! cries she hastily don mind
that. - She lifts one hand and lays it on
his lips. 1t is something else | want to
talk to YOU about. Do you think, a-that
is-that one person could ever love another
person. when those two persons have only
seen each other for ten days?
IF you and are those two persomS-
YES. says Dugdalc with deep conviction.
1t is very short time. says She
doubtfully.
The man who could sec You for ten
DAYS and be still inSenSibe TIL. Well.
never mind him. he would be beneath con
tempt. SAYS Dugdale. AS for me the
very first time ever saw yorl--
.:Oh. don t. says she hiding her face
on his breast.
.:On our very first introduction--
Dick if you insist ON talking about
that--I--I won marry You, says she
Indignantly.
And if don You will ?
Oh! you know it. - SAYS she ~ shy y.
50 sweelv. that he feels earth has n" more
to offer him.
And now not another tear. says he
presently. when their raptureS and explain
atons and all the blessed vows that lovers
H,,,, +;,,o ;u,,,o,,,,ri,l b.,-n ,riynn and
taken have been gone through. Here
fake my handkerchief: yours is wet
through. Bless me. what ridiculous
things girls Use. to be sure > Not another
tear shall YOU she'd all your life through II
! can prevent it. But there is one thing
that has always puzzled me. May ask
you about it p
isis it abcut-that =? neryously y.
Yes. | want to know why both the
rooms were blue ?,
That was Augusta fault She liked
the old room So much, yours, that she had
another done up like it-mine IL
wish she hadn' t.
well. don t. says Dugdale. One
of the sweetest recollections Of my life
will be of a little soft brown curly head
lying--
Here Miss Englethorle makes such
desperate effort to escape from his encir-
cling arms that he has to break off in the
middle Of his enthusiastic memories to cir
cumvent her.
well. | omit swear it! declares
he. Not another word on the subject
shall pass my lips until we are such an
ancient Darby and Joan that it will seem
like dream to us
Nov, you promise mind, says she
and then pauses, so evidently full Of a de
sire to say something else. that instinctively
he says
Well?
There is just one thing that has
troubled me most of all confesseS she