Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-06-22
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| dismal failure. Two girls from the neigh.
borhood and two soldiers were to swell
the Hall party. Tom could not possibly
leave his harvesting operations, and Ag.
mes had declined to join them-a circum.
stance for which June would have been
den 1utly thankful but for the uncom.
Portable suspicion that her cousin would
ind her way up to the Hall in quest OF
Iom senior under pretense of a visit to
his son. However, she did not allow the
thought to trouble her seriously.
1t was as lovely day as that former
one, and the party was very CHEEKY. to
all appearance. Before starting Lady
! Nevil had taken Madse aside and said tc
her:
My dear child, do NOT carry this any
further l am sure it is not wise. Leave
Dallas alone and keep with Mr.. Carslake
He is not a man to be tritied with, fee.
convinced"
But Madge tossed her head willwully
saying:
Il mean to punish him. What business
had he to go off last night without wish.
ing me goOd-night?'
"You would be very sorry IL you los,
him."
81 don't mean to lose him." answered
Madge. "Now, Juny darling. you let me
manage my lover my own way; you know
/ am rather successful in these little af
fairs," with an arch glance.
"One may sometimes be a trihe too
clever" answered June. Il dare say your
system might answer with some men. but
l doubt its success in the present case"
"We shall see," smiled Nadge. BE
sides, dnriing, / am not going to let any
In 10 G 20
you"
"You are very kind" returned June.
But fancy 1 can take care of myself"
Il don't KNOW" returned Madge. la.
di-da is very seductive. l can't help rath.
er feeling the influence of his fascina tons
myself"
Here their conversation was interrupt.
ed ,and five minutes later they were en-
route.
Madge, having arranged her plan OF
battle, proceeded to carry it out. Nothing
would please her but that Dallas should
be her squire, and she would not allow
him to leave her side or to speak to any
one else.
Though 1t was against Mr.. Broke's
principles ever to repel the advances Of a
4 pretty woman, he yet. being actuated by
! gentlemanlike feelings, thought it not the
! proper thing to interfere with friend in
a genuine love affair, and, though he did
not at all object to the fact of being made
a cat's-paw Of by a lady who was willing
! to divert and be agreeable to him. he
thought it very hard lines on Carslake to
bc punished for an apparently imaginary
! oifense.
! Madge, while she fiirted ostentatiously
! with the Guardsman, gave an occasional
Ill IL,
/ affections, and was exhilarated by observ.
ing that she was making him unhappy.
Luncheon over, Madge insisted on a
stroll in the woods, which only meant that
she took Dallas q little away from the
| rest of the party and sat with him under
| a big tree while he smoked cigarettes. in
which, for the sake of bravado and with
/ a wicked hope that Mr.. Carslake might
see her, she joined him. She was not al.
| together very happy, so she talked volubly
and feigned higher spirits than usual.
Here you arev' cried Lady Nevis
voice gayly, as she appeared close at hand
| with Mr.. Carslake. Come with us for
a stroll"
| Her ladyship tried to maneuver to leave
Madge and her lover together, and Dal.
las was fain to second her, but Madge
was wilful and linked her arm in June's
| and Mr. Carslake made no effort to over.
| ,ome her peryersty.
Before the picnic party started fol-
| home Madge had partially come to her
! senses, and if Mr.. Carslake had made the
| smallest overture to her would have kind
| IL consented to forgive and restore him to
| favor But he made no such overture
and again the young lady's ire was kin
! died. They had to pass the rectory on
! the way back, and Madge insisted on
| wishing them good-by and going home
| June, being exceedingly veXed with her
| did not press her very eagerly to return
| TO the Hall.
Mr.. Carslake uttered not a word. Dal-
| las was the only one who made any eff
| tort to shake her resolve.
The willful young lady passed a very
unpleasant evening and night with her
own reflections. She had overac cted her
part-had vexed and hurt the kindest
dearest, best man that ever lived: she
! would like to throw herself at his feet
and beg his forgiveness; she began to
despise her own cleverness. and felt quite
spiteful against Dallas for having lent
himself to be her tool Never mind! all
should be changed on the morrow. Sh"
would make the handsomest of amendes.
and would never, never behave SO ladly
again.
The next morning her eyes uncloscd on
tcar-stained landscape: the rain Wa
coming down in torrents. She intended
to have gone up to the Hall the instant
after breakfast, but the weather made 1t
impossible At II o'clock there was .
slight cessation of the downpour and she
made IL valiant start. Down came the rain
again. but nothing daunted, she pursued
ler way and arrived dripping with wet
at her destination. June met her in the
hall and beckoncd her into Toms room.
"Now," said her ladyship. with quite
unaccustomed severity, Il hope you are
happy"
I'm not at all happy" answered
Madge, rather fippantly. Il feel like
drowned rat"
"AIr. Cars,ake." proceeded June, too
much displeased to offer, with her usual
hospitality, to assist her cousin In her un-
comfortable plight-"Mr. Carslake left
twenty minutes ago. And 1t IL quite Ger
tain that you will never see any more OK
him."
Madge turned CHASTITY white.
"Gone!' she stammered.
Yes, gone He made some bald pre-
text about a letter he had received, but
1 have since ascertained that no letter
came for him this morning..
Madge flung herself into q chair and
sobbed as IL her heart would break. Her
case was hopeless. He had not asked
her to marry him, though she had felt
certain be meant to; there bad Rsee -