Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-23

to demonstrate with you" Craven said.
"Officially, do you mean?' she asked.
Yes, indeed; quite officially"
She looked at him gravely, inquiring-
"; she had not quite expected this. Was
he too going to turn against her?
We'll, what is your advice?'' she
asked.
This is my advice" he said hotly-
snap your finger in their face, and tell
them they are a set of silly old FOOLS"
Can they compel me to give up my
swimming exercises Captain Craven?
Is there any law to prevent me from
teaching my poor girls how to swirn?'
There is no law" he replied; 'and if
there We're, | should advise you to snap
your fingers in its face all the same
Well, now l nave fulfilled my mission.
was sent to demonstrate with you, and
have demonstrated with you, haven't
II"
you have, indeedp' she said-"after
highly encouraging fashion"
Go on with your good work, Miss
Weston. Every right-minded man and
woman in the place will be on your side
before long. Now l am going back to
my principals, and shall tell them what
advice l gave you, and then I'll snap
my fingers in their faces"
A sudden and painful thought crossed
Lindas mind. Would not such snap
ping of the fingers involve a serious
money loss to him?
Captain Craven" she said, or rather
stammered, so hurried and emotional
was her tone, 81 don't want you to make
any sacrifice for me-"
81 couldn't make any sacrifice for
YOU" he answered, "if I tried"
Il don't understand but listen.
don't want you to give up anything for
the mere sake of backing me up in this
couldn't allow it."
"Oh, but you can't prevent itr' he re-
piled This is a free country, we are
told; and, anyway, l am not the bond
slave Of my principals
But will it not mean a serious loss
to you, to give up your place here?
Have you any right to do that?'
My life is my own,'' he said quietly.
But you are not rich MANI"
No, am not rich man, Miss Yves
ton. | often wish l were, for then"
And here he suddenly stopped
For then-well?'
For then-well, should be free to
give vent to my feelings in other ways
as we'll as by swapping my fingers in the
races OF my principals here"
And you are doing all this for me
because you think l am in the right
and because you want to help me?"
Yes, because / think you are in the
right and because 1 want to help you
! and because l have said all that I
want to say, except goodbye"
He rose to take his leave. 'If he
goes now Linda thought, show shall
L have a chance again?" For the truth
was that she had fallen in love with
| Craven, and she knew now, for the first
time, that he was in love with her HE
will not speak out" she said to herself,
Il know he will not speak out, just be-
cause l am rich and he is poor. Oh,
how can man make so much about a
| little money? l can't let him 60" She
turned and looked straight into his eyes,
and she felt sort of throb of woman
ly pride in seeing that they sank before
hers
Captain Craven" she said 81 must
| be impulsive or I am nothing. You
know how impulsve I am and how out
| spoken. You must not think me any
the worse for it. 1 am going to be very
audacious now. You want to help me,
l know, in my plans of reform here. oh.
l have formed much wider and better
plans now than that of teaching some
| poor girls to SWIM I think you and
I together could carry out these plans
and do no end of good, even in this lin
tied little field Can't you stay and help
me?"
81 would do anything in the world for
| you, ne SAID pass1onately; but how
can 1 stay and help you?"
Give me your hand she whispered
She put her hand in his. Now you
know how you can stay and help me, if
you will''
He knew, and he stayed, and he did
help her.
Next day the whole place had the
news-frst, that Captain Craven had re-
| signed his appointment, and next, that
he was going to marry the rich heiress
! and landowner, Miss Weston. 1t can
not be said that the place rang with the
news, for the Roxburgh community was
too quiet, not to say dull, to be startled
into ringing by any piece of information
however suddenly made known. But
Roxburgh accepted the tidings, and ey-
! erybody said that he or she always
knew what was going to happen.
CThe End.)