Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-06-15

his utterance and he corh lever trust
his tongue 10 carry such beavy freight
as Il declaration Of love. No, there wa
nothing 70 do but postpone it After
all. her houSs was the best place for IL.
The hor-e sEed on past mantled
meadows and through pine woods full
of Uttered moonlight. and Mildred
drank In the beauty Of the scenes and
wished that ID were decorous for WOIn-
en IL pTopGsa
The pighs WIS ravtshing tho sleigh
bells jinglcd haTmoniously, the horse
swept on with steady, rhythmic stride.
and under the influence of sweet sur
rouadings Mildred at last said pointed
". is il 50 that more people get en-
gagged IN winter than in summers" She
blushed "a ahe spoke. 1t was uDmaiden-
ly, but he wac such dear gump. Now
he would declare himself But she did
not know the capabilities for self re
preston OF her two year admirer.
He said 20 himself What n slip
what n delightful slip II | were IN
principlod. would take advantage OF
it and propose, but l would bitterly re-
proach myself forever whatever her an
swer was So he said. in as matter Of
fact tone as he could master, when his
heaTt was beating his rfbs like n fright
ened cageling, ~ really can't answer
oiThand bat III hook it up for you.
"Do. Write letter To the newspa
per.
Her toDets were as mnsical TIC ever.
but Lituewood thought he detected a
sarcastic ring In them, and be thanked
his stars that he had not yielded To his
natural desire 10 propose at snch an
inausptcious tina
What was that import0ns thing
you wanted TO sayr" asked Miss Far
rington after several minutes Of al
hence, save for tho boofs and the run
ners and the bells
"Oh. IL wasn't q any Importance
uean II will keep-l-eI-I was thinh-
ing Of something eke .
Think you have gone far enough.
said she innocently. looking over her
shoulder In the direction of home. May
b. the return would loosen his obdurate
tnn9ue.
His heart stopped beating ana lay, a
leGden thing. in his breast Had he.
then. gone too farY What had he saidY
Oh, why bad be come ont with this
Lovely being, the mere sight Of whom
was enough 10 make any one cast all re-
straint D the winds and declare In
thunderuus tones that he loved her'
II think that we'd better go bach, "
no said. and turned 70 quickly that be
nearly upset the sleigh. "Youp mother
will be anxtous
"YA when one IL accountable to
ones mother, one has TO remember time.
I suppose Ii Is different when one Ia ac-
countable to a.
Father 7" said Ldttlewood. asinineiy.
"No. that wasn't the word i want
ed 4"
"A-a-auntr"
Could Mildred bvo him if be gave
many more such proofs OF beiDg an alb
$oct idiot,
"No-lrusband is what l waut
Littlewood's brain SWAN he had
been tempted once too often. This naive
girl had iDnooently played into bis
hands and now the Rubicon must b.
crossed. even If It's angry waters en-
gulfed him
Pardon me, Miss-1 Mildred -
he did not eny Widowed this tine--"lf
| twiat youy words into another mean
ing. but if ou--er-did n
husband 10 goa thLsi l would DO '"
4 head nestled on hiJ shouldet. a lit
tie hand was In bis, and when bo plse
od the fnrrtngton mansipn neither he
nor she knew IL. t.-Charles Battell Loo
mig In the Chicago Record