Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-09

I leigh was growing anxious now about
the time Of his probation. He had
made Veronica his confidant
! Il know that | can trust you, he
said, because you love Kate so
( dearly | have worked hard this last
year and a half. | have made po-
sition have laid the foundation OF
future fame and fortune. | grant that
4 have made no money, but that does
\ not matter, Kate and / understand
each other so we'll She knows that
/ If she had not one shilling in the
world | would love her just the same
more, If possible; but we should have
to wait for years. AS it is. do not
see why we should not be married at
I Christmas. DO you, Veronica"
How she thanked Heaven, in her
heart, that she had done as she had
that she had sacrificed herself! If she
/ had kept her inheritance, then kathe-
rine could not have been married.
/ Lord Wynleigh wondered at the light
4 that came into the girls beautiful
1 face. How little Veronica dreamed at
! that moment Of all that would come to
pass before CRAFTSMANSHIP
! There had not been the least diff
Guilty in the settlement of Sir Jasper's
affairs; the will that he made when
/ Katherine Brandon was an infant was
still in the hands of the family So
! licitor; everything was perfectly
straight forward. Lady Brandon ex-
| planned that she understood Miss Di
/ Cyntha's affairs, and should continue
TO act as her guardian.
/ She mad Loyalty kept her word, and
settled one thousand a year upon YER
onica. She showed her gratitude 10
her in a hundred other ways; she was
most kind to her; but the one subject
was never mentioned between them
again
Sir Jasper's fair-haired daughter had
become Baroness of Hurstwood; she
was called Lady Katherine at home,
and the bright days passed with
naught save pleasant hours.
One beautiful August evening, when
the red glow of the western sunset
filed the sky, Veronica stood under
the shade of the tall lime-trees, watch
ing the evening light. A happiness had
come to her, SO great 50 sudden, so
enhancing that she was dazed by it,
bewildered. For Sir Marc Caryll had
asked her 10 become his wife. She
did not know till then all that slept
in her heart-the love, the passion
the tenderness and the waking had
startled her. She was lost in wonder
at herself The crown and the glory
OF her womanhood had come to her
she rejoiced in the new and perfect
happiness; she opened her whole heart
to it. 1t was such chiyalrous wooing
and he loved her so dearly. No one
could ever have been so dearly loved
before. She stood there thinking of
it, with smile of perfect content on
her face; and as she did so, Sir Marc
came to her
Il have been watching you, Yer
oniea," he said, until l have grown
jealous of the sky and the foliage and
everything else that your beautiful
| eyes have rested on What have you
been thinking OFF"
"0f nothing in the wide world but
| YOU" she replied.
| "Of me, sweetheart" he exclaimed,
| ioyfully; and then he told her what
! he had come to ask-when she would
be his wife
You are too kind ever to be cruel.
/ darling" he said looking at the
/ beautiful flushed face Il told you
/ long ago how lonely my home is.
want the angel in the house Il
want you there You cannot tell how
/ dreary 1t all seems to me. Veronica,
when viii you come to me9'
Not yet, she replied, shyly 1t
1 cannot be yet.
why not?" he ased.
You have only just found out that
YOU love me-
Nay. Veronica, he said smiling.
Il found that out long since. | was
coming last July to tell you SO, but
poor Sir Jasper had just died
she turned her face away lest he
should see the culver Of pain on t.
Sir Mare" she said, gently you
have never asked me any questions
about my family or my home in Ven
ice, or my fortune
Lady Brandon has explained he
replied Your father was a great
friend Of Sir Jasper's, she tells me
Veronica made no reply. She could
not tell him the truth, but she would
speak no false word To him never
one He continued
Il care nothing about your fortune,
sweetheart, | am n rich man-so rich
that | am troubled Mt times to know
how 70 spend my money | lay II at
your feet You are mistress OF every
thing that belongs 20 me When will
you come to me, my Veronica You
have nothing to wait for DO not be
Iuuidnd and send me away
! She made 20 answer In her heart
she wished to be with him but the