The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-05-04
Pleading For Another

iSa.have sspnuence "8n her, Hsrdy'
YOU 10 sohetnihg 1of me !,
uoll DC = conlp, , TOOL Wai,ef,
aov'seu uaruy. VINO ever neafd ol
one man persuaa,ng woman 70 marry
announcer man! SINCE Inc days OF the
stern parent tnat Is.
We'll oypriiia likes me wen enough,
Only shes person OF whims. Doesh
want 10 marry is sure she lsh IN love-
lhtehds 10 de'ote her lie 10 orphans OF
sunrase OF something: l cont want you
TO 20 10 her ana tell her that she ought
10 marry me. can attend 10 tnat part
OF II myseir. BUT she respec's your
Jueg'heht, you KNOW, ana DeileVes III your
views JUST laush het OUT ol nrI ehian,
cipatea hotiohs, wont you! linen III
attehd 10 the rest
| Cypfliia VIII outgroW her present
cnchets JUST as she mas hail oozeh
oiners. Don you remember wnei slie
plunged INTO ltanah ana determined 10
DE great schoiaf' one taousht OF noun
ing nut Dahte for Six months, ana theh
athietles became her noDpy. BE patent
ana sne Il come around al right.
But wont you Try little gnylns or
something! mat VIII hurry along the
emu "aitef tone was little plead-
j ing, ana us cousin yielded.
Well III do what l cam he agreed
YEARLY. But you understand that l
| cant really DO anything
wafer acquiesced Joyousiy. lie had
as great confidence in Hardy Graham's
powers as the elusive Cyprilla had in his
Judgment
typrllla was out IN the garden weed
ing when Mr.. Graham was announced.
Tel him to come out here" she COM
manded the maid and III few minutes
the grave, correct Mr., Graham was stand
ing IN the garden path and thinking that
Cyprllia looked rather Wen IN farmers
| NAT. linen It occurred to INN that the
1 ihce 'hder the srotesthe straw Drlm was
thinher thah usual, I'D spite or us rosy
coiori ana mat the bright gray eyes were
niue suhkel. Iropably she was pegln-
hihs 10 reHiet wafer already, IN winch
case Mr' Eraham leit that his labors
"olid De cohsiaefah!y lgntened. lie dld
nor ma It easy to begin conversation
M'.n her. II occurred 10 MN 'hat per-
aaps, ,' ai.ef "l,' tsp'.lla ii"a r,sht 10
nei Willis anu ti,at II was iinpertihehce
10 interfere WIN her. 90 ne talked ABOUT
the ialehess OIL ,he spring ana the FRESH
,css ~ inc earoeh instead. ny ana ny
s aspl''lh threw away ner tro"ei ana
e'oou erect she siippe1 OH tue sneep,
shin s'u I'VE. anu inc n's nat ana showed
aanip i,'''e iihss u ofo"h ABOUT ner
io .,T, ,, -.
m III r,reu' sne announced guess
~ nv Ahoi''m a., hh'sh 'ilat pea'
.,,; lou usually nan,. ses ',rea OF your uhaer'
,ahiles' doh you! remarked MI. IRA
NAN nv qulZNcal'!' .ypt'l'a nushed.
les suppose l. no. sue auh'itted-
WIN uiusu"' mummy
II MAKES IL lttie a',lcllt LOT lhom-
as "hel you iea'e 'hings mar done.
out "hat aiHerehce does that make pro-
Vlded you nave succeeded IN amusing
y"urseif Tor an hour or soT continued
ME- Hrahain thoughtlNi!y. ne telt ut
tle alsmaye" when Cypriiia didn't Hash
OUT retort. she only looked little red
ana uhcomleftGple. Ihcn he went on:
10 you thlnk Thomas minds the extra
WORK.
NO. said Cyprilla shortly.
Now I've offended your exclaimed
the contrte Mr.. Graham. Cyprlla did
not deny 1t. 'Have offended your he
asked rcmorsefully.
typrilla turned her eyes toward him.
They were full Of tears.
"CyDrllla, I'm brutc!' he cried. "You
know wouldn't hurt you for worlds.
I'm miserable busybody. ! had no
right to taunt you If you had broken
dozen engagements with Walter. Please,
dear, don't cry. Don't you know l
wouldn't have Cyprilla, my dear child
don't"
For Cyprilla, the faddist whose latest
whim was to be emancipated, had seated
herself on the lowest one of the steps
leading to the piazza and was sobbing.
MI. Graham sat beside her. He was
conscious or q strong desire to take her
IN his arms and let her sob there. But the
knowledge that he had had impulses of
that nature before made him distrust the
apparent pity of this one, so he sat quite !
rigid and listened to Cyprlla's sobbng.
ny and by her voice emerged from be- |
hind her arms, on which her face was !
buried
couldn't help it, "0shc sobbed. Il
couldn't i dont-don't love Walter. l
wish dld. On, wish l did! ia do
anything for him = except - mar-marry
nm. You Know that don't you" she
suddenly demanded, looking at Hardy.
ne only nodded. lie couldn't trust HIM
SER TO spean.