Marble Hill press., 1901-12-18

~BluEhed. Rubbish. Jack. ] did
nothlnE Of the kind
4 thought you did.- said Jack hum
bly,.
That's because yoa're jealous"
Il wish you'd give NE the right TO
be jealous. Mary"
'YOu are. without the rsEh;." she
replied.
4 am. Mary: but n you would sive
me the right 10 be. never would BE-
20 help me heaven"
"And when did blush oncs before
said Mary. since you have mentioned
Il. JackY-
when ! asked you 70 NARY me"
Il didn't blush then. Jack. surely: Il
was such a silly thing for yoa 10 ask
-Yes, you blushed-becadse you
were sorry to say no; Il was not a
regular right-down blush. ! suppose.
but your cheeks went red. and-vell-
there. We won't talk Of II
NO, you said you never would.
lack: and We have been right hearty
friends ever since. have We not"
yes. Mary
"And always viii be, won't wey
"Yes. please God. II We are never to
be anything else" said Jack.
we settled that long $50" she re-
piled, somewhat eurtly.
Il suppose We did" said Jack; then.
with sudden fervor. 'Mary. you have
opened the old sore, or ] have myself.
and BY the Almighty that made us
both. have lost the power TO bear Il
any longer"
aJaek Meadows!" exclaimed Mary.
the color leaving her face at this un-
expected assault. What Is the mat
ter with youf"
Jack slid from his horse and stood
BY her bride.
"You are the matter with me, Mary!
love you beyond repair l can no
longer live without you! II any 9TH
er man won you I should kin myself
or hIml l an mAdi That look you gave
yon stranger has made me mad! Some
thing In my heart said 10 me. Jack
tell her what you feel, ask her once
more to soften 10 thee!' And I've
done ~"
AYE. thou's done It," said Mary
assuming the local yernaeular, q
country people will when they are In
trouble or in very great earnest; "ant
l am sorry for thee, for ! can neveI
love you As you'd have me do. and thai
is as certain as death"
Mary. you have broken my heart!'
''Then, surely. thou are selfish. Jack
I've told you always there is no mai
I respect SO much. no man ! homo
more; | feel towards you as l nigh
towards a brother. but / can nevel
marry a man don't worship; VIII
should l? am not like other lasses
am a lomboy. old Taylor says. an'
I'm more like a lad than a lass. I'vI
known you. Jack, ever since was |
child--and-there, I'd never have com
out with thee II I'd dreamed thou,
begin at me again"
Il couldn't help it." said Jack. hi
voice trembling. his face as white .
the ruddy streaks In his cheeks woulI
allow. his knees tottering under him
Il saw thee look at yonder fellow. an
fear you think he's sort as you coul
worship"
How dare you say SO. Jacki Why
he only came into the house las
night"
There Is such q thing as love Q
first sight" Jack replied. and there
such a thing as love that thinks nov
but Of her, thinks nowt but for hel
would die to please her and wouI
not live to cause her a mlnnit's sor
roW-that's my love Mary that's m
love"
He leaned against his horses nee
and covered his face with his hands.
You have made me very unhappy
Jack" said Mary, with something Q
her natural manner, "and ] am yer
sorry for you and for myself; and no'
know there Is truth in the iiIsome
Of putting wrong stocking on left foo
and finding an owl on her nest, whic
I did this morning, and dreaming 70
are sitting under = gibbet and an oil
witch won't let you go home.
1 Nay. Mary lass, don't go away llk
that; I'll try and bear up. I'm
damned eonceited fool to think an
lass could care for me, much more the
above everybody, but"
Not care for you. lad2 Hall til
fne women in Yorkshire would b
glad to marry you"
And / wouldn't swap thy little fin
ger for the whole lot ON emf"
why has God made me so per
| verse;" Mary thought to herself;
not in those words. in that spirit, a
she turned away, adding aloud: t"
don't want to see the colt nov. JACK
and the coach will be in before ge
back, and think I'll go now, lad
and"
"Thou'll not go without me, Mary
more 30 as ! reckon III not see the
much longer"
"Not see me much longer? What d
you mean?"
well, you see. I've had thought
OF migrating somewhere this last fes
minutes mean few years- and
donnat know that may net tex 1t in
to my head to do Il next week. or TO
morrow, or some day soon. and "
wOn't mex difference in going abou
with each other nov I've towd yoI
all ! feel. IS We should her to do IL
didna so away. And there. donna
mind me II ! am not quite explaining
Just as easy as usual. kut we'll b
friends and al that for the present
ehs"
~Yes, yesl" said Mary. and JacI
mounted his horse and thsy Wake.
them nearly all the way back to thl
inn.
The truth vas that lack Meadows
through the Instinct of bis own love
has sufprissd Msry's secret before SD
haFaslf knsw of ita exisssnes. 81