Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-05
Back to Blent and back to-

me.
Yes" he answered, smiling. She
had brought into his mind again the
truth she did not know He had no
time to think of it. for she offered him
her lips again. The moment when he
might have told her thus went by 1t
was but an impulse: for he still loved
what he was doing, and took delight
in the risks of it, And he could not
bear to so impair her joy. Soon she
must know, but she should not yet be
robbed of her joy that it was she who
could bring him back to Blent.
There's a train from Fillingford at
S in the morning. I'm going back
there tonight, I've got fly waiting
by the pool-if the man hasn't gone to
sleep and the horse run away. Will
you meet me there? Well go up to
town and be married as soon as we
can-the day after tomorrow, | sup
pose
And then?'
20, then just come back here. We
can go nowhere but here, Cecily"
Just come back and"
And let them find it out, and talk,
and talk, and talk he laughed.
1T would be delightful" she cried.
Nobody to know till it's done!n
Yes. yes, | like it like that Not
father, even, though?"
You'll be gone before he's up.
Leave line for him..
But II can't go alone with you"
why not?" asked Harry, seeming
a trifle vexed
I'll tell you'll" she cried Lets
take Nina with us, Harry"
He laughed; the Imp was the one
person whose presence he was ready
to endure. Indeed there would per-
haps be piquancy in that
''All right. An efopement made re-
spectacle by Nina" He had a touch
of scorn even for mitigated respecta.
bility.
Shall we call her and tell her
now?"
well, are you tired of this inter.
view?"
81 don't know whether l want it tc
go on, or whether | must go and tel
somebody about it,
Il shouldn't hesitate smiled Har.
ry.
You? No. But 10, Harry, dear,
want to whisper my triumph"
But we must bascalm and business
like about it now"
Yes" She entered eagerly into
the fun. "Thatll puzzle Nina even
more"
We're not doing anything unusu-
al" he insisted, with affected gray
ity.
"No-not for our family. at least"
Its just the obvious thing to do"
20, it's just the delicious thing,
tool" She almost danced in gayety.
Let me call Nina, dol"
Not for a moment as you love me-!
Give me moment more"
80, Harry, there'll be no end to
that"
81 don't know why there should
be-"
I'VE should miss the train at Fill.
lingford,"
"Ah, if it means that"
COR l shall come sleepy and ugly
to it, and you'd leave me on the plat
form and go away"
"Shout for Mina-now-wit an
other word!''
20 just one more,2 she pleaded,
laughing.
Il can't promise to be moderate"
Come, we'll go and find her. Give
me your hand"
She caught his hand in hers, and
snatched the candle from the table.
She held it high above her head look
ing round the room and back to his
eyes again. "My home now, because
my love is here" she said. Mine
and yours, and yours and mine-and
both the same thing, Harry now"
He listened, smiling. Yes, it would
be the same thing now.
There they stood together for mo-
ment, and together they sighed as
they turned away. To them the room
was sacred now as it had always been
beautiful: in it their love seemed to
| lie enshrined.
They went down stairs together
full of merriment. the surface ex-
preston of their joy. Look grave"
he whispered, setting his face in
comical eXaggeration of seriousness.
Cecily tried to obey and tumbled into
gurgle OF delight.
q will directly" she gasped asthey
came to the hall Mason stood there
waiting.
I've put the sandwiches here, and
the old brown, my lord
| Harry alone noticed the slip in his
address-and Harry took no notice of
it,
81 shall be glad to meet the old
brown again." he said smiling. Ma
son gave the pair a benevolent glance
and withdrew to his quarters.
Nina strolled out of the library
with an accidental air. Harry had
sat down to his sandwiches and old
brown. Cecily ran across to Nina and
kissed her.
Were going to be married." she
whispered. She had told it all in
sentence. yet she added: 20, I've such
a heap of things to tell you, Minai"
MOI" cried Nina. 20, how splen-
did! Soon?"
Harry threw a quick glance at, &c.
oily. She responded by assuming a
demure calmness of demeanor
Not as SOON as we could WISH
said Harry, munching and slipping.
IN fact, not before the day after to-
morrow, I'm afraid, Madame zabris-
ka."
The day after"
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