Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-11-19
Nj A RY The THE iaA..' OF
;es q Story of English
Life.
BY JOSEPH HATTON.
of ]
life.
BY JOSEPH HATToN.

Taylor had been telllnB wilson now
beautiful Mary was, and Wilson was
anxious to see this paragon of lowell
ness and virtue. He had Travelled and
knew the world. His father and Tay-
lor had been yenturers in their time,
and young Wilson was a native of
Plymouth, and although accustomed
to see men do brave things, 1t was
something new for him to meet girl
who had, as Taylor said, all the great
qualities of the masculine hero with
the sweet and gentle virtue OF beau
tiful girl
you are talking of Mary" said
Taylor to the landlord.
Eyes, Mr. Taylor" said Morley; "I
fear 1 am allus talking of her, bless
the lass heart"
81 have brought my friend, Mr. Will
son, to stay the night This is Mr.
Morley, our landlord" he said, intro
ducing Morley and Wilson in an infor-
NAL kind of way.
"Glad to see any friend of Mr.. Tay-
lor You riding? Has Tom put your
horse up?'
Yes; and now we propose that you
shall put up bowl OF punch: and II
the company will join us in doing JUS
tice to the brew, we shall feel hon
ored"
The company consented. Taylor
and Wilson sat down, Morley called
Mary, and presently the girl with the
aid of a servant, and Morley himself,
had set upon the table bowl of rum
punch that filled the atmosphere with
a delicious perfume.
Mary had never looked more beauti-
full than ON this fatal night. There
was touch of sadness in the express
sion of her face that rather height
ened than diminished the interest the
young stranger felt in her He did not
attempt to disguise his admiration,
which set old Morley off on her
strength, her courage her athletic
feats.
Mary was more or less sad because
she had parted with Richard Parker,
not for many days, he had said; but
she had strange foreboding that this
first parting might be their last. He
had offelod her marriage, but he pro-
posed that their wedding should be
secret. His father would not consent
to his marrying out OF the aristocratic
families in which he had sought to
make an alliance for him. II he dis
obeyed his father hewould be disin-
heiited; and Mary herself would not
hear of that. Neither would she lis
| ten to the proposal that they should go
TO Leeds, be married privately, live
secretly as man and wife in some re-
note cottage which he would provide,
or travel into foreign lands, until
| such time as in the course of nature
hi, father should make way for his ac-
cession to title and estate. His father
was an old man, and although he love1
| him very much, he could only live a
few years longer, and it might be that
perhaps in the meantime he would
forgive him and tale his dear Mary
his beautiful wife, to his castle, and
forget and forgive.
| Mr.. Richard Parker, under the influ-
ence of his consuming passion, had
done his best and his worst to induce
Mary to go away with him. But she
was as firm in her refusal as she was
in the confession that she loved him
and would never marry If she did moi
marry him. He was Obliged to be con
tent with this declaration, and he
was obliged to join his companion
m ,,-1.r
When he left Mary he took ribbon
from her neck.
"The knights of old" he said, fast
ened their ladies' gloves in their he'll
NETS, their cages of battle, their love
tokens. Let your dear little fingers
rasten this ribbon upon my chapeau
Mary, and 1t shall be my talisman o
love and luck"
Unhappy boastl She stitched tn,
ribbon upon his hatband in the snap,
of rosette, half hiding it behind thu
silver buckle that already ornamentet
the young fellows picturesque head
gear
When he rode away she had sat a
her window. watching his retreatinl
figure until 1t disappeared along tn,
London road. She did not see tn
horseman change his course an hou
later, and make for the distant tower
Of York.
But to return to the punch, the rev
ellers. and the stormy wind at the sta
and Garter. Mary and her uncle ha'
retired to their little room behind tn
bar, leaving the guests to their owl
conversation, which had turned upol
the state of the roads. the safety of III
Yorkshire highways as compared viii
those in the south, and had drlfte,
back to Mary. the maid of the inn