Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-21

| into my new sphere. 1t would have oeeE
difficult to resist the cordiahty with which
l was adopted into the household. Dr.
Senior treated me as his ,.eughter; DR.
John was as much at home with me al
if had been his sister. Minima, too. be
came perfectly reconciled to her new po
sition.
l saw little of Martin. He had been
afraid l should feel myself bound to him
and the very fact that he had once :old
me he loved me had made it more diff.
cult to him to say so a second time. he
would not have any love from me as q
duty. If l did not love HIN. fully, with
| my whole heart, choosing him aftei
knowing others with whom l could com
pare him, he would not receive any lesser
gift from me.
what will you do, Olivia?" asked Dr.
John one day.
what can l do?' said
$50 to him." he urged; ''he is alone.
l saw him a moment ago, looking out
at us from the drawing room window.
God bless himl Olivia, my dear girl, 60
to him"
''Oh, jack" cried, II cannot"
II don't see why you cannot" he an
swered gaily. you are trembling, and
your face goes from white to red, and
then white again; but you have not lost
the use of your limbs. or your tongue. Ii
you take my arm, it will not be very diff
cult to cross the lawn. Come; he is the
best fellow living, and worth walking a
dozen yards for"
/ believe l should have run away, but
heard Minima's voice behind me, calling
shrilly to DR.. John, and | could not bear
- l..
in both hands, / stepped quickly across
the floor, for if | had hes:tated longer
my heart would have failed me. Scarcely
a moment had passed since Jack left me,
and Martin had not turned his head, yet
it seemed an age.
Martin" l whispered, as stood close
behind him, "how could you be so foolish
as to send DR.. John to me?"
We were married as soon as the season
was over, when Martins fashionable pa
tients were all going away from town.
Ours was a very quiet wedding, for had
no friends on my side, and Martin s
cousin Julia could not come, for she had
a baby very young. and Captain Carey
could not leave them. Johanna Carey
and Minima were my bridesmaids, and
JdCh WAS NIdTlIh SEOOHSLldH.
On our way home from Switzerland, in
the early autumn, we went down from
Paris to Falaise, and through Noireau
to Fille-en-bois. The next stage Of our
homeward journey was Guernsey. Mar
tin was welcomed with almost as much
enthusiasm in st. Peter-port as l had
been in little Ville-en-bois.
My eyes were dazzled with the sun
v.%I~
caught sight Of the little cottage of Tar
diff, who was stretching out his nets on
the stone causeway under the win lows.
Martin called to him, and he flung down
his nets and ran to meet US.
I'VE are come to spend the day with
you, Tardif," cried, when he was with
in hearing of my voice.
1T will be day from heaven, "@he said,
taking off his fisherman's cap, and look
ing round at the blue sky with it's sun
flecked clouds, and the sea with it's scat
tered islets.
1t was like a day from heaven. We
wandered about the cliffs, visiting every
spot which was most memorable to either
Of us, and Tardif rowed us in his boat
past the entrance Of the Gouiot Caves.
He was very quiet, but he listened to our
free talk together, for | could not think
of good old Tardif as any stranger; and
he seemed to watch us both, with a far
off. faithful, quiet look upon his face.
Sometimes l fancied he did not hear
what we were saying, and again his eyes
would brighten with a sudden gleam, as
if his whole soul and heart shOne through
them upon us. 1t was the last day of our
holiday, for in the morning we should re-
turn to London and to work; but it was
such perfect day as had never known
before.
You are quite happy, Mrs. Martin
Dobree?" said Tardif to me, when we
were parting from him.
Il did not know could ever be so hap
py," l answered.
We saw him to the last moment stand
ing on the cliff, and waving his hat to us
high above his head. Now and then
there came a shout across the water. Be
fore we were quite beyond earshot, we
heard Tardif's voice calling amid the
splashing of the waves:
God be with you, my friends. Adieu,
nam 'zelle!'
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