The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-09
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you you heard from Mistress ciceiy lately7
! bid you know that her father beat her
till she could hardly standT'
BE stnl-prqy calm Yourself he did
4 maid You viii never see her again II
you do not have some one TO help you
Just wait. When they told me jules
plan was mad as lightning until they
| spoke your name, and then | turned llhe
Don't R'y yoS i 1penasaPf Foolish P boz While You
| are here pretending 10 make love TO me.
IN Be Ending chances for You to see you.
| sweetheart--perhaps run on with her, II
Heaven bless you, cried Richard
sprriHneiPg up and coming to her SIDE :,
they should come in. and End you on, your
knees That would b wo91ins With With "a
such speed as that. Now sit down and be
| calm while I teach you your part. You are
week to be ready 10 break your heart
perhaps longer yer; that dqepends on now we
with your, eyes; BY ,tomorrow you must
begin 10 Sigh when ! leave the room. Try
Richard drew deep breath
| 1t like this"
| turned her face red as sunset.
= must look Ike a fright" she painted.
passing ner hand over her bot cheeks.
You must learn 70 do 1t better Now
| to do. tell ME what ycu are thinking
/ o. Why do you blush? Perhaps l can
| gucSs--leap over till ! whisper"
She put her mouth to Richard ear-she
actually touched him ilghtly With her lips
and whispered Cicely. She had guessed
| Alright; ond SO she told him all she knew
~ bis sweetheart since her return from
peyoushire Allen wns in a great rage
aud cursed HIS luck for not having known
her situation before. suddenly Thomas
| Tul and what he had said about his mar
Tiaga occurred TO Richard, and he asked
Barbara what II meant
ii am sure ] don't know. She has said
nothing e" me about H. fancy 1t is some
trick patched up between their fathers
] hope 1t is true. He win be such sport.
DO you know hing
Know him, The veriest fool 10 London!
He tells an he knows at moments no
tIce You can fatter him round YOUR finger
IN trice. Il Peter julie has got hold Of
bim-ah, weli-a-day!'
Their conversation lasted half an hour
longer and turned mostly on the meeting
between Richard and Cicely that Bah had
arranged for that night, We need not
pause over the details Of their plan or how
they managed 10 get out OF the house I'M
seen at 10 O'Clock that evening. Suffice IL
to say that at that hour they were picking
their way across Smithheld towards the
pusteru gate which opened through the
wall into Greyfriars' church yard
u vas dangerous then TO 80 in the Lon
thought Of that AS Bah said; There Is
no other time TO see her but by night, and
that settles H." So the two hurled on
stealthily tn they were half way across
the town. There were alarms and inter
! rupiiops Of course, but dark doorways hid
mem saIely tn the danger was past; and
Richard's feelings kept him silent &c
heart beat TIL he shook In every fiber
When they would pause at the crossing OF
; two streets TO see n the way was clear
I Richard would chafe at the delay. Wher
the street crossed hn would
: companlou's arm and - hlsper BURY -
j Every block brought him nearer to his
o. iS ,NcHcmenl, Thousand different
+ thoughts came into his mind und went
e with the speed Of lghtring, Would Cicely
e he tue sqmet What would she say wher
. they metz He rememhered-aud the rccol
/, | lection made his blood tlngle--that sweet
T picture If her wiusome face when they
+ parted on the windy Devon cliffs Had she
r often thought of that since then?
r '0h Bar6ora, how much farther is ity
= only few steps more, now. Don't &C
I ! SO fast ] can't get my breath"
b But Richard took little thought Of the
b glrl at ms Side; Hurry, hurry, hurry Is
e there 1t is at last a long. low wni with a
y sold gate midway. Barbara knocked hei
secret signal The next moment Cicely was
what she would say 10 him when they met
- She said never a word only laid her head
. on his shoulder and twlned her arms about
his neck
hCiceiy, dear"
u She answered with low, bysterical
J. atugh ana erept closer. He held her e
rs If to make sure that she was realty
n there and Just the same loving lass she
: 1T has been so long" murmured Richard
: reply.
Again the strange little gurgiinE laugh
Her heart was too fun for her to express
: herself In words She could only laugh out
her soul, aud let him know in this iuarticu.
+. late, way mat spring had come 20 her little
!, world again.
; Dear heart he said after while
l you never really loved me It'll tonight"
}, "Ah, yes I have. but Il all came over me
y since we parted. | did not know what love
Was then Such moments are not meas
l urcd by time Kind Barbara left them
Is alone and strolled across the garden: but
there was a limit even 10 her consideration
o and she came back later TO know why they
Y had not gone somewhere 10 sit down
II Come over here in the shadow" she
!, said There is plenty Of room FOR we
e three-God save the MARYLAND ] win not
% look"
a Nov, Cicely" said Richard. tell me
what has happened, and about yourself, and
# what you have been doing"
Z. Cicely related all her experiences. which
made Richard Sc angry NJ her father that
S she had TO hold both his hands to keep him
l. from sprlnging up.
n y don't know what he is going to do. -
n said Cicely. mournfully 81 wish he would
i -ah. forgot do know. Guess what Is
, | going to happen"
r. "Well--do you know Master Thomas
"Yes!''
Q ron pshawl what do you know of
Tell nfe your story hrst"
But Cieeiy would not say a word Till
q Richard had told all about his encounter
e with Tull at Waltham Cross
''Of course said Cicey, ~ might have
/ known you knew him You were together
today"
'e What have you to say about himI"
ooh, nothing"
IS What IS TT"
=, "Only what you have Just said he told
you. Ny father sHys I must marry him .
g why didn't he tell that to meg" broke
If II only knew It myself this evening.
Or II was a surprise TO me; on my life It
. was"
.'what did you say?" asked Richard.
81 He was almost laughing for the very
idea wns droll. Pearls In the mud before
n swine is one thing, hut married 20 Thomas
y ~ did not answer him DEFINITELY" re-
piled Cieely, = Thought should wait and
ask your advice"
-0h, ! should marry him by all means. .
y We'll. ] shall not. Just to spite You;
IL hut really, Dick, ] am AZ my Wits ana