The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-04-24

you are easily satisfied IL you call
that good" laughingly returned Mary.
Il can be ever SO much better than
that If l try"
Let me see you try" said Brandon.
"why. I'm trying now," answered
Mary. with a distracting little pout.
Don't you know genuine out and out
goodness when you see It? I'm doing
my very best now. Can't you tell"
"Yes, think / recognize II. but-but
-be bad again"
"No. won't, l will not be bad even
to please you. l have determined not
to be bad. and l will not-not even to
be good. This" placing her hand over
her heart. ''is just full of good today"
And her lips parted as she laughed at
her own pleasantly.
81 am afraid you had better be bad.
I give you fair warning" said Brandon
huskily. He felt her eyes upon him all
the time, and his strength and good
resolves were oozing out like wine from
an Ill coopered cask. After short ST.
lence Mary continued, regardless Of the
warning:
But the position Is reversed with rs.
At first / was unkind to you. and you
were kind to me, but now / am kind to
you, and you are unkind to me-"
II can come back at you with your
own words" responded Brandon. you
don't know when am kind to you.
should be kinder, to myself at least,
were to leave you and take myself to
the other side of the world"
"Oh. that is one thing l wanted to
ask you about. Jane tells me you are
going to New Spain"
She was anxious to know, but asked
the question partly to turn the conver-
sation, which was fast becoming peril
Gus. AS a girl she loved Brandon and
knew il only too well. but she knew
also that she was a princess, standing
next to the throne Of the greatest king
/ dom on earth-in fact. at that time the
heir apparent. Henry having no chill
dren. for the people would not have the
Scotch kings imp, and the possibility
/ of such a thing as a union with Bran
don had never entered her head. how
ever passionate her feelings toward
I
tween people so far apart as they.
Brandon answered her question: 81
do not know about going. ! think
shall. / have volunteered with a ship
that sails in two or three weeks from
Bristol. and I suppose shall CO."
"oh. mol Do you really mean itY" L
gave her a pang to hear that he wa!
actually going, and her love pulset
higher. but she also felt a sense of re
1 lief. somewhat as q conscientiou,
housebreaker might feel upon finding
the door securely locked against him
1t would take away a temptation
which size could not resist and ye
dared not yield to much longer.
II think there Is no doubt that
mean it." replied Brandon. 81 shoul'
like to remain I'm England until 1 cal
save money enough out of the king
allowance to pay the debt against m.
fathers estate, so that I may be abl
| to go away and feel that my brothe
and sisters are secure in their home
my brother is not strong-but / know
IL is better for me to go now, and
hope to find the money out there.
could have paid II with what l lost +
Judson before 1 discovered him cheat
ing" This was the first time he ha,
ever alluded to the duel. and tn
thought of ii. in Mary's mind. added
faint touch of fear to her feeling to
ward him.
She looked up with a light in her eye
and asked: What Is the debt? How