The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-03-06
When they were in the drawing

When they were in the drawing
room. he gathered up courage to say.
Miss Marsh. will you give me few
minutes toto make few remarks:
He did not mean to say that at all
For the first time in his life he was rs
near being in love as il was possible
for him to be. and in so far as the ex-
perience was new to him he was emo
bled by it, Between the two unusual
events in his life he presented Curl
Gus combination of bashfulness and
effrontery. He had chosen the time for
telling Luella of his feelings with sin
suIar misfortune to himself. He sup
posed she was smarting from 4 quar-
rel of some kind with Gordon His
shallow reason led him to believe that
her feelings would be Soothed by the
devotion OF another suitor. and 50 he
blindly went on, gaining confidence as
Luella sat perfectly still. her hands in
her lap. apparently listening TO him.
Miss Marsh-Luella-it is no secret
to you. / am sure. that ! have long
adored you'--he was nearer the truth
than was usual for him-''but my de
votion viii surely count in my favor.
Will you-will you entertain the
thought of me as a-a-suitorf VIII
You permit me. Luella, to have some
hope of some time winning your affec-
tlons? / love you truly" He spoke in
a sincere manner. for he felt what he
said. Don't say no to ms- Think 1t
over. Give me some hope, Luella
He was astonished to see her slowly
rise and without even looking at him.
without 50 much as gesture Of any
kind. walk out of the room. leaving
him sitting there on the edge of his
chair. with his hands clasped in an
appealing manner.
He sat back in the chair and waited,
At the end of five minutes OF blank
silence he rose and went out into the
hall
please tell Miss Marsh / will call
again." he said, with a CHASTITY smile.
to the footlnan who was lounging
there.
lie went out and walked as fast as
he was ever known 10 go to his aunt's.
She was In the library and received
him good naturtIlE-
We'll. young man. what did you
think She stopped as she saw the
| expression on his face.
You promised not to get in my way
| with Miss Marsh, But all your talk in
| the carriage was arranged to set her
against me. see It! You reused heF
| jealousy by talking ab0aI Miss An
drews and all that
What are you saying? You are ab
solutely unintelligible- Say what you
meanr' MIS- PeTTose exclaimed witt
| disdain-
Il am saying vb1t I mranr' Archie
travelled up and down the library in $
rage. but il WAS the rage Of n disap
pointed child rather than the anger oi
n grOwnup man.
-OhI | see. You nave been talking Il
LuelIa. Young man. you couldn't have
picked out a more inappropriate Oc
casion- Why. couldn't You see, man
that she was feelin. terribly owe
something that happened between he
and Gordon while they were in tn
IibraryE-
And you aggravated it by all yo'
said afterward" Archie walled Mrs
Penrose smiled sweetiy-
so you actually proposed this after
noon. Archie Tell me about IT. Wha
did she say? How did size receive you
remarksF'
'.She didn't say anything. She in
suited me by leaving the room"
But 1t was kind CT her TO leave yo
the room. Archie. You must have fel
the need of something pretty bad"
You're a fCol.' said Archie. and h
sat down suikily i'm a deep chair an
looked defiantly at his aunt
Mrs. Penrose got up and pointed I
the door
Young man.. you either apologize a
once for that remark or you leave thi
house and you do not come back int
it,
Archie gathered himself up quickl
and stammer-d: II. forgive mn
Aunt Constance, did not mean that.
''Of course not. You got your pr'
nouns mixed What you meant to US
was the first personal With that III
derstanding I accept your apology"
Archie sank back into the chair an
Mrs. Penrose at once recovered he
equaniInity.
Tell me what you said. Archie s
she never gave You any answer at al
Do you think it is. Il case of silenC
gives cOnsent:
''Ha-dly" Archie grOaned. Il askt
her TO hear me. to take time to thin
= 1t over. ! did not press the matter.
T. simply wanted her TO consider me
possible suitor."
-. 'sSIaybe that's what she left you
:: suddeply for
or "Why:" asked Archie suspiciously.
A. "Maybe she wanted time to think
over"
= "Oh. I'm a.
That's rieht-a fool. Archie. DidI
1 warn you: You never had al
o. chance Lucia is deeply in love nc
" with John Gordon"
why doesn't she marry him, then
- Archie asked with directness.
Il don't know" Mrs. Penrose repli
thoughtfully.
II would 20 anywhere With Iuelli
:, Archie groaned,
10 Even into Hope House,:
ne ''Yes, would; even there"
on 'sThen you must be very mu.h
o. love. Poor Archier' Mrs. Pcnrc