Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-01-08


walked straight to me and boxed my
ears. for a silly child that did not
know the difference between a man
and coxcomb.' swear to you that
was struck dumb, and he had taken
himself out OF the room In a passion
ere could find word to throw after
him. Then | got up and went to
mirror and looked at my ears, and
they were scarlet, ard my cheeks
matched them, and for a moment
was In towering rage. | sat down,
| cried, | laughed. | was amazed, |
was, after little while, ashamed, and
| finally / came to a reasonable temper
| and acknowledged / had been served
exactly right. For | had no business
to put my wicked little tongue in my
| cheek, because brave gentleman
| could not crook his leg like dancing
master. Are you laughing, Jane7
Well. | must laugh, too. | shall laugh
many time when | think of Cymlin's
two big hands over my ears. Had he
kissed me afterward, I would have for
| given him-I think"
IT cannot help laughing q little, Ma
tilda, but assure you Cymlin is suf-
fering from that discipline far more
than you are"
Il am not suffering at all. This
morning | admire him. There Is not
another man in the world who would
have presumed to box the Lady Ma
tilda de Wick's ears; accordingly l am
in love with his courage and self
respect. I shall laugh and cry as long
as | live, and remember Cymlin Swat
ham,,
1T was too bad of Cymlin-but very
like him. He has boxed my ears
more than once"
You are his sister. That is differ
ent. l will never speak to him again.
There. let the matter drop. | wish
now, you would either take Stephen
or send him off forever. l am in a
hurry to be gone, and Sir Thomas
also. Go and send Stephen with a
Yes or No to me. l am become in
different which, since you are so much
so.v
Many letters we're promised on both
sides, and Jane was glad to notice the
eagerness and hope in her friends
voice and manner. Whatever her
words might assert, it was evident
she looked forward to a great joy.
And as long as she was with Matilda,
Jane let this same spirit animate her,
her ride home, however, was set to a
more anxious key. She was a little
angry also. Why should Stephen de
Wick intrude his love upon her?
Twice already she had plainly told
him that his suit was hopeless, and
she did not feel grateful for an af-
lection that would not recognize it's
limits, and was determined to force
itself beyond them.
She entered Sandys with the spring
all about her; her fair face rosy with
the fresh wind, and her eyes full OF
the sunshine. Cymlin and Stephen
were sitting by the fireside talking of
Irish hounds and of new bit for res
tive horses which Cymlin had in
When Jane entered, Cymlin and
Stephen both rose to meet her. Gym
in was kind with the condescension
If a brother. He spoke to her as he
spoke to creatures weaker than him
self, and kissed her with the air of a
King kissing a subject he loved to
honor. Then he made an excuse to
he stables and gave Stephen his OPP
The young man had kept
lis eye fixed on the beautiful face and
slender form of the girl he loved He
vent to her and clasped her hands
md said with passionate eagerness,
Jane, dearesti l have come again to
sk you to marry me. Say one good.
lind word. When you were not as
Ugh as my heart, you did promise to
e my wife. l VOW you did"
stephen, I knew not then what
marriage meant You were as
rother to me. 1 love you yet as
owed you then. l cannot be your wife
am already plighted."
ITO Lord Neville. You shall never
harry him. | forbid it. l will hunt
i'm to the gates of DEATH"
1T is sinful to say such things"
Let my sins alone. | am not in the
umor to be sorry for them. say
gain, you shall not marry that scoun-
reilly Scot"
HE is not what you call him-far
'om it"
Il call things by their right names.
call Scot a Scot, and a scoundrel,
,oundrel." He threw her hands far
ON him and strobe up and down tho
pom, desperate and full of wrath
You shall marry no man but myself
efore earth and heaven you shalt"
IF God wills, l shall marry Lord