The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-08

81 Dig q imposl kg his evening
s shirt Iron. i tie isai lover >. q
her dreams? s. 81
When he had business In hand, It was
not Stf Humphrey custom to beat
about the bush After. yemarking on,
the sbeadtt III tho efeniae Is ,m,icll:s
was customary even In strictly bust
ness conversatton-hez asked her IL she
Elvould 9beahfs wife 51as ora fsTc III i
81 For a moment shaidid not reply. Sir
eHumRh rex Feeegnif ed the TACT tbateshe
RR4kaa4 very beautiful, and that loneliness
the moonlight threw him s little
ESf his balance. He fe1t he wanted &,
R4ake lesrf III Ills arms and Kiss thsr. The
eanattert was getting beyond che strict
Regin1e of =sbusfneassr I5oq Enf ,5cft z=noc
He had never wanted 1toskiss any. one,
E.pefore. . 77sEEo5 To- s1:cssss1I1 raltI -:
s. L could; fof, con 1 6 be only q mat,
Efer OF minQtes-a little maiden hesita-
stion-before he had the right to, do SO.
Minutes? !Clarissa- was Speaking Z
b do you know my father, Sill. HUM
Ephrey?C- 80 -7::s:sEG= 30 at:3ft ST.
:. ;;:No, I: have not that ;pleasure.",s "a
T. Hee anticipated no trouble. Slncs that
Eauarter- Was he not Sir Humphrey,
4 think You 3 vi, win not-3can ann t.
Enew this proposal when 7 tell YOU that
THAT % H'D5foTC bGa f,a2EeSis @s ::
& ,"Yes?" urged Sir Humphrey y as
E*Clarfssaa paused.:C.sz ,.s55io1 10 f.:r: :
:"He lis insfprison,y she =saidss in I a
fYoiee scarcely 5apdible, and ii turning.
Esherself away from him. ~.:,c.s
'1n PRISON." gasped Sir Humphrey.
e There was silence. A faint breath
stirred the rushes and died away again:
IA wakeful corncrake creaked once and
.th en- subsidized, as il he were alarmed
by the noise he made, in that great
7 Stiffness. i, ~.:~-y ..r.::,. -, a.. =:
+: Sir Humphrey was thinking. He
could not decide on the instant what
exercised it's power over him. He still
wanted to kiss her. -
l. Latimer should have told him; 1t
was monstrous to have introduced him
to this girl without word as to her
fathers disgrace. She was, he sup
posed, living on the charity of the
Latimers. There would be faint of
crime in her blood, and perhaps if he
married her it would appear in her
children. The thought was horrible
But he wanted Clarissa ~ 30
f. When, at last, he fell asleep, he had
almost made up his mind to marry hsr
I But when he. awOke in the morning
he found his love much less obtrusive
land his business instincts 4 predonAi-
Enant. Sentiment had faded with the
moonlight. <>...:......
He wondered how he could have hest
tated. Such a marriage was impossible.
az am very distressed, very dis
dressed indeed, to learn you are in such
an unfortunate position" he said,
when the opportunity came: :.but you
must see, Of course, that under the cir
cumstances cannot repeat the. offer
that I made yesterday evening, an Of
fer that I should not have-that Is to
say, had I been Informed, as I should
have been, of the circumstances,
should not have-er-put us both in
this painful position. 49, =.
Sir: Humphrey. spoke at civic ban
y hope you will let-er-bygones be
! bygones, and remember me as a
friend" g..
Clarissa heard his speech to the end
in silence. She had expected it. Now
it was her turn. She had long ago
realized the perfect self-conceit Of the
man. He had thought that she was
ready. to throw he cseH into his arms,
should he choose to open them: She
had decided that to be tricked and de-
seeived by a girl would be an invaluable
lesson, to him. ..s 49,
81 She was only acting for his good.
II She raised her eyes and looked at
Ishim steadily. Il i"
IS Then she told him that her father
Twas indeed in a prison. He had been
There nearly all his life. It was one
of the largest and most important pris-
Ions in England. .. ST.. -i.... .
I. He was the governor of it.-London
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