New-York tribune., 1905-02-16

OF youth and summertime. But all at once her
face grown suddenly white. and In the drOwsy
stiffness OF the June day sound broke upon my
gotten. the frantic Aging hoofbeats OF a runaway
In a second I was at Babs side. my gaze turned
with hers up the long hill our right and saw
madiy along the dusty highway. utterly beyond
the control Of the man who rode him. and coming
breath came quickly. her face was white as
the wild onward career of the horse On and
on came the Gathering hoofs. and when the nearly
Unmatched softly and the bunch OF roses fell from
ns5 but GtaWss she he made ba no a SOUND 40
son he swerved suddenly. almost flung himself
h leg gG2aa against e1Ss s 4a7y Sd Sans
For second the shock OF the impact made the
Of the gate and across the lane and stood still. for
tyeness 1d "a5 b shOwnY Sgns @ o0t Of 1to me
lane expecting every moment to- see my darling
her restraining touch nov What could co % her tiny hands
horse thought bgt ali at once Ssid my breath
and stayed where was. While with one hand
very gently stroked the shivering creatures head.
ana spoke to 1t IN soft cooling accents exactly as
There was no sign OF fear on her face, Though
her voice was as firm and quiet as though she
were merely patting some tame creature. And
ioaL The poor beasts pitiful trembling gradually
ceased, into his bloodshqt eyes there came more
+ease mummy send Tom to help lift this poor
Tom, our gardener and a passing Iaborer between
them mem hfted the now unconscious rider from the
man man leg had been broken in that violent col
The two men carried him into our spare room.
ana while Bah led the now pscihed horse to a
doctor and applied Tsstoratiaes to the UnconSciOus
s;tTang9eri He was quite young. gentleman and
and and tangle Of curly browp hair that must. felt
1t was an intense relief when he presently opened
q PAR PAR OF deep brown eyes. and said wearily;
+Whof" I asked softly. els it some one you
only the good angel who saved me-" he an
% %6Werea' smile creeping round his mouth In spite
IKE sunshine "-'-''
and after that he lay very still until the doctor
arrived to set his leg and make him as comfortable
After which. considerably to my dismay. he
deiirous Wanderingg so that e were not able to
nn9 9tt out @ who ne was or whether ne had friends
to his Identity was note In his pocket begiHning
Bah was at the time the only one Of our girls
at home. and although faithful old nurse and
to his with tray
opened again and he looked straight into the girls
''My-good-angel." he whispered. and the sudden
glean that shot into his brown eyes was reflected
in Babs blue ones. Thank you" he murmured
before he once more relapsed into senni-conscoUs-
For few moments Bah stood absolutely mo-
tIonless beside his bed the color coming and going
IN her face her lips trembling: then she stopped
afterwaTd The doctor was Of opinion that our pa
tent must have had some severe blow on the head
transpired that this the case for he had been
thrown and mounted again before the final disaster
When consciousness fully returned to. him, I
begged him to let write to his family. who
must be miserably anxious but ne averred that ne
occurred and that his peopIe were not expecting
to hear of him. and would not: therefore, be un7
he asked me to write a note to the address of an
inn in Surrey (from which he had ridden on the
send for the horse which had done all the mis-
Bah did not see our visitor again until he
was convaleScent enough to lie on the couch IN
begged TO see her and thank her for saving his
Even while I went to fetch the child in
stinctively felt what was going to happen. what.
the look in both pairs of eyes when they met each
other She came in very simply and naturally.
shine glinting her pretty hair. and ne held out
both his hands without a word She put her own own
neck 70 her brow. and her eyes drooped at last
i've been dreaming of you day and night night
and day. and now you have come. Just as you came
like sunshine. I am gad-you have come to me
at last"
idyllIc than the love making OF those two. nor
anything appToaching 70 Iasir ralanL happ1nsss app
But Dick, although he liked our guest immensely
demurred to allowing his treasured darling to be
engaged to a of whom really knew less
tanH tak Rth Mr. stanmore. when Dick Very Stun
blingly and haltingly told the young man that
he could not sanction the marriage until he
was satisfied as to Marks prospects. and
the approval Of his father and mother He
had been so very reticent about himself that
1 agreed to the need for caution. though my
heart was entirely the side Of the two young
Marks ewes twinkled ever so little when Dick
assumed the heavy father air which was so emf
mt is true he said with some hesitation that
am dependent on my people, and that u IS posi-
BILE they may object 70 my marrying, because am
young and-Bab is not very old Butt think We
~ would not let my daughter enter any family
in which she would not be welcome. Dick said.
with an effort stiffness that did not sit easily
Perhaps it would be better to allow nothing to
be settled until your parents see Bah. and until
And IT," ne said hour later, when he and
me off with shilling. and I have to begin life as
a poor beggar on his own resources there Wouldnt
be much chance for then. would thereI'
t5 is stsrad eyes IS him my hefre could saw word She
hand went out and touched his, while she slipped
P'sThere Would be Just the same chance as now
she said. very earnestly, her blue eyes very grave
and serious; II will wait for you. Mark. TIL you
are ready for me- and II we are poor. can work.
too / am not afraid of being pOor-with YOU
eyes and he drew her toward him and kissed her
with OF triumph that could not understand
But understood IT a week or two atterward.
He wrote letter one day, very long letter; and
he himself alighted from the carriage and posted It.
BY that time he was practically wen again, and We
with He and Bah were the most ideal lovers.
the personifcation of youth and Joy and when.
@ I~o I.ys 10, F,I ne yIy, nv bsssr+ ssJ Iss4
anything should spoil that perfect happiness
me and Bah 10 return with Mark TO his fathers
house. in Hampshire, and II was signed. Helene
It surprised me a little that no address headed
gr, he AZ