The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-15

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object was rather to sec yoti." She did 4
! not smile or reply and he went on, With sai
q slight sensation Of chill coming Upon w
hin from this stony dignity, which, the &
more he observed 1t, seemed lesg and VI
less amusing and not at all artincla al. fBt''r
came to ask II you would not like to 50 h
ride TIL afternoon. It Is Just gray enough
for comfort" III "a 81 5t "a Ss3 Us Inn VI S9gs
J ~ thank you very much for being SO S558
kind rs TO think OF me, :" she replied, but III
| It will not be convenient for me to 30 IA
Perhaps the morning Will suit better
| I viii como tomorrow at any hour YOU ia
sny." lS8 Ell Ny 853 SSas jsS "a III
IT shall not be able to go Tomorrow
J either. I think" ~ n s4Ytts
Even while exchanging these III few
words, Alice felt herself growing slightly
embarrassed. ana 1t filled her with dis
may II am a poor creature, she NJ
thought. III I cannot get this self-satis:s;sss5
! fled gentleman out of the house without
/ breaking down. can't stand here for
| ever, thought and SO she took n seat HI
] and MS Arthur resumed his willow chnirs.a
/ with an nlr OF content, she could not $]
1 but feei that as yet the skirmish VAST;
5Enot In her favor. She called her angry
! spirit to her aid, and nerved herself to #a
II say something when %Woulu ~ piOulpAytsBa I
II close the interview. 4a5 " s8
i A His next words gave her the oppor-a
\ tunlty. a KS 81 lss
3s"But you surely do not intend to give
uptrldng altogcther7' III isSs N
i z.&"Certainly not. # I hope to ride a. good d.
deal. Andrews will 60 with me.
J$"Ah! Your objection to me as a groomSs!
4 Is entirely personal, them Essss
j Nov for lt!'@ she thought to herself, sE
cIn4 4sat IA YaS
But the effort was too great, and after
4 tho word was launched her mouth broke III
up into q nervous smile, Tor which she 81
4 desplscd herself, but which she could not IS
control for her life. 4a s3 Il I8s5
!: Tarnham was so pleased with Sss
smile that he cared hing for$%
/ the word, and SO he continued &s in e
a tone of anxious and coo king good!
4 nature, every word Increasing her trouble. #
\. you ure wrong as you can be. + am;
I n much better groom than Andrews. Hs *
i has rather more style, ] a Omit, on ac-fSy
l count OF his Scotch accent and his rholi-ss
matism. But I4rnight acquire these. l a
4 will be very attentive and respe ctfui.5
4 I will ride at a. foper distance behind NJ
you, fiayouafwlltio sionally throw a3!ss
i word and a smile over your shoulder a t;@s
i me-" sf$3 sl sfsY
1 AS he spoke, a quick vision ~ flashed8
j upon him Of the loYeltt1ess Of the head III
i ana shoulder, and the col y OF fair hnirs5
\ which he should have before him i ha;Ef
rode after her, and the illumination 3 f53
the smile and the word which would DC -SSfSl
i cnsionslly be thrown back tn him; from
i these perfect lips ana teeth and \ eSes,sS3
i His voice trcmbled with love and cagor-$ss
ness as he pleaded for the privilege d I'll
i taking her servants place.. Alice no. longer II
dared o&Interrupt him. and hard ven IA.
ltllred to lift her eyes from the floor.5s
She had come down with the firm -,ur-s8S
4 pose Of saying something to MIN Witch
would put an end to- all intimacy 81 ana
4 here. before she had Il been five minutes
4 In his presence, he was talklng to- her9 fss$
n q way that delighted her ears and her,
4 heart. He went rat Ting on:as q fearful
& that q pause might bring ~ change {0ssS5
mood. AS she rarely look up he co,lle3S
feast his eyes upon her face, where d ON
4 the color was coming and going, and oEtS.
\ her shnpely hands which were claspedX5
i in her lap. Ire talked Eof Colorado as II t3E
it were settled that they We're to 50 there
4 Together, and they must ainlys haHe;ss
Il some preliminary training in rough rld-$3
4 ling: andsFthcn,- merely to b max lac -ISa
Ilvorsation,&he spoke OF other places that
should only be visited on horseback, gS III 4is
i ways claiming In all of them his POSI-
4 of groom. Alice felt her trouble alld@i
Il con fusion Of spirit passing away as liejS3
4 light stream of5italk rlpnled on. She
4 took little part init at first, but from,
Imonosyllnblcs Sof assent she passed oil to-
q word ofRreply from time to time; nnfl As
i before she knew how 1t happened she$s
4 was engaged IN q frank and hearty Inter-
change Of thoughts ,Iand sfancies, which,
brought her besttulacultles into play and
4 made her ontent,Mlth fherself, In spite oGii
1 the slonal Intrusion Of the idea thatfyi
she had not been rtrueot hersel hi lettlt4
4 ting her just anger die so quic XII away::Sis
/ II FurnhAm could have seen into the VI
| proud and honest heart Of the young girl hes
was talking to-, he would have rested oiuss
the field he had won, and not tempted &,
| him had been dlsslpated by the very ef.ss
fort she had mado to give 1t effect, and Y
| she had fallen insenslby intoFthe old re- ~
| lnton OF good ncighborhood and s unre-sss
served admiration with which she had Ii
always regarded him. She had slencedsS
her scruples by the thought that In. talk
Ing pleasantly with him she was obeying n,
| her mother and that after all t was not
her business to Judge him. n heacould@
have known his own best interest, lie 81
| would have left her then, when herivoicetE
and her smile had become gay and I'M a;
embarrassed according to their WON'T
| with her conscience at ease about his VI
| faults, and her mind filled with q pleas. III
ant.meinory Of his visit. "a il.4S tn
But such wisdom was beyond HIS II
reach He had felt suddenly. and NJ
i once for all, In tho last hour. tina
power and Visible presence OF his love-,
lie had never in his life been so moved 4
BY my passion as he was BY tho Joy that
stirred his heart when he heard the rustic 4
Of her dress In the hall and saw her Re
white hand resting lightly on the DARK q
wool Of the stairs. AS she walked ints "A
the parlor, from her face and her hair.
from every movement OF her limbs, from
every tutter OF her soft and sauzy gar
ments. there came to him an assertion
a delicious awe, She represented to him,
as he had never felt It before, the ems
bodied mystery and majesty Of won,an- "
hood During all the long cpnversa tlol,Sj