The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-28

the tardy vacillation of him who origin
ally projected the mine. Clifford Mo-
hun might remember all the grace.
and fondness, and long suffering OF
Jane Grand now-might feel sharpest
regret at having lost her-might feel
that to call her his wife would be TO
insure the abiding happiness Of his
life. But, in a moment of mingled
pique and vanity, Clifford Mohun had
given his word to marry Miss MattE
Fergusson-and Miss Matty Ferguson
was not n young person to allow so
very large a prize as the possessor Oh
Yatton to escape from her net.
The tender love scene on poor James
little lawn took place on Saturday.
Mondays post brought letters from
FERGUSON mere. She prayed that the
man who had been fortunate enough
to win her Matty's love might prove
worthy of her. She cared not for the
worldly possessions of Mr.. Mohun; she
thought of him but as of her departed
Warren's friend, of her little Matty's
future husband. and she longed to
press his hand in hers, and express to
him the fervent ~outpourings OF q
mothers heart.
= N. B. from Miss Fan-"And mamma
thinks it would be a good thing for you
to get home as soen as possible, be-
cause Cousin Hartley is here now, n
he would manage with MI. NJ. about
settlements, etc. You can easily con-
trive to make him escort you on the
journey. and once here, m Will
undertake the rest
In accordance with which excellent
diplomacy Miss Matty was seized with
girlish longings to De under her dear
mammals roof at once. She was sure
she had already troubled Miss Grand q
great deal more than she ought to have
done; but hoped, some day, to have 1t
in her power to ask her to come and
visit her in her own house, and-and
docking up under her long ey~elasheS at
Clifford how much she would like him
to see mamma and Fanny, if only for a
day, and did Miss Grand think there
would be any harm in Mr.. Mohun's es-
cortins her back to ~Cheltenham?
Of course Miss Grand thought there
would be no harm in the world; and OF
course Matty's lover had to express his
desire of renewing his acquaintance
with his future wife's family. The
truth was, that having got so hopeless
ly far, Mohun felt he would rather
hasten on than retard the inevitable
fate into which he had been entagled;
also that it irked him horribly at every
hour of the day to have James quiet
eyes upon him during his courtship OF
Matty Ferguson. For Jane, she SIM
ply longed for the hour when Matty's
voluble tones should cease to ring in
her ears, and the little cottage should
have gone back to its, accustomed quiet,
and she herself should have time to
breathe and think over the strange new
emotions which during the last few
days had never ceased to throng her
heart. But in deep earnest or in light
est jest, in simple country cottages or
in B%elgravia, when is anything dimly
approximating totruth toldin such mat
tiers as marriage or giving in, marriage?
If the most cynical minded. man living
had witnessed the farewell thai took
place between Miss Grand and the low
ers, he would, I think, have guessed
little of the different positions in which
these three persons really stood to
each other. with so ford a decoration
of good wishes from Jane, so much of
hand-pressing and kissing and tear
shedding from Matty, 81 much rather
o~ver-acted high spirits from Mr.. Mo-
hun, was that departure overlaid.
To be continued.)