The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-02

. '"1l'H "uI'u hhuI ~ oh' oiut VI hlo
garden
II am here 10 listen TO whatever
il p!easeo you to tell me, madam lie
a.l
Something IN hIs attitude made her
las her hand umdIy on his arm
/ WpJl you please look at me?" she
a"hmd.
-" parson turned In bis chair aud
'',i.! her fgll IN the eyes. And
/ '1.ra' h"r own g'rrtci 'hemsalyca
aaI whom she spoke again 4 was h'
who looked away. aud not the man
+ want io tell foI something" she
a'i. Eosifa'lngB "l- has it eyof
struck you tina, ! am placed in a pol
uau % great d.luIDy? | am yrp
yoIl'. very rich and-a woman
/ OurG' not 10 ha.' some one upIu
/ whom could depend for guidance aud
I help aud protection? | mean -oug u
/ mot 10 marry"
1T BIS the appurru. end Of the con
/ dili,us, madam"
You think tina. n great heiroR
must marry? So every BODY seems u
| 'hinE And there are 80 many gen
| 'Icm"r who wish tn marry me. Mr.
joyce, you yourself know OF several
DO you nO'' Which would you advise
me to acccpt-for, indeed, they poster
my ~" OUT
Madam said the parsOn, hurried.
ly, in a matter IKE that-ln a mat.
| ter Ike that ! say I cannot counsel
It's matter for your own heart,
only"
Heart" All - then you would
counsel ne TO marry f0r-loyel"
H. should b" the basis Of every
marriage. madam, answered Parson
I jog
"May ! tell you somcthlng?" she
. whispr rcd u am in love! Oh,
/ never never Thought il could BE-
anything like it TO- suppose no WON
am ever was so much. SD happily in
love az T. and b. has made me- do
not lGuw what u has made me, except
thai . lnsr The world because Of Il
man the trees and flowers. everything.
II ia true love, madam that works
these changes" said the parson, very
| quietly You should thank heaven
| for A."
She flashed swift eyes, with a CLINT
uf tears In them, on him for a second
"But | do!' she cried. "All day
long. and whenever | wake In the
night And yet she paused as Il
veil Of sadness spread itself across hcr
face.
Eyes, madam" said the parson.
II do not know II my love Is re
turned " she whispered
Parson Joyce drew a long breath
The gentleman" he stopped
Then he has not spoken to you?" h,
added, Iamely.
"Of love? Not one word" she an
swcrCd Sometimes / Think thnh
be ceres Cor me. and sometimes feaI
he does not. May ! tell you about
hint will be such relief, be
cause have no one whom | may tell
but you"
The parson bowed his head Human
feeling was rapidly thawlng the priesI
within the man; he felt now az II
he were the brother of this radiant
yonug creature.
WIN he not speak," he said.
"Ie has not spoisen."
81 have heard" said Par3On Joyce
that there are ways by which mar
in those eases may be made to speak.
Tn" girl shrugged her shoulders ant
made little grimace
Il wish knew them" she said.
Tine gentleman Is, perhaps poor %
I'm the eyes Of the world, yes
And. possibly. PROUD"
with the pride Of true man
1T might seem pretentious on hii
part TO seek your hand, madam"
Il believe, upon nv soul, Il IS som,
such nonsense as that which fills his
head" she exclaimed, tapping hei
toe against the fender
but, madam" Pnrson Joyce 10 hii
agitation rose and stood before hei
with claspcd hands Consider III,
fcollngs Of a poor gentleman. who
maybe, loves and adcres you with ri
his heart. but who Judges it pre-
sumptuuus
"prrsumptuous? OH" she said
Il nave no patience with such Sill
ness The mere fact that love hin
makes him far above me
1T seems 10 me, madam" said Par
gor Joyce. that there Is but one way
out Of the difficulty" lie faced hei
fair and square, in the determined
way in which he always stood in hi
pulpit and she looked up at him. anC
Immediately looked elsewhere. II thu
gen lcman cannot be brought TO de
clare h!a love, and his love is so neces
sary to your happiness"
~ S." she murmured 1T is-ii hal
come to be my life
And If you feel assured that he Ii
keeping silent because he fears TO b
thought presumptuous-
Yes, ycs--I know 1t is so"