Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-01-24


you may never again seeT
I sl.all Ss-- him n desire to"
Oh
sm n.t taking ihe black veil. am
~ asked the girl b"tly.
--Only Tia. wedding veil. dear Hut.
after all. your husband ought TO have
something 90 suggest concerning
common visiting list
lie NAV suggest certainly, In the
meantime I shall te l"yal 10 my Own
friends and afIerward. too. she muir
mur.d to herself as her hostess r"se'
calmly dropping care ike mantle
from her shoulders.
10 and be- good Ia this poor Young
man. Ihen-l adore rOws-und youll
have few ON your hands. III war
rant. Let me remind you that your
uncle can make Il unpleasant for you
vet and that your amlable nance has n
will -" his own under his pOmpadour
and s Ky l=ard"
"Nlgt n pity 10 have Il clash with
mine" said the girl sereneiy.
Mrs Ferrall looked nj her. Mercy
on us Iloward's pompadour would
stick MP straight with horror II he
could hear you Don't he silly: don't
for an impulse. for a caprice. break on
ANYTHING desirable on account Of a
man for whom you really care nothing,
whose amiahle exterior and prospec-
tive misfortune merely enlist very
natural aud generous sympathy In
you"
DO you suppose that ! shall endure
Interference from anybody-from my
uncle from ioward?"
Dear. you are making mountain
out of molehill Don't he emotional;
don't lei loose impulses that you and !
know about. knew about In our school
years. know all about now and which
you and have decided must be clint
mated
"You mean subdued. They'll always
he there"
VERY we'll Who cares rs long as
you have them In leashf"
Looking AT one another. the excited
-olOl tpcIlllE III gohHStl biil :
cheeks. they laughed. one with relief,
the other a little ashamed.
Kemp will be furiors | simply
must cut in" said Mrs. Ferrall. hastily
turning toward the guuroom. Miss
Lands looked after her. subdued
vaguely repentant, the consciousness
dawning upon her that she had prob
ably made considerable conversation
about nothing
ats been so all day" she thought
! impatientiy i've exaggerated I've
worked up scene about a man whose
habits are not the slightest concern OF
mine Resides that. I've neglected
Howard shamefully" She was walk
her Grant feet. hut II seemed tha
neither her thoughts nor her step.
were leading her toward the neglected
gentleman within. for presently sh,
found herself az the breezy verands
door looking rnther fiXedly at the stars
The stars, shining lmpartially upol
the just and the unjust, illuminate;
the person of Slward. who sat alone
rather Imply. one knee crossed abov
the other. He looked up by chanc
and seeing her star gazing in the door
way, Strengthened out and rose to hi
feet.
Aware Hs him apparently for the frs
time, She stepped ac. ,ss the threshold
! mnntiAu his advance halfway
Would you care To go down 10 tn
rockSt' he asked. The surf Is tel
rifle"
"No--I don't think care
They stood listening Il moment TO tn
stupendous roar.
"A storm somewhere at sea-" h
concluded.
as it very fine-the SURF"
every tine-and very relentless" h
laughed. 1T Is an unfriendly crea
ture, the sea. you know"
She had begun to move toward til
cliffs He fell into step beside he
They spoke little, word now an
then.
The perfume Of the mounting sea sa
urateI the night with wild fragranc,
Dew lay heavy on the lawns. Sh
lifted her skirts enough to clear tn
grass, needless that her silk shod fet
were now soaking Then at the cliff
edge. as she looked down into tn
white fury Of the surf. the stunnin
crash Of the ocean saluted her
| hay tn,
lence. Once she leaned trihe too Ia
over the stnrlit gulf and. recoilng. II
; voluntarily steadied herself on h
arm.
81 suppose" she said mo swimme
, could endure that battering."
, Not long"
"Wold there be no CHANGER
, mot one"
She bent farther outward. fascina
= ed, stirred. by the splendid frenzy {
2 the breakers.
"I-think"- he began quietly; the
a firm hand fell over her left han,
and. half enci
> ~ cled by his arm
, NT1 w she found he
~ 81 self drawn bac
n 4 ~ Neither spok
X\ Two things 81
Ii ~AyA was coolly awal
Z y " of-that, urge
, G t/HH drawn by som
. n. iLkN thing subtly
|, m 40 resistible, h
: had leaned t.
O \>..'// IN far out from II
p } n No ! cliff and wou
n Ky [+Ats ~ have leaned ia
, Va~:, ther had he m
EJ taken matters 1
VT to his own kee