The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-12
from Seaside Library Edition, by Permission of George Munro,s son.

three prizes. and Miss Pierson and I had
worked hard for them. I do not believe
your mother mean it. I will tell You
what 1 think. She wants you to marry
someone with plenty of money; that is
why she has made this excuse"
Gould it be possible?' he asked him.
self. ss ...-r
"Carlos'-and she, laid her shapely
arm around his neck, and her beautiful
face on his-she knew that he could
never resist her caresses-"if 1 am to
learn anything. you must teach me. I
should never forget anything you said.
I should learn from you in half the
time I should learn from any one else.
Take your mother at her word-let me
be educated as she calls It: but you
educate me-"
THAT is a glorious idea, Maggie"
he replied. IT will. You are so quick
and clever, you are sure to make rapid
progress. But where shall see your I
cannot stay at Hatton after Lord STAN
leigh is gone" Asa@s.
Her beautiful eyes were looking into
his, her lovely rose flushed face nestled
nearer to him, her hands met round his
neck. a4.Ah IS effpuaz i frsF{ Is
tSdIlOS, SITS whispered, 40 1ol 1SdN0
me again. 1 owe you so much that if
anything parted us now l should die.
Do not cave me-. I have q PRESENT.
ment hat If you DO your mother will
part u.s. Oh, Carlos, do not leave me.
now that I nave learned to love you
with all my hearth" ft
'sDo you love me with all your heart,
Maggie?" he asked. Nsf e
do II" she echoed: and she was by
no means reticent in her expressions Of
affection for him. affTt SCR K 1ft
He was young, open to 1attery. and
madly in love. He forgot everything
except that he loved this beautiful girl
who chung to him with such passionate
prayers and tears. He promised that
he would never leave her again. s4s
Maggie. 4 have thought of a plan,"
he said. 1T is perhaps stealing march
on the dear mother;A but all Is fair in
love, ! will go away for six months;
but / will marry Q and take you with
me. We will spend six months abroad,
and during that time | will finish. your
education. will teach you all those
little 4nicetfes which Il suppose my
mother considers a part of a won1an's
| high training. AT the end of six
months I viii take youtto her, and when
She sees the improvements she will he
anxious for me to marry YOU Then we
can show her how true our love was.
how well it has stood the test. and SShs
will enjoy the surprise aas4v sssagss
Maggie entered heart and soul into
the plot. ~
"she VIII be. surprised, carlos Noth-
ing could be better. She will sessthen
that you were right and she was WRONG.
She will see too, THAI she hasalbeen
mistaken about me."G 60 st7uA saf
No difficulty stood IN the way Lord
Starleigf1 would be in Spafn,' and Lady
Carew would never dream OF such a
thing as a Secret marriage. wiiile,s as
for John waldroh, IL he Thought his
daughter safe, he would not bestir
himself. There was. Indeed, Thought
| Sir Carlos, nothing to fear. arr ffssas
Tell your father that you doinot like
country life,n he said, and that you
will try to get a stu ation in london.
I can arrange for letters to be for
warded to him at intervals, and he will
not know but that you are there We
will be, married in London by special
license, Maggie, and l will take you TO
Paris. No, not to Paris; we should
meet SO Hldly il6llSH NiSAS' ~ 49,
go to italy, We viii have a beautiful
little villa beside one of the lakes, and
for six months we win be happy as no
other couple has ever been, You must
read Inc study, and I will do my best
to teach you. What do you think OF
the plan?" tAi 20
In ecstacy she threw herself into
his arms. Tn talked for hours of the
surprise it would be to Lady Carew
when in the graceful, accomplished
daughter-in-law presented to her, sns
should recognize Maggie. a,a7
They not only talked of the scheme.
but they carried it out. Maggie told
her father that she was tired of a coun-
try life, and that she should get a SIT
uation In London. He was unsuspicious
and easily deceived. Sir Carlos went
home and told his mother thatdhe in
tended to spend the next six months
in Italy, and that then he y
a surprise for her. Everything favored
Sir Carlos and Maggie's plan. They
were married IL London, and started
for Italy without a misgiving as 10
their future happiness. -@
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