Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-30
CHAPTER Ty.-Continued.

81 suppose people are all like this,
said Ianthe presently. "They long and
long for a thing, and when they get it
thew don't exactly know what to do"
"Tm afraid it Is So" said Denis.
oDenis," asked Ianthe with startling
suddenness, edo you know anything
about my father"
almost nothing" he answered hastily.
~Of course know that your grandfather
never forgave him for running away
with his daughter, and that, of course,
was natural But beyond that know
nothing. He may be the most affection
ate of fathers to you, Ianthe. We sim
ply have nothing to judge by. ! hope
you will be very happy with him." he
finished rather lamely.
But you don't think I will,' flashed
Tanthe. ooh, it is not a very nice thing
TO feel that all of you think he is a
villain and a wretch Grandfather
sneers; Miss Dawson prophesies misery;
YOU hope / will be happy. ! don't be-
Iieye nv mother would have married
man who was not good. When / said
/ was afraid l did not mean of him. /
know nothing about him, but l am not
afraid"
Her blue eyes were flashing through
tears of injured pride, her young mouth
was quivering with feeling. A mad
desire seized Denis to save her from this
father of whom she was not afraid, but
whom he had SO little reason to trust.
"Ianthe!" he cried. 81 cannot bear to
let you gol VIII you not stay with us
little longerP"
How can Ii' she answered. why
should / stay when / have so pinned to go .
In any case / cannot stay, / have no
longer home here. Grandfather would
not let me stay"
But with me, Ianthe-as my wifei"
Denis caught her hands, but lanthe
broke from his grasp.
"Ohl" she cried tremblingly. II don't
know how you dare!"
A pause ensued, and then the girl
burst out with bitter cry
"Oh, week ago l was a child! Now
feel so old, so old"
She covered her face with her hands
and began to weep.
"Ianthe dearest, don't cry. meant
what | said to you. / would not ask
you to marry me yet, not for years, if
you did not want to. But you can't GO
out into the world alone. Stay here,
Ianthe, as my wife that is to be-"
Ianthe's tears ceased, and she looked
up.
81 do not want to marry anybody"
she said in trembling tones, 'but il |
did it would be some one who loved me,
not some one who was only sorry. /
know I am only an ignorant child, but
there are some things l do know, and /
think it insulting of you to ask me
just out of pity-because you think"
Her tears came again in wild tor
rent.
Denis, looking at her, realized again
what child she was. 1t was shame
to talk of marriage to girl so ignorant
and so young.
"Ianthe dear" he said, 81 am sorry if
/ have hurt you. / came to see if /
could help you, not to make you cry.
Forget what / said to you. Be my little
sister, and let me help you if ! can"
Il know you meant to be kind" said
The girl, "and you must forgive me for
behaving like this"
Her face looked pathetically young as
she raised her wistful, tear-filled eyes.
Denis, looking at her with a pang,
wished with all his heart that her desire
for change had not been so overwhelm-
ingly fulfilled.
u wish for your sake that it had not
been SO very sudden" he said. 81 shall
be very anxious to hear how you get
on, and how you like Glasgow What
about Miss Dawson? She lives in
Edinburgh when she is at home, does she
not 2"
Eyes" answered the girl, 81 do wish
she was going to be in the same town.
Only she has been very cross ever since
she heard / had chosen to go. 1t seems
she promised her mother TO go and live
at home after she had finished with me,
but apparently she did not expect that
TO happen for year or two. / cannot
understand why she is not glad to go
home. l am sure / should be if were
she"
Probably she viii not be so well-of,"
answered Denis. do you know anything
OF her home circumstances, Ianthe 2"
think they are well enough off,"
answered Ianthe. Her father was an
advocate in Edinburgh, but there was
large family, and some of them went
out to earn their living. Now. most of
them are married, and Mrs Dawson
wants her daughter at home. But why
do you ask 70
i just wondered" answered Denis
evasively. Miss Dawson is an old &C.
quaIntanee, you must remember and l
wondered what she meant to do when
she left here
lanthe was satisfied. It did not occur
TO her to question further his motive for
asking Denis also felt little happier
IN his mind. If the worst came to the
worst, Miss Dawson evidently was in a
position to help Ianthe Denis could not
nd his mind of the horrible suspicion
that the girls new life would be unbear-.
aole to her. If that were so, her grand
rather was quite unlikely to change his
mind about having her back with him.
lie might be induced to provide for her
50 lar, but Denis felt assured that
Ianthe would never again be q perma-
hent resident under his roof. The thought
OF Miss Dawson, therefore, was like
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