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H AW L E Y
NOTHING IS: LOSIY
Where js the snow /
'Tis not long ago
it cover'd the earth or , yci ite ;
iNe heard not its footsteps soft and light;
yet there it was in the:morning bright ; •
NOW it path vanishittaway'froni aigtit
Not a tra,ee'remains
In fields or lanes.'
Where is the frost ? - I . .
.They are gone and lost—
The forms of beauty it gailYrinideA,
The pictures rare on NV i at 14 1
,CI
"Be silent," it said .; the brdek obef'd.
The frost. work's 'wild piques all aid fade ;
At thesinile.of the sun
All.was undone.
"Where is 'the rain'?
Pattering, iticaniql
Dancing along with a , chent,SOilrld;
A liras' bed is flehla it and ;
Each drop came on the roof "with abound.
Where is the rain ? lntth lett the ground,
What good hathit
so .soon .
Ever, ever •
par best eralewioe • -1, I '
Seemeth to tall like the melted suovq , ;l •
We worked out our ,thought 'wisely and slow
The - seed we sow —but it will not • grow ; •
Our hopes, our resolves—where do they go ?
What (loth remain' •
,'l4mory and Pain. \,
Nothing. is . -
NO Snow nor frost ,
Tbat come to enrich the ear fl ;
S'e thank them when the, ripening gn i iin
13 waving over the hill and plain, • -
Anti the pleasant rain springs from earth amain
All enclet.ll in good
Water and food. • .
Never despaii
Disappointment :be 's ' •
Though hope seefneth vain, be patient still ;
Thy good intents - G6d will fulfill,
Thy hand 1 , 5 . . weak;' Ells vv-111—
b coteplltingthy liie 7 tvork still.
The good .endeavor ,
Is lost teror; :
THE. TWO BAOHELORg.
IT WAS in the summer 0f'.61:. that Jack
Ferrars and myself, ten gay : baabe:ors
of thirty, weary with the business that,
had bturd in upon us during= the win
ter MOP ths, rentedz„betweiLus.„.a.amall .
01 , ,itiog in the Western Hiihlands, 'with
a view of recruitinc , b our whsted energies
in a pastime of which we were both very
'gl. I admired Ferrars almost passion
tely. He was a fine, handiome fellow.
yellow hair and blonde moustache;
possessed the *gentlemanly manners
easy - flow of conversation which I.
teemed above all things. But my at
ichment to Jack was no mere passing.
Inii:ation of hal brilliant perts and fas
lating manners ;, it dated as far `back
when we were boys at schdol, and had
on e on in an interrupted flow ever since,
:r , •ngthened by the test of time. We
id, - moreover, . numberless things in
iaimon, among the most. important of,
neli was—we Were both confirmed
delorit ; in good troth, proud
,of 1 he
tme—bachelors who never intende.l to
anything but bachelors,' and,,we took
peculiar delight inKsaying SQ,'4O. vow
aliegiance to one anotherin a . lllltltiner,
it would have done credit tot the'Cor-
An brothers. •
It WaB therefore with brilliant iantici
liuns of the delight we were to experi
! in each others society,that, we found
TiAlres the occupants. of a.pretty villa,
the outskirts of a litte odtlaildish
>. in the Highlands, far removed from
friends and acquaintances. '• ,
With a sigh of relief, and a delight
' le! ling of freedom, we ._wheeled our
a s into au open bow•window on the
lit of our arfival, and, lighting cigars.
'own_ to enjoy the really beautiful
tie before 118. In the foreground lay,
own smoothly cut lawn and rectan-;
lar flower beds, with the moonlight'
`ingin pale, bright bars over the Sleept
'towers. and beyond, the, silver loch,
'nee we could distinctly hel*,ithe. lief;
linth of some late pleasure seekers,
ley rowed slowly
_homewards; 'Whit.
;e the loch. the rose Lin dark
JILT outline against the pa4k; hiAuty
th e s k y.l
J 'ett as apropos of the scene, bad been
lting as best he could, between the
is . o f his cizar, Lott BYron's Lake
1 1 1; and an animated discussion,
h had afterwards !inset' , merits and
tits of that mach ':maligned' poet..
'uddenly interrupted br a burst (if
finest mosic I had ever.]
ard.
.`was a splendid'sopranik iciee v accom.
11 `. 1 1 by the guitar, singing the old pa
'le Scottish song; Auld Robin
le expression thrown - into the yoice
simple and exquiSit.e.When the
minor ke, struck o jack snatch=
tip
cigar from his lips and leaned .for.
4 , 1 in breathless, attikadE',las if afraid,
, I ` ,
1 ' a single vihrition, and did not
%ail, until thit..Bo6g 1144,:ceaSed
''lt strangely affected myself..' thad .
listened to the 8400 son before .bl4*
Iso soul-thrilling of Ati the
CR USE R
•
--mei. •Oli.
last: Cadence_ died away '
.borne -over the
srlyery Water to, the dark hills, it seethed
tO, if it .was. an angel's whisperioY
er the death, bed of it child.
'The sounds proce,edt:d from, the open
drawing room wiiidOws ;tile villa' next
'our own', an 1 :1 when "( at • last' they crased,
444; resuming his cigar-in the most'pro-
Saic fashion, remarkd :
"lly Jove that wns.goodsinging, Bob.
That Is better. tha s u 1 a box, at the opera
eh, rild fellOw _
"4's the finest singing, withent,ex'peP.
tion, l l , ever listened.to. I hope won't,
meet Ole :fair possessor of 'such an ex
quiskte I ans l wered.
"What an= absurd'. fellow you are !
Why s
‘!Qh, because,. if -she's -pretty, feel as
If I should hill in love.with her.r
•
`Tslititivl= •llardink , don't talk like an
idiot ' Ten:H•to ionet she's..: an old-
Wietoh, with sun ken jaws, with powder
ehOgli pti' her face to last a lOrd
justiesig f9r . . "
f‘ll•4l;n4ist: .ope . she .is,_ :__then ,my
heart run sne,hi .a chance .of being
, ,
.Ctiptltted."
a,-eonsti&nated fool Harding"
w , tp the flattering oniuin of my frieLd
•. • • 2 • .
iS i n,-riV , y(lif think so, Jack, but if a
.. i
fool Or, no fool,:ii : th, is a .pretty. young
girl, ..1 '‘vpuld not giv' a Sispereelor jour:
.ellaii&S 'of retaining your bachelor': no
-tionSrnuch longer." . .
.
1, hamed - forward Siiiiling,.. to :-eatell a
glimpse - of' his expr'ession in the dint
.
light:.. .A..-baughty- curl _ was , on 'his: hp;
and d,lOok of scorn in his blue'eyeS,Wbich
disappared:with .a - liidierous rapility as'
soon i ,itSjlte Observed "bat . I. Wass rallying
hini.' , - -; -
.'-'
:‘ "Ali; B )b, no fear of that, you and
ae jelly enough tokether not to and
abnuepretty girls, however easeinating,
else wed beeti inarriefi long ago,"
"1 h , gan to think .zo, Jack, and, upon
my word, I often
.wo?der how a fellow
ltke you, upon' whom scores of designing
mammas have had th'eir envious eyes,was
never. caught." • ' . -
. GI : sya.3 just going to, make -the same
remark about you,'' sad Jack, with a
laugivhs he strafed his handiome mous
tache.' *
"4 , eeins to the w 're a couple of ex
treinly ch.,yer ftll,lw ," I a:rswfred ,ris
ing. ' • . ~ . .
"We're a couple or extremely e lucky
fe'lloWs„ati,ariy __rate, to . have safely es
caped all the snares and fascinations laid
for us," returned Fearrars, shrugging
his broad• shoulders and looking the per
ionitication of happy. !bachelorhood as he
thus disburdened himself of his anti
•matrimonial notions. "But what say
•you to a bit 'of supper, old boy ? It is
getting late." . 1 . . i ,
' I agreed, and we both descended . to`
the dining room. Mrs. Atason,
.the- wor-,
thy housekeeper, had lighted a fire in
honor of our arrival, and the:dying ern
'hers now cast a dark red glow on the
1
w
,alls, making a decidedly -comfortable
appearance, - notwithstanding it was a
fine autumn night. ,;.*hen we,turned up
the gas. a cosy little - s.ipper laid out for
two was displayed,' and the wine and,
fruit we had been using fJr dinner still
stood,' lin the sideboard.' Never were
therei two happier, jollier, or :more sin to
blieght bachelors than lerrars and I the
, , t
night we eat
.chatting over our wal
nuts and caret and laying our schemes
of enjoyment,- untiP the small hours
warned us that it. wasiigh time we were
ti
in the primary enjovt nt of sleep. ,
"(foodhight, Jacl,T I 'said'. as at last
,zi
we separated , for our, re.,p-ctive.rooms. '
, -"Gtiod morning. rather' echoed Jack,
gshe:shutr his -.door ';. '"and I hope the
host of Robiti Gray on't disturb your
slumber." i ' . - •
\ A sharp rat-tat on y bedroom door,
and the, familiar '"EIllo old, boy I" of
,ack, outside, awoke e from one of the
most delightful and refreshing sleeps I
had enjoyed fora long time. To say the
least of it, 1 felt.fierce I be thus awaken
ed. - ' ' _
.. , . .
,
"Confouni- you Fe rrars. What do.
yon ,
Want ? ' Be off !" lishouted.
"Get up, old !boy, get tip ; if you're
not out of bed before I count ten, you
'shall : have no breakfast. . One---two•—
three:--" , ,
~
Tne threat was too awful to be antlei
ilated; and before he lhad Counted the
given number,lhad ‘tMlocked the door
for, him. He came-inith a merry look
in. hid - blue ,eyes, - and - hrowing -himself
down on the bed I h ' so unwillingly
vaeated, began kicking the., white noun
' :pane with, his dirty oot. . , ,
"Jack, look what' yo 're doing," I said
'ointing to tt- mud pa ch on -.the clean
inen. , "Mrs. -Mason '. ill. think I tam
bled into bed last ,nigh in the'disreput
,ab)e'condition of not flowing - 'very well
what 1 was alio l / 4 4.7 i '
.1 "Just_ tell her I didl Bob, and she'll
tie - delighted to.put on a `fresh.. counter
' Pane, ram sure. But o you'know "What
I was doing:this morning while You were
driving your pigs to mrket?"
i ,
- "Feeding- the . eh ick
1 ,11f 1 ) ,probably;". I
answer,ed, _ feeling °rose. -at Jack's gOod
"Gtt - la agalo."
• - • •
, •.
MON- PRO e ---
A
,
: " : No.; .if ,you don't choosey.to , ttll4ne;
mt cririoo y 'w!ll• - w4it," .I. r rettirned ...as I.
arranged .My neck -tip. -i: ,-:i:;: - . , '
: " Wel I, then;; I. ; cibeen - getting, on .good,
terms. Wit 4. :11 , ,1r5. , gaSon; and - - i.fibiling;oPt.
O. 0 our,,frietids of muSical ,repute 'next..
Oar are.,...; -• ..i '-.: ,: :,: , -! ,1 : ' ;1.::': ...i.::-
."Tlie,dipken.yyoti: tiai.'e.ri. 1 ejlientated,
thiusing,i4 theT. adjustmOnt: . 0.:-InY.::thirt
studs._ JUck,.nedded, his." .. . , bltieieyes fairly 1
. danei ng. *it hi.: „merriin,etiL .. -`:. ` , ,Se/ di . ' the , re-
:suit of, yonr,..enquirles iS (7 ---..'',- - ,; , ...•. 1 '.•
‘-‘That.,ithe . stou6hold- :mitaiiitil f ,or, a ,
Oolonel JEtallarn,.,:liiii..wife.and otte.daugh , :.
.ter.7' ..-.:ii:..1- :'., , , ':' , -N ~ ..'i , 'r.. •--.-' '' :
"rs'ibig all . yoti.„inow,.iti)ot them ?"
.f asked, .. , : - por, h at-, 0 iEfip - ppinted. At - the.
."liiagerileSs i')(..the: delaj.ls, afa,.. - ,put,the
finisli*Angtouch to m5.tM1et.. ,, :,.... - .: , .....
`•You Ungrateful scmindrek-,;Why, ,tbe
people . enly :ari.iyed, here , ....tvio.,:4aya-40,
and ..Mrs. gasaa. herself , . only_ - - gtit. the in.
forniation 1 this Jnoriwig...froni .-0w .Pakees
bay at.theon"
d .
~ .: .. . .-,-• -,. ,- ,' - •
- f. `,.‘•Ahl. Oemit's sur.4 fo, to ccitivet.„.B4
come, let'd, go down stairs and - ..see.:if ' , we.
can gt:t a. look at.. Colon .l 'Hallam or his
.pretty daughter." : •.' ,•.:.‘. ~ ..;,••_
a ....
'lt was gli 'riot's ' morning.:'. ; sun
'shine was dancing , gleefully On'..thef stir.
face of
.tht. 16014 and:: the .11 , ..i#ers: ; were
liftilig.f.her.dewy heads and : lilting ',the
breakfast. roth with their fragrance.
..A :
very, temp frig. repast stood . aWcaiting .. us
on the table. and Jack's blue :eyes looked
not amiss behind the coffee tir.'4,-,."
. "Al:honkh . thl3 is quite pletiont, Jack,:
you lock iilmost ..good enough to kiss,
ity.dear,"ll remarked,
.lis .1 t. 4 the cup
he haniird 1 - :.: - me.
, „,
• 'Come,: 't a chat Is, .yottr: c i . ,:ffee sweet
enough ?'' lie... - re:timed, '• aftYetiOnately
twirling the, .ends. of his bloAdemous-:
tache. • i - - r:-- i
"0h,.-it's there, all: right,"•l-*.tid, allud-:
ing to the handsome appendage ;. - .."1-
didn't make any mistake. about that:". -
Ile turned hiS laughing - eyi':s• on me'
tor.llll instant, : and no - ;sooner, had they
wandered to the. window again, than lie
started tering.l4l . n: 3 tow-- 7 whew I
- . I swot:Ai:l) too, following lii;s . eyea. in-
IttiringiV,. find there over th - e„ - low,heclge .
that, 'diy ideil the ' gardens,. - I eatigh t a:gh t
of a 'yOunglgiri - in a-fresh morning. dress,
engaged_mlentting- flowers, acid daintily.
lirNtiging iihent-iu a :boquet.:,,What. we
saw of her (face under. the :broad, rimmed,.
hat that - shaded it-was Vright-aridibeituti
-., "Good heavens -! ~-1111313. , - . ,E(.41- # ,". • - s aid
Jack: - , -1 - : -.•-- --- . ,-..1 .7 .-- -.- .
• !
"By ;.Jove !. Miss Hallam,'.' I • echoed.
And:we both looked into,:each other's
faces and. liiughed oughtright..
"What are you
_laughing at ?'". asked
Jack,: with -the utmost inconsistency, as
he - stit•down , and resumed'his breakfast.
' - • °Jig what you, are laughing ar,"-I re-,
turned.: 1 - I •'.
, . .
„- •LShe's not old or, ugiy,, : either,'! be ie . -
marked afteir a pause., - .
• "By Jove; she . isn't I" 1' answered as I
glilpedr a- mouthful of my' highly-Sugared
coffee.. .. 1
"Are: you
"No.- Ark
.:-
"It doestil
she is or la]
. ' 'Aron =are
[ very. sorry.?"
e you glad . ?"
't matter a' rap , to me what
ot „
4.cynicul old baehelor, Fer-
,••
tow. gi
g." 1
I mean
- "I . iledine
able." • •
to return'--
-the .:compliment,
,'oti to keep it"
,i 1; with thanks, as not suit-
"When I
,want to expatiate, on the
charms of aloung lady, you,,get as sour
ae vii etrar • now, you• know it's true • so
:.at a word :gip reply, but hurry
. tw, old
boy—tempuS foga ; and. I.pulled - out my
'Watch.
We were both in a hurry to-be Off to
our sport, and so - on fill.; thoughts of•liiiss
Hallam were, forgone: , in, the bustle of
arranging; our shooting, gear. The wag
onette was- hrought round- to the . door,
and two very happy heart4hole bache - ;
fors sprang lightly into, it; and were bow
eled away. doWn the gravel path, through
the gate and!out of .sight.
We had a 'pretty good day's sport; on
.the \ moors; and ieturned home in the
best of humOr with ourselves and , tired,
enough to enjOy . thOroughly an .after,din
ner lounge in -our drawing-room,', which
we had c,nverted pro _tern. into a smok
ing room, anilorriamented in every avail
able;place with meershaums, tobaccO, and
, _ •
cigar boxes. • . • •
Upon thiepvening, Jack, who was a
fair player on the -pianoforte,- was` per
forming the "Blue Bells Scotland,"
withmuch elaborate flouring' and cross
ing of hands', and I, of the audience, tas
stretahed on three chairs at .the *inflow,
lazily smoking my Cigar, in that sort of
half dreatnyl comatose, state that one
feels ,in the 1 -enjoyment of well earned
rest. I cannot say that: W9B altogether
in rapture. 'oVer the "Blue Bells, but
perhaps they, helped to promote the
pleasant tenor of my - thoughts as 'Jay
_with my Pyeathalf. shut, letting the Smoke
from.my ,wee curl affectionately' in the
fol . & of aeon's lace curtaitts)-
"Etow'-jolty l Farrars and I are togeth r
er," chuckled 'to ; "this little
trip of ; ours going - to;be;.sltogether• a
success. Girls are -.well:enough to meet
-7---r-7
„ • ,
"CeaSiOi.ahy, lit- u uore t l
Now ; supt.ose I mist ad
of Jack, sue ,wuttithi'Ll be C6llleoli 1111 r
'leis the house was with, visitors and
-
servanti, and—" [? .
I;Just that interesting juncture of
ruminations tie flonrishing; add
dashing dt..the.piarihtstopped, • and pus:
ently, the climes on'-which my legs`tested.
w_rre pulled .from titider, me, and I was
left ignominiously` sprawling on the ca*
1,0, With:Jack's face grinningdown in my'
lane hi evident- "eiljoyment.'of my:dist:am
fiture. • But the, fallidid not cause-Meto
forget;the thread
,of )11y,meditationis, ant:
us I gathered hp, niyt elegant limbs, I re-,
marked - 1' ' r'• •
u.l'dy . wife would' ant' - have done that,
Jack.”
"No ; she would hive. kissed the poor,.
tired darling, and :thrown aishawl gently
over hint; to . keep -him` frOm catching
,colcV said. Jack in itone of mock`it'
happiness,"aflec-
I re
adjnsted the
t ° ;r a' n l3' ;d e' u l r a e' u °- g f h i d 4 )lll .. esi 'a t s- I . re
chair's: .."Hark`''. whatis that`-?"
The stillness of tlie night outgidewas
•
broken by the same equisite music we
had listened to on the previous evening.
!In an - Instant our ban terWas huShed. It
-was a gay lively air Nvi i tiCh I recrgniied
las a' selection fr..m "St mien CS frolic,"
and the singer e4en. more at
' home in thiS stvle tlintr. in the pathetic.
made Tr--f-vi us `joykos as a bird in
spring, anti had . It , 1100 been ton . 'lazy, I
would have daileed, in very extiber-•
Ltince'of my spit its. •
itJack; w must - g - ! • * t a ii_ininiduetion to
'that lip le girf,' . I 'crier;.
ilerolving my' haft finished cigar out of
window. -
Bit , to my surprise;lil ink seemed in
no ni4iod to talk, and kePt„ scaring out of
the wind ,w, r:aking . noi-.itotioe of my re=
mark. 'Feeling aggriO'ed at not being
in. with the ii. 1)08itioll 1 mid' contetupt
ex rected for proposing 4,itcli a„-thing, I
went over\ and slightly:, ishOok him, at
which . he ran his finzeis through _ids
blonde curls, and looking ),up, with an ex
pret.sion el innocent asked: •,
1 "What is it ?" •
1 ''Wouldn't you like an introduction to
Miss Hallam
! "Why, yes ;of course Harding ; you
needn't have shaken a fe- s llqW half out of
his 'senses, to ask that silly.question," and
Jack:readjusted his broad Shoulders and
Irelapsed into-siience again. 1 1 4 .
•' .1 tried - to talkof Miss Hallani,-
literatuie, politics, but all to'i 'no purpose.
He sat staring out of the : window; as if
; the seven wonders of the world were nisi
ble op our path of moonlit lawn. •Itath
er I left him stargazing and
retired to bed, but as, I went, up stairs i
must , own -to a little curiosity* as -to the ,
cause that had made ,my amiable and.'
talkative friend suddenly so ;laconic and,
disagreeable. •
The- warm August days ripened into
.mellow September. Since the night of
Jack's ',revery, a change had .certainly
come ovrr hint, but as yet he:left me un
itiformed as to the caulk.. Sometimes
his old - gayety would i-ettirn; 'but it was
sure. to be followed ;by a . fit. of:more som
bre silence than bef..re.. I chaffed
'_bout, it often, but hie testy replies Myer
iably'shut the•up.' <We never ;
.thet -Mils
and the only time .saw her
'was in the morning among ...the flowers,
lor. in ; the evening, when, after having
ravished us with her inusic, She stepped
out, on the balcony, - leaning t;11 ber fath-'
ex.'s arm, to enjoy the moonlight. On
such occasions Jack seemed strangely af-
fected, 'and - would either . break forth
into voluminous praises of, her grace.and
beauty, or sit gaitig"•minntelY at the tip
paritiert. • • •
-Such : a state of affairs, led: me naturally!.
enough to tho conclusion the whatever
might be. the mattet with garrars, the
:fair cantatrice had 'something to- do with
One afternoon are resolved,l to-- have a
to* down the loch, ; aiad as , :crossed the
lawn, With an oar over each , r ihmilderi I
chanced to glance at, Hallam's
windew. 'where the two ladies were seat
ed sewing. -The younger one was scan
nink me. with a half amused expression
in' her. brown :eyes ;* and • as -.. 4ack came
sauntering down the gravel 'path; *Ulla
hand in each pocket, , ,Lquietly said
"Miss Hallam's at -the
He looked in the . direction Lindicated,
and, _to thy stirprite,lielthrnediatelY)iluSh 7
ed up like a girl. .
Jack, old fellow,' what., Is the
matter
,??' I asked,. with a smile could
not repress. Miss Hallam was. viewing
as. With the aid of an opera glaSs.
"Pshaiv I Harding, get an board quick
'and tow.as ,- well as you can," he 'answer;
ed, throwing himself into the - stern of
'the boat in a. position, where the Sun
shine struck forcibly on his handsome
face and auburn leeks. .
I bent as gracefully as I .could:'to
oars`—l. had been '4 lair oarsman at leam
bridge---and - soon the little , 'craft' was
skimniing over the ripples: -- -
As, it.was still early, when .we rettirned
we strolled, down , the lead it
_Would
be times in .
_to" - dinner, when,- I;furAT.
lug tbrher;' we:'earns` hpon
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M. , 56 flaliani'and,lier"father, mounted on
a couple, of stilenditi._ , grays, As.srke„con..
lered past with a smile, her. , beautiful
face flushed ..e?tercise, I cert4in-:.
ty.t r had it,ever seen any one' half
lo \ yely." I*rfect - forin ; tfie grace
of.evely-fold tier 'dark 'green- riding
habit ; the:indesprib,able coils and twists. A. -.
other broWn with the sunshine
shading itito- gold,; the ioquettish Item
feit'hat,,turned.,up at -on ,eider: with its,
danc!tig plume and streaining gosai,tme,r
,--combined to Make, ti.,charming tout
ensemble, which Was. altogether' _
Jack had , stared at ‘her' - iii oiten-mbuthett
iidiiiitation for= such' an - • indecent length
ofliine,,that I was constrained to accuse... ,
him.; =
4 •Fitfrars, y9u admire; lisa Hallain,"
said. , -
r•
1 lie bad his head :bolt,. 'and , ••wa!' kick
t4e. dead leavid tivish. • hi/341*A •
Val4ed," When .he raised.
they were yith.. : the .. ,es.pre!iiii. , of ! fr .
passion I had -tieF r ei .notice. Ahern be
tore, ••tiiid whi"eh' ea.riohorated
four ivOrde he tittered, as hie 'eyes
mine':;. ;
"1 do love her 1" '
;St range as 410 j 1.4
ay eeems tlitlrldqr.,
at . iik . !an non hOernent. .ty.
tad mated thehahge in . Pnrrits. 1 had
hoFilat..(l to osciibe citanmstaiice
of tiroteatot : and:
iaged!agaitist such „t04y.L.,-fallipg in love
with i 3 woman with whom he had .never.
eichasng . eit a
For answer,' a -passionate confession.`'
was poured into my. astonished ears,in
which he must and would win her. Mat
te'rwwere made considerably- - worse when
We received. our letters that evening' in
forniine us of business engagements, re
coiling our immediate return to town.
It would be impossible f9r.us to remain
more than three days
_longer. z,
! your tire is' ratherlimited,
Farrars,' I said with more iarcasm Vial •
Sympathy. "You'll• b. , a pretty 614
fellow if you woo and: win - 'a -handsome
'girl in time days.. • •
The next morning he -Caine down t•
breakfast looking - pale
,and haggard. 1.,.
don't believe he had slept all night, but
I made no inquiries, as I -felt annoyed; at
this alarming impulse of my old - friend s ,
and was altogethe out of temper
this adventure of his. He are little or
no breakfa?t, and looked' ii)ideks,:ted the
at last my sympatbie4 We're aroused, and
I.shonteci '
''"C'heer tritittiioe it
all beautifully, and . you'll:O.. to -frindoa
the accepted - suitor of .Mtsa Tla
Grad - adlly he. became Mere animated,
and began 'to talk,and 'quite shock
ed me by declaring that he.;Was going to
write and propose to .her - :•that; very day:
I considered him tO.be simPly : fmad,- but ,
he .- had apparently; .thought` it we ll - over,
..
-and :was determined : what ccinise to ad*
• "I3ut,.Jack. the thing iapreposterona,! . ..
argued •; ''shy
volt. :Can..yOu . expect".anything: • but 11
distinct - .refusal :
"And what !quilt pon y recommend
he asked, curling his lip' as he :Waited for_
. My advice. • •
- , Why,get' introduced:' to; her-fit:4.; and
ivaii , at least: .until !you .kist6,*- her a:little
•before you:,:make. such a I :lFoppal,7
) wa(tini . far the last
two,: Mon th s "An d'.do' - ' forget hat' .
in two days: . I . :mnst .,- leave thitt-
There' is : no • time :for :•now ; it
Must be action,, immediate_ and peremv ,
Ttorx ra
are rim quite
.clete s pinined t tO de
this thing ?"; I •
• •
.f‘And„w t ill. nothing:
_persiiade .yousAbat
"it extremely . ioolisli : tietiOnoind• on..
which' will: be Certain 0... defeat all your
.wishes!" . • • • .
"Under the -circumstances, I Corsider'
it the only thing , to, be. done
•• Oubcumbed., ...In dilicultieti
: ferent nature. 11.,,nad genertilljt proves - I.s
better - *diplomatist thiin . tandperOhande
his skill might extend department, also. ;r1 :
"Well, it must he' action, as you say ,
must action , let , it, be : .youT must write your
proposal," I said, 'pulling out the Writing ma
aerials with alacrity, placing chair for
Jack at the desi; and` After a 0211 hour's itarib , ,
Wine down and scratching' out a clean copy
was penned, which ran as follows : •
Deii n ' Asioon - LODGE,, S ept.. 2 2, /80/.
,Dear Miss 'Hallam—l regret that,, dream-
Stances hive prevented me , making your .se
quaintance ere I address you' words which I
pray you witl not think 'lightly of,- frOM the
mere feet. that 'I have never spoken to you
Since I came here, two months ago, you have
excited my, intense admiration, which- fielint
has ripened Intel a deep and, passionate love.
My businesi engagement' . now demand my
immediate return to London, but I feel I can
not go without first learning' from , you my
fate. I make you now an honOrable offer
my band in marriage, and beseech you not to
think lightly;of it, , is on yOur decision -Musk
depend my Wei happiness or , milierk,,
:to di:vlo 00 t n v -
p__ to- 8 ely.
much'. '
tOrge : ielipeqfit*,
•P lON nitaaltt
1021Mittiskieri Totqfle,..,llyXl •