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Inn 6, 1886.
to YOUNG GIRL'S WOOING.
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regrotted that Mtidgo and his relatives
worn at the house, for in some degree
they trammelled his movemeuts by a
watchful attention, which ho believed
W38 not very friendly, it would not be
• roll to ignore them beyond a certain
oiut. for it was his wish to catry
out his purposes with the least
1ms':ililo friction. Mali's course
hart oomprilled a revision of nt.
'eta it t t:epoctatiuns, int lilt, n,
r,d•ltinus with hi.. 1.,: tool..,:
ula.du har•mou;• Red :,..• t...,,
ecowldi•tl. ILO iclt 1.. ,'1,.; .ow, ,.,.
Iho ni,ur of :11r. A./.1'"„ft'0 e,•, 11 heli „;
+' •,I •tt.,lt, :lnll•.,!WV.111:11 :IIIiltel
Up. VI 411 c':1110 ). t•it;trt'in r.1 .
Hat n r:'.,',...1 tit:. d+:,hubs ,uuele.
sion, ho join;',i Jr,. ,,:,d :I, Ch. ;,air ,111
the hia•t.n.:n1 <t"rr rc,ne danultor;•
relic na;r,i_'•';\'h• ro i= :L•,ti e?
�..s..1.1..1• , s',iv.hu' 1. add:!1�+, "I thick
tui -ht go over to tire eilttpel Ito l ae•
company l,ee hoaeo."
"1'll lsi do fir by tint time srrs•ieo is
ever," lee I•el,f oil.
inert, was sneteri music in the hotel
pallor, but it seemed to him neither
very nacre t nor very attrantive, Then
he strolled toward the chapel: As the
terrier, was net nvor, ho stood and
mat l od the greet Moonlit ne mMius,
wits• t11,•ir light and shade, The scene
000 ,,,- +'n;terod the feelings to which
he lt•u, en himself tip. In revery ha
went over the hours he had n u lit with
Miss 1' ttij tl en since his retrn. rind
(tope grew > •,a:g. In view 01 it 011—
and vividly his mentnry rotaitel every-
thin•, even to tho droop of her ov,•1id.<
or t1„ tone itt which some tovl:u"r\•
\\fulfil+ hail l,cr+n ;:p,i'.;rit—thet•o ',!111
sr•areolt• bo tt ihr•;',tfnl 'mfr! ou,
'flwnghts of )tint had kept1:^r [ . wed
now 1. utt tilt; had flet again wrs
soaking to discover if her old i.. ••res•
timer htvl been tone, and in tie':. cnn-
iirntaticn \t•as surely yielding to Itis
suit.
Ho st trtutl, Through the upon win.
dow"s of the ad4tomnt ehttptl own, the
opening rotes of a ]tyrat, sang with a
sweetness and power that in tilt sti.l
suutmor eight seemed almost divine.
Then other 10:003 10:001, and par tinily
nbsttp•td t!tn melody ; but above all
tioate 1 a vein., that to his trlincd ear
had sou.o of the rarest qua!itics of
fuel.',',
"List's Miotigo," he muttered, and
strobe rapidly to the door. Again, in
the s"roul stanza, the rich, pure voice,
thrill d his every nervi, gaining; rather
tit:.0 losing in its effect by lain ttpiwnat Il.
Unconsciously the poor girl loud yielded
to the nld habit of self-txlnt'sion in
Annie. Her heart had been beat y. and
now was sail indeed. Eat tit hop" Lail
been growing dim, but the words of
faith sit' had heard luta not boil; with-
out sustaining; influence. ii•itl1 fila deep
longing; it lulr wunlnn s nature ter lute,
—dl vim; live, if 0artlily love must be
denied,—her voice in its pathos was un-
conscionsly 011 al,pnal, full of entreaty.
She half forgot her surroundiut'n; they
wort n,,thing iu herr present mond. The
little smile ice of strangers );ave 0 sent 0
of s•litrde.
The misi; t old time was rich iu
tivedrn,1::.t:3, It 'lsnrvivedrho win.
1100 ittg yroriess of l il»n, nil lett , n-
deare.l 1:: ;f to t'Le fiopnlat• heart
Lo'anst t xer..ssiye of the heart':; un-
rost earl ilk sire [ur something tnthing 1; n po.• s 'ss-
el. Along this old, well-worn musical
channel Madge 1 neral the fall ride of
her f„ilius, which lead both the solemn-
ity and the pathos insaparahln front all
deep and sacred otnotioa, Graydon was
now sure that lee must dismiss etc of
hit impressions of Madge, and finally.
No one could sing like that and be trivial
at heart, "I don't understand liar,” ho
muttered gloomily, "but I appreciate
ono thing. She has withhold from me
iter confidence, she does not wish to
keep her old place in nay election, and
has deposed herself from it. Sho ap-
pears to bo ander the influence of a
brood of sentimental aspirations. I
shall remain my old self, nor shall I
gratify her by admiring wonder. The
000 thing that would make life aburden
to the is an intense, resthetical, raptu•
ronsly devotional woman, with her
mental eve lined on 0 vague ideal. In
such society I should feel much like a
man compelled to walk on stilts all iho
titan. The idea of going hack to the
hotel, smoking a cigar, and talking of
the orll!u..ry affairs of lifo, after such
music rs that;"
"It was very kind of yon to come
over for rte," said -llaclge, as sero came
out. "Thank you, doctor; no; thorn is
no nni,l of your going back with inc.
Goo,Lnipht•,
"')'hanks to yon, Miss Aldan, thanks,
thanks. Thu sermon was good, bot
that last hymn rounded op Sunday for
too. I was going up to the bongo, bat
I'll go home and keep that music, in my
ears. If they had known, they wouldn't
have spared you from tho hotel music
to•night,"
"Pines° say nothing about ib,—that
it all I ask," silo said, as she took Gray -
don's arm.
Yes, Madge," he began, gniotly, "you
sung well. Ion had the rudiments of a
fine voico years ago. In gaining strength
yon havo also won tho power to sing."
"Yon," she said, simply,
"Do you sing much ?'
"I do not wish to sing at all in the
hotol. I did not study mesio in ardor
to be conspicuous,"
"Have you studied it vory carefully 2"
"Please Iaavo out the word 'very.' I
studied it as a young girl studios, not
scientifically, I had it. good master,
and he diel his bast for mc, Poor IIorr
•
I3raohntann I he was sorry to have Ino
come away. Perhaps in timo 1 can
sake progress that will satisfy him
bettor. I could neo that leo was often
dissatisfied."
"You don't moan to suggest that you
aro going back to Santa Barbara?"
"Why not ?"
"True onough, 'why not ?' It was a
foolish quostion. You doubtless have
strong attachments thoro."
"I have, indeed."
"And it's natural to go whore our at•
tachutouts are strongest."
"Yes ; you have proved that to -day."
"Yon evidently share in my brother's
disapproval. Mary would soon become
finite reconciled."
"I ? I have no right to fool either
approval or disapproval, while you havo
an undoubted right to ploaso yoursolf."
"ludot'd v aro you so indifferent ? 1f
you think Miss Wildmere objectionable
you should disapprove."
"If you find her altogether charming,
If silo realizes your ideal, is not that
l sullleiont 2 Everything is vory much
what it scouts to us. If 1 as a girl would
pleaso myself, you, sorely, an a mar,
have a right to do so."
"Do yoitropose to please yoursolf ?"
"Ittdfod I do."
"You 'rat be disappointed. Yon have
formed r- go•sion for ideals. 1 intngine,
j though. diet yon alio somewhat difi'e,'Lu1
1 from tailor girls whose future husl.sutlt
must be ileal Wren, but 11110 etre content
' themselves to remain very ruucll what
1111'nlilliucra, dressmakers, and fashion
n,al<0 thtun, t
"I can at least say that I am not con.
1 tent ; and I am also guilty of the en-
ormity of cherishing ideals."
"Oh, I've found that out, if nothing
else. Ideals among mon aro as thick as
blackberries, you know. Jack Heider.
son dam= superbly." -
"Yes; be quito moots my ideal in
that respect." -
"Perhaps you lett some one in Santa
Barbara 1'110 meets your ideal in all
respects 2"
"Thom was ono gentleman thele who
approached it nearly."
flow could you leaye him ?"
"He canto on with m0, -331r. Way-
land,"
1'sltaw ! HIe's old enough to bo your
father."
"Ani vary liko a father Ito WON to me,
I owe him an outhouse deal, for ho
helped me 80 much!"
"Yon dill not let mo help you 2"
"Yes; I did. I wroto to you for
books, and reed all you sent me ; some
parts at'them several times."
"Yon know that is not what I meant,
I am learning to understand yon some-
what, Madge. I ]tope you may realize
all your ideals, and find some young
fellow who is the embodiment of tho
higher life, aspirations, and all that, you
know."
Her laugh rung out musically. Mrs.
Muir heard it, and remarked to her
husband: "Madge and Graydon a"c
getting on better. They havo soeutd
to mo to clash a littlo to.clay."
BIr. Blair made no reply, and Gray-
don, as ho mounted the steps, whisper-
ed, hurriedly, ''Chat you said ahem
Miss 11'ildtuero was at least just and
fair. I wide you liked her, and would
influence Usury to liko her, for I sea
that you havo intinenco with him."
Sho made 1:e response by word or
sign.
Tho ladies soon retired, and Graydon
waited in vain fur another interview
with Bliss Wildutere, While ho was
looking for self on the piazza shopassod
in and disappeared. IIo at last dis-
covered Mr. Arnault, who was smoking
and malting some memoranda, and,
turning on his howl, !to strode away.
"She alight havo said good -night, at
least," he thought, discontentedly,
"and that follow Arnault dire not look
like a man wito had received his souse."
That this gentleman did not regard
himsolf as out of the race was proved
by his tactics tho next horning. Before
reaching the city he joined Mr. Muir in
the sntolting•section of a parlor car, and
easily directed their talk to the peculiar
condition of business. Mr. Muir knew
little in favor c.f Lis compauicn, and not
much against him, but devoutly hoped
that he would bo tho winning luau in
tiro contest for Bliss W'ildworo. Ifo
also knew that the firm to which Mr.
Arnault belonged hail held their heads
well up in the fluctuations of the street.
Sobh gontlemeu deplored the present
stato of affairs, and hoped that there
might soon bo more confidence. "By the
way, Mr. Muir," Bir. Anlault• romallwed,
casually, "if you need accommodation
wo have some money lying idle for a
short time, which we would like to put
out as a call loam, and would bo glare
to placo it in good consorvativo hands,
like veers."
"Thank you," said Bir. Muir, with
sono cordiality.
IIo went to his °Moo and lookod
matters over carefully. Ho was con-
vinced that a crisis was approaching.
More money was requirod immediatoly,
sinco the socuritios m which ho had in.
vested had deoliuod still further. He
had not lost any faith in thorn at all,
knowing that they had a solid basis,
and would bo among the first to rise in
value with roturnirag coniidouco. IIo
hacl gono to far and hold on 80 long Haat
it was a terrible thing to give up now.
Comparatively little money wouldprob-
ably carry him over to perfeot safety,
but his moans were tiod up, tho banks
stringent, and ho had already strained
his credit somowhab. Mr. Arnault's
frolfor oocurrod to him again, and at
last, muo11 as he disliked the expedient,
110 °talod upon the broker, who was
affable, off•hancl, and business -like.
"Yes, Mr, Muir," he said, "I can lot
you have thirty thousand just as woll
asnot ; as tho times aro, Iwould liko
sono security, however."
"Certainly, horn aro bonds market.
n,bin today, although doeressed nu.
naturally. You aro aware that Choy
will bo among the first to apprc0iato,"
"In ordinary tithes ono world think
so."
"How soon do you think you say call
i11 this 11111,11 Y"
tho probabilities are, that
tray hoop it as long an you wish, at
rates named. They aro stili, I let
but not above tho nip -Amt."
Mr. Muir had thought it over. If lie
failed he was satisfied that his assets
would eventually hake goal story
dollar ho owed, with interest, svhiln, on
the other ]hull, even the small sunt
named prrintisad to preserve his for-
tune and add very largely to his wealth.
Tho transaction was soon cotupletod,
3[r. Arnault was equally satisfied that
he also tools but slight risk, The loan,
however, was made from his own moans,
and tvtts not wholly a business affair.
IIo had made up his mind to win Stulla
1i'ildtuoro, and would not swerve from
tiro p0Ppo10 unless site engaged herself
to another, Then, even though sten
might ho willing to break tho tie through
stress of eivcltmstatleea, he would stand
aloof. There was only ono thing greater
than hislorsistonoy,—his pride. Sho
was tho hello who, itt his set, had
been admired most gonerally, and
his grad was success, — success to
everything on which he placed his
heart, or, rather, mind. For her to
become engaged to Graydon, and
thin, because of his poverty to be
willing to renounce Lim for a morn
fortunate man, would not answer at all.
I'io must appear to the world to have
won her in fair competition with all
others, and tbo girl had an instinctive
knowledge of this fact. Tho events of
Um previous day, with het: father's note,
thornfore confirmed her putposo to keep
both filen iu aboyauco until the scale
should turn. —�
you
the
my,
CIIAPTIIll XIV.
'fuss w'ILD.1ltinI'2 STRATEGY.
As we have seen, Madga could not re.
sums her old relations with Graydon
Iluir. Indeed, taw turuiug-point in hu,
lifo Ind born tite Ingalls° veil decision
to (0 'a1.0 tbenl by g.G1 itg away. She wail
also rigIIt in thi»idu4 that this inability
would rather bell, than hirdcr her
1: use. 1f h„ Iut,1 come back 1111,1 realized
1•xpt'etut nu;, ho w011111 haw" bo•
cf.' i •d n1•.uiun•,lly tho placid aitoction
o1 a, ht'oth,r, given her his contidonoo,
his aitl, tut) thing she wished, swept his
thoughts. While she lost much else, she
retained these 111 a way that puzzled
auii over provoked him, in view of his
div"t:ou to .hiss Wildmere. Tho very
fact that he resented the way in which
ho had been treated by Madge, made
him think of her, although admitting to
himself that it might all turn out for tho
best. Ho world have soon accepted
changes in externals, and her added
accomplishments, but there wero other
and more subtile changes which lio
could not grasp. It began to piquo hits
that he had already been forced to
abandon more thau one impression in
regard to her character. It was some.
what humiliating that he, who had seen
the world, especially in its social aspects,
should bo perplexed by a young girl
scarcely twenty, and that this girl of all
others should bo little Madge.
"1 don't understand her yet," bo ad.
nlittoel; and ho again assured himself
Grab it was not necessary that Ito should.
Site had not merely clriftod away from
him, but had dolibarately chosen that
others should guide and 11o1p itt the new
duv itopment. The thing for him to do
now was to secure the girl of his heart,
who was not shrouded In mystery. It
was evident that Mr. Arnault had boon
an ureont suitor, and that alto was not
alr°arly engaged to him proved, as Ito
believed, that sho had been under tho
influence of a restraint readily explained
by her morn than 1000 ter toward him
self. "She will havo to ohooso between
ns soon," ho thought. "She understands
us both, and her heart will soon give its
final verdict, if it has not already douo
so."
Bliss Wildmoro's hoart would have
slight voice in the vordict. Indeed, it
never had been permitted to say vary
much, and was approaching the con-
dition of a mate. Sho had her prefer.
once, however, and still hoped to bo ablo
to follow it. Sho smiled upon Graydon
almost as sweetly as ever daring the
noxt two days, but he felt that she had
grown moro elusive. She lured him on
unmistakably, but permitted no near
approach. With consummate art, site
itereasod the spell of her fascinations,
and added to the glamour which dazzled
him. Ho night look his admiration,
and, more, ho might compliment in•
definitely ; but when he spoke too
plainly, or sought strongerioadicalions of
hor regard, silo was on the wing in.
scantly, and ha was too fano in his per -
()options to push matters against her
toil. Casting about with a lover's
ingenuity for au oxplanation of her
tantalizing allurotnont, yet elusivonoss,
it oceurro(' to him that she was unwill•
ing to yield readily and easily, front very
fear that ito might surmise tho cause of
hot. lioodom,--that she had given hint
hor lovo before it had boon aslcod.
`therefore, it was not impossible that
she now proposed for him a somowhat
thorny probation as au open suitor. Sho
would nob appear to be easily won, and
perhaps site thought that, since this was
to bo tbo last wooing she could enjoy,
silo would male the most of it. Ile
also resolved to mako tho most of
this phase of life, and to enjoy to the
utmost all of her slay witchery, her
airy, hovering noarnoss to the thought
nppormost in his mind, as if she worn
hotli fasolnatod by it and afraid. IIo
little droamed that her fominino graoo
and fr)trese wore but the practical carry.
ing out of her fathor's suggestion, to
"hoop him well in hand."
Iiacigo felt harsolf neglected and par.
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