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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1885-9-4, Page 22 ,A RUNG GIRL'S WOOING. BY B. P. BOB, *ober of" IUo Sombre SitvalN,""',Prom Jost to ASnrnest,"&t., &v. slightest de re.r. Melange appeared in good spirits, and talked charmingly, „vee brilliantly at tinges, but she was ex- ceedingly hnpersanal, sed it was now his policy to follow her slightest lead iu everything. Flo would prove that hos wish was his, as far as he knew it. The next morning (iraydou wont to the city, and would not return till Fri- day evening of the following week, for it was his purpose to resume business. In the evoutng he and his brother diseussod their affairs, which were boginnlug to improve all along the lino. Thou their talk cony. rt;od more upon topics con- nected with this story, and among them was Mr. mere's suspension. failure don't amount to very much," Homy rorearkod; "he has al- ways done husieess le a Baud -to -month way." "I am supris"d that Aruault permitted him to ;;u down." Graydon said; "it couldn't slave t.aaeu vary inuoh to keep hien ul,.,, .qt is said that Ant'alt will have no- thing to do with hint. and that this fact lint hastened his elono(all." "Well, so she play.,1 it too sharp on him, also. I was in hopes that sho would marry and rnutsh ham. I don't wonder at his coarse, though; for if hs has a spark of spirit ho would not for. give her trenttne.nt after sho learned thutyon had not ;elle 1. Oh, hew blind I was :" "Yes, Graydon, yon are very blind,," said Mr. -limy. in-dverteutly. " :Ire ?' Why ao you use the present tion;. "„ •'iyld I?" r•ci+ii'•1 Mr. Muir, a little c.m'us •dly. "W'11. yen see, Madge anti 1 tut t,•irs:ooi Miss 'Nil heave from the first.'• Mtn:: Miss Wil {mere 1 Do you this: ?111..t_u N„ r ,tu•,, right p.h,.re, Graydon. I tliin't Madge is tie, h.• -t and most mom s'i •'.••girl I ever krl• ^:. s'‘ei that's all you will ever get Ont of r"•." 1?arae" ole, Monty. I spoke from impulse, and not a worthv ono, either. 1 tab you point bla^tit, however, that Madge Alden hasn't icer oral in th• world. 1 would lar' her in a mom0utit I dared. Would to 1'.eaven I could liav, .-silt some time with her immediately actor my roturn 1 In that case there ,c,ld have been no Wildmero folly. I ius;arc, Henry, when I thought she i::attt be kilted the other day I felt that cud of my owe life had come. I ,•;u't tell you what that girl is to mo ; et with her kuowledgs of the past how can I approach her in decency ?" "Well," said Mr. Muir, shregging his sheiddcrs and rising to retire, you aro out of the worst part of your scrape, and Madge is alive and well. This is not a little to be thankful for. I shall eorfitie ley advice to business matters. Still, were I in your shoes, I kuow what 1 should do. 'Faint heart,' you know. Gond-night." Graydon did not move, or scarcely answer, but, with every faculty of miucl concentrated, ho thought, "Henry's ex- p'nuation of his use of the present tense aces not explain, and there is more meaning in what he left unsaid in our recent interview than in what ho said. Can it bo possible ? Let me take this heavenly theory and, as wo were taught nt college. see how much there is to sup. port it. Was there any change in her manlier toward mo before we parted years since? Why, she was taken ill that night when sho first mot Miss Wildmere, and I stayed away from her so long—idiot 1" From that hour he wont forward, scanning everything that had occurred between them, until be saw again her Slushing face and startled eyes when he kissed her, and his belief grew strong that it was his immense good fortune to fulfil the prediction that Madge should be happy When he examined the attitude of his own heart toward her he was not sur- prised that his affection was passing into a love deeper and far more absorb- ing than Stella Wildmere had ever in. spired. "Tho old law of pause and effect," he said, smiling to himself, 'laud I can imagine no effect in me adequate to the cause. Even when she scarcely cast a shadow she was more companionable than Stella, but it never occurred to mo to think of her in any other light than that of little sister Madge. Almost as soon as tho thought occurred to me, and I had a right to love her, love became AR natural as it was inevitable. Even in the height of my infatuation for Stella, Madge was winning mo from hog L'.;;:nsciously to myself." Such thoughts and convictions im- parted a gentle and almost caressing tone to his words when Madge wet- aimed and accompanied him to his tato supper on his return to the mountains. This siguificant accent was more (narked than over whon sho promenaded with flim for a brief time on the piazza. Nor did a Little brusqueness on her part banish the tone and manner which wore slight indeed, but unmistakable to her quick intuition. "She is so proud and spirited," he thought, "that only whon surprised and eft' her guard will she reveal to mo a glimpse of the truth, If I consulted my owu pride I wouldn't speak for a long time to come,—not till she had ceased to associate u10 with Stella Wildluoro; but if she is loving me 8,s I believe sho would love a man, elle shall not doubt ani bear longer than I eau help, that I 0.11 my lifn's devotion aro hors. Sweet .lo,lco, you shall mna:;e your own terms unaiu 1" T}' 5 BRUSSEILS F )ST GOOD NEWS t�AA For the Farmer. I liaYO scoured tllo i am for Grey township for a Patent Load Lifting Machine. CiIAPTI It XXXYIII. ' Cf•1nT.tINL1 I RE&t'SS YOU." IIariug beard that one of the finest 1•iews among the mountains was to be had at Indian Head, a vast overhanging precipice facing toward t110 entrance to the lvaaton:kill Clove, Graydon easily induced Madge to explore with liiul the tangled paths which lad thither. Flow his eyes exulted over her as sho tripped ou before him down 1110 steep, windbag, rooky paths1 Once, however, ho had it fright. Site was taking a deep dt'secnt swiftly, whon her skirt caught on 6 stubborn projecting stump of a sapling, and it appeared that she would fall headlong; but by some surprising, self -recovering power, which seemed exerted even in the act of falling, she lay before him iu the path, almost as if reclining easily upon her elbow, and was nearly on her feet again before ho could reach her side, "Aro you hurt?" he asked, most solicitously, brushing off the lest from her dross. "Nut in the least," sho replied, Laughing. "s1'eli," ho exclaimed, "I don't believe you or any ono else could do that so handsomely again if you tried a thou- snud times! Don't try, please. I oqr- rie,d you tete other day some little distaace,and found that you were no lother a little ghost." "Yon oersted me, Graydon? I thought the 1•vople from the farmhouse carte." "nh, I didn't wait for them! I was half beside myself." "Evidently," she replied, a little ceol1v. ilor tone sonde him falter in his pur- pose, and when at last they reached ethos Head, she was so resolutely im- personal in her talk, and bad so ninth to say about the history and the legends of the region of which she had road, :that lie felt that she was in no mood for what leo intended to say. "That must be what is down ou the leap as Tamper Clove," said Madge; ,"and do you know. some think Haat it 'wets up that valley Irving made poor LUip carry the hessvy keg, ? Oh, I wish we could get down into it and go back ,that way 1" Lot me explore;" and ho began swinging himself down by the aid of <uplings and smeller growth. "Some one has passed hero recently," he called back, "for trees are freshly blazed and brava:hes broken. Yes," he cried, a moment later; "here is a well-defined path leading up the clove toward the hotel. Do you think you darn attempt it v" "Certainly," sho answered; and be- fore he conld reach her she was half way down the descent. .'Mad ol" he cried, in alarm. ` "0h, don't worry," sho said ; "I was i over worse places in the West." 1 "Well, what can't she do 1" he es: - claimed, as she stood beside him in the path. I can't give up any own way very easily," she replied. You have found that out." "That don't trouble me In tho least, (.o, n0 1111rat Ohs, wILil Vlore LIMN his first impetuosity ; "I'm Su earnest, You, who almost road my than;rhts, know that I nm in earnest—that—" sly a strong yet simple gesture she checked him. "You svarcely rcnjizo what you are asking, Graydon," abo sails, gravely. "1 have no donbt your present emotion is unforced anti sincere, but is requires time to prove earllestnoes. You were equally sure you were in earnest a short time since, and I had little place, cup". iteratively, in your thoughts." "But I did not know you Hien as f do 110w." "You thought you did. You had vivid impressions then about neo, and more vivid about another woman. You aro acting now nndor another iinpressioe, nod from impulse. If I ever give my- self away it shall not bo in response to au impulse." :Mad"o, you misjudge me—" be bo. gas, hotly. "I think I know most of the facts, and you know how matter-of-fact I am. You may think I do not know what love is, flat• I do. It n; a priceless thing. It is a woman's life, and all that "takes a trno woman's life. It is something that one cannot always giro at will, or wisely; but if I had the power to give it at all, it should bo to a 10611 who had eanlel the right to ask it, and not to one who, within a few short days, had formed now impressions abort me. Levo IR not the affection of a friend, or oven of a sister. There is no necessity for mo to marry." "Then you refuse me ?" ho said, a little stiffly. "Certainly I refuse you Graydon. Has my manner led yon to think that sons eager for a chance to accept you ?" "O11, no, indeed I You have checked my slightest tendencies toward senti- ment." Thank yon for the assurance. I do not care the least for sentiment." Itis airy fabric of hope, of almost cer- tainty', had been sbattcred so suddenly that he was overwhelmed. There seemed bat one conclusion. "Madge," he said, in a low, hoarse voice, "answer mo, yes or no. You loved some one at Santa Barbara who did not return your love ? That is your trouble of which Mrs. Wendell spoko— I could not help haariug her words— that is rho mystery abort you which has been hauntiug 11111 with increasing perplexity; that was the sorrow I heard 1n your voice the evening you sung in the chapel, and which has vaguely, yet strongly, moved mo since ? Tell mo, is it not so ? Toll me, as a friend, that I may be a truer friend." Sho hacl turned away in a manner that confirmed his thought. "You aro suggesting a humiliating confession, Graydon." "Yes, humiliating to the man whc saw you, knew yon, yet slid not love you. Tell me, -Madge, It will make my own amuse clearer." "Yes, then," she replied. Ho sighed deeply, and was silent for a few moments. "Madge," he at last resumed, "look at me. I wish to toll you something." She turned slowly toward him, and bo saw that her Hp was trembling, and that tears wore gathering in her eyes. "You may think 1150 cruel in wringing such a confession from you, but perhaps you will forgive me when you hear all I have to say. You may look upon me now au a creature of impulses and im- pressions. The memory of my recent infatuation is still fresh in your mind, but you y ourself said I could be straight- forward when once I got ray bearings. I have them new, and I take my onnrse. As a friend you have revealed to me much of your woman's nature, and, having known the best, I shall not look 1 don't wish you asp givo up .;our owl way, it's warm down hero, and „n. walk won't be so breezy as if wo ha* followed tho ridge." "We will take it loisnroly and have n rest by and by." The gorge grew narrower and wil,lcr They passed an immonso tree, nude! which Indians may have bivouaoktotl and in eomo storm long past the lightning had ploughed its way troy; the topmost branch to its gnarled. roots At last the path crossed a little ripe that tinkled with a faint murmur amoull the stones, making a limpid pool horst and there. Immense boulders, draped with varied -hued mosses and lichens, were scattered about, whore in ages past the melting glacier had loft them. The trees that densely shaded the place seemed primeval in their age, loftiness, and shaggy girth. "011, what a deliciously cool and •lovely spot l" cried Madge, throwing down her alpenstock. "Get mo some oak loaves, Graydon, and I will make you a cup and give you a drink." In a moment she made a fairy chalice with the aid of little twigs., and when she handed it to him, deping with water, his hand trembled as ho took it. "Why, Graydon,'' she exclaimed, "what on earth makes you so nervous ?" "I am not used to climbing, and I suppose my hand has a little tremor from fatigue." "You poor thing I Hero is a mossy rock 011 which you can imitate hip. Ycu have only to imagine that 1ny,leaf goblet is the goblin flagon of Irving's legend." Whore and what would you be after twenty years?" "Probably a wrinkled spinster at Santa Barbara." "You wouldn't go away and leave me?" "Certainly I would, if I couldn't wake you u Ho up," bath her mirthful oyes and lovely face. Oh, how lovely 1t was, flushed from heat and climbing! "Madge," he said, impetuously, 'lyou have waked mo,—ovary faculty of my soul, every longing of my heart. Will you bo my wife 2" Her fence grew scarlet. Sho sprung to her feet, and asked, with half seri- ous, half comic dismay, "Will I bo your what ?" "I asked you to be my wife," he began, confusedly. "0 Graydon, this is 1000130 than ask. ing 100 to bo your sister 1" sho replied, laughing. "Your alternations fairly make mo dizzy." "Truly Madge," he stammered, "a man can scarcely pay a woman a greater compliment-+" "011, It's a compliment 1" sho inter. tor anything lees than yours. 1 snail be devoted to you through life. I will be to you all that I can be,—all that you will permit. It is said that time heals all wounds. Perhaps some day, --well, if it ever can be, I should be content to take what you could give. Yon said I was hind and patient with tho little ghost. I should be far hinder and gentler—" Sho had felt herself going fast, and had almost yielded to the impulse to exclaim, "You, Graydon, are tho ono who did not return my love ; and al- though your love has been so brief and untested compared with mine, I will trust you ;" whon voices were heard on the same path by which they bad come, and the figures of other ramblers were seen indistinctly through the foliage. She gave his honed a strong pressure, seized her alpenstock, and hastened swiftly forward. The path soon after- ward emerged on the public road. The breeze cooled her ]lot cheeks, kissed away her tears, and half an hour later they approaobed the hotel, chatting as quietly as the strictest conventionality would require. Kett can do your hauling and mowing with one man loss than usual, as a boy can run the ma- chine. It is simple, durable, labor saving, convenient and can bo had at a small expense. Farmers do not be deceived, order this patent and take no other. We will take pleasure any time in testing it with any other load lifter made, and as to its reliability, safoty, strength, lightness of draught and expedition, it has no equal. Wo have testimonials from farmers saying it is the best thing they have on the farm and that they would not be without it for throe times its cost. Seo this Lifter be- fore you invest a dollar in any- thing of the kind as it' is just what you want. Any information de- sired will bo furnished Anyone infringing on the Patent will be prosecuted. HIR4.M WHITE, CRANBROON, ONTARIO. CHAPTER XXXIX. "sir TRUE &MEND. " They found that Mr. Muir had ss - rived, and 110 family party in the long supper -room appeared more froo from disturbing thoughts and momorlea than the one gathered at tho banker's table. In Madge the keen-oyed man could do. toot nothing that was unusual, and in Graydon only a trace of the dignity and seriousness which would inevitably fol. low some doep experience 01 earnest purpose. They all spent the evening and the greater past of the following day together, and Madge was touched more than once by observing that Gray- don sought unobtrusively to comply with oven hor imagined wishes and to enhance the point and interest of her spoken thoughts. In answer to his direct question she had acltuo10led the absolute truth, and vet it had orevotl more misleading than MONEY TO LOAN. l ALanoy to loan on farm property at LOWEST RATES. PRIVATE AND COMPANY FUNDS W. 13. DlciisoN, Solicitor, Brussels, Ont. INTERESTING T O EVERYBODY. Stoves, Furniture &c. The Sterling Cook Stove just the thing for farmers use. Has a large oven, lakes 27 inch wood and weighs over 400 lbs. The Marquis, one of the most oonven- ient and handsome town Cook Stoves ever offered to the public, also in stock. CALL AND 111E THE "DAVIS" .DEWING MACHINE. It is Simple and Durable and does a larger range of work than any other machine in the market. A FULL SUPPLY OF FURNITURE, Sxpr. 4, 1886. .L1. L. 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