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• Let me kiss you for your hister ;
You're A dainty little elf.
If I bakhot wooed and _missed herb
• _ -would kiss You far yoursalf.-.
S
• o this proffered osculatron -
Cometh from ti.-com ',fixation
• Ofe. present admiration • -
And, a love laid= the shelf.
• To be sure'you're rather youthful •
•• AA thi- to appreciate. •
You',e ridiculously truthful --
Ponder inuocence of eight..
One 'unlucky exclamation,
Quite beyond all expectation,.
• . Brought to liuht a:situation,
Winch decided there -ray fate.
'Those dark ekes would tempt a Titian.,
• With tue_tangled curls above, •
You're a miniature editien •
• 0 tthe-girl 1 used to level •
-.Bat you have not reached the station,.
Where our normal occupation
Isa.despeate flirtation
With some. poor, cIeluded.coire.
tin erepretty-and you knov/ it-
Wi h:thoseeyeaof -dusky hue.
.Probably you wi,l1 butgro* it,
• Fret. y children.oftert do.
Now yor know the situation.
Tbat I -hold to your relation, .
-You man net express "legation
' If I crave.a. kiss of you. -
-Let me kiss you for your sister ;
You'recit, bainty little elf. . .
It is lpug since I.havekisssd ier ;
Yott_do very well jourself. -
Wild end reckless. dij.s patio.tt
Cured by bliud infatutia ,n.
Now I love a maid of station
• - And abundant store pi pelf.
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PA:U.
91E1AP_T43 IV.
• -NOT F,B:;LOYE -;OB MARRIAGE.
A weiek- has, ,passed ,bY.: I am: more in.
. love. • theta leiter. I eat now satibfied as. to
the thoroughness of . my -'passion.; tiertaia
that this !midden- love of Mini will endure
as long as MY life; that it no transient-
• flush te fade away with pinta or absence.'
• Whether my suit -- be suctiessful or not this
. woman .will be my first and last love.
•At yet t have, made- lietleprogress in the.
' •fuitheriog of my desire. see her every-
, . _
. day, .beosueel wateh for her cording :and
going; end every..timel steelier 1 lind fiesh.
• oharnas in .-her face and Outlast . in: her
figure. Yet .Itenyon was tight. . Here hi a
peculiar style .of beauty. ' That pale pere
- face; times dark 'dreamy far -away ,-ey eEti
are out of:the-common :rue of woman
It may be that th108.0001111te for the strange
fascination she has .fer.tmeet, Her carriage
is upright And -graceful; shetwitiks
• at tee slope retie; her. fape is always grave,_
-and At Seeme• to seldom speaks to
• that old cowpnion -or ..servseit. who never
.. quite her Hide)! I am begianing to took upon
her as a riddle, and -wonder'if the key will
• ever be mole: - • - •
, I have tumid. but some fewthiegs:about
..
.her. Her nameis .PSuiinet-t-tatl sweet and
euttabie eame-Pauliae Mitreh. She is
therefore Etiglisoe. although I !bometimes
. ,
heat, he; sat ing a fete Woede in Itatiea to old
Teresa, .her eervent:- She •seeriue to ,lineW
. no one, And, so fat as:I -can, learn, no one
• kneirre more about her thatn 1" do -7-71, at
• least,- keoVe She: came. from Turin', and
-that is mOre thaa--tply informants Were
aware of: • -- ••• ;.
• - I still oboupy My • roeme, "Viaiiing my
°bailee. I i tantalizing to live in. the
•'. same house with the one you love ettid Rad On
, bpportuhitytof even tomilienbioo the -siege.
-Meat. old • Teresa' *guards her:.•;Olfarge. like a
- •thoroughtbred -Speetehteltientist t Herdark
teyes gleatoe and euttpioloOsly at me
Whenever • I': ineet the two women, and
. bid them the- geed-,ntoriting or good -evening
. -which a fellow -lodger - may. venture
As yet I 'have get no further, than these
• cold oivilities.•'--Paulihe's oyes and manner
give me to eliconragenient., She acknow-
ledges: niy salutation•.-._ gravely, distantly
• and apatheticsil$4.• It is :cisme to Me that
love at -fleet sightis not bound tobered,
• prooal.. I comfort myself by thinking that
Fate niust have something in.store for Mei
or Pahlineand 1 *did - never have been
brought face to face again. . •
So all I_ can- do is -.to., Ittrk behind the
red. curtains of- MY . Window .• and
• *etch my love,. gnarded by that old oat
Tereee, goout and comein.. - aril obliged-
: now to -exercise- due caution in this pre-
. eeeding, as the duennit once caught sight of.
toe,: and now .eaoli- time they page I see her
- fierce eyes peering into my hidin-glilace, I
. am beginning to hate Teresa. .
Yet if I have 'done, little, 1 em in the
- same- houseebeeathing the sameair as Patti --
and- I &'a a patient man and min wait
for my, o'stetunitto , It. Will: be 'Sure to
0013111..at I :t.
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service' to -bee and. -myself :Out dist tint eyes have Beini 'Whitt I have n..o Wish -to
. . ...
• .....,_
Oreetly. ' 7- - - ' ' -i tionoeal. I love Signorina Pat:dine."
• .Bet the ice was: broken -our hands had "She is not to b� loved,": said Teresa,
met.. Pauline and I:Were :strangers -,nia: iiulkily. - - . . * • . . • , . ..
Loner! s : --, - . . " Oae So beautiful ' mit be loved. I love
: - Old Tekeint's ,sprain, although not -such a her and will marry her,".' .
serious taffeir AB she fancied,: :kept her "She is not to be married:".
indoors for several days. I hoped this would "Listen, Teresa:: I say I. will Merry
enable ine to IiiiprOve my acqueintanee her. I aft a gentleman and riche 1 have.
with her mistress, but the result was not 50,000 lire a year"-
commensurate with- the hope. Per the The amount Of - my intiome;inagniffeent
firstlevr. days Pauline, BO.feor as I knew, did when reduced to her native .coinage, was
not leave the beim. - ()anent twice I met net without its expected effeCt. If her
her on the states and, assuming a fictitioua eyes', as they met mine, were as onfriefidly
intethet in the old woman, kept her in cion as ever, their look ,of astonishment and
yersatiOntfor a minute or two: It seemed increasing respect told me I WAS appealin
to me that She was painfully slikso ehy
• • to her tenderest feeling--oupidity, - -
that the conversation I would fain have ' "Now tell me why I should:not marry
prolonged, after a little While, died aiiatiirad the Signorina? Tell me who herfilends
death... I was not conceited: enough to are that I may see them' and ask her in
-attribtiteher -shyaess -andieticence to the marriage ?" - . ; : *. _ - ,' --• - --.1 -
. . .
'' She is not for marriage" . - - .
- This was all I Could get _from the old
women.- She would tell me nothing about
Pauliee's- family or friends:. She wotild
only retteratetitet shames! not for leveor for
marriage. : - . .
: I had. but ' one .obanne lift.: : Tetesa's
eager look•When I Mentioned the. income I
poiseised b'ad impreseted me. I Muse cson;
uescend to the Vulgar act of direet bribery;
the end would juitify the means. ! -
.
As / was so often t availing it my
habit tar carry a largesurn of money ma my -
person:. 'I drew out iny pooket-book and
counted 'mita hundred potiede in new oriep
notes. Teresa eyed themiungrily.
ese areworth?"' l'
pushed -weiouple Of
Her skinny taand
same cause- which. made Me blush and.
stammer as 1 -i.poke to her. . •
At last; one morning I saw her leave -the
house alone I ttok -my hat and followed
her. She. was Vialkieg up • and down the
pavement in front oft the house. I joined• *
her, and, after the usual inquityforTeresa;
continued at her ' side.- I must makeanattempt to - establish mattes on a ; better
footing between, us.
"
You have net been England
Mist .March?' said.
Sonne time -some. menthe.," she replied:
saw you. in the .spring at Turin -in
church, at San -Giovanni." She 'reified:her
eyes and Met /lithe with a strangeepuzeted
look. .
'" You. were there with Ybur old servant -
one Morning," I continued. :
"Yes -we eften went there.",
"You, are English suppose
name is not an Italian one ?"
re89 ram English.'"
•
-t-your
She: spoke as though • not .quite Pertain
aliout,it-,-or.ae it -sit was .a matter of _coin -
plate iadifference,
Tont bonito here. You are not going
back ic.) Italy ?." -• " -
'" I den't cannot tell," _
- Pauline's Mannet wee very Ainsatisfying.
*I made many attempts to learmsomethiag
about her habits led. twee. Did she play
Or. blOg-7•WAS.she fendof Music, of pioturee,
of ilowerie of the stage, of travelling?
Had she many relatioase and friend?
:Direeitly and indirectly., 'r I :asked - her alt
hood: these- questions. . . .
Herreplies were unsatisfactory. Either
She- "evaded .the questionst as. if detereitined
' hould know nothing about :her, or AC
..not seenx to understand them._ Many
of ;theta I felt sure 'puzzled her.. At end
of ourlittleipromenitclet.she- AS
great a mystery to -Me as before. ' The only
copatert I could take. was that she displayed
no -wish: to ihun . We passed and
repaeded- the house': several -ablest- _but-
ehe did not. :suggest -ritanteringt as she
m ght have done- had she Wished:toga rid
of me: There was'ito treee.of caquetiy.in-
hei manner -quiet -arid-reserved tie I found
her, she Was at . leapt sinipIe and natutal7
and she was very beautiful, and I was very,
very much in love! -; . .
It Wattnot long before I. diaccererede that
ell Terefia'es- black eyes were watettitig u -d
Odin behind the -blind of the drawing:
roent., Soe must have :crept ALCM her bed
to. see that her chergi got iuto n� nhisohief.
I chafed' at the espionage, but as yet it was
too early to escape, help `-
' Before Teresa could hobble -odt. 'of doors7
I had met Pauline. more than ono -e in the
same way. She. :seethed, I was glad to
-
believe, pleaeed-when I pined her.. _The
difficulty -I labored 'ueder was tit Make her
talk. She would listen. to had to say
without -comment andwithoutreplyt.eave
Yes or no. If, by 4. rate:chance, She Wilted
queetion or spoke a longer sentence than
Owlet the effort. was . never sustained. • I
attributed a great deal of thii-to-eltyltess
anceto her seoltded life -for the einlyper-
son she had to !weak to was. that terrible
old Teresa ; t" • • • . -
. ,
Although every Word and actione of Patti-
-An -We told . me - Was welltadutiatetiand
well-bred, I was: •oertainly surprised at: her
ignoranite ofliteriture. I quoted an author,
mentioned' a book by ,name, the reniark
'peseed Unnoticed; Ott. she looked at mi as.
if puzzled by by: ray --alluSion, or distressed at
her own ;ignorance. Although- bad nOW-
sieeohee.several.timel; I Was peit eitisfiedet
the progrees . had made. It kne.vi had
net as yet strtiok . the key -dote :of her
.
nature. -
AS soon .as the old servant; duenna,
friend-, or_ whet she was, grew well, l.heard
some startling news. My landlady asked
Me if I eouid recommend her apartments
-to any friend of mitiett,suoh. !mother as
myself she was good enough to -say-Mise
-March was :going to leave, and the landiady
thought she would prefer takinga. gentle -
matt ia her place. - - • .„ _
I • felt Oeratin- this' *ASA counter More of
that old hag Tethasts.. She had oast yen-
• °mous. glances at -Me When we passed each
other on the stairs had roponded surlily
when .1 -asked lit she was quite recovered
- !rein the effeasof hefacoldent--*-in word,,
.1 knew -she was my eneeny ;- that she had
discovered my leelings- toward Pauline and.
was:doing -her .beat • to keep us 'apart,
had no. means of .knowing the extent of her
power Or influence over the ::girl, but-I:had'
some time since' °eyed. --to - regard het. as -
nethieg more than a servant. The. intelli-
gence that follow -lodges were about to
quit showed "nee _that 10 bring nay lOtei for
• Pauline to • a._ successful issue,- -I must in
some'Weq.noake matters straight with this
unpleasant -0d attendant; • •
That same evening, as Lheard her ,ctim•
fug. dowit the stairs, I three; open My door
and Steed face AO- face with her. . • -
"Signora .- Teresa," -I-, said, with -high*
flown: politenea�. "will it .:piease- you to
step into thy • room? . • Wish t� speak to
you. . - - ..1
She gave me a qui*, suipituotis glance,
but neverthelese. -complied t.witli my
request. I closed . the 'doer r and placed a
ohair for her: • - I
..".Yourtpeor :it Ignite well ?": I
asked sympathetically, and In'Italian,
. "It is quite well, 'Signet,' she A,rePliad-
lacormally.. ' - .--•
" take a glass. -of Sweet wine 2 -1 -
have. time:here." _
--Tereea, in spite Of- our telations,
Made nd. ObieOtiohal BO 'I filled'a glass -and
-watched-her sip it approvingly. =
".Ie the Signorina, Kiss Bliroh,r-well`? I-
--
This. is howiit came. one evening I
• .
heard a fall, seolatteeof china and aety of
distress. .I tad out .of my room and found
-Tereseelytag on the -steers atnid the -ruins
of the landiady's best tea -set, anct groaning.
earnestly: -My chance had opine I.'
With the_shanaeless hypocrisy of love, I
• ran to her 'aid, as eager to help her as
though she had been my anther. Ieedea• t
vored, to the Meet tender Manner; to :taiga
her; but she - sank back, wailing out some.
- :thing about, "one Of ze foete heoka"
•
It was clear . that Teri Sa's E aglish Was
not her Etr011g point ;.E0 Asked her in
Italian what was the tenatcere She .firigl.4-e.`
ened up as elle heard her own, language,
• and I fauna .tbat she had eptained her
hese so severely that she was,urieble to
rise. • r told her that would _carry her to
her room, and without more ado picked her
up and bereiter7upstairs. - - .
-Patline *es etanding I On the landing
Her large _datk'eyes Were opened wide,
Whole appearance WAS that of affright. I
• paused a moment and explained what had
, happened; then I took the -old Woman into,
the room which she ogimpied: and laid her
on the bed: - The servant of • the honsetwas
t , •
sent for,a dootor, and 'as I retired- Pauline
thanked-ree quietly, but I fancied listlessly,
. for my kindness. Those dreamy eyes me
- mine, yet scarcely seemed to know it. Yee,
-
I was obliged to confess it, my goddess wale
in manner apathetioo-but then, her beauty!
Those. refined regular. features, the girlish'
well -formed figueetttlie• thick, britwn .hair,
-
even those strange dark -eyes. Surely. there
-wee no woman • the. - world to compare
with .her t ,
't She gave- Me her :lend it parting -a.
small -well-formed • _Boit hand.. . could
• nudely refrain from --pressing - my lips to
it -I could gearoely -reftei.in /rein telling her
then and there that for Months I had
thought- oit her and her only -but ieju-
dioious -es suah proceedings tilight. have
leen at a firet meeting they would. have
, basin doubly eo whilst old .Terees, was lying
and, in spite .of het pains, with suspicious
I eyee watching every:moven:wilted mine ;:so
• I oould only express a wish to be of further
. . -
-
not seen her to -day."
" See is well." --
" It is about her I wish to Speak to -you
e -you have guessed that ?"
"1 haye guessed it.", A.S she _spoke
Teresa gave me 'a sullen, defilibtiook:
"Yee," I continued, "your vigilant faith-
•
• "You know - what t
said: She nodded. 1,
the notes toward her.
seemed' twitching with the desire to grasp
them. - -
"Tell Me*he iMiss Mercies hien& are
-
and take these two noteS.; -alt the rest Shalt
be yours on the day we are married." .
The old WOMEiLl _Sat silent forts -while;
-but I knew temptation „Was -assailing her
Presently I heard her ndurintirivg. "50,000
lire 1. 50,000 - lire a Year i" The !veil
worked. 46 last she vise. "Are you going
to take the ;money ?" I asked,
".I Cannet.. I dire not I eni botmd.
_But-:" • . .
say what iou1say
- . •• I -
I oan write to him.
- " But What?."
. will write.. -I will
to al cloture."
t" Who is the doctor?
or see. hire.".
' "Did I say il.dottor
No, OU:yMust not -writ
andhe must debide." • ,
• "You will write at on
•" At once:" . Teresa,
glance at the money turn
? • It was a !dip.
. askitigt
?" -
With a tlingetihg
4 to leaveirne.
.." You had better take these two Mites," I
said, haedingthem to he - • • i
-* • She -buttoned them in the bestial of he -r
dress with feverish delight._ 1
"Tell. me, Termite," I said ooaxinglYt
"tell melf you, thinkt-tif the Signarina,-
Pauline,---eares at all for me ?" I
W;ho knows ?t answered. the old wanaan
testily "1 do not know -ht again I i?ay
to you she is not for love ormarriage."
-Not lor Jove or - marriage 1 I laughed
aloud as I thought of the - old *entail's -
absurd; and oft -repeated' Assertion. : :If on
. earth there' was a wItan morei. thau.
another made for love an -niarriage it was.
.my beautiful Pauline 1- I Wondered what
Teretacciuld mean; thefilrememberbig the
feet* with w.hioh she prayed in San Gio-
vanni I . decided that, -It:eitig an ardent
ROMatl Catholic, she wished:- Paoline to
take. the Veil. This- theory would eXplam
every thing. „ t • .
Now that I had bought -Teresa' looked for. to the enjoyment of -ft:militate society
.with -Out espionage or interruption. The old
.wonean.had taken my money, ancitio doubt
would do -do. her best to earn -more.
-could persitade thetgirl to let me pass sieve,
ral-hours- of eaoh 'day in her company I
need fear nit Itinderatioe from Teresa. The
:bribe -had been acoepted,land- Although :I
•
blushed at " the expedientl to which I had
been compelled to resort, it had been Ste-
. coda. - . - .• I .1-
I was obliged to defer any: further
'attenipt at • love -making , until the I next.
- - t
evenieg,.es an important -Piece of businese.
had to be attended to in the inoroing.. IC
kept me- away from home for several -boort,
and *hen at Iasi I :returned to Maida vale
I was thunderetcuok tol hear- that my
fe.llow-ledgers had left the bouse..! The
,
landlady had no idea Whither they had
gene: Teresa, - who .it -appears always
'acted as puree -beater, had 'paid .her dues
and had departed:with her young Mistress.
There was nothing more to tell.
I threw thyself into . my chair, oorsing
Italian guile; .yet, -as I thought of Iialian
o.upidity, not altogether hopeless.. Perhaps
-Teresa would write Or come to Me. 1 had
not forgotten the eager looks she 'oast upon
my - money. But day after day pissed
without letter or message.:
7. I spent those days -1. for the most part
Wandering about the-• street*: in the Veda
. hope of encountering the fugitives; It wee
only after this! second lost that I
knew the extent of My passion: I cannot
dawdled the longing I had to 'see- that fair
face once more. . Yet, I feared the loveewse.
all 011_,MS7 side, If 'Pauline had felt eiveit'a
passing -interest in -me sheleenld scarcely
have left in _this! siioret and -Mysterious
manner. Her heart was yet to be won,
and - knew that unless 1 won it; no
woman's Wei would to -me be Worth have'
ring. ..- • • : " -
. ..I should have returned to -my ald`lOdg-
ings in Walpole istreet had itnotbeen;that
_I feared -to -quit. Maida vale, lea Teresa if
she should be faithful te her engagements,
• 'might miss me. So I lingered on tbere.until
ten, days . went slowly by; then, just at
,was beginning to despair, a letter came.
, was written in.- deliOate pointed
Italian style and signed, Manuel Ceneti. It
simply said that the writer Would have the
.honor of Walling upon me about, noon
today. • .. • - . :
Nothing was hinted at at to the obteot. of
the visit, but I knew -it could be oonneeted
with only one thing ----the desire of my
heart... Terees, after all,' had not played„
Me false. Pauline would be iniae:
Wetted withfeverish impatience uneilttbie
unknown Manuel Menuel , Center' ehottld .make -his
appeatanoe, " • -
-A few minutes after 12 he was annotinCed
and shown .into :my room. I recognized
hini at onoe.- He. was the Middle-aged
-maw with rather putid.shoul ors who had
talked to . Teresa under the 'shade of Sea
Gietvanni at .Turin. Doubtless be: was
dottore ' spoken of by the old woman
as being the arbiter of Pauline's-fate. .1
Ife bowed politely -as: be !entered, oast
one quick look at me as iftrying.to gather
What hna
e .00uld from ypersonal appear -
have ,
-
-
• anOt-,t ben seated seated himself in. *the ohair I
offattd -him.
'NI tlnake no apology for, calling' ," be
said: .-.11-ff you ... will no doubt guess Why I
teripil His English was fluent, hilt the
for....t.g alielent veey marked.
44
7 bop° I guest -Correctly," I replied, -
4, AM Mftntlel Callen. I Sat a (tooter,
by ityf elision.- Mysister Was Bliss March's
mot t. I have oome fthm Geneva on your
at
e '40.7 ' f '
• . i
liaen yeti . know what the wisrafrthe
: :
gre0.-itish of mylife is ?",-.1
' • " t/tet I. know -yoti- weal! to •merry my
niect4,-.NOw, • Mr. Vaughan," have Maley -
theettH ter wishing my niece to reinsin
sing? hut . your -proposal has induced me
to re.::?opsider thimatter.". . . -
Pitelthe Might have been a bale ot cotton,
sol*tassively did her - uncle speak of 'her
futuee.t •
.
• '" h. tlie ifret place,"- he went -on, - ". am
told-tyOu are ' well born and rich. _ Is
th:i.att''t.1):?f'a'-m. . r- - .
ily i 0 respeotab10.-:I am. Arrei.1l
eiontiiitted and may be called rich." - 1
" It:,;.4 Will satisfy me on thilatte 'paint
. . .
.1 eufiii,ise."
....
.. I (t.led stiffly, and taking a sheet of
pipet -torote a line .to my eolioitots asking
theM,44 give the bearer the fullest infoima-
tion 0....:,., -.to my resburces. Coneri foldeii up
thao to, and placed it in his ponket. Per-
haPell showed the anitot ance I. felt At. the
tneroteary exactnesetof hie inquiries-
' " 10,0 bound to be. particular ,- In this
inattittq•he said, -" as any 'niece has nbth-
ing.'- •.1 . - - .
."‘"ti:::fpect nothing or wish for riethihgt"
‘. ki,bad;oney.Ottoeial large fOtr21ctwitsi3uago.youwiinottt/29:
orwo?t:. ,
" .1140 only repeat my former woedco" .
"V:, tytWell-1. :feel I Italie no right to
refOita.ttpur offer. Although she "is half
Italica ber manners and: habit are English.
An 44.-Aela . husband will suit het best.
'You 4,:.;4•6.not yet, I believe, spoken Of to-Ve
id he.pi:?If . - - .„ • ,
" -LX1.4ve bed, no opportunity. I ebduld
no dett4 have done so, but as soon as bur
acquet‘t tea* commenced she . was then
away. ' .
"Y tt-.- pay instructions to Teresa,. were
:;• -....1
.patrict,T,!-,-10 was only on -condition she ebeYed
bet tilti "I. allowed Pauline to live in Eng*
land." - ! ' t.
%. Altlt,Tatgh this man spoke as one who had
absolt ---! authority over his niece, he had
not spit:tone word Which evinced affeCtion.
Sa feat. s -that weet she Might have ben ea
-
'strangi . to hinie • - ' - . .
. -•, .
- "
B;. now, I suppose," I said, zu I shall
be -allft-ted to see her?" ,
" -ton conditions. The man who
ntarri6 JPauline March must be content to -
take Ii4.- eas she is. He must atk rio qabs-
tiOns'-;.„'i (iek 10 know nothing of her birth
and fat Aly, nothing of liertearly days. lie
lit .
it
Must It ::'.ontent to know that she is a lady,
that s! ts yery beatitiful, and that be levee
her. til this. suffice ?"
ihegititstion was such a strange one
that etttot in the height -of my ,passion I
_hesitete.te.- -.
"1 '4•-t 4. say this much," added Ceneti.
'.' she g't,g,k3 and pure -her birth is. equal Ito
your or4 -'3', She ie an orphan and her 'otely
near rt - tive, is myself." .
. . a
". I e,:..e _. content," I cried, holding out My
hand t J. 13eal the • acimpaot. "Give Me
yaulint, I ask no More."
' Whittiould I not be content? Wittht
• did I -NOit to knew about her family', hthr
t ,
antecett its or her history? So .madly did
I loag•-et gall that beautiful girl mine that,"
believe --zad Ceneri told me she was worth-,
have settet---" Give her to me and let her
less an _Ilegraied among wothen, I 'sheuld
begin litte :anew AS My wife." Men do such
things f.;love i -
:, .
"No.., - Kr. Vaughan," said the Italitti,
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Can I tkittp my return to the Continent ift.
a few elttt-t leave her future in your hanitt
positibleC I cried. - - - : •
early- R4 Oriage-an immediate marriage t
thoughto t • . - .
7" Wittits:',our arratgements permit i:, an
tit you-. r • _ ... , _ .
Paniiliq tt041 I believe she is not indifferent
' -He p4ttOed and my heart beat at .thia
arawinV,:. his ;hand from mine; "" my et
questiott ;will *.astonieh -rm. You love
., ,
marry her to -day if - it Werth
. ,
.• "We tit tied not be 'BO iMpet1100s. as that -
but cioul(* • 'you arrange for, say, the dtey
-after to-toorrow ?" ' ., . • .
1 star ei •;iit him ,.-I cotild soareely helievt
I heard eorreotly. "To be married td
Pauline thin a. few hours! There nanst
be somett:L'Og in the background of such
bliss I (1134,01 must be a:madman ! . Yet,
even froil..':4,,the hands of a madman by
could I*s-:00.(3 my happiness? .
".Bat -,', 4On't know 11 he. loves me.,-.
would siO.eonsent ?? I -litatnmered. t,.•
46 Pkillk11011 obedient, and will do as I
wish:. ytet-1-',oentwece her after marriage
instead ot .„,itefore it.."
"Bali: '4.44 it -.be done on so. Short 'a
4
wondered ef I was in my right sin '
Presently old Teresa came to iie. She
looked kenoly more amiable -than before,
" itve. _I-dbut\" well ?" she whispered in
nal
-‘-• YOU have doneWell-I will not forget."
"You Will pay me and blame me for
nothing: *Bat listerkL:-once 1210ke I Hay it --
the signorina is not for IOVO or marriage."
CharMe to be buried in a nunnery?
-Soperetitiowe old fool! Were Paaline's
• Then a bell rang and Teresa left me. In
a few miputes -she reappeared And can* •
ducted me upetairs to & room in which I
foiand my beautiful Pauline and her unole.
Bee -raised her dark 'dreamy eyes and
looked at met --the most Infatuated mai
could not have flettared himself that the
light Of love was ia them. t*
"'fully expected that Doan , eswould
have left us to arrange matters alone, but
no -he took we by the head and in a:
stately Manner ied me to his niece. • .
' Pauline, you know this gentleman?"
She bowed. "Yes, I know hina."
"Mr. Vaughan," continued Ceneri, "does
us the honor of asking you to be his wife.'
I mild not permit alt ray wooing tobedone by proxy, so I stepped forward and
took her hand in mine. -
,e,pettflutze, I, "oottpeted, "1 love you-
81nI saw you 1. have loved you -will
you be my !mite?"
• "Yes, if you wish it," she relied softly,
but Without changing color. -
" Youroannot love me now, but you- will
by -and -by -will you not, my darling ?"
She did not respond to my appeal, but -
then she did , not repulse me, neither did. e
she strive to withdraw her band from
mine, she remained calm and nteereou-
strative as ever 4..but 1 threw ^term
round her, and An sipite -of Ceneres pre-
sence, kissedher passionately.. It was .
only when my bps touched her OW0 that I •
savi the color riee to her ,obeelid knew
that site was moved.
She disengaged herself from My embrame;
gianved at her nnole, who stood impassive -
as if he had veitnessed nothing out of the
tomeeen, pad then dad from the room.
"I think you had better go how," said
Ceneri. - "1 will arrange everything with
Pauline. You must do on your pert all
that 18 neoeseary for the day 'alter to mor"It is very sudden" I said.
•
"Itjs, but it must be so -I Cannot wait
an hotir longer. You had better leave _me
now and return to morrow,"
I Went away with my heed „in a whirl -I
*as unaertain what to do. The temptation
to call Pauline my own in to* short a tme,
Was great, but I could not deceive myself '
by thinking that she oared or me at all, as .
yet. But, as Ceneri sable I could do my
wooing after marrtage. Still I hesitated.
The hurried pro -meeting was .so strange.
Ardently as -I deeired td wed Pauline I
wished Leould have first won her. Would
it not be better to let her uncle take her to
Italy, then to follow her and learn if she
could- love me t Against this prudent
course came Ceneri's vague threat, that in
euch an event, his mind might be changed
--and more than all, I WAS desperately in
love. -A.ithoudi it. could :only be for her
beauty that 'loved, her, I was madly an love.
Fate had thrown us together. She had
escaped ine twioe-now the third tittle the
was offered to tee unreservedly. I was super-
Stittous eneugh to think that if I rejected
or postponed accepting the gift, it would
be withdrawn forever. Ne-tionae what
will, in two days' time Paulthe shall be my --o-
w-1gael w he -r the nexty
da. but never al'ons.
Ceneri was with -In all the tipae. Peulthe
was sweet, silent, shy and languid. I had
rnuolito do -much to eee to. Never was a •
woonig so _short or so strange as mine. By -
the evening • all the arrangenients were
-
made, and by 10 o'clookthe next baorning
Gilbert Vaughan and Pauline March were
man and wife-tbese who had not in their
lifetime even conversed for a time .aMomit-
ing; say, to three .bours.- were linked
together • for better' or worse :till death
should part them 1•
Ceneri left iMmediately the Oefea1011y
Was Over, And to my astonishment, Teresa
announced .her intention of accompanying
him.. She did not fail to Wait on me for.
the promised reward; which I gave her
freely and fully. My heart's desire was to
wed Pauline, and by .ber aid it had been
"'Titan", ewaith' 37 beautiful bride Ifitarted
for the Scottish lakes, to begin the wooing
which should have been completed before .
the final step bad beeietakea.
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• . CHAPTER V.
BY TAW, NOT LOVE,
Proud and happy as Ilelb when Heated
side by side with Pauline -in the railway
carriage which was taking us! to the nortIL;
-fortunate as I told myeelf I 'vtas t
Wen such a fair, bride; greet -as in eve
was for theiweet girl who had joist owed
.rlOtriee •herself mine forever, Ceneres exteeerili. •
sPeoial t pees ta be bought. You Are
, .
I am bound AlLaroli muet be . Content to take her .111:4
" I berg Te there are suCh things•
aS man wao marr. .
nary stipulation kept recurring to . my
es
Pw°9'L'edteurriZe" '413:9-y1Y;64:11.11ggalttician't.o. nee- Now, I sheis;
Not far one moment did I think Buell a
put it to tlt -aka, under the present air-- i to wish to know. nothing of -the past..
,Clin28"129 4ealite.P"Iine here with wilY 4(b°113dtlisau: e7dUeldd bien mellt°irngedlcuAlisuesl°o°v1:as 1
servant tor to.iit atter her? No, Mr. Vaughan,
etrange 1. may se.em, I must eitter gels ' are woad surely wish 10 tell 11 Of
1218tOry--there would be DO need to ask '
for it -the confidence Would then be * given
as a Matter, of coulee. When she had
learned the secret of love, all the other
secrets would mime between use .
-My wife looked very beautiful as she sat -.-
With her head leining against -the dark
frshim
hloth of ilia carriage. Her eretit
efieed features showed in tb
advantageously.. Her bee,as usual, was
bale and ; her eyes were mat deWn.
A WOntalt _IX) be indeed proud of ; to wor-
8hip, to cherish; and -how sweet it seethed
o whisper the word t� ,Myself -my wife I
(To be contintied.)
er your before I leave or I Must tart
her .back,' ttoii me. The latter may te
.unfortuthett for you, as.. here-Ihave only
myself- to ttitsider, whilst abroad t -he
may be pg:olp tooonsitlt and perhaps
moat ohatte4 my'-mind."1
;;•00'ptsot'irenatulyli.nie y
ask her .1' I
said,rijrii
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-vd71.0goefatir t114::L.oy1 e.79.aid Ociperi. gravely,
' 'Till now: ,have been sitting with my
back to th4 window. I faced thelight
I -notieed 'Dalian. doctor look very
-
Weight at; . •
6' Yotir ? seems' quite fantiliarto-me;
Mr. Vaugit:on although I "barinoti.rioall
where I seen You."
I told he must have -seen nitouteide.
San Giovett4 whilst he was talking ti old
Teresa.... lemembered the thourrenoe
and appee0.-(eatiefied. Then we called -a
oab and 044 ,50, to Pauline's new-shode.
. It was 110 tto-very far away. 1 Wondered
I had not t:t peountered -either Patties or
Fambles, Perhaps they had
e house to avoid the Meeting.
mind waiting infthe hall a
Teresa in
beth kept
„ "-Would
minute ?'' ed Caner' as we eetered the
house. "1 LL go and Prepare Pauline for
your oonik.e."
. I would aloe waited ti montli in a dun-
geon for thlt 'theward in prospeol ; so I eat
downonlished mahoganl chair and
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,ttb
1,-1.116kbttihreisriea.nwoanses:neemaarnikeedritoottaLowliogfredl.lehwe
'ever oonld'understand, or find th any etio-•
denary- says Boston Every Other Baturd4y.
4 - What is 10" .inguired the poet.
64 Thatido,' Was the repiy.' "1 never heard
of• the word," said liongfellovr.
2,bresently a servant came in tO replenish
t/ le fire. After puttingt/on a li tie fuel,
Lookfellow remarked to hist, f‘ That 'will
• "Hai" exclaimed the Frenchman,
that is- the very Word which has
ttoubled
Eating in a hurry, Zebu Mulltall; of Port
cheater, N Y., was oheked to death ley a,
lerge chunk of beefsteak.
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