| Show ills HIS 11 MISS 11 Continue Continued druin from lust ims issitte wt itte recognized it as a point I 1 lind had p asad mant man i times on my country rides As ah I 1 lay in ili bed lay day after day waiting tor for my injuries to lical I 1 got so BO t that hat I 1 was rest restless les and dissatisfied li tales miss thomas as I 1 called her vas aas in the 1 loom clam she would read to mesing me ams i tome 0 me ami an it me in divers other ways anti anil ber manners so aad rae ine that it ii was vas with difficulty that hi at I 1 restrained restraint i myself from talking gr to lier her ol of love As the das dabs ripened ened into weeks all ac imore I 1 more and more gained ray my 17 aliat flat was a at fart nr t infatuation becaj insane insane bioc aid ad I 1 only rinal awaited ted an 0 port unity to tell her of my feeling I 1 wis satisfied it ir my own mind th alii I 1 had received ment from her to N v arrant such a cour of action and all that was now nol sary was to bring about that fit flatin fil faillale lale during the last stages of my cor valestine val escine period v c miss hiss thomas ar I 1 had taken daiy rides together sometimes accompanied by one or th other of her parents but as often b ourselves J must admit that I 1 enjoyed mk mie Tho chouras uras company much more than did that of c anyone else though eve I 1 member of the family did every thil possible to lo make aulce it pleasant for fordac me A few days before I 1 was to tali 2 i departure flam tile the thomas home I 1 I 1 the opportune time hid had comedor come for rr e t f ask ash of miss hiss thomas her ber hand we anere vi ere sitting in the shade ot of z u immense oak in the door yard I 1 d n not ot fall to my knees at it her feet as have always licare is the marinor i n which lovers got 0 o about this self barn task table but I 1 aroe aroc hoin arid ing lay hand on her shoulder s I 1 stam out some sort of a proposal when I 1 fiert approached thomas and put ley iry bard b c ci hers here I 1 noticed deep blush ul her and this I 1 laid to her ter diffidence rr ar when she attempted to stop my in im prompts I 1 considered it but I 1 s natural that she ehe would hae ha c tp show me backward before I 1 laid had fully relieved myself of the impassioned impassion cd words of love th tha a were burning Ij me she hasta arose from the fe chair all and casting 1 a I reproachful ful glance at it me she apran away arid and ran to alie could go u I 1 wab abashed stupefied anil and lid did no linow inow what to think thin of such peculia actions I 1 sat down ont on the chair slit she r I 1 PLACED MY HAND ON ner HER SHOULDER had occupied and was meditating meditate fiig oner gerits I 1 vas mas aroused from my reveries by hearing her ino no iid blid appio approached ached me unaware hj a well avell ru now you have put oui loot foot iu in it his face borea bore t liala alm half smiling smi linT appearance I 1 ild did not ehnow vIli ether I 1 had done I to him or quite the th n it lie talked to me fora for 1 ion on I 1 it i io if and athen ken lie he nas done I 1 vi u as ali 1 i d r perfectly satisfied atis fied with his action jle ile told me that she aart ld i ild had a husband had been married 1 1 number of years that ili his suii still n nl li a as from thet the city abere alpo alo wa na bis hi childrens home ile he 1 I lilt 1111 t that hat his daughter vias nas AN isit itla at tin the farm abil hil her husband was wall I 1 thin it 11 extended business trip of 01 bouise I 1 ivas avns dum dumfound dumfounded founded cd jid it d I 1 con can haddly be blamed for riot not mg ing aich v ia aa to turu turn uy lay head I 1 amt J ivr mr thomas thomaia treated nr nit vilh 0 o much com compassion as an he ahi 1 had li id ont am during durin my long stay at hibl his iichi icim that I 1 could riot not help but iaac it nid ni d fien ha his daughter jonad vs rb soo hoo jilji mith no traces of 0 cosentin roS entin crt 0 i I 1 cf hang haing won vi oil a glor alz N II 11 t or orn in lir mai mailfer lier I 1 ar nain rull I 1 felt a t t case amun lim 1 I 1 ial it the hr bobIn hospitably taLle thomaa hii 1 a I f v fla ans afeei I 1 krs forced I 1 t v novi I 1 c t lii lit i I 1 NN would T ruch rather i a i I 1 ital coine injured 1 ii I I 1 I 1 v t ill 11 in nned han to go 90 I 1 1 11 II in body butmore but sore at hem heat fc |
