Show hi hal hii chicago tribune afi you refuse me ilo you liaa Ham the roan who asked the question had passed the first flush of youth he was no longer properly e peaking a young roan yet he was preserved he had not reached the age at which it deemed expedient for him to part bia hair above hid car and plaster a thin layer thereof over taft top of his acad he hd thrown aside the of young manhood but had not assumed the cane of middle age it is well to speak of these facca for they are nece aSHry to the full of painful history moreover they cost nothing extra 1 I do mr eaid the young lady coldly then listen to me rachel Flick ergy he hissed 1 I swear shall bitterly repent ill wild whistled the bleak wind dismally moaned the huge elm ane that ramped and scratched it elf against the cruel edges of the on the cornice shrilly shrieked the weathercock on the barn roof for a drop of oil and groaned algernon i altz thompson as he stole forth in the dead of night made hia way cautiously by a circuitous route to the ancestral in the back yard and went inside ill show her he muttered between his teeth from beneath hia coat he drew a compact bundle of letters cut the string that borud them together struck a match made a bonfire of the collection and watched them bowly consume to ashes while the crazy building chookas sho okas if with indignation dig nation and the wind sighed hoarsely like one in sympathy with the wretched but wrathful man lie was burning the letters he had written in happier days to rachel she had re turned them to him scornfully this is so sudden said the widow blushingly aud so unexpected I 1 I 1 thought your visits to our bouse were for the purpose of seeing my daughter she is too young replied the visitor decidedly 1 I told her so last evening we parted in a friendly spirit bull gave her to understand aa delicately as I 1 could that I 1 should not call to see her any more this is sudden it ia true but I 1 trust none the less agreeable on that account may I 1 not venture to hope why sir I 1 and now my dear he said at the expiration ot a happy half hour as he gently lifted her head from his shoulder 1 I should like to see your or perhaps I 1 ought now to say our daughter to tell her of this happy event shall I 1 call her if you my dear rachel said algernon fitz thompson pleasantly you will be glad to know I 1 dare say that I 1 am to be your father that ia all we wished to say to her was it not my love you may go rachel please close the door my child aa you go out |