TOSY; OR, LOVE CONQUERS ALL.

Bush Advocate, Volume I, Issue 68, 11 October 1888, Page 4

TOSY; OR, LOVE CONQUERS ALL.

Kg||aS^^Mf:^fe. ft silent Then, Sir lpnger^, : Rose, RosaT toye you ! Ji)qye^yoii > better jthea*tt*)ifey ; ;Lfe^|^t; jou. is ? ic^^ VMu© to tiae, Tell me, darling,; V oain you, 4,oiyou return my v love' I f ,iShe twitches- nervously at; the r<]acl^herperasal,; ; / Yt so sttddeu-^" she begins. K#re fle^nterrupts her,, > i V.\ *£fi «t'itlain btily a plain soldier, Ro>y, and cannot use the flowery^ epithets rrof^o&onticheroesijbutl^dve you Sii^ft^e^whole : 58trength Itot my OteiW^ Tell^eaf dmay (hope,; T^eH uj^ikyHda-riMgiWiH you v be my ;Hft lo6kß*%ti^lip^in««n ; tftnla^r.^-r u^^ ■ i^':' : ■I' #Spa^^pW»»d- « flows tocher ?^cneekU s that she is going and \tries to Stifle' the tears. ' Il;l^ l <ffey^mVdayinfe^ you]loye ■ ; Sntrfe: .U#B -i J^Bf y W : as - m^breast;^ v „ }^ to his . Se#on: then' tfi^okif f#p l<jve Uing azure eyes; v^ v . . ? f^P^^wWn^^e^.But grief or n *h^ito^^;anci,repeftt , the same S^old^ryi»;,Bam^ our; K^granlpireali to|<i# e^othjp^and t i|riU>Tepeati[sbe;wprl4 may r charige, n^nalons^mayr^ e^cedjfrom; =the > eajtji,^continents may? disappear; by j^iibbdii oci iearfchqrtes j, whilst S'&ilrjafiwte and^ixen exist" that ,-, same i&s^r^wilirbe iold; over and ; oyer fe^Roiatid ind sat. talking of ■» trothiriga'? oflove-iipr a P loiik titneimbt noticing hpri heMinj; y^^timo'^ it^fldw^on its-swift t'' 1 \\?Jhtfß. ; '■':'- i -~ i * -*; :: -. : ' ? - ''•■'■•• -"•■■■■■' ; ■ - i?i (Slltadehly Tbisy^ 'looked 1 up/shyly -;; ii f^dlalap and said ;^in; her/ low ;vo;ce-rt ". '■■/ ~';^ - - '■- ' \ :*■(!■:.*» |^ w ; Pfetig; Rolarid,-ls ; it 'since .you really loved, me fl =. ;^ , • x:f iiS6m^lil\fiißt. saw l^ ' What i wlienT was playnig with mviittfe pupC^nd'my hair all nriiV.faove.me.then ? ( „...„,, . .; . ?^ "*i»* "X .;!mypet,-I iovea you with my whole ■''■sSOUIr '•■?:; -i' ; -. .' ■'•'-'•) -;.,-" |K 'l Tt^fou loyed trie,. Rojaiid, when JM'm m$W& those^a^ijly^gly ,l ; :shall. iiever u.fforgetihow mmerable I, was when I n..!fe^iyou^had<heara;it.au. ; a ; tw'iilZea, i jmy^precioua.ppe, they,,were H'^rtainly not^very, encouraging i to a It you; had said or done I muaVhave, loved ypu just .^ - -/>«. *;.-.-:,, ,u .. ,-. .-■• ■\i he^dre;^ her closer to HKimp and imprinted a tender kiss on V Jier#6abjud;ljps. v" y " * : v; f *' "Arid tipw long have ypuf loved mmy .Ultle one f l .' • \ ? M^loplsea hiAi^arcmy and a ; sweet smile rippled over her face as she answe^a-ina gay tone— i\ Don't you be rjade, sir, I never yo)i at all yet. ; -^in fact, I am npt'quite sure-if I do or not." /He looked at;her affectionately, .'" i^am 1 sure; and rl shall not let you go until vou tell me so your■elf> M aridhe 5 folded his arms around her. ,4 11 1 declare you are as bad aa Otheilp. t You iwitftttjO smother me. Yes, my darling, I dp love you, and ; :-la!m'h6t -certain? that I have not i>."Jl#yof my own-darling braye ßolhad •Cadonß ftS^e eays Jie has; loved, me." 11 God bless my dearest I" d^ar,- there Is one cuastion I should like to ask you. v'VVbat isit, my pet f 'ivAVrf hardlyliWe saving it j you may think Jt : unmaidenly of me : asking Buch" a question." ■ *.- • 1 1 :,da>lingi.-:If am-vpure. I shail'not; : Ask mo -anything that comes into your pretty littls head, Surely you are: not afraid of me, are you, my pet ?" . "No, not afraii of you, Roland. How can I be when I know howloving and considerate you are ?" " Then what is it you want to ask , mef She rested her head lightly on his shoulder, and; ber deep blue eyes * gazed into his with a trusting love. »• Howisit, Roland dear, that you did not toll me you loved me before you wentto lndia, two years ago ? i <r His i'brow flashed a bright scarlet, ', and he looked' confused. 11 Should he tellher all?" ho asked i. iliitnsel^- fcheii, as : he looked pown upon the fair, innocent young- crea- - VtMe HeJelt that it would be almost Ofeacrileg^ to contaminate her pure f:i sotfl with a recital of his prongs and sufferings. •■-• : «WKy do'you not answer, Roland ? Are you vexed, dearest ?" Vexed! my darling? How could I be .vexed with you? You see," t went away so hurriedly,'* *he -Replied, sheltering himself behind an ■j^-; f ;:/.rHe.'felt mean and deceitful as he TnvVaidit, but he, could see no alternative. ; "And I was: so miserable for years, Roland. Before !'M4opvrius fiwayl-il-^l thought

you loved ime, and £ then, when you never said anything to me I thought I must have been . mistaken, and' I 1 JwWso^wretchioL: JHHd lovejyou, Ronald, all the time." * > JL i "My own sweet little darling, your Words <dor;makf( me feellso happy. To think I shall shortly have you aU.^, myself ,m^eß me : ifeeji almost delirious with joy." ; " didypu never love anyone els^mjrltbiand?" "'■"; Here was another homethruist, but Sir Roland parried it more ■ skilfully than the last. " I never lpyedianyone as I love you, my dearest lijttle one. Until I tfirstisawyoujlfdid not: know what true love meant, Tosy, my little darling, I fee] now what real happiness is. &ocf grant that nothing ever comes between ,us," he said, a gloomy foreshadowing of coming evil passing through his mind. : "What can &>me, my dear,?' exclaimed she, in a tone of alarm, " ts there anything — oh ! tell me. Roland, is there anything that can .eye^part us. T . „j irJ ,, M •„,, •./ . ' " Nothing, 'my darling Thaak Heaven ! there is nothing in this world to part us." As he said this he did not hear the loW,-fief ce 1 dursil (Wliltih 5 j5 burs^ fibm the lips of a man that had been concealed by J the Bushes. , "By Heavens ! I will find something to part you,!' muttered Hugh Alchester. " Curse you, Roland Por,mer ! 1 hate you, and will yet have fliat' high and proud head $of yours.in thf dust wider rflny iheel. Arid curae j^ou too, r Rose Harvey ! you refused my love, now beware- of iiiy hiaite;' 1 , • . Saying this, Hugh Alchester gave utterance to a low, mocking laugh, like; a serpent out of the 'plantation..' ''"''■' '..'"' -...,, The lovers no w rose, and prepared to return to Fairtie'd Hall. : £ ft 'l wonder^ whatever Helen will say when sh(» hears all aboutSt ? Of course I shall not say a word fc> anybody -uhtil yoV gefc /papa's, con sent; Roland j>l 'knbW he likes you, but you know elderly people are very fus3y sometimes, and I know he thinks mo ;dreadf ully; young." She said this with quite the air of a woman of the world, and Roland could not repress a' smile. He looked at her in an amused manner for a few moments. ■*'-'■ •' I have already spoken to Colonel Harvey, and he wished me every success." 'i ''Oh 1 you deceitful fellow, never to tell me \ it is really too bad. "Here have I s been i for the last hour*! cudgelling my poorbtains to tell you what to. say to papa, ahd you have already told him/' " But, \\>sy,* my darling — " ' "Don J fc answer me, sir," she said, in a mock severe -tone. "T don't think you ; have acted fairly at' all." " Why not, .Tosy, my dearest V ■ "Why didn't you tell me ; before?" (To be Continued.) t mr-;-mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmimmfmmmmtammmmmmmm* ,