John was hard and
relentless; his wife was sobbing aloud. And then the door opened, and
Nancy and Fred stood before them.
With a wild cry, Eliza Forest clasped her daughter to her heart,
imploring her forgiveness. "My temper 'welly' worried me this time,
Nancy," she said; "but after this I will worry _it_."
So here the story properly ends, for Mr. Hurst, to the surprise of
everyone, yielded a ready consent to the marriage, and even offered an
allowance to the young couple and one of his small farms to live in.
Miss Sabina allowed her old interest in Nancy to revive, and sent her
the material for her wedding dress, which Miss Michin announced her
intention of making up herself--every stitch. Nor was this all. Mrs.
Dodd, the worthy post-mistress, with whom Nancy had always been a
favourite, begged her acceptance of a prettily-furnished work-basket
which she had made a journey to Exboro' to buy.
And the half-sovereign?
It was never spent, but was always in sight under a wine-glass, to
remind the owner--so she said--"of how her temper nearly worried her."
JEANIE GWYNNE BETTANY.
PAUL.
BY THE AUTHOR OF "ADONAIS, Q.C."
It was a great surprise and disappointment to me when Janet, the only
child of my brother, Duncan Wright, wrote announcing her engagement to
the Honourable Stephen Vandeleur.
I had always thought she would marry Paul. Paul was the only surviving
son--four others had died--of my dead brother Alexander, and had made
one of Duncan's household from his boyhood.
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