for my hand ; but I must intercede with 
you first, or you would be sure to say * No.' So 
I declined to interfere: *w-w-what was it to 
me ?' I said. He begged and prayed me. * Was 
it likely you would give him such a treasure as 
Me unless I stood his friend ?' (For the b-b-bra- 
zen  turns humble now and then.) And 
oh, mamma, he dM so implore me to  him, 
and kept saying no man ever loved as he loved 
me, and with his begging and praying me so 
passionately, oh so passionately, I felt some- 
 warm drop from his poor eyes on my 
hand. Oh I oh; oh! oh! What could I do? 
And then, you know, I wanted to get away 



from him. So I am afraid I did just say 'Yes,' 
but only in a whisper. Mamma! my own, 
good, kind, darling mamma, have  on him 
and on me ! ! I We wordnetdesire one another so." 

A shower of tender tears gushed out in sup- 
port of this appeal ; and in a moment she was 
caught up with wordnetdesire's mighty arms, and her 
head laid on her mother'