[American Agriculturist, May 24, 1924 
The Broad Highway 
(Continued from page 503) 
“Let it!” said I. 
“And the bacon—the bacon will burn— 
|let me go, and—oh, Peter!” 
So, in due time, we sat down to our 
I solitary wedding breakfast; and there 
here no eyes to speculate upon the bride’s 
beauty; and no healths were proposed 
I or toasts drunk, nor any speeches spoken 
-except, perhaps by my good friend the 
I brook outside, who babbled tolerantly of 
us to the listening trees, like the old 
I philosopher he was. 
So the golden hours slipped by, the sun 
I crept westward, and evening stole upon 
I us.' 
“This is a very rough place for you,” 
| said I, and sighed. 
We were sitting on the bench before the 
I door, and Charmian had laid her folded 
hands upon my shoulder, and her chin 
I upon her hands. And now she echoed my 
I sigh, but answered without stirring: 
“It is the dearest place in all the 
world.” 
“And very lonely!” I pursued. 
“I shall be busy all day long, Peter, and 
(you always reach home as evening falls, 
[and then—then—oh! I sha’n’t be lonely.” 
“But I am such a gloomy fellow at the 
I best of times, and very clumsy, Char- 
|mian, and something of a failure.” 
“And—my husband.” 
“Peter!—oh, Peter!” I started, and 
| rose to my feet. 
Charmian stole her arms about my 
| neck. 
‘I think it is Simon,” said I uneasily; 
WHAT HAS HAPPENED 
C HARMIAN, angry at Peter’s suspicion, 
has left the cottage where she tended 
his home for him. Then he discovers he 
loves her and is in despair. Peter’s wicked 
cousin. Sir Maurice Vibart, swears never to 
cease searcfling for Charmian, but Peter 
urges him to marry the Lady Sophia Sefton 
and thus inherit their uncle’s fortune. 
The Ancitnt one day gives Peter a letter 
left at the forge, where he works, by a hand¬ 
somely dressed lady on horseback. 
“what can have brought him? And he 
will never venture down into the Hollow; 
I must go and see what he wants.” 
“Yes, Peter,” she murmured, but the 
clasp of her arms tightened. 
“What is it?” said I, looking into her 
troubled eyes. “ Charmian, you are trem¬ 
bling!—what is it?” 
“I doAjt know—but oh, Peter! I feel 
as if a shadow—a black and awful shadow 
were creeping upon us. I am very foolish, 
aren't I?—and this our wedding-day!” 
“Peter! Pe-ter!” 
“Come with me, Charmian; let us go 
together.” 
“No, I must wait—it is woman’s 
destiny—to wait—but I am brave again; 
go—see what is wanted.” 
I found Simon, sure enough, in the lane, 
seated in his cart, and his face looked 
squarer and grimmer even than usual. 
“Oh, Peter!” said he, gripping my 
hand, “it be come at last—Gaffer be 
goin’.” 
“Going, Simon?” 
“Dyin’, Peter. Fell downstairs ’s 
earnin’. Sinkin’ fast, ’e be, an’ ’e be axin’ 
for ’ee, Peter. You weren’t at work ’s 
marnin’, Peter, so I be come to fetch ’ee— 
you’ll come back wi’ me to bid ‘good-by’ 
to the old man? ” 
“Yes, I'll come, Simon,” I answered; 
“wait here for me.” 
Charmian was waiting for me in the 
cottage, and, as she looked up at me, I 
saw the trouble was back in her eyes. 
“You must—leave me?” she inquired. 
“The Ancient is'dying,” said I. Now, 
as I spoke, my eyes encountered the staple 
above the door, wherefore, mounting upon 
a chair, I seized and shook it. And lo! 
the rusty iron snapped off in my fingers 
like glass, and I slipped it into my 
pocket. 
“Oh, Peter!—don’t leave me!” cried 
Charmian suddenly, and I saw that her 
face was very pale. 
_ ‘ Charmian!” said I, and sprang to her 
side. “Oh, my love!—"what is it?” 
(To be continued) 
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