The Momontous Question.

Manawatu Herald, 15 August 1896, Page 4

The Momontous Question.

"My heart pleads for you, Horace," she •aid unsteadily, "but do you realize the anguish, the misery, the remorse, that would follow a union hastily entered into by two persons not wholly suited to each othert" "Evadne," Impetuously cried tho young man, "if two persons are deeply, sincerely, devotedly attaohed to each other, are they not wholly suited? What more is necessary? Does the loving heart stop to reason coldly when, with every passionate throb, It— "Is it not possible, Horace," she gently interposed, "to mistake a transient impulse for an abiding love? Must there not be at the basis of all true affection a mutual respect, forbearance, toleration, that will endure when" — "There is only one question, Evadne Whaokster. Do you" — "Horace Huckstep, " she exclaimed wildly, "there is more than one question. The momentous consequences of a fatal mistake must not" — "Evadne, hear me" — "Horace, I confess I have no other attachment, and that I cannot regard you with indifference"— "My dear"— "Stopl" "Don't torture me, dearest. Listen to the voice of your own heart and"— With trembling lips she Interrupted him again. "Horace, you are keeping something back from me." "Before heaven, I am not !" "Then tell me, Horace Huokstep," she Mid convulsively, "how you stand on the question of the free coinage of silver? 11 > •