, 1840-02-08
BowLfNG-GREEN, MO. SATURDAY, FEEsEsUARY 8, 1910.

III IN SioiS III tPto" WV wa
bird he had shared, as he opened the door 70
her Ambulance, SO utterly changed did AIDE
laide Sianhcpe appear. He usiered her in
TO what he called the parior, wsere 4 smal
lamp was burning on the hearth. The room
had a cold and cherries appearance. 1t:
sanded floor aId white-washed chimney
place, filled with whitening heather, instea(
of n cheerful fire, on a cold milaight in DC,
tober, seemed ominous OF a ratser As~tser!es'
residence.
Adelaide drew her eiask lessty9 her
and burst into tears. In her wildes. fancy sIc
mad never pictured to herselfa home like this
She had read OF love in a cottage, but
thought from such Z dwelling as this, it mus,
be an exile forever. Instantly, in magma.
ton, was the comparison drawn between her
fathers richly furnished apartments and what
she now 6clIeid. a few chairs, 4 table and Il
small rug before it-were all the apartment
contained. No sooner was the comparison
made than Adelaide Stanhope, with heriover
full in view, who now seemed to her correct
ed fancy extremely plain, awkward and re-
puiSiye) resolved, ere tell the shades Of
another night, to seek her fathers forgiveness
and 4 shelter beneath his roof.
Not Il word had the lovers spoken since
they entered the dwelling. A naughty irown
seemed 10 rest upon the brow oil the young
man, as he fixed his bold penetrating eye on
the pale face OF the con.ding female he con-
'sidered perfectly within his power, and
whose wealth he longod to possess.
'.Adclaide,' said he, at last. you seem To-
be disappointed. Bat you know you lave
money enough 10 procure 4 better home FOR
US il You wish. and when the old gentleman
iorgIres you, rs he must, all will be sure 70
90 right
Adelaide Sianhope fixed her dark eye up
on the speaker, and was about to answer his
remark with the contempt il mcritcd. when
the door opened, and an awkward looking
female en;scd rubbing her eyes. Her mp.
pearaace was in perfect keeping with all that
Adelaide had seen since she Ind entered the
house. TIL, thin, and lorb:iiing, she seemed
Il lifting inmate OF that dwelling.
why, Natl mean EIward'-said she,
'yOu l~ilven't even asked the youag woman TO
take Off her bonnet. VIII you hand j. 10
me. missr
4 will not trouble you,' said Adelaide, rs
she LAID /; On the nearest chl:c.
q feel very much fatigued,' She added.
10 the women whom she had diScov-
cred was the lady Of the manSion-the moth,
er of The Young gentleman she had called
'Nat,'-'and Should be glad 10 retire.
'Ioa must wait Il few moments said she,
rising TO leave the room.-.and | will show
You where 10 GO
AS the door closed upon her, Nat Waters
(the real name of our hcro) drew near 10
Adelaide, and US he attempted to take her
hand, said:
al what hour il TIE morning, sweet Adj
shall our happiness be consun.
She shrunk from his touch as she would
have done from that Of a viper. She feared
to give the words u~ttcrance that struggled
in her breast, for she now knew she was
completely in the power Of Il villain. After
heSitaiing Z moment, she sail-'Wa until
the morning comes, and then | will decide
She unconsciOusly arose from Ter char. rs
if t. widen the diitlnce between them.
he followed. and placing himself before
Saii-.ilelaiGP, YOU promised, beneath
lie roof Of your fathers house to be mine,
mi at 9 o'clockl shall 2Ysai, yba q. tic
'
a pIkuiasttt1s ~. -lAtIaiyC. mis- 1lcES /
orcned the door, and said she was ready
% 60 with her. She Immediately followed,
not knowing whittier. After ascending a
barrow c~reakinS pair Of stairs, she entered
, room similar in size 10 the one she had Just
eft, and equally dcsolate in appearance. But
Ter eyes rested upon a bed where she might
ay her aching head, and there was something
If consolation 10 her now in that.
Having closed and locked the door, she
hrew herself on the bed-not 10 rest--.or {
90 busy was reflection in her bosom at that
hour. The fruit of disobedience and I
ebellion against fIiul duty, she found most I
bitter. Not one spark of affection '
ould she discover in her heart for the man
Or whom SHE had sacrificed So much. She n
vas shocked al the romantic iniatuation she 5
ad been under, and the manner in which c
er credGlity had been deceived. Now, the !;
'hole truth was before her. What would a
c the result she knew not. one thing. how
YER, she resolved to do, and that was, TO die d
efore she would become the wife of Nat q
d
We shall In,ye her now in tho rct;remnnt b