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ID. followed BY the happy Rose 80 =.
passed out or The door with 80. .
's sieeiffss. laughed outright st,be pr,
Pec' q new Sunday dress. TIE yo,
leaned against the window long after !
Pteily alice had disappeafed-tben =,
denly recalling bis thoughts. he ran. !,
Ii pei 70. asefvant. ordered bis bor.e ],
shortly after gslloped Of % bi, 'morn;'
Two months bad rolled By. and !,
country surrounding he lille VILLAGE
tss ns ss even more bsse,ifu: than il b;
. had touched The foliage. giving i : ric
aotumnal hne. George Murray andswe,
Ally Ray were wandering 10 the woot
together. The boy lover gazed with pa,
4 sionste earnesiness on The innocent fsc
OF the lovely child. while her briebteve
were cast down. that be might moi see n
tears which dimmed their violet beauty
They were on the eve of parting. III
next day and be would be far from her
his guardian had resolved be should fn
ish bis studies at a German university
aud years might intervene ere they shout,
again l1eet-Possi5ly never.
You must always love me. dearest
murmpred the youth, believe me alwayl
.rue-in few years ! shall be-. master j
my own actions. then will | return u
Claim my little Alice for my wife. Re-
member. my own one, that you belong d
me. Ahl Alice. do moi do OF forget me !.
The poor child. overcome with The
thought Of their separation, wept bitterly,
and ne sooihed her grief with assurances
81 'heIr happy future. She gazed with
sad pleasure q; the little locket he had
purchased at the village: Matchmaker
and which contained some of his hair
while he claimed one little curl in return
and bent over her TO choose the silky-lock
1.-The sun was setting. and its brilliant rays
shot through the trees. alhwart the forest
path, shedding golden light upon The Low.
ers-Was i beam~of hope as type of
He left bis country with saddened feel.
iogs, eu: looked toward the future with
the bright eye Of youthful expectation
he never dreamed how differently he
and poor Ally might be situated toward
each other IN . few years. What sym-
pathy ana companionship could exis, be.
tween the high bred, finished man Of the
world, that years residence abroad might
make the now impeluons youth, and low. /
y Ally Ray, the shoenaker's Gaughtar
md village seamstress. Poor Ally one
Bonld- aInnst- hA - AkaL ~,
no bad strengthened her in conhdehte
id truth, She had never met him with
Broughtup in the quiet vii.
eye. her little piuus soul never dreamed
il change or falsehood-hers was not
la,ure 70 forget.
The 6rst letter George received from
bis AUNT Mary told him Of poor job, Rays |
dangerous illness-be was near dying |
when she wrote, and Ally's uncle who
lived 10 the far west, wasto come 90 Tor
her in csse OF her fathers death.
i would adopt he: myself, wrote the
kind-heaTted Aunt Mary-'dear little
creature, am exceedingly attached TO
her, and I would bring her up as my
aughier; my boys already love her as
sister. and you, dear George, would mo-,
think, object to her asa cousin--but her
father wishes she should 90 with her I'm
cle.r
Poor George was almost frantic ct the
news and when be again heard from 1B.,
was dead, and she, poor girl.
had left with her uncle for her new home
in the thea wild west. He could gain no
certain information as io4Ally's residence.
She had promised to let Aunt Mary know,
when=she was settled, but il she wrote,
the letter must have been lost. for they
never heard from her.
Many changes took place before George
Murray returned from Europe. Sweet
Aunt Mary was dead, and when be visit
ed b., % bis return 10 this country he
found many things 10 sigh over. Uncle
Mills had supplied bis gentle. thrifty Wite's
place with another spouse-.-a stately. Dig
nified lady be bad wooed. and brought 10
bis home. The village had much increas-
ed. A large hotel had sprung up where
Father Job'ssWset little cottage bad Stood
Scarcely spot remained ss IN those hap.
81 days when he and Ally wandered
through the forest.
To do him Justice, be stifl remained
unchaneed In his love for Ally--it was
true be expected 10 end her far distant
from him in point Of uhentsl culture. but
Then be comioried himself with the anti
cipation Of taking Der TO lovely Italian
home, and by patient loveilessons soon
making her asujtable companion. But no
Alice was to BE sound-ihe villagers had
even forgotten her, and be left the place
with deeper. heavier sadness than be bad
years before. Then hope danced merrily
before yhim--now the future contained no
authorizations Of sweet wife, Alice snd
home happiness. His uncle. who had
been bis guardian. was bachelor. and re-
sided on large plantation al the South.
He and his nephew were much attached
10 each other. and to bis home did George
repair. and 50 readily did be fall into the
| solitary habits Of bis uncle's bachelor lie
THAT there seemed little possibility Of BIZ
heat ever Owning another love-but WIT
viii answer even Tor their own consiancy
i wish you would marry. George, sal
his uncle one day after dinner. They hsl
Illus, arrived in Washing ion. 10 which pIac
lihey intended staying short while durin
/ The season.. "A sweet lille WIFE,. b
uncle cooiinued. would cheer up o.
LONELY plantation. wonder you hav
never married handsome, wealthy. nod
ling 10 prevent yon.
WHY, ny dear uncle. exelaime
George laughing, You .h0sid have ?