Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-11-18

pale.
1t was evident he had not expect
ed this.
aYes-yes,' said Katie, ca sting
down her eyes with another piteou'
sigh.
Frank sat by her side; be placed
his arm around her waist, withouf
needing her feeble resistance; he low.
cred his voice, and talked to her TN.
til she--the proud Kate--w ept-
wept bitterly.
/ 'Katie," F" said he, then with a burst
Iof passion, 81 know you love mel
But you are proud, ambitious, selfsh'
Now if you would have me to leave
yol, say the word, and | go!'
| m Coz murmured Katie, very fee
bly, "go go!'
Frank.
81 have!!"
"Then, love, FAREWELL"
He took her hand, gazed mo-
meEt tenderly and sorrowfully upon
her beautiful, fearful face, then ella Sp-
ed her to his bosom.
! She permitted the embrace, She
even gave way to the impulse, al hd
! twined her arms about his neck. But
in a moment her resolution came to
her aid, and she pushed him from her
with a sigh.
"Shall l go?" he articulated.
a feeble "yes," fell from her quiv-
ering lips.
| And an instant later, she was lying
upon the sofa sobbing and weeping
passionately-alone.
! To tear the tenacious root Of love
out Of her heart, had cost her more
than she could have anticipated, and
the certainty of a golden, life Of lux
ury proved but a poor consolation,
lit seemed, for the sacrifice she had
made.
She lay long upon the sofa, I say,
sobbing and weeping passionately.- =
Gradually her grief appeared to ex-
haust itself Her breathing came
more regular and calm. Her tears
ceasedto flow; and at length her eyes
and checks were dry. Her head was
pillowed on her arm, and her face WIS
half hidden in flood Of beautiful
cuils.
The struggle was over. The ago
nv WAS past. She saw Mr.. Yelling
ton enter, and arose cheerfully to re-
ceivo him. His manners pleased her;
his station and fortune fascinated her
more. He off cred her his hind. She
accepted it. A kiss sealed the en-
gagement-but it was not such a
kiss as Frank had given her, and. she
could not repress a sigh!
There was magnificent wedding.
Sp'endidly attired, dazzling the eye
with her beauty thus adorned, with
everything around her swimming IN
the charmed atmosphere of fairy land,
Kate gave her hand to the m q n ,
her ambition--not her love- had q cho-
sen! 4
But certainly ambition could pot
have made a better choice Already
siiiae saw herself surrounded by lnh hg-
nifcent court, of whia h she was the
acknowledged queen. The iaTors OF
fortune were showered upon iier; / he
loated luxurious upo n the smooth
and grassy wave Of a charmed life.
Nothing was wanting in the whole
circle Of her outward existence to
adorn it and make it bright with hap
piness But she was not long in dis
covering that there was something
wanting within her breast.
Her friends were numerous; her
husband tender, kind and loving; but
all the attention and affections she
enjoyed could not fill her heart She
had once feltits chords Of sympathy
moved by a skillfnl touch; she had
known the heavenly charm of their
deep delicious harmony; and nowthoy
we're SILENT rnotionless-muffled, SO
to speak, in silks and satins. These
chords still and soundless, her heart.
was dead, none the less so because it
had been killed by golden shaft,
having known and felt the life Of SYM
pathy in it, uneonsoled by the life Of
LUXURY. In short, Katie IN time be.
came magnifcently miserable, splen-
didly unhappy.
Then a change became apparent
to her husband. BE could not long
remain blind TO the fact that bis love
was not re.urped He sought the