Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-02-08
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She endeavored 10 detach her hnnd
which hc had caught second time, bu
held ittoo firmly. She still looked a
way, weeping, but did not answer. =.
"You are rich, | am poor" she said a
last, brokouly, "you would some day re-
pont Of this thing. Even your friend,
would laugh at your folly"
"Thcn you lcvo me-" eagerly said he
l"Isi II not sol" t,..,a j.,
But lhis time, Helen faced him, and
with a dignity that quito awcd his rap,
lures. ...
"Mr. Alleync, you will let me go.
am an Unprotected girl, and you presume
on my situation" .sa .a
"No! by heavens, no!" he exclaimed,
But he let 30 her hnnd. "Thcrc, leave
me cruel one. You misjudsc me, indeed,
Miss Gracmc, for your blood is as good
as mine; and even Il it were not, Don.
aid Allcyne is not the man to ltv, for
rank or wealth." ......
Helen whose pride rather than her
heart had spoken was moved by these
words and she fingered irrcsolutetely.
Her lover saw The change in her dcmcan.
or, and hastenel to take advantage OF
it. Nor did Helen long continue to re.
sist his plcadings. She loved him, in.
deed, only too we'll, as she had all a.
| long, confessed to her own heart. Still,
when even brough, to half acknowledge
that he had a place in her heart, she
would not promise to be his without n
condition. He argued long and earnest.
ly, but her answer was always the same.
owe must part for a year. You think
now, with the memory Of the sickness
upon you, that yoo love me: hut am
come of too naughty a blood, though
poor now, to marry even where | might
love, on such n sudden and questiona.
ble-cxcusc me, for must speak plainly
such sudden and questionable attach.
mcnt. You are rich, fashionable, and
with influence; am the last of line
prescribed even since Cullolcn. Your
place is the gay world, where you will
be surrounded by troops Of friends; mine
is the humble cabin, where n few poor
dependants have been my only compani.
ons, ever since my father died. If you
really love me you will return at the
end of the year; and if you forget me-"
her lips quivcrcd, but she went on, "if
you forget me, | shall 1.-Two here, with
the heather and muir.cock, as have
lived BEFORE"
Her lover was, therefore, compelled to
submit. But, think you, he honored or
adorcd her less for her resolution? No,
he worshiped her the more for it. There
was proud independence in her Danish.
mcnt of him, which became, he said to
himself, the daughter of cheiftains who
fought at Bannocburn and Flodden Field
and sacrificed their all at Culloden.
Two weeks from that time, Donald
and his friend left the highland cabin,
and Helen was alone. Never before had
she known what il was to be really alone.
She missed the presence Of that manly
form, the light of that manly eye, and
deep tones of that manly voice continu.
ally. She never knew how much she
loved till her lover was away.
But even year will pass, and just a
twelvemonths from Donald's departure.
Helen sat at the spring.sidc, which she
had namcl for the trysting.spot, if her
lovcrproved faithful. She had been there
already for many hours watching with an
eager; timid heart, half trembling at he
own folly in cxpc citing him; half angry
with herself for her doubts; but now, as
the cleaning came on, yet no Donald
appeared; her bosom swelled nigh te
bursting. She rose frequently, and look
cd upon the brdl c path, bu, nobody wa.
iu sight. AT last the stars began to come
out; the wind blew chill; and with an al
most broken heart, she rose to return
to the cabin. Her tears were falling fast
81 might have known this" she said
sadly. "Do not all my looks loretel
me the same :" Ever the old story o.
trusting woman and deceiving man,"
| AT this instant, an arm was thrown
around her waist, and we'll remember
cd voice whispered in her car
Now Helen, dear, one of our crue
sex, at least, is falsi6cd. l thought t,
steal upon you unawars and surprise yo,
and so went round by the cottage to leav
my horse there.-Had you looked behin,
, instead of before, you would have frus
tratcd my little scheme by seeing M
, coming up the cleaning"