Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-02-03

| - "'TN bctteT Wildt ler mOner really
and TO what she would expose hem both; and she
loseo AiieS too dearly 10 nflic, ssch anziely upon
him "
Inca could she no. remain in her presen, home
and have a lassie 10 wai! on her?" Alck asked
He was well 10 DO in the world ne could easily
afford The expenses and tha. would make aII
straight.
But Annie was firm in resisting every tempta.
ton On that same night when Aiick had saved
her life she had knelt down by Marian's bed. and
in her presence had vowed vow TO the Lord. ,ha,
nothing should ever persuade her 10 yield TO him
IN this mailer And she would mol, she could no,
be forsworn.
Well, well, Annie," Alick said with fain,
smile, " wiifuI wife maun haze her way. He
that will to Conper maun to Couper bat if Annie
Livingstone is no TO be my wife dell taxi mr. if
any oher shall have me-" And he marched
out OF The cottage
The tears sPtang into Anne's eyes-lhey came
there very olen now-bul she wiped them away
and said
DAY ay, he thinks SO nov tu, men Gamma
wait as women do, hoping and hoping when the
| heart is sick and the spirit faint. He will marry
some day; and if ii be for bis happiness, will be
, thankful"
Sui II was very hard for her TO be thankful
when, year by year, she saw him couf.ed BY the
bonniest iassies Of CydesviIIe or learning iha, Al,
Ick Caldwell had been The byhesl singer al ihs
Hom2enay Cast night OF the year) at Blinkbonnie,
or that every one suspected that the fine valentine
| Ellen Lauder 90, on 81. Valentines day came from
F" bonnie Alick." Al lengh The report of his en-.
sagement to Ellen became SO prevalent, that even
Marian believed it; and one fine day, when return,
! ing from Larark, where she had been 10 carry home
her sewing work, Annie herself met Alick and El-
! len walking together in The fir wood A pang went
through her heaH this confirma alton of all she had
| heard and she startled 10 ind from il how
Ii lie belief she had hitherto had in the truth of the
| story Yet II was only ma ,ural and right that il
should be true. Ii was nov three years since she
had refused Alick, and very few men would have
walled ioT her SO long
| Thus thinking, she was liule surprised 10 see
him come 10 the cottage a> usual, and bring with
him Mauan'- nosegay, and some numbers of a De-
Tiojica', with which he had supplied her rasularly
since Us commencement But though he had not
forgot en- to be kind 10 Marian, Annie fanced ,ha,
hs looked se@ oheerfu' 'hnr, he sen-raiiy did and
with The view OF putting him al ease, she took
courage to congratulate him on his marriage TO FL.
Ien, and 20 wish him every happiness
Hesat up and advanced straight TO the place
whe she sooi he took her two hands in his, and
| sad seriously
Annie, do you mean what you say! Do you
really believe that love, or, rather that mean 10
marry Ellen, while you are still Annie Living.
s'ons?|
The color came and went in Annie's cheek and
her eyes filed under his steady glance but she
answered fainty--
81 did me an i, Alick and think you would
only do wha! is right and pfuJen, il you married
her"
Anl yon Marian, he SAID, turning TO the poor
cripple What do you lhink ~
That man is The better of wil.," she sad
quietly, q and ha' yon Will never gel Annie,
you mishi ins' as well take Elem
Alex looked distressed and mulered-
.'Tor ifvc forsasc me, Marian,
III cen tux up WI Jean"
rha, IS what the auid saIg of the Ewebuch's says
Ken hat he added &" but il is not my doctrine,
Marian. | consider marriage in higher and hoIl-
er light and If Annie refuses me, | must en- res,
as am. SO wyou ,have my thought on the
mailer, aud yon mast never again insull me by be-
eviug lie nonsense OF he Nshan Foot cha!eis"
AMI lhus things went on month afer month,
year after year and he only comfort poor Annie
had in her life OF uai was the conviction that she
was doing her duty. A. age advanced on DAFT
JeaOie, she became more unmana yeahIs; and all
The exerions hSt daughter rconii make were scarce
y Sufficient 10 keep her eccen'ricnes within
bounds, and 10 snpporth.r and Matidn. Bul Al
ME con!fived ii somehow and not even Alick
guessed the biaer Struggles The personal sacrifices.
'he WEAKNESS and The starvation she endured
TO keep her poor mother from he pansh and 10
provide for Marian he li'le Injuries which in her
posIoa were acuai necessities.
The eud however came at Ieagh, and when il
was least expected . Oaii Jeanne" took fever
and died, and AMe's tolls were comparatively
light thenceiorward; bat in one particular il SEEM
ed as ii Ihe release had come 100 lae, Tor Alck
weary oi waiting 50 maay years as Jacob did ot
Leah, bad qnaled Nelhan Foo, few months pre-
eious!y. Same said he had gone 10 EInburg, some
sad 70 l-oadoa ba, al all even's, he had disaf-
peated entirely from hs neghborhood and in
muse udSS oi hedES p0''aSe: SO litle intercourse
was kept up between distant friends, ;ha! even his
brother al S Blna5aanle only wrote 10 him al long
lnsrvats. Thus it happened tha, nearly whole
year elapsed ere Alex learned 'lhal datt Jeanie
was gone a, last, and a me folk ihoaghpoo Annie
had good ri,lance Of her; but nevertheless she
looked mair i'll aud pale than she had ever done
before'
The news eansel A'ick 10 hurry back 10 Nelhan
Foot, and one beautiful spring morning he reached
the home OF his childhood. He had walked from
Tanark AMI hat orafrnuns -,sith bs..