Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-08-06

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ssurely We have known each other long enough
fnr you 10 drop that formal name. Or, if you
will not call me Dnnald, then | shall address
YOU as Greene"
Donald. then" said Helen, arclly looking
up and shaking The curls back from her face:
Bless you for the word, Helen" lie said
taking her hand. "Do you know it sounds
swceler now than ever though, it would!"
Mr.. Allcync," she said, though with averted
fare. IF you would not have Inc keep out Of
your sight torevcr-if. in short, you hive any
respect for fri,ndless girl, do Mt" speak in that
strain again" And she rose as if 10 depart.
"Hclpn, hear me-" said the lover. deiaining
her; :" hear me only for one word more. Since
The hour that you saved my life. have loved
you, and every day spent in your society has
increased that love; but if you will say that
you love another, swear never to speak on that
subject again."
She andeavored to detach her hand, which he
had caught second time, but he held it tu"
firmly. "You are rich and am poor" she said
at last: :" you would some day repent Of thu
thing. Even your friends would laug, ut your
folly"
"Then you love me" said he, eagerly, AIS ii
not 80 q
But this time Helen faced him. and with Il
dignity tha, quite awed his rapture.
MIR. Alleyne. will you lei me eo?' she said.
81 am an unprotected girl, and you presume on
my situation.'
"No. mol" he exclaimed, but he let 90 her
hand. "You, mi-judge me, inded, Miss Crane,
for your blood is a- g"od as mine; and even If
it were not, Donald Alleyne is not the man to
love for rank or wealth" .".t...
Helen, whose pride ruther than heart had spo-
ken, was moved by the words, and shr fingered
irresnlutey. Her lover saw the change in her
demeannr and hastened to take advantage of il.
Nor did it long continue to resist his pleadings.
she loved him indeed, only too we'll, as she
had all along confessed to her own heart. Still
even when brought to half acknowled ge that he
had u place n her heart, she would NOT promise
to be his without condition He argued long
and earnestly, but her answer was always The
sane.
"We must part for year," she said, "You
think now, with the memory of your illness
fresh upon you. that you love me; but am
come of TOO naughty a blood, though poor now,
10 marry even where might love, on 50 sudden
and questionable attachment. Y"u ure rich
fashionable and with influence; ] am the last
of u line prescribed ever since Cul!uden. Your
place is the gay world. where you will he sur.
rounded BY troops of friends ). mine is in the
humble cabin, where few mere dependents
have been my only companions ever since my
father died. IF you really love me, YOU will
return at the end of the year; and if you forget
me. shell live here with the heather and muir.
| cock as lived BEFORE
| Her lover was therefore compelled to submit
There was proud independence in her bunish.
ment of him which became, he said 10 himself
The daughter of rhicftains who had fought al
Bannorkburn and Flooden Fields, and sacrificed
their all at Culloden. Z"
Two weeks from shat time Donald and his
friend left the Highland cabin, and Helen wa:
alone. Never before had ahe known what i
was 10 be alone. She never knew how much
she loved till her lover wns away.
But even n year vii pnss, md just twelve
month from Donald's departure Helen sat nj
; the sprng-side. which she had named for tht
trys,ing spot if her lover proved faithful. Sht
had been there already for nuny hours watch
| ing with an eager timid heart, half trembling a
her own iollyi,in expecting him. huff angry will
bersef for her doubts; but nav, as The gloam
i ing came ON, yet no Donald appeared, her bnsou
1 swelling nigh to bursting. She iOss fequsuSl,