The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1864-186?, 1864-04-05

ably kept, and gave you mine months ago. I had
no right to claim of you afterward the nercy had
seen ut tS deny myself"
;. "inssn why, after decoiving me so long, until
the last moment, as it were do you tau me =vith
your happiness. IS Il wsr, to blame who knew
nothing OF it until nnw p
because YOU coerce me to it. Tou havr wrcst-
ed my words from against own .till OF them
At least. 1t was ugh that moEths 20 YOU pur-
chas =. me from II, father, aud paid my price
da':i IN money as you would have bougi.t slave
IN The nuoue mart. And YOU mast gal! II pride
with sr:sii an accumulation O rich EittS, that
could rot. If ! would forget even fer an Instant
than AN r. III "our bct-otheH wife, ha loves you
and whom you ioYe-bue your last pure laSa. your
most recent specs;iaton OF the sp, culatve. ri,r:
oaiy f1N hsars ago YOU brought me t,is to shos
me for wNs biuhlas had uncrowned nv self for
what patty price had sold the royal jewel Of
my womanhond."
She lifted little cakset rs she spoko posing it
dspanfull upon the very top of one whit, stnd-
er finger, as if there contamination in the
touch, and then. throwing back the lii, revealed
on'its bed of white velvet splendid ii Of dia-
monds, which foated and throbbed in the light as
though every jewel had been human pulse qui-
vering beneath the scorn of her indignant eyes.
'sSee! shall not look splendidly the soldiers
wife on the OCCASION especially at this time when
ornaments costly aud rare. Do not turn
away your head in that aer,- tEoug! you re-
II oa are satisfied -@-s
She wrenched away the llue tartoi5t comb that
coHfnrd tle thick trsssss ofiier aHa.n lair, dnd
her a saRg ,la asaa adLnas
mist. Then she hosnd the da ,nond cirelct above
her white brosvs with the syme naughty grace that
characterized her movements, took a step back
wal from him. then one forward. and snatchng
the jewels from iier hair and tossing them on tie
csrpat 1T his feet, she swe. low courtesy and
sstasl: I'D past hin, out OF the
The explains aticn of this little is easily dis
cern-d by the reader 1t is the ''old story so
frequent in the North, reproduced in our own
sunny South. Mr. Meadows (Cofne.ia's tather)
had been OF the weatliest planters Of the
Southwest, >"t getting invols ed tin lucklsss
speculation just before the ement of the
present war, when speculation sometimes sv-
nonymous will, financial ruins and not always with
4 tremendous fortune notrS. he suddenly found
his princelv estate gliding int, the hands of his
ruthless creditors. Shelby Ulrman, the of an
old friend. stepped in between him and bankrupt
cv, and when the old man. with broken exciam
.ations ofgrltitude, begged to know in what way
he could best express hi. thanktuiness. his Noung
hen factor proposed fo- his fair dau9tt>: hand.
Though he had knen fregu ent visfo: at the house,
b. had never made any profession of love to Com
ella for ha proud. reserved man. rather lack
ing in self-ooRtitl -ncc tii those other thousand
i:t:i: nane'ese gfaces whic isstisli'us women are
1t TO d ai-e in me1. Acco!tn yv, when tn.
matter mention 4! to her hv he! father, she had
way OF slrowin" that beating through the Geld
altt:v of that formal proposal, the warn heart OF
heiby fJaraian surgcd out towaSa hci as d;,nt
nd ilnpassioacd the lov4 of Ko-feo for Juliet,
affair OF trade and her woman's nature in
belious pride against the mercenary- bargain.
That he thought her beautiful piece OF nvchan
ism, we'll suited to bcautirv his elegant pail lors
hardly enough to satisfy the yearniag Of her
tender heart. She realized, iit;it:vHlv,
what ust the misery of marri-s ise whore there
was no lnvc.to sanctity its cares and duties Y ct
partly a"siiatad By motive which she scarcely
dared ackno wAdge to herself and partly from IA
wish repay h>r fathers d .bt of gratitude, she
had cons nted to beeome his wife.--fiow she
struggled against hts ch lins when they well
nigh riv ct "a. have already