The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-22
The answer was evasive.

douOI my word? L thought farther
explanation unnecessary till I came
home. Can not prove it ?''
But here he paused. Could he
prove it? It was doubtful. Perhaps
he had not even the mems names, for
he had given them their money as
they passed by to be mustered ina
thoughless act, surely! His brow
clouded.
"You remember I was there the
day you profess to have hired the sub
stitutes. Strange that I heerd moth
ing of it! Lloyd and Cresap are poor
men, and can i'll afford such loss"
Carr seemed not to have heard the in
suit, but fastened upon the last SEN
tence.
"That grieves me most of all, but of
course 1 mean that in time to be
righted, you know, though I must
make the money first" and he heav-
ed such a sigh as takes the life-blOod
with it.
"It is more than I can bear! Not
only toll for that, instead of undergo
ing the sweet labor of love, but my
honor must be doubted by friends"
He seemed to have forgotten Banks
presence-tO have forgotten every
thing in his agony. Thus he sat an
hour or more, but in that time lines of
care were deeply craven on his face.
There must be ways to prove himself
innocent, but he shrank from them
ne whose fair name, until now, was
unsullied.
There had been no letter from Sue
lately. Had she, too, doubted him
He would see, and wended his way to
her home. At the door she met him
her own self, only sadder and paler.
Her welcome was such as would be
given if dear dead one lay in the
house, and they entered the parlor
with a tread as soft as if the dead
might awake at the fall of footsteps.
"Susie, mamma wants you a min
ute," and her sister, a little bright
eyed child that carried sunshine every
where, came into the room.
They had not spoken of Henry for
the past few weeks. Mrs. Howard
had taken him to her heart as her son,
but now, alas things were sadly
changed. When her daughter came
to her she looked into her face, smooth
ed her brown hair and caressed her
while tears sprang to her eyes.
"Susan, thee must make this thy
last meeting"
There came no cry Of anguish. She
only gazed out into the distance and
saw among the pines the marble mon
uments in the Cemetery, and wished
that she rested beneath one of them.
sYet he is innocent"
"Thee does not know it, child"
"I do do! but thy word is my
law. 1t shall be as thee Wishes" and
she went back to him whom she loved
better than life.
1t was easier to begin the subject
when she re-entered the room. She
came to the sofa by him and began,
"This is a trying day for us, Henry,
The Friends are shocked, and other
societies, not SO much from principle
as envy, hold up their hands in holy
horror. You look too sad for an hon
est man. Cheer up, I know the worst
and know there is no guilt in youl
SOUL"
eff in the day of adversely every
man found as true a woman to com,
fort him, there would be less immoral,
ity and vice. The old story of the ivy
and the oak is not so beautiful as the
sweet words of this woman. Thy
price is above rubies, " and he drew hel
to him, imprinting a kiss on her brow
A moment she sat thus in her ole
place by his side ; then she arose.
"It is hard to say, dear Henry, yor
know how hard but we must meet ne
more in this way. Its not n1y will
i You remember the first command
ment with promise. I am yours, your:
only, if that will comfort you; bu
j marriage now is impossible"
"You are right. I give you back
your freedom, while you are enshrin
ed in my heart. Will you take it?'
She put her hand in his. "Did IuO'
say "yours only? ?" God will bring
morning soon, if the darkest cloud il
just before dawn"
1t was to be their last meeting; 81
she said farewell" at the steps, anC
stood there till he was out of sight
! Then she walked to the gate where W.
first found her, while Joshua Banks
loving her with all the worthless lovC
polluted soul can bestow, wondered
, if she had been cold to Carr, and
she had broken the engagement be
, tween them.
He came over just here, and asked
for music, and soon she sent forth ricl
and rare chords, but her thoughts werl
far away. In the painting over he
piano she saw only a sweet face tina
had lost its troubled look, because sh,
trusted its owner. She saw, too, tn
day not far distant, when, all obsta
cles removed, she should bo his happ!
| wife. -
l Sue, who had always been SO i'm
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