The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-21
from the advance sheets OF London Seci-
ETY., for February. 1851
"A Forgotten Valentine.
THE hEssENdaR wHolBoRE IT.

tie packet, csrelessly taken and thrust
away amongst. other would ever en-
ter his head again. At any rate it did
not, He was, a young man still though
and he had fallen in love, and was on
the way TOD learn, his fate-faw tarqo0
1t cannot be hattering to young
lady, if she knows it, that her sutton
should Be capable Of taking thought
for any one besides herself; but GER
tainly Sir Hugh Rafnham tried to Der
/ lieve that he was not making his own
happiness altogether the FIRST consid-
Grafton, There was the well being of
his little girl to be- thought Of; and
what did he know about bringing MP
little girls? Heshad heard q sensible
people say, and he was ready enough
now to accept the dictum,' that the,
Iwisest thing a man in his position
could do would be to marry again; !;
wisest, both for his own. future
land Inisfi sehild's. I8TlHel shid AIthis
to himself asI he stood in Evelyn
ENeyille's drawing. room. hat, il, hand
waiting, looking out upon the bare
branches which were soon to Be green
again, and wondering, in a desultory
fashion,iffthis February, day. lWppldl
bring him another spring time. or
only the fdesolate branches, the dead
leaves 0whirling about, and the cold
skytbey0nd.. He .hadSnot thong to watt
When she came into-the room, and
THAI thrill went through His heart
which the presence of oneo we love
alone can bring, it must have left
some mark upon his faces for she.
knew why he had come, and in a few
rapid arguments had decided upon.
her answer. He was rich; but she
did not care so smt1ch about that, not
knowing whatlit was to- be anything
else; he was Sir Hugh Rainham; but
shec didn't care for that either, her
pride being Of another SORT he was,
good, generous and devosedr-these,
things she did care for. He loved
herr and he came on a day Whenthat
same pride of hers was smarting upT
deraa of neglectsa,J twagH-llew
Inthe few. seconds allowed her be-
fore he spoke, Evelyn Neville made
her decision She had thought that
he knew, and was Jealous off, her
frieaaship-witA- that cousin Frank;
whom she had fancied night one day
be nearer than a cousin. But that
was over. Thecousihs Had Kept up
childish habit of exchanging yalep7
tines PAID to-day there was not nothing Ing
from him. while her s own Ia lad gone as
usual u. That yesthe lhqs4qiiliiatine part.
of ~ 9If She HAD bftok I I'd d tf 1tSd the
custom, it would have been5wel ), but
shat ffessRould be the fifst1 and when,
TOO, he had given her Ncause,to- expect
that his would be no ordinary yalen-
tinelH1EI Here 10 within Her reAcfti Was
the means of Furnishing him; at any
hqate, of letting him know that she did
n Evelyn listened to Sir Hugh with a
| forced attention; but he ,kneYrnohhe
| ing of that. When he spoke of his
I little. girl, falteringly, she reused up
and saw the Strong. earnestness and
anxiety of the man S face; and, strange
to say, this touched her more. Just then
tfhan any passionate lovers pleading
from his lips would have done. She
| turned t0wafa him suddenly, and put
her hand into his, and said. speaking
of the small Cecilia;v> . rr-rrrr,-
l"She shall be very -adeaf to- me- and
( preciGpD !.SiillfeaDef0rher, as much
as you desire.
And when Sir Hugh had left she
did not repent. p 1t is true that there
beame upon her a certain sense of be-
ing bound; of having done what could
not be npdonc, and thHtA half rebel
lious desire to be free, which is almost
4 always inseparablea from am act that
seals one s own fate.aT And then the
drawing room was rather lonely; the
trees outside the window gotiaghostL
| ly look. and seemed to wrap Them.
selves up tighter as the fog gathered
round them and-altogether. she
thought she would just 60 and tell her
brothers by yof5convincing herself
that the thing, was finally settled a reg q
| When she told him, he lifted upihis
eyebrows and stared at her.
is it true?-you look as if it were
Rather scared and thatsort of thing.
Not that there is anything to be
scared about: only suppose. it's
proper. HenH I Rhghthage tthought
of Frank Neville; but this is wiser. .
! She bit herahp, but fiever answered
him. She wished he had not. said
that about Frank, and she didn't ike
the word wiser" What had wisdom
to do with it?
She started from her sleep that
night, with a mist before her eyes
and great thfobbing at her heart,
for Franks voice was5 in her. ears.
Would he care?
But what use to ask, now that it
was too late21 And that il was too 3,
for to her, having once decided pub
., !!cly as it, were, change aNoaldS have
| 'peenimpossible.d3 q3 se.ltnoGna. ysilIi
And6n her welding day she was
FP SiEoHugR al radiant princess, . far
d esaway above him, STOPPING 70, crown
! bIm with the hlessirg Of her love.