Nebraska advertiser., 1867-11-14

yOu-are greatly changed since met yol
here last simmer 2" a1
81 know it.'' a..a 4F."2" ss.s.sl-
- Cora could feel a crystal drop among
her bright tressAs-a drop that was no
the silvery spray of the oars, nor ye
cool dew from the Over-hanging woods
under which they foated along.
You ore not happy, Ethel !" she whis'
Pered. o.
''No. l am not, and never shall be
happy. Don't let US talk about it any
more, COra.'' VIC
"But waot TO talk about it, Ethel p
said Cora, wistfully. dearest Ethel
tell me why you are unhappy"
because / have been a fool" said
Ethel, recklessly, as she drew her fin-
gers through the ripping water, aPpar-
emily engrosssd in watching the diamond
sparkles-"bocause | have played with
the noblest heart that ever throbbed, and
cast it from me- Noto do you wonder
that l am misetable?'
Cora was silent few moments. Her
sweet, ingenious nature could scarce COM
prehend the full extent of her friend S
trials. -.
"You mean Ruthyn Gray?' she said /,
at length.
"Yes, mean Ruthyn Gray"
Ethel, surely you never could have
trifed with him"
II could, and did ; think must
have beea zsS Or infatuated, Cora. I
think there are times whga we seem
rather to be under ,he dominion of evil
spirits than acting according tc o. own
natures" s.s4..,1
HE asked you to marry him and you
refused 2"
eyes"
"And now that it is too late, you have
discovered tha: you were mistaken in
your own feelings 2"
81 have discovered that my life's hap
piness is blighted~by my own act.., Take
care Cora, we are drifting 100 near tha.
island; you had better resume your oars
once more"
And through all the delicious hours
Of the August morning. jewelled with
sunshine, and musical with the slow dip
of Ginning oars, the two girls hOated on
now passing through odOrous belts of
shadow, now skirting fairy islands; but
the subject that lay nearest both their
hearts was never even broached again.
"What time is it. Ethel!'
"Four o'clock, and there is thunder
stOIm rising among those mountains.
Look yonder, toward the west, Cora. We
must row faster"
''If we rowed with fourteen hands in
stead cf four, it would do no good, said
wise lille Cora, as she eyed the lurid,
heavy piled mass of vapor that was stead.
lily rolling up above the horizon. "IdOn't
know what we were dreming Of, not lc
have noticed it before. No, we cannoi
reach home; we had better put into shore
somewhere. There ought to be an old
ruinous cabin not far from here, with a
blasted pine tree hanging over it, and
there it Is now. / thought SO. Pull
Ethel, the clouds are getting blackeI
every instant. Do you know I've ulway;
longed for real adventure, anal thinL
II is coming now" .qa
Ethel smiled. The exercise was brihg.
ing sof, carnine glow into her cheek:
which became her wonderfully well.
LET US sit here few minutes" she
said, when the boat was mooIed tc Iht
overhanging trunk of silver birch-tret
This is such shady NOOK, and the wa
ter is so clear, and the coming storm
/ makes the air deliciossly COOL"
' we have local prejudices to contend will
no special locality or party TO build u
: or break down. We shall aim to be i'm
partial in our criticisms of public meI
measures, and discriminating as to III
D matter admitted in our columns. w
shall advocate such public policy as W
: believe TO be just and right-one. III
= benefits and provisions of which shall b
? imparually extended to all, and one who's
v restrictions are unlimited by race or color
T Cora nestled down on The velvet gras
beside her companion, without a word
J. leaning back against an almost perpen
:. dlcular ock which ran straight up fO
g about six feet, and then shelved back
ward, forming a fat surface, covere
y with tangled bushes, fragrant ferns an
p trailing draperies of vine leaves.
Q Ethel" said Cora, suddenly layin
i her cheek upon her companions shOul
$ der, do you love Rutbyn Gray !''
i "Yes."
"And do you think he sill loves you
81 think his nature is one that ono