Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-06
RERTIE.

Iendep OIaD0nehDaQfO fOe6n ringing All -udY
not making music there at least, not maxi
ing such znuslei ae1 mi ght have eeen ex-
pected.i lttbrought upsFisionssWhleh were
strangely conflicting as she sat by ,the 1re
hearing k again and aga IA WITH y eW1 Mons
detAt the importance Il haa sudd denlyl as.
sunled for her. hladytmsVeivet stood
on the rheafth-rug, cpmpiacency beaming
out k0f every featn re OF the Weil=preserved
lace. wn.cnssne hhSnso pSeSsnst2s 70 the
Il scarcely expected tt of him yet. Ber-.
tha,p said this iadY, wi th triumphant efn+
phAslss ftnough qt cQnFsell knew what
was, going on an his snaind. HLet me see
how does he sign himselfp' .s;s-.
There was sort of instructive move
ment OF the younger lady's myers awards
q letter which day snaft>fOldeu On bracket
beside her--sn Impulse OF rebellion against
this letter nndeS any eyes but those for
own ipdiference s % ss wFiterhs s written ter
profession of love was sacred. % s2',1 80
The signatnYe is WarEenden, Aunt
Maudes,s she answered, earelessly and
then sflushing Ashot red, she added. little
louder, WHyou knew tiiat this sort of thing
was cominc;1 on we're riser5hSuI was 1t
never entered my Aeaaa all, and I hope
YOU don't think u Have done any thing 70
encourage Lord -Wafrendeu,- knowing as
y0u do that ] ann 3 ~, ~ .-ssfs s4 II
Hush y. interrupted Aunt Maude.
know tha6a foolish boy and girl friendship
between Won and James Douglas might
but it was sil1y affair, never likely to come
to anythimg. And, after all, you have new
er heard from rhim,y aud the yeAfsisover.o -
AheaFts less fortified by sense ofsduty
thanthe one under that velvet bodice might
have been touched bv- the appeal and re-
pf0acf IN the girls face; but Mrs. W alsing-
ham Pole abhorred weakness and what she
called sentiment. :, !, -, =
SSThe year Is over, j" she repeated. "Come,
Berthe, be- sensible. 1 wished you to- be
with me, In order that you might see lit
tie of life before committing an irretrieya+
bic folly If 1 remember rightly. you were
both to walt twelve months. and then, ii
nothing had driven the foOlishness out OF
your headsr--F NY
AUNT Maud" ," broke in the niece, - am
as much bound as if it had been real en-
gagements 81 E6S
t.Whatif the gentleman has repented
asl0f courses he has dones or you would
have heard from him. Blftie, 90 you know
am a1ittle shocked to see that Won have
no proper pride :" - 49, It, - n,,,a
foFbearanee in It which struck chill on her
niece's heart. BERTHE knew what it meant.
knew vaguely that, however it had been
acquired, her aunt had dsome'Wonderfalpow
Grover her, against which it seemed useless
to struggle. /. "A nd then NJ Mrs:: Poles face re-
laxed, and she glanced stntlingly down at
the little fingers lhat were hsIVeusiy Z ma g
e1tng tl,tne.efessea eaiNeAope of lI'll Lofu,
Wfrrendens letter. =. -,
s4 suppose 1t was bit OF romance onhls
part to send thai To-day continued Auut
Maude. on never snat. stlch ValenClne
before, and never VIII nave sucn an9lner.
CONSIDER lG my WORK. In part ana ana
Rratified. / could not nave done peSeer for
you II you had Deen my OWus qa1gnter. II
have seenthe Warrenden diamonds, BERTHE.
But you don't listen: What's the matter q,
Bersle started at tne snarpenea accent OF
Cnese dasC WORDS, ana Iookeu up. one tiau
been thlnklng, WIN Hpge OF congeam!pt,
OF romance IN connectlon WIN Aprn w HaF-
renden, his hfty years, llls made up ngure,
ana Ghe ugly grass eye Wnlcn Bad pe peen
wont TO 0pPTess ner Win SO painIul sense
OF It's unrealty; .l,sL,.L = = =, 20 - -. >
Auh6 mauoe, she aalu, F~eLelheteiy,1yovs ~ ov y
know there IS no romance laoo9tlg. i. y Lore
Warrenden is otd ana ngiy.a Z uoh.G Snlnk lHAl
ne Is q gooo man. ana pearnaRs you @ kn9W ss
CnaG ne Is not eau totr. Ae olttt Wades
10 marry me Deeause1 - 10.
EeHHsf HHlAGsE HHlAGssErupCeu Auht s1Aauus' Oe-
.,,a,oo,, q, - -, ,oo5
ne lnlhkS = s1soqiu III LOOK WI q Clse nes'u
Oh nus Gaole, sas1 DEFY,
as 70 eny 81 iseli,ceticele WnIch
mlgnG De put upoI', p.', CIns,sPtSSn; I,r ~
Anu seSyyu ny y Y osslI
answer. oon AhoS any vle new viz "Vulu
graes Y nsCyeEt = oUkI.-s .-snys W eey ~, pot
napss Du6s YOU 1Te very uuoH ftnPTofou
SINGS. you came to me. You must write
your answer, however, anu sleC Cliin hiipM ~
at homes0fIhe news Will retisVe az ah4iSsy
concerning your Iuture anu you KNOW e
wen as Il 90, salQ MRS. fois, SraEe4V HSLlfal y q
there are many 10 De proFiqed gIoE apQSs soH
scanC means ioI Ine purPoSe. 1ou WIN Is
one 6rOuDle ghe iess. berG,f, TAKE my ',l WUIe
ZOE H.. ana Chen sue aueea, cHeeriut!y,
Dene Is rabner 0ineTenC Irouls ~ eoanCiy l.S
recb0kgA my aear.% ~ haea ueHOiuo SoAAMtL
be at home! that Is When can part WltL
you; out IL won't De YET.
For an instant the ~ SSaFeart taeS M gl, gtte Easy
cpalr 1lgn0eu up Win q sGranSe =, snCtu 81. gu
erSy, Whtca Droke-o out III eHe PieautiiS cry
go backt This IDLE life here mas spOlled me
am selfish and wicked. Let me go Dach
to them al. - ~ ~ g sz ~ s5-EZEr1
Mrs. Walsingham Pole put out one sof
white hand and patted her nlece's head.
u know all ABOUT IT. M dear, sshe salQ
"'Yon are affttle overcome; us quite nat
ural; and you are tired, TOO, with iaSC nlgdCi
late h0uTs.ss Perhaps we, had better spare
you the dinner party this evening"
1.-THE dinner party y said Bsrble. sOf
yes9yes, want qulet.D
And then you nave your lettero &
Write.1 continued heFaung; "Dut tnaG WI
do bY-and-bY.~fTfy TO resi- a little. 1t 4
time to dress now, and Il must go. You
makeIas eesy picture, my dear, Good-by,
for the present. - (=s
With the light sweep of the .lady's 7dra
peries,and the soft closing of the door CAM
q sigh OF relief from the young girl VIII
made so pleasant picture in the freight
There was nothing p easant about It TO her
She pressed her hands over her eyelid
wearity,a y,and picture came upb before her elT, ou
OF arime which seemed SO far away. Thel
were snowdrops IN her nand ana az ne
feet; they covered the dell like carpet