Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-12-03

like the country than fine picture is likt
the scene 1t is supposed to stand for. Eve
rything Las its peculiar atmosphere, you
know, and country is country. You take
these city fellows after their gymnastics have
+. done all they can for them, and put them al
work by the side of men brought up or
farms, you want to see the difference"
"Youre right about it," said Mr.. Enos
q twrling his cane.
"Excuse me, one moment" said Julia.
] She had recognized friend. But, just AS
Q she sprang forward, party of equestrians
c dashed around the bend, and the next mo.
ment Mr. Troll and Mr.. Enos ran forward
D and IL was Mr.. Enos, he being the younger
OF the two, and therefore perhaps the more
! swift in his movements, who drew the girl
0 from beneath the feet of the foremost rider.
: 1t was theme of excited comment all
: over the Park that afternoon, that RI
ding party, missing the way, had gall ,pe;l
round curve into path restored for prom
enaders, and that tho hoof the faremost ami
, mai had strnck down young lady who was
, crossing to speak to friend.
! There was rustic arbor near the pond
on which the white swans were sailing To
This sheltered place Julia was carried by
Troll and Enos then 'hc latter ran for Il
carriage. On his way he met Mrs. Bcntly
and Joseph.
"Oh!'' he exclaimed, throwing UP his
arms, and then he came to dead stand.
=" What Is il p exclaimed Joseph, seizing
his hands MS If TO steady En0s, alarmed at
his ghastly fice and unsteady step. What
was Mr.. Enos thikhing of? lie was think
Ing. What II that prancing horse had sent
her out Of the world, and left him sound
and whole as he was then Qhough, alas |
worse than wild beasts had torn him y to
tell this brother of her fate? She had look
ed SO kindly upon him, had spoken so kind
y! How harsh was every other voice, how
cold every other eye, in comparison with
hers! lie made himself at last intellgiblc
to Mrs. Bcntly and Joseph, and, while they
hasleDed toward the arb0r, he ran on to the
gate.
To Miss Julias great surprise, Mr. Enos
came to see her when she was recovering
from the accident. Before that, she had
asked Joe about him, and had learned that
he was now constantly in the office, anl
much more steady than he had been.
why don't you invite him To come home
with you some time she ventured one day.
''Because don't want him here am
Obliged TO put up with good many things
not agreeable in the office. When cnmc
home, want to feel that am at home.
You don't know what home is to a man."
Don't bring him, then, said Julia" 81
only thought il might be an act of mercy
| IT was not long after this that Mr.. EnOs
called He had hesitated about it a good
while. joe did not ask him, but considering
now the accident had shocked him, and how
great his interest was in Miss Julia, who was
kept prisoner in the house so many DAYS.
he finally decided that he would venture.
1t had been an exciting day for Miss Julia.
| She had received u letter from Clara, which
contained rather remarkable contents; and
while she was hestating whether TO share
| them with her mother, who. she feared, would
he so surprised and so displeased, Mr.. Enos
came.
The letter, which was delivered to Julia
by an express carrier, read as follows:-
'My OWN DEAREST, DEAR JULIA IL am
oil to-day Tor the Mountains, to lie gono a
| month. Our party consists of nineteen, and
If you could only, make the twentieth, |
| should be perfectly happy. You would
have declined going, though, know, even
IT we had not decided on the trip at too late
an hour to communicate with you. l have
made my will, and you are my heir but
| meantime, because want to send you some |
| thing, and don't know exactly what you like
best, enclose little bank note. with which,
dear sister julie, you arc to do what you
please. ] iDish you would take yourself
| and your ihmily out of town on some beau
| tiful excursion. III | knew where we should
ask you to address letter to me; but our
plans are ai loose ends. So, dear. I'll only
beg you olove me not because love you
| so much-that would look as If | were ask
| ing reward for doing what / cannot help
" Always your loving
"CLARA."
| Before the letter was received, Mr.. Troll |
had come and SO arranged table for Julia
that she could manage to work little. That |
act of consideration had moved her TO tears,
for she was II little bit weak, and very tired
Of herself and very lonely; hut when the
| letter came, ii was read amid floods of weep |
ing, and /! was useless to attempt to hide |
| the traces of u storm so recent from Mr. |
Enos. She hastcned to show him what Mr.. |
| Troll had done for her. to divert his atrcn-
tion from herself; and he, not little All
tated by seeing the state she was in, rushed |
out into feivid speech:
''The Lord knows | wish had fellow |
like Troll at my elbow for good ANGEL"
he exclaimed, his eyes glisiening and fixed |
on Miss Jula's face.
"Oh," she answered, calmed considerably |
by the vehemence of his exclamation, lyon
are man You don't need to be helped
| along in that kind of way. Somehow it |
isn't expected of us. as it is of YOU that we
| should march up to our duties without ever
lnoking back. II we fail, its only we. llut
it You fail, why its you"
Don't y0u know that the time for talk
ing that way has passed? Women, now-a-
days, are having things pretty much as they
| please"
"That is all nonsense. They are getting
employment because their services are
wanted. When you get into n large prac-
tice, | suppose you will employ women
clerks as well as men-clerks, If there hap
pens to be need"
Juias remark, implying that she supposed
that of course he, being II student of law,
would be II practitioner in The high courts ni
the land, made Mr.. Enos blush It Was the
expectation of all these simple-hcarlcd, in
dustrious FOLKS that OF course being col
lege bred youth and the son of II rich man.
who had known all sorts of advantages. he
would go from one position to another, that
humbled him. He felt desire that she
should know from himself the bitter worst
OF all this-that he had fooled his time away,
and that his father in the end would proba-
bly'bid him go about his business.
- have made poor use of my time,
Miss Bently," said he. IF could get n
job as wood-cutter or a cOal-heaver, be-
lieve I'd take il. was going to leave the
city that afternoon when saw you in the
Park and 'hc accident happened. But after
ward ii seemed to me as If had been taken
up there against my will, just so as to show
me that had one more chance"
''Joseph is going to apply for admission
to the bar next month, The court will be in
session" she said.
$50 soon? had forgotten. Miss Bent
ly, was in the office before your brother
went there.
"Why do you not apply for admission at
the same time, Mr. Enos? Dol"
He reflected, 81 could not pass )" but he
could moi bring his Inns to own that truth |
She, however, probed him:
"Wouldn't three months bring you on p
mo, nor six"
"Would year, Mr.. Enos?''
"It might be. Yes, year might, think;
but habits of study lost"
'.Then for year, Mr.. Enos, don't disap-
point everybody" broke in Julia.
He was silent for more than moment,
then said:
''AIiss Bently, it Is easy to say that will
do, will do"