Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-06-05

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eANa I am very sorry" ..,ai.t
"Why ?" after u pause ofbcwildcr-
ment. - .----......'.
"Bccausc you arcn delicate LITTLE
flower, needing care and nhfsing
10 d Hard, rough life, among priva,
tions, foyor and malaria, which will
try oven my powerful constitution,
and where you must not CO." 1,b3
She was alittle palcI h0d "a.
"You are, going to tho far wcstY'
eyes, my mother must have Q
homo in her old ago. Shc is strohg
now, but time is telling on hor. You
know all that she has been to me T.
"Ycs) slio has been n good mother"
But sod shall take mo too, John"
Sho won her way into his drills
against his will. I..i..i -. fls4U
"You Will tai;S INC, too r. ,I.s
"No. Did 1 not tell you that yoh
made it so hard for mo to say govd-
byo to your" s lg.a. .aisJ
"Johh, what could l 10 without
you?" ls agi y,g0 ba4 441, srl,
He took tho little, caressing hand
down from his facc. ,i.lH,g
NELLY, ahbther man will love you.
who can take care ofyou better than
l., Unjust not marry you. You would
die in tho far West in less than q
year" ilsmg7 .d ! .i+ao .ano aly,,
close to his, NJ .-i4qiyia9 baudaoe
You shall not leave NO." "liaalb
FpHn't make mo weak, Molly DO
you tliihk; i 10 hothlhs to inc to
lsave ny iitlls Violet -the onlyiwo-
man l ever lovcd--for a hard, cold
lifc and unceasipg ttil2, ! Cannot
marry for ton Seafa, Molly" 10. lgs3
"And thbn ] shall be thirty years
8ld.nr ng,djyoI lloa yilaa, sgr,.9s
Eyes married, and with little
children; seeing at last, that your
old lover, John Burrows, was right"
He rose TO his fect.isisaa iigoW
aJohnl" in terror. 13sg ydj -
,"Yts, I ,aitt g5iitgj NcllSa Little
ohc--you look SO much a. woman,
now, with your steadflst eyes--hcar
me- !, did not foresee that 3ou would
love mc-that / should love you.
You wero little school girl when |
saved tou from drowning that sum
her, and your, satchel of books float-
cd away down tho river, and was
lost. / came here to see Gregory,
not you. l toaid not Iiclp loving
you ;lbut !, did think Until tonight
that you cared SO much for mo Mel
~. But, child, you will forget me"
"Ncycrr' fa,li 3fiauo6 odt
when t6a arc older, you will
kto% that 1 was right" ad4
The bitter smile, was dangerous
On her young faco, But little scar
let flush of wounded Pride was grow
ing into each fAit check. ,aii X
aHellS,ss lB6kiRg, Into her. 8 eyes,
don't do that. Don't think. hard
thoughts of me, Leave pride OUT
Know that / shall hunger for toui
cay and night, moro and more, as
tithc goes on, and ! get older, loneJ
liz more weary, Butt shall never
hSpss no sas. g see &c S y9s asaiay Now i' give
& sS5e, 5Js gaps | him 10th. Hfs raised
tlom to his lips; before she could
spenk again he was, gone. 90 3qs ted
Shivering violently, she went to-
the fire, and stood there, striving TO-
warm herself. Sheunderstood all
now-his strangely elaborate ar
rangemcnts for a trip TO New York
He had known that no was not COM
ing back when she had begged him
to bring her his photograph from
the great metropolis, but was going
on-on--into the dim distance. This
is why he hsd not promised. Well,
the bitter sthilo came again. '1
1t was getting late--she was so
cold--she lad better go to bed. She
would not go into the parlor TO bid
her father, aunt and Gregory good
night. She was conscious that there
YVES something IN her face that
Would scare them :, 50 she slipped /
out ofthe French window, and went
along the verandah TO her owsfoom.
There the very weight OF grief upon |
her lulled her 10 sheep. hsf l7ll1n a 4
But when she awoke, her grief
srrang upon her like some hidden
rnoHstet who had laid in wait for
her all night Her. misery terrified
her. Why should she not die3 Why !
should she ever rise from, that bed 2 4
But when they called her she
spratg Ip ha5tils, dressed and went
down, AID they were too busy talk
ing to notice that she did not knos
what sic fs vas dong, Bat, by y-ahd-
Wv. when her brother reached for
More coffee, and -Ssssrved, "John
Burrows and his mother went to
New York in The first train this
morning, sire tried 10 rise unccn- {
eernediF from tie tabies and fell N
a dead faint Upon the carpet amcug
thcn ste lT1l te. nC-lnrt4
when Nelly eanasto. she was IN.
dressed and N bed, and au1ft Mary 4