Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-04-13
CHAPTER II.

| IlEo passed OnWdfu, anu uOWn lIS
resistless way, Kate in the budding
beauty and promise of womanhood
had been swept to the grave. Eter.
nifty opened up before her, and in its
greatness and glory she was lost to
her kindred and friends for a brief
season. God and angels had and
held her.
Nelly was at boarding school. Burr
had entered college in the same city.
They bad renewed their acquaintance
privately, since it was against the
rules of the seminary in which Nelly
was placed to have any intercourse
with other gentlemen than those near.
ly akin. Burr's early name and fame
clung to him in college. He stood
at the head of his class, and yet found
leisure and opportunity for the exer-
else of his teasing proclivitieS. He
was the torment of professors and re
ceived many reprimands for his be-
havior sometimes merited and some
times not. Finally, he was charged
with something more serious, of com
mitting a petty theft in the garden ol
citizen. His tracks were plainly
to be seen in the soft earth, and some
of the soil of a peculiar kind adhered
to a pair of boots found in his room
He was called up in the presence Of
the senior class of which he was q
member.
Il am forced to expel you from
this institution, unless you can prove
to me that you are not the thief" saiG
the president, severely.
Burr bit his lips, but replied not q
word.
Are you guilty or not, Mr.. Win
throp 2"
"Not guilty
How do you account for the tracks
in the garden ?"
| cannot account for them"
Where were you last evening ?"
With a friend.
How late was it when you return
ed ?"
"Ten o'clock"
" Can you prove it? if so, you are
clear. for the depreciation was com
mitted aud discovered before thai
hour"
Yes, sir, can; but as it NIGH
bring my friend into unpleasant rela
tions, | will not do it even to clear
myself.
You refuse to give the name of
this friend ~
Il must, sir. ."
"Well, Mr.. Winthrop, since yor
will no. give satisfactory explanations
it is my painful duty to dismiss you.
Very well, sir, cannot blame
you"
A week afterwards the presiden
received lady-like note from Nelly
stating that he had spent the evening
in question with her, until a few min
utcs of ten, and asking that Burr Nigh
be recalled. The request, deIicatel,
worded, was needed but for reason
of his own, Burr did not choose t.
finish his course, but became a clerl
in a wholesale store in the same city
He was aided in obtaining the situa
tion by former assistant and towns
man, Tom Bryant. Burr met his friend
ly advances more than half way. |
were a chance if he remembered tn
old cause of anger. Certain it is, h
had treasured no ill-will; and not be
ing of a suspicious nature, he was sool
on the best of terms with Bryant
He even went so far as to introduc
him to Nelly. Meanwhile, in wha
relations did he stand with her? Ha,
the natural afinities of manhood 70
2 womanhood become fully developed
7 and did they render her dearer t
| him? Listen, and we shall know.
, "Can you love such scrape-grac
as am, Nell"
"Do you want me to ?"
More than want any other eartt
) ly good"
: You said you did not care muc
for girls once"
r 81 don't now, only for one"
} "You we're very exacting in thos
days, and bound me by a promis
never to love any man until kne,
: whether you had changed your mind.
I "Have you kept it ?"
: "Yes, Burr"
Il an something of a rascal, Nell.
f :" You always abuse yourself
!, am glad know better"
q "You love me ?"
e "You and Shag won my heart
long time ago, | think"
"Bless you, Nell"
. The old, old story told by th
first man to the first woman was IT
), peated again, and was as original an
charming to her as if it had not reacl
! ed its ninety-ninth billionth issue froI
loving human lips.
|. Though. much against their inclins
tions Mr.. and Mrs. Wynne fnall
\ sanctioned Burr Winthrop's suit; Ne
4 ly was his promised bride. For fe'
: months there was a smiling sky and
smooth sea, and then came clouds an
n breakers. False entries had bee
made in the books of Whitney & Co
" and it was done in Burr's hand-wri
d ing as entry clerk.
Circumstantiale evidence was againl
him and he was thrown into Jail, bro
r, to trial and condemned. Tom Br
y ant with apparent reluctance was ma
r witness against him. These matter
5, were kept from Nelly until senten'
e was passed, and then Mrs. Wynne,
# fair and stately woman, broke tt
e news to her as gently as she could.
IS why did you hide it from me