Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1869-10-09


You said we were not equals then.
Clara Sayton you Teant in fortune. /
am richer now than then. but still poor
when weighed in such balance"
Henry cried Clara. unable TO restrain
her emotion, I" was mad. Sudden wealth
had turned my brain. You said then that
! had crushed your beart-do not now
make true your prophecy and crush mine"
" Clara" said Harry, gently, yet firmly.
!" the prophecy may be true. | cannst,
do not love you. love another, and in
three days shall call that one my wife.--
Farewell. and remember that scorned 1--we
withers to revive no more.'
lie was going when Clara 6ayton sprang
to bis side and said
"1'he one Of whom you speak Is nnre
false to you than have ever been. For
Il uttered ialsehood in saying l did not
love you, she has done worse 10 telling you
she does"
What mean you. Miss Saytons" ex-
claimed Hairy, growing pale.
If prove her false. will you restore
to me the love once spurned ="
So be it, replied Harry, as confident
in the truth Of bis intended wife ss that
he lived.
. Come with me, that you may both see
and hear" said Clara, triumphantly, as
she turned and hastened into dense
thcket that overhung the steep and rocky
banks. Harry followed her until she paus
ed upon the edge OF a cliff. and pointed
downwards. He looked, and saw bloom.
ing girl Of eighteen years seated upon a
grassy ledge not many feet below. and
ashy white as he saw her sunny curis fall
ing in massy ringlets upon the bosom Of a
gentleman, whose form and features beto-
kened tha- scarcely more than forty years
had passed over his head.
The lady was Cherrie. grown into most
beautiful woman, and the affianced vile Of
Henry Harry.
But who was the strangeri
Harry heard Cherries clear and thrill
ling voice Say:
"Ah! / know that shall love you all
the more for our long separation, dear
Harry could not catch the last word
the name, for Clara drew him away, and
whispered
:. Have proved it?"
Again you have crushed my heart.
eroaned Harly; us there no iaith in wo
men 2"
YES. Am / not faithful, Henry 7
asked Clara.
Harry made no reply. and they wer'
leaving the spot when Cherrie suddenl,
appeared, and cried:
Henry Henryl my father has come
at last /"
" Your father exclaimed Harry sprint
ing to meet the tall and dignified stranger
as he followed the happy Cherrie.
Yes, my young friend" said the stran
ger. Lam her father. but do not thinl
that | have come to rob you OF her love
You have uobly won her and she is yours.
May | ask your nama?" said Harry
as he grasped the extended hand Of tht
stranger.
My name is Robert Armand, the sof
of your mothers deceased friend, Georg'
Armand, replied he.
"1he one supposed to have been los
at sea cried Harry.
.1'he same. You have heard that
was accused Of a crime. / was innocen
OF that crime, and wss in pursuit Of III
real criminal false friend. when left M
daughter Cherrie here. with your mother
can appear among my old scquaintances
and be known as an honest man, for th
true criminal is row in p ison."
And your fathers estate?" aske'
Clara Sayton, who had trembled as she lis
tened
is now in the possession Of lad
named Clara Sayton.r said Armand bow
ing but my lawyers will soon advis
her To yield it to me without litigation"
Clara Sayton hurried from the scene
unable 10 utter word
Five days after. when she read Of tn
marriage OF Harry to Cherrie, and yielde'
all claim to the wealth she had enjoyed 8
long. she muttered:
+" His prophecy was not false !-my hear
is crushed 7"
And It's crushed to this day for. rne
rose, unloved. and unmarried, she has lis
ed to hate the light OF the SUM-