The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-03-16
srHE UNIoNSaTI11UsT
L. ASH ND OHIO, W . MORNING MARCH Is: szo

Tl1Ggn i.lsal q I1aEn9 I.nIl ~ % bEg
lied pleasure, and her eyes--deep, idu
!. ky stars of light--sparkled ominoisl
d as she Withdrew her slight, glove
hand from Elkaniaf' s horny grass
= e sDon't, siri II Y on hurt me. nj ifsaa
7lh5'wfile Mrs!!q ST. Sandaile sgiggIe
E behind her fan and whispered I
j FraiIk:i q sos b-l--1l 1l'9f A''GS's .
4 iiId s.Afy DEAR what relic of the darl
ages have You heres' :i1'''.'ii'''i'a
q Frank, aren't you glad to see mef
filtered Elkaniab, the brown Of hi
complexion becoming sufused witt
hot Indignant red. 'a'i 1854 1 /
II The. Surprise and % mortifeatior
which had cost Frank Payne IA mo
! meptary loss of her presence of smint
j subsidized into cold. conventional po
you here tonight MI Carey; but i
in such an tlnerpecfed pleasureI
"Mr., Carey!" The words fell, on
tEkaniah's ear like ice. Was this the
: loving, little fairy who had sat among
the fragrant hay piles on the old barn
floor with him? who had threaded Che
j tristling solitudeof midsu INNER Moods
j by bis sidef Elkaniah felt strange
and bewildered, as sifsthe, world had
suddenly begin 10 tirn Iround ? the
wrong way; and the keenest paBg he
had ever known, shot. like 'barbed
tairowii through his heart, pas Frank
4 turned to periamed and scented ex-
jiquisite, Mr.. Je eGustayus' St. Sapdaae,
and whispered in bis ear, withia burst
of musical laughter. .ssasijs e aiias t
situt She's making fanlof me-" thonght
.Elkaniah dolorously. .9Well, ] s'pose
am odd and outlandish and strange
I'm not dressed like these fine folks,
land my wiys aren't like their ways,
but / ala think Cousin Payne felix's
t%eult have been clad to zee mel And
fshe never asked a word after mothcrl"
I Mr. Payne bowed stiff little bow
as Elkaniah awkwartliy backed toward
him., and rshoped they should see a
great dead fof him during his atay in
theeity." ElkaDiah thought of the
bag of blood red apples that 4 he had
left at the depot US his eye felilen the
glittering sugar temples and pink
champagne and white hot house crap. 8
that loaded the long'tablcs of the di-i
~ as much out tf Of place here as
mothers apples swould be," he Thought, !,
as he wtiit sorrowfufly TO bid Frank
good night. " =: ,,=, . - - -.
s;;;, But she was waltzing with Mr..
.Gustayus ST. Ssndallc, and had only
A brief chilling nod for, her cousin
Elkaniah. 7,.l afizi !. -.u5frr5sg s-... 4
81 1t is no inapugnment of Elkaniah
Carey's manhood 10 say that the tears
were on his bronzed cheek as he went
slowly down. the street. He had look
ed forward to this visit for months;
he had treasured up Frank Payne in
his heart as a sort of fair, faultIess
angel; and now the Illusion was over.
So EIKaniah' Carey went back TO
his New England farm a wiser and
sadder, man. =" ID" ' '"z"si.'| : Il.
Two years went by; the big cherry
tree by the we'll rained its white bios
SONS down into the crystal depths, and
the giilifowef apples hung like RED
jewels among orchard boughs, and
Eikaniah Carey's farm prospered rare
ly,s WI hiie, in the city, the great wheel |
of fortune, in its ceaseicss revolutions,
caught Frank Payne from her place 4
of luxury and ,pleasure,s and eset her
down ansorphans and paors at the Sery
foot of the social ladder. li.rio ireir 4
= 1st'Nohody could have foreseen the \
fall in Athoss railway lshares," Mr.. K
Payne had said, with wild, ahaggard !
eyes; and that night the spoplectic |
stroke that came hurried him out of
the world: and Frank was left at
twenty, all alone. ~ -aspH &a!o@
o. "Telf me what to do, Mrs. st. Fam
dallel' she appealed, piteousiy, look
ing like some lovely marble statue in
her deep black robes, as she threw
herself down on the little fcotstooi at
Mrs. Sandalle's patrician feet. ~ /
".Don't be so theatrical, Frank, said
Mrs. ST. Sandals, taking up her gold
stoppered yinigarette; "and do not
speak SO loud-your voice gives me
the headache. Do? Why, there are
plenty of things to do, I suppose" 4
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times Mrs. St. Sandalle had kissed
her, -caressed her hands, and told her
she loved her like her own daugh-
ter" and stshe could not exist if she
didn't see her dear little Frank at least
once day" Frank had somehow
thought tina. she could not be quite
alone as long as Mrs. ST. Sandalle was
near her. s..-..,.7.,.. - -: /
s. z Y es," said Frank, tsbut-" .5' /
"Of course you can't expect to live
on charity" said Mrs. St Sandalle in
differently. t1ts great pity your
education has been so superficial; and |
you're too near sighted to do fine en-
hroidery, suppose. But there Is old
Mrs. Scoldall wants a eompanion-.E
fifty dollars a year and your board.
To be sure she's deaf and blind, and
crosser than Xantippee, but you can't \
have every thing at once. - - l.
Franks tears dropped slowly, down
upon the Grape folds Of her dress. i
'Do you think" -.... q -, i
II don't think anything about it,
I'm sure" }" said Mrs., st Sandalle, pet
tishly.. 81 can't take any responsible
ity. There's Gustavus now; the op-
era matinee comes off at one, and I'm
sorry / can't devote more time to
you.s, oaed eid Sca sf,.s,.,. .f-no,5g.& +
Mrs. st. Sandalle swept down stairs
in q futter OF moire antique and
thread lace idrapery, while Frank
in the middle of the great
drawing room more utterly desolate
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