The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-12-20
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Mr.. Fairfield sat in the drawing-roor
of Havcrstone's neat little villa, at Not
ting Hall, patiently awaiting the yOun;
lady he had called to see.
He had met Miss Haverstone, with he
uncle and aunt, at Southend, and as sh
WAS q very stylish, and,at the same time
an ssssss.see4ble young lady, he had becom
intimate with her. This was the frs
call he had ventured to make since hi
return to London. aud he was wonder
ing how she would receive him. He di,
mot send his card to her, because h
wished to surprise her-pleasantly as b
hoped. e
BE sure and keep out of the way,
The heard a sharp voice say. Il shoul'
Ibe ashamed out Of my wits il any on
IsaW rou moping about" aas
There was no response to that ipjunc
Ition, and moment later Miss Haver
lstone entered She was tall, ,handsom
young girl, who seemed born to com
maud and yet there was a soft, bewil
derine light in her brown black eyes.
miss Haverstone!" he said, risin!
up = e
"Mr. FairGeld" she exclaimed. eI
lit possible that it is you! Lam so hap
lpy to meet you once again. sara -
Their greeting over,they settled dowl
Into a quiet little chat: and Mr.. Fairfield
Twas very much surprised to find how
swiftly time had fed when he arose t.
90 She invited him to call again. ant
he accepted her invitstion, and called
lquite frequently.
/ He was her escort with her aunt to the
|opera, theater, balls; in fact, every plact
|of. amusement, In that way severa
months passed, and he was meditating
asking Miss Haverstone to accompany
him through life.
| One evening he called rather earlier
than usual, and went into the music
room. Somebody was playing quaint
| little song, and singing in a soft, sweet
voice. He had 40 doubt as to who the
somebody must be, SO silently stepped
lover to her side.
| "Amelia," he said gently.
| The figure on the stool turned round
Suddenly.
! pardon me; am only Eate. she
lejaculsted.
"Pardon me-" he returned. 81 have
made i mistake. was quite sure that
jit was Miss Haverstonc, as was not
aware that she had any lady visitors"
81 am not visitor" she responded
81 am Amelia's lame sister. y
| "Oh! a thousand pardons.
| He could say no more. He was won
dering why Amelia Haverstone had never
spoken about this invalid sister. ltcould
not be that she was Indifferent to her
Amelia's heart was too tender for that.
s.Amelia will be here in q few mo
lments SIC" she added, rs she took hel
1.-TWO little crutches and leaned heavily on
them
i Before he could spsak, she had left the
room, and he was alone.
| Miss Haverstone entered. She apol
ogized for keeping him waiting so long
and seemed all sweetness.
81 was not aware that You had sistel
before, Miss Hayerstone."
{ aNo2 Did l never mention her to
|. you? I thought / had. And yet !. fee
so sad when / think of her affection, tina
! hate to alfude to her at all.'s
I, There was wonderful pathos in he
voice, which touched him. He had no
, misjudged Amelia; it was only the ex
!, treme sorrow which she felt that hat
kept her lips from speaking Of Kate
He often went to the house after that
but he never caught a glimpse of a LITTLE
lame figure, whose mournful song haa
rung in his ear ever since.
| Il would like to see your sister, h'
ventured to observe one evening. "Wh,
does she keep herself so secluded r
aBecause she is go sensitive" was th,
response. II have tried to induce her *
come in here, but in vain"
He had to be satisfied with that reply
though he felt great curiosity to SET
her. He imagined, by the outlines Q
her face, which had been partially defined
in the twilight, that she was pretty, o
course, but not so pretty as Amelia.
i The next morning he called again
He had some concert tickets, and b
would just step in moment on his wa.
!; to the city,
aYou need not announce me-" he sail
Ito the seryanS. 81 hear voices in tn
breakfast room, and ! will go there AMI
surprise them.'' -
i The maid-seryant gave mysterou
!, smile and lnuttered: Much good th'
surprise will do You, if Miss Amelia i
, ranting as, usual" -.
, He did not notice her ominous words
but kept On 'sthe even tenor of his way.
Il He put his hand on the door-knoh
and then he hesitated. He did not wis
to enact the part Of a listener, but b
had caught the mention of his own nam
and he had little pardonable curiosity
"Do you love Mr.. Fairfield ~ he hear
!, q soft voice ask. .
!, II m glad the witch mas asked Una
!, lsuestion for me- he muttered to him
, Iself, as be waited impatiently for Anne
Ilia's reply. ..ts .st
Love- she sneered. s.Who has any
thing TO do with that old-fangled qotio
now? Mr.. Fairfield is rich and ma
of the world. What more do / re
lquire p
+ sBut he may require something else,
Kate responded warmly "He SCENE
, $50 good, that 90 not know how yo
: can help but love him. would worshi
him. sister." "sia sa t2e 81
= sIndeed! Perhaps you have fallen i
! Hove with him yourself ], Ii you have,
,,lwish you could hear q few Of the r
e marks he made about the ridiculous wa
! you liEped about the room that night
1 declare it served you right, though,
you will persist in going where yon az