The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-11-26


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with this ~ that hnsHsis pefssfsee and
there vas >umffAInr n1fe than mere AL
mifaiior of science IN the emotion shf
felt. and The tuluF which ,ame Into her
cheeks. vheh sif John Hiddle hfsIght ur
and in'fDdu,ed 70 her the distinguished
man who had been posf Walter Hexi1n,s
early patron She iongcd ~ ask for Wal
~. bit she canId hardly bring herself b.
make the venture Che feared that the
blood would rush Into her cheeks. that
her vulce w0uA tfpmhle, and thai some
curious eyes and ears might possibly at-
iaeh an unpleasant significance to such
symptoms Of feeling.
A moment or two after she heard the
saeaaf say 10 her afianeed husband
"Sir John. | want 10 introduce 10 you n
young scientific man In whom | see q great
deal Of promise. lie has Just come back
from a mission into the Uml Mountains,
In which he represented one Of our best
scientific societies. Here he Is. Glad 10
sec you, Hexton and come here, | wish
70 introduce you to my friend Sir John
Riddell."
And Josephine, looking up, saw Walter
Hexton, her old lover, introduced to her
betrothed husband. lie wa the old Wal
ter still. More manly, more calm and self
sustained, more grave, perhaps, and with Il
darker tint on his face but with the broad
forehead, the gray eyes, the somewhat n
calmly figure, and the quiet, simple, honest
look and bearing. As she gazed at him
the old, carly love came swelling up in her
heart all the interval since first she left
her fathers house seemed TO have dropped
completely out Of her life and out of her
memory the vanity, the frivolity, the
mean hopes, the ignoble ambitions, the UNI
womanly disloyalty and cowardice-all
sank away, and she felt as II nothing re-
manned In her heart but the true love
which, from her childhood up to q twelve.
month back, had filed II.
The crowd separated her-and she al
lowed herself to be separated--for a me
ment or two from Mrs. Selby Glare and
from Sir John Riddell. The crowd, too,
brought her quite near to Walter Hexton,
whom Sir John had just quilted. Joseph
Inc laid her hand gently on Hexton's arm,
and he looked round and saw her.
Walter" she said, in a low and tremu-
lous tone, you have not forgotten me"
Forgotten you, Josephinel No, | have
not forgotten. / have tried to forget, but
] could not He spoke in a voice so low,
and with SO much difficulty and suppressed
emotion, that she could barely catch his
words.
"And !, too, Walter; | have tried to for.
get but ! could not, and | shall try no
more"
He turned his eyes, which he had previ-
kept away, full upon her face, and he
found her meaning in the look which her
eyes gave him back. She held her hand
out, and he pressed 1t. Then they were
separated, or allowed themselves to be
separated, again. Their converse had
hardly lasted a single minute, but 1t was
enough. Walter Hexton went home with
q heart swelling with unexpected hope and
Joy, and the sudden recall TO supremacy Of
q love which he had long been e~ndeavorine
to crush.
Josephine Ascot went home with amino
more troubled, certainly, than his, for sht
had a ~perplexing, painful knot to undo
and a manly, honorable gentleman TO dis
please and offend at the very least; and
she looked upon much Of her recent con
duct with sincere contrition and shame
But she felt so much Of relief and happi
ness that at last she saw her way clear be
fore her, and had returned to her true al
lcgiancc. Come what might she would
never marry Sir John Riddell.
She kept her purpose to herself as Mrs
Selby Clare and she drove home together
in the carriage. But when they reached
the house and were alone she broke ouI
at once with her confession, and told hel
patroness she new would marry Sir Johr
Riddell, and she told her the reason why
" Because I love Walter Hexton! / did mo-
know II fully until fo-night-at least
thought | had perhaps stiiled 1t and killet
II, TO my shame-but when | saw him to
| night l knew that | loved him still and
never will be weak and wicked enough L
marry another mani"
"Thisis delightful said Mrs. Selb,
Clare, dryly, "and quite affecting, n
doubt, at least to romantic ~persons--a elias
to which | don't belong. May / ask wha
you purpose to do with Sir John Riddle Y
II will tell him all-the whole plaiI
truth. He will then know | can not MARI,
him, and he will forgive me-"
II wish you had thought Of this sooner
Josephine. 1t is very unpleasant 1t put
me In quite a false position, and is hardly
grateful, / think. Pray be good enough Il
explain to Sir John that IL ii no doing o
mine-that | have no hand in the bust
ness
II will make that plain to him, Mrs
Selby Glare, for I will 60 back at ono Il
my fathers house. Oh, don't think | in
u~ngrateful, or that | can ever forget al
your kindness and generosity to me bu
after this-.after / have done what ! know
you wish me not to dol feel / have NJ
right to remain under your roof an,
longer
Mrs. Selby Clare only bowed, and saii
nothing. Perhaps she was beginning Il
wish for some novelty, and the excitemen
Of q grand marriage for Josephine woult
have been d pleasing sensation. That hop
frustrated, size was not sorry to be free Q
Josephine, and TO be able to talk Of thein
gratitude Of girls.
Matt day I~nsenbine fold Sir Jnhn Rid