Litchfield enquirer., 1870-01-27

i! girls heart to make the reply her fips 1 formed. "Why shonld I take it hardly l what possible difference ca your absence make to me?"
 Geordies face whitened, his black brows
 met in an angry frown, his eyes gleame1 : darkly. "You are heart.ess a;rt, Hetty Hoytr'
 The cruel fling turned her to adanant Ii she died she would make no sign how deeply she was wounded. 4She drew her self up with womanly dignity, that be-
 came her we'll. "You knov in your hear.
 that saying Is false.''
 Stubbornness would allow Geordie no relenting. Tie greatest fault of his na. ture was impetuosity. Therefore he ross quickly. "No mask can blind me, Hetty
 No wonder my absence will make no diff. ference to you. Dick Halls presence will compensate for mine Only don't coun- terfeit to him as you have to me. Good
 night. and good-by, Miss Hoyt d Hetty's lips parted in no farewell, she only looked after him in t bewildered way
 and then sat nlotionlsss as if transGxed by
 some cruel arrow. Geordie's life had So
 grown to be one with hers, that to feel 1t
 was stricken quite out of her future was terrible to bear. They had been play.
 mates in childhood, school companions, and their youthful alliance had suffered no rupture with added years. TheyS were wholly dlssimilsr in many thingss He,
 dashlng, brilliant, impetaous; shs main tainlng steadier equipoiss; bat both gravlsatlng towards each other, as # one
 nature were < complement to the other. When Geordle betook himself to his farm.
 two days'drive from there, HettJ felt
 lost indeed, and 1t seemed as if all the
 brightness of her life gathered and con
 centrated itself into the periods of his fly
 ing visits to his old friends
 He had described his home to her, until
 she felt as familiar with his every detail as
 himself. The yard, bounded by no bar
 riers, but mingling with the sweep of the
 prairie; the building itself, built according
 to no settled plan, but room thrown out
 here and there as the lawless fancy of the owner had directed; the sunny sitting room, with it's bay window looking out up- on the terrace, and the flower beds, which 1t had been Gsordie's pleasure to cultivate; and Hetty shYly listened to his sparkling descriptions, unwilling fostered sweet fan cies of removal from her fathers turbu- lent crowded house, and her step mother s shiftless rule to such home, where duty would be ennobled and the most trifing offices gilded by love. But lately she awoke from such dreams, conscious of an unuttered sorrow. It was no longer friend ship she cherished for Geordie but love. Her soul had gone out to him beyond re- call; held Tn solution bS his stronger na. tare. 1Gasmaea as hoks aatsre was deep and true, her affections were the same Hers was no weak soul to love weakly. And then all the pride of her womanhood assert ed itself It should not be said sine wore her .'heart on her sleeve for daws to peck at." To give her love unsought was ab jectly humlIating. How dld she know shat to Geordie she was more than dear friend, with whom he was pleased to hold converse? to whom it was the law of his nature to be tender and loving?
 Rumor had been busy, lately, linking Lis'nams with Kate Maryin's light-haired, pink and white beauty, who counted her lovers by ths score. She had been oyer to the Glen-G eordie's hame-on fortnlght,s visit to his mo ther. and it was only to-day he had brought her back. Their parents were old friends; E,ut what of that? Sure ly Kate scented some quarry worth lne powder. else she had not been lqSgtent to immure herself that long. 1v-
 By and by the sun, sinking behind gor.. geous masses of cloud, sent 3 GulVeR ol flame full upon Hetty's motlonless figure. aud then the rich glow faded, and slowly, imperceptibiy, the gray mistss of twilight clasped the earth in the their saadoWy em- brace. A chilly wind rose from the west, struck her with sense of relief, lifted she hair from her temples. cooled the fever ofi her blood. She started up aud went slow ly to the house. !. The children had iretreat-- l, Ni,o troH cleared away, and her mother was rock- ing the cradle in which Washy slept peace fully. 9ge5 5 9a 9!oY tsn. 5.
 7 70 Het. you are so thoughtless!' said her quaYering voice; ''you ought to have been here to but but the the tea things away Where's Geordie2h sd3 ! aa5osT .p -d
 t''Gone, eh2 What an idee.; of his to tramp up river with tie loggers. But then Geordie is Geordie, 7 and there's all end on 't.""fes., rt.r, -4..o ,.. ,.rt,,.-es E,..r
 ''And so he is really going to the pine ries, mother?" a3f'sS f-.@ #9I g
 il''Of course; didn'taI just say so2of He says he guesses he Ken swing an axe Wittl the rest on 'em, and then he wants to sn ni1 the odor of the pines. "- N1 s-A .i--.5 P" 465s
 5tsBat, nam, broke in $ tnmy. "a sturdy youth of ten, ''do you mind as how Lols Hutchin's husband was killed in a jam on tAe drive down the rivera How the logs squeezed every bone in his body to- jelly; and there was EIbs.. They, found himi uc- der pine trunk stiff Wish Twas Geordie thought Must be fun alive to jump On them pesky logs as they come bobbin' 'dowli stream. When 1'm-a man grown I'll be a logger. l0,r-rfeg3sr,
 ,..'Bein' as how you ain't a boy grown yet you'll go oin1lhediatelyd to bed,',1 said his mother.T abruptly. s 'Hetty. you ssesi to them s
 So the girl took the troop of little ones up stairs. helped them undress, heard their prayers, kissed each sleepy face. and then stole softly. down, going past the her mother was idly egossiping with , nsighbor.i 4i8itI .d1f3se $ 9ssiaf ss at satsNobody' II miss me. r she whispered, g.o- ing slowly out into the silent night. and following her accustomed trail to the riv or The lateness andl lsloneliness gave her nc fears. All she wanted was to go away by herself and look the future boldly in the face, and feel and Know how bare and blank harlife Wouielobe with Geordie put out of it for, ever. T Stretching on So lea tureless-hofies aims stricken from 7t--a Il
 love desp and selfish turned back to feed upon itself.r Her Eheart sickeaedx 7st the
 monotonous path before her. Making the
 children's clothes, tending to their wants
 Her ear ever ODan to her .nothar'S eIleru-