The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-12

engaged herself to him, Sll0 drew bacl
with fear. and rtpugnauce, and said: II
he cannot forget that, pray let him neve
come near mo again."
"Oh," said Mr.. Garden, II believe h
has no hopes Of the kind; It Is ofyou I an
thinking, not OF him. 1t has got abou
that poor Little had connection will
some girl in humble life, and that hG wa!
: in love with her, and you in love with him
That wounds q fathers pride, and make
me grateful to Coventry for his unslakcl
devotion, while others are sncering at my
poor child for her innocent love"
Grace writhed, and the tears ran dOwr
her checks at this. "Oh, spare the dead,
she filtered. AZ
Then her father kissed her, and begget
her 10 forgive him he would avoid al
!, these topics In future: and so he did, tol
some time; but what he had said ranked
A few days after this, Coventry CANE
again, and did nothing but sOothC Grace
with words only he managed so thai
Grace should detect him looking very sac
when he was not actually employed ii
cheering her. III ! . =
She began to pity him n little, and won
der at his devotion.
He had not been gone many hours wher
another visitor arrived quite unexpectedly
MIR. Raby. lie came 70 tell her his owl
news, and warn her Of the difficult game
they were now playing at Raby Hall, that
she might not tllwart It inadvertently.
Grace was much agit0tetL, and shed team
of SYMPATHY. She promised, with sigh
to hold no communication with Mrs. Lit
tic. She thought II very hard, but sht
promised.
In the course Of his narrative, Mr.. Raby
spoke very highly Of Jael Dcnce, and u
her conduct in tho matter.
To this Grlcc did not respond, ShG
waited her opportunity and said kCGnlY
and colby, Elbow did she come tolle ID
your hOusc"
"Wcll, that is secret?
"Can you not trust me with secret v
"0h yes" said Raby, provided you Will
promise faithfully to tell no one"
Grace promised, and he then told her
that Jacl DenCG, in moment Of des'
perati0n, had thrown herself into the
river lat the back Of his house. "POOE
grip said he, "hcr brain was not right al
the time. Heaven keep us all from those
moments Of despair. She has got over II
now, and nurses and watches my pOorsis.
ter more like mother watching her child
than a young woman taking care Of IN
old one. She is the main.spring Of. the
house." ~
At all this, Grace turned from pale to
white, but said nothing; and Raby ran on
in praise Of Jacl, little dreaming what pain
his words inflicted. y. "a { /.
When lie left her, she rose and walked
down TO the sea; for her tortured spirit
gave her body energy. Hitherto she found
she hal only suspected; now she was sure.
Hitherto she had feared Henry Little had
loved Jacl Dencc q little; now she was
sure he hud loved her best. Jacl Dencc
would not have attempted selGtlestrnCtion
for any man unless he loved her The
very act proved her claim to him moro
clOquently than words could do. Now
she believed all-the anonymous letter
Mr.. C0ventry's rcport-thc women's
words, who worked in the same factory,
and could not be deceived. And her very
godfather accepted Jael DenCc and her
CHIN 10 sympathy; she was taken into his
house, and set 10 nurse Henry Ltttlcs
mother; poor Grace was sighted on all
sides; she must not even write 10 Mrs. Lit.
tie, nor take part in the pious IalsclloOd
they were connecting together, Raby and
his Jacl Dence, whom everybody loved
best-everybody except this poor, faithful,
iII.used wretch Frederick Coventry; and
him she hated for loving her better than
\ the man sue loved had loved her. 40 r
\ Tender, but very proud, this sensitive
creature saw herself dethrOned from her
love. Jael DcncC had eclipsed her in
every way; had saved his life with her
strong arm, had almost persisted with him;
and llad tried 10 kill herself when he was
dead. iSto WIS far behind this rival in
everything. She had only loved, and SUIT
\ forcd, and nearly died mo, III" she
said to herself, she could not love
him better than l did,. but he loved
hsr best; and she knew it. and
that made her arm strong to fight, and
her tcart strong to die for him. am no.
body; nothing" Then the scalding tears
run down her cheeks, IN W'r.T
But soon her pride got tho upper hand,
and dried her cheeks, ndncarly madden
cd her.,s ol~ sHSa Tssr.. fyyk
blush .fbF fer illness She rose into that
state of evaporation in which persons Of
her sex do things they look back upon
with wonder, and, strangc 10 say, all
this without ono unkind thought Of Inn,
whose faults she saw, but eXcuSetl-hC
was dead.
She now began to struggle visibly, md
violently, against her deadly sorrow. She
forced herself to, tRke walks and rides, and
i TO talk, with nothing TO say. She even
tried to laugh now aud then. She made
violent efforts to be gracious and pitilul ia
Mr.. Coventry; and the next minute made
him suffer for 1t, by treating lin like q
troublesome hound.
He loved her madly, yet, sometimes, lie
felt tempted to kill her and end both her
1 torture and his own. n; ] tlE.il
| Such was the inner life of Grace Car.
dcd for many days; devoid Of striking In.
cidcnt, yet well worthy Of study by those
who care 10 pierce below the sprilcc, and
see what passes in the hearts OCthc unhar'
py, and to learn how things come gradual
\ " about, TINT sound Incredible when not
50 traced, yet arc natural and almost in
evitablc results Of certain conflicting pas
slons in virgin heart.
Ono day Mr.. Garden tclcgrapllcd from
London to Mr.. Coventry Mt lItllsborOugh,
that he was coming down to East-bank by
the midday express, ind would boglad to
meet lin. there at four o'clock. He also
telegraphed 10 Grace, and said, "DinneE
at tfvc.h 2a Fl-
Both gentlemen arrived about the same
time, n little before dinner, = /! XII
Soon after dinner was over, Grace OBJ
served q rcstlcsSness In her fathers manner
which convinced her hn lad something