Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-03-04
SELECTED STORY,
HER COUSINS WORK.

SELEGTEU 5TUHY
49,, HER COUSINS WORK.
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Sorrow may endure for a season, but joy
cometh." Gr9 ~ sH;fef it.G Gs 5Tsa a
"And you'll not forget me, little darling.
my beautiful-my own Z"
Forget you, Arlie-how couldI :? When
God forgets His believing children, when
Nature ceases her praises Of Him, when one
Of His promises He fails to fulfl-then will
I forget to remember you. Bearer than a
thousand lives, were they mine, are you,
Arlie Zerrilon p
He drew her near him till the beautiful
head rested upon his shoulder, and, twining
his arms tenderly around the slight figure,
murmured : ''More than all in earth or
heaven, save Him, I love you. Bercie, my
souls beacon! May He forsake me, if, in
tentionally, I cause you sorrow"
Very beautiful looked that young, grace
full girl in the soft glow Of an October sun
set her exceedingly fair and smooth cheeks,
flushed from the walk she had just taken =
her weight of rich, iglistening Cyrethian
colored hair floating around her tall, slender,
faultlessly proportional frame and tangled
with bewitching carelessness with MOSES,
ferns and crimson wildwood flowers. These
she wore in the dainty ears, at the white
throat and around the elegantly moulded
waist. Beneath the marvelously white,
wide forehead, and eyebrows and lashes to
match the hair, were large, soft, dark gray
orbs, wearing a world Of tenderness and
purity-frank, truthful eyes, beneath whose
calm gaze vice and cowardice would shrink
7eyessthat seemed even asking for love,
and giving II in return; eyes that could
d~aneeanerrilT at their owners or another's
10y. Parted just sufficiently to half reveal
small, regular, almost dazzling teeth, were
lips as deeply colored, and far sweeter than
the red blooms. A merino dress, the shade
of the rare eyes. relieved at the hands and
neck by garnet ribbons, fell about her in
artistic folds.
Beautiful, also, was the tall, elegant boy
beside her. Boy, I say, for twenty years
he had not seen.
Reader, have you gazed upon the holy,
WUuuIOUS, 1 " Lilo luC cAJ ae pAuCAA AiSatj
when not even a feecy cloud Swallowed it
when moon beams flooded it with a sea Of
glory, and felt that sinless creatures bending
from the pearly gates of the City Of Peace,
were watching you +? Like feelings would
have been yours, could you have seen the
glorious eyes Of Arlie Zerrilon. Gazing in
to their shining azure depth, you could al
most have seen the soul-the stainless poet
soul-whoso every thought it would moi
have shrank from having known.
Caressingly resting upon a massive, grand
brow, fair az q child's, were short. heavy,
dark, brown curls, just the hue Of delicate
eyebrows, and long. girl-like lashes. The
nose was straight, and admirably proper
toned, and the smile that wreathed the
sensitive, uniquely carved lips, lovely and
g~uileless as that of tho little one to whom
angels are breathing '~'whisperings Of love-
"These two had loved each other D.
Since first beneath the chestnut trees
In infancy they played"
AS they grew, SO did their affection and
this evening they had been betrothed a
year.
His college life over, he had decided te
travel for several years, and he had come
to say farewell to her who was dearest te
him.
On the grand old verandah, in the gath
cring twilight, they talked long and fervent-
ly.
Bercie Zadrian was no weak, affected
girl, ready to sink beneath every light blow,
but brave and strong under af1iction ; YET
struggle as she would, for Arlie's sake, te
repress them, great tears rolled down bel
now pale face.
Through telling so eloquently your love
for me, dearest, l cannot say how it grieves
me to see you weep thus. 'Tisn't SO hard
after all, sweetheart, for with Gods bless.
ing I'll soon return and lay my laurels al
your feet, queen of my heart"
II feel ashamed of my foolishness, Arlie,
but oh you do not know what q terrible
feeling haunts me It seems as if a voice
were whispering that harm will surely come
to US. struggle to silence it, but it will
not cease.H
.Fie pet, tits only a fancy. | will write
very often, and tell you such amusing
things. the time will not pass slowly"
He bowed his head till his bronze locks
mingled with her black t%resses, and reve-
rently kissed her brow and lips.
X X x x x x x x
Have you stroked a beautiful. silver cat
as it seemingly innocently purred at your
feet appearing to thank you for your good
ness. and being suddenly startled by a sharp
pain in the hand caused by claws concealed
by soft velvet? Have you gazed spell
bound upon a graceful jewel.eyed serpent,
unable to unrivet your attention, and been
quickly aroused by the cold, sickeningg thing
wrapped around your body, into which it mas
inserted its vile fangs? Have you wandered
far out upon the smooth, glittering sand,
and realized with a sens ofhorror Its treach-
cry? Did'st ever see the gorgeous, entranc-
ing beauty, of those tropic flowers whose
near approach is ruin ? If so, you know bet
ter than | can tell you of Aorelia Wild.
Both parents having died when she was a
child, leaving her no income, she had been
generously asked to share the luxurious
home of her uncle, MI. Zadrian: Here eve,
~ kindness that great, warm hearts could
bestow, was hers. Bercie-the noble, an
gel-like Bercie-was like a%sister. often sac
ridcing her own pleasure for thhst # hgF
cousin. Not particle OF gratitude dia a1l
this create in the heart Of that wicked girl'
The only love she was capable OF enter
tanning for any one was given, masked TO
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