Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-08-05

with their white hands and lady.likc wavs.
and fortune at their hact and oan, you'd
never have gone on with INC 80 you would
have without thinking of lJ7c.'
! 80 you arc angry with nc, sir, for hay-
| ing been civil with you?'
No; but VIXEN have given my best. I
don't expect to be repaid wish IA inferior
article. Lillian, you are not loved every
d Joy as ] love you. I would 20 through
/ iro and Wator for your sakc.'
: IF you really cared for rae you would
not torment me with the expression Cf your
regard, Thcn you sec hcW pai4.ul .t Is FOX
me to liston!'
My regard is . tcrirelt &c ycri 7 mean
| to torment you al my l,4ai | rcau TO MARRY
! you, liiliaup
10 you, iadesd2' halr pleased ana hall
angry with his vehcniSnt determination.
! The davs for that sort Of thing are past,
thank goodness! Nobody can be married
against her viii now.'
i mean to marry you, Lillian, and you
| shall give consent. l mean to 10 itl'
| John had business at the market town
next day which detained him week, and
| while he was Jogging home, q travelling
| carriage passed him, and fair, tGutaiiZing
! face showed n moment at the window, and
! Lillian waved him her II deus in fiirt OF
| her Handkerchief, as much as TO say, Here
escape You, after al, then eA2 sat back
in her carria"e quite satisfied with her
| self; hencclgTh she knew what love was
! llkc-shc should be able TO distinguish the
counterfeit from the real john had fur
| ni5hCd noble CE9wp.C--Ull q pity that
! she had not been able TO match it.
| OAU c-aning, when Lillian he'd dressed
| for reception, she Stood for . moment &c
fore the uirgur 10 take @ look ut her attire.
! III, clear, bri.hJtir,> Of lur conf oXiou
! eyes plea sed and shining, hair like web
O. golden light, al set in this mass of N0at.
! ing dtapcry, made her o pretty picture 10
| behold
I should so hate not 10 be pretty she
| said 10 herself, sailing back at her image
! then she raised an arm to turn down the
| gas, rising, golden stamcu out OF The auys-
! tai heart Of a lily, ana in an instant the
flame had plucked at her sleeve and was
| soaring above her head.
When Lillian recovered from The pain
and weakness consequent, She WAS no lon
ger beautiful.
Il will sec what beauty ia WORTH she
said, accepting the first invitation received
! since her convalescence. so she dressed
herself in her gayest attire, she put on her
most spirited manner, and were a smile
that was like q sunbeam athwart cloudy
weather. Lovers who had hung about her
to distraction, passed with Il nod--at most
with touch Of estrangcd finger, with an
effort at appearing natural. Rival beauties
who had hitherto had exchanged only con-
gealcd common places with her, sympa'
thetically assured her that the scars would
wear away in time.
i know it, she ansWe red 'but while
they are wearing away, so am T.
Beauty is worth everything here" ahc
thought. Down at BriarbanEs perhaps
they discount it, So she wrote to Mrs
Jacob Andrews, I'm coming down to sec
you for a day or two.
'Ahem 2 said that far sighted matron,
TO see John. Wig can't io!Es bo honest?
When John and Lillian met, Mrs. An
drcws, discreet soul, contriyed 10 be en-
gagged in her dairy.
i suppose you came down to euro IN,
with that scar said be but when I lool
at you don't sec it!' And then the i'm
pudent fellow up and kissed il all the same
THE ancicnts believed i'll the ordeal by
fire. said Lii.
Because fire destroys whatever IS no
immortal returned John: thus truth ani
love survive it,
lie kissed this poor marrcd face sh
, said, regarding it that night before the mir
ror. 1T cannot be love, il must be pity
He misiudges his own feelings; by.aud-b,
he would come TO his senses, and I-wher
should l be No; it would be wicked 70
me to take the advantage. And thcl
what is to prevent him from thinking tina
! l esteemed my charrcd face good cnougI
for him, now that the idle mincing youth
who once adoycd ine, pass me BY
You'll never do better than to MARI
John" said her outspoIcn aunt, wit
that face Of yours. You won't find every
+ body to overlook it,
4 know it, said Lily humbly. That
Just the point. Hes So good that ! dom
p like to impose upon him..
Wei for my part, l don't see how
matters, n little beauty more or less. Ja
/, cob and me were like two doves together
. and there want palmer man 10 be found
and I'm no great shakes either
, SO Miss lii returned hom1, and r,Hah
ed five, six, cipht years. - the thir
year the scar hrd begun 10 gro" dim oI
! the sixth, it was scarcely moro than shI
: dow, and at the end OF The eighth, Strar
/ gers who had not heard of It's CNistcucC
I, never gusscd il had been. Only those VIII
! were used to tbs sight, in certain lIsht'
# recognized its ghost. But Jy tals tim
{, Lillian was thirty years Old; people Gcr
/ beginning 10 call her Vasse; younger girl
, were springmg up take her place; yet, ia
I, all this, lovers, one Uiter another locke
+, back TO her standard. The scar hgd bee
; a false al0rm-thCy were not afraid oi sh.
> doWs. surely, now that sho held o FORUM
| in her hand, twas time for Lillian o. m1l
: a choice. In the meantime, while She d.u
! bcratcd John oamc up from Hulgbalk
20 invest some money for Alr, Jacob.
/, 'sAc suys IL IS tor your wedding d0vC
Lillinu,' he explained, gloum.iy Il sul
posed you win marry Some day. hhe 9th,
t people. 1 never ,NWy. to, r.lvr 3Uu n
/. fused 90 marry me-
'But John, was % sis.l tobhold thc
II and
u You are always lle1sau. au. b. D..
huld.'
Z And then son know, You W,gy going
/ marry me Oh,NL gu 1 saying HA,tl
Z "a would ur no.
4 And 30 / am. ~ is tha very Thing
4 caulU lUr, ths uli,r wac uull uaar d
4 loyu, / .usss. shall it he this day month
'liut john, Ia th1 sgar--'
% 'touiouud lho scar l1 10 uuIj a b,auI
& sp1L'
''rerhals. liut yuu gu only uno n
sald 5o, and e1ula' hse Neu tllnA lii