Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-05-17
AIFFLINTOWN JUNlATA COUNTY, PENNA, MAY T., 1871
All! to how many hearts such an an

AL W Ho" indu} ued.tS ouCu al au-
nounoement would have carried terror
She new the name of the ship in which
he was to sail, and watched the slow,
seemingly endless days go by.
She was full cf peace and joy; he
was coming-she was content Those
/ that knew her said her fac Wore the ex-
preston of an angel. lie that as it
might-her heart wore the happiness of
one.
She had heard when the, steamship
arrived. They only lived twenty miles
distant-sure he would come the next
day. But the next day came, and the
next. aud the next, and he came not.
She saw his name among the arrivals !;
was he sick She was temp, ed to go
down when a gentleman called upon her
81 have seen your friend, DR. Kings
land, in the city, he said. I" lie told
me to inform you that he had been de-
tanned, and would soon be up"
The announcement took one pang from
her heart only to add another. L lie was
well-she thanked God for that, but could
she have been within twenty mil es of
him for a week without sending him
some message? .-- ..-rr
That was all the reproach she all owed
her gentle heart to make, while she
formed a thousand excuses for his cruel
neglect.
Two weeks went past, and they num-
bered three Then a note came which
commenced as follows
"My dear friend, feel as if | can say
to you, through a note, that which l
wish to say, better than face to face
Estelle, you have been my best friend.
my good samaritan, and am sure you
will rejoice at my happiness. L was
married last night to Miss Morse. You
remember her. a young lady OF veal ith,
beauty and good position in society
She read 10 more. Some one in the
adjoining room heard a heavy fall, ;,nd
rushed in. They found her on the floor,
apparently dead They picked her up
and sent for physician. @
a severe shock" was his conclusi on
She is dying of the heart disease
She became sensible again, but her
heart was utterly broken. Seven years
of waiting, and the false hearted lover
had left her-left her, after squandering
her property, to die in misery!
Even then she uttered no complaints.
She had all bis letters, little keepsakes,
and every tribe pertaining to him,
brought to her. She bound them up
and addressed them to him.
After am gone send them to him."
she said .... .....4..
A week later they laid her away, and
fulfilled her request.
He began to practice early. and his
success was wonderful despite the noto-
riety which his falsehoods had brought
upon him. a.'
On the first day after he returned
from Europe, Mary Morse gave party.
She made her brother promise to watch
Dr. Kingsland, and bring him up with
him.
See if | don't win him from that
faded Estelle Atherton ?" she exclaimed
before he met her. ........
And she did so. His tickle heart
easily proved recreant to every VOW of
love, every tie of honor.
Two years after, she was about to go
down fight of stairs, when she uttered
loud shrek, and fell forward to the bot
tom. r .s
When she became conscious, she said {:
"Estele Atherton stood at the foot of
the stairs -
Whether it was merely a delusion of
her guilty conscience or not, we can
never know. Any way the fall frac-
,ured her spine, and until this day she
is miserable, repining. cross, faded in
valid, frightened to be left alone for a
moment. And she is conscience
stricken wretch, enduring all the pangs
of earthly purgatory.
Verify, my friend is being avenged !!
1t is God's just retribution.
BEAUTIFUL ALLEGORY-C Crittencen