Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-05-19
away s, ise found he had been conjugatiug

Il all TINS time there never W S q moment
when lie felt that he could tel ber his
ttonghfs I 'r. even did she love him, lie
hue| she "oald ray :. No." and lsugh at
h's 10 ly tor asking Ler lo'e. He had SYM
la'hy FOR Miles S a0disI when hc saii
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That confess Pm afraid Of nor arn ashs m d o
confess H.
4 Up to this time Eiene's lie ha1 been u
merry play, JOY, mischief and roguish wiles
OF the actors; but now there came a change
Her o her fell victim to di. ease, and in
a few short days pa sad away from Garth
/ She wandered through her old haunts in a
dreamy way, mere automaton nothing
seemed to amuse her, or arouse her ener-
gles. Now Darwin Lester felt courage to
tell her, and put his fate in her keeping.
He told her Of his youths love dream, -
then OF his manhood's more peFfect love.
| His words stirred chords in her heart that
never before had vibrated thrill of JOY
passed through her being but she looked
calmly into his face and said
| you forget your position in life
Marry minister I thought you knew
my feelings in that direction"
The deep palor that overspreld his face
made her regret her words, and she added
with smile
Certainly you can forgive me for
SPOaAluS 81 IOT 6dylUH
"What ought not to have said, ye. now
can never upsay it,"
81 forgive you, Elene, for know your
way. But consider it we'll before you an
swer SO frankly my question"
mo, Mr. Lester; 1 am tired of myself,
of everything; there is nothing new, and
the old haunts weary me. 7 shall go
to New York, to my uncle; in the buzz of
that great city life VIII seem TO flow faster,
and the goal toward which all are coming
will soon appear. I am wealthy, and have
wealthy friends which are great passports
through life. shall keep my old homo
here to come back to when I have bathed
in the Dead Sea of my hopes-which may
never be- We not suited to each
other. Think of wedding the dashing
cateract that flies from rock to rock, to the
gentle. rurling stream!'' She looked up at
him With one of her old roguish laughs
! and said. mot a bad sermonizer, am T."
J. Without answering her question he took
both her hands in his saying,
"Elene, you are young, and building
air.c castles, and asking blindly Of the fu-
ture what il cannot give you,' but when
you have read this inscription, Onuaia
| uanltaS, on every portal, come back pll
wait for yOu-cOme ~
Thus they parted ; and ere long EIene
Adair was whirling in the maelstrom of New
| York. She dressed, danced, and cNquetted
| to her hearts desire. Before long she
began to weary of it; the gliding of her
contenJment was again wearing oil. She
knew then that she loved Darwin Lester,
| and loved him yet. Between her and all
her admirers, his dark, pleading gray eyes
would thrust themselves. His words, "lll
wait for you" were over ringing in her
ears but "I'll never go back" she said
''I will accept Frank Houghton, and spend
my life in trailing velvet robes over marble
halls and velvet carpets"
When Frank Houghton came again they
parted betrothed. The news spread fast
and far. Away in Stanton they heard the
story of the wealthy and handsome man
Elene Adalr was to marry, and one in that
town felt a heavier load in his heart than
ever before.
Almost three years had gone, when one
day in early spring Elene Adair came back
to her old home. Her health could b not
endure the labors of fashion, and a canker
was in her heart. Anger separated her
and Frank Houghton, and as her love for
him was very shallow slight cause threw
back the glittering solitaire to the donor,
with the words:
''Take back your bundle, and with it
your unrequited love-"
Her dark, luminous eyes seemed the
only Unchanged feature in Elene, so frail
and delicate had she become. Darwin
Lester Wept over her as he folded her IN
bis arms and kissed her pale lips. But
love cures all diseases, and in q short time
there was a wedding in Stanton, and the
rosy Elene of old welded minister Aud
her husband, looking down into the depths
of her dark, loving eyes, could not help
saying ....
'E!ene, how much do you hate preach
ers 2"
tender hand covered his lips, and a
pleading Don't" was his answer.
French EnlIs:ments In New York.
The usually we'll informed New York
correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger
has the following concerning a recent item
of cable news:
1.-The report by cable o-day that enlist
n1ents are going on in the u. 8. in the in
terest of the ex-Emperor Napoleon IS fully
credited by parties who are in position 20
know. The enlistments, it is said, are not
of tho rank and file. but of men who are
qualified from experience in the late re
bellion here to make god soldiers there.
Northern men as well "a Souther0ers are
among them, with now and then Q bush
whacker who has seen service under the
Fenian and free Cuba flag. OsteLd IS
said to be the place at which they have