Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-10-05
have these little affans her own way

You have very strange way OF dolng
things, Mr.. Norwood she remarked with
just slight tinge of sarcasm in her tone.
You present your hand to lady, and
demand acceptance or rejection very much
as you might say to poor, frightened
| traveller, Your money or your life!'
He saw that she was a her old trick of
evasion.
'Heen, do MT triRe with mel God
knows that am too muck in earnest for
that. Answer me now or never
The tone was firm, and almost peren1p-
| tory in it's earnestness; and Helen S face
flushed, as lifting her head with haugh-
ty air, she flashed her dark eyes upon
him.
y III not civ" .--y-~l { "a .hn fntnad
into saying yes Or no. And, as for this,
I give it to no one, and she flung the ge-
rauium sprig on the ground, and crush
ed it with her foot.
He looked into her eyes steadily for
inoment-a strange look, in which love,
and reproacb, and anguish, al seemed
mingled.
'Good-by, Helen he said, and, in an
other moment was gone.
The girl looked after him at first with
a trouble countonance. She let the
flowers drop from her hands as she sat
gazing upon the turning Of the garden
wa Il around which be had disappeared on
bis way down the village street.
1T does not NATTER she said to her.
self: at length, she arose and gathered up
her hat and garden gloves. 1T was
provoking taat way Of demanding an i'm
media te answer. And this win teach
him lesson for the future He would
never ask me again, he said; but l can
find a way to draw him on. | dare say |
shall see him tomorrow on his return.
He promised mama to bring her watch
| from, B., aud viii have to deliver
il himself, I suppose, though | know
that be will try henceforth to keep out
Of lay way
/ YET despite all this. her face wore an
unwouted expression ofgravity as she re-
en- tered the house; and lex sister observ-
ed how restless end troubled sue appear
Ell all that day, and siso the following.
.Nhat was the matter W th her? Only
8 headache? Then why dia she not lie
down and sleep it of instead Of wander
inc about the house il thst restless way?
and Why, as six o'clock OF the second
evening approached, did she: SSH com
Dlain ing OF the headache, dress herse If so
carefully, and, taking book repair to
the library. With orders to the servant to
ebor7 ;nto that APARTMENT auy one W no
might call Whom could Helen be ex-
peoti0g?
The first person who did call was Miss
Araminta Brown, sister of old doctor
Brown. aud she rushed in, with her bon
net awry, her eurls blown a tangle, and
her sharp little eyes glaami2g excited Y
through the speetacIes. wdieh sac wore.
as She ayerred from nearsighted-
ness.
what, Helen, all alone ! Oh, my
dear. you couldn't have heard the news
yet, else you would not be looking 50 qal'
ct.
What news?
sWby, my dear, the most awfal acct
dent! The six o'clock train from B
ran Of the track, FIVE miles below
NJ lss Brown, in her excitement, could
speek only in gasps-'sent express to us
for assistance-aa brother John and DR..
Whiting started off at eace. with every
thing necessary they could lay their hands
on ia hurrv--twe We killed and missing,
and dou't know how many wounded.
Among the missing, that nice young man,
| Mir. Louis Norwood. / ran down purp0sely
TO tell YOU ALL knowing what favorite
he is here, and that he was to have
brought your mama'a valuable Watch
| from the jewelers. in B, where
vby, Helen what is the matter! What
on earth a lis the child z
| Poor Helen tainted.
Three hours after, she lay still where
they had placed her, on the library 50 ia,
W It'll her damp hair swept back from her
aching temples, and a white Sc tiled an.
guish on her face No one was with her,
aud only the moonlight streamed iato the
room, through she windows thst we're
open to floor letting in the cool breeze,
laden vita fragrance from the garden,
'Don't touch Eae-don't speak to me.
please she had n1oaned so her anxious
mother aud sisters; and oh take away
the lights, and dsn't let any one come
in shall be better by myself (
Poor Helen. She had always known
that she loyed Louis Norwood, but never
until nov had she suspected how deep and
entire that love was. she had lost
hm-~and by her own folly. She renem-
bered his zong cherished love for her
thought over al his good, and nob1e and
hany quaJ;ties-and she moancd in her
anguish:
4 was never, never verify Of him; but
I loved him-I loved him ?
But it was too late now. The body of
LOUIS Norwood Ley deep in the bottom
of the dark waters beBeath the bridge
Which had go treacheroasly yielded to the
weight of those crowded cars. lie bad
been seen by one Of the rescued passen-
gers to step on the platform just before
starting, and also had been recognized by
one Of the station porters, and he was
now reported as among the six missing
ones-M iss Aram inta Smith having .ex-
aggerated six int sixteen, as is usual IN
And poor Helen osssel, lying there
alone in her anguish, thought over these
things until she was conscious Il but one
wish--to die. and be done with her re-
morse and despair for ever.
By degrees she grew ca5mer Her
thoughts went back to COMPENSATION she
had held, not week past, with Loeis
Norwoo and several others, in which
Norwood lad avowed his belief IN the ex-
istonce amongst us Of departed spirits,
though doubling their visible manifesto