The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-03-29
"CAST Off"

steadily regarded the handsome wo-
nau standing pale and with compress
ed lips before him. rars. 'i.
"Will forgive, you>9' How dare
Sou'asR It, Ida eReasitur"7~ Never, 70
help meiHdaven ~ a'u,<a9:.ngJ
She had beet, for a solitary walk
on the. sea shore, little drcaming she
should meet the man who in her
heart of hearts, was the only cnshrih-
cd idol. .;AEi%EiT lITigr,H
She had seeii him coming when his
eyes, keen and bright though they
we're, had not yet discerned her
graceful figure wendiog among tho
orags and cliffs of the rocky, wild
beach and, with a cry Of intense
delight upon her lips, she at once
hastened to meet him.
She was a faultlessly beautiful
woman, this naughty ,heiress, Ida
Rossitur, whose dark, 5oriental eyes
had slain scores af Victims whose
lustrous masses of ebon black hair had
driven scores of lovers half crazy.
She knew her power, and how to use
1t; and before she had seen tw cnty-
two summers drop their load Of
sweet scents, she had acquired the
we'll earned reputation of-a coqdette:
But every soul has its mate and
Ida II ssitur had met the master of
her destiny she lotcd. Yet, SO
strange is the inconsistency of won an
that she, though caught and wooed
by Winfield Grey, he whom she 80
much adored, her habit of coquestry
would not permit her to show him a
preference.
Not that she intended losing him !;
and on the moonlight night when be
told her his love in terms so passoua-
tely that her heart almost aehed with
j,y when he pleaded the sweet rumor
that was going the rounds, of their
engagement, she gracefully wardcd
HIN off, fully intending to confess OH
the morrow,
Alas, for what We will do ''to=mor:
fow !' Many are the hopes that ars
brushed fof their waiting for the thot-
row the resolutions buried that fto-
morrow" was to see fulfilled
And Ida Rossitur, when tho morn:
ing dawued, learned that Winfield
Grey had left the shore that very
morning while shd was dreaming Of
him:
She was too prodd to inquire; too
proud to write and when, at hours
later, she was playfully taunted with
Staging another victim, and that Win
field Grey; she was too reservedly
naughty to refute the aspersion, and
by Gold bow, gave credenes to the
fumor:
All this, the one prociohs episode
of her life, that had been crowded
into ono blissful fortnight, two yesrs
agone, oamo rushing over her as she
saw Windfeld walking Quietly along,
all unconscious of her near proximity
to him. l,as
"Winield, oh !yines=lA, can !. be
possible T. She reached forth both
Of her beautiful snow-whitc arms a
glorious light he could not have mis-
tnterstood,'glowing her dark spark
ling eyes.
He started, raised his hat, and
would have passed on, but under the
excitement stood. frm.,
"you are not angry with me-, Mr..
Greyg'ss Hefs tones were pleading,
but he looked passiouless as n
statue. ,,,.s .ass...3,
''I have not forgotten our last IN
Stfviow, Miss Hossitur."
His cold, stcely tones raised a fsar
fnl anguish in her heaftr H.na l'.
ssNor, J.. I have been waiting eyer
since to tell you-to tell you how
Il loved you p ''
The proud swomatf had spoken al
last; and a! beautiful blush over
spread her; face, as she looked almosu
~istfully at him.
His own checks reddcned, but he
never moved his eyes from her beau
Sifnl face. rs,ss "a 80
stI or, ,grieved that the confession
Aascomei too late, Mise Rvssi,ur.
care nothing for YOU" $3.50"
She stood like ono riveted o. fetri.
fed. her eyes growing bright "aue
"Not care, for me mot care4H-fo
the ~ ''shs repeated the word
slowly, distinctly, andban awfdlgra,
pallor the. while stealing oyes he
saoe,A her eyes fastened. on, his hant
'0"f %f GHH4ssD'Sss do Sos, 'HSisss nossfsur. Goot
morning. b He"Ibowed and walked
away. a'F."a
He had only taken dozen steps
whom there came olutoh on his arr
that almost mads him cry f6at. II
turaed.toses pretty Ida again. .lAs 4
Stop g MON out, / aur fnystefed
] may be Crass for all | know Bu
/ must have it from your lips again
those lips have dreamed 30 otto
about ! those lips that told me tn