Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-02-11

cd, there are plenty Of others that
would lay their heads at your feet, II
they were only your equals. There'g
that young paFson, Gilbert, | think
they call him, that is visiting his
mother, in the unpainted and thread
bare-looking little house that stands
behind this one. I've actually seen
that fellow, in his rusty, lnusty coat,
stop aud look after you on the street,
and every night, when go home, he
is sitting at the window that looks
over this way. The poor fool is in
love with you. Only think oft And
/ chuckle to myself when see him,
and say: Don't you wish you could
reach so high? | declare iPs funny
'In thatOne speech Colonel Pearson
dashed his chances to pieces. He
could not account for the sudden re-
turn of winter In Jennie Morton's
manner. And all his sunshine was
powerless TO dispelit or to bring back
the least approach of spring.
"Poor Jennie! You can imagine,
doctor, how she paced the floor all
that night. She began to understand
something of the courage Of Henry
Gilbert's heart, ard something of the
manliness of his motives. All night
long she watched the light burning
in the room in the widows house; !;
and all night she debated the matter
until her head ached. She could reach
but ore conclusion: Henry was TO
leave the day after tomorrow. If any
communication should ever be opened
between them, she must begin 1t. 1t
was as if she had seen him drifting
away from her forever, and must
throw him a rope. think even such
a woman's right man as yourself
would hardly justify her, however, in
taking any step of the kind"
"I certainly should" said the doc
tor.
"But she could not find way-shc
had no rope to throw. Again, the
colonel, meaning to do anything else
but that, opened the way. At the
breakfast table the next morning she
received from him magnificent val
entine. All at once ahe saw her
method. 1t was st. Valentines day.
The rope was in her hand. Excusing
herself from breakfast she fastened to
her room.
''To send valentine to the faithful
/ lover was the uppermost thought
, But how? She dare not write hel
name for, after all, she mightbe mis-.
r taken in counting on his love, or she
t might offend his prejudices or his
3 pride by 80 direct an approach. She
: went fumbling in drawer for sta
{ tionery. She drew out little pine
boat that Henry had Whitfield for he
e many years before. lie had nance
o it Hope but the combined wisdom
. of the little boy and girl could 10
o succeed in spelling the name correctly
And here was the little old boat tha
n he had given, saying often afterwar
i that it was the boat they two wcr
n going to sail in some day. The mis-
!. spelt name had been the subject
i many a laugh between them. Now
4 but | mustn't he sentimental.
i at did not take Jennie long to draV
n an exact likeness OF the little Graf
Il And that there might be no mistak
4 about it, she spelled the name a
! was On The side of the boat:
- "HoAP.'
y "There was not another word in th
valentine. Sealing II up, she hurrie
IA out with it, and dropped it in tll
n post-ofTice. No merchant, sending a
n bis fortune to sea in one frail bari
I ever watched the departure and treH
4 bled for the result of venture as sh
did. Spain did not pray half so feI
- vently when the invincible Armad
sailed. It was an unuttered prayer
q an unutterabIe prayer. For heart an
;. hope were the lading of the little pic
:. tnre-boat that sailed out that day
4 with no other wind but her wishes j
4 it sails.
: "She sat down at her window unti
IS she saw Henry Gilbert pass the mex
= street on his morning walk to tn
= post-ofice. Three minutes after, b
}. went home, evidently in great stat
It ofexcitement, with her valentine opeI
It in his hand. After awhile he wen
Il back again toward the post-Ofice, an
G returned. Had be taken reply5
o Jennie again sought the Office
n There were people all around wit
|. those hideouS things that they cal
q comic valentines open in their hands
n And they actually seemed to thinl
n them funny! She had reply. /
J, did not take her long to find her rOOn
# and to open il. There was anothe
n picture OF boat, but the name on II
a side read DESPAIR And these word
/ were added: Your boat is the pleas
:. ATTEST, but understanding that ther
S was no vacant place upon 1t, | hav
Q been obliged to take passage on this
G Slowly the meaning forced itself upO
|, her. Henry had fears that she WHOM
o he thought engaged was cOqueltiRi
4 with him. think, doctor, you vii
c hardly Justify her ia proceeding fur
4 ther with the correspondence"
"Why not! Hasn't q woman a
/ much right TO make herselfunderstoO,
: in such a matter as a man An,
!, when The social advantages are on he
: side, the burden Of making the adyan
u ees often falls upon her. Many wOme
c do il. indirectly, and are not cen
. suIed.7
swell, you know, | m conservative
J, doctor, but I'm glad you're cOnsisteEt
d She did send another valentine.
Q I'm afraid she strained this figure Z
i speech about the boat. But Whe
!, everything in the world depends O
2 one metaphor, 1t viii not do TO be fal
d tidious. Jennie drew again the liGtI
i boat with nisspelt name. And thI
I, time she added five words The lIa
. ter's place is vacant
u @And quite late in the Afternoon
9 the reply was left at tho door: Il al
q an applicant for the vacant place,
i you win take that Of masters mate.
y -GOod :" cried the doctor II alwa,
2 advocated giving women every libc