Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1872-11-07

4."u uiePChscu with all but One WINS dis
: charged Then she stood alone Wln.r wa
= she to do.
Slc could not appel to her sister. she !.
y membercd the taunts that her sister had ],
D tended her.
q she went ont and procured situation
gorerness in wealthy family. one al ,cr ii
Irlei'tis. Public Indignation became Intense
/, Judge Atllerton's daughter governcss! PEG
: pie blamed her for her folly but size smile,
fchely Her reward was vet to come, Sh,
believed Rupert's fame would connensat.
her for all!
i, Two years passed away. and even she coult
not deny to herself that she lad failed great
" during that timc,-Thena letter came to
her; it said:
My patient dove, I am coming at last. BE
ready for me in May. Write me ole more
tletter.o
accompanying 1t was Iaper containing
notice Of him and his great medical skill.
American papers congratulated themselves
upon having such a rare acquisition to tho
medical fraternity. She read and wept tears
ofjoy.
l. ne Was coming at last.
'NIou must not be surprised" she said, in
her repenslve epistile, Ito find me much
changed. think my health has failed dur
ing the past two years quite rapidly.''
She knew the name Of the ship in which he
was to sail, and watched the slow, seemingly
endless days 60 by.
She was full Of peace and joy;.he was com
ing-she was content. Those that knew her
said that her face wore the expression OF an
angel. Be that as it might-her heart wore
the happiness of one!
She 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, and the next, and +
he came not.
She saw his name among the arrivals, was
he sick. She was temptedto 60 down and
see, when gentleman called upon her.
Il have seen your friend, Doctor Kings
land, in the city, he said. ale told me to
inform you that he had been detained, and
would soon be up.
The announcement took one pang from
Ter heart only to add another. He was
thanked God for that, but could
he have been within twenty miles OF him
or Q week, without sending him some mes
age.
That was all the reproach she allowed her
entle heart to make, while she formed
housand excuses for his cruel neglect.
Two weeks went past, and the mum bered
hree. Then note came which commenced
8 follows:
my dear FRIEND. feel as if can say to
on, through note. that which wish to
ny, better than face to face. Estelle, YOU
ave been my best friend, my good Samari.
IN, and am sure you will rejoice at my
appiness, / was M arried last night 10 Miss
orse. You remember her. young lady
wealth, beauty and good position in socie-
She read no more Some one in the ad
lining room heard heavy fall. and rushed
They found her on the floor. apparen- =
ydead. They picked her up, and sent for
physician.
"A severe shock" was his conclusion
lie is dying of the hear. disease
She became sensible again, but her heart y
is broken. Several years Of waiting, and
en- the false-hearted lover had left her--at-
squandering her property, to die in mis-
Y!
Even then she uttered no complaints. She
! all his letters, little keepsakes, and every ~
de pertaining to him brought to her. She
md them up and addressed them to him.
After am gone send them to him. she M
d. sta
week later they laid her away, and fal- t ito,
Cd her request. his
lie began to practice early, and his success
wonderful. despite the notoriety which -
falseness had brought upon him.
IN the first day after he returned from
'ope, Mary Morse gave a party. She
lie her brother promise to watch DR.. ii
gsIand, and bring him up with him.
See if don't win Linn from that faded
ellie Atherton?" she exclaimed before he
her. u
I'D she did so. His tickle heart easily pre g
we'd recreant to every VOW OF love, every on
Of honor. inst
wo years after. she was about to go down ai se
light Of stairs when she uttered loud livin
~ theil
ck, ana Iell forward 70 Lie DolIosA. 10
hen she became Conscious, she said: rs ia
Atherton stood at the foot Of the stairs!n
neither it was merely delusion of her
ty conscience or not, we can never know.
way the fall fractured her spine, and un- q
mis- day she is miserable, repining,
s.. faded invalid, frightened to be left
e for moment. And is conscience
ken wretch, enduring all the pangs Of
lily purgatorY. We
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