Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-08-14


bridegroom bad ordered his wedding sui
Miss Clayton went down to New York
make her purchases. married Mr.. Arme,
% and wrote the day before her wedding ,
= = break OH her engagement with Mr.. De
y vine.
IF II is to be supposed that Mr.. Arme
never knew Of Mr. Devine's existence
: : and Anna did not at all mind the tai
3 which she occasioned, but rather eniove.
4 her notorieiy.
few weeks affef the war broke on.
j. and Sydney threw aside bis law practice
and went into the rank and file. He wen
from one end Of the struggle to the other
lie won his epanle.s. and rose to be Colo
mel. lie was conspicuous for recklessnes,
3 ~ the field. aud did his duty like man
tie was in sixteen pitched battles, and
never received scratch; and fever and
disease passed him by unharmed.
80 many are taken who have every.
thing to live for" he said once ..bu,
nothing happens to me-" 1t was almos,
the only allusion be ever made to the
past.
When peace came he went to Mepango.
where his sister had married, aud resum-
ed his profession. but in a very unambi-
tious way. occupying himself chiefly with
the business arising from his bro,her-in.
laws large property. He had talents. and
had once been devoted to bis work; but
now he seemed to care for nothing but TO
make for himself the modest income which
sufficed for his wants.
There was pleasant little society in the
university town of Menango, but Mr.. De-
vine went nowhere but to his sisters
house. and seldom there if there was other
company. He husied himself with books
IN his leisure moments, aud tried to for
get himself and the ghost Of tho past in
study; but. after all. life was for him n
very heavy and uninteresiing business,
and he would not have been sorry 10 lav
down the burden once for all. At thir-
ty-Gve, much 10 his sisters vcxaiion. he
spoke and thought of himself us one to
whom the chances. ambitions and enioy-
mcnts Of life were closed.
If the idol 10 which he had sacrificed
himself had possessed even head of gold. |
Mrs. Hassan could have borne il with |
more Resignation; but when she knew that
the costly sacrifice had been laid on the
shrine Of a wooden image, no better than
that fish-bodicd doll which the Epbesians
adored as the virgin huntress. Mrs. Has.
sans patience was sorely tried.
And now the woman bad como here to
throw herself in Sydney's w-y. and his
sister could foresce nothing bu, trouble.
eff he once marrics her," she said to
herself. "he will find out what fool she
is, and having ani hating is far wors,
than losing and loving" !;
The next evening there happened to be
, little party at President Lyons. Mrs.
Iiassan and her mother -in-law had meant
20 go; but. at the last minute, arrived nm
I'D friend of Mrs. IIassan's the elder. and ,
hat lady preferred staying to talk over
I'D times. Mr.. Hussan had gone out Of /
own on business; Classy did not like to
20 alone; and. rather to her surprise. her 5
'rother, who was in the house. offered 70 ,
ceompany her.
Not till she was coming down stairs 10 :
Jet into the carriage did it occur to her $
hat Mrs. Armer would probably be at
lr. Lyons. I,
But she would contrive to meet him
omewhcrc. thought this uncharitable =.
roman. land it may better be there than. q
on purpose. by the river or "
4 the woods"
As Mrs. llassan came down the stairs G
I DIR. Lyons house she heard from the a
arlor certain hard metallic laugh, with "
hlch she was familiar. and she saw her n
rother look about him with a startled q,
lance. as il some old association had been 6,
npleasantly Jared
The brother and sister paid their com. .
Iiments TO Mrs. Lyon and the Prcsid.n, .
nd then Mrs. liassan looked sbou, her si
ydney. who felt lonely and ou. Of place.
'ached himself to Professor Bcaucour n,
Ia made conversation about the college ro
brary. to the extreme disgust of Miss m
aude Clay. who had been making her y,
If agreeable BY asking a series of discon.
'cted questions varying from astronomy do
I'd chemistry to the Professors own pa. h:
r on the "CatacOmbs." in the las, re
North American" =.
The professor was a shy man. and. like W;
nst authors. he could not bear to talk of nj
own writings. Perhaps he felt CRATE. ed
to Mr.. Devinc. for he entered with ar in
r into The subject Of English classic lit b.
ature. In the meantime. Mr.. Devine
Is conscious Of very curious feeling an
I hope. not expectancy. not terror-an
tuence in the air. for which he could co
account, only as it connected itself "a
th rather loud treble. and a freauen, an
aud. half-laugh. half-giggle. that came er
'm amid q group of students. The voice,
laugh. were oddly familiar. They were st,
ie. yet unlike. sounds which had rung an
his memory for many a day. in
Mrs. Hassan, listening to TIE converse ..,
u OF that very elegant young gentle fir
IN, Master Dick Monroe. was q, no loss m
recognize the voice. for the memory Of "a,
ersion IN this case was truer than that di
love. She sat where she could see Mrs. I'M
rmer's figure in the centre Of group OF in
unS men. Mr.. Armer had not been di.
ad more than eighteen mouths but Mrs. pa
'mer had chosen. since Sunday. to leave te,
her mourning. or only TO retain such rs th
ght be discernible BY faith rather than co
sight. Sx
She wore a pale iasender silk. made ad
~ low. and trimmed in every coneeiv- re
10 place. She had violets aud whi,c sh
'es in her hair. and black velvet rib he
with peari cross on her white neck,
pearl and je, bracelets on her arms. n,
. lad not grown old, and q. twenty an