The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-05-29
person who has. noticed it,
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4 have grlnnllig skull and cross bone
under their pink and white skins an
fair exteriors. Beauty. is only ski
I Deep"
Henry thought of pretty Lilia'
with thrill OF tender recollection
Miss Esterbrook, with all her goIdel
charms, could never hope t" rival her
Yet, as the days and wee Ks went by
his thoughts and ideas nsensibl
changed.
The yellow lustre of the gold wor
Z Shipping atnlosphere i'll Which lie livet
SEEMED to wrap him round The sur
face glitter OF society ideas gradual,
uprooted the old dogmas aId axiom
of his youthful faith. And one ey {
ming, carried away By the wtcher,
ind enchantmeiit OF the hour, he pro
posed to Sarah Esterbrook, and His
7 accepted. 49,
! Congratulations poured in upo.
him the next day. - 2.
t 20 You are the luckiest dog going
+ Dalmayne," cried one.
IS 1 only wish were in Your shoes,
4 echoed a second; and Henry, dazet
by the brilliancy of his prospects, pc
| lieved that he was really most for
tunate man. - Z ''e t
For, according.to to popular rumor, ,ht
was going to marry one of the riches
girls in London And Uncle Peck.
ham took to himrelf all the credit o
| the whole affair. Y lsitil 90
p" This is better than pIodding OF
ones whole. life time behind /,
\ counting desk :" cried Ralph
ijoyonsly rubbing his lean and wrfi,.
1 kled palms together. :. A young man
of enterprise and resolution can ac-
| compiish anything he sets about now
i days, especially, if, like you, Neph-
ew Dalmayne, he happens TO be toler,
ably decent iooking."
/ A man does not usually degenerate
into q villain all at once and when
Henry Dalmayne sat down TO write
| TO Lilias Raymond, his frame of mind
| was probably tar from enyiab1e. but
! ne got the letter written somehow.
He wrote that no answer would be
| expected, aud no answer came.
Three months afterwards, Just as
preparations for the much talked OF
Esterbrook Dalmayne wedding wert
cuiniinating, he chanced TO ineet John
Hawley on the street. ohu's mother
lived at a small place adjoining the
Rayinond's farm. Dalliiayne stopped
with real pleasure on his face.
5.' John, is that you Stop minute
and tell me the news"
9. There ain't much news" quoth
John, rather sulkiiy. In common with
/ most of tire neighbors, he was inclin-
ed to think that Henry had behaved
very ill. .' Except that Liiias Ray
nond is well, and preitie;' than ever.f
'sAh J" Henry tried to speak careless
fy, but without signal success.
"And. Squire fngoldsby's son is
getting pretty attentive in that quar-
.er," went ON john, " and old Robert
Raymond died out in India last WIN
ser, and left Lilias clean thisty thou
sand pounds" "fiii 2" i.''S 7tstl
.s.Did he ? I'm glad of that."' 'iii
hfSe Lilly was an heiress after ALL
Would it nos have been better4but
Oafinayne resolutely checked the half
formed conjecture i'll his mind. He
lad put his hand to the plow-it was
100 late to look back now. Yet he
wondered If Arthur Ingoldsby would
value, as he had done, the priceless
treasure of Lilias' love. .''
He told himself that he was glad
that things had happened as they had !;
)ut he knew, spite oil it, all, that he
would have felt better pleased if Lilly
lad pinned after him just a little! All
women are alike. and all men-pshaw !!
shere was no use to trouble his brains
turther about the matter, art.oi19s
"a Uncle Peckham met him on the
threshold with a. trolbled look. -
i" Have you heard the rumor, Dali
mayne? No Well. of course it can
he nothing but q, rulnOr Th. .hoIfsa
IF Esterbrookiand Esterbrook is too
well established to be shaken by a
mere fall in French stocks"
tls g 6 What do you alluds to. sir r. asked
Henry, scarcely comprehending his
glncle's meaning in the abstraction of
his mind. ,.., .a ..-.ftE si
ne" Why, people are whispering about
that the Esterbrooks have failed u
And before the sun went down on
Change, the. whisper became a GER
lainty. Esterhreok and Esterbrook
lad failed, and Mr.. Dalmayne was
Engaged to a penniless bride. ~
Henry DalInayne, though o weak
md vacillating man, was, no scoun-
ireL. He married. Sarah Esterbrook
md lives with her now, in a Cover
street lodging house, daily growing
more and more weary of his life,
while in his heart he cherishes the
sweet memory Of Lilias RAYMOND.
low another mans wife.
lie had broken his plight, given up
the teuderest aspirations of his soul,
md blighted his whole future to mar
.y-an heiress-and he had missed
The heiress after all!"' ''.', Sii i.5t-
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