Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-06-20
thought And the more l pondered on the
matter of my own heart the more uneasy |

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felt.
I had grown to love lame Hetty Dor
rance. Well. and why not [ could at
ford wife as we'll as most men Hetty wal
only sewing girl, and lame ct that, but
she had face like one Of Gods angels, and
a heart as white as lily. OF that | fell
certain I loved her. Why should moi
marry her2
So l sat down and wrote her little note,
saying simply that | loved her, and ask
| ing her to become my wife and | coDclu-
ded by saying that | would call On the NOR
row to receive her answer.
Just after [ had sent my letter off, there
came knock at the door.
"Mr. Harvey, are you clone !; can !
speak to you moment z
lis that you, Helena Arden ? Why,
thought you we're married and gone to Cal
ifornia p
Il am married to q apendthrift and vii
lain," said she, with a little boarse laugh
land l am goiog to California tomorrow,
] but I wanted to see you first wanted to
f-pay you something :"
'sFar what r
''The roll Of work, the people accused
Hetty Dorrance, the lame girl, Of ia.
king"
.1Helena. did you take it r.
Eyes" she cried recklessly, II took it
l wanted money sorely just then the hand
lady wouldn't let me have my trunk to be
msrtied until paid her what l owed her
| was standing by lame Hetty that night.
saw her lay the piles of work on the desk !;
| SEW them slip and fall eff the heap. l
was just going away. and it was an easy
thing for me to s'oop, asif for my own peck
et.hankerchief. and pick them up. I pawn
ed them, thinking | could easily redeem
them, but I never did, Hsre ia the money
to pay for them. hope Hatty gas BOT
blamed"
''she was, though" said I, slowly.
Il can't help it, said Helena, tightly.
I've done my best Will you see that
she is righted ~
LAS far as I can
And Helena went away, muttsripg to
herself about all her accounts being
closed. [ paid little attention to it at the
time, but remembered it afterward
I vent the next evening to Hetty's rim
pie lodgings, over baker shop.
Miss Dorrance p said the bakers wife,
meeting me at the foot of the stairs with
baby lie her arms why didn't you know ?
She has moved away"
Moved And my letter p
1--WE got letter here for her yesterday,
sir, and forwarded it to her No. So Aven-
ue Square, sir"
So went to SO Avenue Square, little
gem of brown stone house, all bay win
dows and balconies, standing in its own
grounds, and there was Hetty at the case.
ment watching forsme
"Hetty," said [, "dd your get my
letter ~
Yes Mr. Harvey"
"And what is you answer 7"
"That | will be your wife, Mr.. Harvey,
and that | am, oh, SO thankful, to have
gained a good mans love-
stopped andskissad her daisy face
Il suppose you are sewing here, Het
ty p said [. at is a handsome house"
No. said Hetty, half laughing and half
crying. I live here'
you =
My grand uncle died. said Hetty He
was an old bachelor, and hated US all, but
be couldn't take his money with him. I
have inherited it all
1t cannot be possible, said I, rubbing
my forehead.
But it is possible said Hetty. Aud it
is true ] was going to send to you to pay
that ten-dolIar bill when I got your let
ter
L have been paid. my GIRL said l, and
I told her about Helena Arden
The next day we saw little paragraph
in the papers. how an unknown woman,
with the words, Helena Arden written on
her handkerchief, had drowned herself at
the foot of one of crowded East river
piers.
That is my story It is simple enough,
and think it has the elements of romance
in it