Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-10-15
HOW HE LOST, HER.

knew Margaret was engaged, but
told her 1 loved her. Bsr..
Il don't know what you mean, sir ]
she said, with an expressive lift of the
jetty eyebrows; but the liquid orb:
beneath avoided mine, and that en-
couraged me to be sancy in my turn.
st is no consequence if you should
ofcourse; but you didn't imagine thai
you were going to fiirt ali the summer
with fellow Of my stamp, and 60 of
unsingled yourself?'
why not?', she laughed. You don't
seem seriously damaged o
But !, am my heart is shriveled
crisp as a wafer.P - aaris.a .tFt -7ss
Really? Well, I don't know what
can be done about it,
Il am going't to show you.' And so on
for half an hour. We spoke jestingly,
both of US, but the laugh with each
other covered deeper feeling. s
She was beautiful, my Margaret !;
fond of homage, as what woman is not |!
and accustomed to receiving it. 1t was
not her faut, after all, that / loved her,
but her glory, as an honest mans love
is always a true woman's glory; and
Margaret was true woman, though l
had balled her fiirt.
She was promised in marriage to
Ross Bentley before she ever saw me-.
long enough. He bad stopper horse
which had been running away with
her, and so saved her life. When he
asked her for what he had saved, what
womani with gratitude and q. whole
heart. would not have said Yes as
she did p Besides, she loved him for
ought knew. -Ishad seen him, and he
was handsome enough man to win a
woman's love, If beauty would do it.
A handsome couple, but somehow,
seeing the two together. they did not
seem to be fond of each other; and so 1
took eoarage. g Certainly Margaret
never looked at Ross Bentley, when l
was by, as she looked at me many
time that summer, us we two strolled
along the beach. --TsfsL u.scl
Ross Bentley once stayed week, and
went back to town. He was man of
business, keenly devoted to money ma
ing fonder of that, I fancied, than of
the beautiful woman he had won, and
upon that imagining / hung another
hope. Margaret was an heiress. IfMar-
garet had been dOwerless, i fancy that
Mr.. Bentley would never have woed
her. But how TO prove It's yi"tl1.5l 5l1,
Margaret ana did not relapse into
the old fashion OF strolling about the
beach be moonlight after Ross Bentley
had come and gone, and, we stopped
looking and talking nonsense, watch
ing each other furtively. l felt conf.
dent that Margaret was wondering if
had anything to do with these moods
of Pensiveness which come upon my
dark-eyed queen OF late.
One day found her upon the balco-
nyaYith an open letter in her hand. .
lam a very fortunate GIRL she said,
glancing at the letter. Did you know
that Clark. Vernon d Co, bankers in
New York, had FAILED last~week
I had heard OF it. II :. s..a-..---l
The bulk OF my fourtune was in their
hands at one time. l did not know
but it was STILL. My guardian writes to
tell me, however, that he removed it
months ago. 5.l.eiF sfrcJ4 r
came forward eagerly at that, ex-
tending my hand. .raa.i .4...t.-
Permitt 1sI me 10 congratulate you, MISS
stone. t,.5.e 81, -, I---.s.i .
margaret iaugneu rather coniuseoly
as sne put ne1r| titIe. nan9 IN mine.
saw thatshe-was surprised at my eager
ness; kStEEl1.,E, s,..9 g,ES.
miss Stone: salu l, uiu you oeliese
me when ! SAID tnst loved you, some
wnere ABOUT mo9tn agoF :,
MalgaLeecolIleI g SiVioiy "' sue gave
me eY douStlng 5I looK. s g,o No ,,o,, ~.
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axe 10 9aek now = sue faugneu. LJal
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