The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-13

ment going TO Canada country y as
particularly anxious to see. We linger-
ed good deal on our way home, and
we're q great part of the time in out-of-
the-Way places, where we saw no news
papers. Thus ] missed reading the an
nouncement of my uncle's marriage.
When I arrived In town heard of moth
ing but the extraordinary beauty Of
Lady -WyYille and many were the
warnings I received-half in Jest, half
in earnest-not TO fall in love with my
aunt. It was very odd, but paid no
attention thereto, until, at ball which
I rove after attended, the duchess said
to me, She is perfectly beautiful.
60 I made some commonplace reply,
such as that it was only very pretty wO-
men who ever admitted beauty in 9th
ers, and then, with the little duchess
on my arm, I went to greet my uncle
and his bride.
'fShe was dressed all In white not
the faintest trace of color about her
and her lovely face turned as white as
her bridal wreath, as she came face to
face with me. It was NOra-Nora
whom 1 had last seen in rags, barefoot
ed, asking aims from the passengers,
and now met again thus--at an embas-
sador's ball and talking to foreign
prince
"My uncle introduced me to his
bride, and I made profound bow, and
with face as white as her own coBgrat-
ulated her on her marriage, and express
ed the qualification felt at making her
acquaintance.
1'tShe gave me such look, poor girl (!
knew then that she had never forgot
ten me-. I passed on with the duchess
into the ballroom, and I felt rather
than saw that Nora turned to look after
us.
Gels she net beautiful p my com
| panion asked with levity. 'Ah, I was
right. T could see you were desperately
4 epris with her. What Is 1t you English
call it Love at first sight? Take my
advice, mon ami, and do not see too
much of your lovely aunt
eel shall follow your advice, said !;
'I mean to see as little OF her as posi-
! ble.'
Something in my voice made my
companion glance up; and then, with
true tact and good breeding, she has
tened to change tue subject. She was
a kind-hearted little woman, in spite of
her trifing language. I know that never
! again to me or any living being did she
recur TO what she had noticed that even
| ing and that she had noticed more
than she chose to say felt certain.
Il never saw Nora again so as to
speak to her during my uncle's lifetime.
I exchanged at once into a regiment
under orders for Canada. There / re-
4 NAMED three years, until the death of
Sir Rupert recalled me to England.
Nora had no children, so was now Sir
George WyYille. She might as well
have waited for me- thought bitterly.
I met her once at our solicitors, on
business, just after my return home,
and that was the last time 1 ever saw
4 her in the world. She lived entirely in
London, doing an immense deal of
good, I believe, among the Irish poor.
"But her career of usefulness was a
short one. She only survived Sir Ru-
pert four years. To me she died the
hour when she became his wife. She
wrote TO me.once after she was widow,
telling ne all the circumstances of her
marFiage-how. that Sir Rupert had
rescued her from life OF beggary in
the streets, and sent her to school for
I four years, and that she had felt herself
bound in honor and gratitude to marry
him.
"She concluded her letter by ex-
pressing a hope that we might still be
friends. Friends I had no more
friendship TO offer her than L had love
to offer any other woman and my I'M
cle's widow was sacred in my eyes.
81 never saw Nora again.
SCI believe the world talked a good
deal about my strange conduct toward
my aunt, and pronounced it to be very
bad taste,' now that had come into
the title and estates. Only the Ouch
. | IL for
having some good reason for thus avoid
ing Lady WyVille.
"There, George. you know the story
of my life--why I have remained 6
bachelor all my days. I am not aware
that there is any particular moral t.
be deduced from my tale, unless it il
only to fall In love in your own ranl
: of life, piece of advice that was very
frequently given to me when l wa
young. I hope you will profit by /
better than have DONE"