The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1874-03-05

. share OF the one declining was to gc
! TO the other; and il both declined
the whole was given in trust for cor
tain charities.
Three years before the occurrences
Of which we are now to speak. q
youth named George Haynes had
sought and obtained employment oi
MIR. Peyton as his secretary. The
young man proved faithful and dill
gent, manifcsting, moreover, quail
tics OF intellect which induced his
employer to encourage tho devotion
OF his leisure time TO q course of le
lgal study,
George mado 80 good use of his
opportunities, that by the end o'
three years he was prepared for
admission TO the bar. Ho had learn.
cd other things besides law in the
meantime. He had learned, for in
stance, how pretty Gertrude Gray
was, and how devotedly he loved her
though ho was too straightforward
to tell her no without first asking
permission Of Mr. Peyton. with whom
at last. he sought an interview foi
that purpose. Modestly, but unre-
servedly, the young man explained
the state Of his feelings, and was
abont to express the hope that he
might be allowed to speak to Ger
trnde herself on the subject, when
Alr. Peyton cut him short
''Is this the return you make for
my confidence T. ho exclaimed
"You whom ! have trusted and taken
so much interest in T.
81 am unconscious, sir. OF having
abused your trust. or ill-requitted
your Kindness" replied the youth
with touch of the others pride in
his manner; ''nor can / perceiv,
aught that is reprehensible in The
attachment / have this day declared
for Gertrude Gray"
would you do her a real ser
vice7"
II would die for her!" said George
earnestly.
You can do her q greater favor al
less cost, returned the other, dryly
: Name it,"
i "Never see her-never speak tc
her. | am not one lightly to make
or break promise and | solemnly
, promise that, should you repeat youi
foolish avowal to Gertrude, and
+ should she be weak enough to listen
to it, instead Of bringing you the
, fortune with which it has been my
purpose to endow hor, she shall come
TO you beggar like yourself
! You do me rank injustice" an-
swered George, whose check ilusehd
! "by the intimation which has just es
| capped You. have never thought OF
, Miss Gray with an ego to any pros
poets she may have in connection
} with your fortune. have loved her
for her own sake"
Then for her sake dosist from a
scheme which, if successful, must in
duce her to beggary. II you possess
q 1.-THE oil the unseifishness you pro
fess, you will heed this warning and
|, go your way. have other plans for
Gertrude
J, A moments reflection convinced
} George that harsh us Mr.. Peyton 4
words were, in one respect they were
just. II tCouid be sel6shness to per
sist in seeking happiness at the cost
OF her whom he pretended to love.
81 shall leave this place tomorrow,
he said, aud turned away.
Tho morning papers announced
the loss OF great steamer, bound for
San Francisco. Nearly all on board
had perished and among the names
OF the lost was that of George Haynes.
Gertrude Gray swooned when she
read it, and Mr. Peyton felt not quite
easy in his conscience.
That evening, as he sat moodily in
his study, he was interrupted BY a
visitor, a woman, whose form, once
tail, was bent with age, and whose
wrinkled face and wild dark eye had
something sinister in them.
"Pray be seated, and explain the
reason of your visit, madam" said
Mr.. Peyton, pointing to II chair.
Taking the protfered seat, she re-
manned for a time silent, gazing in
tently on the face before her. Time
had craven deep lines upon it, and
sorrow deeper still. As she perused
them, smile OF satisfaction, more
like shadow than a smile, fitted over
her countenance.
"You had q son once" she said
The lines grew deeper on the face
she was studying, and panied ex-
pression came over it.
"l, too, had a son" she continued
fan only one, as yours was In @
sudden affray, he had the misfortune,
in moment of passion, to slay his
antagonist, who was quite as blam
able as himself The jury decided il
to be murder, but recommended him
to mercy. The jury joined in pc
tition for clemency. My boys life
was in your hands. The law had
entrusted you, as the Governor Of the
! State, with the dispensation of mercy
) but you had no mercy. You turned
aside from my prayers, and my SOL
was left TO die felon's death.
q Godfrey Peyton remembered nov
: the face that had often haunted hin