, 1874-07-25
,oa. oxon mo II 1 ninRa. could thla rnon,ant

yos, ovon mo II choso, / could this moment
10 In home of my own, whoro my ntop-
yes, my heavy stop, which. yon disllko
-,.wonld bring Joy to loving. hoaFt;
asssf 3 h1U to yon yoa oS 20 ho osroas o o
oarth to goutlo'lips. know nothing Of your
olaaalcn music Grantod. But aomo one would .
loso to atng the bal1a1s liko. know nothing
Of foroign litornturo? drAhtad:. Int some ono
pnporH You acauiso some ono would arrango caro-
fully beside my eaBy-clIatr atld thlB Hasno aoino
ono woull lovo to feol my hand-thts largo,
lhsrtl:w,n'rhing ha1d which you soorn-roati's On
." You nro Fortunate" aatl tho congregation,
" But the pity Of 1t all Is. tlat lovo you,
Miaa g., Ya'oiH1,,only yon::",
"What iH that to mo p
"slmply this yol1 llavc now ohaneo last
cthpcot to oHohpo from your hopeoas. dreary
HE. MN not rich; ~ yol know, but never
Hl,nll bo poorer, nnd hayo tint daily p!odtng,
ptbbeinn industry which Is Btro to sncceoa in
limo. ! am ablo now to hAVo homo OF my
own, and
FOOL ENOUGH no WANT You IN 1r.''
II will novor mnrry for homc." said tho con"
'""Wiy :Xdy )" not for husband tnen'"
"Yoa, mo. You need not try to kill mo with
your eyes. What Is your idoa, pray2 / know
1t Without yoar nnswer. aoao flno-toned,
incoming 'follow, who knows all 'about
gooa through ifo suffering acutoly in evory
sonso from tho contact OF tho common herd. a
man WHO 1iadains tho politics Of his own
country and tho questions Of tho day, 10 rtlap-
aotizo oVor tho past! A tnnn who acornB Amer.
otdl Great hcayoasf Our liFo is. but short,
aud shall wo Rpenl 1t among tho doad men Is
tlore nothing to do iu Tho Eroat to-day. that 80
mt1At iovoto ourselves entirely to ycstorday?"
r.. In H. nhi LII ill.,
preachers ohooks, and hiB dark oyos m eloamod. I 3D.
Tho congregation looked at him with BLOW snr-
priso; could 1t be thntJohn Mott was handsome,
aftor all?
IL aen s man ss snd eaS e. him. son n
will mover look Ut you 1Io ID found only among
tho rio9l, this Bmall-brnined sybarito II not
rich himself, lie" n,arrios for money. Yon wilt
find that le novor diRccrnH kindred 8onls among
tho poor Do not latter yoursolf; II ho should
moot you q hundred timea lo would;d sec In you
only
A ApovERTY-aTRtCKEx OLD MAID.
Tho ladies Of his fancy ride in their own car
rinsos."
The congregation Ind now bright-red spot in
oaoh Of its oooks. and, its anger, 1t was eganl
luu1pi In tho thrunt, or totalo mist in tho nyos.
Tho proacl,er camo down from tho pulpit.
"ValarlG," lie aaid, atanling hafore her, +" for
Tho lnst time aak yon will you be my wife p
- will MT bo yonr W;fa."
u [ love you, Valeria."
"rhink OF 1t moment. VIII you reject thla
Croat Eifs, tho love OF an lloneat man And, on
yonr own aiaoo' think Of your lifo; this is your
"Hcavena and cartt, John Nottl Do you toll
mo TINT again7 Will you never understand that
that has nothing to do with tho question wiil
not,1nnrry you. because do not love you. That
Is tho whole OF it,"
1}.tk T,o.%Ax{ {~. fort rtn13f
aud porhaps conld make YOU lovo nc. In
decd, am auro eoull," said this resolnto
lovor.
This cnlm certainty rousel all tho rrido in
"Liatcn," she sat', In llor French way" lis
ton. I not only do not love you. but
.,,,,, !, AnsolprE1x 1r HATE you!
ut will, answnrod John Mott, likewiRc angry.
"Alias Valois, shall not trouble you again; TGo
Sub jcct ia at an ond forever"
Ho turnal away, but not without look Of
gcorn. Tho woman he loved bad turned Into
scorpion. No geutlo heart could eherihh ugly
hato.
lonce. t; "ti;as S yon will ii' not thinG d mo-
yalois."
"ror my own sake, however, I must apologize
for my rude tnanner-"
"The manner il nothing to me; your 1ttlo
rofuso no, aud a,r1 d fool for loving you'll But,
as 11oHven is my witnes, will surely root out
i,lis follf from my heart, and cast it away for-
eyer."
q So much the better" replied Misa valofH
putting on her gloves with ,niuuto care. ~
really must start back to the farn1-houso. Go
frat, plouse."
John Mott wrenchcd mp sonlo Of the benches
by tnain atrongtl, made pasaablo ladder to the
! window for Vnlaria's heueAs, but SWING himself
up by his ftanda and aprang down OIL tho outside.
Va1nrfa climbed cautiously up to tho sill, and
with much inward trepiaation, managed, After
several attempts, to roach tho crotch Of tho treo
a1lo had lost hor oeolnoBs, and WAS really treu-
! bling when sho reached tho ground. john had
| not offered to assist her, had not even glanced
toward her; he stood at Some distance, wilistling
| to himself, with his hands In tho pockets Of
| his short sack~coat, A ahe turned down the
| overgrown path, Ito walkcd back, swing himself
! up with ono hanl, closed tue window, md then
II do not know where this road goea," said
Valeria, taking foroiblo nod Of her compoaure
and speaking in an even yoico. II camo Into it
| by chance"
| ut leads back to tho river; came cut on it,
and found your foot marks turning into 1t about
half mile from tho brtdgo. Tile. people In the
house there t9la mo you had gone up into the
IIIow did YOU know I had loft tho city?"
III missed you, and went to your boarding
house to inquire wlero you had gnno;
HAVE NOT LOST SIGHT OF YOU Fon sEvEN YEARS."
Than there was another silence.
II wonder why this old road waH ever made 7'
bngan Va!oria again, In light: conversational
tono, remembering, with o sinking heart. the
long walk back to lilo farn1honso but determined
not to give way or betlny her depression md
| fatigue.
| "Oh, found out all nnont It," replied prac-
tcai john. ut wan lail out about twenty ycara
ago by a lt!lo colony OF Germans. who setttel
among these hills ant1 triod to make q business
OF gatting ont the Rtono. They wore piotiBtB,
and hullt first Of all that little church, solocs
| ing tho highest poak, no that Its white erosa
| could bo soen from all their lonely homos like a
beacon sot on hill. The doaorted houao neal
by was the home OF their pastor"
| '"Dut hare acon no other hollsoa."
"1'hey arc mostly east of'thn church, nenr tho
deserted quarries; but VIC pasa ono or two on
tho ray back"
| "What ,bscams Of the colony ~ aahed VAleria,
determined to konp up tho couyorsation.
"Thoy labored patiently. in tho German
fashion, for sovoral years; but tho ground was
hard and sterile. and they could not compete
with the guarrioa On tho line Of tho railroads
farther north. A nun.tey OF them died, their
graves arc thoro behind tho church; and at last
discouraged, t!loy scnt M agent farther to the
Wost and purchased aomo' tiio valloy-land In
| 1lInota reu1ovnE ;thitlqr. with Rl1tleir noaBes.