Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1874-10-03

Grafton, finally assented tothe pro.
posal, and the next week found
them delightfully."- situated at Cape
May, in cottage fronting the sea.
80 Olive! isn't it glorious y
cried Clarice, coming in from a
bath soon after their arrival, her
cheeks flushed with excitement
Sand who do you suppose l met Oh
the beach this morning ~
"DoctOr Middleton ~
"No, but one of his old pupils
Vivien Ross. He's greatly changed,
| shouldn't have known him if he
hadn't spoken first. Didn't you
and he use to be great friends ?"-
Clarice didn't imagine on what deli
cate ground she was treading.
Olive colored painfully, but an.
swered, in .jesting tone. eyes,
once on a time, as the children say.
But we had a quarrel, and never
made up"
"Indeed. Well, you'd better not
cherish resentment, for who knows
but what he'll be your brother-in-
law some day =? Such counterfeits
of men as one meets here make one
appreciate the real article when
found"
Olive said nothing, and soon af
terward excused herself from the
room.
That night she and Vivien met.
1t was in the ballroom, under the
glare Of chandeliers, and for an in
slant she faltered then, calm and
self-possessed, returned his courte-
GUS greeting. There was no sign
on the face of either to tell what
was passing within. But later,
when Vivien saw her surrounded
by distinguished men, an acknowl.
edged queen of society, he began to
fear the plea he had come to urge
would prove unsuccessful, and that
Olive had drifted out of his reach
forever; for it was in vain he had
sought to crush out his love for her
during all these years of absence,
and, convinced of his mistake at
last, he had come to ask her forgive
ness, and, if possible, win her as
his wife. He was a brave man, and
determined to know the worst at
once so he sought an interview
with her the next morning.
"Olive," said he, II wronged
you deeply once, but have suffered
more then you know"
"You are forgiven" she answer
ed, softly. III was not altogether
blameless myself"
IL did not then appreciate your
noble nature, it's needs and capaci-
ties, and would have lie pit you back
from the work you have accomplish
ed so gloriously, had not your per
ceptions been clearer than mine.
This was partly from dread shock
ing conventionality, partly because
did not wish you to have a career
distinc ct to mine. 1 have better
sense now"
"Why refer to the past ?" she in
quired, her voice trembling in spite
of herself. "You have seen your
error, l ask no more"
"But, Olive, there is something
besides forgiveness needed to make
me happy. Can you guess what it
is ?"
She flushed beneath his glance,
and shook her head silently.
"Once l failed you in time of
direst need," whispered he, taking
her hand, and looking into her eyes
with a glance that thrilled her soul.
Can you trust me now9 Again l
ask, as in the past, will you be my
wife ?"
She lifted to his an eloquent face,
and answered simply, eyes"
Why go en- with the story? it is
told. Had we time, we should like
to follow Olive into the future, and
tell how nObly she fulfilled her duties
as wife and mother, and how she
carried into domestic life the tact
and energy that had gained her
business success. But space for
bids. and so we leave her at the
summit of happiness and prosperity,
blessed in the children she has edu-
Gated, and the career she has chosen,
and, above all, in the love that has
borne at last such rich fruitiOn.-
Godey's Lady's Book.
THERE will be a great revival of
velvet this season for indoor dress
ps, "at hOmes," "kettle-drums,"