Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1874-08-01
MISCELLANEOUS.
AFTER YEARS OF WAITING.

hone it won't be crusn'
lwhy ? rather like crush.
.or a crush makes me feel vicious
,',,ort Thronbury smile 70 looked down at
,s,oater Something had evidently put her
wv A., care YOU viciously disposed, Mr. Ksth-
one It is news to me-
ar ,visb YOU would not call me that, hnpert.
Tathlane You do it on purpose, and /
don't like it. M, ...,....
,u1 and there was cloud on the face which
,.aeed M for moment from the soft wildly
IVA, ,arod woods which the white and
.,ander fingers were knitting into some incom,
ss,Nunhensible "fancy work" A very beautiful
race It was, and very beautliui WOMAN was NJ,
was more thoroughly ooh'iHN'u VI '"' i''O' '''''
Rupert Thornbury. -, :. 49,. ..,.,,.,
9 n,,, stll despite her four-and-twenty years.
M other woman wonld nave ufieu, WIN 1er
w ,al' xion. to wear the colors which she did
V9 Sa, in defiance of ordinary rules. She wore,
n., ,nnrnug. a deep royal purple dress, with
, ' hands in her dark hair, aud looked charm
pu,f uer hair dropped over her forehead in
insrous waves and was fastened behind with a
Il l,',I Golden comb. Her face was almost mar
7ans m it's perfect form and brilliant coloring;
and her great dark eyes, with their long lashes,
n'ere enough of themselves to turn an ordinary
H"' 81 don't like it," she said, again, glancing at
ot,or comnanlon who was abstractedly tangling
4 ,la bright woods, apparently lost in thought,
& .,snd Shall be seriously angry with you If you
nars,st in being 30 formal. For it is formal, af-
Il ter Won have known me since was little child,
Il IA sneak az though we were strangers"
II nlu not call you so again, Mllllcent. Only
VI M, ioniy whatin returned the imperious little
l,dv ewing him another searching glance.
IL Filings have changed great deal since you
h uereA cluld Millicent. You are woman now,
" wealthy courted, battered and but 1t is no
b sool Of talking of these things. l must be 60
n ma Viii you promise me the first waltz to-
s,Gertainly. hope you appreciate my kind
ness. waltz very rarely, you know"
& II doappreciate il; and now l must go down
Il ia that stupid old Office as you call it, and
make lip for lost time. Good morning, Millicent
II don't forget your promise" and then he was
II zone Gone, and unconscious, as he walked
swiftly down the street, that Mlllicent Kathlane's
dark eyes were looking after him, and that
III when She turned back to her work, soft sigh
a uttered from her beautiful lips, and shadow
III clouled her face.
ri He had known her, as she said, since she was
II llttle child and he, strong, rude lad, had
oyel the hower-faced little Millicent dearly; and
n when, at the age OF eighteen, he had been sent
II ar in the work of life, it was with secret de-
ri termination to return after years had passed,
NJ and claim her. Although she was child not a
NJ dozen years DID, she had taken the warmest
MI place III his warm heart for her own.
HI Years passed by, and Robert Thornbury
E worked hard and we'll, but the fortune he 30 ar
nj IDENTIFY wished for never came. He was an hon
III orabIe man and, crushing his own heart back,
@ he took his fathers burdens on his strong
ri Young shoulders, and bore them bravely. Only
Fa1ta a.,Ay hat .ul.n.. ,ff.
Ri scarcely six years had passed since he first went
n ont into the world, news came to him that Milf
HI cent his ''litte Mily" was married. 1t was
Ri her fathers wish, the gossips said. Mr.. Kath-
hi lane the suitor was immensely wealthy, and,
HI having been fascinated by Millicents beauty
Bill her parents had used all their influence with
n her. aud the end was, she married. Miliicent,
& now Mrs hathane, went away to her husbands
N home and Rupert Thornbury went on with his
nj dull distastefn labor, with not even the old
NJ lOylsh dream TO tighten his task.
MI six years more passed slowly by, making ma
hi ny changes in the affairs of both. Mr. Kath-
/ laac died suddenly after two or 6hree years of
III married lfe, and Mlllcent went abroad with
hi some friends.
SHE had been back nearly year now, and had
Hi settled down to town life. During this period
III the old childish friendship for Rupert Thornbu-
G ry han been warmly renewed, and Rupert had
hi discovered that, charming as she was in her
III childhood and grlhood, now that she was wo-
h mai size was infinitely more 30.
MI During this year life had grown deal bright
@ to MI. Inornbury ; he was prospecting, SLOW
MI y aud steadily and had gained many friends.
hi Anxlan4 mammas looked upon him with favor,
MI and many bright eyes gave him bewitching
k sances hitherto in vain. His whole heart
H and he knew Twas still with Millicent Kath-
lane but her marriage had raised her, both az to
wealth and position, 30 far above himself that
MI he dNi not, except at some fond deluslve mo-
menl dare to aspire to her. He was only city
Y man. Flooding On in his close city Office with his
hi llee or four clerks under him.
HI How beautiful she il I" he thought, as he
walked away from the house. 'Just the same
l'le Mlly ut heart, too, as in the dear old days.
Anl her Blalces-0, If | might dare to believe
~ ulen seem az true to me al they were then.
By What would the world say2"
That night saw HIM at Mrs. Granger's
fashionable woman with several FASH
onable daughters, one of whom. Cornelia, had
male dead set ut Mr.. Thornbury. He stood
~ 'he l6hled rooms, watching eagerly for Milf
ceil' but 1t was not until very late that she ar
iNol' AS she came down the long room-mov-
ius as easily and gracefully as though she had
ueel from earliest childhood, accustomed to
ip'sn III society-a murmur of admiration fol-
lowed her.
que was dressed in trailing robe of pale sill
eFy blue, with All overdress of soft white lcce ;
neI beautiful neck and arms were bare save for
suen ornaments OF fretted gold her face was
"Ho'cled by paint or powder, and her vivid
yooills made her beauty seem almost unearth-
Y a. compared with some of the nane faces
Mouad her. Her black hair deliberately dressed,
Na9 fastened here and there with dropping
HI Ways, looping her overdress, and in her Jew
MI burned ~ e-0"NN
ls she not lovely ?" That was question
Nnich every one felt could be answered but in the
Affirmative. And many an envious heart was
a,lie'' under the smiling faces which greeted
,lrt
nero II Mrs Kathlane Mr. Thornbury''
r eolhelia Granger, a tall, pale, il-natured
7nr 70 whom Rupert had been saving civil moth
~ iol ule last few minutes and who was flu
i9us9 Jealous of Mrs. Kathane in her heart OF
i@HS You gentlemen are wild about her,
IsNese He'd and bue-what excruciatng taste
9 "nr her mad does not teach her better "
III Gr.' neiy one has not your critical eyes, Miss
b.r ~p 5sc sad Rupert, laughing. II thought
a "o elrl ar We have said, and at that moment
~, temper was pinching her rather sourly
oo'i,lals YOU make one of those who are wilt
"ei her, Mr.. Thornbury ~
sea n"ouil ne OF no use to me- expect, If
IN iePHen rupert, in his candor.
marr,o n' suppose not-as she is soon to b.
Married again !" he uttered.
oi,h III report runs, said Miss Granger, toyinj
.p ~ %Mhomf have not heard of it,"
husband, you know"
int l a,o" INN, cried Rupert, feeling he Bne,
",, ~, IL would be desecration."
Hhe may not think 80 Ii ia said that tber
"' great deal of intimacy hefora M, KatbIan