The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-05-22

told her he must go.
II cannot blaine YOU, Sc shameful
have you been treated" she said, Will
her heart sank down into her breast, lik
n stone sinking into the depths of tn
tiny lake on whose banks they sat. "Bu
where will you 90, Cousin Elilul Wha
will you dot You were i'll when yo,
came here, and, thanks to their rnkind
ness, you arc not we'll and strong cnouyl
to care for yourself. Oh, it is shame
q shamc!" she broke out again. "And |
you had come rich as they expected, ever,
one Of them would have been ut your feet y
| Cousin Elihu smiled the smile TINT nj
ways frightened her melancholy face, til
IN her eyes it was the noblcst, handsom
est face on earth.
"Never mind them, Sara" said hc; ;"yol
and ben have been 50 good to me that
have scarcely noticed the rest. So good
| that"
lie paused and looked Mt her.
Sara, when am gone, shalt you miss
mc7"
The tears rose to her eyes. Is.
10, how can you asliI You know, Elihu
that when y0u go l shall think of you
among strangers, poor, perhaps ill, per
| haps dying"
She hid her face in her hands and sobbctl
aloud.
Elihu waited till her grief had exhaust
| cd itself, and then took her hand.
"What you say is all very true, Sara. |
am not fit to go out into the world alone.
Will you go with met You have good
home, here, know, but if have you to
work for, | will soon give n better one.
And by-and-byc Ben can come to us, and
we will make Il man Of him. Will YOU be
my wife, Sara2"
She looked at him with all the solemn
fervor of woman's love and devotion
shining in her eyes.
| ''lf you will take me, Elihu, and let me
care for you, shall bc the happicst crca-
turc on earth. From the moment when
saw you come in ut the filrm-gatc, from
the moment that [ knew that your for
tune WAS gone, and tlut yOu were i'll and
alone i'll the world, have prayed that YOU
might love me. l don't care where our
home is or what it is, so that we share il
together. l can be happier with you in Il
log hut than | could be with any one else
| in palace; for you need me, Elihu, and
II have thought and dreamed of you,
and, | really believe, loved you from the
day when my mother first told me about
you, when was sitting at her knce.n
So they were bctrOthcd, and, after n
| storm at the farmhouse, when hnr decis-
ion was first made known, Sara followed
the fortunes of her lover to distant CITY
| where they were married.
Ben vent with her as her protector and
"best man." Her father kissed her and
cried over her, rs he babe her farewell,
and put pockctbook containing five
hundred dollars into her hand for the
welding portion.
| 81 cant go with you To give you away,
my dear, and l can't let you be married
| here" said the poor man. 81 shall never
hear the last of ii il do;and I'm getting
old now, and want peace and quiet in
my own home. But God bless you Sara,
and your husband that is to be. Poor
Elihu! Your mother loved him dearly,
| and don't know fault he has in the
world, except that he is poor"
So strengthened by her fathers approval
and blc"A;..s, Sara approached the altar
to cOnsecratc her life to the hero of her
dreams.
The ceremony over they drove to first
class hotel, and breakfasted in style
that made Sara trcmbln for the future
And after breakfast Elihu laid n package
before her, and q CaskGt ut the side Of hcI
plate.
"My first present 10 my wife," said he
"hs for YOU, Ben"
~ cry Of delight from Ben made his
sister turn round to look at him. The
boy was glorious in gold hunting watch
| and chain.
"0pcn the caskct, love-" said her hus,
band, smiling.
She obcycd aud river of light seemed
to flash upon her from the diamond.
within. At the same moment her hus
band broke the seal of the package, and
showed her n bankbOnk inscribed will
her name.
"'rcn thousand dollars are deposited
there, subject TO your ORDER" said Elilu
carclcssly.
"'rcn thousand dollars! md the watch
and the diamonds!' gaspcd Sara, turning
pale. What can il all mcanl"
81 know, broke in Ben, with invou.
laugh. "Cousin Elihu Inns only bcCn pre-
tending 10 l'c poor all this time. Niccl,
sold NIL those people nj the farm will he y
Sara turned TO her husband. lie smiled
and drew her closely to his breast. From
that happy 1uy not wish Of hers or Ben
has been unqualified. And all the ro
nance Of her life began instead Of cndin.
(ns she for time supposedly "whcn Elhl
came home"