The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-08-18

OCs precIuSce, waiting f8r the clasp
Of he hand to draw hIm back, or is
repalse TO thrust him over. She
passed N review her hosts 81 male
friends, aa6 found no1e who bad
awakened her heart 70 hoU-s Of such
keen pleasure as Jobn Furber had
giren her. She tired 10 recall one
mind whose grasp Of intellect had
dwa-fed her own Is his had done,
who had met her fairly N 50 nzuy
arguments and worstei Der, and she
coald only remember soft aattery Of
her wondsrf1l mind
Finally, Iiftiag ber eEes Rith ,
soft Sigh, she saw hin leaning against
tree opposite the low window,
looking at her A vivid fash
stained her cheek a be said
What cza you have been thinking
Of Yen have not stirred for half a
hoGr 0nlF thai ToU- ewes were
open / Ehanld have tboaght v0u
asleep
Your Bowers e observation are
Ea&rFeieus,z she answered lightly
i was Dreaming
~0f what ?"
The world II general, nv world
Il parsieular Il i almost tine
returned there.
She was prepared for some polite
shox Of regret but Dot for the ghast-
II change n his face
She shlddeTed. remembering his
aaut's words
Going away Why, Of course
you would be so08,- be said. irving
70 speak carelessly. while bis ewes
hungriy GeToared her face. and his
white, parebed lips were drawn s. II.
n sharp physical pain
i have been bere three months. -
she said feeling her own heart ache
Il his mIssrv
Yes, Yes, You VII 60, eer-
rainly
And you she said. very gently,
ven VII be n the city. I presume.
I should be glad . welcome vou %
nv horse
No. he said, bsrshly: i vii
not take such Advantage Of your Z
kindness ! an a ms1ivour frisads
woald tell y0u 10 shun Miss Cameron
"A nan who has wasted life I'll II is
too late 70 take gp the threads again.
You Do nss know, perhaps, that nv
amt keeps ne here from charitvg-'
i know vou have offended vour
father. p she answered 'but vou are
3 man, scarcely thirty, and It IS cow
ardly to talk Ct despair a. your age
Her words CIT him Ike a whip
iash The dark blood mounted 10
bis forehead as be repeated
Coward, ] might fight the world
vet, bat and here his tone was Bit
ter, and yet strangely pathetic, -tbe
battle IS scarcely worth winning.
What wodid I gain Money? l DO
lot vai1e i Position , I have ,
brown Il behind ne I have PLAYED
he fool, and I must take s fools !
wages i
4 VIII not have you say 50, she
said, reused BY Al earnest1ess she !
never had intended to betray. You +,
ball net throw away your life
A hope spraag 20 his eyes. new !
here. lighting them to 5 dazzling :
'adiance.
Mss Camer0B-Leonie, he cried, !
were there q prize 70 win, were one
leaIt's bePe eeutered upon me, / 2
would tramp,e down these demons :
4 temptation. l would prove myself {
man Il / had any motive
There was no mistaki8g the praE- 7
r IN kis eves, tie pleading II his /
-otce.
Only fgr one moment, close now
o the low window. before = hand Z
Ike Z snowflake fell upon his sboul-
.ers, a voice, low and sweet. mur- 8
aured Iow 4 bis ear '
Be Z man, fo- ny sake {
She was gone before be spoke i
gain, and be wandered of to the c
woods 70 muse upoa possibility Of I
his new life
TIE nex day Mrs. Touman lost :
.er summer boarder. Society, Ian '
-uidly contemplating Miss Cameron 0
or the next three years. found her
ecentric- II
She was gay and grave BY flashes, c
zscinatiDg IL either mood, bat she
Fas Gnapp-oaehahle. \
The bravest suit0r f5und himself 5
net at The poiaE where friendly at o
entioas merge iato lovers deYotioa
Y . wall Of icy reserve that was ]
She never firted, but a
be had tie reputation Of firt, be- b
ause she vas popular and admired, Il
nd remained single I'll she was e
wentv-sevsa. She vas known TO be d
-uthful, and she had distinctly told il
everal inqGisilive lady friends thai a
be was not engaged. 50 thsre was "
o1 even the spice CT romance IL the N
0ssip.
s-knew her not IN those three n