The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-05-12

one pleasant evening, just four weeks
after his arrival, Elihu told her that he
must go.
"I cannot blame you. They have
treated you 80 shameflllyl" she said,
while her heart sank down, down in her
breast, like stone sinking into the
depths of the tiny lake on whose banks
they sat. "But where will ySs 30,
Cousin Eihu z What will you do 2
You were i'll when you came here, and,
thanks to their unkindness, you are not
well and strong enough to care for your
SELF Oh, it is n shame-a shamel" she
broke out again. :" And if you had
come rich, rs they expected, every one
of them would have been at your feet !''
Cousin Elihu smiled the smile that
always frightened his melancholy face,
till, in her eyes, it was the noblest, hand
soonest face on earth.
"Never mind them, Sara," said he;
"you and Ben have been so good to me
that L have scarcely noticed the rest. So
good that
He paused and looked at her.
mef"
The tears rose to her eyes.
Oh, how can you ask 2 You know,
Elihu, when you go shall be miserable
/ shall think of you among strangers,
poor, perhaps ILL.,, perhaps dying
She hid her face in her hands and sob
bed aloud.
: Elihu waited till her grief had ex-
hausted itself, and then took her hand.
What you say is all very true, Sara.
L am not fit to go out into the world
alone. Will you go with me2 You have
a good home here, know, but if have
you to work for, I will soon make you q
better one. And by-and-bye Ben can
come to us, and we will make q man of
him. Will you be my wife. Sara ?"
She looked at him with all the solemn
fervor' of n woman's love and devotion
shining in her eyes.
eff you will take me, Elihiu, and let
me care for you, shall be the happiest
creature on earth. From the moment
when I saw you come in at the farm
gate, from the moment when knew that
your fortune was gone, and that you
were i'll and alone in the world, I have
prayed that you might love me. I don't
care where our home is or what it is, so
that we share it together. I can be
happier with you in o log hut than 7
could be with any one else in a palace;
for you need me, Ellhu, and II have
thought and dreamed of you, and, I
really believe, loved you from the days
when my mother first told me about you,
when I was baby at her knee"
So they were betrothed, and after n
brief storm at the farm house when her
decision was first made known, Sara
followed the fortunes of her lover to a
distant city where they were married.
Ben went with her as her protector
and "best man." Her father kissed her
and cried over her, rs he bid her fare
well, and put pocket-book containing
five hundred dollars into her hand as q
wedding portion.
"I can't go with you to give you
away, my dear, and I can't let you be
married here" said the poor man; "for
I shall never hear the last of it if I do
and I'm getting old now, and want
peace and comfort in my own home.
But God bless you, Sara, and your hus-
band 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 ap-
proval and blessing, Sara approached the
altar to consecrate her life to the hero of
her dreams
The ceremony over, they drove to q
first-class hotel, and breakfasted in q
style that made Sara tremble for the
future. And after breakfast Elihu laid n
package before her, and casket by the
side of her plate.
"My first present to my wife," said
he. 4" AS for YOU, Ben -
A cry of delight from Ben made his
sister turn round to look at him. The
boy was glorious in q gold hunting
watch and chain.
"Open your casket, love-" said her
husband, smiling.
She obeyed, and river of light seemed
suddenly to fash upon her from the
diamonds within. At the same moment
her husband broke the seal of the pack
age and showed her handbook in
scribed with her name.
"Ten Thousand dollars are deposited
there, subject to your order," said
Elihu, carelessly.
"Ten thousand dollars and the
watchl and the diamonds!" gasped
Sara, turning pale. "What can it all
mean
'.I know" broke in Ben, with q
joyous laugh. "Cousin Elihu has only
been pretending to be poor all this
time! Nicely sold all those people at
the farm will be !"
Sara turned to her husband. He
smiled, and drew her closely to his
breast. From that happy day not wish
of hers or Ben's has been ungratifed.
And all the romance of her life began
instead of ending (as she Cor time sup
pose6 when Elihu came home.
Too Unanimous.
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