Saturday visitor. (Newark, Del.) 1876-1876, 1876-02-12


She knelt to me r- she, that white
halred mother-wrlnging her hands in
agony, ana 1 Listened wlthIa stohd, stony
V"If Laura were only stronger; if.she
were aple to bear % the shock Of his faith
lessnessTbut She must never know how
nearly her happiness was wrecked the
knowledge would bring her to the graves
Give him, back to her, Mabel; tickle,
dishonorable as us, her life depends
on her belief IN his truth. He taught
her TO love him, to trust in him. She
had no Thought OF the future apart from
MN en-, na1ei ! VIII jyou XIII your friendp
.o,.taJ ,oo1ou o,1 ~. ~ ,ne, HeT iehtures con-
FL or eSont "N Ta{tIzeu, anu WIN power
aoid st,, sii0t saa l,y 1 ssii iree from the
vholo ha;t,,s o"q' u " eeo'io0' W paraiyze my
Ia, - sDH rrv 4ser~s ssas.,r, q
I q, SIS it true, Mrs. Wilton ?,, i asked
ina voice whose sharp. metallic rinS
startled me. els Stacy Perciyal pledoe3
to LauraP Had he ever asked her to be
his wife?', - =,
him faithful. They were To he he narSied MARI S5
few months hence; but yoI,N,,' ~ ~ =
"I will not prevent Il p ,ht Taura
keep him.''io sFt90 5lj1S1 on ~
p ssAnd you viii give him mn p,, she
cried, eagerly, her pale cheeks lfiusbinq.
Z yes; why not? He is Laura's, not
nhtHe.. t,t ~. ~ s9Lf wt4-k.
|" sSHe ss1 looked atime wonderingly. ~ Il
1n "Hou are noble girl, Mabel: not
many would be so generous. But how
VII WI you write to hims" r. 81 4
~ es, will WRITE" ,-1FwAi5d =
80 OnRa i oI arlt I, ,s,
'ialsehoodll 4 There are paper and ink.
iOhl Mabel relieve mother's anxiety,
and dismiss him now, thatI may post
the note at once-this very hour.'' II -
b With the same apathetie, comnosnte 7
sat, down and wrote as she desi ral
few words-only a few wet. oh h how
fraught with bitter sorroW.) tellino him
that l. wished him to foreet ALI thai. bnd
passed between us, and that thou6bt II
best for rms to not meet again. as mypdeI
termination was unalterable." 3 n, d
Then gave the note to Mrs. Wilton
that she might see that hadreally sent
him from me. 49, 4
Months passed on, and there came no
word, or Sign from Stacy PerciyaL |
heard from Laiir;l occasionally so
frequently as at. first, for / studiously
suffered our ct4iresDcntlence 10 firoo,, /.
and finally it died entirely away. We =
Spring and summer ma 'nassed by and
Az eaa,l5s hac.o -, mi pseseu ", anu
eround sead md sear ' as mg nusotv ovu on .Ie
SSowin 3 beart ''''N se''i 20 ny own sor
= Il tr;ed & 70 to sorrot a. ~ j.
ereT had @ Jreo r6sJ al, - ~ hi In nay peeii
end ~ tba s;rbt ~ ~ AZ Iliel ioSe u urealh
caedad h,,t nead n.,ft S.e notiu : suJ-
Say hosa AL q ~. ~ ~ al.I snook
mo thonoh e, 40 1lse iooheu upon
;s, t'p 4, ,iry1ln y
/, iS0,Ss Is,taIht L. .s.s -.
tio, - tt,s o5S,,, ~ I ~ a'i lls!Ia
smd Stoe,, 81 I po;ialS "oS " f'F"era aura +" iiVon
- ali ,,ot 80 ~, a,.i,-.1 -,
tho,,%i,t 80 a. 80 S sn tE nau iong
that Z hnI not S,,fsarade NJ t,S ~ iii.n
rated NV stren ertheaud -, ptS ,iag oyer-
nsssed the ja5 18TH n ~
loved was tbe h,1sband af annth o~ Cm"S h9
then NOT iii then "raoI;vad i thnt @lo
had not desertesl me for onIv oo tho,, ,Hp1 Si'1
II foiG its yv;, ,as ard IL aos III sdem J uiu
~ y " = 'iie' N''
Several vaars nossed slon,ln ~.
Martha hal zone To- slasn IN yho "a, b,rah 1,o,,e
vard' and for the seaond ,tinaa On, or
orn5anr was 7ef alome IL ~ oina .,,nv ~
y " . -'0-''s VIZ
One dav a visitor was annonnoad nnodpo ni
/ enfered the narior 70 meet Spao',' p anu
ciyai. Nv y -''s' 's"oy : er
I mabel" he commenced abruptlv
after one long, earnest look into NV
downcast face. "Mabel. / have to fell
you a tale of SUFFERING. and sorrow and
wrong. let me tell Won Of II ali calmly
and coberentIv. IL / can MaheI that
note Won sent i,,eEit made mo > brot,en
stricken man. 10 h. cast off ~ ono
loved and told that she had discovered %
she loved another more, than 1t If " was @
almost NV death blow no NOT 'start
and look incredulotIsI Mabel Hare is
theInote, look at,itI But for that ali
would have beer, we'll for vvouid have
sought Won. and the elonds would have
been swept,rawav. Listen. q Mabel,
Sno,,, 49, 20, ,a"y. 5;S t,so1 hlaoei,
that, you never saw il. 1t was Mrs.
Wilton, my aunt, who wrote i'll. rrs-
Laura, as YOU know. died more than
a year ago, and from the hour of her
death, her mothers health rapidly de-
clined, until scarce one month since.
she too, passed from earth, a., ..,.f
Lying there on her death bed. she told
me how, she had seen the. love which.
was growing up between us. and il hav-
ing been her Cherished desire that
should marry Laura becanse Of NV
wealth, she Resolved 10 separate us
ls1vbn t t,n,r.n g, n ~ o,. g.
. ! 49, s,ttGn y sne sisy aiter our
~ ~ sOu he., a. ~ uuty
S2 - "a ~. her sva W ~ h,, tiitY.
sired me To keen il secret srf3f From, f'aurs ay
rhv sha ia nnt !" a".ie;, se os1l M.
went down "a Rayenswaad % and told vnn @
that she had discovered orr secrat and
that her child yvoi,ld die ~ yorI d;d not |