Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-07-26
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''Did she fall in love with him?'
"Well, it came out In this sort o
way. He was rather good-lookinl
young fellow then, though perhaps yo'
wouldn't think so now-fellows chang
so-and he was full of poetry and pas
sion, and that sort of stun, just at tn
age when = man would be delighted t
give his life for q woman. Well, sir
one morning she had q little flower il
her hand, and as they were parting
she held it in an uncertain sort Of way
as If she were going to offer 1t to him
He extended his hand; the fowe
dropped; he reached down for it; thei
hands just touched one moment, on
single little moment-by Jovei as shor
as this puff of smoke; and when sh'
looked up her face was all crimson
and then she turned away; and sh'
knew as well as heaven does that tn,
fellow was in love with her, and h
knew that she loved him."
Roundell paused in his story. Th'
evening was deepening down, the skie
were purpling, and the Thames wa
assuming a sad and melancholy hue
The faint ripple of the water was heart
more and more clearly. My frient
looked out of the window, and seemet
to enjoy the quiet beauty Of the scene.
"Well, but the rest of the story
Rounden," said.
"The rest of the story? I dom
know that it isn't all over"
"Oh, come now, there must be little
more"
"Yes, a little; but think it nigh,
have been better, somehow, if it had
ended there"
"Aayhow, it didn't, so go on"
"Well, the fellow didn't see either OF
the girls next day, or the next. But
the third day they came; and Dorothea
was very sweet and melancholy, and
the other one, Meta, was rather distant
in manner, the fellow thought, and
seemed frightened somehow. They
didn't stay long; Meta seemed wild to
get away; but when they were going.
gave her hand toto the fel-
low, and put into it a tiny scrap of
"Ahv -.. t s,l
Eyes, tiny scrap of paper. 1t had a
few words written on it. OF course he
didn't read it until he was safe out of
the range of everybody's eyes. Then
he read it. 1t only asked him to meet
her after dusk, in the old place, that
evening. OF course he went. He waited
a long time. wondering, and in agony
lest some confounded stroller should
come that way. The place was as free
and open to any one who pleased as
that bank of the Thames there, but it
was just out of the regular track of
and loungers, and, thanks
to the routine tendencies of the human
mind, not a creature ever did come
there but the poor fellow and these
girls. So he waited for an hour, and
at last she came. She was almost out
Of breath, and frightened; said she had
great difficulty in getting away, but
that she was resolved, come what
would, TO see him alone-for the last
.ime."
'sFor the last time?"
"Those were her words, and her firm,
sad face showed that she meant it. She
told him that she and her cOmpenion
had been doing very foolish thing,
and running a terrible risk, and that
they trusted to his honor as an English
gentleman to help them out Of the fix
BY just keeping their secret, and for
getting all about them. She was aw-
fully in earnest; no affectation, no
brave and firm; but with
he flash Of a tear now and then in her
eyes. She told the fellow that
the was the cousin and companion of
he princess, who was to marry the
young grand duke of Liebesheim.
sMcta 2"
"Meta, she told him, was the future
grand duchess. Sac was brought to
to marry the grand duke.
She was the daughter of a mediatized
prince, and put under the care of his
hard and formal old mother. OF course
Dorothea told the fellow that the prin-
,ess could not love her future husband.
How could she? Every one knew that
he was a eelfish cub. Dorothea's eyes
filed with tears when she spoke of the
miserable fate of her friend. Il may
ell you,' she said to the fellow, that
,he loves one whom she will always
and can never see again."
"But how about herself?"
"Yes, am afraid that concerned the
Tellow a good deal more than the trou-
,les of the grand duchess that was to
be. 'Dorothea,' said-said the fellow,
7ou know, this mustn't affect us; We
must not part; nothing must separate
Is; l love you,' and all that kind OF
hing. Iwould have talked at her like
/ mad man, and he caught her hand
md kissed it, and begged of her to be
IFS wife, although the poor devil-God
lelp him had very small allowance
o live on, and was good for nothing as
ar as money-making goes, and he was
,nly two-and-twenty years old; but
he stood there firm and patient and
uffering. All. by Jove! know she
vas; it was in her eyes,-for the fellow
old me so. She said: MY friend, we
must not see each other any moreover
gain. We must part. You will not
SIX me why; but we must part Then
n told tho fall0w that the yOun0 Drin-