The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-12-06
JUDITH'S REVENGE.
BIZ HELEN roRnEsr eRAvxs.

could be certain OF shelter IN good
mans true and trustful heart, j
should be different girl" 41sa {
| Judith Elwood sat with folded
hands, and eyes fixed drea.nily on
the farroff upland. hills. where the
reapers were already at work. in the
! yellow glow Of the August sunshine.
She was royal beauty, worthy OF
The old Scripture name which she
bore with an olive skin, jetty pen
clled brows, and large black eyes,
full of Southern glow and languor,
while the scarletaof her full lips, and
the delicate rose-bloom of her Cheeks
were contrasted with the pale yellow
bunch Of jessamine stars that hung
in her dusky tresses. ssfas
/ Miss EIwood had come to the St.
Catherine Springs with debilitated
cousin. Mrs Popham by name. who
needed somebody to pack her trunks,
iron out her fine muslins, and endure
Thousand varying freaks Of her un-
certain temper; for, uninviting as
this position appeared, it was a)thoH-
sand times more brilliant than the
gloomy back room, in q second-rate
boarding-house, that she called
''home." And now the bright posi-
bility to which she had vaguely look
ed forward, had shaped itself within
the limits of possibility, and seemed
very near !. for Hugo Wallace. evi-
dently admired her more than lit
tie. and Hugo Wallace was rich and
wcIl-born, and half the bellies of ST,
GATHERINGS were angling for his
smiles.
And if he loves me - milrmuret
Judith to herself. with a heart full
of the ineffable gladness that bub-
bles only from tie fountain of first
love. .s f--r
judith Elweod! Surely it is not
that dark-eyed beauty who has cap
tivated your heart?' z,ses.
Miss Elwood started at the sound
of her own name, spoken by some
one on the other side of the natural
hedge of hemlock bushes that firing
ed the wild chasm by which she was
sitting-started and colored scarlet;
but she did not move,
Judith Elwood had been brought
up in school which does not too
lightly estimate The fantastic ideas
of ehiyalry and delicacy. She used
every instrument of warfare that
came in her way, and hesitated at
nothing. twas life and death with
her. or something more precious yet;
and so she sat still, and listened to
Hugo Wallace's deliberate reply:
"She is the Ioveliest woman that
| ever saw r.
Lowell? Yes. I grant you that i;
but the niece of old Elwood, who
keeps q gambling den on Branch
Street.-The daughter of man who
fed the country to avoid the inevi-
table consequences of q forgery
Judith recognized who was speak
ing-Captain Wood Vinins.. hand-
some, dashing young fellow, who
knew the ins and outs of society as
a pilot knows the intricaeies of HurI
Gate, and her heart sank within her.
! Leaning forward on her rustic seat.
her eyes glittered through.a ereviee
IN the Intervening hemlock fboughs.
and she could see Hugo Wallace
chow tall he was-how stately! what
a monarch among men stop alb.
ruptly, with his cigar in his mouth,
and his broad -brimmed straw hat
shading his fair Saxon features.
/ ''Fining. do you mean to say
Il mean TO say that if you marry
that girl, you are an infatuated fool
Surely you have not committed your
self?,
"Not entirely, but
Then. be warned in time. Take
my advice, and flee the temptation.
| know by common report that she
is as beautiful as an angel but she
is not the woman who should .be
your wife, So.
The two young men passed slow
| " on, until the. sound of their voices
died into All indistinct maimur; ard
| Judith Elwood sat there, pale. as a
marble statue, with her long. slender
fingers restlessly weaving themselves
to aud frs. # ~ !f's
I 1T is the hour Of my fate !" she
whispered TO herself "Willf he
prove true 10 all The looks and
i glances which haye told me the Sc
cret of his love?-or will he leave
| me?' aa1 a
4 When the guests of the st. Gather.
inc Hotel gathered around the tea
table, there was generalregret ex-
| pressed at the sudden and unex.
4 pected departure of Hugo Wallace.
i Yes said yiniRg, carelessly,
| peeling the crimson-s tanned skin from
q luscious peach, sit is rather sudden
4 | admit; bIit young men take strange
fancies sometimes. He iis TO join q
i yachting party along the coast Of
Maine. aud shall go On tomorrow
morning also 80 3.
AS he spoke. he glanced at Judiit
Elwood. But no sign or motion or
= her part indicated that her pulse
futtered degree more OF less thar
.,lIow unfortunate r said she, will
La sweet. light langh, Then w
: shall have to ask Mr.. Gardner K
4 .lioin our watering expedition. alte
i all hut he is so awkward with th'
oars
!. "Humph r thought Captain Win
J ing; Wallace might have remainee
here with perfect safety. had b
! chosen. She don't care Tor him =
/. And that was all that CAPITAL
) Vinfng knew OF the mysteries of tn
! human heart.
Perhaps" he ventnred to inter
after a moment or two OF silence
"yon would accept me as his proxy
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