Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1876-02-11
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Two golden heads bent low over
= golden satin that fairly revelled
in the luxuriousness Of color which
the last red rays Of the afternoon
sun showered down upon it. Two
noble hearts wearing themselves
out in a struggle against heart
leSxness.
Sister" and one golden head
lifted itself YEARLY. "do you think
she viii pay Us tonight"
She rsHsf. replied the other
resolufely. / shall net hesitate
- tell her our urgent need, i she
proposes to defer payment
She viii look glorlously beauti-
full" and Mena Hathawsy's violet
eyes turned away from the SHIN
nsring yellow. and looked a mo-
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where one little star twinkled
merrily. IN provoking Indifference
70 the heavy hearts far down below.
I declare. sister" she contin-
ued. turning away impatiently. " I
arn getting - morbid and moody
that the sight Of our beautiful
evening star exasperates me. She
locks - calm and cheerful. while
we" And here she broke of
again.
Il don't fhiak il exactly mood
ness, dear, said the other lovingly.
q Perhaps by aud by. when We
have haa a little meat
-Steak and stars :" laughed
Iena Hathaway What a very
absurd conjunction food Is your
panacea for everything But. Meta,
don't Won ever grow hungry heart
Cd :" Then without waiting Tor
reply. she continued: II do
New, sister. DOM think me foolish
and weak when / tell You that to-
night believe IN Isewis Ihurston.
/ think there was some mystery al
the foundation Of oUr sad affair.
which | might haze unFavelled had
| not been 80 horribly prnssd .--
Don't look SO intoleran.. dear. l
know that any explanation would
be vain ufe- know that Ia ali
probability Marion Leslie holls the
place IN Lis heart | once possessed
tut that don't alter nv bellef IN
him. You never s4w him, Meta.
Lit me s,e-oEr last meeting was
ON the very evening ycu returned
from Germany. Don't you re-
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but IN hour or SO WHEN he came
lie couldn't stay but a few min-
utes. buf promised 10 return. Il
possible, In order TO make the ac-
guaintance Of nv darling little
twin sister, and I" Here the ret
respect WAS broken into by a sud
den sob.
Mena Hathaway, and the
sisters voice had III Il a healthy
tone of indignation - . Lewis
Thurston is dead to YOU, whether
he is 20 be believed Ii or not. and
the calling up Of that harrow ing
time Is not wise for either Of Us.
He, without one word Of explana-
tion. wrote asking TO be relieved
from his engagement You have
not seen or heard from him since
And |. for one, cannot but think
that no real love could ever have
demeaned itself In that manner.
Come now, dear. and help me fold
this dress. Miss Leslie viii be
getting impatient, and l must
take II home as quickly as
possible" "
Il wish were going with you.
said Mena wistfully, as with a
goodbye kiss Meta took her bum
die and turned away into the
twilight.
What for z" And she turned
almost fercely, and looked into her
sad, longing eyes. so that you
NAV make your misery the more
complete by a look at the brilliant
beauty be has chosen TO supplant
=our poor little fragile SELF Bet
ter stay at home. nv darling.
And with another kiss on the
quivering rosebud mouth, she
hastened away.
Il wiSh," she murmnred, that
Mena could be convinced Of that
fallosr,s worthleszness- Her love
for him would long ago have been
turned to contempt. had it noi
been for her strange faith IN has
nobility. ! always mistrusted that
be somehow suspected father !
pecuniary condition, and AnticlEa-
ted matters by breaking the en-.
gagement I wish / could see the
man once; two minutes would
serve 10 give nIzn my oiTziaI5li ui
his shameful conduct Harry ner-
er could have acted so "
And then her thoughts went
back few months, - q t11ne when
her l0vw bad hasS ( hes
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