Middletown transcript., 1876-04-29
the manner of an acquaintance by
Lille. and when home was again

Lille, and when home was agail
reached and introductions made, Franl
for the first time felt bis mission to b
sinful to be carried into execution, ant
half resolved to steal away that night
riskiDg his knowledge Of the road Il
find the railroad station. But mis-
sion Of this kind is never left undone. 1t
results are SO overwhelmingly pleasing
for awhile, that every obstacle i
crushed, and the Airt walks over th
soft feelings of bis victim with banne
Of regret" following after him or her
Every attention was paid him and th'
days stole rapidly up till they reached
two weeks; two weeks in paradise al
most to Frank He would accompan,
Lille on trips to the orchards, drives
to town and boat rides on Appoquiui
mink creek The old resolution at las
came upon him and be commenced al
attack on the affections Of Lille.
''Miss Laurine, why not let me cal
you Lille much prefer it, as it vii
prove that l am gaining your friend
ship"
"You may do the former, but as to
the latter you always had that Friend'
meet and part only in friendship, Mr.
Munder" In an instant she rebukeo
herself for such sentence, not that sh,
meant to seem solicitous, but her very
words betokened as much. and he took
advantage Of them by replying.
..Can we never be more than friends
to each other, Lille In my stay with
you | have learned to care ever SC
much for you and your gentle manners:
and | plead for myself earnestly Will
you be more than friend to me some
day r
A choking sensation came in her
throat, followed by desire to run
away and escape the sudden and un-
looked-for questions. She looked up in
bis eyes. They were ever SO earnest
ever SO trustful, but, o, the hidden de-
ceit Of the heart; SO the innocent little
school teacher gave way to his petitions
and in a half dazed manner forgot her
dignity enough to say she trusted him.
She was, for the first time, a silly.
thoughtless girl.
The two separated. he assuring her
of his copstapcy and she acknowl-
edging her fullest confidence in his
avowals.
School opened again, finding Lille
in her former position as gentle pre-
ceptress over quite large number of
scboors She was as happy as ever,
perhaps little more so. for where is
there woman who will not be happy
when she is aware that all her life has
been trusted to a man whom she deems
worthy Of it. Duties were fulfilled by
the pretty little school teacher in the
same earnest manner. aud she still
gained the love Of all parents who sent
to the school.
Letters came from Frank and were
answered punctually. After awhile
they came reluctantly and grew to be
very unfrequently and finally stopped
Frank Munder knew he had accom-
plished his designs, and. so informed
bis ''chum" Will Beach. who imme-
diately discouDtenanced him as friend
and wrote Lille the following note:
ttD,,,, . Can't
MISS LILLE B. LAURINE:
presume upon your time so much as to
inform you that Frank Munder is flirting
adventurer, and would caution yon against
him. W. B."
Lille stood in silence and thought
over the few words of the note Will
Beach was friend of hers. she knew.
1t was enough that it ended where it
did She was satisfied with the ending.
for when such deceit was made practi-
cable. she lost all respect for the man.
but used no sentence to form curse on
him. 1t was over, and she did not go
into premature decay There was one
purpose in her mind. aud she carried
that out by writing touching piece Of
poetry orithe local newspaper, describ-
ing her feelings at the moment Of being
deceived
1t was very pretty. she telling him
how her trust was ensnared, how her
life glowed with hopes Of future hap.
piness, and how all this was crushed in
une mass Of deceit and hurled into OBJ
|ivion. She seldom referred to the
matter; indeed, her parents we're hardly
with any Of the facts. The
local paper often afterward received
contributions from the little school
teacher. and no outward sign escaped
her to show that any deep regret was
lurking way down in her earnest heart.
Of course, she resolved to ever live an
''old maid" by stunning the society Of
young men, but she found brown
faced country admirer afterwards. who
in his acts and not his words was dis
covered the true and manly affection
hat proved ever after good, noble and
pure.
Munder lost all self respect, was
avoided by former friends. and goaded
% to desperation by the continued
regret Of his life Of ruin. finally forged
. note for the purpose Of being made
prisoner, SO as to be excluded from the
sight Of family and friends.
@, girls, if you but knew the ways
Of man; if you but knew one half the
regrets Of the broken hearted girls. you
would look upon the stranger with much
reserve, thereby saving yourself from
an intrigue invented solely for the pur-
pose Of gaining your confidence for a
to throw it away a moment
afterwards. to be covered with the rub
bish Of regrets for life time Only
an intimate friend should ever gain ad-
mission to your affections if you are
to trust them out at premium.
AN EXPENSIVE FUNERAL The
funeral Of Mrs Roxcellana Keyser,
The widow of the late Ernest Keyser,
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