The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-05-10

! XQuTf S6GkllBst anu ~ sCChh w llC uur
manly and dasrardlv to take advantage
ofathis opportunity"
/ !. 1--WE are sometimes so mistake NJ" she
said hurriedy, but her words were
hardly audible, and he contiDued:
"Alice you nave treated me very Ill.
i On that day, now three years ago. when
gave you my love, and believed In
| yours, l WAS fraak with you. l told you
how wild and irregular my life had been,
and how lull OF laulLs l was. You re-
| claimed me-you transformed my days
4 you made my hie, alihat Onye. pure and
| aud fair; and then because some thorn
| In my love hurt you, you, threw it all
away, and lett me to perish miserably,
She would have interrupted ham, but he
/ silenced her by gesture and went on:
li'and now, when we meet, after three
years, you ask me If l am happy? ~ l
loved you once, shall love you fore ver.
Do l look happy? I"
II think there were faults on both
sides,, she said quietly.
lb "Yes, perhaps there were" !" he replied; !;
l"but WAS reading your last letter over
only to-day. Onl now terribly bitter it
wasln
d "And have you forgotten your answer
to that leLter?"' she eSaid, almostpassion-
ately, her voice quivering, and her breast
lheaving.
! he returned quickly; II know it Was
written on.tne impulse of the moment"
''But5I have itsby heaIt )" then, very
j slowly, '.you said, III your love, in It's
heart and strength was a1Ittle seXacGing,
mine was cold and tideless; in fact, no
4 love, only a. slow, slnggish' Affections
4 You almost thought l Was right, and
that we. could not be happy. am
naturally proud" she Went on; "but a
Il 40 un amid
not have, acted differently. Only one
n course was left me--to be silent."
i "Well, il is all over now" he rejoined; !;
sswe shall never, never meet again."
"You won't take my friendship,
then?"
"No, thank you; you are very gener-
Gus, butI do not want this gift"
n He threw himself wearily into chair,
and Tor some time there was a complete
ID silence. Hopeis SO subtle, SO intangi-
lbIe, that we are often only aware of it's
existence when 1t has ceased TO be. Ar
, tuur Seton looked upon himself as a
4 man quite without hope. 1t seemed to
ri him that his life could hardly be more
y gray and desoiate than it was, yet who
Shall say what feeling, of which he was
al not directly conscious, may have sus-
{ tained him through the last three years.
Now everything seemed gone-there was
| nothing but deathleft.
. Presently carriage-wheels came down
the road; carriage-lamps flashed through
/, tie dusk, and grew stationary opposite
/ the window. Mr.. Hunter bustled in,
and announced in tone of triumph,
, that the carriage had come for the young
IL lady, and done the distance wonderfully
uuick. Then the door shut, and they
, were alone together'agaig.
Very softly and distinctly Seton heard
: her say his name, ''Arthur;" but he did
Z Inot move. II seemed to him that he
: lwould keep back all his love, clinch fast
| his heart till she,were gone, andithen die
swiftly of the pain.
/ "Arthur, 1 am waiting, dear. Wopl
) you come? Are not you going to for
give me"
Now he rose and CROPPED his way to
ward her like blind man. She stretched
:, out her hands and drew him to her
! Then he bent down. Sue raised her face
: anu the hearts and the lips, so long dis
united, came. together. in a prolonged
v passionate Kiss. He kneit down by yiher
!. her head sank upon his shoulder, ant
II lor several minutes. they remained thus
lost in loves profound peace and mys
a terry. And the ale-corks continued Il
n pop and wagouers on their way to Lon
l. don tramped in and out of the bar AM
warm good-nights were exchanged be
a tween customer and landlord and a,
!. Arthur folded Alice's mantle round her
s she said, half shyly, "You are coming
s back with me to see mamma, are yol
!. not?"
!. "May IW he answered, great joy evi
dent in face and voice.
So the bedroom Which Mrs. Hunte
,, had been preparing all the afternoon
w and OF which she was not little proud
l. remained unoccupied; but the paymen
. was lavish, and the days labor was no
no regretted. -t t.f
i'll Oh! that never-to-be-forgotte ride Il
k Chiselhurst through the wild, wind,
70 evening. Between it and the last thre
b years lay all the pains of hell. And til
,e rain ceased, and strange voices wer
m abroad in the wind, singing jubilantl
Il over love rerisen and redeeming. An
1 the clouds drifted away, and the pure
II sweet, windy moonlight quivared owe
wet fields and trees, and seemed love-
.nI beneuiction.
i / leave you to imagine the arriva
% home. Arthur had aiw ays been favor
ite with Mrs. Ularefi cid, and in the OIL
inj days of quarrels she used always Il
axe his part. When dinner had at las
At been disposed OF, Mrs. Clarefeld pleade
A household duties and'went to her bed
,n room. There she sat down before tn
bright file and wept profusely. deaf SOU
b. over Ine happiness OIJnef children. AM
down stairs these two were very quiet
To them love was a solemn thing, an,
se they were solemn lovers. And the won
g derlnl, priceless moments Went silentl
y and swiftly by. w.
o. Presently, however, Alice said, look
as ing up in Arthups face, and pressn
Z ~ his hand very tightly, "You won't con
~ tinue your walk 10 Hastings this week?
~ And he answered, with bright smile
y, "But ! have pledged my word of mono
~ to do 3d." HI,
~ Sand command you to break it,"
nj Yes, and he did break it; but none Z
W his friends brought it as an accusation
~ against him that for once in his life b
10 10 had broken his Word Of Honor!-[Ne,
~ Quarterly Magazine. ~ .-.f,4-
e. "a Drop Of Joy in Every Word"
le FLEhINGToN, iyHUNTERDoN COUNTY, N. J
,ol June z6. la74-Dr. Il. V. PIERnE. Kllnain MY