The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-01-05

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: keen blade; he threw the hot hous,
blossoms at her feet, and turning OF
e his heel strode away.
: II was an IDIOT to act as did. Sh,
looked in trouble, poor thing! She hal
: some reason she cannot tell, perhaps.
: ''I1l go back"
And back he started. On the edge
Of the shicket which intervened be.
tween the Hall and the rectory, sound
of voices arrested him. He turned In
in the direction of the sound, and,
J clearly recognizable in the white moon
light, he saw Janet. She was hanging
fondly on the arm of tall, bearded
man. and speaking with fearful eager
ness
Good bye, Ralph, darling! Don't
forget my last words"
Il won't, Janet"
4 He clasped her close, kissed her
again and again, and was gone.
All the blood in Eugene Harwicke's
body went shooting to his brain. He
leaped forward like a madman.
This is why you changed your mind
is it," he cried, seizing the frightened
girl by the arm. You wanted to meet
another lover. Our engagement had
better end at once"
A fash lit up In Janet's usually dove
like eyes.
You have said quite enough Mr..
Hardwicke- Here is your ring and j
bid yon good -venIug
The .oI!owin. mornia. iawnec
cherries and stormy, but despite the
bad weather, at an early hour Lillian
Hardwick drove down to the rectory.
What is ii, Janet?r she asked en-
tering the little room where Janet sat
at her embroidery. what is the
trouble between you and Eugene9 He
has gone off this morning we don't
know where. To India, he says; and
forever. But 1t can't be. What has
happened, dear"
Nothing that l can explain Miss
Lillian. Mr.. Hardwick could not
trust me, that was ALL"
And Miss Hardwick was forced to
return as she came. wholly unsatisfied
After that the slow years drifted by,
dull and uneventful. What q flat
affair life is when some cruel blight
has swept away all the bloom and dew
sparkle, and left only the dull and
bare fields. But Janet did not rrpine.
Like the little brown birds in the
hedges which chirp and keep heart il
the midst of the winter frosts, she was
always cheerful, and her willing hands
never tired of work And work is the
great penacea for all human ills.
The summer roses bloomed and fell.
anu winter SHOWS whitened the blue
hills, and nothing happened to break
the quiet manotony of life at the old
rectory.
One autumn night it was cold enough
to have a blaze in the chimney. Janet
sat sewing, while her father wrote ou,
his scrmoD for the coming Sabbath. A
sharp rap resounded through the quiet
house.
"Who can it be that raps so loud and
so late?" said the rector, laying down
bis pen and going to the door
Il fail figure pushed forward.
Father! Father"
For an instant the old man hesitated
and then he opened his arms and sob
bed out:
my SON.
Janet flew to join them.
"Oh, Ralph. have you come!"
I've come, little one; and I've conn
all right this time. could not forget
your parting words, have never touch
ed card since. I've tried to do bet
ter, and I'm a good bit on the righ,
al hope But here is an old friend.
Don't you know him! Father, Mr..
Hardwicke.
Mr.. Hardwicke entered. Janet.
heart beat wildly, but she met him with
serene face and cool brow.
He knows all, cried Ralph, impa
tiently, land he has come for your
pardon. Fate threw US together ou'
there in Indis, he caught the fever and
l nursed him; and one night when he
fancied be was dying he told me- the
whole story of his trouble"
Forgive IN, Janet" said Eugene.
taking her hand, his handsome eye,
telling her that his heart was loyal.
"Oh, there's nothing to forgive, Mr.
Hard wieke," she faltered, and il
anoi her minute she vas sobbing on liz
bosom.
Later there were full explanations
You eau not tell how it grieved Ill.
to give up the ball." she said, all tn.
pent up pain flowing out of tn.
wounds; but l had nothing to wear
intended to buy nice dress. and tb.
loveliest of pink corals. Oh. Mr. Hard
wicke, it grieves me to think of then
yet; but you see l had to let pcoI
Ralph have the money"
"You are an angel, Janet, was tn.
reply, land 1 deserve every bit of th.
pain I've endured. / should never
have doubted you"
Never doubt me again, dear, ;" sh,
said, softly.
On the morrow when Eugene came
again, bringing his sister with him, be
put pretty ieweled case in Janet.
hand.
1.-The silly boy travelled all last night
to obtain them. Janet" laughed Lii
lian.
Janet said nothing, but her eye.
brimmed over; and a month later.
when the happy wedding day came.
although Mr.. Hard wicke insisted thai
pearls were the proper ornaments for
bride, Janet insisted upon wearing hei
pink corals -PeterSon's Magazine
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