The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-10-04
"uHERALL d."

StlIl DulSeu III nGI Cdl uhbll 'CiJ
heart kept the beat. Young, beautiful,
beloved, and wealthy, this little Jennie
of ours mad the cream of this world at
her feet, aud as she took off her jewelry
and flowers, and prepared herself for
sieen il was with q smile on Der lips
and a happy light in her dreamy eye.
Oue piece OF jeweIFy she neId IN her
clasued hands lingeringly, as if it were
too dear TO lay aside. 1t was pretty
Irinket, a gold clasp or bar, and swing
inr from it by two tiny golden chains a
nnIished Florida sea bean, dark as ebo-
nv. mounted ike a locket. A legend
was engraved on the bar in u foreign
tongue UDerall Du."
Jenuie's eyes scanned the words in
tently. "HoW stupid l am not to be able
Ia translate this German" thought she.
1T is something dear;l know, aud just
the thing, or R)yall woaid not have mad
it, | wish / could sacrifice my pride
enough to ask him the meaning OF it;
but he thinks l can read it, and l am
ashamed to let him know FIN such
dnuce. after four years at boarding
scuooi, Never mind L shall discover
Lna meaning sometime;o and, with
hush and u smile, she kissed the trinket
aud put it tenderly in her casket. 1t
was "a JrlfLng thing, but even that Is
precious from The man You love. Royal
iIamIIn mad been at her leeJ all winter.
People said they were engaged, anu
consiuered tue match certain, as people
will when the principals IN the game are
not at all sure. IL was so in tuls case.
lie had not proposed to JENNIE, though
ne was all devotion, and, 10 tell the
truth, Jennie felt a growing uneasiness
Iest she was becoming fond Of him too
aeon. but she could not bear TO distress
herself with The thought. 50, Wheh tnlS
eve at the bali he had pinned her Grasp
upou her shoulder amid her snowy laces,
ana murmureu IN hef ear IN lnelr quleI
nook in the window that he would nave
something to say to hef When he re-
turnea to town next week, Jennie's
npnrt had given q quiet leap that had
d\ ed her sweet little Lace scarlet; and
he. noting it, mad goue off with eyes full
oi triumph, No wonder her loCket
seemed precious to her.
The next afternoon after the ball, as
Jennie was walking with EIa stuart,
ON the avenue, she asked ner, as If it
were a sudden thought, ii she "remem-
bered ner GermanW
"Not well, ,Jenny-pretty rusty! What
did you ask Ior?"
"Beuause l nave forgotten mine, and
T saw few German words in aloVe-
love story" stammered Jennie, "and
| couldn't make Out tle sense OF them,
and you know how aggraVating that
| ~
"What were the WordsW
"As near as can remember the
words" smoothly SAID our dihpIe.faced
dcceiVer, "rhey were 'UDerall Du-'"
acknowledgements murmured
E la. "Wny! l rememUer, 1t is line
out OF German poetry, ana means AN
| is over with Jnee?"
sne looked round at Jennie, triumph
antiy, Just in time to catch perfect eX-
| prcosIon of dIsmay on q poor, blanched
face enough to make your neart ache.
"N by, Jennie! What.is the matLerp'
she exclaimed, catching her by the arm.
| Jennie just had strength lett to totter
into Il snop near, and sink into q seat,
Whispering she "Was faint" did not leel
| well all Qay, ETC., making at the same
| lime sign LOT her companion not TO at
tract attention, which cue Ella was
quick to take, and carried out by an
enrgatic chattering with madame with
the lr,z, as to her quality of pink crush
roses, which madame insisted were
.French," as also her "WhOle stock oil
ribbons" ETC., etc.
Jennie grew better as suddenly as she
had fallen i'll, and Ella thought it only
over-fatigue alter the ball. WHAT would
sue nave thought had she seen our poor
| Jennie an hour later, sobbing, lace down
OIL her danny bed, sale locked in the
sacred retreat OF her chambvr?
Poor child! She had her baLlle to fight,
and we'll she fought it.
$50 it is all over with me, is itF'
thought she; "and l imagined he loved
me as well as l did hlml How ashamed
| feel. that l did not hide my feelings
beLLer. Now know he was just trItling
Pll never love man again as long Us
uyeI Never, never! anu he shall neyel
speak W me again-shalI never see iu
my face how badly leell'
Poor Jennie. The day arrived upon
which he had promised TO be in town.
and also TO take her to drive. Jennie
was III fearful state OF excitement al
day.
Tnat afternoon, late, a well-knowl
ring was heard at the door. Jennie
heart gave perfect surge; but wnen tn,
servant looked at her Inqulringly, sh
answered HIS glance with cool ''En
gagged, john" and hurried 10 her room
H. cry over ner modification.
Mkt day came note In Mr.. Hamlin'l
IWGll-hACWu MANU. puG buS ueCIn0u I
read it, and sealing it i'll another en-
, velope she returned it, and with it th
locket, "rhanklng MIR. Hamlin for hi
, kindness in permitting her 10 inspect II
; anu pronounced it very pretty and hel
self mis- respectfully" etc.-yery "hig
and mignty."
she was horribly wretched the mex
' few weeks, and did not GO in society
> She had a morbid idea her story migut b
ouI, tsAld as it was, Lent came Just i
TIME to give her all excuse for being s
: quiet.
sue pined 80 visibly that her friend
thought her nealth tagging, and sen
her 10 Visit some relations in anothe
State. She tried to be happy, but Wa
not particu arly successful; in fact, he
: efforts were miserable failure; it wa
hard to see which was preying upon he
. mosI, disappointed love, or a perlec
agony OF modification at the thought O
now transparent her heart had been I,
/ him and now he had treated 1T like a toy
She was always seeking o solution o
his apparently gratuitous Insult, an
she could not find il! Had somebOd
| been laughing about her patent devotion
Z 70 him? did he mean 10 taunt her wit
= the utter hopelessness of her lover Sn
ground these bitter questions over in
t lnundreH ways, ana was like 10 break he
, neart. ....
: Spring came and Jennie gradually re
gained a degree Of her old serenity, bu
= she did not wish to go home.
+ In the family of her friends was
| lN, Il l.