Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-11-29
Forsaken.

part here, at once aud forever,
Grosvenor Strong"
The speaker, a tall, fne looking
woman, apparently some thirty
years of age, turned from her com
panion with a flushed face and
flashing eyes, and laid her hand
upon the door. ia
Grosvenor Strong laid his own
4 hand upon hers. The touch was a
hight and trembling. one. for the
proud man was, deeply moved. f. AS
he stood thefe beside her struggling
for composure before he spoke, his
broad chest heaved once or twice,
and his firm lip quivered. There
was also dimness akin to tears in
his deep blue eyes. But this she
did not see.
''Stop one moment, Alicia !" he
said at last. "That door once
closed between US shuts out your
life from mine as surely as the
grave should do! 1 am not natur'
ally meek or humble man, as you
we'll know, and You have tried my
temper and pride this evening as
they have never been tried before.
But l can bear much from you,
Alicia, because I love you. And
! so"
She dashed his hand away i'm
petuously.
81, too, have my pride and my
temper. GrOsyenOr Strong, though
you seem to fancy, that | was born
to submit patiently and quietly tc
all your exaetiens. [ tell you, sir,
that what you have said to me this
night is nothing more or less than
an insult, which | will not endure
"God knows [ did mean it SO
Alicia" he said sorrowfully.
Not needing him, she went out
81 have borne toe long with your
pride aud your imperious will, thai
would convulse the world itself
rather than be bent or broken !
will bear it no longer p! Our en-
gagement is dissolved from this
moment. sir. And if l ever for
give what you have said to me, il
will be on ny death bed, or a
yours"
His blue eyes flashed Ere. A
sudden color flushed the statesque
beauty OF lis face, and the firm SO
Of his mouth grew firmer still.
Gas you will, Madam he NUT
tered between his clenched teeth
And the next instant he snatcheG
his hat from tie table, a 6ool
opened and closed violently, anc
he was gone.
Alicia Starr went slowly mp tc
her own room, and locking the
door, sat down and counted in sol
itude with heaviness of heart the
wages she had received.
A widow, with an Independent
fortune, she had, till the previou.
year, known nothing of love excep
its name. She had regarded he
husband, who was many years hel
senior, with a calm and quiet affec
ton, which, had merged at his deatl
! into a calm and decorous regret.
Occupied by the management O
the large property he bad left her
she turned a deaf ear to those
who would gladly have come t.
WOO, till chance or fate or very
Il possibly. the evil genius of her life
q threw Grossenerk Strong jim be-
way. He was a lawyer, and to hin
she had -confdei the management
of certain business matters con
nected with her estate. Singularly
: handsome, wealthy, of good birtl
and with polished, courteous man
J ners, the grave, stern looking law
yer succeeded where mauy Others
had faild. In spite of his forty
eight years, and the eoldness of hi
usual manner, be won the priz
which many younger men wouIe
gladly have won, and became th'
accepted lover of the beautiful ant
stately woman who loved him will
all the ardor of a tropical natur,
awakened to the knowledge of it
own strength and fire and fervo
for the very first time. How thel
did they quarrel. and that so bit
terly, do you ask.
, All reader, we'll you know tha
ga trif1e light as air" can breed dis
: sension between those who Low
like this. The cause itself was bu
: slight. It was the passionate, an,
cry words, the cruel sneers, tn
looks, almost of hatred, from eye
.. that bad eAlYspoksrl love before
that caused the parting !; and bot
were proud. too proud to yield.
. So, after few days, the prett
villa was partially closed, and lei
in the care of two old servants, VIII
were to look after the saddle an
3 carriage horses and all the pet
which the mistress of the place ha
' gathered round her from time t
IS time. And Mrs. STAIRS name bega
sft6 be seen2 Here audT there, anon
g the list of fashionable arrivals an
departures at Watering places an
mountain resorts during the sun
Tn1er And (4rosvcror zStrOno r.