The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-04-13


ceive me III all my new dignity. | am
engaged to lie married - gentlem AL
VINO Is here for the Summer holiday;
l will no. describe him 10 you, for YOU
i Will see him when We Gil meet next
week. Aunt cernelia will. not faint.
Tor he IS man Of good family. good
business position and moderate for
tune, and he loves me He loves me,
Bess, but the cream OF ny story is 10
come He believes ! am you he
thinks Miss Elizabeth Washington. the
i heiress, is at Newton, and that / am
the German teacher Nobody tcld him
/ So. only ne seems familiar with the
family history. and accepted my posi-
tion here rs evidence of my being the
Elizabeth Washington who always
spends her vacations at Naysvllle l
have not told him the truth yet; it is
/ So delicious To feel that be cares moth
ing for my fortune. knows nothing what
/ ever! Of its existence. By the way,
Aunt Cornelis hints that you will soon
have confidencs 10 impart. May you
Ice as happy in your love as am in
mine"
\ shadow fell across my paper. and a
voice said What have You So absorb
! ing to read" aud looked up TO see
! Selwyn Tsfford
! A letter from my Cousin in Mays
VILE" said. with pretty romsnce
liz it
Il sm fond of romance" Sel~yn
, said.
+ Then you shall hear this QUE" l
said, If you will promise to keep it
secret till all the world hears Of it.
! Il will DC silent as sphinx"
! / read Lizzie's confidence. When
finishcd reading looked up. and my
sharp lesson of modification Was
stricken upon my heart at one blow.
Sclwyn Tratford had made the same
mistake.
1t Wa the first time l ever sus-
Pec,ed that Selwyn Trafford thought
was the heiress Elizabeth. But the
blank CONSERVATION upon his face could
not he concealed by the forced smile
upon his handsome moustached lip.
He was Is pale as . ghost, and said
faintly:
"Quite romance, indeed, Miss
Washington. Your cousin seems very
happy
she is happy said. bitterly. for
my modification was deep and biting;
she has found one true heart in q
world of false ones"
There was . moment Of silence. then
Selwyu Trafford said, hoarsely:
You despise me | see it in your
lace. hear it in your voice. But hear
me. am wholly dependent upon my
uncle II offended Erasmus Selwyn,
am beggar.'
Your family affairs do not interest
me" | said, hsughtily, rising as
spoke.
You shall hear me-" he cried, pas
sionately; You shall not condemn me
without defense
II have heard no accusation" | re-
piled
But you know my error. was sent
there by my uncle 10 WOO Elizabeth
Washington. Somewhere he has met
your cousin, and II occurred 10 hlm that
she would make me suitable wife,
with su.taLle fortune. l came. as |
obey all commands laid upon NE. to
please my uncle was wholly indifier-
ent, expecting To fnd q frivolous butter
fly of fashion, who would waltz through
society with her own fortune, and allow
me perfect liberty 10 do the same. l
found woman who had a heart. u
BRAIN, u disposition that might win the
true. loyal love Of any man; woman
full of noble inspirations. winsome and
d,gniiiej: and while obeyed my uncle.
loved Elizabeth Rushing.on. l have
been an empty headed top, but you
could have made ME man And with
the love strong In my heart, the hope
bright and clear. came to ask you to
he my wife, and l find that must tear
myself from you"
smiled bitterly.
Not because you are poor, but be-
cause am No, because you are not
the heiress. but because my uncle will
thrust me cut Of doors to starve it l
bring home wife other than the one
lie has chosen. And love you too we'll
to drag you down 10 such poverty as an
utterly worthless man, deprived of for
tune must endure"
Without waiting for my reply, he
! turned away and went into the ohouse,
aud heard the door of his room close
sharply.
A moment later my aunt stepped from
the low window of the parlor. Never
| had her face been SO womanly in its
tenderness IS il WAS when she pressed
her lip, upon mine. saying;
Bessie. forgive me. 1t Was all my
fault. But thought it WAS such =
chance for you"
You have heard" l said.
Yes. WAS DOING on the sofa when
your voice awakened ne.
You knew the mistake Seiwyn was
making"
! II guessed il And really. child. /
could not be expected 10 set him IN the
right
No II Is - pity though
You love him nd not think YOU
did"
Il don't might have married bim,
As b. might have msf1icd me. for mon
ey. but | do hot love h,Gn. Still a. You
heard. BE loves me
Aui ~ hen heard SIX months later
# SclwyR Trstford's engagement to a
r,sl 'aa 61< htiress | endorsed my
aaU, opinion
Eui went back Il the seminary =
sad.ler AID wiser woman. having
learned the value of the true heart tha,
loved me
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