The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1877-06-21
Herald Supplement.
THURSDAY JUNE 81, 1877.
HOW IT ALL ENDED.


EIIr" paInrnr turned her head
aat,, u,L hrr lower 49, the annoy.
~ .,,i, .n her fac" iu>liuC lively
hc trapped hor hands.
'What does this mean Ellen? Sure
" vou are not tr'iiing with me?
This has gone 100 far, Mr.. Foster.
Had You been less impulsivc, |
should have saved You the trouble
Of being refused. am another
mans promised Wife she said proud
ly.
For the first time, Guy Foster saw
there was yet light enough for
that-the flash of the diamond en-
gagement ring.
so the neighbors are correct, for
once in their lives. Allow me TO
congratulate yor. 70 be an old
mans darling is better"
"Thm Il young mans slave Very
true, Mr.. Foster, especially if1hr old
mam is to my liking. You scott at
the idea. BE it so; do not care.
You ought have known that should
prove total failure rs IL poor mans
wife"
"Hcncc You have sold yourself for
gold Well, only hope it will bring
YOU happiness. Good evening, Miss
DaImar." And, raising his hat, and
bowling very low, Guy Foster was
gone.
Ellen Dalmar watched him out of
sight, then, with sigh, she proceed
ID in doors. Was she sorry? Per
haps so. She didn't allow herself
amy time TO answer this question, for
she busted herself with her toilette
until the old man who was to crown
her ambition arrived.
As for Guy Foster, his feelings of
despair soon gave way to Indignation.
All the love he once had for her
dwindIed and lost itself in contempt.
Like all true lovers, he could not
think that money was first TO be con-
sidored. True, he was poor, but he
was young also.
rhe wedding came off in grand
style, ard Ellen Dalmar became the
stately Mrs. Howard, the wife of an
Admiral. Surely herambitious dream
was realized. Of course she lived
but to adorn her husbands palatial
homo, so Glendale lost her.
SO the years passed. Guy Foster
had left the neighborhood before the
wedding took place, in order to re-
sumo his profession, that Of law. At
the end of five years we find him in
London, with Il large and rapidly-in-
creasing practice. Save that he is
stouter and manlier there is very
little alteration in his looks since the
day we first saw him.
he was seated in his Office, busily
immersed in law papers, one day; he
did not hear the tap at his door. A
wuman's voice aroused him.
Excuse me, sir, but there was no
one to announce me. Can [ see Mr..
FOSTER
Il am he; and, looking up, he saw
the wcll-knOwn face of Ellen Howard.
How changed she was! But he
would have known the magnetic
eyes anywhere
Thore was moments silence as
the lady tOttered TO IL chair. Guy
Foster took the cnameled card she
handed him, as if TO read her name
Mrs. Howard, | believe. What
can | do for your
perhaps you may think me fool
ish, but since the AdmiraPs death l
don't think his lawyer has dono his
best. Eve determined 10 call in other
aid Your name being well known to
me, l resolved TO call here
Guy Foster bowed stiffly. He had
heard Of the Admiral's death.
Il do not wish to interfere, Mrs.
Howard. 1t would be better to keep
with the firm that the Acmiral trust
ed while living.
There was Il look of agony on the
woman's face. He never could know
what pain his words caused her.
The cold man before her evidently
did not guess her real reason for
coming. ID +.
Very we'll, Mr.. Foster Ofcourse
| had no intention of changing, as
far as my late husbands affairs were
concerned. l merely referred to my
own private business, which l have
shamefully neglected. And the wO-
man gave yearning glance toward
the partly-tuIned face.
lie seemed to De busy thinking.
A movement Of the lady's attracted
his attention. i beg pardon for be-
ing so inattcntiVe, was merel y ma
king a memorandum in my mind.
Being a lawyer am entirely at your
service
Ito bowed very calamity, and in
doing so, looked unfaltcringly; for
the first time, at the woman before
him.
She saw face which time had
beautificdj evidently an uneasy con-
science was not his,
fWill you call at my house, during
your leisureY The business is not
very urgent, out I'm sucn q cnlld,
where law is concerned, that any one
can cheat me. When may | expect
YOU? she asked.
Il can hardly promise, my time is
so much engaged. You may expect
no ~ any hour
And With this, Guy Foster found
himself showing the stately lady to
her carriage. He pretended not TO
see the hand str, tchcd out to him as
she babe him good afternoon. He
merely bowed and retired, then with
drew TO his Office, as matter-of-fact
as you please. There was no senti-
ment at this meeting-at least on his
part. ,r~s-. ~ ga -
It was near the end OF the week
when he called at Mrs. Towards
house ut the West End, The wo-
man who had invited him there WAS