The Lake County star., 1877-05-31

,,s,4t," ,"What was II heard you ssylpow?n
,sno Roxy colorsd, but looked saucy stitl,
yIa.-and laughed. s'I don't care" She
:. :,ssl pSSs3ns ys dssa SsSGn1iRsl iRs sas
TsSs'siS sss =: Is So, paRsis dRnis ES
q. .RichWQpd. was. making fun Of what
.s-.-she 1siIs ~his assurance In dancing
"a wifh neso often tonight. n..',gSs
:-,sssI 80 ~ teppldn't dance with him agaha
aa:1 sWhyn not, prayqn Roxie exclaimed,
elevatinG her graceful eyebrows.
Because YOU are q very pretty giIl,
he II . very handsome, impressible
young man. You may do him much
HARM" 'SHU'lp AIItE
"I?n
"'Such fiattering preference as YOU are
~. 'eRineing for- young Thorley's society
,.ss.is enough to otufh any Young man. e
..s head; and coming fipm girl In your
-. position to man In his, Is calculated
to do harm. Take my advice, Roxie
he already sess no enc IN the room but
you. Lavish yeslr 'witohefles on sOuAe
,.a,.one less liable to Jose his wits in conse-
Roxic turned away from her aunt q
nths pet ttishly, and stole from under
her thick lashes a furtive glance In
young T's direction. He was indeed
,s.s .ss svatching her, with. his heart in his
.esmty nssS with pleasure s''n '''s
'''' = It ~as'not long before Frank asked
her to dance with him again.
He is 80 handsome aud peac6ful and
entertaining" Roxie m1ssdE EduHng
the instant's hesitation before she put
.A-n1r little gloved hand in his, II will
And away she fioated in airy circles.
1T can't do any harm, she continu-
ed with some inward misgiving, az
..s oher. .eyeS,met her .auntie's mildly dis
approving look, or fell beneath the
H"n impassioned and almost franklJ ad-
miring glance OF her companion. OF
eoutsel heTknows- i am particularly
kind to him, because he Is papa's
;Sse cDe6k and he can't be 30 ridiculous as
to fall in love with me really, and It is
not likely that we shall ever be tpgeth-
er this way again."
M. Miss IN RSxie SsI howsysr wss a.. i. .s
nfndulged a momentary whim, and had
=, insisted upon him attending her party.
ta As Aconsequence, somebody else In.
-'9sl Tvited him, and then other persons, and
he wasso handsome and entertaining
1psy such graceful addition to any cir
cle-that before the winter was over
he had become very popular, and re-
ceived more invitations than he was
lass atge to accept. 'Roxie was surprised
Sn@ibut was secretly pleased at this, and at
the undisguised and almost romantic
al sdevotion to-herself. Roxie accepted
;ssl. this devotion with occasional reluct-
sniTi iance, occasi0nnf rnisgiving as to where
1t was to end, but she liked 1t too well
;ssn TO lose and was perhaps more interest
Unused ut heart than she realized herself.
-sh Sv Imagine her CONSERVATION when
al Frank asked her to marry him. 7,
sq~d "I-I'm sorry, Frank she muir
-'ayI INJURED, incoherently, as she dropped
into n
Thorley's eyes flashed momentarily.
you've done q wicked thing, Miss
II Roxie Lyle, he said. II ever wo-
- man led man to believe she loved him,
you did me-"
haasats aS5's ssGRssS ssS sI9 b aasFs !sn
forget yourself, Mr.. Thorley !" and
nn. she swept .inpatiently past him,
o. back to- the fdrawing-r0om she had
1, !. .; quilted . moment before on his arm. d
Mr.. Vincent Lyle was at the head of
was man Of Sterling integrity and up.
.iisrightness himself, and sternly severe
- upon any dereliction in another. His
clerks were literally paid; and young
man who could obtain situation, be
II ever SO subordinate, with Lyle & Co.,
was considered to have secured an un-
commonly good start In life. Dishon-
-, ,esty orunfaithfulnessa among the clerks
a.. tof the Arm was rale; partly because of
-.7.. !ne Glscrminauon exerclsea In engae-
.i.ia ipg mem, party oecause'0I the severe
anu shs sur sum%ary ngay reasoning exac'ed rom
the rev 0HendeB. 4rp. :"
Mr. vincent Lyle was not inchned
therefore, 10 deal ienientiy With the
al sauthor OF some small but daring specu-
iagion tnnt had peen gong on OF nte
woe 70 me guilty one, when ne dis
,.,., covered MN; and from the searching
investigation he was making he was
nkely 70 90 mat soon.-Ifne mater
worried him SO long ash bahied hfm;
and he,yas aitting ia bis luEprioss Ii.
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give me any clue to the author Of
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