The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-06-21

to ward of his declaration Of love-
generously to spare him the pain o
refusal.
told him, with q well-afYected ali
Of confidence, that ] had thAt morning
through my father. Refused young
CemDbell.f He treInh)ed i4nl coule
see hts round face crinlsone0N will
blnshes. With, n sensible, womsnl
air. 4coutinued. told him OF ~
nrGn beIief that would never marry,
and pictured forth our future ~ broth
er md slster soothing the declining
days OF my father; that t-h.3 rneve.
YET met With one e ;loys ~ would
wish to love my boFbaee nd conciud-
ed by sayings thatycve1 ! never
sh8uld marry 1 ant'3Ipatcd Mucn
qulet happiness In his 9iSndship and %
the slstefly regard ! felt fprhlm, united
to ny fathers tender care. He almost
gasped for breath, while 1 self.coll-
plscently admired the "Vozpan. of-the-
wcrIdV manner In which = had, as i
indegined. placed each ofhe4 IN proper
fn'speechlsss anguish, and then hur-
Tl00 IHOl0 tuC 1VSeAAs ~ -AA41HOyCu
vexed beyond naeasures THU, when
amir e beautifully. ! bad bit hasten
"Now he viii 60 to my father" I
exclaimed. vnnd I shah be forced to
Co;isin Mathews lauk OF deep sor,
row lowered before me- nOtwithstand-
Ing my feelings Of determined resis-
tence. tsz,as 1901. st.r
!, AT dinner he did not make his apr
pearance !. and I perceived immediate
~, by my fAther's manner, that ne
knew nothing Of the affair. / missed
him when i was handed into my car
rage by the footman In the evening.
I missed his gratified ook-hisexpres-
sion Of admiration ct my. pretty Coz
TUNE. The party was dull-though l
would not attribute II TO the right
cause and / returned home dissatis-
fed with myself and blaming everyone
On my dressing-table 1 found 9 note,
70 my amasement, Il was from Cousin
Asi ~ sSsni you, dear i Ella. for wishing
to spare me the pain Of an open rejec-
ton; but. with all your delicacy, dear.
est, the suffering Is just the same. 1
nave madly, wildly worshiped YOU
and hoped that the quiet unobtrusive
devotion OF years might at last soften
your heart toward me- But no, seq
evidently that IT, can never be. My
preseuce Anncys yOus Eilai ana, untii
I can regard you as sister, you shall
never Be pained by the sight OF Cousin
Matthew"
This was unlocked for. and 1 must
confess felt . little disappointed: 1
had prepared myself Tor storms and re-
sistence, but not for this dignified,
manly Withdrawal. ,Cousin Matthew
went up several degrees In my esteem,
and / found myself, toward morning,
after q sleepless night, questioning
whether had not acted little ridicu-
lously, II not selhshly and unfeelingly,
But on the whole, 1t Is peter"
said i, to quiet my uneasy thoughts {;
" for I am sure never could marry
COusln Matthew, Go
Cousin Matthew went abroad. A
branch Of the house had long been es-
tablished In America, and TO my faith
er he represented the urgent necessity
Of his presence there. My poor father
fretted and complained at the prospect
of losing his daily society-but II was
of no avail. He went, and / tried to
persuade myself that i was relieved.
Years rolled by, and beheid me Q
woman Of six-and-twenty, and still
unmarried. Offers after offers had
meet with the realization Of my beau
ideal. Cousin Matthew constantly re-
turned to my mind, and found my.
self at lastacknowledging that he came
nearer my fancy's image than any one
I had ever met with, and ahrewdly
suspected I had acted childishly and
unWisely. Time had deprived me OF
many Ofmy romantic notions. y had
grown wiser as well as older.
We often heard from Couain Mat
thew. HE stalii renamed unmarried,
but never had revisited his native
country. Latterly bis letters spoke OF
wish 10 see US ogein, au0 We were III
expectation Of . short visit from him:
Report said that he was wooing ana
winning fAir Amss lean girl; my y
heart throbbed painmIly when heard
1t from strengers, and ne was reyenged
70 the Mn by the bitter tears shed AZ
the recouecuonr OF my Jolly: my aD-
surd heartleesness, put IN ms testers
be spoke n0e OF ms wooing
do you never inteh9 70 marry, my
aanghterYD said my las y. % me, one one
gay, as rose 70 leave INC IIDraIy' eiVeI
giving my customary answered. most
unoxceptonaoic oner Oh msInsee.
-" Why gaP9, 90 you want 70 % rIu
OF your El!aT replied !, going 70 nlmi
ana - leont over MS SnOulucr, 4