Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-03-29

J HhNt " tli' huNl's VI illN thpHsDA>. Will
/ ewes on the future. Austin quite naturally
/ walked into u gentleman coming from the
! opposite direction. Pardon he said. hard
/ ly looking up, In his preoccupation--'a
/ thousand pardons.' And then the flash OF
/ curious ring detained his glance-a
/ quaint old intaglio set In diamonds, shin
! ing on the hand of Augu> Derrick. the
+ stone turned inward toward the white
palm. but revealed when he lifted his hat.
where IN the deuce are YOU going at this
/ break-ncck pacey' asked Derrick.
Where in the deuce did you get that
/ ring: answered Gregory.
J oh, this ring with affected hesitation
oh, it is-an heirloom.
III j. not yours.
/ Possession is nineteenth. of the law.
/ and exchange is no robbery See, its a rare
/ bit of workmanship. relic of the day,
/ when lfetire was spent upon the exc
| cuton Of these trifies. But naturally.
/ value II more for the giver's sake than for
| it, intrinsic worth
/ The twenty-five hundred dollars in Aus
/ tins pocket had suddenly become as 50
much waste paper. lie was no longer IN a
hurry; he walked like an old man. with
bent shoulders, and an air az il be had
given up battling for anything. Why
should hr hasten To tell Rose OF his good
fortune. since she had given Derrick that
precious heirloom, the Naudcvcer ring.
which no woman would give 10 any but
an accepted lover? With the money which
he had lungcd for in his hands, it seemed
To him as ii he were beggarcd a. never be-
tore. lie went 10 his lodgings. packed hl-
wardrobe aud took the evening train Oh his
journey 20 Virginia. Then NJ remember
ed that hc had promised To ten Rose IL
anything turned up to his advantage, aud
lac dropped her few words.
DEAR Miss NANpEvrrE. he wrote
though absorbed tn yopr own happiness,
You may be interested u know that through
the timely interposition ot A friend, | have
obtained sufficient capital To engage Ia
>hcop-raising, aud am even new ON nv
way 90 Virginia and ri Dorado. This may
bee ,uperiluous information on ny part. a.
you may have forgotten that wished 10
join such an enterprise, or that required
the shekclS Though our friendship ha,
came to an untimelycud. wish YOU every
blessing. while ! need tot be- You tO for
get.
Al~fI> GREGORY.
What 2 wrctched little ilirt = ho thought.
II -Ar does not care for me. ,Ac was a
CaH- -uuma'e actress. aud II -hr did the
wont lor her. | will show her that am not
heart broken, At least. lhcrc are - good
n-h in thc -rt A. ever were caught though
/ ll never TRUST one oi them again.
BIt, iur al. hi brayAdo. he N3t, a- near
Is heart broken l. it j. possible Tor one of
the ~terucr lex to be-.
Mr. Derrick had merely sail tn Rose
during that conversation which tA. NatI-
flower maguiGcd aIni mi,u;crprct-I Il
hui that your ring j. much NOR. valuable
thau -upposed-an intaglio. executed lu
the h, fi..t
the -olttaitc proposed would Indeed NJ
. most unfair exchange. but TOR tu, muttyc
that prompted H..
Yes, answered Rose, Ignoring thr mo-
tive, 1 supposed it would bring ,omr huu-
irCi,- And then he had :, uc On 10 tell
her what sum he hal been aulr 10 raise ufl
il at the pawubrohrr'>; aud Rose listened
with hltcd breath. the color rising ana r,-
cod!ng upon Ter cheek. \ !uoAcr-uu
III sh, easily have mistaken the Interest.
llc brought the amount to her un tLr t1i-
lowing day.
4 Nuew the ring va valuable buf never
dreamed Of such a harvest. WY.
should be- able 10 supply all the American
-quaw> With i blanket aud
must confess an curious 70 know
what YOU are going q dp with it.' laughed
Dcrrch. some missionary folly i suppose
Inspired by Mrs. J..Iyhy.
You mustn't ak me, she returned; i
can only tell you that Ii l. not folly.
And all the while Mr.. Derrick knew per-
f,ctil Veil what she would d. with x, ami
had tAk.n the matter III hand un the
strength Of that knowledge. III TIE mean
time Rose had never heard Of pAwuprok-
cr's ticket. and he did not offer h-r one. Tor
very good rcsson--thr ring han never
been al the pawnprukrr'- AZ All: ID wa- ry-
ca then rrposin. in Mr. DerricN', pocket;
he had simply taken II To the jewellers
aud priced Il.
ANS fair in love aud wat, Ia" said to
himself
Austin Gregory's letter va, naturally All
immense surprise To Rose. Wlat had shr
done to merit such coliut>- ana crueltyt
Her happiness had he taken X away
with hun! Why should he doubt her In
terr>t in his prospects. she vino had them
ALWAYS IN mindf What mockcty II was
70 wish her every blessing. aud yet to >ay
that their friendship had come - AN uu-
timely end.
'Au's fair in love aud war Mr. Derrick
repeated, a he put on the Nlniryrer rim.
with the express purpose ot bringing i %
thr notice of Austin Grrgo. y, and proceed
cd to 20 out Of hi> way Ia meet him. Be
Iug familiar with Austin impulsIve nature.
he tcit no doubt but that Young man would
act lth desperation becoming 10 IA dcceiv
cd ioyer; ana even II he FASTENED 70 Rose
and demanded a. explanation. she would
be the last person able 10 offer one; and
Furthermore. Mr.. Derrick had ascertaiued
that she had gone TO the city, in order 10
forward Tie money BY express without be-
trayinI Ihcrsclt.thereby avoiding the chance
of Il refusal, and sparing her lovers PRIDE
aud had not returned; aud even should
Austin await her return. il would not be
clear 10 her mind that Derrick had been
sesn in possession OF the rirg after it was
supposed TO be at the pawnbrokcI's. But
after this encounter with Austin on that
eveDttul day. Mr. Derrick hLd gone TO
his office, and had there found telegram
urging his immrfia'" presence at the
death-bci u,etant relative, to draw up
will At the last moment-a journey in
volvng forty miles OF hard riding, but per-
haps legacy as well. The summons was
Sc imperative. the t-ain so nearly due. that
he had no time to think of anything but
answering the one and catching The other.
Arrived at Farevile Station. he procured
"A saddle horse and started for Amity Place;
but he never reached it, Old Mr.. Lucrr
died intestate; and Il farmer going into
Fareville next morning. with the news and
"A load of meadow hay found a strange man
lying across the dusty highway. whose on
ly bruise. besides a broken arm, was a small
cash on the temple. caused by the sharp
fracture of a curious stone in intaglio.
which he wore on his finger. 1t was not
difficult 10 identify the dead stranger with
the lawyer who had been expected at Am
ity Place.
II seemed to Rose, already benumbed by
Austin's unkindness, as if the world had
swung out of its orbit and was chopping
into ruin. Derrick's sudden death was no
less unreal to her than Austin's desertion.
Cut his temple on "A sharp stone, they
say echoed Mr.. Vandeveer: that lets the
life out in jifiy! Poor Derrick! Well Miss
Rose, what are you pulling long face
about! You might have said, It's an i'll
wind that blows nobody good.' You
might have been pretty widow to day,u
to your chin in bank-notes, but for your
beggarly nonsenser
But Rose share in the disaster was not
to end here NJ. Vandeveer called her into
the library one morning, after having been
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