Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-12-06

home, an offer gladly accepted.
It was a fair June evening, that
Leslie came, and Edith and | waited
for her on the piazza.
went down the path to meet her.
She was slender little thing, with
great, ,,childish blue eyes, and tremu-
Flous red lips. She was very fragile,
and her pale. yellow'heir falling loose
ly over her shoulders, added to her
childish appearance.
Mark Chetwynd was away on busl-
ness when Leslie came to our home,
and she had been with us almost a
week when he first came over.
We were all sitting in the deepen
ing shadows of the twilight, when he
came in.
Mark, she said, slightly embar-
rassed, my cousin Leslie has come.
Leslie, this is-
She stopped short, for Leslie had
risen to her feet all white and trem-
bling. =,
What is the matter, ,lear?' I said,
crossing over to her side.
I i a am ia-a little faint and then.
she sank senseIess in my arms.
Ny eyes had rested on Marks face,
and was I mistaken, or did it not
grow dark with pain, as lis eyes met
Leslie's. ~.
might have been mistaken, forthe
next moment he was himself again.
After that evening | noticed a
change in Mark Chetwynd,and | knew
there was a secret between him and
Leslie.
One evening happened to look
over at hin, aud | saw his eye. fixed
Oh Leslie, with look Of passionate
love.
We had another visitor now at our
home, the new minister Of our church
He was a yonng man, pale and
grave, not at al! handsome and very
reserved in his manner, yet there. was
power ia lis dark gray eyes, and in
tellect stamped on his broad forehead
His very soul was in his profession;
certainly, he was one Of his Master 5
followers. :.
often wondered, did he realize that
he Was learning to love EditEi-41dith.
tae promised wife Of Mark Chetwynd.
| also wondered, did Edith dream
that the man she was to marry, loved
the pretty little, childish girl, who
had come to our home, with all the
strength Ct lis heart. | do not be-
iieye she, ever suspected it, for save
that one look Of passionate Iowa Mark
Chetwynd gave no sign that Leslie
Gray was more to him than Edith 5
cousin.
And Edith was changed as well
and there had come look of pain in
to l.er proud eyes.
Aunt Kate, she said to me one
day, i am very fortunate girl, ain
| MT 2. lam going to marry one of
the handsomest, as we'll as wealthiest
men in the country. I will be queen
of society, will | not, Aunt Kate :?
YES, | said Mark Chetwynd S
wife will certainly be the most en-
We'd woman aronnd. - :
1T is a great thing to be wealthy
VIII it bring happiness, | wonder {?
glanced at her face, Do you doubt
that your future will be happy, Ell.
ith 2 ] said. ...
She went over to the mirror. "I
Lave nothing to give Mark in return,
save my beauty
,'EIith,' i said, after a short silence,
are You not happy in your thoughts
.'of. the future What has come to
change you, darling?'
'Am | changed ? she said slowly.
Yes answered.. there, is some
thing wrong with you, Edith. Would
you not feel better. dear, if you told
me what troubles you !''' .' :
Instead Of answering. me, she fl ing
herself down beside chair and gave
away to passion of tears. 49,.
For almost half snd hour she knelt
there, then she. rose, and coming over
| kissed me. -.
!, II cannot resign wealth and posi-
ton and then she. left me W onaeripg
what she meant. m.....
Mark and she were the. strangest
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