Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-03-21


burst of sunlight over shady landscape, H.
lumined his face, when he saw her sitting in
her old place near his aunt's chair.
Well they soon got to talking together,
and after while everything seemed to be
going on just it had done in the olden time
But there was very palpable difference felt,
though not expressed, by them ALL Helen
had somehow lost her selfpossession, and Vic
tor, in some unaccountable way, had thrown
off his former reserve, and had become vi
vacious, gay, even brilliant He uttered wit
ty little bon mots, and made himself the life
and spirit of the party, while his eyes, through.
out the conversation, seemed scarcely ever to
quit Helen's face, to which they were drawn
by an irresistible fascination. AS to Madame
Preville, she could have wept in the fullness
of her joy. She looked from one to the 9th.
er of the two young people, and told herself
sagely that everything was coming round
right at last.
And everything did come round right, ac-
cording to her desires, after time. Victor,
taking Helen's return as an encouragement
to his ng-stifed hopes, did not long delay
in making the venture to which he had not
trusted himself before; and Helen, having
found that her truest happiness would be en-
sured by marrying him, accepted bis offer,
simply and without coquetry, at once. Their
courtship would no doubt have been more in
teresting, had there been spice of uncer'
tainty about it, in regard to its result. But
Helen was no firt, and when Victor, in his
appeal, told her of his patient waiting,
through all these years, not only of their sep
aration, but dating even farther back, she
thought his fidelity and self:abnegation quite
worthy of q prompt reward.
Mrs. Dashwood's anger, when she heard Of
her niece's engagement, was unbounded, and
very openly expressed in the domestic circle
She could not forgive Allan for the part he
had played-not in regard to Posy, for on her
she did not bestow a thought, except so far as
her having been an obstacle in the way of the
ful6lmeut of her schemes-but for his folly
in not having played his cards 80 as to WIN
the heiress as his prize. Fortunately, her
wrath did not, in the least, affect the bappi.
ness of Helen and Victor, who, after they
were married, continued to live at the cha
teau, which they regarded, and still regard,
as their permanent home. About year
after this event, Allan somewhat consoled his
mother for his past failure in duty, by wooing
and winning young widow, the owner of
fortune large enough not to be despised,
though scarcely comparable with the one she
had coveted for him. Whether it was a love
match or not, no one can decide. The par
lead a gay life, and seem sufficiently we'll
enough satisfied with each other. But Allan
has heart and conscience still left, and it
may not unreasonably be surmised that, not
withstanding his isapparent insousiance, and his
eagerness in his pursuit of the pleasures Of
the world, bis thoughts still turn occasionally
to that episode in his life, of which, the only
trace that remains, is one green spot in Laurel
Hill cemetery, where the cross on Lone Noun
tain looks silently down on Posy's quiet grave.
THE END.