The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-03-07

was severely CIllicisCo W HcI ulOlucI lUi
her imprudence in remaining away with
Henry. Oh, how she longed to confess
her relation to him, but she had not the
courage, and bore it quietly. Henry
came in the evening, and it was late be-
fore he rose to go; but Mrs. Sharpwell
remained in the parlor, and finally in
timated that she wished to close the
house.
"Well, mother" he said, "won't YOU
let me stay? Lillian and l were storm
stayed last night, and it is raining
againl"
He sometimes addressed her in this
familiar manner, and she only smiled;
but this evening she replied, rather
sternly:
"You are taking undue familiarity
with my name; and as for Lillian, she
must not repeat such breach of NOR
ais"
With perfect self-possession he arose,
babe them good evening, and left the
house Three days he remained away,
and then he called and invited his wife
to take a walk in the cemetery. 1t was
nearly sunset, and mile from town,
when Henry insisted on resting under a
! large oak; the woods were all around );
only foot-path led to the spot where so
many lovers had pledged their troth.
Here they sat till the sun went down
and the shadows deepened into twilight.
Three times Lillian had tried to rise,
but as many times was detained by a
strong arm.
"Why are you 50 timid so fearful of
/ being alone with me?" he asked, ten
derby, His eyes were looking into hers,
his arm about her waist.
/ ooh, Henry, it is because we are more
than lovers, yet only lovers in the eyes
of the world. 1t would not be prudent
for us to be seen here at this hour"
"Well, Lillian, in three more days we
part; will you, for fear of public opin-
ion, refuse me the pleasure of your COM
pany one hour longer"
ono, Henry; but we will 60 home,
and you can stay till eleven o'clock, if
yeu choose"
"And sit with your mother all the
evening? You fear society more than
you love me-"
Chew can you say that, when you
know how necessary you are to my hap
piness!"
Poor Lillian! Her arms twined about
his neck, her lips met his in prolonged
kisses, and darkness fell around them be-
fore they remembered to go home 1t
was nine o'clock, when they reached
home, and parting at the door, Henry
passed on, and Lillian went Immediately
to her room.
Hattie had arranged for small party
the last evening of his stay, and at eight
o'clock a select company was assembled.
Lillian, dressed in simple white, with
her raven curls falling about her fair
neck, moved with easy grace among the
guests. Henry was everywhere, laughing,
Joking, and setting every one at ease.
But in his happiest mood he never forgot
the one star of his destiny. Many times
he found himself near her, and as often
found opportunity to show his unwav-
ering love in language none but she could
read.
/ 1t was over at last, and before twelve
all were gone except Henry. Out of re-
gard for Lillian, Mrs. Sharpwell and
Hattie both went to their rooms after
bidding him good-by, thinking they
would like few moments alone before
: parting Tor SIX months.
/ Two-three o'clock, and still he lin
gered; and the east was becoming red
with the dawn when he gave the farewell
Kiss and was gone.
Lillian felt guilty and ashamed of the
part she was playing. Only Hattie
knew, and when they were alone she
would lay her head in her sisters lap
and weep. At first Hattie supposed it
was because she was lonesome; but grad
ually the truth dawned upon her that
/ long before Henry's return the tongue of
SANDER would be busy with her darling
sisters name. Carefully she studied over
what course was the wisest, and finally
persuaded Lillian to have her marriage
published.
With this intention, Lillian went to
get her marriage certificate and show it
! to her mother; but when she looked for
it in her trunk it was not there. A great
fear came over her as she remembered
that for safe keeping she had removed it
from her trunk, folded it carefully, and
laid it in an old ambrotype case between
the picture and the cover, and fitted the
picture back 80 nicely that no one could
guess there was anything behind it. The
picture was one of herself, taken when
she was fifteen, and she had long since
transferred it from the parlor to her
room. After placing the certificate in it
she left it upon the table, and here it re-
manned until the afternoon of the day
of Henry's departure, when Hattie,
thinking to tease her sister, slyly placed
it on the parlor table among some other
pictures. No one, however, seemed to
notice it, and she forgot all about it.
During the evening, young man stood
a few seconds looking at the picture, and
when no one was noticing, he carried one
away intending some time to use it for
his own purpose.
Maberry Hoyt, though he had often
! forced his attention upon Lillian, had
never been encouraged by her. His
character was immoral She despised
/ him in her heart, but he was wealthy.
handsome, and courted by many ladies
in the best society in Claysville. This
gave BIN access to good society. He
was at Hattie's party on the evening be-
fore Henry's departure, and knowing he
was not welcome guest with Lillian.
he took the picture secretly, intending
to show she had given it to hi years
before.
As soon as Lillian missed the picture
she told Hattie, who quickly ran down
stairs and looked for it where she had
left it, but it was gone. Pale as death,
she told her sister what she had done,
and both concluded that Henry must
have taken it. Lillian immediately
wrote to him concerning the loss of her
picture, but did not tell him what it
contained. He replied that he had not
seen it, and said it could not
matter much, as she was growing hand
somer every day. The girls were at
loss. Hattie proposed that they ride to
the parsonage and procure new certifi-
cate. This they did, driving ten miles
the next day, but found that the minis
ter had since died, his wife had gone to
her fathers in California, and no one
knew her address. The next resort
was to tell Henry, urge him to come
home and consummatea public marriage
1t was now three months since he went