Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-04

more than you have this letter; for mono
can know her without quickly surrender
ing to her charms"
Percy, smiling at her enthusiasm said:
1T might not profit me anything to
bestow my affections upon her; 1t would,
| dare say, be out of place; for certainly
some one has engaged the esteem of your
friend before this late day"
''If some one has not tried to win her
before now, don't see why" wss the
rejoinder.
Suddenly. as if impelled by some un-
controlluble power, Percy asked when
Mr.. Myrle was coming again. This ques-
ton, coming so unexpectedly, from her
brother, caused Clara no little confusion.
But she said she expected him the first
week IN September. II want you, if
possible, to be present then"
To this Percy did not reply at first !;
and had Clara been looking up when she
made this remark to her brother. she
would have read in that face what she
had never seen before. and what would
have startled her.
Had Clara, instead of retiring to her
room, gone with Percy to the chapel !;
| had she seen his PROSTATE form before
the altar; had she heard the outpourings
OF his heart, bleeding and sore had she
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| anguish; had she been able to read all
the base treachery stamped on the i'm
pious soul of Tracy Myrtle. she might
have been spared the trouble which that
moment oppressed her mind. But that
power was not gwen her; she must suf.
fer, until, at last, the hand of Time chan
gcs the tide of Fate, which will crush out
from the heart all earthly hope. or renew
it by freeing the now tettered spirit.
The next morning Clara rose with a
dull, heavy pain at heart, and when she
went down to breakfast her unusually
pale face excited her mothers anxiety,
and she questioned her closely as to the
state of her health. Clara, Of course, de-
clared she was quite well; but wher
days, and even weeks. went by and there
was no apparent change for the better
her parents became alarmed, and con
suited their family physician. The doc
tor told them that he believed the pres
ent state of Clara's health could be at
trlbuted to nothing but the hot weather
which was almost insuiferable. and adj
vised that she be moved from the city q
once. Mr. Morton usually went, with tn,
family. to his elegant country residence
situated within eight miles of the city
as soon as the warm weather set in; bu
they had not done SO this season, as the
expected to take an extensive tour earl
IN the fall; and the preparations for thei
trip were very extensive. And but fo
her anxiety for Clara, they would, TO
once have been cheated out OF their an
nual visit to the country. As it was
Mrs. Morton arranged all her busines
relations in the most satisfactory wa,
that she could, and prepared to go 10 tn
country. Clara seemed pleased to leav
the city. They were ready now. an
waiting for the morrow when they woul
) leave.
Percy came that night to say good-by
but found it hard. indeed. to calm himseI
: sufficiently to take leave of Clara.
, My son." said Mr.. Morton, Il wis
. you could accompany us. l think you
. also. need rest and recreation"
Percy studied for moment, and the
, replied:
Father. am compelled to deny my
self that pleasure now. though | hope
join you at the expiration of ahothe
| week. The time OF my pastorate e,
pres this week, and have accepted
: call from the south, but as feel the n,
cessity of rest before entering upon Ii
y duties of another year. promise to /
0 with you at an early day"
e Clara heard this and the words brougl
4 bright llpnt llitO ueT eyes.
t At last Percy, clasping her hands
J. his. breathed in her ears tender far
r well, to which she tried vainly to r
l. spond with cheerfulness; but sutferir
had so weakened her nerves that Il
O thought of leaving him was too overpo,
= ering tor endurance. The thought tn
IF she and Percy might never meet aga
Is fitted through Clara's mind; and t
d uncertainty OF life was so forcibly il
4. pressed upon her that everything seel
ID ed to grow dark, and she would ha
N fallen. but her brother caught her in
d strong arms, and bore her to the sofa.
le Mrs. Morton, at the opposite side
ID the room. seeing what had happenene
Sc fastened to the spot. Percy, forget
" of all present, knelt beside the you
i; girl,an imprinted kiss upon her bro
c. Mrs. Morton noticed this, and was ple'
IN ed to see Percy treat his sister so at;
OF tionately.
IA Having administered the proper
a storatives. she had the satisfaction
lg seeing Clara recover from the swoon Il
H. had SO frightened them.
er The first person that Clara's eyes re
n ed upon was her brother. upon wht
q. countenance was an expression Of S,
I'd ness. Finding that she was better. Pc,
in bade her goodnight quietly. and vii
Id drew. The next morning Clara was
e. early, and soon after they left tho C
to tor Mrs. Morton's beautiful count
e, home Shortly after they started,
ne sun appeared above the rose-tnted he
al zon, as flood Of golden light. sendi
to it's streams in shining rills over the ear
ia Already Clara felt the refreshing
n flucnce which the beauties OF nature C
n around her. ROSE
wv ITO be continued
IS, Never confide a secret to your re
tives; blood will tell.
III The outstanding legal tenders hs
or been reduced to $33O, 100000.
81" Tilton and Beecher are both Off lie
nj uring. Elizabeth is the advertise
n agent
,'' Boston Post MIR. and Mrs. Till
or have not resumed, though the childl