Daily Republican., 1878-11-30

lsvisg lsr % hs ssppsssd, HE love
wss au tsaBsfsrrsd 70 hary-thst while
hs thought tbsy vera only dear friends.
she uuintsutisnslly had sAtwinsd hsr.
sslfists The dsspsr Ssssssss Of bis hear,.
Hs ytsolvsd y ckll on Mary the asxt
evening", sSi tell her his discovery; but
when ht reflected On his past treatment,
and oil h had said Of his love to Belle,
hs fssssd he wss too lats In making his
discovery.
mary also passed . aleeplsss night.
She feared she haA lost Mr.. Howell As
her friend: she knew she shouid sadly
mise hi@, ssa thus the weary hours Of
nigh: passed s,sid conflicting hopes and
fears. kH. n. did not wai. till tho eve
ming for ~ interview With Mary; he
ssHt nste to her In the morning, ask
ing for . private interview that after
nosn. As It VAS private, yon and havs
no right 10 know what was said; but
who's hr. H. lon he felt thsrs WAS not
another nan in town Is happy ~ lie
WA.
"A few evenings after this, Is he was
spending tho evening With Mary, the
doctor called. The doctor looked At
first little discoscerted whom he saw
Mr.. H.; but that gentleman soon put
him at sass by his cordial greeting. A
cousin of Aary's from another Stat. had
that day arrived to spend some months
with Mary. The doctor also made =
discovery that Aary's cousin wss Is
agreeable rs Mary, herself, II not more
so.
"hr. Howell ana Mary were mar
ried In the early spring. Some tive
years aftsr, the doctor and kary's
cousin were also married"
why, aunt Hsttis, your story ends
all right"
"Yss, George, this sss did end all
right, after some anxious hours; but
all did not end thus. | have another
in my mind which hes much sadder
esding, but as | have taken 20 much
time telling this | will not enter so
largely into the particulars Of this
next one-only state few facts.
when Lucy Vain was quite young,
John Lusk commenced to bo her escort.
Bor four or nvo years Joha Vas hardly
svsr known to wait on any one but
Lucy. He never said in words to her
that 10 loved her, but by constant al
lentions TO her, Lucy's heart WAS wou.
She was aqaist, thoughtful little body;
rot one Of the stross minded ones, but
loving, clinging little vlns, il may
10 describe her. think Lucy was
lbout nineteen years of ags, when
roung lady from another place came to
John commenced to wait
on her, asd soon poor Lucy
vas neglected altogether. Very soon
.ucys health began to fail. Tho doc
or was called, but no organic disease
;ould be found; hs advised 4 change.
lucy was gone some months, but came
ioms to die.
40 oil it was apparent what caused
lsr death. Some one spoke to John
Ibout it; he said 'perhaps he had no,
lone quite right; that he never intend
'd to marry Lucy, but she WAS nice,
pleasant girl, And a young man wanted
q 60 with some one, and sh. pleased
,im the best of all the girls" So you
100 he just driftsd along, enjoying
himself at her expense. There are
90 many young men, fear, at the ,
present day, doing the same thing.
Let them pat themselves in the young
ady's place, and think how they
would like to be treated. No one is
placed in this lif. to drift along with
'ut thought for but tho present mo.
nent. uur actions should be weigh
ID. Again, dear George, let me say if
'eu do not int-nd to marry Hattie
Boon, DO not give her so many atten.
ions"