The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1878-08-02
BLOOMSBURY, Pa, FRIDAY AUGUST g. 1s7s

to be; although mamma has told me that
when you were very young you appeared
quite a man.
He started, and then said, suddenly, What
Is your mammals name2'
She is Mrs. Harre.'
Immediately his aspect changed to one of
disappointment.
SO you remember me now? Do you also
recall how l asked you to tell me your name,
and how you gave me your card That is
how mamma came to identify you, Mr.. Hes
stone. You see have your name quite
familiarly at the end of my tongue. But
there was another circumstance which made
mamma certain,an that was when she asked |
me if l had noticed any scar on your face,
and ! told her that as was clinging to you, |
! | saw little, deep cut over your left eye |
and then mamma was quite certain, and
will you believe it mamma had tears in |
her eyes, and said she would rather have
you save me from danger than any other
man in the world
But was of slight use, Miss Hare. l
saw little girl at Newport, who had been
caught by fast tide, where she was busy
watching some crabs in pool. waded to
her-it was not up to my shoulders-snd
brought her back to the beach. That was
all-except that she gave me kiss, and
gave her card
You never answered mammals letter, in
which she thanked YOU"
Il did not receive one, he replied softly
Indeed! How glad she will be to hear
that for she always thought you had never
forgiven her. In whatever way could NAM
ma have injured you, dear Mr.. Hessitone-
for she is one of the gentlest of creatures,
and she has often said that your character
was rare one p
But pardon my curiosity, if ask you
where met your mamma, Miss Harres'
!, MY name is not Hare, Mr.. Hessitone
: though mammals is, l am Bertha Oily
fant'
J. 'Ah, your mothers name is Bertha, is it
not 2
o Yes; l was named after her. But you
g have turned pale and you are trembling
y Shall call to one of the gentlemen p
No, no, no Is your mother quite
we'll p,
& Quite She will be so glad to know !
l have met you l have often spoken of you
to her, having noticed how glad she was to
a hear your name. I suppose she liked you
j. when you were boyE
d Yes he said, she liked me little when
+ I WAS IL boy, though at the time l looked
!! manly enough, and, dare say, took all the
% advantages boys will take when nature al.
lows them to fancy themselves men. Blu,
1t how is it that you are named Ollyfant, and
E. that she is now named Hare
Poor mammal Papa died when l wa,
two years old, and leaving her: poor. Bu
y. you have lstarted again Is it because yor
n hear that mamma was poor All, Tsuppos,
Is boy she was very kind to you, and tina
ID you are grateful enough to be sorry that sh'
If has suffered 80 much 7
N Yes he answered, observing her with
b. touching look of pity /; that is just it.
q think she must have married for m,
h. sake, because she has always seemed lttl,
" afraid of MI. Hare:
NJ rs he an unpleasant mani
No; but he is a descendant from one o
the French Huguenot families, and our hous
~ is very grave and solemn. We keep fast OF
- the eve of st. Bartholomew, go to the Hu
:. guenot chapel.-on the day of Blood, as hi
-, ~ friends call it, and prayers and grace are al
ways said in quaint old French
Indeed = he murmured But that
y, rather sad life for you, Miss Ollytant,
=. it not p
~ No; Mr.. Hare is very kind-but he re
w members how his ancestors suffered Yo
will come and see him, will you not? al
d. sure you will get on capitally, for Mis-
on Graves and you are friends-why, you ar
ul positively blushing again, Mr.. Hessitone J.
ow and she and papa are fast and firm in the
'u' friendship, and though they scarcely thin
az alike upon one question. All and here sh
and Mrs. Haynes comet.
no Miss Graves looked little grim, as 81
Ia said, You and Berthe appear to be gettin
M on cspitally.'
Cousin Hessitone,' said Mrs. Haynes, yo
must not be angry with our little girl, if on
. for her mothers sake, because she has bee
:" prattling. She is not in society, and scare
r ly knows its rules.
Hessitone found himself oddly resentr
a ~ in his heart this attack upon his young que
~ toner, as he replied, 'We are old friends
at least Am an old friend of hers and 81
has invited me to call upon her mother au
~ her father-in-law, and l am going to do sc
~ Theae simple words completely routed 6
surmises on the two ladies' part, and simpl
'A' fed matters exceedingly.
Miss Graves went more glum, while NJ
l. Haynes looked very sympathetically at h
I.a daughter Grace, and kissed her with nut
20 emotion when that young lady (who HI
watched the couple through the long agol
~ of q vslse) burst into tears.
Within an hour Hessitone attempted
remember quadrille, after watching the &
~ ures through a couple Of dances-of cour
w '.., with dashing BERTHE Ollyfsnt for psrtne
-, and he acquitted himself not at all badly
That night, as he walked home, af
-. showing BERTHE in the hall, and sccompan
~ ing the jobbed broughsm, which Miss Graz
10, displayed for the occssion-poor spinste
she was left cruelty and unfairly in the ba'
ground-that night, be it said, as Phi
;on Hessitone walked home, he found the
. of fresher than usual, and his step lighter.
After all, he thought, I am not evel
middle-aged man yet"
Home reached, he did not 60 to bed,
.u sat thinking--thinking and turning matt
D. over in his own mind.
Harry Esmond, best of gentlemen,
2 mused, married the mother when the dau
w. w. ter Tilted him ; perhaps, in my case,
~ mother having been wise enough to lal