Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-03-30


he Is worth over million dollars
'If that be true," said Hammer. 81
will drink to her future happiness He
tipped off a glass of champagne, and the
count followed his example, and then
the two men parted ion the night.
When the door closed on his friend the
count drew out his writing desk, and
wrote letter, in which he poured out
the passionate warnings of his heart the
long pent-up love, which, for wears, had
burned furiously in his bosom. and now
threatened to consume. as it were, his
very being. Had this letter reached. in
time, the person for whom it was inten-
ded, possibly it might have saved her
from committing sin-lt might have
been efficacious in saving a good mans
life, but then another would have suf.
fered by the action, 50 it was inst az
| we'll that she did not receive the letter
until it was too late to produce an effect
one way or the other. 1t NAV appear
strange to my readers that this man
found himself loving so intensely wo-
man whom he might have married wears
ago. for he had known Florence all her
life. and loved her just that long.
When children playing together, he al
ways claimed her for his own. and be
firmly believed that when he was grown
he would marry her. He thought she
understood that he loved her, aud when
her education was completed, then he
would ask her to be his wife He grad
uated three years before Florence.
and at the time she left school, he
was soiourning in the holy land
with his parents They were gone two
years. and, when the count returned
she married almost Immediately Der
leaving school. He did not remain at
home long. but turned his back on Lon
don. and Travelled four years more. HIS
aunt wrote him that Florence was
widow. and he returned to his home with
a hopeful heart, to learn almost imme-
| diately ON his return that she was going
| to be married the second time. His pa
rents were dead now. and he spent his
time while in the city with his aunt.
| Mrs Loring. This lady had, that morn
| ing, impaired to him this Intelligence
| Just as he was in the act of starting to
America, to lay himself at the feet of
| Fiorence-his queen. his pearl. HIS
heart was wrung within him, afflicted by
this news, and he walked the floor the
live-long night, for, think of 1t as he
| would. he knew that he loved Florence
still, and the idea of her marrying this
old man. one whom he could not, for q
moment, believe that she loved, almost
drove HIM frantic; and when he thought
of his thousands OF dollars that were al
most useless to him, and reflected upon
the fact that the only being on earth
whom he loved was penniless. it WAS
almost more than he could stand; so he
wrote to her, and waited, with what pa
,ience he could command for the answer
that he was destined never to receive. as
the letter did not reach Florence; there.
fore it was not in her power to grant the
] boon which his longing heart craved
e The next morning after Mrs. Loring re.
ceived Florence's letter, she did not get
up. but kept her bed on the plea Of sick
. . headache. and when several days pass
: ed, and she was no better, Mr.. Lorin9
proposed to call in their family physician
but she would not allow him to do SO
e her life. and she had come to the conclu
u sion that they did her more harm thai
n good; all she wanted was rest, and SOM
/, agreeable person to keep her company
and read to her. and as soon as Florenc'
S But i. was rather strange, the servant:
+ thought, that. every morning, after The
| master left the house. Mrs. Loring woult
y have herself comfortably settled in he
easy chair, and sit there. reading. unit
= dinner-time, when she would go back t.
ST bed and pretend to be suffering intensel,
4 when her husband came up; as soon
however, as he went away sh
,, would get up again, and resum
d her reading, until evening, wher
oi She would 60 to bed again. So, nigh
a after night. when Mr.. Loring cam
home, the same white, ,pititul face looke
out from between the covers at him. an
1t the good mans heart was touched. an
y filled with asympathy tor his wife .whic
i. she. in her deceittulness. did not de
,e serve. Mrs Loring was naturally Yer
delicate woman, and the dlssipated lii
il that she led alter her marriage brougt
r on different diseases; these, combined
pr caused her to grow old prematurel.
er She had one daughter, and she and Flo1
ence were very intimate. They WEI
m constantly together; in fact. Florene
q spent one-half OF her time at Mrs. Lo
IN ing's, and, in those days. she Use
r. to call that lady aunt, because
H. was ThdOCl lStuSSe' <h'oas Wv 'A'A
to however, that Florence married, swe
ht Mabel Loring died. aid do think it WI
10 well that the angels called her home ju
.s- at that time, for hers was not the rig
he kind of Il mother to have the care ar
ht responsibility of a daughter.
he Florence had been married but sho
time when she found that she had ma,
er a fatal mistake in her selection of hu
band. for it was but too evident that
NJ. cared nothing for her. and had only ma
n. red her for her money. Florence foul
that She would have to mingle with S
MS ciety or else spend the greater part
er her time in solitude at home. This, ho'
mt ever. she did not propose to do; but s.
tn plunged into the vortex OF high lite. al
charmed bs its gilded pleasures, s
at Welded to its fascination, until, as ma
Id others, she became married flirt. b
the end of all this came suddenly. II
if fortune went as if swept away by t
m. wind her husband committed suicic
is the papers stated. Then it was that s
nd wrote that pitiful letter to Berenicc.
ta ROSE.
N ITO be continued