Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-04-18

PEELED TO rest within it. looking like
snow wflkeS by the contrast. while
his eyes looked directly into her
hers as he said:
'Gnod-by~, Miss Alfo:d until we
meet again.
Good bye, Mr.. Winston, forev-
err was her answer, and they par.
ted to see which Of tie two fare
wells should he realized.
i can't stand i: any longer, faith
er-thls life os nine. { must g.
ont into the world TO make or mar
my fortune!' broke in Young Win
on, suddenly raising his head,
which for the past h oGr he had held
buried in hi, hands. | am sorry 10
leave von-it is ungratefnl, per
hpps; but If did not so I should
die
4 expected it, said the old mai
shaki 3 bis head sadly. It's nat
NAL enough. And now, my boy.
before yor leaTe NE, [ must Tell
ypn tie secre, | have kept leckG,i
in my heart for tvenly-th ee long
Years. 1t has ,r"utled me ii good
deal OF late, and | ;,m no. sor4y
am fus sced into telling it but yop
will not blame mel did it be cause
L loved you us my OWL
'Ynur own? VIVA do you mean, i,
father
Only that have DO right to that
name fsom ynar lips. Inu have
often heard me tell of tbs fealful
storm which ravaged our coast
when | was young and >trcug as
You ate to-,lay--hnw 10: DAYS the
beach was stfewn with fragments
of the wrt ck and the CHASTITY dead.
1t was on the second morning tha !,
going down to se of whai service
could be, [ heard. IN the litt!e
cove rounding the bench, il gtuan
ut mental anguish. LISTENING to
the point l discovered d gentleman
wounded unto de;tih, by sharp,
'gged rocks, aud holding ip hi
aims ii little boy of some two years.
He could "rly poiGt 10 the child
aud to his breast pocket, where
found Certain paFers which [ have
ca' efnlly preserved, together With
| bis watch, aud Il ring [ took from
i bis finger. All, n was the only
word he said. ami So | calia I'd yon.
brought you honIe. We had 10
children "f our own, aud the neigh
/ !, Il (
Yen we've n..t ours but ;ih, all these
yeats, It has lain IL stone at mt
he;.,r !!
Father Go not reproach your,
self. Am not | bound to you by
closer lies Of gratitude, in that
had II" claim upon Jour love, 1oEl
care ? The-e papers-let me see
them
| was late into the night when
Allrn at length reiolded the pre-
clon, wriiiug which had revealed
to him with bewlldering force rht
lact 'tat across the sea, III fan
EHSltnd, his thright was i,wnlt
ing hirr the bi,thright he haC
l,een deprived of all these days
but no shadow OF blanye rested Gt
his hrow. only strange exnltatiol
written there, as be at last mar
rnured aloud these words:
Good bye, untli we meet again
; 'Ah, Miss Afford, next time it vii
y l!e upon equal ground.
Miss Afford, Mr.. Price T Thi
some tw" years later. as amid th
the glitter Cf an evening patty, hi
hostess leaning on bis ii II, The lio
par eGccAence of the season howe
: his ack knuwledSmeuto to Its reiSuln
belle.
Strange stories were in circua
ton Of Ills having suddenly com
A INTO posses sion al t u0i NOUS estl' {
Il and wealth, which ha'l been acct
il muiaiing for yea,s, with the he
/ sought for bat no found.
= Some SAID II ilt.e as well, whic
n he ca Ell no to assume; hnt Il
,, j. EIlanc,' Connected With him, OF.
+! palualiy knowu, to"e her WITH h
D chailp If manner. and his vo ide
, lul attraction OF lace atd fo. |
} made him the cyuosure Of ever
& drawing room.
y lle bore his hnnnfs fnnde-tl
| was moro thoroughly Ain, r c,
:. than English i'll his mlen, aud ",
e heart flftntls ;ts we'll as admire
! Suppose you allow me 10 tai
q You into the c"uservatory-J.
,e will fnd it cnoley ? lie qne>rione
4r his hostess having ie-igued him.
n Miss Affords gluved hand .est,
', tightly on bis arm. That voice
5. where bad she heard it be.or
u That fAce-how ransely tamili
|, it was ! Yet by no possibility hi
they ever ne' hus all that night
yt fairiy hanuted her dreams.
rs Strangely mingled with the
IL came the memory oil "a day at whi
10 her face flushed even IN her sleep
It, the memory of Il ship, a sailor
rd naughty listener, who wonder
ld that ber unsp"ken scorn Gid :
or wither the words he dared nit