The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-08-08
TERMS, 81 90 PER YEAR.

:. open, should have thought you
3 asleep"
: "Your powers OF observation are
= marvellous" she answered lightly. 81
- wss dreaming"
"Of what ~
- "The world in general, nay world in
o particular. 1t WAS almost time I re-
E turned there
Z She was prepared for some slight
4. show OF regret, but not for the ghast.
a ly change in his face.
Z, She shuddered, remembering his
sunt's words.
"Going away Why, Of course
you would be SOON" he said, trying
10 speak carelessly, while his eyes
hungrily deyoured her face, and his
white psrched lips were drawn as il
in sharp physical pain.
81 have been here three months, -
she said, feeling her own heart ache
At his misery.
.'Yes, yes You will @, certain
.'And you,D she said, very gently,
"yOu will be in the city, L presume.
/ should be glad to welcome you TO
my house."
mo" he said, harshly "I will not
take such advantage OF your kind
ness / am man your friends would
tell yOu to shun, Miss CRmerOn-R
man who has wasted his life till il is
too late TO take up the threads again.
You DO not know, perhaps, that my
aunt Keeps me from charity ?"
81 know you have offended your
father" she answered "but you are
man scarcely thirty, and It is cow
q Iu Ia, ia nF fiagr,air af vrnrnr
Her words cut him like a whip
lash. The dark blood mounted to his
forehead as he repeated
Coward might fight the world
yet, but" and here his tone was bit
ter, and yet strangely pathetic, "the
battle il scarcely worth winning.
What would I gain? Money? 1 do
not value IL. Position l have
thrown it behind me. ! nave played
the fool, and / must take the fools
wages"
81 will not have you say So" size
said, reused by an esrnestness she
had never intended to betray. "You
shall not uselessly throw away your
life"
] A hope sprang tu his eyes, new
there, lighting them to dazzling ra-
dance.
! "Miss CamerOn-lleOnie," he cried, |
"were there prize to win, were ones |
hearts hopes centered on me, would |
trample down these demons OF tempt
alton. ] would prove myself q man |
if had any motive"
| There was no mistaking the prayer |
in his eyes, the pleading in his voice. |
| Only for moment, close to the /
low window, before hand like q /
snowflake fell upon his shoulder, a
voice, low and sweet, murmured low
In his ear
'Be a man for my sake"
She was gone before he spoke again,
and he wandered off to the woods TO
muse upon the possibility OF this new
/ life.
The next day Mrs. TOllmAn lost her
summer bOardeT. Society, languidIy
contemplating Miss Cameron for the
next three years, found her eccentric.
She was gay and grave by flashes,
fascinating in either mood, but she
was mysteriOusly unapproachable.
The bTavest suitOr found himself
met at the point where friendly atten-
tentiOns merge into lovers devotion
by wall OF icy reserve that was i'm
passable. She never ilirted, but she
had the reputation OF q fiirt, because
she was popular and admired, and re-
manned single until she was twenty
seven. She was known 10 he truth
ful, and she had distinctly told sew
eral inquisitive lady friends that she
was not engaged, so there was not
even the spice OF romance Of the gos-
sip.
s. knew her not in those three
IFoa VS. Is''t Miro Tsstt.------ "~"~ Ot'O EC-
cipient of various hampers OF city
delieacies from her and would ac-
knowledge the same by letter.
One Of these dated three years after
the beautiful Miss Cameron left 81
after eIabOrately thanking that young
lady for hamper Of dSinties, added
''DO you remember my nephew,
John Furber? ? He left me the day !
after you did, and fretted more than
little. But he took a turn for good,
heaven be thanked. He worked him
self up, and to-day he writes me he
has made friends with his father
agsin, and Is to be taken as partner
In commercial house. His fathers
to buy it, but Johns earned q place
too by hard, honest work. o, my
dear, Pm happier than / ever thought L
to be. Perhaps you've heard of the
house in London that John is in,
But I'll tire you, writing about my
affairs. wouldn't, only thought per
hsps you'll remember John"
"In London" LeOnie murmured
$50 near me all these three years, and
yet never seeking me. Was l too
bold Did 1 drive him away by
showing my heart too plainly? Well,
even so, am glad. 1 gave him the
first start toward an honorable man
hood. Remember MIN ? Yes, Mrs.
TOllman, l do remember John"
She had folded the letter and Was
dressing for the opera, when a visitor
was announced.
"What a bsrbsrOus hour, she MUIR
INJURED, not looking at the card. "In
a few moments, Jane"
She was robed in her fieecy dress Of
white lace, over pale blue silk, and
clasped diamonds on her throat and
wrists, and in the little ears, when as
she took the Opera-eloak from the
maids hand, she looked at the card.
"JOhn Furber."
a great heart throb sent the blood
over her brow and neck then it fad
ed, leaving only soft tint upon the
fair cheeks, and in the dark eyes q
light Of happiness harmOniZing well
with the smiling lips.
She looked like some visit8nt from
another world, in the radiance OF her
beauty, as she came across the wide
draWing-room to the window where
he stood.
He had not heard her light step,
but he turned when she was near,
showing the stamp Of his bitter life In
his noble face.
He held out his hand, looking ear
nestly into her face, and seeing she
only spoke happy truth, as, taking
it, she said /:
al am glad to see you"
"Leonie," he said, "yOu gave me
hope three years ago, that has borne
me above temptation and suffering to
a position where am not ashamed TO
look any man in the face. LeOnie,
you bade me"
Blushing brightly, she took up the
words as she paused:
"TO be a man, John, for my sake"
"And | Obeyed yOu, my love, my !
darling. 1 have come for my reward,
LeOnie, loving you with all my heart,
daring now 10 ask for your love in re-
turn" l.
So, society had a ripple of sensation,
in a fashionable wedding, when John (
Furber married Miss LeOnie Gamer
on.
But only you and l, reader, know ]
the romance OF the summer in g.,
or how John FurbeT redeemed his ]
manhood for LaOnie's sake.
InSuIted.