Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-18
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WOMAN'S POWER.
WRITTEN FOR THE ISTELLIGESsER
CHAPTER XIV.


out alone in the world TO act her part in
the ever changing drama of life. Not
until she had t,ld her parents, Agnes.
and host OF her friends goodbye. and
settled herself in the cars did she show
one visible sign of the deep emotion
which she felt; then she burst into a
passionate flood of tears. They could
not see her now, and she did not care to
restrain them any longer. She had APP
parently, for several days, kept up u
cheerful countenance, when all the while |
there was a dull, heavy pain at her
heart; yet she would not distress her
parents by giving way to these feelings. |
But now she was alone, and leaving her
loved ones rapidly behind her. What
might happen ere she would meet them
again? God alone could tell. A miscr-
able sense of loneliness took possession
OF hcr-a dread OF leaving home which
she had never ielt before filed her with
fearful apprehensions which tor the
time she found was impossible to shake
of. in spite of her earnest efforts to dis
| pei these thoughts Il foreboding of some
| impending evil crowded itself into her
mind, thus adding as it were one more
shadow to her already gloomy heart.
Presently, however. she succeeded in
drying her eyes, at the same time think
in. how foolish, how very childish it
was in her to entertain such fears in re-
gard to her trip, when her dear, kind
father had SO thoughtfully made every
provision necessary to render it pleas
ant. Mr.. George Melville, one of Mr.
Maynard 5 warmest friends. who was al
that time living IN Glasgow, Virginia,
was in Lynchburg few days before
I that, and had told HIM that he and his
ia mily were going on a visit to hi
brother, in Albany, New York, and
e would start the same day on which Lima
would leave, and if she desired to do so
p they would be glad to have her com
pany. MIR. Maynard thanked him tol
his kindness, and assured him that Lin;
: would be happy to place herself under
his care.
Lima had not thought OF starting ST
early as this, for il was only the twenty
sixth of August, and she had intende,
/ to remain at hume until about the eight
il of the next month, but few DAYS be
f fore that she received a letter from Mrs
, Ainsworth, SAYING that she would lik,
" for her to join them on the fourth of thu
;, coming month, and added at the close o
= her letter, that Mr.. Ainsworth and Glars
would meet her on the evening of tha
:. day at the depot, and she said also:
e My dear, you need not trouble your
u self to answer, for You will get her,
, almost by the time that an answer t
= my letter would
: When Lima read this brief note from
her friend she thought at first that it wa
a little strange that she should max
e this change. when her short stay wa
Letting what an invalid she was, an,
IL supposing that this change IN tho ar
: rangement OF their affairs grew out G
her anxiety to begin theirtravels rs sooI
is as possible, she at once put aside a
thought OF herself, and began speed
, preparation for an earlier departur
y, than >he had anticipated. And now sh
e had parted again with all that was nea
= and dear to her-loved ones whom Sh
might never meet again. While thought
Is like these We're still asitating the min
!" OF our brave, good girl, the engine CAV
- a shrlll whlstle-the conductor calle
ii out "Glasgow !" and almost instantl
= after. Lima was claspcd in the arms {
~, ,S Mrs Melville, and smothered wit
kisses.
r Leaving her for the present with thes
kind friends. l will return for i momen
J. to Georgetown, and see what Trac
b. Myrtle has been doing with himself a
of this while. After about ten day
=. confinement to his room he recovere
,y from the indisposition caused by h
adventure in the woods. Though he W.
well enough to 60 out he kept his rool
closely; his object in doing this was
lead his friends to believe that he W;
y" still absent from the place. He learne
/ from Tip. who kept him pretty we
posted in regard to matters at hom
'' that his sister was still under the in
r, preston that he was in Baltimore, an
beside this he had brought the letter
for Tracy's inspection every evening
III until this man had gotten the one TIL
he wanted; then he paid the boy with
is few pieces of silver and a suit of h
cast off clothes, and dismissed HIM fro
is his service. Tip went home feelin
ch himself rich in the possession of the:
things. which. of course, sealed his lil
ns forever in regard to what he had dor
tor tho mastnr Tho la,'"- .'>~t .i>;~ .---
ms had been watching for every day ho
Oh come at last, and was from Mrs. Ain
worth to Lima. Tracy read it CAREFUL
lar then laying it open on the desk beto
m m"r him copied every word of it, in n har
that was perfect fac-simile of the OF
'nr written by Mrs. Ainsworth. Havir
'e' done this. he re-scaled Lina's lett
rang for Julius. and made him take it
H. the office. so that Tip might &
"if it when he went for the eveni'
70 mail. This was the letter tn
or Lima received just before lcavil
ner Mrs. Dupont. and the one that s
III thought had so much the appearance
,n' ,ns having been opened. Tracy left Geors
town few days after this. and made
ip, visit to Clara. Before leaving. howeve
ooI he told Julius that he wished him
,ne leave Georgetown in time to reach NJ
,ed York on the third day of the ne
an month that he would. on his arrival
,,,, that place, find him at the New Io
tile hotel, but tor the present he wished h
his to remain where he was. With Il
sas '' Tracy took leave of him, and not ma
sed hours after, with smiling face, bow
himself Into the presence OF Clara.
darling-who of course imagined Il
M she enjoyed his company Immense
while with him, but strange to say,