The Van Buren press., 1878-11-26
You won't forget me, Cora, darling ?"

4" Forget you! Oh, NJ uree' and the
white jeweled hands nestled lovingly in
his.
1t was a happy ending of his hopes
and in his happiness he drew the pretty
head down upon his shoulder, and kissed
the red lips
There was noise at the door just then
and they looked that way.
A tiny little figure was standing there,
in long white night dress, with very
grieved little face and sad eyes.
why, Amy, child = said Maurice
"Why, Amy, why are you herc2 You
will catch your death of cold Go up
stairs y
81 won't Cora Leslie |" she cried, ruu,
ning forward with an angry face. "You
60 up stairs!' You've no right to kiss
Maurce--my Maurice!'
GO away at once. you naughty girl y
cried Cora
81 won'tr' she said, in a voice chok-
ing with sobs. II hate you, Cora Les
liew
And before Cora could rise, Amy had
sprung up behind her, and buried her
tiny hands in the mass of brads and
curs, and was pulling with all her
might
Cora screamed, and just then Amy's
mother made her appearance But only
Maurice could pacify her,and all mamma's
seedlings and coaxings could not ge, her
away from the room.
"Come, Amy pleaded Maurice
"won't you come away with me p
Observation-Disclosures! she sob
bed.
why, yes, do! love you dear
ly."
And so Maurice coaxed her away, and
carried her in his arms to the nursery,
and sat down in big rocking. chair and
rocked her until she went fast asleep.
But before she closed her drowsy eyes,
she said:
"Tll give you back your ring, Mau-
rice, if you don't love me
"Oh, | love you dearly!' he said So
berly, thinking that, after all, this play.
marriage was a mistake on his part, and
ought not to have been.
| In the morning, when Amy awoke.
Maurice was gone; but she was content.
She did not make friends with Cora,
however, but kept her cody in the dis
tacce-for she could not love one, she
said. who tried to steal away her own
husband: and Cora silently wore her
diamond engagement ring, and read all
her letters in secret, rather than hurt the
feelings of this fiery little niece.
Il
Maurice would he gone five years
J6nt tu waIt; out size wa,.su " VIZ I JAYS JAYS
with true allegiance; then Maurice faded
away, like a pleasant dream, and new ad
mirers took the field, and one of them
won the day.
Maurice, in his pleasant hotel in Paris,
received letter, one morning, written in
pretty, school girl hand, and part of it
ran this way:
"Aunt Cora was married, last night,
to Captain Villiars He was a regular
army captain. and real handsome like
him, for he gave me splendid new brace
let. You should have seen auntie She
had the lovelest dress OF white silk.
The trimmings cost many hundred dol
lars had new pink silk and white
sash. Auntie gave me splendid ring,
that had Maurice on the inside Was it
ever yours 1t was too big for me, 80 I've
put it on my chain"
Then there followed newspapers and
other letters from home, and he knew
that Cora had forgotten her vows as ma
ny woman had before her, and there
was nothing as yet to call him home. SO
he wandered on, and refused all the mr.
gent calls home for many year, and
tried with all his might to forget
the love that had so filled his young
life.
Amy is real old maid," said Amy's
mother. There is no use talking of her
marrying this many day. l can't spare
her yet"
"She is old enough to marry, and
has SO many fine opportunities She
won't let young hurry pass" said Grand
ma Leslie. ale is worth a mint Of mon
ey.'
Sand I wouldn't marry him If he was
worth dozen mints of money said
Amy, stoutly. "Are you in hurry to
get rid of me, grandma p
No but here you are nineteen and
Murray is as rich as Craasus"
so am /; and don't want to marry
anybody
"She hasn't forgotten--'
But Amy's mother held up her finger,
and grandma kept silent.
This was all sal |, one morning, when
thore was again a hustle in the old Leslie
mansion. and preparations going brisk.
ly on for another Christmas festi
val.
Amy was very busy with her laces and
silks, and thought very little of marry
ING anybody, ....-
just then stranger. stealing softly
through the long hall, came suddenly
upon her, at the door of the old sit
ting-room, and he paused and looked
in.
She was sitting on the floor. with
pattern spread out before her, and great
heap of silk lying in her lap There was
little perplexed frown on her white fore
head, aud she was tapping the tip of her
boot very energetcally with pair Of
shiny scissors
81 wish-I wish / could see through
this"
"shall help you?" said the stran-
ger. ....
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