Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-12-05
The Guard Above the Heart.


orders, Alma, jus as you wished
The iitrlc library is air, adv arrang
cti with the last little bracket anG
ST tue in place; tie dinln"-r""tn
ar,,i Kitchen with china, siiv,r, lin
an and subc,b old-fashinnrd size
board, just as you dircc;cd, have
everything i'll place. And ,"ur
r"nm-how l wish you could 90
and see it's beautiful. There
can he no greater harmony than the
blending bluc-and-gold furnishings
ot that room.
"You are very good, Arthur"
"Thanks, Alma but not half 81
good as you in loving me so tcnder~
ly and Loyalty. But [ was bother
cd about one thing, sweet"
"What was it p
"Yunr writing desk. 1t is such
gem. | don't believe you can
ever write anything but poetry on
it. l could not get place in the
library for it to suit me. This light
vas too sharp, and that light too
dull | fancied it needed ;. soft,
mellow light, So [ set it i'll your
room, and will leave You to arrange
"a place for II. l fiattcrcd myself
that everything else will please you" :"
"The pictures !"
"They are all hung. | can har,>
ly tell ynn now where each one is
The Beatrice Cenci hung over the
library door which enters to your
room"
"Why, what made yon give it
snch "a poor place As that =
"For ust one little reason Of my
own. Her great, sad, suffering, pa
tient eyes are duplicates OF your
own. So | have hung it there AS a
sign to me that the duor beneath it
opens to Il place wherein the god
dess of my life p-csides !; also that
when the door is shut, your face
shall still look down upon me. and
follow me with mourntni and guard
fu: tenderness"
= "Though Your love and fancy,
Arthur, makes my ewes to-day as
luminous as P-vche's, perhaps to-
morrow those that love rue most
may forget or wish to forget that |
ever cXisrcd for who can deter
inine now whether Psvchc, the
very idol If all poets, was reality
or dream"
"BII Tomorrow you will be-
come all the reality of my life shall
ever know OF wish, for to-morrow.
when the priest has had his service.
aud the wltut sscss have writfcn
rhcir names, and Your dainty flu
ger iia~ II REV rIng upon it, shall
set u duNt II The prctn gold
an,.-i.iu. ro.,n ahclc Is ..tricr keep
guard. I3.st ynu hall dismiss or
T. fain t.,t gj-.u.,ca5 s,ptiucl as vou
plrase, ir ,ua saii nj al IN, to-
nt,@F".>s #i.i Nonr oNn -wecr SET :
IL i"nk aeII aer slender white
I.a'. III pertirg, anj sid:
- tAIN .t''f'i - = : ~ - .
os3naFtly at the chnsch At tuu--
0e"d-ny, sweet, till then :
Her eyes filed with te..rs- nj
She chung to him tenderly as if Size
would not have him go; 6ut she
only said!
'.Wcll, Arthur, let Beatrice stay
where she is, anG whenever ycu
look at her think of me, if You viii. y
This last SO low that he did not
hear. But he went ont busy and
happy with thoughts OF his we'd
ding day.
Alma stood still until the door
closed behind hi"l, then she clasp
ed her bands aRd cried:
"Who am Ia What am /? that
[ should deceive such a man"
When Arthur went on the NOR
row where the merry guests were
assembled for the wedding, the
whlte-robed bride was gone but in
her room was toand note for Ar
thur Leroy, which read
arthur, forgive me. / have not
meant.to deceive you. How it has
all come about l hardly know any
better than yourself. But true it is