Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-06-13

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should be glad to welcome you to my
house.
No, he said harshly; 4 will not
take advantage of your kindness; |
am a man your friends would tell you
to shun, Miss Cameron.-a man who
has wasted life till it is too late to
take up the threads again. You do
not know, perhaps, that my aunt
keeps n1e here from charity
1 know you have offended your
father, she answered; but you are a
man scarcely thirty, and 1t is coward
ly to talk of despair at your age.
Her words cut him like whip
lash. The dark blood mounted to
his forehead as he repeated:
'Cowardl | might fight the world
yet, but and here his tone was bitter
and yet strangely pathetic, the bat
tie is scarcely worth winning. What
would | gain? Money? | do not
value it. Position. l have thrown
it behind me. | have played the
fool, and | must Ia !ie fool 8 wages.
i will not have you say SO, she
said, reused by an earnestness she
had never intended to betray. You
shall not uselcssly throw away your
life
A hope srrang to his eyes, new
there, lighting them to dazzling ra-
diancc.
Miss Cameron-Leonie, he cried
were there prize to win, were one
hearts Lope centored upon me, !
would trample dowa these demons of
temptation, would prove myself a
man if | had any motive.
There was no IGistaking the prayer
in his eyes, the pleading in his voice.
Only Que moment, close now to the
low window, before a hand was like
u snowflake fell upon his shoulder, a
volSa 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 ne"
life. The next day Mrs. ToIlman lost
her summer boarder. Society, Ian
guidIy contemplating Miss Cameron
for the next three years, found her CO.
centric.
She was gay and grave by flashes,
fascinating in either mood, but she
WAS mysteriously unapproochacle.
The hravest suitor found himself
met at the point where friendly atten-
tions merge into lovers devotion by
wall Of icy reserve that was impassa-
olo. She never nirted, but she Mad
the reputation of a hirt, because she
was popular and admired, and re-
NAMED single until sho was twenty
seven. She was known to be truth
ful, and she had distinctly told sever
Al lady friends that she was not en-
gagged, SO there was not even the
spice of romance in the gossip.
S. knew her not in those three
years, but Mrs. Tolman was the re.
cipient Of varons hampers Of city del
icecies from her. and would acknowl-
edge the same by letter.
One Of these, dated three years al
ter the beautiful Miss Cameron left
S., alter, elaborateIy thanking
that lady for hamper Of delicacies,
added
-, youromember my nephew John
| Furber? ? He left me the day after you
did, and | fretted more than a llttia.
! But he took turn for good, heaven
| be thanked. lie worked himself up,
and to day he writes me he has made
friends with his father again and is to
be partner in commercial house,
His fathers to buy it, but John
earned place too by hard, honest
work. O, my dear, I'm happier than
| ever thonght to ba. Perhaps You
have heard Of the house in London
that John is in. But I'll tire You,
writing about my own affairs. |
wouldn't, only I thought perhaps you
would remember john
In London, Leonie murmured, so
near me all these three years and yet
never seeking me. Was too bold
Did | drive him away by showing my
heart too plainly We'll, even so, |
am glad. | gave him the first start
toward an honorable manhood. Re
member him Yes, Mrs. TolIman, l
do remember John.
She had folded the letter and was
dressing for the opera, when visitor
was announced.
What barberous hour, she muir
INJURED, not looking at the card. In
few moments, Jane.
She was robed in her lleecy dress of
white lace, over pale blue silk, had
claspel diamonds on her throat and
wrists, and in the little ears, when as
she took the opera cloak from the
maids hands she looked at the card
John Fnrber.
A great heart throb sent the blood
over her brow and neck; then it ia
ded, leaving onl y IL soft tint upon the
fair checks, and in the dark eyes a
linht of h,nrinpss harmoniZlnu well