Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-05-02
THE OLD LOVE.

THE OLD LOVE.
st seems SO strange that l shall
not see the old place again by moon
light for long, long years.
The sweet voice Of the speaker
was sad, aid her brown eyes had a
tender, fearful look in them as she
raised them to the face of her com
panion. He did not reply. His
clear, bright glance was fixed on the
most distant Of the far hills, and his
handsome, buyish face had . wistfully
thoughtful look on 1t:
'What are you thinking of, jus
tiE 2 said the young girl. when his
silence had attracted her attention.
4 am wondering abont the iu-
tnre,' he replied, with a sigh, his
gaze wandering near home, and
finally resting on her face.
4 am tired of doing that she
answered, carelessly, swinging the
little brown gate by which they
stood, back anc forth with her hand.
Il shsn't trouble myself about what
is coming anv more
'Why ?-tlat sounds oddly Cum
ing from your lips, Genie
1t was pretty countenancc the
young man looked into, while the
owner of it h. STATED. Not perfect
in outline OF feature, bnt charming
in its expression of intelligence and
sweet gravity. Pale brown hair
put careles>ly back from it, lay in
golden waves about the forehead
and softly tinted cheeks, and was
gathered into coil of shining braids
at tile back Of her head.
'It makes me 80 sad, she said, at
last, her eyes fixed and dreamy
sDo you know. Jnstin5 that | think
there is some great trial in store for
me by and-by. A dread Of coming
i'll always haunts me when | try to
look forward. It Is foslish, perhaps;
| hut | can not help it,
Il nlght call it foolish if | were
not a bit supersti'ious and mystical
myself, tonight replied the young
man, taking one OF her hands ano
caressing it absen'ly. Your pros
poets certainl, look bright now
Genie, dear
Il know it, she replied, leaning
her fnrhead against lis shoulder ir
II familiar, careless way.
My relatives will give rne gooc
home and all the advantages theil
wealth can bring. | know that
shall he the pet of their old age
and | shall value all this kindness
the more because [ have always
been deprived of it until now. Blu
for you, dear, how desolate my pas
life would have been
| His arms closed impulsively
around her, and lie bent torwar'
anI kissed her forehead.
'Do yon think that you will mis-
me, Genie q
'You know that ] SHALL she re-
piled.
Il am sure of that he answered
i know that | have been everything
to you, as you have been and Away
will be to me, but [ can not thin
that you will always feel as you d
toward me. Hush, and listen a mo
lncnt. 1t will not he there as 1t la
been here. You viii. see new peo
ple-people who will apprcciat
e and admire you. New Interest
will spring up, and as time pass.
away, the old love stands fai
chance of being undervalued an
: forgotten. Wait-no l do n,
It think you tickle or naturally forge,
ful of those whom you have love'
but you will grow older, and-Vi
ginia, do you remember the do
r yon had six years ago, when l fir
: knew you, and how you priced 1t
yes
sDo you remember the pet Dc
you owned year later, and whit
you declared to me you loved bett
:, than anything else in the world =.
M poor dead Carlos-yes.'
DO yen remember Nellie Brat
don, to whom you were so fond
attached a titteen2 Ychr intirna
friend, to whom you cortided eve
~ thought 2
n, "A schoolgirl! friendship--yes.-
as But what do you mean by aski
me these questions, Justin =
Il want to show you how we o,
ss grow our loves. Would you 10
s. Your doll and dog now3
me- me- The doll-no. The dog-a i
) tie. But surely you do not ra