The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-22

she had hop"l that some TRIVIAL act of hers
had dIspI"ascd Guy, and he would soon
return, but as the weeks rolled On, and no
worn cam" Iron! the absent one. she finally
ceased to expect him
Treu ACTON, alter repeated refusnls from
Nellie, had at last given up all hopes of
winning her hand; but, loving her still. as
much as his selfish nature was capable of
loving, ne attempted to drown his sorrow
IN tne WINE cup; and, with drinking and
iast horses, was rapidly eating up the hand
some property left him by his father. One
oay, wnue riding ut break-neck speed his
horse, frightened at a fiutterinp rae. SHE'D
and threw him. When the bastilv.sum'
moned physician had examined his wounds
ne pronounced him MORALLY injured
knowing, then, that for him all thopobts
Oh revenge ON Guy were useless, and hat he
must soon render up an account of his evil
deeds, his thoughts turned to Nellie with
a feeble wish that he could undo the
wrong he had lone her. So he Dictated n
letter, confessing his sin, begging her for
giveness, and containing the locket. and dis
patched 1t to the injured girl, who. true
woman as she was, could not but pitv tbe
dying man, bitterly as he had wronpei her
and, that he might not die thinking him
sell unforgiven, sent q note to the hotel 10
which he had been carried, but the messen-
ger reached there only in time to hear that
last. n ns
Guy had supposed that Nellie and Fred
were long since married but hardly had
he set foot in Losden when he was Yeoog.
nized and accosted by one of his old friends
who, among the gossip he had to relate
concerning Guys old circle of couain-
tances, mentioned tho fac, of Fred Actions
death, and also bid that Miss Pomeroy was
as beautiful MS cve.. but unmarried Az
this Guys heart throhbcd wildly. and his
brain almost reelcd with the idea that per-
maps his W iashncss had dashed the cun
OF happiness from his lips. Could there
have been trcachcry in Fred Actions con-
DUCT, had he wrongcd Nellie all these
weary years2
Wildly he asked himself these questions
while on tho way to his hotel /: and nv the
time he had arrived there he had resolnnS
that he would at least see Nellie and haye
an explanation with her. Once more he
turned his steps towards the well known
house where he had spent the happiest
hours OF his life; once more he was ushered
INTO the family room, here even the mic.
lures on the walls seemed to smile on hi,,
in friendly recognition. Bronzed by travel
the old family servant failed to remembe,
him, SO he gave no name, merely request.
ing to see Miss Pomeroy.
Nellie soon appeared; but hardly had
she crossed the threshold when the eyes Of
the love recognized him, and with a wild
scream of Guy, dear Guyl" she was
folded to his heart.
Long explanations followed. Nellie told
OF the loss of her locket on the day OF
Guys last visit, and how she had regretted
1t, being his gift She also told of the
dying confession of Fred Acton, and hi,
restoration of her locket, which she showed
him, worn on a blue ribbon about her neck.
Guy, penitent but loving, was fully for
given by his deeply wronged Nellie, who,
IN the JOY. Of such a reunion, had no heart
to blame him. H
Soon after there was a grand wedding in
the stately mansion; and, although tho
fair BRIDES ornaments were milk white
there hung suspended from the cen.
trai cluster of her necklace, a tiny locl,et.
bearing on it a blue forget-me-not.