The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-03-19

there Is one punishment greater than
another, when God shall judge his crea-
lures, will II not be given to such men
rs this George Howard, who only lacked
the opportunity to become more than n
murderer
" Bessie Bessie Ross called grandma
from the porch. "Come, child, and get
ready for meeting"
She was not blind, the dear old lady;
but, judging from her own remembered
glrlhood, she knew Bessie was best left
alone for while. She knew, too, that
with all her gentleness, Bessie was
proud, and would not ask sympathy, or
wish to receive It.
Her pride came to her rescue now.
81 will GO" she thought. I" His
triumph would be too great If ! should
stay away"
Aud she hastened to the house.
"Say, Bessie" said Willie, meeting
her at the door, &C did you see your feller
goin' 10y with that other glrlp Didn't
you''-
But here he was caught by the shoul-
ders, and whlrled round so fast that his
speech was utterly demoralized; and,
when he stopped, he looked up in such
bewildered way, that involuntarily
laugh rang from Bessie's lips.
am glad you can laugh, Miss
Bessie, said Willie's tormentor, look
ing in mock gravity at the girl; " for
verify thought IL was ghost slipping
out of the orchard, and thought l would
stop Willie before he offended you"
Needn't whirl feller's brains out, )"
grumbled the boy, retreatlng into the
kitchen, leaving Bessie and her " big
cousin, as she always called Harvey
Lane, alone on the porch.
Hurry, Bessie" was all he said
"I'm going to saddle Black Queen for
you. Don't you think you would like
that better than to go in the express
with the old folks ?'
"Of course 1 would" she said CRATE
fully, looking into the honest blue eyes
above her; "but they never will let me
ride her alone, and / never thought of
your going to Saturday meeting. I'll be
ready in five minutes"
Z" 1t was no use telling her." thought
Harvey, looking after the little figure
with tender light in his eyes, that
the only reason / am going to Saturday
meeting now is because she has no one
else to go with her."
But Bessie knew; and mingled with
the love she had borne for Harvey Lane
as her true friend from childhood was u
new feeling of gratitude and appreca-
ton.
They were orphans, these two,-one
the child Of the only son of these old
people, who met his fate at Gettysburg,
leaving his child to his mothers tender
care; the other, only an orphaned
nephew, whose home had been on the
farm since his earliest recollections, and
who, since the death of their son, had
become the mainstay and pride of the
old people. Bessie had never thought
of Harvey in any other light than that
of dear friend and relative, and, since
her intimacy with George Howard, had
seemed almost oblivious of his ex
istence. And, though Harvey had loved
Bessie with far different love than thai
of cousin or a brother, he had beer
obliged to content himself with this.
In little over the five minutes Bessi,
had given herself, she stood at the BLOCK
toward which Harvey led the prancine
horses, and in less than five minutes
more they were galloping away over the
smooth, hard road toward the little ole
church.
For mile,no word was spoken then
as Harvey adjusted his bride, he said
81 suppose you saw the new-marriet
couple this morning?"
How thankful the girl was, that jus
then the nervous system of Black Queer
was so very much shocked, by COW
that lazily rose from fence corner, tina
for the next few minutes she demanded
all of Bessie's powers to keep her in tn,
road! When both her nerves ant
Bessie's were quieted, the latter replied
quite composedly:
"Yes. When were they married
Harvey ?"
Last night he said, watching he
closely"
But the dark eyes looked unflinching
ly into his, and the red lips did no
tremble.
EIa did not talI har +hat in HE ,,ool,a