Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-20

which then had been raised proudly, was
now bont forward dejectedly; for a dark
cloud had suddenly arisen, which threatened
to ovorshadow forever the bright morning
ofhis happiness.
Fred watched himE pass on with sar-
.donic smile on, his handsome yet siniste,
face, aud thought to himself, "Ah, my fine
fellow, there's many a slip 'twixt tho CUP
md tho lip, as you. may fad to your
cost; and then you will know the
consequences Of standing in tho way OF
Fred Aoton!"
That evening, in her luxurious homo,
Nrllio watched and listened in vain for
tho familiar footsteps sho had learned to
know so vol; and sho retired to rest at last
sad and dispirited, and with dim sense Of
impending troubloj that was yet too Vague
to shape itself into connected thought.
Tho next morning, as the family were
gathered around tho breakfast table, q
servant entered the room with note ad.
dressed to "Miss Pomeroy." Grasping it
eagerly, spasmodioally, Nellio toro it open
and with blanohcd faoo read tho following
laoonic note:
NELLIE: All is over between us.
Thank God have discovered your pcrfdy
before it was too late 1 had the fullest
confidence in you, Nellie; but That is past
now.
l leave for France tomorrow, mover,
trust, to revisit this country, which would
now be but sad homo for ,uc.
Your once devoted lover,
Guy HARTLEY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pomcroy, occupied in
their own conversation, had uot noticed the
sudden paling of their daughters faoo, us
sho hurriedly soannod tho familiar writing,
till, US ahe reached tho fatal termination,
hor.cy closed, and with o low moan of
agony sho sank to tho aooc in death like
swoon.
For five years Guy wandered through
Europe, for i've years he vaiuly suovc to
fnd forgctfulncss and happiness in constant
excitement ana change Of scene; but falling
in this ho had at last resolved to visit again
tho land Of. his birth, if only to mark tho
rayoges which time had made among his old
friends. So ho returned 10 London.
Not once had suspicion of Fred Acton 3
trcaohory crossed his mind, for to Guy ho
had always shown the better part Of his
nature; besides the proof Of Ncliio's dupli
oity had seemed too conclusive to admit of
any lingering doubt his loyo NIGH! have
suggested.
And Nellie? Thrown into nervous
fever by tho cruel note from Guy, she wa.
vered long between life and death; but
finally her perfect constitution gained tho
victory, and she again mingled in tho gay
world Of fashion; but certain sadness was
porccptiblc in her manner, and weary
look in her blue eyes showed that her heart
was not interested in tho gay soones by
which she was surrounded.
Vainly had Fred Acton sued for her hand.
Foeling that he was in somc manner con-
neoted with Guys mysterious behavior, sho
bad only acorn, to give him. At first sho
had hoped that some trivial aot of hers had
displeascd Guy and he would soon return,
but as the weeks rolled on and no word
camo from tho absent one, she finally ceased
to expect him.
Fred Acton, after repeated rcfusals 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, he attempted to drown his sorrow
in the vino cup; and, with drinking and
fast horses, was rapidly eating up tho hand.
somo property left him by his father. One
day, whilo riding at break mock speed, his
horse, frightened at huttcring rag, SHED,
and threw him. When the hastily
summoned physician had examined his
wounds, he pronounced him mortally
wou nded.
knowing, then, that for him all thoughts
of rovcngo on Guy were useless, and That
he must soon render up an account of his
OWL dcods, his thoughts turned to Nollie,
with feeble wish that he could undo tho
wrong he had dono hor. So he dictated
q letter.. confcssing his Elm, begging her
forgiveness, and containing the locket, and
dispatched it to the injured girl, who, true
woman that she was, could not but pity the
dying man, bitterly as ho had wrongcd her
and, that he might not die thinking him
self unforgivon, sent note TO tho hotel to
which he had been carried, but the mes
scngor reached there only in limo to hca>
that the unhappy Fred Acton had brcathod
his last.
Guy had supposed that Nellie and Free
wero long since married; but hardly hat
ho set foot in London when ho was recognized
and accostcd by ono of his old friends, who
among tho gossip he had to relate concern
ing Guys old oirolo Of acquaintancos, met.
tioncd tho fact of Fred Acton's death, ant
also said that Miss Pomcroy was as bcauti
full as ever, but unmarried. At this, Guy
heart throbbod wildly, and his brain almos
rceled with tho idea that perhaps his owl
rashness had dashed tho cup from his lips
Gould there havo boon trcachory in Frot
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