Middletown transcript., 1878-03-23
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side by side. Must | now be deprived
Of the grand object Of my life (she
stirred uneasily) On account Of this
whim? And you, too, if I mistake
not. It seems to me that Lena Nor
gan loves Ernest Norwood very much,
and he strove, as they walked, to CLASP
her hand again
She flushed, but quietly and per.
sistently withheld her hand.
"Be ye not unequaIly yoked."
ooh, yes, with unbelievers. Now
you are talking nonsense. We both
believe most devoutly in our holy re,
ligion; and in each other, too, | think.
which is almost as important"
"You are very generous, Ernest
Be just to yourself first.
elena, | have been talking quietly.
thinking you would listen to reason. ]
shall get vexed and break something
pretty soon, @nd he switched bush
savagely with his cane.
Not your heart, | think" she re-
Piled, With faint smile.
''Nou, you are really insolent. 4
YOU we're . man, | believe | would
cane YOU. You women will insist that
because we men do not faint At the
slightest mishap, that We have 10
hearts"
BE thankful if you have not as
much heart as we have. It j trou-
blesome possession"
"All this is not to thepurpose. Will
you marry me, like a sensible woman
as you promised y
"You make great deal Of that
promise It was a promise made to
YOU, when | was only twelve. You
wish to marry woman when you dc
marry. AS far AZ this woman is con
cerned, I say No! |, the woman, LIE.
na Morgan, have become woman.
put away childish things. | ignore
them"
"Quibbles! quibbles! Will YOU
dare to utter falsehood, and tell nc
that you do not love me?"
Il dare to claim ownership Of my
self, and say 7 will not marry you"
"If you love me, you belong to me
50 long as there is nothing to hinder
our union"
"There is something to hinder. And
as for the belonging part, that has been
overdone BY men in the past"
Really, Lena, shall begin to think
that there is a more interesting man
about. If you do not stop this non
sense, will proclaim through the vii.
lage that you have Tilted me"
"Well, indeed, that will be fright
ful. Do you know the only result
will be to make me nine-days won.
der? Nobody will believe that the
cause Of your explosion is at all cred.
liable to me. If you really love me
as much as you say you do, you will
let me alone"
Day after day Ernest persisted in
bis suit-but in vain.
Finally she said to him. "If you can.
not cease this persecution, you will
find me missing some day"
i suppose you will visit the glimp
ses Of the moon 2"
"I will be where you will not visit
me.
And 50 it was. One day Lena wa;
gone from the village. Even hel
mother could not tell her destination
Ernest was in despair. "She mus
have gone to the city. But one might
as well look for needle in haystack
as seek her there"
Her mother received money every
week from the city, but it could no
be traced to any locality there
Il will search for her until I fnC
her" said Ernest. Il will be a mas
culine Evangeline."
lie betook himself to the city. Ev
cry week he stayed in a different hotel
Hewas particularly ystruck, in some out
of-the-way adjacent to tenemen
houses-with the curious way they
have IN squares made up Of sucl
houses, Of drying their clothes. Grea
poles are erected through the centel
Of the square, along the rear division
fences Of the yards. Pulleys are fast
ened to these, at level with the vs
rious flats Of the temements. Thel
each fiat in each tenement has it
double rope running cut to its especia
pulley. It is interesting to observe, d
special washing days, the ropefuls Q
wet clothes creeping out Of the win
dows. When tenement square wasl
day is in full blast, the rectangle look
like some Arctic chasm, filled viii
gigantic seabirds.
"Thsir white wings tapping to and fro"
As Ernest stood il the courtyard Of
hotel, one evening, observing such
scene in moody silence, he suddenl
observed an insecurely fastened hand
chief slip from its rope, which RAJ
from the top story Of an adjacent ter
ement house. He watched it in it
futtering uncertainty, and was fnall,
amused to see it drop at his feet. Hi
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