Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19

pleasant way IL IL, as happen TO know. :"
"Ifad old Green, rs you call him, any
money!"
"Should say he had. hope he has
left Tilly her share of II. She will get
nothing by favor from those two close
fisted old maids that does not come to
her by right"
"Tll write to her mother this very
day" ,
lie wrote to the mother. too; he
seemed SO anxious, ~ Phil said, 10 have
his finger in every corner of the pie that
Phil waived his rights of acquaintance
ship and permitted his friend To make
the disclosures to Mrs. Eaton, Phil con-
tcnting himself with inclosing a few lines
10 his cousin-indorsing Johns moral
character-in that young mans own
words
SpecdN" came the answer. A very
incohcrcnt. agitatod. short little note
from Tilly, so badly pcnncd and cx-
pressed rs to he almost illcgible and un-
Ineligible. But John made out from
II that she was very unhappy, and would
hail any change with JOY. Mrs. Eaton's
missivc was botted with tears. She
had evidently talent for letter writing.
that Is, for the writing Of letters consid-
cred rs essays. This one invoked bless
ings upon Johns head. II referred TO
the writer's past sorrowful life. II was
dirgc.
she always had that whining way
about her" Mr.. Ross commented, after
bcrusing it. Goodies her miseries, you
KNOW
Not long aflerward arrived the news
that Tilly had gone on to her mother in
/ ltr..,l.rt., IaIr Ir.4asl,.I gf.,l, -
relief. lie had learned that DR.. Green
had died intestatc. His property had
gone To his legal heirs. 1t would have
been hard lines for lilly, shaving all the
rest of her days for those hard task-m
tresscs. the wicked sisters" The life
long bondage seemed inevitable to
Johns excited imagination.
So several months passed. Then John
applied for leave. on his doctors advice.
who said he needed rest. II was problem
where 10 spend it. lie had no mother or
sisters To hasten 10 who would receive
him with open arms. and make each
day hc WAS nj home holiday. lie had
distant relations in England. none in this
country. He would have gone 10 Wood
bridge, n being the nearest approach 10
home. had DR.. Green and lilly still been
there. He would like to see lilly. She
had cried when he had biddcn her good
bye. He did not think that any one else
had shed tears for his sake since. Poor
little lilly, Pretty little Tilly! IIc had
great notion to 20 to Grccnhricr and
look her up. He wanted To find out
whether she would be glad to see him.
lie went to Grccnbricr. He found the
decent. tidy little brick house where the
Eatons lived. llc was shown into a
lYrla IT.. l.. 1
mittcd him went up stairs to tell Miss
Tilly SO noiselc-sly that John thought
she must be in her stocking-fcct And
when lilly came down Ia him she np.
pearcd To have on list SHOES Every
thing about the house was mulllcd
Mother has dreadful headache"
Tilly explained; she suffers terribly
with neuralgia"
II was impossible not to see that Tilly
was extremely agitatod. The hand she
gave to John was Ike lee. and trcmbipd
10 his touch He almost seated her. still
holding her hand. and she looking up nj
him with the old wi=tful look in her
eyes John was touched. He always
had liked Tilly. And. poor little soul.
how thin she was! Was IL possible that
she had only exchanged one kind Of
bondage for another
She went ont Ia the front door with
him when lac len. and hc saw then in the
daylight how pale she had grown. The
little wild rose had lost her bloom. He
asked her to take drive with him for
the sake Of old times. You look as
though you needed fresh air
Yes, ! do not git out often: mother
is so aiiing."
On thcevoning of his last day in Green
brier he had made up his mind that ho
would ask her to marry him. lie had
very little doubt OF her answer. poor
foolish child; for his own part he fancicd
he was in love with her. At all events.
he ough. to be in love with some one by
this time. Tilly was almost the only
girl he had ever known well
But fate intcricrcd with his intention
Mrs. Eaton was so III that Tilly could
not he spared from her side for more than
five minutes. She ran down Just to- say
goodbye. John resolved that he would
write instead. lie told Tilly he would
waite. And take care Of YOURSELF" hc
added. She did not cry this time. Per-
sons who take nm extreme view Of human
maadies would perhaps have said that
she looked simply brokcn-heartcd.
When John did write. it was n differ
cnt sort Of letter from the one he had
planned On his return to camp he was
confronted by n crisis in his life. a gay
party from Washington came down to
dance and flirt in the tented field in lieu
Of the conventional ballroom. OF its
number was Maud Ga,c, who. II expert
ence goes for anything. should have been
an adept in both dancing and flirting.
A society girl par oLcolioncc, but the first
Of the type who had crossed John Leon
ards path. She had cultivated fsscina-
tion to the full extent Of her powers.
and John fell an easy victim to her prac-
ticcd wilcs. lie was bewitchcd. What
if her hair were blondined, and her skin
were whitcncd and REDEEMED, and her
eyebrows blackcncd2 John was rs in
noccnt as babe about these matters.
To him Maud was radiant in all the
fresh beauty of young womanhood.
lilly? She faded in his thought by con-
trast into such mere dull little country
girl.
Still bcwitched. he became engaged
to Maud. She reasoned that she might
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