The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1879-03-07
BLOOMSBURG, PA. FRIDAY MARCH T. 1879

Mamma she said, coming into the draw.
ing-room. I have written to Godfrey, ref,s.
ing his offer, and sent the letter TO him by
james. l have remembered who and what
he is.
Mr.. Godfrey Hills amazement was
unbounded when returning to his home,
in the village hotel to dress for his promised
call upon Alice Hill, he found her note
awaiting him.
But he did not renounce his hope of shak-
ing her resolution until the next day, when
he met the true Lizzie Mason in the shaded
grove, and, in the course of their lover.like
conversation, that damsel told him who had
worn her gay hat aud red shawl on the pre-.
yious evening
AN she sent FIVE dollar bill with the
d.ess, because it got wet, said the girl. An
that call real handsome of her. Why, what
ails you-youre white as chalk =
'Nothing-nothing. You were not in the
grove at all, then, yesterdayY
No; l couldn't get off till long after dark
and so / stayed all night, I knowed you d
be mad, waiting for me, but I couldn't help
it, this time. WhyT
For her lover had started for the villsge
without even the ceremony of goodbye.
He lost no time, on his way, ill he stood
in the Office of Jermyn & Jermyn, isgrand-
fathers lawyers.
White as death, with his voice hoarse and
thick, he said to the older partner:
you told me my grandfather left me ten
thousand dollars, upon certain condi;ions.'
Quite correct. The conditions are that
you leave Bellows Falls and never return to
it, and that you sign a deed relinquishing
all claims as heir at law. in case Miss Hill
dies before she is of age. Mr.. Hill did not
draw up his paper until his will was signed
and sealed, and he was reminded that he
had made no stipulation for the reversion OF
his estate.'
Reminded by you,' was the bitter rejoind-
Reminded by me! He was shown the
danger that you might become suitor to
the young heiress.'
well, that danger is over. have been a
sincere suitor to the heiress, and she has re.
fused the honor of an alliance
Hum =
so, having lost that stake, am prepared
to accept the conditions, take the ten thou.
sand dollars and turn my back on Bellows
Falls for life
1t was with sense of great relief from a
very urgent fear, that Alice Hill heard from
her lawyer of the demand upon the estate,
that made her poorer by ten thousand dol
lars, and removed Godfrey Hill from her
path for life.
She told no one of the walk in the gloam.
ing that had revealed to her the black treach.
cry of the man who had woed her so gently
and had so nearly won the treasure of hel
young heart.
1t made her shy Of suitors for long time
fearing her money was the magnet that drew
them to her side but there came true Low.
er, at last-one she trusted and loved and
who won her for his sender, faithful WIFE
Aud Godfrey Hill left his old home neve,
| to return.
There was no thought of revenge in Alice
Hills heart, when she heard of the death OF
her cousin, nearly three years after his de
parture from Bellows Falls but she coult
not restrain fer7ent thought of thanksgiv
ing, when she realized that there was ne
murderous thought hanging upon her posi-
BILE death. .....
And her relief she told her husband, fo
the first time, of that involuntary masquer
ade that saved her from the power of vii
lain.
4 was at this hour, Will she whispered
and this is the first time since that day tina
have been able to sit, without a shudder
in the gloampg.'