The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-07

fcrent to the results OF ie. In this case the
rumors reached Margers, amt ut Hey:
wood. and she sent = peretlip sory order for
her niece,s return home Immediately.
/ AT this order Margefy was very CROSS
She did not want to 20 back into the coun.
Try. and abe did think that In some way or
other Dion might have prevented peoples
remarks. And his iistie effort to talk the
matter over with her only made her more
angry for her loving, anxious heart was
waiting 10 hear something more sweetly
personal than:
ST cannot imagine, Miss Haywood, what
pleasure. people End in gossip.' h ,s.Sss.
IS You cannotpo snapped Margery.
!" Well, then, let me tell you that oil pleas
ures are short-lived except that OF watch
Ing the mistakes OF our friends and COM
pairing them with our own virtues"
II suppose 500
sfOh, you dop"
/" Yet Harry Lake said Inst night that OF
oil ridiculous proverbs that one, Say no i'll
OF the dead, is the most absurd. 1t Is re-
yersing the natural order Of things, Miss
Haywood. and ought to be, Say no i'll Of
the living"
"Harry Lake Is right. I like his sense.
When a lady is in her grave how can it mat
ter to her what set OF silly people say
about her on the avenue or in the paIk!"
'.Let Life live while it may"
s.And dissect the deceased. II society
must cut up somebody make our set q
present Of Boadcea or Of Hannah More.
They can use their, initials any wav they
like. But L must bid you farewell. leave
for Haywood in the morning."
.sWhere shall we meet agaln?"
ct am no Gliviner." She was pale and
angry, but the tears were In her eyes. She
knew that he loved her. Why could he
not-why would he not-say so?
IS WHIT" She asked herself this question
all during the next summer. For Dion,
having discovered that Miss Haywood was
With her invalid aunt in small village In
the Pennsylvania mountains, abandoned at
once The delights OF fashionable hops and
drives, and devoted himself to Miss Hey
W0bd and Miss Heywood'S aunt.
It was summer to date from all OF
life afterward. Such glorious mornings by
the trout streams Such evenings in the
moonIit bills | Such walks, and talks, and
rides! "a young man so handsome-so
very handsome; {. young man 80 clever and
polite, and 80 respectfulto age" Aunt Hey
wood had never seen. Forty years before
she had had lover, who went to sea and
never came back again, and she believed
Dion to be exactly like him. Yes, she was
certain that il she had been married and
had children all her sons would have been
Just like Dion. The old woman loved him,
In her way, quite as much as the young one.
This fair and happy summer at length
came to close. Dion found the ladies one
morning in the midst Of trunks and toilets.
A sudden frost bad set in, and Aunt Hey.
wood missed the comforts Of her own home.
Dion fingered, silent and sorrowful, till af-
ter lunch, and then be asked Margery to go
into the woods for walk with him. He
had a confession to make, he said, if Miss
Haywood permitted it.
Miss Haywood thought he might have
spoken without her permission. "Too
much courtesy, too much courtesy" she
whispered in her own heart; but she signl-
fed her assent by little nod OF her head,
and set, steadfast look into the water.
miss eywood-Margery-I want to
confess to you what foolish waste l have
made OF my life and fortune. Hitherto
have squandered them in the siliest OF pur-
SUITS"
Margery began to tap her foot restlessly.
81 have been so vain OF my good looks"
She looked half shyIy and half admiringIy
"And am sorry to say that, in order to
do them justice, have been very unjust to
others. am very deeply in debt, and -
deeply in debit" Was that what he
had to confess? She colored violently and
rose. "Mr. Harrington, your debts do not
concern me, unless-unlees v
81 expect you to pay them? [ suppose
that is what you think | mean, Miss Hey
wood. How can you misjudge me so cruel
ly? ! beg pardon for presuming to i'm
agine that you could feel any interest either
in the past or future Of so worthless a life
as mine has hitherto BEEN"
He rose to 90, and some dumb, evil spirit
possessed the girl. She longed to smile, to
speak, to detain him; but she could not
permit herself to do it.
&c ood-by, Margery-dear Margery.
When I venture TO speak TO you again I
hope to be more deserving OF hearing"
He put out his hand, and she would not see
it. Oh, it was hard that he would not un-
dcr>tand the love and longing and disap-
pointment in her heart !! She had right to
be angry with man so blind; and as she
could not for very shame go into q good,
| womanly passion, she gave vent to her feel
| ings in a very unwolnanly exhibition OF
| sarcastic indifference.
But when Dion had really gone she fell
with passionate sobhing upon the ground,
until the pines talked thoughfuIy among
themselves and walled back to her IN those
melancholy tones they learn I know not
| where.
Aunt Haywood was rs broken-hearted as
her niece. She brooded on the loss OF the
gay, beautiful youth with something Of both
| mothers and lovers anguish; and when
week later they heard that be had sailed
for the coast Of Africa as supercarso Of a
friends ship, al the sunshine died out OF
the two lives at Haywood Park.
A year later old Miss Haywood died. and
Margery was left sole mistress OF her person
and fortune. There were some rumors OF
u strange will made by Miss Haywood In
her last hours, which it was thought that
Margery would dispute. But the rumor
died, aud the young heiress apparently set
tied down to monotonous life, in which
nothing Of youth seemed left Ler but the
:" having loved" .t:.-.
In the second year little ripple was made
in Haywood by the advent OF Harry Lake.
Harry bad been Dion's great friend, and was
probably even then in correspondence with.
him. Margery had always avoided Harry's
uncle hitherto, but now, with a sweetness
that no old man could resist, she inquired
after his health, his crops, and whatever
other subject seemed OF importance to bin.
In fact, she quite won the old bachelors
heart. 1t was great grief to him that he
could not hope to wed her for himself, and
he half disliked his nephew for his chances.
Blu! at any rate he determined that such
nice eirl-and such rich girl-should not
60 out Of the family; and he soon LET Harry
know that the prospect OF inheriting the
Lake estate rested very much upon his mar