The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-16

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words ht,t wsS liberal m stil my coin.
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| ycsr r,,y d chen ssesEed my hand ana
nne,ssa info ,f closely, while sort oil creep
IN sensatiou fexrnsabie III q girl OF nsa a',
seen} stole oyer me. q. 80.
| ]. once. twice theicet Three pefals say
abonnie Ieddg. One ss past The oahe1 81, ne
sesores FERRIS of your ain seektHg. 1ns
gases Of death stasd 10 the pats Oh yont
/ true love- Open tsfen not WEI la 1aaa "
needless AaE&s before the year pe Ud Y. ..
love may Easnrn For oye that cculana 1--WE :.
IThe sir A2 unosntsfn and OF 1879 ~ ny
/ orIfin for We. baisN. Keep H1atr at name
and sIsnup be ;1nfsaoubtin'. There's q gnde
i Gnd aIngse MI Remember! one danger
| ii aHernast. TAX heed We seek not tne
iithers. end dsnifa scoff at old EkFa's warm
The ua6 woman trotted off wsfl her basket
on her arm, a rusty black bennet on her
lhesa, garments poor but ctesn, ana only
| small wooilen handkerchief TO pIotect hef
iron the chilly mountain rDisfs. -.
L. had scarcely decided whether 10 iaugn
| at Her .mnupderfngs or 10 yield 10 the
/ sarerstItIous feeling she had awakened
wien j opened the house door TO ind all
lWlrhiu do state OF exeitenept.
at was long past the dinnfT.bour, ana
mv. absence alarmed them. vi course,
ieTplained the cause of delay, aud II was
Ieniy. by Aunt Ritson's agitation that
fully .compuehended the danger mao ese
capped. Think her motheriy concern maue
me more communicative than usual.
4 we were still speaking OF Espa when
aAhiusaid be, as Winuie helped him OH
with his eyercoat, = Alb! my dear you
| might thank your stars Elspa was on the
moan.a1u.side. dare say she had followed
1 Won. The old Scotch woman is shreWd
and far-seeIng; she has turned her elsht9,
wears experience to account, mas goou
4 nraetscal knowledge of common ailments
and curative simples. / should lose my
own credit or might do worse than take
her as an assistant; and he augned.
ss Then she can read character Wlth any
pbysiognomist in the world, and. the SHY
| folks think her prophetic, when she Is only
clear-eyed"
| I think my uncle was using an invisible
probe. know ] colored and he laughed
again. but said nothing-nor did /.
The excitement had not all been on my
account. Bella had received an invitation
to spend some months with newly.
| friend in London, and good-natured
| Winnie was In high giee. Even aunt ac-
knowiedged it was "a chance not to be
| missed, il possible"; and / saw her glance
furtiyely in Uncle Ritson,s face, which |
fancied was graVer than usual. Still, posi-
bilities were not discussed in my presence.
1t was not until I had retired to my own
pretty room for the night that l overheard
| the sisters discussing the problem, unmind--
full OF the thin partition between the head
OF my bed and theirs.
| I found that money-or its scarcity
stood in the way, and heard the chances OF
| the matrimonial market calculated with
balance greatly in favor OF London.
Money! How / hated the word! ]
would have given every shilling possessed
to he assured that Edgar Neville was
true to me, and would seek me out
when the period OF probation prescribed
by our father was gone by. But where
could he seek for me? He knew not my
address, and my father had withheld
Edcnr's from me. All, how he repented
before he died How glad he would have
been to have left me in those strong, pro-
tectiye arms!
soon bridgcd the monetary difficulty
over in spite Of my uncle's opposition, and
/ think l showed something OF my old
sell in the spirit with which entered into
the needful preparations for Miss Ritson's
launch on the sea OF London society, little
thinking what might be its import to myself.
1t was MAY when she went, and sug-
gested that she should tighten her mourn
lug, being about 10 visit brlde-a hint she
seemed glad to take, for her pretty lavender
bonnet set OFT her face much better than hef
heavy Grape.
She kissed me very heartily before she
got into the gig beside her father to be
driven TO the station, to which her boxes
had already been dispatched, and felt
more satisfied with myself than had done
since had crossed the Cumberland border.
Letters filed with wonders she had seen
and the places she had visited broke up the
monotony of our lives. Then came one
from Hastings, in which she told OF her in
PRODUCTION to Mr. Neville.
think my pulse stopped as Winnie read
out the name. know aunt asked me II
was ill-lf the heat was too much for me.
But drew myself together, said nothing"
was the matter, and tried to convince my
self that the name was common one.
Again and again we heard of this same
Mr.. Neville, and my heart began to be
torn with doubts and suspicious, and very
demon Of jealousy seemed to take possession
OF nv breast. i felt assured that Bella was
| in love with him, and he was the Edgar
| Neville Of my alteration; all that she stated
| OF his appearance and family were convinc-
| Ing.
| At length a letter came addressed In
manly hand to Uncle Ritson, with Edgar's
weil-known crest upon the seal. 1t was
proposal for my Cousins hand.
NV head swan round, but l summoned
! courage to ask Mr.. Neville's Christian
name. He had merely signed j. E. Neville.
| All, that was it sure enough-John
Edgari
l had my back toward my uncle, stand
ing in the doorway, as l asked. No one
noticed how staggered into the hall. or
how snatched my hat from the stand and
darted up the mountain-side to cool my
|fevered brow and still my throbbing pulses.
How went OF where went 1 could never
remember. I have some recollection OF
falling as bounded across beck, OF old
| Elspa's face bending over me. and then no
more, until found myself in my own
snowy bed, with Winnie watching me and
an array Of physic bottles on the window
scat.
Elspa had found me where I had fallen
half in half out OF the stream. Unable to
drog me thence, she had summoned help
with peculiar whistle she kept suspended
i to her girdle, the shrill note OF which no
shepherd dared to disobey.
! It brought couple Of shepherds to the
spot. My limbs were lifted out OF the
stream-she had already bathed my brow
and plastered up my tempIe-and then l
I'D al tN ,kapr ,rk &hn