River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-04
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thought Miss Essie; II win put il IN
postscript, as an after-thoug II"
1t was not strange if Miss Lowell be-
came sadly disturbed at Guys departure |
without a word, and at his subsequent ST.
lence. She could not question his cous- |
ms; and as day after day passed without |
a syllable in explanation, she decided that |
he had been merely passing the time, as
people will at the beach, and that 1t was
no true affection, but will-o'-the-wisp
" hich she had mistaken fer a reality.
Guy, in his turn. was both hurt and
angry that she paid no heed to his fare
we'll note But he had no time TO up
braid her. And then came ESTES post
crypt.
Another letter had arrived for Guy in
the same mail--a letter from the woman
he had been engaged to for years.
"MY DEAR Mr.. THORNTON lit RAM
"your last letter was received in May. |
returned from Europe early il June, but
did not notify you, bee use | have been
! revolving a certain matter in my mind.
feel that it will be impossible for us to
fulfill the engagement which was brought
about by our parents. 1t Is sut of the
question that YOU, aho knew me as
mere child seven years ago--hsve we met
once in that time?-can love me. You
used to say that my straight nfse was my
only beauty, and | was thrown from
carriage while abroad, and it now an
aquiline teature-not bad for an aquiline
either. | am confident you aould sacri-
! fee yourself rather than disobey the dead
who have mOrtgaeed us to each other, so
to speak and | feel obliged to take the
initiative, and declare our engagement
null and void. | have fitted myself for
teaching, and have several pupils; and
during the enjoyment of my GRANDPA
| TIERS estate have saved enough for
rainy day. Do not attempt to see me or
to change my resolve, which is unchange-
able. Sincerely,
JULIETTE L. CAvENDIsH."
Guy had not been deliberate william
in this transaction. Miss Lowell had
won his heart before he dreamed of dan
ger; and as for Juliette Cavendish, she
was hobbledehoy school girl OF thirteen
when be saw herseven years belore-shy,
nervous, snd awkward, with elf-lOcks o.
to~-cOlored hair. Her grandfather and
Guys father had been sworn friends, in
spite Of the disparity in years; and it had
been their hobby to unite the family for
tunes. If Guy and Juliette failed to
marry, they forfeited their inheritance.
Happily for Guy, he had received lega-
cy fIom his mothers family unencum-
bcred by ugly conditions; but he had al
ways supposed he should carry out his
fathers will, and marry Miss Cavendisf
finally. and they had kept up an irregu-
lar correspondence during her soulourn in
/, Europe.
"A strange affair" he thought. ''Can
she have fallen in love2 / feel to blame
as if ought to have taken pains to love
her. A snarl always ensues wi en- the
dead dictate to the living At least he
was free to marry Miss Lowell; but hadn
Essle just notified him of her long en-
gagement! He fastened to write Miss
Lowell letter full of bitter reproaches
and angry love; but she had hidden adleu
to the Orchard Farm before it arrived
there, and left no address, having aban-
doned hope at the same date; and the poor
love-letter, with all its angry protestatious
was laid on the shelf and Guy was oblig
to own in his heart that he had been de
ceived and misled At about this time
he began to wonder what manner of wo-
man Miss Cavendish might be; if she
had really lover; and if not, what had
prompted the sacrifice. What but no
BILE sincerity? After ALL why should he
hesitate to fulfill his fathers will, and
unite the fortunes of Cavendish and
Thornton! Might she not be taught to
love him? He was wise enough TO know
| %hoA l. .n NOT nj II
because une woman had proved untrue.
As she had given no address, he called
first upon her lawyer as the most likely
person to know her hereabouts.
"Miss Cavendish, said that gentleman,
twas at the sea-shore quite recently, by
the doctors orders-a slight difficulty at
the throat Had some crotchet about
earning her daily bread, and has been
practiclng her voice too steadily. Women
who can afford to be idle are always
laundering for vocation. Her relatives
made such an AGO about a Cavendish
working that she has cut adrift from
them. They made her life burden.
You'd better callin the evening: she has
pupils all day. She's in earnest about
not marrying, perhaps yeu knOw9 Per
haps she II change her mind when she
sees you laughed Mr.. Small. ooh, by
the-way," ne called after Guy, 'I'm grow
ing absent-mlnded-it age; don't grow
old, sir; it's a Lad habit To spare the
feelings of her high and mighty relatives,
Miss CavendIsh has assumed her mothers
maiden name, Lowell; ask for Miss Ju
lette Lovell.n
"Miss Lovell!n gasped' Guy. ''What
does she mean by keeping up such a
masquerade with me"
You had better go and ask her"
And Guy obeyed.
II was at the beach for my health, !"
Miss Cavendish explained. later, after
some pleasant preliminaries had passed.
II could not afford to lose my voice,
but never dreamed nfmeeting gcu there.
Afterward thought perhaps you might
grow to like nae, if no one Obliged you
to do so. had taken my mothers name,
not to deceive you, but because my faith
er's family felt disgraced when entered
the ranks of the laborers. | must either
marry you or work. When you asked me
to take you for better or worse, | was
afraid it was pity instead of love, because
people We're cold to me after our journey
to Bagdad, and hadn't time to confess
my secret. | went down next morning
to surprise you with it, but you had left
without word. / supposed you had
been amusing yourself, as your cousins
said; that you conld never have loved me
under any circumstances; and then ] de-
cided you should never know that Miss
Lowell was Miss Cavendish, distinguished
by seven years Of Europe and an aqui--
line nose. So l wrote you that letter of
dismissal, if you please"
"ADd, after all, we lose our hearts and
keep our commandments, my dear JUL
ettel What will Cousin Essie say when
she hears that Miss Lowell and have
been destined for each other from he
beginning?"