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always ;ad to be him, but the other in
mates the house looked over and
around i'm, and even when he ate of
their blsd and drank of their cup SEEM
ed as they knew him not. Sara 5
proud SPIT blazed up for his sake at a
thousan,petty insults and atfronts each
day. s. wondered privately to her
self, andloud to Ben, how Cousin Eli
hu, withhe memory of his past wealth
and grareur still in his mind, could en-
dure it Nor was she surprised, when,
one pleant evening, just four weeks
after hislrival, Elihu told her that he
must go.
81 caiot blame you. They have
treated vi so shamefully!" she said,
while heneart sank down, down in her
breast, lie stone sinking into the
depths ofhe tiny lake ON whose banks
they sat- ''But where will you go, Cou-
sin Elihu What will you doi You
were ill VEN you came here, and, thanks
to their kindness, you are not well
and stronenough to care for yourself.
Oh, it's a lame-a shame p she again
broke out "And if you had come rich,
as they excited, every one would have
been at va feet !"
Cousin Thu smiled the smile that al
ways brigened his melancholy face,
till, in h eyes. it was the noblest,
| handsomesface on earth.
"Never mind them, Sara," said he;
"you and IN have been so good to me
that 1 hs scarcely noticed the rest.
So good tn"
He paus and looked at her.
"Sara, ven I am gone, shall you miss
met"
The tearrose to her eyes.
ooh, hocan you ask You know,
Elibu, wheHou 60 shall be miserable!
shall thin of you among strangers,
poor, perha i'll, perhaps dying" and
she hid her ce in her hands and sobbed
aloud.
Elihu wah until her grief had ex-
hausted itseland then took her hand.
"What yesay is all very true, Sara
am not fit 60 out into the world
alone. Will-ou 60 with me? You
have good me here, 1 know but if
I have you work for, l will soon
make you aetter one. And by and
by Ben can me to us, and we will
make man dim. Will you be my
wife, dear Sar"
She looked him with all the solemn
fervor of a woan's love. and devotion
shining in heryes
eff you witake me, Elihu, and let
me care for 20 shall be the happiest
creature on can. From the moment
when l saw yo come in at the farm
gate-from hs(moment when l knew
that your ftine was gone, and that
you were i'll I'D alone in the world, l
have prayed lat you might love me- l
don't care WI Re our home is, or what it
is, so that WI hare it together. l can
be happier VI you in log hut than 1
could with abne else in palace; for
you need nd Elihu, and II have
thought and Dreamed Of you, and, 1
really believ( loved you from the days
when my nIh her first told me about
you when I IS baby at her knee"
So they wf betrothed, and after a
brief storm the farm house when her
decision wa4st made known, Sara fol-
lowed the fumes of her lover to dis
tant city, wire they were married.
Ben wentith her as her protector
and chest Jan" Her father kissed
her and criPver her as he babe her
farewell, alput pocket-book contain
ing five hufed dollars into her hand
as weddidortion.
81 can'{o with you to give you
away, my +, and can't let you be
married hef said the poor man, "for
| shall nevhear the last of it if do
and I'm ghg old now, and want
peace and mfort in my own home.
But God bf you, Sara, and your hus-
band that 10 be. Poor Elihu Your
mother LOT him dearly, and l don't
know a fajthat he has in the world,
except thar is poor"
SO, strdhened by her fathers ap-
proval an blessing, Sara approached
the alter |consecrate her life to the
hero of koreans.
The ebony over, they drove to
first-class tel, and breakfasted in a
style thatkde Sara tremble for the flu
ture. Adafter breakfast Elihu laid a
package IRE her and a cssket by the
side of hdate.