The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-17
'TRI-W EEKLY EDITION.

to him the pcriidy of the woman who had
once professed to be her friend, and was,
now, through treachcry his wife, or not
In answer to her summons, Mrs. Gifoy
| entered the room and threw herself into an
casy chair.
"What does this mean 2" demanded Ella,
pointing to the note "I loved John Gil
foy, and--thank God know 1t even thus
latc--he loved me. Why should I suffer
in silence and never stand cleared in his
eycs2 Why should he not know that |
loved and through whose agency this knowl-
edge was kept from him z"
'Becausc,' exclaimed Jane, passionate
~, falling at her feet, "whilc know have
wrongcd him and you, and that he has never
loved me as, perhaps, he would have loved
you, yet he cares for me in Il kindly way
| since he believed you trifled with him and
was not worthy of his love, and l am the
mother of his child. Would you go to him
and cstrangc us forever, and render that
baby either fathcrl yss or mothcrless?"
"Enough John Gilfoy shall never hear
from me Of your trcachcry, norsuspcct thu
he is dearer to me than my own life But
| cannot stay here. | shall go away this
afternoon"
And SO these two women, who had once
been friends, parted, the sinned against and
the SHINING.
Jane Gilfoy was dead and Ella Mason's
| fate was indeed hard.
One, two, three years she waited for the
man who mourncd his wife, and devoted
himself to his mothcrlcss child, to seek again
the woman he had loved in the olden days.
And when long course OF fever left her
weak, but free from the danger which had
threatened her for weeks, Miss Mason was
| scarcely thankful for the life which had
been spared her-thc life which was so
yalueless, so utterly and always heart sick,
nnsatisficd and lonely.
| Still she grew better 80 much better at
last that she yiel!cd to the entreaties of
physicians and friends, and Hcttic herself
to go down to her aunt's.
| And one summer evening when tbs mead
ows were at their grecnest, she was lifted
out OF the carriage at the door-lifted out
by John Gifoy's strong caressing arms.
celia, my own henceforth Thank God,
you are spared me |" ...n.
Powerless to speak, Elias great grey eyes
filed now with passionate, lovclight looked
into his
"Ncver mind questions, darling. know
everything-know that hold in my arms
my own best love-"
| d. Dut, JOllll, size Is Il woman, announced
her Aunt IIettie. ''Shc'll never be satisfied
unless she is told something about this mat
ter"
| Then, taking her niece from John to her
own kindly embrace, she whispered:
"Walls sometimes have ears. Ella l
heard certain things once, and put this and
that together, and made out story that I
did not feel at liberty to tell-though my
blood boiled to do so-rntil I visited you
when you were sick and raving, and knew
that love which you had promised never to
bctray was, perhaps, killing you. When I
came home wrote letter that fetched
John home from a trip to foreign parts.
Now dear you are satisfied, and do you
think you can stay here, and forget old
times, and get well and happy again2"
"Ah, aunt, am more than satisfied TO
know that John understands Inc, and loves
at last, is bliss for which I had forever
ceased to hope. Indeed, I shall get well,
and happy. Am not happy now2" put
ting her hands, with an eloquent gesture,
into those of her lover GAS for the past
we will never revert to il again-exccpt
that I thank you, aunt, God alone knows
how fcrvently-for what you have done for
me-"
claw, Ella, I know all about it myself |!
DO you think you young folks are the only
ones who have ever loved ?" responded her
aunt, as she beamingly led the way to Miss
Mason's room, followed by John with the
invalid supported tcnderly in his loving
arms.