The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-23

hotel threw a line of radiance out to the
very middle of the street.
Forrest? my dear fellow can it be
possible that this is you?" suddenly ex.
claimed voice.
Myself and no other, ThOnby, for ]
conclude it Is either you or your ghost
But thought you were safely settled in
college, studying divinity, instead Of
Instead of running wild about the
country, you were going to say. But ]
have granted myself temporary holi-
day to. Pshaw, I can't tell you about
it here; come up to my room and We'll
have chat"
The delightful little impromptu sup
per was over, and the two gentlemen
were smoking cigars, when ThOrnby
abruptly plunged into the subject which
was UppermOst in his mind.
Charley, Pm in lOyep
"You are? My dear fellow, so am ~
81 am glad of that, because you can
sympathiZe with me. have come here
expressly to see her, and have the day
/ fixed for the wedding"
Il haven't got quite so far as that"
said Forrest, smiling.
But Charley, she is the loveliest
creature that the sun ever shone Oman
angela divinity
"Hold on, Raiph-not quite the love-
/ liest, trust, for the lady whom I wOr-
ship is alone entitled to that sUpeTlatlve
degree of praise"
you're in love, too, my dear boy; so
! I'll excuse any little symptoms of in
sanity" reiOined Thornby, laughing;
''but really, if you could see Ella-Stay
believe I've got her picture somewhere
about me-"
He searched eagerly in his pockets,
while Forrest repeated the soft name.
ella! Why that is the name of the
young lady whom l admire so much /;
and, by Jove !" he added, as ThOrnby
unclasped a little miniature case and
held it toward him, chat is the very
face! You don't mean TO say you are en-
gagged to her?"
'To be sure am! What do you mean
Surely there is some mistake? 1 can
show You her last letter"
He drew out the selfsame Every senti-
mental" epistle to which Miss Wardlaw
had referred in her Unutered solilOuuy.
Forrest glanced over it with beWildered
eyes, and then biting his white lip until
the blood started, took from his own
pOCketbOok q prettily-WOrded note from
Ella, which he had received that morn
ing.
THE handwriting is precisely similar,
Ralph; we are both the dupes Of an
artflf, unprincipled girl. The same Ella
Wardlaw, while she is corresponding
with you in this impassiOned strain, is
doing her best to lure me on to a pro-
posal "
at cannot be, gasped Ralph, feeling
as if he were in a dream.
"But know it to be so! Heavens!
what a narrow escape l have had And
you also, Thornby, should rejoice at
your escape from the Wiles Of a false
hearted cOCuette."
Still Ralph Thornby repeated, be-
tween his teeth, Il will not believe it.
Ella is truth Itself !"
"Shall we put it to the test p asked
Forrest, rather Indignantly.
'DO what you please. l will stake my
life on her single mindedness."
Forrest took up pen and dashed off
a hurried proposal in form.
There! I will send this tomorrow
morning, with a request for an imme-
diate answer. When that answer comes,
will you believe its testimony"
ThOrnby nodded, but the hand which
lay upon Charles Forests was cold and
damp as marble.
Good night, then, my dear fellow"
said Forrest, aus he rose to take leave.
L am sorry for you from the bottom Of
my heart for you feel this more deeply
than ! can do
But Thornbv did not answer. Could
it be possible that his wOrshipped idol
was slipping slowly but surely from her
high pedestal? Then what remained on
earth to trust ?"
Head and heart both ached sadly that
night, but the WEAKNESS of travel was
nothing to the sick sensation Of distrust
and apprehension that had taken posses
sion of his mind. Therefore, it happened
that he was still lOunging over his
almost untasted breakfast, when Charles
Forrest was announced by 4 waiter
"Well?" was his greeting.
Forrest replied: Il dispatched my
missive, and here is the answer See,
the seal is yet unbroken-we will peruse
it together"
It was a skillfully written note of glad
acceptance. Ella wrote that she chad
long loved Mr.. Forrest-that her great
est happiness through life would be to
secure his contentment"-With a variety
of charming little addenda, such, as
yesterday would have filed Charles
Forests heart with rapture. Now, they
were false, idle rhapsOdies
Are you convinced" " was Forests
simple question as the letter dropped
from his companions trembling hand.
81 am. 1t has been a pleasant dream,
but I am effectually reused at last.
Charley, have been a fOol-a dUpew
"And so have I, Ralph. Just give me
that enthusiastic love letter you showed
me last night"
"What for"
Charley made no reply, but he took
the letter from ThOrnby's Unresisting
hand, and, folding it with the note of |
acceptance he had Just received, wrote /
one line on the margin-'The compli- !
ments Of Messrs. ThOrnby and Forrest"
and inclosed both in one envelope,
directed to Miss WardIaw.
"There," he said quietly, "when she !
receives this, she will see that her care !
fully arranged plans are disconnected" !
Ella WaTdlaw was praCtiCing a diff !
cult Italian SONATA as the eVentful note !
was handed her. She tore it huTTiedly !
open, and gazed with wide open, be- !
wildered eyes upon the Enclosures. The !
next instant they fell from her nerveless !
ingers-she had tainted, for the first and |
last time in her life.
Years have passed since then. Ralph |
ThOrnby is married to a lovely young |
heiress Charles Forrest has a blooming |
wife and two rosy little girls; but Ella |
Wardlaw is a hopeless old maid, with |
not the faintest chance of a husband. |
but we've heard old maids say that |
before.
To MANAGE MEN.-TO use men, to |
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