The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-01-31

my gszs. For time I vowed Should
never seek the society of another wo
man, ani Tor three years after / csme tc
he city kept my vow. BattAslove
had for her bears no more resem5lane.
20 the love now feel Tor you than sths
| light OF yon fair planet does tothe snu
at monday. That experience hss uShi
he to prize you more than l might 0ther-
wise have done.
Do you know the place of res Pence
Of the lady ?" ssked Irene, Nave
you since met her2o
Sheis in LoEdon, and have d zS$ er.
Her name is Miss Warner. She hot
r-eOs ME me, but 1 knew her at
once she had not changed SIS 1 hst
Why she IS an aequaintsf
mine, and was here this altsrneo ,se
were talking OF you, but never
that there was a romance iii
sszssax sss.s1soss--srrr- iJJzre-o7 q .
once, and am sure she did ri :
you were the hero OF her forrer g.
ton. She has had so many iove rs
that she has probably foEotten .at
one
The magnificent psrlors Il the wesS by
Mrs Howard were rapidly filing th
forms Of grace and beauty, clad I'M #he
most elaborate costumes that art thc
tsste and skin could devise OF beundiess
wealth procrre.
Rether lac in the evening Mss Elder
entered tue 'oom, leaning on the arm OF
Ernest Clayton. They had nor appeared
n public 50 couspicuously before, and 8
murmur OF admiration at the beauty of
the air ranround the room. Ladies re-
marked on .he gentleman's distinguished
appearances, so different from some of the
specimensof mankind around him, as,
with ereei bearing and manly tread, he
walked poudly, yet with a protecting
air, by the side of his betrothed wife.
Nellie was there, exchanging lively
badinsg, with Clarence Neville as they
passed nesr her, and she looked up to
encounter the dark, handsome eyes o. Mr.
Clayton fixed upon her with a searching
gaze For a moment she reviewed the
buried memories OF the past Tor some
clew to he halfrecollection that came to
her, for bis glance was one of recognition;
and as ner eyes searched his face, there
fl sshed across her mind the revelation
that thiswas the man whom FIVE wears
before. she had treated so shsmeullv
Her eyes fell beneath his look, and she
would have turned and made her escape,
had ne not oxen in a low voice:
Miss Warner has not, 1 see, forgotten
Ernest Clayton, nsr the little episode of
2 summer hve years ago in r"
He bowed and turned from her to
speak to Irene; while she, covered with
the unexpected meeI1zs
efy.vu so'r recover her self possess, -
Could Ernest have known the feelings
Of regret and shame that swept over
her spirit, he would have felt himself
amply revenged; but he was too happy
IN Irene's love 70 wish revenge.
SO those were we'd. and merTly rang the bells;
and in after life, as quiet conjugal hap
piuess took the place OF the ardor of
early love, Ernest would often cay to his
loved wife:
" Miss Warner did kind act for me
when she T, fused me, and left me tree
TO seek you, my dearest earthly treas,
ure."
Nellie did marry Clarence Neville,
and led frivolous, fashionable life. She
had money at her command. but prompt
ings she may have had after higher
lite, when she sometimes called on Irene
and witnessed her domestic happiness.
were effectually checked by contact with
the world, and by the lack of those qual
tiles which a woman should possess in
her husband if she would have her mar,
ried lie perfect her being, and make her
z true, unselfsh woman.
Be not 8-hion 8 idle lady;
BE a Whule-soui ii woman.