The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-10-01
had afterwards actually escorted her
home, though all be said was;
Not at ALL" when she thanked

that morning, for be had been IN TO
town, and was just driving through
the gate of his own garden when the
dun COW lowered her horns
He had no time TO think what he
should do, and done it all the better
for that, and since that time Miss
Lucy had liked him more than be-
fore
Sometimes going to the bank to
deposit money, or to draw some sum
be needed-Dan used to see her al
the window, or 10 the garden. for the
house and bank we're next to each
other, and then be always bowed,
sometimes spoke just few words, in
his own sulky way.
But Lucy felt sure this apparent
sulkiness was only shy ness, and that
there was a great deal of good in
Dan Holloway if one could bat come
at it.
For some months after the affair Of
the COW she felt that he was quite q
friend but even her good nature fail
ed al last, and she was piqued by his
constant silence into taking no notice
of him, unless it ives absolutely me-
Icesssry
Other men admired her, and 1t was
absurd to care for one who never took
any notice of her
Notice All If she had only
known
lie used to steal across the fields
at night and sit under the great elm
by the roadside, staring at the win
dows of the house and wondering
which room was hers.
He used to watch her coming aud
going, and once had been SO anxious
10 see her ride away that be had gone
upon the roof of bis house and stayed
up there till she and her pretty black
horse had faded into g dark spot in
the distance; and when she passed
him with some one else at her side be
felt himself the most miserable wretch
in creation.
'If she should ever marry" he said
to himself, Il should have to sell out
and 60. / should, I'm sure. | couldn't
stand it where / could see her. No
one of these fellows will love her as
well as do, though she can't gness
that
SO the time passed on Dan more
and more in love, Lucy more and
more indifferent, as Dan continued his
sulky silence; and young Morris, as
every one called him. because there
were three older Morrises. grew deep
er in her liking.
She was not Of a suspicious nature.
and she knew herself handsome /;
and it never entered her mind that |
the repu:ed wealth of her father had |
anything to do with this wooing or
that, being poor, young Morris would
have sooner thought of the plain
Misses Green, who were known 10 be |
greater heiresses than herself
She believed all that was said, and |
every look and action came from the
heart; and when girl once thinks
herself beloved it is easy for her to re-
turn that love.
The thought Of Mrs Morris. once
by no means attractive, grew pleas
anter daily
Who would have fancied that the
queer, crafty looking cashier, Peter
Apsley, whose nose and CHR nearly
met, who seldom spoke, except on the
subject of money and who was Lucy's
grand detestation, should have had |
anything to do with her destiny, es-
pecially when love affairs were on the
carpet.
But so it was, though no one had
guessed it, certainly not the thief
himself.
The night on which, ,sneaking down
to the bank vaults from his little room
in the upper floor, Mr.. Apsley unlock
ed the safe, and perpetrsted gigan-
tic robbery, was the turning point of
Lucy's life.
But for that, on the morrow she
would have accepted him, and found
herself, in q month or so, Mrs Nor
ris.
But for thst-for in the excitement
of the hour the servant girl, who frs:
heard the news, rushed all about Ap-
plebow with it, and over his break
fast Mr.. Morris heard that Lee, the
banker, was ruined
He started up with 8 flush on his
face and a mutter, and set of in the
quest Of certain tidings
As far as be could learn, the girls !
words were correct
There would be run on the bank
that day, and come we're calling Lee
rascal already.
Morris posted in hot haste TO the
bank, and drew his ten thousand
He saw from the faces around him
that something actually had gone
wrong, and heard from one or two
present that Apsley had positively
decsmped.
In bis selfish heart be bad hut one
though.-joy that be bad saved his
money, and that he hsd not already
gone too far in bis courtship to draw
back.
The example o. young Morris bad
its effect Everybody rushed to the
bank to draw their savings The
banker was in despair Time would
hare saved him, but time he could
not have.
There was one mans coming be
dreaded more than that Of any other,
and that man was Danisl Holloway.
There were twenty thousand dollars
to his account, and his call for them
on that day would have been the fatal
blow.
Lucy knew this and when at high
noon she saw Dan riding on his pet
horse-Wbise Bes1ty-up the road.
her heart sank She had no power
to leave the garden paling, where
she stood, and felt faint with an
guish.
He tied his horse to . post and
came on toward her. Close beside
the gate be stopped and touched his
hat.
Good day. Miss Lucy" be re-
marked.
GOOD day" she fal,ered
Il thought I'D speak TO you frst,"