The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-06-19

fancy, perhaps, the miserable day spent.
But on the following day Richard ap.
peared (it was Thursday and expressed
his surprise at my absence. You were
there, Them said l. He said yes. |
looked at him a minute; he was smiling;
you can't tell what sufiered-rage, NOR
tiication, jealousy. you took Rose Gra-
ham, gasped. He said as before, yes.
| don't know how it WAS, but l hated
him that minute enough to have Killed
him. 4 will never see you again! and
without syllable more, turned and lett
him there. And that was the last time l
saw Richard Clifford"
"Tutl tutp said Teresa, ticking with
her tongue upon the roof of her mouth,
after the fashion of her kind.
He called at the house twice day
for a week, and sent me messages by the
score; but | was resolute. The eighth day
| grew more composed-began to recover
my senses, you know, the ninth l cried,
and the tenth sent him word to come
to me. He had gone to California! For
thirty years he has been there, as you
know; have never married, nor has he
each has been true to the old love-
and a pretty pair of fools We maker
And poor Miss Dinah burst out crying,
and for while sobbed unrestrainedly.
"Well, WE'LL" said old Teresa, when
her mistress became calmer and was III
fact smiling again through the water
drops. you'll see each other now, and
it'll all be made up-and who knows!
Stranger things have happened, and you
are not bit too old"
"But if l perceive those terrible
changes in him that you speak OF, Iere.,
sa," said Miss Dinah, half in fun and
half in earnest, 81 can never want him
even if he should want me-"
"Love never sees nothing but what 1t
chooses" replied Teresa, oracularly.
"But look, womanl' cried her mistress
suddenly, "there's cloud over the sun
| tell you it will rain to-day"
"What if it does, | say? He'll come
all the same, and you'll see him just as
you've been counting on for the last
three months. You said he never broke
his word"
That's no merit, Teresa; kept mine
for week and see what came of it!'
"Yes, clouds had blown up as they dc
sometimes on warm September day; but
as we know, rain does not always fol
low."
at was now time for old Teresa tC
think about dinner, and great feast, OF
course, it was to be.
"We must d. our best, miss, to-day
All old men are fond of good eatin's."
"OId men! What do you mean, wo
mani" cried Miss Prynne, indignantly
but she laughed.
Wonderful preparations they made
not fattering to Mr.. Richard Clifford
appetite; YOU would have thought they
were providing for an Eating Tom," o.
some other gastronomic celebrity; chick
ems and ducks ham, every imaginable
, vegetable, six different desserts-enougl
e for three or four of the largest-sized 81
: ants.
$ But it continued to cloud up. Poo
e Miss Dinah peeped out and upwar
q every five minutes; but the weather wa
a hopeless. AT half-past ! the sky wa
. dark, with faint flashing and rumblilf
in the distance; and he was expecte
e at2.
a As the minutes went by, the thunde
d grew louder and nearer, and the llgh
ming fiercer, and after a while dow
d splashed the big round drops whic
d always precede a summer storm.
j AT five minutes of Miss Dinah stoo
O on the balcony looking down the roa'
The rain was terrific; the flashing an
d roaring overhead, as she remarked to ol
,e Teresa, "beyond anything in her expel
I ence.'
II "Ain't you afraid. miss. to star
II there?"
l, "Nonsence. must see him as he sc
1t out of the carriage. Have an umbrel
l. ready"
Il In her excitement | doubt if 81
At thought Of the uproar about her. Su
denly she cried, with her hand to h
1t heart and Der face pale as death:
re "Here he comes!"
ID 1t was quite true. The buggy was rs
Ting up the avenue, but nothing cou
,e be seen of its occupants on account
Id the apron, which had been stretch
or from top to dashboard. The horse W
- dripping.
A And now it wheeled and drew up
er the door Poor Miss Dinah stood wi
he outstretched hands and dilated ey
ev white, trembling-thirty-four years.
ok love, her darling-so long lost-now
ty see him again!
sh don't know how it happened; but
DIV that instant there was a flash from t
skv, followed instantly by a dread
3D. neal, and every living thing was for f
m. seconds shaken and stunned.
III When Teresa came to herself s
nv glanced out, terribly bewildered, a
Of saw her mistress lying on the porch. 5
nut ran out with dreadful cry of "God
are mercy!" and lifted the PROSTATE WON
zee An old gentleman had by that ii
as got out Of the carriage, and was ascel
Ire ing the steps.
tt "Is she injured?" he asked, STOPPING
ow take her place.
inr Poor Miss Dinah heard his voice
ON thirty years she had forgotten ma
at things, but not that--and the sound
ort yiyed her even from the coma i'll VIII
t | the thunderbolt had cast her.
s a "Richard," she murmured, with a I
we smile.
,w, They made her sit up, Teresa propp
Iai- her back with her ownstout knee.
me, "Are you hurt, Dinah" asked Rich
if Clifford. She moved her head wit
lad strange helplessness, striving for SO
but thing, they could not tell what. L
, OF she said:
ova ~ can't see. am blind. I shall nc