Connecticut western news., 1879-10-01
That Day in his Boat .

It was wild night. The wind blew, the lain drove, the waves roared in the distance.
 It had been Q fateful day to me. Grandfather Delmar, with whom I had lived ever since I could remember, had been carried to his fianl home that after. noon, and now I was the last represen- tative of our ancient name. The wide acres of the Delmar plantation, origin ally one of ths largest estates on the eastern shore of Maryland, had come down to me as sole heiress. To me also : had descended the Delmar diamonds. which for two centuries had blazed on the persons of the Delmar ladies, l say descended, but am hardly correct, for these broad lands and these priceless jewels were mine only under the will of my grandfather, and that will contained proviso which I had just learned for the first time. I was to marry Randolph Heath, the ward and adopted son of my grandfather, or else the entire property was to go to the self-same Randolph.
 Ire will had just been read. The funeral guests, or at least the most i'm. portant of them, had listened to it in the great drawing-room below, the walls of which were hung with portraits oi my Delmar ancestors, handsome men and lovely golden-haired women.
 "Charlotte,' said my aunt when the reading of the will was ended" Char lotta, my dear, you must invite oul friends for the night. You are mistres. now"
 :" shall never be mistress of Delma! Hall, Aunt Mordaunt, said firmly.
 She clutehed my arm, her eyes wid, with wonder.
 And why not, pray2"
 Because of the proviso. I vii never wed Randolph Heath"
 , Her face whitened to the hue of death She was lore widow and I was he idol ; and she coveted all those Jewell and rich acres for my heritage. For moment we stood breathless.
 But Randolph Heath in Australia. suggested friend, "and you are mis tress at least till he returns"
 Poor aunty caught at this last hop with gasp of relief.
 So you are, my dear," she put in "we,l leave all these disagreeabl things to be settled in the future. To night friends, we will shut the door against the storms and be comfort able"
 She swept of towards the glowin pa1lor. followed by her guests, while fled away to my own chamber.
 The afternoon, as I have said. ha turned into rain and the waves thunde, ed on the shores of the bay close b with hoarse cry, like human hea, in pain. l paced my room restlessl, l could not marry this Randolph Heatl whose face I had never looked upo since inc days of my early childhood. could not do it, for another face ros before me, the face of the man I loyet A poor man, lapdless and unknown, v who had grown so dear to me in the fe briefmonths of our summer acauaintant that to give him up were worse tha death. Yet I was Delmar and it W. a sore trial to lose my heritage to lol the Delmar jewels. All the DeIm, yemen before me had worn those matcI less old diamonds; and must alone , them, be disinherited and dowerless ?
 "Yes, cheerfuly," said I "sinoe keep them must give up the choice my heart. Dear, dear summer days
 For it had been during a visit to school friend, who lived in one of u loveliest counties of Pennsylvania tn l had met, the preceding June, Herbe Stanley.
 For the first time in my life I h, found in him perfectly congenial sor We liked the same poetry, preferred tl same music, admired the same scener Ahl what delicious days those vel
 We rode, we walked, we sailed, read together. Our acquaintance SO passed into intimacy, and from tn ripened into love.
 Never could forget the day, t blisstul day, when my hopes became