Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-23

Z ha'S Il Iisnt 10 rove 50 gOOu a man a
my cousin Allan!'
She composed herself with difficulty, anC
entered the supper-room. AT the table ole
aunt Dorinda detailed some culinary wo,
connected with the evenings refreshment,
and she soon escaped from the room almos
unnoticed
But glancing back as she closed the glas.
door, Clarice saw her father stoop to tn,
carpet and pick up a paper. Pressing hel
hand quickly to her breast she found Allan's
note gonel
Sick with terror, she leaned against In,
wall, and saw her father, slowly unfolding
the note, pass out one of the long window.
of the supper-room upon the piazza. Thcr
she went, almost blindly, TO her own room
As soon as the first shock of alarm wa.
over, Clarice hastily penned a note to Allan
iorbidding him 10 come, and sent it TO hin
by one of the house servants.
''Gct it to Mr.. Larrimer within half al
hour James, and will give YOU that for
your sweetheart, slipping a ruby ring from
her finger
The mulatto showed his teeth and slipped
alertly away.
/ But Clarice'S hands trembled SO that she
could scarcely thread out the great braids OF
her fair hair. She was glad her maid had
been pressed into other service, that she
might hide from the girl her white face and
shaking hands
I At last Lucille came hurrying in
1.-The people are coming, Miss Cline, and
your father wants you.
/ Dropping on her knees, Lucille looped
up, with clasps of dead gold. her mistress
misty skirt; and, catching up fan and bou-
quet, Clarice hastened TO take her stand a,
her fathers side, as the first bcvy of laugh
. ing guests trooped up the broad steps, un-
der the moonlight, among the flowers.
Not once dared she look at him. and he did
not address her.
When the last guest had arrived. he COW
cred his face with a domino and entered the
crowd.
/ And Clarice. She yet stood in the great
arched hall, under garlands of roses. faint
with apprehension, and anNiously watching
for James return.
1t was eight o'clock. If the man should
miss seeing Allan, the latter was liable to
appear at any moment, and her sinking
spirit told her that it would be at the risk
of his life.
/ suddenly her lips broke apart, her eyes
dilaled. In the very thickest of the throng,
in the centre Of the principal apartment.
stood figure in a troubadours dress, a
pink ribbon on the sleeve. \ domino CON
cealed the face, but the sunny hair, waving
under the plumed cap, was Allan's very
own.
Like one transtixed she stood The trans
parent nails of one small hand cut into the
soft palm. yet she seemed in some horrible
trance. She dared neither advance nor ad-
dress Allan nor retreat from view, vet she
knew some instant measure must be taken
to prevent her father and lover from COM
ing into collision.
She looked down the rooms; the former
was not to he seen But the next instant,
door swinging wide, she beheld bin at
Allan's side
She turned, and would have fled in very
terror. but the sudden sound of her father :
voice transtixed her. The terrible temper
OF Hartley Cline was aroused, and forget
ting all else he covered his unwelcome guest
with maledictions.
What tauni few back she could not guess
but a herculean blow suddenly felled the
troubadour TO the ground.
\ score of hands seized the mailman. for
he was little else, so terrible was the su-
premacy Of his passion, and forced him
aside, while others tenderly raised the pros
trate man literally welterng IN his blood
His head had struck the projecting arm Of
a bronze statue rs he went down, frightful-
ly gashing it.
\ physician pressed through the crowd,
and his hand removed the domino. \ white
boyish face was revealed, one that had late
" come far over the seas, to be met cruelty
indeed No other than Leigh Cline.
Your son, SIR said voice, sternly, in
Hartley Cline's ear.
..My son p
He pushed them all aside, with a rxde,
irresistible force, and bent low over the
senseless face, like one growing blind.
Leigh, Leigh-my boy, Leigh. thought
no matter what thought-God, he is
dying"
/ For tremor shook the PROSTATE form :;
then 1t lay very still.
They lifted the young man softly up,
and bore him to his chamber, the physician
/ shaking his head as he followed.
/ The guests dispersed; the crowd melted
away. Hartley Cline stood alone in the re-
buking stiffness of the lovely rooms, and
I lifting up his voice, wept.
! What sob echoed his. His daughter fit
ted through the hall, speeding on some er-
rand of the physicians orders. Then all
was still, until the latter came quietly down
[ the stairs.
II can do nothing more, sir.
| He, too, was gone.
Hartley Cline believed that his only son
( Law dead in the chamber above.
( That terrible night whitened his abund-
ant hair. All through its hours he walked
the floor. At length, in the still dawn,
Calrice, white as a spirit, touched his arm.
..Father, Leigh breathes. We think he
is a little better.
/ Hartley Cline sank into an armchair.
ssOh. thank God, thank God !" he cried.
Faithfully, humbly, through long weeks,
he nursed his ntly-breathing son back to
life.
At first Claricc feared to address her
father. but he was gentle and kind with
her, with all. For he had changesi-utter-
". utterly changed. That dominant tenn
ner WAS broken at last He had nearly
murdered his own son, and only this fearful
peril had disciplined him.
When those interested cared to inquire, II
was easily understood how Leigh Cline
came 10 Mapleton in troubadours dress and
domino. Deeply disappointed on receipt
of Clarice's second note, which James had
promptly delivered, Allan, attired for the
evening, returned his dress TO the costumeT
the only one in town-and strolled rest
lessly down to the depot, where he was the
first to welcome his cousin Leigh.
From him, Leigh learned of the intended
reception, and thinking to outwit his fathei
by appearing himself in character, all un,
known to Allan, he hastened to the rooms
of Sechrist, and unconsciOusly chose TN;
costume the other mad just laid aside.
The ribbon, which Allan had forgotten
was vet pinned to the sleeve. Thus dressed
he had hurried to Mapleton. Assaiied by
his father, whom he did not recognize, ht
committed his first unfilial act, by return