Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-10-04

: with no gentle hand, to her great indin
nation. But her fears overmastered he
anger. Godfrey was heir in law to he
newly acquired fortune, and he suspect
cd her identity, in those dark woods, sh
cid noS doubt, after what he had alread
said, that he would take her life.
i am not well,' she said, freeing her
self from the rongh grasp on her arm
and must hurry on. Wait for ME her
until do my errand at the house ant
come back
be quick, then,' was the grnff reply
i And she was in haste, the scoundre
might we'll be satisfied at her raoidit,
with which his compar ion left him,
one scarcely knew how she reached he,
nome, tore off her borrowed finery and
wrote to Godfrey Hill, declining the
honor he had proposed to her, but giving
MN no other reason for her refusal than
the statement that she did not love HIN
sufficiently.
Mamma she said, coming into the
drawing room, Il have writ en- to God
troy refusing his offer, and sent the let
ler to him by James. 1 have remember
ed who and what he was.'
| Dir. Godfrey HIPS amazement was m
bounded when returning to his home. in
the village hotel, to dress for his prom
'sed call upon Alice Hill, he found her
note awaiting him.
But he did not renounce his hone of
shaking her resolution, until tie next
day, when he met the true Lizzie Mason
in the shaded grove, and in the co urse of
their lover like conversation that damsel
told him who had worn her gay hat and
red shawl on the previous evening.
AN she sent five dollar bill with the
dress, because it got wet,' said the girl.
An 1 call that real handsome of her.
Why. what ails you' you're as white as
chalkv
'Nothing-nothing. You wero not in
the grove at all, theh yesterdayD
NO; couldn't get otf till long after
dark, and so I stayed all night. know
ed you'd be mad waiting for me, but +
couldn't help it this time. Why
For her lover had started for the vii
lage without even the ceremony of
goodbye.
He lost no time, on his way, until he
stood in the office of Jermyn aud Jermyn,
his grandfather's lawyers.
White as death, with Il voice hoarse
and thick, he said to the older partner.
fo" told me my grandfather left me
ten thousand dollars, upon certain con-
litions'
'Qnite correct. The conditions are
hat you leave Bello v Falls and never
.eturn to it, and that you sign a deed re- |
lnqulshlng all claims as heir ili-law. in |
Ease Miss Hill dies before she is Of age
Mr.. Hill did not draw up this paper until
lis will was signed and sealed, and he
vas reminded that he had made no stip-
llation for the reversion of his estate,'
Reminded by your was the bitter re-
oinder
Reminded hy me! He was shown the
anger that you might become suitor
o the young heiress.'
well, that danger is over. I have
een sincere suitor to the heiress, ana
he has refused the honor of an alliance
HUMP
So having lost that stake, 1 am pre-
ared to accept the conditions, take the
en- Thousand dollars, and turn my back
pom Bellows Falls for life.'
1t was with sense of great relief from ,
very urgent fear, that Alice Hill heard &
ON the lawyers of the demand upon the ,
state, that made her poorer by ten thou. ,
Ind dollars, and removed Godfrey Hill
ON her path of life. .,
She told no one of the walk in tho
loaming that had revealed to her the -,
lack treachery of the man who woed r
er SO gently, and so nearly won the r
'easuTe Of her young heart. f
1t made her shy of suitors for . long :,
me. fearing he + money was the magnet
lat drew them to hor side: but there :,
lme true lover at last-one she trust }
ard loved, and who won her for his =,
nder, and faithful wife. r
And Godfrey Hill left his old home new n
to return. J.,
There was no tn ought of revenge in =
ice HilPs hcalt when she heard of the :,
ath of her cousin, nearly three years b
Ter his departure from Bellows Falls ;,
It she could not restrain fervent
ought of thanksgiving, when she real =.
ID th.5 there was no murderous .,
ought hanging upon her possible death. q.
And to her relief she told her husband l.,
the first time since that day that / u,
We been able to sit, without q shudder n
the gloaming.' n;
HEAVENS FIRST LAw.-1t is absolutely u
mapded that the mental and physical
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